{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-42.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 42.3","heading":"Jurisdiction.","body":"(a) The Board may exercise exclusive jurisdiction within the Office over every involved application and patent during the proceeding, as the Board may order.\n(b) A petition to institute a trial must be filed with the Board consistent with any time period required by statute.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 42—TRIAL PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD","Subpart A—Trial Practice and Procedure"],"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":"32a367576391e327192c37adff8f3417ae4324b4dc66ccd02db87740ce202ff9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-42.2","next":"us/37-cfr-42.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}