; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (e) Rehearing Not later than 90 days after the date on which a request for rehearing of a final written decision issued by the Patent and Trial Appeal Board under subsection (a) is filed, the Board or the Director shall finally decide any request for reconsideration, rehearing, or review that is submitted with respect to the decision, except that the Director may, for good cause shown, extend that 90-day period by not more than 60 days. (f) Review by director (1) In general The Director may grant rehearing, reconsideration, or review of a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued under this chapter. (2) Requirements Any reconsideration, rehearing, or review by the Director, as described in paragraph (1), shall be issued in a separate written opinion that— (A) is made part of the public record; and (B) sets forth the reasons for the reconsideration, rehearing, or review of the decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. (g) Rule of construction For the purposes of an appeal permitted under section 141, any decision on rehearing, reconsideration, or review of a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board under subsection (a) of this section that is issued by the Director shall be deemed to be a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. . (g) Timing To issue decisions on remand Section 329 of title 35, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking A party and inserting the following: (a) In general A party