35 USC § 319 - Appeal

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identifier: "/us/usc/t35/s319"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "35 USC § 319 - Appeal"
title_number: 35
title_name: "PATENTS"
section_number: "319"
section_name: "Appeal"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "INTER PARTES REVIEW"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-12-12"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 112–29, § 6(a), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 304.)"
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# § 319. Appeal

A party dissatisfied with the final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board under section 318(a) may appeal the decision pursuant to sections 141 through 144. Any party to the inter partes review shall have the right to be a party to the appeal.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 112–29, § 6(a), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 304.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on , and applicable to any patent issued before, on, or after that effective date, with provisions for graduated implementation, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2011 Amendment note under .