Filed on or after September 16, 2012
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CARES Act Relief
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01/2021 | SB/453 |
Appeal
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11/2023 | AIA/31 | |
Request for Oral Hearing Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board | 11/2023 | AIA/32 |
11/2023 | AIA/33 | |
11/2023 | AIA/34 | |
07/2020 | SB/451 | |
Petition Fast-Track for COVID-19-Related Appeals Pilot Program | 04/2021 | SB/454 |
Application Data Sheet
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Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)
| 01/2022 | AIA/14 |
Certificate of Mailing/Transmission
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11/2023 | SB/92 |
Customer Number
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12/2008 | SB/124 | |
11/2008 | SB/125 |
Design
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For Design Applications Only: Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Request Transmittal | 11/2023 | SB/29 |
For Design Applications Only: Receipt For Facsimile Transmitted CPA | 07/2007 | SB/29A |
Request for Expedited Examination of a Design Application (37 CFR 1.155) | 05/2015 | SB/27 |
Express Abandonment
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05/2022 | AIA/24 | |
Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication under 37 CFR 1.138(c) | 05/2022 | AIA/24A |
05/2022 | AIA/24B |
Fees
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12/2022 | SB/06 | |
07/2007 | SB/07 | |
07/2014 | SB/15A | |
Certification of Micro Entity Status - Institution of Higher Education Basis | 07/2014 | SB/15B |
09/2022 | SB/460 | |
12/2022 | SB/17 | |
11/2023 | SB/17i | |
11/2023 | AIA/17p | |
11/2023 | SB/45 | |
11/2021 | AIA/47 | |
11/2023 | SB/56 | |
Fee Transmittal (Part B) of the Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due Form | 11/2023 | PTOL-85 |
07/2009 | SB/91 | |
Certification and Request to Treat an Application Filed During a Designated Significant Unplanned Electronic Business System Outage as an Application Filed by the USPTO’s Electronic Filing System [more information] | 11/2023 | SB/448 |
11/2023 | PTO-2038 | |
11/2023 | PTO-2326 |
Information Disclosure Statement
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Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant - Patent Center - auto-load version This Patent Center version of the SB/08 is the RECOMMENDED version
| 06/2024 | SB/08a - Patent Center |
06/2015 | SB/08a | |
06/2015 | SB/08b | |
12/2016 | SB/09 | |
02/2023 | SB/133 |
Inventor's Oath or Declaration (Quick Reference Guide)
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06/2012 | AIA/01 | |
06/2012 | AIA/01 Translations | |
Substitute Statement In Lieu Of An Oath Or Declaration For Utility Or Design Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 115(d) And 37 CFR 1.64) | 06/2015 | AIA/02 |
07/2013 | AIA/02 Translations | |
Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) For Plant Application Using An Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76) | 09/2022 | AIA/03 |
06/2015 | AIA/04 | |
06/2012 | AIA/05 | |
09/2020 | AIA/06 | |
06/2015 | AIA/07 | |
Declaration For Utility Or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.63) | 11/2015 | AIA/08 |
Plant Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 161) Declaration (37 CFR 1.162) | 06/2012 | AIA/09 |
06/2012 | AIA/10 | |
06/2012 | AIA/11 |
Nonpublication Request
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07/2009 | SB/35 | |
11/2023 | SB/36 |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
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11/2023 | SB/64PCT | |
11/2023 | PTO-1390 | |
01/2017 | PTO-1382 |
Patent Electronic System Verification Form
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01/2019 | PTO-2042a |
Petitions
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Certification and Petition to Make Special Under the Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program | 11/2023 | SB/467 |
Petition Fast-Track for COVID-19-Related Appeals Pilot Program | 04/2021 | SB/454 |
07/2020 | SB/451 | |
Certification and Petition for the First-Time Filer Expedited Examination Pilot Program | 03/2023 | SB/464 |
02/2023 | SB/465 | |
11/2023 | AIA/22 | |
07/2009 | SB/23 | |
Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unintentionally under 37 CFR 1.137(a) Note: A Petition for Revival to accept the late payment of issue fee may alternatively be filed as a Web-based ePetition. | 11/2023 | SB/64 |
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)) Note: A Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned for Failure to Notify the Office of a Foreign or International Filing may alternatively be filed as a Web-based ePetition. | 11/2023 | SB/64a |
11/2023 | SB/445 | |
11/2023 | SB/458 | |
11/2023 | SB/459 | |
Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) | 11/2023 | SB/66 |
Petition to Make Special Based on Age for Advancement of Examination under 37 CFR 1.102(c)(1) | 01/2019 | SB/130 |
01/2022 | SB/28 | |
Petitions to Make Special Under the Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot Program
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Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and Change of Correspondence Address Note: A Request for Withdrawal As Attorney or Agent may alternatively be filed as a Web-based ePetition. | 04/2013 | AIA/83 |
