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  2. Inter partes review - Wikipedia

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    It replaced a previous review procedure called inter partes reexamination, which in turn stemmed from ex parte reexamination proceedings. Under the ex parte system, any person at any time could challenge the validity of a patent on the basis that its claims were obvious or not new based on prior art. [2]

  3. Reexamination - Wikipedia

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    Ex parte reexaminations are initiated by members of the public, but once said members submit their request, they no longer actively participate in the proceedings. The correspondence is strictly between the examiner and the patent owner. The fee for filing a request for an ex parte reexamination is $6,000 as of January 16, 2018. [7]

  4. Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - Wikipedia

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    The current version of the MPEP is the 9th Edition, which was released in March 2014. The MPEP has traditionally been available in paper form, but electronic versions are now used more often, particularly because an applicant only may consult the electronic versions while taking the USPTO registration examination, or the patent bar examination ...

  5. United States patent law - Wikipedia

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    US Congress established an inter partes reexamination to allow the USPTO to review validity of issued patents with participation of third party challengers. However, just like the ex parte reexamination introduced earlier, this process failed to gain popularity, in part due to being slow and to barring subsequent civil litigation. 2006. In eBay v.

  6. Leahy–Smith America Invents Act - Wikipedia

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    Opponents noted that the AIA contained a provision that would deny the right of patent owners to obtain judicial review of adverse USPTO decisions in ex parte patent reexaminations by civil action in district court – a right that has existed under 35 U.S.C. § 306/ § 145 since the inception of reexamination in 1980.

  7. Patent Trial and Appeal Board - Wikipedia

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    The appeal procedure is described in section 1200 of the U.S. Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP). [4] Typically, appeals to the PTAB are conducted ex parte. Decisions of the PTAB are typically rendered as an opinion.

  8. Ex parte - Wikipedia

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    In law, ex parte (/ ɛ k s ˈ p ɑːr t eɪ,-iː /) is a Latin term meaning literally "from/out of the party/faction [1] of" (name of party/faction, often omitted), thus signifying "on behalf of (name)". An ex parte decision is one decided by a judge without requiring all of the parties to the dispute to be present.

  9. Glossary of patent law terms - Wikipedia

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    In United States patent law, an obviousness rejection based on a single reference. Generally a case for an obviousness rejection requires the examiner to rely on 2 or more references. Sandor Obviousness stems from Ex Parte Sandor Nagy [61] where the examiner relied on only a single reference to reject the claims at issue. Ultimately the case ...