[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1245.113]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1245--PATENTS AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart 1--Patent Waiver Regulations
 
Sec. 1245.113  Hearing procedure.

    (a) If the petitioner requests an oral hearing within the time set, 
under Sec. 1245.112(b)(4), the Board shall set the time and place for 
the hearing and shall notify the petitioner.
    (b) Oral hearings held by the Board shall be open to the public and 
shall be held in accordance with the following procedures:
    (1) Oral hearings shall be conducted in an informal manner, with the 
objective of providing the petitioner with a

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full opportunity to present facts and arguments in support of the 
petition. Evidence may be presented through means of witnesses, 
exhibits, and visual aids as are arranged for by the petitioner. 
Petitioner may be represented by any person including its attorney. 
While proceedings will be ex parte, members of the Board and its counsel 
may address questions to witnesses called by the petitioner, and the 
Board may, at its option, enlist the aid of technical advisors or expert 
witnesses. Any person present at the hearing may make a statement for 
the record.
    (2) A transcript or equivalent record of the proceeding shall be 
arranged for by the Board. The petitioner shall submit for the record a 
copy of any exhibit or visual aid utilized during the hearing.