{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-41.7","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 41.7","heading":"Management of the record.","body":"(a) The Board may expunge any paper directed to a Board proceeding, or filed while an application or patent is under the jurisdiction of the Board, that is not authorized under this part or in a Board order, or that is filed contrary to a Board order.\n(b) A party may not file a paper previously filed in the same Board proceeding, not even as an exhibit or appendix, without Board authorization or as required by rule.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","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 A—General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"2a46a98a73f888efc86a9937c30d81a596a877ff79ee88ed542c345b986c4113","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-41.6","next":"us/37-cfr-41.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}