USPTO Issues Final Rules Implementing Third-party Patent Preissuance Submissions Under the America Invents Act | Practical Law
The USPTO issued a final rule implementing Section 8 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act governing third-party submissions to the Patent Office of patents and other documents relevant to the issuance of pending patents. The final rule sets out the requirements for these third-party preissuance submissions to the USPTO in non-provisional utility, design or plant patent applications and any continuing application.