According to the website of the American Intellectual Property Owners Association, on August 17, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a notice in the Federal Register to optimize the complaint review process in the reexamination process between the two parties. The new procedures take effect on the day the notice is issued.

According to the notice, the chief adjudicator of the Patent Appeal and Conflict Board will have the sole authority to judge the appeals submitted in the retrial proceedings between the parties (including the complainant's appeal, the respondent's defense and the third party's statement of objections) is in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Implementing Regulations of the United States Patent Law. The examiner will no longer examine whether the complaint complies with relevant legal provisions. This procedure is designed to reduce appeal delays in inter partes rehearing proceedings by eliminating duplicative examinations by examiners and appeals and objections committees.

Intellectual property lawyers tell you that this optimization process will increase the consistency of rulings, reduce the number of unqualified appeals, and the number of non-substantive responses such as the Appeal and Conflict Committee requiring parties to submit correct appeals, which is beneficial to Further improve the efficiency of the retrial process. Trademark Office Patent