[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: 37CFR41.7]

[Page 386-387]
 
              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 A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 41.7  Management of the record.

    (a) The Board may expunge any paper directed to a Board proceeding, 
or filed while an application or patent is under the jurisdiction of the 
Board, that is not authorized under this part or in a Board order, or 
that is filed contrary to a Board order.

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    (b) A party may not file a paper previously filed in the same Board 
proceeding, not even as an exhibit or appendix, without Board 
authorization or as required by rule.