{"content":[{"text":"with respect to the filing of an ex parte reexamination request subsequent to a final","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.088894,"width":0.6491040000000001,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"written decision in an inter partes review or post grant review proceeding. The Office is","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.123742,"width":0.6928209999999999,"height":0.020211999999999994}},{"text":"revising the rules of practice to implement these post-patent provisions, as well as other","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.158591,"width":0.687106,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"miscellaneous provisions, of the AIA.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.193439,"width":0.297302,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"DATES: Effective date:","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.263136,"width":0.19662700000000005,"height":0.021121999999999974}},{"text":"The changes in this final rule are effective on September 16,","bbox":{"left":0.382906,"top":0.263136,"width":0.47313,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"2012.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.297985,"width":0.04411799999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph F. Weiss, Jr. ((571) 272-","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.367682,"width":0.6630480000000001,"height":0.021120999999999945}},{"text":"7759), Legal Advisor, or Pinchus M. Laufer ((571) 272-7726), Senior Legal Advisor,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.40253,"width":0.6698650000000002,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.437379,"width":0.6718899999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Examination Policy.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.472227,"width":0.160204,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.542136,"width":0.333875,"height":0.02098500000000003}},{"text":"Executive Summary: Purpose:","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.611545,"width":0.254372,"height":0.021121999999999974}},{"text":"Section 6 of the AIA amends the patent laws to create","bbox":{"left":0.440635,"top":0.611545,"width":0.422617,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"new post-grant review proceedings and replace inter partes reexamination proceedings","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.646394,"width":0.678868,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"with inter partes review proceedings.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.681242,"width":0.290416,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Section 6 of the AIA also provides for an estoppel","bbox":{"left":0.476565,"top":0.681242,"width":0.393737,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"that may attach with respect to the filing of an ex parte reexamination request subsequent","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.716091,"width":0.6990399999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"to a final written decision in a post grant review or inter partes review proceeding,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.750939,"width":0.6442269999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"expands the scope of information that any person may cite in the file of a patent to","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.785788,"width":0.6458979999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"include written statements of a patent owner filed in a proceeding before a Federal court","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.820636,"width":0.691524,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"or the Office regarding the scope of any claim of the patent, and provide for how such","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.855485,"width":0.6746749999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"2","bbox":{"left":0.52451,"top":0.935106,"width":0.009804000000000035,"height":0.020212000000000008}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}