Requests for comments
- Request for comments on Motions to Amend and burden allocation rules (May 23, 2023)
- Request for comments on expanding opportunities to appear before PTAB (October 18, 2022)
- Request for comments on director review, POP, and internal decision review (July 20, 2022)
- Request for comments on discretion to institute AIA trials (October 20, 2020)
- Request for comments on motion to amend practice (October 29, 2018)
Notices of proposed rulemaking
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Rules Governing Pre-Issuance Circulation and Review of Decisions within PTAB (October 5, 2023)
- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for AIA Proceedings before the PTAB (April 20, 2023)
- Notice of proposed rulemaking on AIA trial institution and responsive briefing (May 27, 2020)
- Notice of proposed rulemaking on allocation of burdens for motion to amend (October 21, 2019)
Comments to proposed rules and requests for comments
- Comments on Discretion to Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board published October 20, 2020 (December 14, 2020)
- Comments on proposed rules on AIA trial institution and responsive briefing (June 29, 2020)
- Comments on proposed rules to allocate the burden of persuasion on motions to amend (December. 31, 2019)
- Comments on request for comments on motion to amend practice (January 3, 2019)
- Comments on changes to the claim construction standard used in AIA trial proceedings (August 28, 2018)
Pilots
- COVID fast-track appeals pilot program (April 15, 2021)
- Fast-track appeals pilot program (July 2, 2020)
- New pilot program concerning motions to amend (March 15, 2019)
Recent rules
- Claims construction final rule (October 18, 2018)
- Final Rule: PTAB Rules of Practice for Instituting on All Challenged Patent Claims and All Grounds and Eliminating the Presumption at Institution Favoring Petitioner as to Testimonial Evidence (December 9, 2020)
- Final rule to allocate burdens of persuasion on motions to amend in AIA trials (December 21, 2020)