The following policies, procedures, rules, guides, tools and manuals are associated with proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Appeal Rules
- Board Rules for Ex Parte Appeals(link is external) [effective Jan. 23, 2012]
- Board Rules for Inter Partes Appeals(link is external)
- Trial Rules
- Trial Practice Guide [PDF]
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)
- America Invents Act (AIA) Trial Roundtables, April 15 to May 8, 2014
- Detroit Region Roadshow, November 5 to 19, 2014
- Interferences
- Board-related Official Gazette Notices
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Comments to Proposed Rules
Reference Materials
- U.S. Supreme Court(link is external)
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit(link is external)
- United States District Court Eastern District of Virginia(link is external)
- Title 35 of the United States Code(link is external)
- 37 CFR(link is external) (from the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations)
CFR is the standard abbreviation for Code of Federal Regulations - Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
- Federal Rules of Evidence(link is external) (December 1, 2013) [PDF]
- USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct
- Service of Process Address(link is external)
- Deliveries to the Board
- Official Gazette