<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><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. I couldn't remember the case until I hit send, then it came to me <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3098648296141854653" target="_blank">https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3098648296141854653</a>
The PTO doesn't have authority to waive the six month deadline just by giving it an oddball
name. "Any action" means "any action." Whatever authority the PTO had to torture statutes ended
with Loper Bright last summer. The PTO structures its practices to maximize fee income, not to give value to applicants. When it comes to a choice between fee revenue and the law, the law can go to hell. So don't trust these representations -- your opposing defendant won't.<br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Exceptions: <br></div><div> -- notices that raise no requirement to act in any specific time, for example, teh reminder you get that an oath/declaration has to be satisfied when you get a notice of allowance<br></div><div> -- I don't know about sequence listings. Are they like drawings (necessary to perfect a filing date), or are they like oath/declaration, "whenever you get around to it?"</div><div><br></div><div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Five months extension is only available for a few situations --</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> -- the initial time is one month</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> -- the 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.</p>
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</div><div><br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div></div><div><br></div></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 1:19\u202fPM Sharon Rubin via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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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. 2 different docketing systems we\u2019ve used agree, so it must be true!</span></p>
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<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. 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) Difference Between Shortened Statutory Periods for Reply and Specified Time Limits [R-07.2015]</span></b></p>
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<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 <a href="https://www.bitlaw.com/source/35usc/133.html" target="_blank">35
U.S.C. 133</a>. Thus, extensions of time of up to 5 months under <a href="https://www.bitlaw.com/source/37cfr/1-136.html" target="_blank">37 CFR 1.136(a)</a>, followed by additional time under <a href="https://www.bitlaw.com/source/37cfr/1-136.html" target="_blank">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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<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. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Goldberg, Judi <<a href="mailto:jgoldberg@leydig.com" target="_blank">jgoldberg@leydig.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] Extended Due Date/Sanity Check Question</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Let us know what you find out from PTO Legal. Thanks!</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 12, 2025 11:44 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Yeah, read what Boundy wrote and felt like everything I know and understand was turned upside down\u2026</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Btw, PatentCrapper indicates that the Notice mailed on October 17<sup>th</sup> is a Pre-Exam Formalities Notice.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I\u2019m going to contact Patent Legal because the given case is a mess.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">12/22/2021 Received Notice of Acceptance</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">09/03/2024 Notice withdrawing the Notice of Acceptance</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">09/13/2024 Notice of DO/EO Missing Requirements Mailed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">10/17/2024 Notice withdrawing the Notice mailed 09/13/2024; Requirement for Sequence Listing setting 2 mo due date</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 "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</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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 --</p>
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<h1><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">35 U.S.C. § 132 - Notice of rejection; reexamination
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_7121389396629694443_m_-7005315204254144432_m_-5100530667460591539_m_5223192907427478280_m_-1430253126515039943_m_414693503247399813_a"></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",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 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></p>
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<h1><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">35 U.S.C. § 133 - Time for prosecuting application
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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"> -- teh initial time is one month</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> -- 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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 11:15<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>AM Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Notice was mailed October 17, 2024, and sets an extendible 2 month shortened due date.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="768" height="103" style="width: 8in; height: 1.0729in;" id="m_7121389396629694443m_-7005315204254144432m_-5100530667460591539m_5223192907427478280m_-1430253126515039943m_414693503247399813m_6441016958688665737Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_1958b651b5e4cff311"></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO just mailed a Notice of Abandonment for failing to timely respond.</p>
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<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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