Conversion of applications petitions

IPLA – International Patent Legal Administration
OPET – Office of Petitions

Generally available

Petition typeAverage days pending of decided petitionsMedian days pending of decided petitionsGrant rate percentageDeciding officeePetition option
263 - To convert filing from 35 U.S.C. 111 to 35 U.S.C 37118180%*IPLA 
264 - To convert filing from 35 U.S.C. 371 to 35 U.S.C. 111605222%*IPLA 
408 - Rule 53 conversions in applications before OPET12410790%*OPET 


Prior to examination

Petition typeAverage days pending of decided petitionsMedian days pending of decided petitionsGrant rate percentageDeciding officeePetition option
222 - To convert a Hague application to a regular designNoneNoneNoneIPLA 
Please scroll to the top of this page to view other petition types that are available during this stage.

*Infrequently filed petition

Displayed are the 12-month rolling average and median values. When the median value is significantly different from the average value, the median value will better represent when a particular category of a petition has been decided. This is because a small number of outliers can disproportionately impact the average value. The values exclude ePetitions.

The data is current as of October 1, 2024, and is updated quarterly.