[Patentpractice] "Good and Sufficient Cause"

[Benjamin Keim]

Have you tried looking at https://petition.ai/? They advertise a searchable database of petition documents. I have not used this service myself.

-Ben

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Subject: Re: [Patentpractice] "Good and Sufficient Cause"

I’m very interested in the answer to this as I have been unable to find the USPTO’s definition of the phrase. I’ve been told by the PTO that the standard is quite low. But how low, and is it subjective to each Petitions Examiner?

I’ve personally seen petitions granted where a paper certified copy was unable to be filed because a patent office was not issuing them during/since covid.

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Does anyone know of or have access to any petition decisions that define “good and sufficient cause” for delay, for example, in filing of a certified priority document?  Or at least examples of what the Petitions Office is accepting as good and sufficient cause?  Thank you very much in advance.

Roger

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