<div dir="ltr">This is excellent news Margaret! <div><br></div><div>I had to file a petition for a design under similar circumstances and the office of petitions came through for me also (petition with CPA filed 10 calendar days before issuance).<div><br></div><div>One caveat from my experience is to make sure the application is correctly routed back to the examiner after petition grant. Mine was stuck in limbo between the office of petitions and the art unit. The office of petitions system said the app was returned to the art unit, but the art unit said that the app was still at the office of petitions. Further, Patent Center still listed the previously assigned patent number while the application was in this limbo, so that may be useful as an indicator. IIRC, I believe I ended up having to call some higher ups at the office of petitions and art unit to get it straightened out.</div><div><br></div><div>Holding out hope that your path continues to be smooth!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>John</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 1:26\u202fPM Margaret Polson via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">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 class="msg-334742387082498934">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I feel like I used up all my luck? I thought had almost no hope of getting it approved in time without spending hours on the phone with the office of petitions. Instead, it was easy and
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rick Neifeld via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 29, 2025 5:26 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> Rick Neifeld <<a href="mailto:richardneifeld@gmail.com" target="_blank">richardneifeld@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] Shout out to the office of petitions<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p>Thank you Margaret for this point of light in such mixed times. Great to hear that this went well for you.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Clearly today is a lucky day for you. Maybe go out and buy a lottery ticket or two!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Again thank you.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Given how much we have all bitched about the backlog at the office of petitions I just wanted to give a shout out to the office. We had to file a notice of withdrawal from issue
on a design patent and a CPA. It was supposed to issue tomorrow, we filed the petition over the weekend. The web forms do not work for design patents, you have to make a form for it. I was sure we would never get it granted in time, but they were already
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