§302. Request for reexamination — Inbound Citations

Citations to 35 U.S.C. § 302 as a whole

• 35 U.S.C. § 100(e)

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  (e) The term “third-party requester” means a person requesting ex parte reexamination under section 302 who is not the patent owner.
• 35 U.S.C. § 303(a)

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  (a) Within three months following the filing of a request for reexamination under the provisions of section 302, the Director will determine whether a substantial new question of patentability affecting any claim of the patent concerned is raised by the request, with or without consideration of other patents or printed publications. On his own initiative, and any time, the Director may determine whether a substantial new question of patentability is raised by patents and publications discovered by him or cited under the provisions of section 301 or 302. The existence of a substantial new question of patentability is not precluded by the fact that a patent or printed publication was previously cited by or to the Office or considered by the Office.