{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-42.7","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 42.7","heading":"Management of the record.","body":"(a) The Board may expunge any paper directed to a 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) The Board may vacate or hold in abeyance any non-Board action directed to a proceeding while an application or patent is under the jurisdiction of the Board unless the action was authorized by the Board.","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":"0dc38d894b7049dfc297d08794ee95b4dc1d2c4ac3fff8127ec7c91b9bcf121e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-42.6","next":"us/37-cfr-42.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}