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Changes to TTAB Rules - OG Date: 29 September 1998 |
 | | That comment also suggested that the rule be modified to allow a third party who has a pending application, or who is a party in a proceeding which has been suspended pending the outcome of the pending case, to apprise the Board of the impact of the suspension on the third party. |
 | | With respect to the suggestion for including in the rules a specific provision concerning applicability of the amended rules in cases initiated prior to the final rule and then suspended, it is believed that the information concerning the effective date of the rule amendments, as set forth at the beginning of this notice, is sufficient. |
 | | The provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relating to automatic disclosure, scheduling conferences, conferences to discuss settlement and to develop a discovery plan, and transmission to the court of a written report outlining the discovery plan, are not applicable to Board proceedings. |
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