(1) Hearings and proceedings for making a decision on a petition for patent revocation shall be conducted by a collegiate tribunal comprised of three or five administrative patent judges.
(2) Articles 143 through 145, 146 (2) and (3), 148 through 153, and 153-2 shall apply to the collegiate tribunal under paragraph (1) and administrative patent judges who form the tribunal. In such cases, "trial ruling" in subparagraph 6 of Article 148 shall be construed as "decision to revoke a patent".[This Article Newly Inserted on Feb. 29, 2016]