{"abstract":"The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) expands the scope of information that any party may cite in a patent file to include written statements of a patent owner filed in a proceeding before a Federal court or the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) regarding the scope of any claim of the patent, and provides for how such information may be considered in ex parte reexamination, inter partes review, and post grant review. The AIA also provides for an estoppel that may attach with respect to the filing of an ex parte reexamination request subsequent to a final written decision in an inter partes review or post grant review proceeding. The Office is revising the rules of practice to implement these post-patent provisions, as well as other miscellaneous provisions, of the AIA.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"United States Patent and Trademark Office","name":"Patent and Trademark Office","id":402,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/patent-and-trademark-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/402","parent_id":54,"slug":"patent-and-trademark-office"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2012/08/06/2012-18530.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1,"title":37},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":5,"title":37},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":10,"title":37},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":11,"title":37},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":41,"title":37}],"citation":"77 FR 46615","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective date: The changes in this final rule are effective on September 16, 2012.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. PTO-P-2011-0072"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2012-18530","effective_on":"2012-09-16","end_page":46631,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2012/08/06/2012-18530.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/08/06/2012-18530/changes-to-implement-miscellaneous-post-patent-provisions-of-the-leahy-smith-america-invents-act","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2012-18530?publication_date=2012-08-06","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2012-08-06/2012-18530/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":17,"page_views":{"count":837,"last_updated":"2026-10-25 10:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-08-06/pdf/2012-18530.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-18530.pdf?1343998344","publication_date":"2012-08-06","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2012/08/06/2012-18530.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0651-AC66":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0651-AC66"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2012-08-26T06:00:08Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":46615,"subtype":null,"title":"Changes To Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act","toc_doc":"Changes to Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions of the LeahySmith America Invents Act","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Biologics","Classified information","Courts","Foreign relations","Freedom of information","Inventions and patents","Lawyers","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Small businesses"],"type":"Rule","volume":77}