Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Post-Grant Review Proceedings, etc. (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Post-Grant Review Proceedings, etc. (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is revising the rules of practice to implement the provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") that create the new inter partes review proceeding, post-grant review proceeding, and transitional post-grant review proceeding for covered business method patents, to be conducted before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board). These provisions of the AIA will take effect on September 16, 2012, one year after the date of enactment. This book contains: - The complete text of the Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Post-Grant Review Proceedings, etc. (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section