The Patents petitions timeline provides applicants access to petitions that can be submitted during each stage of patent prosecution process and information related to each specific petition and deciding office. Also, the timeline provides information on both the historical grant rates and the pendency of decided petitions.
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Prior to examination
- Abandonment related
- Access
- Advancement of examination
- Application publications
- Assignee related
- Conversion of applications
- Correction of inventorship
- Entity status
- Expunging papers
- Extensions of time
- Filing date related
- Foreign priority or domestic benefit related
- General and misc
- Public use related
- Retroactive foreign filing licenses
- Specifically related to international applications
- Suspension or waiver of rules (not provided for in any statute)
- Withdrawal of attorney related
During examination
- Abandonment related
- Access
- Advancement of examination
- Application publications
- Assignee related
- Conversion of applications
- Correction of inventorship
- Entity status
- Expunging papers
- Extensions of time
- Filing date related
- Foreign priority or domestic benefit related
- General and misc
- Public use related
- Retroactive foreign filing licenses
- Suspension or waiver of rules (not provided for in any statute)
- Withdrawal of attorney related
After close of prosecution
- Abandonment related
- Access
- Assignee related
- Correction of inventorship
- Entity status
- Expunging papers
- Extensions of time
- Filing date related
- Foreign priority or domestic benefit related
- General and misc
- Public use related
- Retroactive foreign filing licenses
- Suspension or waiver of rules (not provided for in any statute)
- Withdrawal of attorney related
Allowance/After payment of issue fee
- Abandonment related
- Access
- Assignee related
- Correction of inventorship
- Entity status
- Expunging papers
- Extensions of time
- Filing date related
- Foreign priority or domestic benefit related
- General and misc
- Public use related
- Retroactive foreign filing licenses
- Suspension or waiver of rules (not provided for in any statute)
- Withdrawal from issue
- Withdrawal of attorney related
Post Issuance
- Access
- Assignee related
- Correction of inventorship
- Entity status
- Extensions of time
- Filing date related
- Foreign priority or domestic benefit related
- General and misc
- Maintenance fee related
- Patent term adjustment
- Public use related
- Reexamination related
- Retroactive foreign filing licenses
- Suspension or waiver of rules (not provided for in any statute)
- Withdrawal of attorney related