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[CITE: 35USC313]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
            PART III--PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS
 
       CHAPTER 31--OPTIONAL INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION PROCEDURES
 
Sec. 313. Inter partes reexamination order by Director

    If, in a determination made under section 312(a), the Director finds 
that a substantial new question of patentability affecting a claim of a 
patent is raised, the determination shall include an order for inter 
partes reexamination of the patent for resolution of the question. The 
order may be accompanied by the initial action of the Patent and 
Trademark Office on the merits of the inter partes reexamination 
conducted in accordance with section 314.

(Added Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, 
Sec. 4604(a)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-568.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 315, 317, 318 of this title.
