Reference Library of the PTAB Handbook

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Trial Practice Guides of the PTAB

Standard Operating Procedures of the PTAB

SOP 1 (Rev. 13) - Assignment of Judges to Merits Panels, Motions Panels, and Expanded Panels (Feb. 12, 2009)
SOP 1 (Rev. 14) - Assignment of Judges to Interlocutory Panels, Motions Panels, and Expanded Panels (May 8, 2015)
SOP 1 (Rev. 15) - Assignment of Judges to Panels (Sept. 20, 2018)

SOP 2 (Rev. 4) - Publication of Opinions and Binding Precedent (March 29, 2000) (Replaced SOP 2 (Rev. 3 from April 9, 1998))
SOP 2 (Rev. 6) - Publication of Opinions and Binding Precedent (Aug. 10, 2005) (Replaced SOP2 (Rev.5) from Aug. 11, 2004)
SOP 2 (Rev. 6) - Publication of Opinions of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Dec. 26, 2006)
SOP 2 (Rev. 7) - Publication of Opinions and Binding Precedent (March 23, 2008)
SOP 2 (Rev. 8) - Publication of Opinions and Designation of Opinions as Precedential
SOP 2 (Rev. 9) - Publication of Opinions and Designation of Opinions as Precedential, Informative, Representative, and Routine (Sept. 22, 2014)
SOP 2 (Rev. 10) - Precedential Opinion Panel to Decide Issues of Exceptional Importance Involving Policy or Procedure (Sept. 20, 2018)
SOP 2 (Rev. 11) - Designation or De-Designations of Decisions as Precedential or Informative (July 24, 2023)

SOP 9 (Rev. 1) Procedure for Decisions Remanded from the Federal Circuit for Further Proceedings (Nov. 9, 2017)

PTAB Documents

Cases

USPTO Performance and Accountability Reports

USPTO Budget Requests

Old References and Other Resources