Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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adjudicatory body administrative tribunal federal administrative body

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board is an administrative tribunal within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that conducts trials and hears appeals on patent examination and post-grant proceedings.

Aliases (3)

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ×1
Chapter 35 – Patent Trial and Appeal Board ×1
PTAB ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	adjudicatory body → administrative tribunal → federal administrative body →
alsoKnownAs	PTAB →
appealTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia →
appointmentOfJudges	appointed by the Secretary of Commerce in consultation with the USPTO Director →
authority	to affirm or reverse examiner rejections → to cancel patent claims → to remand cases to patent examiners →
composition	administrative patent judges →
country	United States →
decisionType	final written decisions in AIA trials →
establishedBy	Leahy–Smith America Invents Act →
function	conducts derivation proceedings → conducts trials in post-grant patent proceedings → decides covered business method review proceedings → decides inter partes review proceedings → decides post-grant review proceedings → hears appeals from adverse decisions of patent examiners → issues written decisions in patentability disputes → reviews ex parte appeals in patent examination →
governedBy	USPTO rules of practice →
governingLaw	Title 35 of the United States Code →
headquarters	Alexandria, Virginia →
hearsAppealsFrom	patent examiners in the USPTO →
jurisdiction	United States patent law →
language	English →
legalBasis	35 U.S.C. § 6 → Leahy–Smith America Invents Act →
location	Alexandria, Virginia →
membersAre	administrative patent judges →
overseenBy	Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office →
parentAgency	United States Patent and Trademark Office →
partOf	United States Patent and Trademark Office →
procedureType	adversarial trial-like proceedings → paper-based administrative appeals →
processName	derivation proceeding → inter partes review → post-grant review →
relatedTo	United States patent examination process → post-grant patent validity challenges →
replaced	Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences →
scope	U.S. patents and U.S. patent applications →
sector	intellectual property →
subjectMatter	issued patents → patent applications → patents →
subordinateTo	United States Department of Commerce →
typeOfReview	administrative review of patentability →
website	https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") →	alsoKnownAs
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit →	appealsFrom
Title 35 of the United States Code ("Chapter 35 – Patent Trial and Appeal Board") →	contains
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences") →	replaced