Appeal

-- see BPAI for info on patent appeals

Context: Patent

An applicant who wants to contest a final refusal from an examining attorney may file an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. An appeal is taken by filing a Notice of Appeal and paying the appeal fee within six months of the mailing date of the action from which the appeal is taken. 15 U.S.C. Section 1070; 37 C.F.R. Section 2.142(a).

-- see Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP) Section 1202.03.

Context: Trademark

By the United States Patent and Trademark Office

European Patent Office Glossary

ex parte appeal, inter partes appeal or a PCT protest as well as a legal appeal, a disciplinary appeal or an appeal before the Enlarged Board (Article 106 EPC).

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