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    <p>Well, better safe than sorry I guess. <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/12/2025 12:39 PM, David Boundy via
      Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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                <div>Justice Gorsuch (while still on the Tenth Circuit)
                  explained that one relies on PTO subregulatory
                  guidance to override a statute at one's peril.&nbsp; I
                  couldn't remember the case until I hit send, then it
                  came to me&nbsp; <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3098648296141854653" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3098648296141854653</a>
                  &nbsp; The PTO doesn't have authority to waive the six
                  month deadline just by giving it an oddball name. &nbsp;
                  &quot;Any action&quot; means &quot;any action.&quot;&nbsp; Whatever authority
                  the PTO had to torture statutes ended with Loper
                  Bright last summer.&nbsp;&nbsp; The PTO structures its practices
                  to maximize fee income, not to give value to
                  applicants.&nbsp; When it comes to a choice between fee
                  revenue and the law, the law can go to hell.&nbsp; So don't
                  trust these representations -- your opposing defendant
                  won't.<br>
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                  <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 12, 2025
                    at 1:19\u202fPM Sharon Rubin via Patentpractice &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">As Timothy said,
                              Missing Parts has always been interpreted
                              as 2 month + 5 months. &nbsp;2 different
                              docketing systems we\u2019ve used agree, so it
                              must be true!</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">&nbsp;</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Our current
                              docketing system says with regard to
                              Missing Parts: \u201cThere are five extensions
                              available, so the final time can be 7
                              months after the date mailed.&nbsp; See MPEP
                              710.02(d) which explains why this time can
                              go beyond 6 months.\u201d</span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">MPEP</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt">
                            </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt">710.02(d)
                                &nbsp;&nbsp; Difference Between Shortened
                                Statutory Periods for Reply and
                                Specified Time Limits [R-07.2015]</span></b></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">&nbsp;</span></b></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">\u201cThe 2-month time
                              period for reply to A Notice to File
                              Missing Parts of an Application is not
                              identified on the Notice as a statutory
                              period subject to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bitlaw.com/source/35usc/133.html" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">35 U.S.C. 133</a>.
                              Thus, extensions of time of up to 5 months
                              under&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bitlaw.com/source/37cfr/1-136.html" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">37 CFR 1.136(a)</a>,
                              followed by additional time under&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bitlaw.com/source/37cfr/1-136.html" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">37 CFR 1.136(b)</a>,
                              when appropriate, are permitted.\u201d</span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">Sharon Rubin</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"><br>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">
                                  Patentpractice &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
                                  <b>On Behalf Of </b>Goldberg, Judi
                                  via Patentpractice<br>
                                  <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 12, 2025
                                  12:52 PM<br>
                                  <b>To:</b> For patent practitioners.
                                  This is not for laypersons to seek
                                  legal advice. &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                  <b>Cc:</b> Goldberg, Judi &lt;<a href="mailto:jgoldberg@leydig.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">jgoldberg@leydig.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                  <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice]
                                  Extended Due Date/Sanity Check
                                  Question</span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">If the
                              notice is dated 10/17/24, even with a two
                              month response date (i.e., 12/17/24), and
                              assuming the normal 3 month extension
                              available, the application wouldn\u2019t be
                              abandoned until 3/<b>17</b>/25.</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">&nbsp;</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">My
                              understanding has always been that you get
                              4 months of extension for a two month
                              response date, and 5 months extension on a
                              one-month response, so everything equals a
                              total available time of 6 months.</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">&nbsp;</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Let us
                              know what you find out from PTO Legal.&nbsp;
                              Thanks!</span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Judi</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                  Patentpractice &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
                                  <b>On Behalf Of </b>Suzannah K.
                                  Sundby via Patentpractice<br>
                                  <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 12, 2025
                                  11:44 AM<br>
                                  <b>To:</b> For patent practitioners.
