Patent and Trademark Office July 16, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (``Office'') issued a further update to the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide (``TPG'') in July 2019 to provide updated guidance to the public on standard practices before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (``Board'') in the post-grant trial procedures implemented following the Leahy- Smith America Invents Act (``AIA''). The Office published the TPG to provide practitioners with guidance on typical procedures and times for taking action in AIA trials, as well as to ensure consistency of procedure among panels of the Board.