Policies, procedures, rules, guides, tools, and manuals related to proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. More recent information can be found on the latest developments page. A current list of precedential and informative decisions of the Board can be found on the Precedential and informative decisions webpage.
Trials
Reexams and interferences
Standard operating procedures
- SOP 1 (rev. 16): Assignment of judges to panels (June 12, 2024)
- SOP 2 (rev. 11): Designation or de-designation of decisions as precedential or informative (July 24, 2023)
- SOP 2 (rev. 11) Addendum (August 12, 2025)
- SOP 3 (rev. 2, formerly SOP9): Procedure for Decisions Remanded from the Federal Circuit for Further Proceedings (October 5, 2023)
- SOP 4 (rev. 1): Procedure for Pre-Issuance Optional Decision Review and Post-Issuance Decision Review (October 5, 2023)