CFR > Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights > CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > PART 41—PRACTICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES > SUBPART B—Ex Parte Appeals (§41.30 to §41.56) > 41.30—Definitions.

41.30—Definitions.

In addition to the definitions in § 41.2, the following definitions apply to proceedings under this subpart unless otherwise clear from the context:
Applicant means either the applicant in a national application for a patent or the applicant in an application for reissue of a patent.
Owner means the owner of the patent undergoing ex parte reexamination under § 1.510 of this title.
Proceeding means either a national application for a patent, an application for reissue of a patent, or an ex parte reexamination proceeding. Appeal to the Board in an inter partes reexamination proceeding is controlled by subpart C of this part.

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Effective Date Note: At 73 FR 32973, June 10, 2008, § 41.30 was amended by adding a definition for “Record”, effective December 10, 2008. Per a subsequent final rule published at 73 FR 74972, Dec. 10, 2008, the effective date of this action was delayed indefinitely.
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For the convenience of the user, the added text is set forth as follows: § 41.30 Definitions. Record means the official content of the file of an application or reexamination proceeding on appeal.