[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: 37CFR1.961]

[Page 214]
 
              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. 1.961  Jurisdiction over appeal in inter partes reexamination.

    Jurisdiction over the inter partes reexamination proceeding passes 
to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences upon transmittal of the 
file, including all briefs and examiner's answers, to the Board of 
Patent Appeals and Interferences. Prior to the entry of a decision on 
the appeal, the Commissioner may sua sponte order the inter partes 
reexamination proceeding remanded to the examiner for action consistent 
with the Commissioner's order.