Title 35 of the U.S. Code § 329 - Appeal
Full text of § 329 from Title 35 of the United States Code.
§ 329. Appeal
A party dissatisfied with the final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board under section 328(a) may appeal the decision pursuant to sections 141 through 144. Any party to the post-grant review shall have the right to be a party to the appeal.
(Added Pub. L. 112–29, §6(d), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 311.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning Sept. 16, 2011, and applicable only to patents described in section 3(n)(1) of Pub. L. 112–29 (35 U.S.C. 100 note), with certain exceptions and limitations, see section 6(f)(2), (3) of Pub. L. 112–29, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.
PART IV—PATENT COOPERATION TREATY
Editorial Notes
Codification
Analysis of chapters editorially supplied. Part IV added by Pub. L. 94–131 without adding analysis for chapters 35, 36, and 37.
Pub. L. 96–517 purported to amend the table of chapters of title 35 by adding after the item for chapter 37 the following: "38. Patent Rights in Inventions Made with Federal Assistance". Title 35 did not contain a table of chapters, and section 6(b) of Pub. L. 96–517 and the purported amendment made by it were repealed by Pub. L. 97–256. See chapter 18 (§200 et seq.) of this title.
CHAPTER 35—DEFINITIONS
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