In August 2012, the USPTO published Office Patent Trial Practice Guide (the Guide) for 37 C.F.R. Part 42 (Part 42 is currently on pages 416-447). The Guide was intended to give guidance to parties participating in inter partes review, post-grant review, covered business methods, and derivation under the America Invent Act (AIA) that had just passed.
In August 2018, the USPTO published Trial Practice Guide Update (August 2018) to update the Guide on topics such as expert testimony, motion practice, institution of trial, reply to patent owner response, reply to motion to amend, challenging admissibility, motions to exclude and strike, and oral hearings.
Copyright © 2018 Robert Moll. All rights reserved.
