[Patentpractice] One Interview per Round?

[Timothy Snowden]

I had an examiner tell me the same thing.

On 10/3/2025 3:10 PM, Judith S via Patentpractice wrote:
> An examiner in a recent interview told me that the examining corps 
> just received a memo indicating that they are only permitted one 
> interview for a ‘round,' which means from filing through RCE.
>
> The Patent Examiner subreddit confirms:
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/patentexaminer/comments/1nw58wc/stakeholders_they_just_effectively_limited_you_to/
>
> Commenters are suggesting that patent attorneys need to step up and 
> push to change this policy, because otherwise we'll be getting a lot 
> of interview denials.
>
> I hope this memo predates the new head of the PTO, but I fear it does not.
>
> Judith
>
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