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<b><u>BEFORE</u></b> filing the Request for Reconsideration. Is the rule saying that the filing of a RFR by 3 months automatically extends the appeal deadline to six months? And with or without payment of the $125 fee?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E2841">That rule does sound like the PTO making the applicant pay for the PTO\u2019s inability to process a RFR and Notice of Appeal simultaneously rather than just fix internally
whatever is screwing up that process. Maybe the PTO should alter is examiner jurisdiction rules.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I have a response to a Final OA and was researching whether there'd been a change in the response time from 6 to 3 months, and came across this Dec 31, 2024 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2024/week53/TOCCN/item-469.htm" target="_blank">USPTO
Notice of Proposed Rule</a>, which I don't recall seeing discussed here (forgive me if it was, and I missed it):</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") proposes to <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">amend 37 C.F.R. Sec. 2.64 to require a request for reconsideration of <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">an examining attorney's final refusal or requirement to be filed through<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">the Trademark Electronic Application System ("TEAS") within three <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">months of the mailing date of the final action. ***<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">A request for reconsideration of a final action does not extend the time<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">for filing an appeal or petitioning the Director on that action. Under the<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">current version of the rule, wherein the applicant may file a request for<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">reconsideration at any time between the final action and the six-month<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">deadline for appealing or petitioning, many applicants simultaneously seek<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">reconsideration and file an appeal. Because the examining attorney loses<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">jurisdiction over the application upon the filing of an appeal to the TTAB,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">this simultaneous pursuit of reconsideration and appeal often necessitates<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">a remand by the TTAB to the examining attorney for a decision on the<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">request for reconsideration. If the request is denied, then the case is<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">transferred back to the TTAB. If the request is granted, and the examining<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">attorney reconsiders the final action, the appeal or petition may become<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">moot. The need for these remands and transfers contributes to the burden on<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">the applicant and the USPTO, and prolongs the pendency of the case.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">In order to eliminate some appeals and petitions and reduce the need for<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">these remands and transfers, the proposed rule provides that a request for<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">reconsideration must be filed within three months of the final action,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">while the six-month period for appeal or petition remains unchanged.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Comments must be received by [60 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register] to ensure consideration.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">I agree with the rationale here, but I'm not sure the process is the best to meet the stated goals, given the shortened evidentiary timeline.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Curious what others think.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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