Gavel icon    Trials

This page includes information about proceedings conducted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including inter partes review post-grant review, the  transitional post-grant review for covered business method patents, derivations and interferences.

PTAB appeals icon    Appeals

This page includes information about appeals conducted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board from adverse decisions of examiners in patent applications, reissue applications, and reexamination proceedings.

PTAB decisions icon    Decisions

This page includes links to all public, final agency decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including decisions designated as precedential or informative.

PTAB hearings icon    Hearings

This page contains information concerning presenting oral argument for appeals, interferences, and AIA trials conducted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 

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The page contains policies,  procedures, rules, guides, tools and manuals  which are associated with proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 

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Periodic summaries of data concerning proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including dispositions, pendency, inventory, and other tracking measures.

PTAB structure icon    About PTAB

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board is created by statute, and includes statutory members and Administrative Patent Judges. The PTAB is charged with rendering decisions on: appeals from adverse examiner decisions, post-issuance challenges to patents, and interferences.

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