{"id":671,"date":"2016-04-01T12:49:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T16:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=671"},"modified":"2016-04-02T13:37:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T17:37:38","slug":"pgr-ipr-and-cbmpr-rules-amended-effective-may-2-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=671","title":{"rendered":"PGR, IPR, and CBMPR Rules Amended Effective May 2, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sanctions!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rule 37 CFR 42.11 has been amended to provide for sanctions against parties and attorneys:<\/p>\n

\"41-11\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pages Limits<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 60 page limit for a IPR Petiton has been replaced with a limit of 14,000 words (37 CFR 42.24(a)(i), and 60 page limit of the Patent Owner Preliminary Response, and Response are likewise replaced with a 14,000 word limit (37 CFR 42.24(b)(1), (2)). \u00a0The\u00a080\u00a0page limit for a PGR or CBMPR Petition has been replaced with a limit of 18,700 words (37 CFR 42.24(a)(ii), (iii)), and the 80 page limit of the Patent Owner Preliminary Response, and Response are likewise replaced with a 18,700 word limit (37 CFR 42.24(b)(1), (2)).. These word counts do not include\u00a0the table of contents, table of authorities, grounds for standing under \u00a7\u200942.104, \u00a7\u200942.204, or \u00a7\u200942.304, mandatory notices under \u00a7\u200942.8, a certificate of service or word count, or appendix of exhibits or claim listing. \u00a0Where a paper is limited by a word count, the paper must include a certification as to the word count<\/p>\n

The page limit for motions to amend is bumped to 25 pages (37 CFR 42.24(a)(vi)), as is the Petitioner’s Opposition (37 CFR 42.24(b)(d), and the reply to an opposition to a motion to amend is bumped to 12 pages (37 CFR 42.24(c)(3)).<\/p>\n

Demonstratives<\/strong><\/p>\n

You now have to serve your demonstrative exhibits two days earlier — seven days before oral argument. \u00a037 CFR 42.70(b).<\/p>\n

BRI<\/strong><\/p>\n

The USPTO still insists on applying BRI to all claims, in all proceedings, except if the\u00a0patent will expire within 18 months from the entry of the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition, and the Patent Owner makes a timely motion. \u00a037 CFR 42.100(b);\u00a037 CFR 42.200(b);\u00a037 CFR 42.300(b).<\/p>\n

Bar Against Testimony in a Preliminary Response Removed<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bar against the submission of testimony to support a Preliminary Response has been removed. \u00a037 CFR 42.107(c) and 37 CFR 42.207(c)\u00a0have been removed. \u00a0While testimony can be submitted with a Preliminary Response, any\u00a0genuine issue of material fact created by such testimonial evidence will be viewed in the light most favorable to the petitioner solely for purposes of deciding whether to institute an inter partes<\/i> review. \u00a037 CFR 42.108(c);\u00a0\u00a037 CFR 42.208(c)<\/p>\n

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Sanctions! Rule 37 CFR 42.11 has been amended to provide for sanctions against parties and attorneys:   Pages Limits The 60 page limit for a IPR Petiton has been replaced with a limit of 14,000 words (37 CFR 42.24(a)(i), and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ipr"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}