{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-42.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 42.4","heading":"Notice of trial.","body":"(a) Institution of trial. The Board institutes the trial on behalf of the Director.\n(b) Notice of a trial will be sent to every party to the proceeding. The entry of the notice institutes the trial.\n(c) The Board may authorize additional modes of notice, including:\n(1) Sending notice to another address associated with the party, or\n(2) Publishing the notice in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Federal Register.","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":"e7722196ddd37779be0efc989883c0b7a4607af48d117c60cb0e81b1d217f510","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-42.3","next":"us/37-cfr-42.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}