human: How does a patent owner or respondent inform the Board that I want to participate in an AIA proceeding and provide mandatory notice information under § 42.8? (revised - June 26, 2013)
assistant: The patent owner/respondent must first register as a PRPS user and get a user ID. After logging on to the PRPS using the user ID, the patent owner/respondent should click on the "New Petitions" tab and select "Patent Owner/Respondent Participation" to begin the process. PRPS will provide screens to search for the proceeding by patent or application number and enter mandatory notice information (e.g., indentifying the real party in interest, lead and back-up counsel, and related matters). Once the patent owner/respondent submits the mandatory notice information and a Board paralegal verifies the information, the patent owner/respondent will receive an email notification and my then upload documents (e.g., preliminary resopnse, motions). Note that preliminary responses are not permitted in derivation proceedings. The "New Petitions" and "Patent Owner/Respondent Participation" options should only be used to begin participating in a proceeding as the patent owner/respondent. Once a patent owner/respondent has been verified and is participating in a proceeding, the verification process should not be used again. Instead, the patent owner/respondent should access the proceeding from the "My Docket" tab.