What types of petitions are decided by Administrative Patent Judges?

Administrative Patent Judges decide several types of petitions, including:

• Certification of policy questions
• Motions to waive or suspend rules in patent trials
• Declarations and re-declarations of interferences
• Institutions of derivation proceedings
• Motions to suspend interferences involving patents under reexamination

As stated in MPEP 1002.02(g), these decisions are made in accordance with specific regulations such as 37 CFR 41.3(a), 37 CFR 41.104(b), 37 CFR 41.203, 37 CFR 42.408(a), and 37 CFR 1.565(e) and 1.993.

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• Administrative Patent Judges
• Petitions
• Patent Trials
• Interferences
• Derivation Proceedings