§313. Preliminary response to petition — Inbound Citations

Citations to 35 U.S.C. § 313 as a whole

• 35 U.S.C. § 314(a)

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  (a) The Director may not authorize an inter partes review to be instituted unless the Director determines that the information presented in the petition filed under section 311 and any response filed under section 313 shows that there is a reasonable likelihood that the petitioner would prevail with respect to at least 1 of the claims challenged in the petition.
• 35 U.S.C. § 314(b)(1)

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  (1) receiving a preliminary response to the petition under section 313; or
• 35 U.S.C. § 315(c)

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  (c) If the Director institutes an inter partes review, the Director, in his or her discretion, may join as a party to that inter partes review any person who properly files a petition under section 311 that the Director, after receiving a preliminary response under section 313 or the expiration of the time for filing such a response, determines warrants the institution of an inter partes review under section 314.
• 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(8)

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  (8) providing for the filing by the patent owner of a response to the petition under section 313 after an inter partes review has been instituted, and requiring that the patent owner file with such response, through affidavits or declarations, any additional factual evidence and expert opinions on which the patent owner relies in support of the response;