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MPEP 2210: Request for Ex Parte Reexamination under 35 U.S.C. 302, Jan. 2018 (BitLaw)
MPEP 2210
Request for Ex Parte Reexamination under 35 U.S.C. 302
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2210 Request for Ex Parte Reexamination under 35 U.S.C. 302 [R-08.2017]
35 U.S.C. 302 Request for reexamination.
(e) A request filed by the patent owner may include a proposed amendment in accordance with § 1.530.
(f) If a request is filed by an attorney or agent identifying another party on whose behalf the request is being filed, the attorney or agent must have a power of attorney from that party or be acting in a representative capacity pursuant to § 1.34.
Any person, at any time during the period of enforceability of a patent, may file a request for ex parte reexamination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of any claim of the patent based on prior art patents or printed publications, unless prohibited by the estoppel provisions of AIA 35 U.S.C. 315(e)(1) or 35 U.S.C. 325(e)(1). The estoppel provisions of AIA 35 U.S.C. 315(e)(1) or 35 U.S.C. 325(e)(1) are based on inter partes review and post grant review, respectively, and they only prohibit the filing of a subsequent request for ex parte reexamination, once estoppel attaches; there is no estoppel as to the Office maintaining an existing ex parte reexamination proceeding. The request must include the elements set forth in 37 CFR 1.510(b) (see MPEP § 2214) and must be accompanied by the fee as set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(c)(1). If a request filed by the patent owner includes a proposed amendment in accordance with 37 CFR 1.530, excess claims fees under 37 CFR 1.20(c)(3) and (c)(4) may also apply; see MPEP § 2250.03. No attempt will be made to maintain a requester’s name in confidence.
A request for reexamination under 37 CFR 1.510 may be submitted to the Office via mail, hand-delivery, or via the Office’s Electronic Filing System (EFS, currently EFS-Web). See MPEP § 2224 for more information on submission via mail and hand-delivery. For submission via EFS, both registered and unregistered eFilers may submit a request for reexamination. A request for reexamination submitted via EFS must be submitted by selecting the option for a "new" reexamination proceeding in the EFS interface and not submitted as a follow-on paper into the patent. The Office may refer third-party inquiries, or submissions not provided for that are improperly submitted via EFS, by registered practitioners in applications and any other Office proceedings to the Office of Enrollment and Discipline for appropriate action.
After the request for reexamination, including the entire fee for requesting reexamination, is received in the Office, no abandonment, withdrawal, or striking of the request is possible, regardless of who requests the same. In some limited circumstances, such as after a final court decision where all of the claims are finally held invalid, a reexamination order may be vacated if the decision was rendered prior to the order, and the reexamination may be terminated if the decision was rendered subsequent to the order, see MPEP § 2286.