diff --git a/IPython/html/base/handlers.py b/IPython/html/base/handlers.py
index f0ca195..f63438a 100644
--- a/IPython/html/base/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/base/handlers.py
@@ -355,6 +355,14 @@ class TrailingSlashHandler(web.RequestHandler):
         self.redirect(self.request.uri.rstrip('/'))
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# URL pattern fragments for re-use
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+path_regex = r"(?P<path>(?:/.*)*)"
+notebook_name_regex = r"(?P<name>[^/]+\.ipynb)"
+notebook_path_regex = "%s/%s" % (path_regex, notebook_name_regex)
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # URL to handler mappings
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/IPython/html/nbconvert/handlers.py b/IPython/html/nbconvert/handlers.py
index 6e51bb6..0d30c30 100644
--- a/IPython/html/nbconvert/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/nbconvert/handlers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 
 from tornado import web
 
-from ..base.handlers import IPythonHandler
+from ..base.handlers import IPythonHandler, notebook_path_regex
 from IPython.nbformat.current import to_notebook_json
 from IPython.nbconvert.exporters.export import exporter_map
 from IPython.utils import tz
@@ -74,12 +74,10 @@ class NbconvertPostHandler(IPythonHandler):
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 _format_regex = r"(?P<format>\w+)"
-_path_regex = r"(?P<path>(?:/.*)*)"
-_notebook_name_regex = r"(?P<name>[^/]+\.ipynb)"
-_notebook_path_regex = "%s/%s" % (_path_regex, _notebook_name_regex)
+
 
 default_handlers = [
-    (r"/nbconvert/%s%s" % (_format_regex, _notebook_path_regex),
+    (r"/nbconvert/%s%s" % (_format_regex, notebook_path_regex),
          NbconvertFileHandler),
     (r"/nbconvert/%s" % _format_regex, NbconvertPostHandler),
 ]
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diff --git a/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py b/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py
index f3174b7..e442d00 100644
--- a/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ import os
 from tornado import web
 HTTPError = web.HTTPError
 
-from ..base.handlers import IPythonHandler
-from ..services.notebooks.handlers import _notebook_path_regex, _path_regex
+from ..base.handlers import IPythonHandler, notebook_path_regex, path_regex
 from ..utils import url_path_join, url_escape
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ class NotebookRedirectHandler(IPythonHandler):
 
 
 default_handlers = [
-    (r"/notebooks%s" % _notebook_path_regex, NotebookHandler),
-    (r"/notebooks%s" % _path_regex, NotebookRedirectHandler),
+    (r"/notebooks%s" % notebook_path_regex, NotebookHandler),
+    (r"/notebooks%s" % path_regex, NotebookRedirectHandler),
 ]
 
diff --git a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/handlers.py b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/handlers.py
index 69d0ac4..27e74d7 100644
--- a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/handlers.py
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ from tornado import web
 from IPython.html.utils import url_path_join, url_escape
 from IPython.utils.jsonutil import date_default
 
-from IPython.html.base.handlers import IPythonHandler, json_errors
+from IPython.html.base.handlers import (IPythonHandler, json_errors,
+                                    notebook_path_regex, path_regex,
+                                    notebook_name_regex)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Notebook web service handlers
@@ -264,17 +266,14 @@ class ModifyNotebookCheckpointsHandler(IPythonHandler):
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-_path_regex = r"(?P<path>(?:/.*)*)"
 _checkpoint_id_regex = r"(?P<checkpoint_id>[\w-]+)"
-_notebook_name_regex = r"(?P<name>[^/]+\.ipynb)"
-_notebook_path_regex = "%s/%s" % (_path_regex, _notebook_name_regex)
 
 default_handlers = [
-    (r"/api/notebooks%s/checkpoints" % _notebook_path_regex, NotebookCheckpointsHandler),
-    (r"/api/notebooks%s/checkpoints/%s" % (_notebook_path_regex, _checkpoint_id_regex),
+    (r"/api/notebooks%s/checkpoints" % notebook_path_regex, NotebookCheckpointsHandler),
+    (r"/api/notebooks%s/checkpoints/%s" % (notebook_path_regex, _checkpoint_id_regex),
         ModifyNotebookCheckpointsHandler),
-    (r"/api/notebooks%s" % _notebook_path_regex, NotebookHandler),
-    (r"/api/notebooks%s" % _path_regex, NotebookHandler),
+    (r"/api/notebooks%s" % notebook_path_regex, NotebookHandler),
+    (r"/api/notebooks%s" % path_regex, NotebookHandler),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/IPython/html/tree/handlers.py b/IPython/html/tree/handlers.py
index 1ec33d5..03820ca 100644
--- a/IPython/html/tree/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/tree/handlers.py
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ Authors:
 import os
 
 from tornado import web
-from ..base.handlers import IPythonHandler
+from ..base.handlers import IPythonHandler, notebook_path_regex, path_regex
 from ..utils import url_path_join, path2url, url2path, url_escape
-from ..services.notebooks.handlers import _notebook_path_regex, _path_regex
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Handlers
@@ -70,8 +69,8 @@ class TreeRedirectHandler(IPythonHandler):
 
 
 default_handlers = [
-    (r"/tree%s" % _notebook_path_regex, TreeHandler),
-    (r"/tree%s" % _path_regex, TreeHandler),
+    (r"/tree%s" % notebook_path_regex, TreeHandler),
+    (r"/tree%s" % path_regex, TreeHandler),
     (r"/tree", TreeHandler),
     (r"/", TreeRedirectHandler),
     ]