Editorial Notes
Amendments

2011—Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 112–29 substituted “Patent Trial and Appeal Board” for “Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences” in two places and inserted “and derivation” after “established for interference”.

Subsec. (f). Puspan. L. 112–29, § 7(d)(2)(A), substituted “Patent Trial and Appeal Board” for “Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2011 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 112–29 effective upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on Sept. 16, 2011, and applicable to proceedings commenced on or after that effective date, with certain exceptions, see section 7(e) of Puspan. L. 112–29, set out as a note under section 6 of Title 35, Patents.