Doc Code: PET.OP
Document Description: Petition for Review by the Office of Petitions
PTO/SB/64a (12-20)
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PETITION FOR REVIVAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR PATENT
ABANDONED FOR FAILURE TO NOTIFY THE OFFICE OF A
FOREIGN OR INTERNATIONAL FILING (37 CFR 1.137(f))
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Docket Number (Optional)
First named inventor: __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Application No.: ________________________________________ Art Unit: _______________________________________________
Filed: _________________________________________________ Examiner: ______________________________________________
Title:
Attention: Office of Petitions
Mail Stop Petition
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
FAX (571) 273-8300
NOTE: If information or assistance is needed in completing this form, please contact the Office of Petitions at (571) 272-3282.
The above-identified application became abandoned pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(iii) for failure to timely notify the Office of the filing of
an application in a foreign country or under a multinational international treaty that requires publication of applications eighteen months after
filing. The date of abandonment is the day after the expiration date of the forty-five (45) day period set in 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(iii).
PURSUANT TO 37 CFR 1.137(f), APPLICANT HEREBY PETITIONS FOR REVIVAL OF THIS APPLICATION UNDER 37 CFR 1.137(a).
1. Petition fee
Small entity fee $ __________ (37 CFR 1.17(m)). Applicant asserts small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27.
Micro entity fee $ __________ (37 CFR 1.17(m)). Applicant certifies micro entity status. See 37 CFR 1.29.
Form PTO/SB/15A or B or equivalent must either be enclosed or have been submitted previously.
Undiscounted fee $ __________ (37 CFR 1.17(m)).
2. Notice of Foreign or International Filing (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(iii) and 37 CFR 1.213(c))
Subsequent to the filing of the above-identified application, an application was filed in another country, or under a multinational international
treaty (e.g., filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty), that requires publication of applications eighteen months after the filing. The filing date
of the subsequently filed foreign or international application is _________________________________________________________________.
This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.137. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the USPTO to
process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.11, 1.14 and 41.6. This collection is estimated to take 1 hour to complete,
including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any comments on
the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND
TO: Mail Stop Petition, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
If you need assistance in completing the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and select option 2.
Doc Code: PET.OP
Document Description: Petition for Review by the Office of Petitions
PTO/SB/64a (12-20)
Approved for use through 12/31/2020. OMB 0651-0031
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.
PETITION FOR REVIVAL (37 CFR 1.137(f))
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3. Statement: The entire delay in filing the required notice of a foreign or international filing from the due date for the required notice until the
filing of a grantable petition under 37 CFR 1.137(a) was unintentional.
Petitioner is reminded that a delay resulting from a deliberately chosen course of action or a change in circumstance is not an unintentional
delay.
[NOTE: Where the petition under 37 CFR 1.137 is filed more than two years after the required notice of a foreign or international filing was due,
the United States Patent and Trademark Office requires an additional explanation of the circumstances surrounding the delay that establishes
the entire delay was unintentional. This requirement is in addition to the requirement to provide a statement that the entire delay was
unintentional. See Clarification of the Practice for Requiring Additional Information in Petitions Filed in Patent Applications and Patents Based
on Unintentional Delay, 85 FR 12222 (March 2, 2020). See MPEP 711.03(c)(II)(C)-(F) for additional guidance on the information required to
establish that the entire delay was unintentional.]
Because this petition under 37 CFR 1.137(a) is being filed more than two years after the required notice of a foreign or international
filing was due, additional explanation of the circumstances surrounding the delay that establishes the entire delay was unintentional
is enclosed herewith.
WARNING:
Petitioner/applicant is cautioned to avoid submitting personal information in documents filed in a patent application that may contribute to
identity theft. Personal information such as social security numbers, bank account numbers, or credit card numbers (other than a check or
credit card authorization form PTO-2038 submitted for payment purposes) is never required by the USPTO to support a petition or an
application. If this type of personal information is included in documents submitted to the USPTO, petitioners/applicants should consider
redacting such personal information from the documents before submitting them to the USPTO. Petitioner/applicant is advised that the record
of a patent application is available to the public after publication of the application (unless a non-publication request in compliance with 37 CFR
1.213(a) is made in the application) or issuance of a patent. Furthermore, the record from an abandoned application may also be available to
the public if the application is referenced in a published application or an issued patent (see 37 CFR 1.14). Checks and credit card authorization
forms PTO-2038 submitted for payment purposes are not retained in the application file and therefore are not publicly available.
__________________________________________________ _______________________________________
Signature Date
__________________________________________________ _______________________________________
Typed or Printed Name Registration Number, if applicable
__________________________________________________ _______________________________________
Address Telephone Number
__________________________________________________
Address
Enclosures:
Fee Payment
Additional sheet(s) containing statements establishing unintentional delay
Other: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CERTIFICATE OF MAILING OR TRANSMISSION [37 CFR 1.8(a)]
I hereby certify that this correspondence is being:
Deposited with the United States Postal Service on the date shown below with sufficient postage as first class mail in an envelope
addressed to: Mail Stop Petition, Commissioner for Patents, P. O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Transmitted by facsimile on the date shown below to the United States Patent and Trademark Office at (571) 273-8300.
____________________________ ________________________________________________________________
Date Signature
________________________________________________________________
Typed or printed name of person signing certificate
Privacy Act Statement
The Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579) requires that you be given certain information in connection with your
submission of the attached form related to a patent application or patent. Accordingly, pursuant to the
requirements of the Act, please be advised that: (1) the general authority for the collection of this information is
35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2); (2) furnishing of the information solicited is voluntary; and (3) the principal purpose for which
the information is used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is to process and/or examine your submission
related to a patent application or patent. If you do not furnish the requested information, the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office may not be able to process and/or examine your submission, which may result in termination
of proceedings or abandonment of the application or expiration of the patent.
The information provided by you in this form will be subject to the following routine uses:
1. The information on this form will be treated confidentially to the extent allowed under the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C 552a). Records from this system of
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552a(m).
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under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. Such disclosure shall be made in accordance with t
he
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SA regulations governing inspection of records for this purpose, and any other relevant (i.e., GSA or
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8. A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the public after either
publication of the application pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 122(b) or issuance of a patent pursuant to 35
U
.S.C. 151. Further, a record may be disclosed, subject to the limitations of 37 CFR 1.14, as a routine
use, to the public if the record was filed in an application which became abandoned or in which the
proceedings were terminated and which application is referenced by either a published application, an
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