An administrative patent judge may decline to declare, or if already declared the Board may issue judgment in, an interference between an application and another application or patent that are commonly owned.
authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 3(a)(2)(A), 21, 23, 32, 41, 134, 135, and Public Law 112-29
source: 69 FR 50003, Aug. 12, 2004, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 37 CFR 41.206