Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Final Decisions Now Text Searchable.

A text searching capability is now available for searching publicly available final decisions of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences that are posted on the Board’s Final Decision FOIA web page, http://des.uspto.gov/Foia/BPAIReadingRoom.jsp. This web page is accessible via the Board’s web page on the USPTO’s web site.

Specifically, the database of final Board decisions that are posted on the Final Decision FOIA web page will be searched for a text string entered into a text search field and the identity of any decision(s) containing the string will be returned.

Any questions or comments concerning this text searching feature should be directed to the Board’s Chief Administrative Officer at (571) 272-9797.

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