37 CFR 42.4 : Patents, Trademarks, And Copyrights (Section 2.11 To Chapter V) — United States Patent And Trademark Office, Department Of Commerce (Parts 1 - 199) (Section 2.11 To Parts 151-199) — Unknown Title (Parts 2 - 90) (Section 2.11 To Section 90.3) — Trial Practice Before The Patent Trial And Appeal Board (Section 42.1 To Section 42.407) — Trial Practice And Procedure (Section 42.1 To Section 42.80) — General (Part 42) (Section 42.1 To Section 42.80) — Notice of trial.

31 Dec 2014

(a) Institution of trial. The Board institutes the trial on behalf of the Director.

(b) Notice of a trial will be sent to every party to the proceeding. The entry of the notice institutes the trial.

(c) The Board may authorize additional modes of notice, including:

(1) Sending notice to another address associated with the party, or

(2) Publishing the notice in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Federal Register.

37 CFR 42.4