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1720 Dissemination of Court and Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Decisions [R-2] - 1700 Miscellaneous
1720 Dissemination of Court and Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Decisions [R-2]
>I. < COURT DECISIONS
The Office of the Solicitor forwards to the Office of the * Commissioner for Patents copies of all recent court decisions in patent cases where a precedential opinion is issued. The Office of the * Commissioner for Patents will routinely **>forward< these opinions to TC Directors, the Patent Academy, and the Director of the Office of Patent Quality * >Assurance<.
TC Directors, in turn, are to make copies available to supervisors and other individuals as the TC Director determines to be appropriate. TC Directors are encouraged to discuss the contents of the opinions in their staff meetings, particularly where such meetings are being held to reinforce examination quality.
>II. < BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES DECISIONS
A decision rendered by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board) is returned to the examiner through the TC Director and the examiner's supervisor. The examiner takes action consistent with the decision rendered by the Board unless rehearing of the Board decision will be requested ( MPEP § 1214.04). The TC Director may circulate and discuss the decision among some or all of the supervisors in the TC, and the supervisors, in turn, may circulate the decision among the examiners in their art units, depending on the subject matter or issues in the decisions.
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