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Reexamination
(redirected from Inter Partes Reexamination)

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re·ex·am·ine also re-ex·am·ine  (rg-zmn)
tr.v. re·ex·am·ined also re-ex·am·ined, re·ex·am·in·ing also re-ex·am·in·ing, re·ex·am·ines also re-ex·am·ines
1. To examine again or anew; review.
2. Law To question (a witness) again after cross-examination.

reex·ami·nation n.
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Noun1.reexamination - (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination
interrogatory, examination, interrogation - formal systematic questioning
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
2.reexamination - a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)


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Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued an Action Closing Prosecution in the inter partes reexamination of Patent No.
200) Inter partes reexamination proceedings are similar to ex parte reexamination proceedings, except a third party requester is allowed to be much more involved in the former.
An inter partes reexamination "allows a challenger to initiate a review by producing prior art, to respond to a patentee's statements regarding the new prior art, to address the patentee's responses to any office actions, and to request a hearing.
 
 
 
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