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PTO

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Phase 2

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ProposedPTO-P-2025-0025-0029

Revision to Rules of Practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

ProposedPTO-P-2023-0048-0112

Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement; Withdrawal

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Rules of Practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

PTO-P-2025-0025-0001 · Dec 3, 2025

Comment Closed

Required Use by Foreign Applicants and Patent Owners of a Patent Practitioner

PTO-P-2025-0008-0001 · Jan 29, 2026

Comment Closed

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