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Rules of Practice To Allocate the Burden of Persuasion on Motions To Amend in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Document Number: 2019-22768

Type: Proposed Rule

Date: 2019-10-22

Agency: Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (``USPTO'' or ``Office'') proposes changes to the rules of practice in inter partes review (``IPR''), post-grant review (``PGR''), and the transitional program for covered business method patents (``CBM'') (collectively ``post-grant trial'') proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (``PTAB'' or ``Board'') to allocate the burdens of persuasion in relation to motions to amend and the patentability of substitute claims proposed therein.

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