C.F.R. » Title 37 » CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE › SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL › PART 41—PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD › Subpart E—Patent Interferences

37 C.F.R. § 41.206

Common interests in the invention

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An administrative patent judge may decline to declare, or if already declared the Board may issue judgment in, an interference between an application and another application or patent that are commonly owned.