What are the consequences of a patent owner failing to respond to an Office action in an inter partes reexamination?

Failing to respond to an Office action in an inter partes reexamination can have serious consequences for the patent owner. While the MPEP section provided doesn’t directly address this, it refers to another section that does: “See MPEP § 2666.10 for the consequences of the failure by the patent owner to respond to the Office…

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