§ 42.102. Time for filing.
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(a)A petition for inter partes review of a patent must be filed after the later of the following dates, where applicable:
(1)If the patent is a patent described in section 3(n)(1) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, the date that is nine months after the date of the grant of the patent;
(2)If the patent is a patent that is not described in section 3(n)(1) of the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act, the date of the grant of the patent; or
(3)If a post-grant review is instituted as set forth in subpart C of this part, the date of the termination of such post-grant review.
(b)\[Reserved\] \[77 FR 48727, Aug. 14, 2012, as amended at 78 FR 17874, Mar. 25, 2013; 84 FR 51982, Oct. 1, 2019\]
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