What types of requests can the Chief Administrative Patent Judge handle related to PTAB functions?

The Chief Administrative Patent Judge is authorized to handle various requests related to superintending the functions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). According to MPEP 1002.02(f), these requests include:

• Requests for decisions on policy questions certified by PTAB panels or judges
• Petitions to review determinations of non-compliant briefs
• Certifications of decisions to disqualify counsel for cause in trial proceedings
• Extensions of pendency in inter partes or post-grant review proceedings
• Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181, 1.182, and 1.183 from PTAB actions
• Petitions for time extensions for seeking rehearing in ex parte appeals
• Petitions to revive abandoned applications or terminated reexaminations due to defective briefs

For example, the MPEP states: “Requests for decision on a question of policy certified by a panel or an administrative patent judge of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 37 CFR 41.3(a).”

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