[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.638]

[Page 155]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart E--Interferences
 
Sec. 1.638  Opposition and reply; time for filing opposition and reply.

    (a) Unless otherwise ordered by an administrative patent judge, any 
opposition to any motion shall be filed within 20 days after service of 
the motion. An opposition shall identify any material fact set forth in 
the motion which is in dispute and include an argument why the relief 
requested in the motion should be denied.
    (b) Unless otherwise ordered by an administrative patent judge, any 
reply shall be filed within 15 days after service of the opposition. A 
reply shall be directed only to new points raised in the opposition.

[60 FR 14525, Mar. 17, 1995]