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<p>I see your point, but I know the office (FWIW) interprets Missing
Parts as having 5 month extension available, which is what I was
taught. I understood the keyword here in 35 USC 132 to be "ON
EXAMINATION." But this isn't examination because it's always <i>pre-</i>examination.
In other words, although this may be an action, it's during a
pre-examination review, not "on examination". Not sure how clearly
that distinction carries into other thing, though.</p>
<p>Have I been missing something for years now? What happens when
the office grants a patent after response to NTFMP at 7 months<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/12/2025 11:18 AM, David Boundy via
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<div>I think you have one more month, to total six months,
April 17. I disagree with Tim Snowden -- the six month
deadline is statutory. The statutory deadline applies to
all "objections or requirements" or "actions" even if the
underlying basis is regulatory. "Action" is defined in 5
U.S.C. 551. Look at sections 132 and 133 --</div>
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<h1 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold">35
U.S.C. § 132 - Notice of rejection; reexamination <span></span></h1>
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Whenever, on examination, any claim for a patent is
rejected, <span style="background:yellow">or any
objection or requirement
made</span>, the Director shall notify the applicant
thereof, stating the
reasons for such rejection, or objection or requirement,
together with such
information and references as may be useful in judging of
the propriety of
continuing the prosecution of his application; and if
after receiving such
notice, the applicant persists in his claim for a patent,
with or without
amendment, the application shall be reexamined. No
amendment shall introduce
new matter into the disclosure of the invention.<span></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold">35
U.S.C. § 133 - Time for prosecuting application <span></span></h1>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Upon
<span style="background:yellow">failure of the
applicant to prosecute the application within six months
after any action
therein, of which notice has been given or mailed to the
applicant</span>, or
within such shorter time, not less than thirty days, as
fixed by the Director
in such action, the application shall be regarded as
abandoned by the parties
thereto.<span></span></p>
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<div>Five months extension is only available for a few
situations --</div>
<div> -- teh initial time is one month</div>
<div> -- teh deadline runs from some action of the
applicant (such as filing a Notice of Appeal) rather than
responding to an objection, requirement, or "any action" of
the PTO.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Received a Notification to
Comply (with Sequence Listing Requirements), which
is essentially a Notice of Missing Parts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The Notice was mailed
October 17, 2024, and sets an extendible 2 month
shortened due date.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><img width="768" height="103" id="m_414693503247399813m_6441016958688665737Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:part1.Md00QyGn.M9gSgKL8@outlook.com" class=""></span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The USPTO just mailed a
Notice of Abandonment for failing to timely
respond.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thus, I need a sanity
check:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow">Because
it is a 2-month shortened date, the due date can
be extended by 5 months to May 17, 2025 \u2013 Correct?</span><span></span></p>
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