37 CFR 1.919 : Patents, Trademarks, And Copyrights (§ 1.1 To Chapter V) — (§ 1.1 To Chapter V) — United States Patent And Trademark Office, Department Of Commerce (§ 1.1 To Parts 151-199) — General (§ 1.1 To §§ 5.31-5.33) — Rules Of Practice In Patent Cases (§ 1.1 To § 1.1071) — Inter Partes Reexamination Of Patents That Issued From An Original Application Filed In The United States On Or After November 29, 1999 (§ 1.902 To § 1.997) — Requirements For Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings (§ 1.903 To § 1.927) — Filing date of request for inter partes reexamination.

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(a) The filing date of a request for inter partes reexamination is the date on which the request satisfies all the requirements for the request set forth in § 1.915.

(b) If the request is not granted a filing date, the request will be placed in the patent file as a citation of prior art if it complies with the requirements of § 1.501.

37 CFR 1.919

[65 FR 76777, Dec. 7, 2000, as amended at 71 FR 9262, Feb. 23, 2006]