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203.05 Abandoned - 200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
203.05 Abandoned
An abandoned application is, inter alia, one which is removed from the Office docket of pending applications:
(A) through formal abandonment by the applicant (acquiesced in by the assignee if there is one) or by the attorney or agent of record;
(B) through failure of applicant to take appropriate action at some stage in the prosecution of a nonprovisional application;
(C) for failure to pay the issue fee ( MPEP § 203.07, § 711 to § 711.05); or
(D) in the case of a provisional application, no later than 12 months after the filing date of the provisional application (see MPEP § 711.03(c) and 35 U.S.C. 111 (b) (5)).
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