APPEALS IN INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION PROCEEDINGS.

SEC. 13106. APPEALS IN INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION PROCEEDINGS. (a) Appeals by Third-Party Requester in Proceedings.—Section 315(b) of title 35, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(b) Third-Party Requester.—A third-party requester— “(1) may appeal under the provisions of section 134, and may appeal under the provisions of sections 141 through 144, with respect to any final decision favorable to the patentability of any original or proposed amended or new claim of the patent; and 116 STAT. 1901 “(2) may, subject to subsection (c), be a party to any appeal taken by the patent owner under the provisions of section 134 or sections 141 through 144.”. (b) Appeal to Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.—Section 134(c) of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking the last sentence. (c) Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.—Section 141 of title 35, United States Code, is amended in the third sentence by inserting “, or a third-party requester in an inter partes reexamination proceeding, who is” after “patent owner”. (d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section apply with respect to any reexamination proceeding commenced on or after the date of enactment of this Act.