§ 42.7 Management of the record.

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Title 37 CFR: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights › Chapter I: UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE › Part 42: TRIAL PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD › Subpart A: Trial Practice and Procedure › § 42.7: § 42.7 Management of the record.

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(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.

(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.

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