Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
United States Code
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- 2026JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD. v. ALL STAR LIGHTING SUPPLIES, INC.
- 2026In Re ECOFACTOR, INC. Fed. Cir.
- 2026Vidal E.D. Va.
- 2026Factor2 Multimedia Systems, LLC v. The United States of America as the United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. E.D. Va.
- 2026In Re WAG ACQUISITION, LLC Fed. Cir.
- 2025Godox Photo Equipment Co. Ltd. v. Profoto Aktiebolag W.D. Wash.
- 2025In Re GAMBLE Fed. Cir.
- 2025In Re XENCOR, INC. Fed. Cir.
- 2025USNR, LLC v. American Wood Dryers, LLC D. Or.
- 2023Snipr Technologies Limited v. Rockefeller University Fed. Cir.
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An applicant for a patent, any of whose claims has been twice rejected, may appeal from the decision of the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. A patent owner in a reexamination may appeal from the final rejection of any claim by the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. (Source: (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 801; Pub. L. 98–622, title II, § 204(b)(1), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3388; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4605(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–570; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, §§ 13106(b), 13202(b)(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1901; Pub. L. 112–29, §§ 3(j)(1), (3), 7(b), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 290, 313.))