                                  This is not for laypersons to seek
                                  legal advice. &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                  <b>Cc:</b> Suzannah K. Sundby &lt;<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                  <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice]
                                  Extended Due Date/Sanity Check
                                  Question</span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
                          <p><b><span style="color:rgb(184,49,47)">[External
                                Email]</span></b></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Yeah, read what
                                Boundy wrote and felt like everything I
                                know and understand was turned upside
                                down\u2026</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">&nbsp;</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Btw, PatentCrapper
                                indicates that the Notice mailed on
                                October 17<sup>th</sup> is a Pre-Exam
                                Formalities Notice.</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">&nbsp;</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">I\u2019m going to
                                contact Patent Legal because the given
                                case is a mess.</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">&nbsp;</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">12/22/2021&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                Received Notice of Acceptance</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">09/03/2024&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                Notice withdrawing the Notice of
                                Acceptance</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">09/13/2024&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                Notice of DO/EO Missing Requirements
                                Mailed</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">10/17/2024&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                Notice withdrawing the Notice mailed
                                09/13/2024; Requirement for Sequence
                                Listing setting 2 mo due date</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">03/12/2025&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                Abandonment Notice indicating no timely
                                reply to the Notice of 10/17/2024</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                    Patentpractice &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
                                    <b>On Behalf Of </b>Timothy Snowden
                                    via Patentpractice<br>
                                    <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 12,
                                    2025 12:27 PM<br>
                                    <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
                                    <b>Cc:</b> Timothy Snowden &lt;<a href="mailto:tdsnowden@outlook.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">tdsnowden@outlook.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                    <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice]
                                    Extended Due Date/Sanity Check
                                    Question</span></p>
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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 &quot;ON EXAMINATION.&quot;
                              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 &quot;on
                              examination&quot;. 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</p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal">On 3/12/2025 11:18
                                AM, David Boundy via Patentpractice
                                wrote:</p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">I think you
                                      have one more month, to total six
                                      months, April 17.&nbsp; I disagree with
                                      Tim Snowden -- the six month
                                      deadline is statutory. &nbsp; The
                                      statutory deadline applies to all
                                      &quot;objections or requirements&quot; or
                                      &quot;actions&quot; even if the underlying
                                      basis is regulatory. &nbsp; &quot;Action&quot; is
                                      defined in 5 U.S.C. 551. &nbsp; Look at
                                      sections 132 and 133 --</p>
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                                    <h1><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">35 U.S.C. § 132 -
                                        Notice of rejection;
                                        reexamination
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_-7005315204254144432_m_-5100530667460591539_m_5223192907427478280_m_-1430253126515039943_m_414693503247399813_a" moz-do-not-send="true"></a><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">(a) Whenever, on
                                        examination, any claim for a
                                        patent is rejected,
                                        <span style="color:black;background:yellow">or any objection or requirement
                                          made</span>, the Director
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                                        information and references as
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                                        propriety of continuing the
                                        prosecution of his application;
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                                        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></p>
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                                    <h1><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">35 U.S.C. § 133 -
                                        Time for prosecuting application
                                      </span></h1>
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                                        prosecute the application within
                                        six months after any action
                                        therein, of which notice has
                                        been given or mailed to the
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                                      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.</p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Five months
                                      extension is only available for a
                                      few situations --</p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- teh
                                      initial time is one month</p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- teh
                                      deadline runs from some action of
                                      the applicant (such as filing a
                                      Notice of Appeal) rather than
                                      responding to an objection,
                                      requirement, or &quot;any action&quot; of
                                      the PTO.</p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Mar 12,
                                      2025 at 11:15<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">\u202f</span>AM Suzannah K.
                                      Sundby via Patentpractice &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal">Received
                                            a Notification to Comply
                                            (with Sequence Listing
                                            Requirements), which is
                                            essentially a Notice of
                                            Missing Parts.</p>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal">The
                                            Notice was mailed October
                                            17, 2024, and sets an
                                            extendible 2 month shortened
                                            due date.</p>
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO
                                            just mailed a Notice of
                                            Abandonment for failing to
                                            timely respond.</p>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal">Thus, I
                                            need a sanity check:</p>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;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></p>
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