[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: 37CFR1.927]

[Page 210]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart H--Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents That Issued From an 
Original Application Filed in the United States on or After November 29, 
                                  1999
 
Sec. 1.927  Petition to review refusal to order inter partes reexamination.

    The third party requester may seek review by a petition to the 
Commissioner underSec. 1.181 within one month of the mailing date of the 
examiner's determination refusing to order inter partes reexamination. 
Any such petition must comply with Sec. 1.181(b). If no petition is 
timely filed or if the decision on petition affirms that no substantial 
new question of patentability has been raised, the determination shall 
be final and nonappealable.

                  Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents