Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office 37 Cfr Part 42 Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review Proceedings

intention to make the decision public, objecting in writing on the ground that the decision discloses the objecting party’s trade secret or other confidential information and stating with specificity that such information is not otherwise publicly available. (b) Record of proceeding. (1) The record of a Board proceeding is available to the public, unless a patent application not otherwise available to the public is involved. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (b)(1) of this section, after a final Board decision in or judgment in a Board proceeding, the record of the Board proceeding will be made available to the public if any involved file is or becomes open to the public under § 1.11 of this title or an involved application is or becomes published under §§ 1.211 to 1.221 of this chapter.