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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences	1
Chapter 35 – Patent Trial and Appeal Board	1
PTAB	1
Patent Office Board of Appeals	1
Patent Trial and Appeal Board canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	adjudicatory body ⓘ administrative tribunal ⓘ federal administrative body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Patent Trial and Appeal Board ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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	Patent Trial and Appeal Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Commerce
typeOfReview	administrative review of patentability ⓘ
website	https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit → appealsFrom → Patent Trial and Appeal Board ⓘ

Title 35 of the United States Code → contains → Patent Trial and Appeal Board ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chapter 35 – Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Patent Trial and Appeal Board → replaced → Patent Trial and Appeal Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Patent Trial and Appeal Board → alsoKnownAs → Patent Trial and Appeal Board ⓘ

this entity surface form: PTAB

C.C.P.A. → appealFrom → Patent Trial and Appeal Board ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

this entity surface form: Patent Office Board of Appeals