{"abstract":"The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) proposes modifications to the rules of practice for inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of USPTO and, by delegation, the PTAB will use in instituting IPR.","action":"Notice of proposed rulemaking.","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":"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/2025/10/17/2025-19580.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"42","title":37}],"citation":"90 FR 48335","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2025-11-17","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments must be received by November 17, 2025 to ensure consideration. The Office does not anticipate granting an extension to the comment period, absent extraordinary circumstances.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. PTO-P-2025-0025"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[],"agency_name":"PTO","documents":[{"comment_count":11442,"comment_start_date":"2025-10-17","updated_at":"2025-12-06T00:56:31.733-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/PTO-P-2025-0025-0001","allow_late_comments":false,"id":"PTO-P-2025-0025-0001","comment_end_date":"2025-12-03","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":0,"id":"PTO-P-2025-0025","title":"Revision to Rules of Practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board"}],"document_number":"2025-19580","effective_on":null,"end_page":48341,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2025/10/17/2025-19580.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/17/2025-19580/revision-to-rules-of-practice-before-the-patent-trial-and-appeal-board","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2025-19580?publication_date=2025-10-17","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2025-10-17/2025-19580/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":7,"page_views":{"count":7116,"last_updated":"2026-05-26 12:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-17/pdf/2025-19580.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19580.pdf?1760618706","publication_date":"2025-10-17","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2025/10/17/2025-19580.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0651-AD89":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0651-AD89"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_count":11442,"agency_id":"PTO","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=PTO-P-2025-0025","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"PTO-P-2025-0025","document_id":"PTO-P-2025-0025-0001","regulation_id_number":"0651-AD89","title":"Revision to Rules of Practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2025-12-07T09:55:03Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":48335,"subtype":null,"title":"Revision to Rules of Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board","toc_doc":"Rules of Practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Inventions and patents","Lawyers"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":90}