{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-42.411","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 42.411","heading":"Common interests in the invention.","body":"The Board may decline to institute, or if already instituted the Board may issue judgment in, a derivation proceeding between an application and a patent or another application that are commonly owned.","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 E—Derivation"],"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":"5a067729ab6ba9b634958035c7ea0c607caa88925784593b473409afa29aa465","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-42.410","next":"us/37-cfr-42.412"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}