Pilot Programs
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Certification and Petition to Make Special Under the Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program | 11/2023 | SB/467 |
Certification and Petition for the First-Time Filer Expedited Examination Pilot Program | 03/2023 | SB/464 |
02/2023 | SB/465 | |
Certification and Petition to Make Special under the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program | 05/2023 | SB/457 |
Certification and Request for Consideration under the After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0 | 03/2022 | SB/434 |
Petition to Make Special Under the Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot Program | 03/2022 | SB/437 |
Petition Fast-Track for COVID-19-Related Appeals Pilot Program | 04/2021 | SB/454 |
07/2020 | SB/451 | |
Certification and Request for Consideration of an Information Disclosure Statement Filed After Payment of the Issue Fee Under the QPIDS Pilot Program (more information) | 12/2016 | SB/09 |
Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address
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Power Of Attorney To Prosecute Applications Before The USPTO | 07/2017 | AIA/80 |
Power Of Attorney To One Or More Of The Joint Inventors And Change Of Correspondence Address | 07/2012 | AIA/81 |
02/2015 | AIA/81A | |
07/2013 | AIA/81B | |
12/2008 | SB/81C | |
07/2013 | AIA/82 | |
07/2013 | AIA/82 Translations | |
05/2023 | AIA/122 | |
06/2015 | AIA/123 |
Prioritized Examination
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Certification and Request for Prioritized Examination Under 37 CFR 1.102(e) | 11/2023 | AIA/424 |
Priority Document Exchange
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Request to Retrieve Electronic Priority Application(s) (See more information about Priority Document Exchange) | 02/2023 | SB/38 |
Authorization or Rescission of Authorization to Permit Access to Application-As-Filed by Participating Offices (See more information about Priority Document Exchange) | 11/2015 | SB/39 |
Provisional Patent Application
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Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet - Patent Center auto-load version (instructions [DOC]) This Patent Center version of the SB/16 is the RECOMMENDED version | 02/2022 | SB/16 - Patent Center |
12/2022 | SB/16 |
Reexamination
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11/2023 | SB/57 |
Reissue Application (Reissue Application Filing Guide)
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Reissue Application: Consent of Assignee; Statement of Non-Assignment | 09/2012 | AIA/53 |
Request for Continued Examination (RCE)
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Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal (Submitted Only via Patent Center) SB30 instructions [DOC] This Patent Center version of the SB/30 is the RECOMMENDED version | 01/2022 | SB/30 Patent Center |
11/2023 | SB/30 |
Requests Related to Inventorship and Applicant
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11/2023 | AIA/40 | |
04/2015 | AIA/41 |
Statement Under 37 CFR 3.73(c)
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11/2023 | AIA/96 |
Statutory Disclaimer
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11/2023 | SB/43 |
Supplemental Examination
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09/2016 | SB/59 |
Terminal Disclaimer (Note: In pending applications, a Terminal Disclaimer may alternatively be filed as a Web-based eTerminal Disclaimer over the USPTO patent electronic filing system.)
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04/2013 | AIA/25 | |
Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Double Patenting Rejection Over a "Prior" Patent | 04/2014 | AIA/26 |
07/2016 | AIA/63 | |
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Terminal Disclaimer in a Patent or Proceeding in view of an Application | 02/2014 | SB/25a |
Terminal Disclaimer in a Patent or Proceeding in view of Another Patent | 02/2014 | SB/26a |
Third-Party Submissions
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11/2021 | SB/429 |
Transmittals and Cover Sheets
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10/2017 | AIA/15 | |
Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet - Patent Center auto-load version (instructions [DOC]) This Patent Center version of the SB/16 is the RECOMMENDED version | 01/2022 | SB/16 - Patent Center |
12/2022 | SB/16 | |
10/2017 | AIA/18 | |
10/2017 | AIA/19 | |
07/2009 | SB/21 | |
For Design Applications Only: Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Request Transmittal | 11/2023 | SB/29 |
10/2017 | AIA/50 | |
06/2012 | PTO-1595 |
Miscellaneous Forms
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07/2012 | SB/37 | |
09/2007 | SB/44 | |
Power to Inspect/Copy - For Applications Filed on or after September 16, 2012 | 11/2015 | AIA/67 |
Request for Access to an Abandoned Application Under 37 CFR 1.14 | 10/2014 | SB/68 |
11/2015 | SB/69 | |
05/2018 | SB/134 | |
07/2016 | PTOL-413A | |
11/2015 | SB/439 | |
11/2018 | AIA/440 | |
| 08/2024 | SB/469 |
01/2012 | SB/2048A |
PATENT PROSECUTION HIGHWAY - Forms to request participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway (regardless of application filing date) may be accessed here.
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