More Information on the Rules of Practice before the BPAI, Final Rule

Persons authorized to approve new grounds of rejections in Examiner's Answers and authorized to approve Supplemental Examiner's Answers by Technology Center Revised 2/28/06 *

TC	Authorized Person(s)
1600	Directors only.
1700	Directors and QAS.
2100	Directors only.
2600	Directors, SPREs, and QAS.
2800	Directors and QAS; Art Grimley, Georgia Epps; and Olik Chaudhuri.
2900	Directors only and QAS.
3600	Directors only.
3700	Directors only.

 * The title has been revised to set forth that the persons listed are also authorized to approve Supplemental Examiner's Answers.