Patents - 35 USC Section 134
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01/19/04
Sec. 134. Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
(a) Patent Applicant. - An applicant for a patent, any of whose
claims has been twice rejected, may appeal from the decision of the
primary examiner to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences,
having once paid the fee for such appeal.
(b) Patent Owner. - A patent owner in any reexamination
proceeding may appeal from the final rejection of any claim by the
primary examiner to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences,
having once paid the fee for such appeal.
(c) Third-Party. - A third-party requester in an inter partes
proceeding may appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences from the final decision of the primary examiner
favorable to the patentability of any original or proposed amended
or new claim of a patent, having once paid the fee for such appeal.
Last modified: April 20, 2006
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