[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR41.60]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 41_PRACTICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Inter Partes Appeals
 
Sec. 41.60  Definitions.


    In addition to the definitions in Sec. 41.2, the following 
definitions apply to proceedings under this subpart unless otherwise 
clear from the context:
    Appellant means any party, whether the owner or a requester, filing 
a notice of appeal or cross appeal under Sec. 41.61. If more than one 
party appeals or cross appeals, each appealing or cross appealing party 
is an appellant with respect to the claims to which his or her appeal or 
cross appeal is directed.
    Filing means filing with a certificate indicating service of the 
document under Sec. 1.903 of this title.

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    Owner means the owner of the patent undergoing inter partes 
reexamination under Sec. 1.915 of this title.
    Proceeding means an inter partes reexamination proceeding. Appeal to 
the Board in an ex parte reexamination proceeding is controlled by 
subpart B of this part. An inter partes reexamination proceeding is not 
a contested case subject to subpart D.
    Requester means each party, other than the owner, who requested that 
the patent undergo inter partes reexamination under Sec. 1.915 of this 
title.
    Respondent means any requester responding under Sec. 41.68 to the 
appellant's brief of the owner, or the owner responding under Sec. 
41.68 to the appellant's brief of any requester. No requester may be a 
respondent to the appellant brief of any other requester.