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1002.02(c) Petitions and Requests Decided by the Technology Center Directors [R-2] - 1000 Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials
1002.02(c) Petitions and Requests Decided by the Technology Center Directors [R-2]
1. Petitions or requests to reopen prosecution of patent applications >or to reinstate a rejection< after decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences under 37 CFR 1.198, where no court action has been filed, MPEP § 1214.04 and § 1214.07.
2. Petitions from a final decision of examiner requiring restriction in patent applications, 37 CFR 1.144, MPEP § 818.03(c), or holding lack of unity of invention in an international application, 37 CFR 1.477 and 1.489, MPEP § 1875.02.
3. Petitions invoking the supervisory authority of the *>Director of the USPTO< under 37 CFR 1.181 involving any ex parte action or requirement in a patent application by the examiner which is not subject to appeal ( 37 CFR 1.191) and not otherwise provided for, as for example:
(a) prematureness of final rejection, MPEP § 706.07(c);
(b) holding of abandonment, MPEP § 711.03(c);
(c) requirement to cancel "new matter" from specification, MPEP § 608.04(c);
(d) relative to formal sufficiency and propriety of affidavits under 37 CFR 1.131 ( MPEP § 715.08), 1.132 ( MPEP § 716) and 1.608, MPEP § 2308 - § 2308.02;
(e) refusal to initiate an interference under 37 CFR 1.601(i), MPEP § 2306;
(f) refusal to enter an amendment under 37 CFR 1.312, MPEP § 714.16(d);
(g) refusal to enter an amendment, 37 CFR 1.127, MPEP § 714.19;
(h) refusal to enter an amendment under 37 CFR 1.111 or 37 CFR 1.115, MPEP § 714.03(a);
(i) resetting period for reply, MPEP § 710.06; and
(j) requirement for information under 37 CFR 1.105, MPEP § 704.11.
4. Petitions under 37 CFR 1.113 relating to objections or requirements made by the examiners.
5. Petitions for return of original oaths of patent applications, MPEP § 604.04(a).
6. Requests for extensions of a set shortened statutory period under 37 CFR 1.136(b) in applications pending in the **>Technology Center<, MPEP § 710.02(e).
7. Petitions under 37 CFR 1.193(a) relating to the form of the appeal.
8. Petitions concerning appealed patent applications or ex parte reexamination proceedings before transfer of jurisdiction to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (e.g., extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(b) or 37 CFR 1.550(c) for filing an appeal brief), MPEP § 1206.
9. Request by applicant for a second or subsequent suspension of action in patent applications under 37 CFR 1.103, MPEP § 709.
10. Petitions from refusal to issue a Certificate of Correction for a patent not involved in an interference, 37 CFR 1.181, MPEP § 1480 - § 1485.
11. Petitions to reinstate appeals dismissed in the Technology Center.
12. Petitions from the denial of a request for reexamination, 37 CFR 1.515, MPEP § 2248.
13. Requests for extension of time in >ex parte< reexamination proceedings pending in the Technology Center, 37 CFR 1.550 (c).
14. Petitions under 37 CFR 1.129(b)(2) traversing a restriction requirement made in an application which is subject to the transitional restriction provisions, MPEP § 803.03.
15. Petitions to convert a nonprovisional application filed under 37 CFR 1.53(b) to a provisional application under 37 CFR 1.53(c) where the nonprovisional application is before the Technology Center.
16. Requests for interviews with examiner after a patent application has been sent to issue (Notice of Allowability mailed), MPEP § 713.10, or after transfer of jurisdiction to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
17. Petitions to expunge papers from patent ** >applications or patent files under 37 CFR 1.59 which were submitted under MPEP § 724.02 or as part of an IDS<.
18. Petitions, or requests at the initiative of the USPTO, to withdraw patent applications from issue before payment of the issue fee, 37 CFR 1.313(a).
19. Requests at the initiative of the USPTO to withdraw patent applications from issue after payment of the issue fee under 37 CFR 1.313(b), MPEP § 1308.
>20. Petitions under 37 CFR 1.91 to admit a model or exhibit as part of the record of an application.
21. Requests for the return of models, exhibits, or specimen under 37 CFR 1.94.
22. Requests to withdraw as attorney or agent of record, 37 CFR 1.36 and MPEP § 402.06.<
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