Dates and Deadlines Flashcards
Deadline to …… respond to Remand by the Board?
30 Days
Date for …..initiation of…Inter Partes Review?
September 16, 2012
NOTE: Phase 2 of AIA
Date for WTO?
January 1, 1996
NOTE: Date of invention in country counts (pre-AIA)
Purpose-establish APPLICANTS right to own a patent & move back date of invention as prior art. DO NOT change what is prior art under 102. Allows US patent applicant to establish earlier date to defeat prior art. “Beat the date” w/ activity here too
Deadline for ……………Asserting (Perfecting) Priority?
(If missed?)
Later of…
- 4 months of filing date
- 16 months of earliest priority date
NOTE: in a signed ADS
If missed and UNINTENTIONAL and up until day of Issue:
- With PETITION and FEE
- If close to Issue- may need Certificate of Correction
If AFTER ISSUE:
- Must file Reissue application
Deadline for responding to ………….. Ex Parte Quayle action?
- 2 month SSP
Maximum time for “No Cause” Suspension of Action for a CPA or RCE?
Three months
Date……Patent Law Implementation Treat Act of 2012 ((PLTIA) took effect?
December 18, 2013
- A claim is no longer required in order to have a filing date awarded
- Single standard (unintentional) to revive an abandoned application
- Accepting a delayed patent owner response in a reexam
- Accepting a delayed maintenance fee payment
Deadline for submission of …… clean copy of AMENDED app for publication?
BEFORE the later of…
- 1 month from actual filing date
- 14 month from earliest benefit claim (unless conf # was received later)
NOTE: Instead of publication as filed; Must be submitted by EFS
Deadline …..for COPYING CLAIM of issued patent or published application for Interference, or for initiating a DERIVATION proceeding?
One Year after Publication or Issuance
Deadline to …..notify if Real Party of Interest changes during appeal
20 Days
Deadline to…. file a petition for Express Abandonment to avoid publication
Four Weeks before publication
Deadline for filing ………….. an Appeal Brief?
- 2 month deadline (not statutory)
- Full 5 month extension possible
NOTE: Once of few times you can go past 6 months
Date for ….. initiation of …..Supplemental Examination?
September 16, 2012
NOTE: Phase 2 of AIA
Deadline for filing………….. an IDS?
(If missed?)
LATER of…
- Within 3 months (2 months if Reissue)
- Before 1st Office Action
No extension, even for cause
If MISSED and after 3 months from filing date/1st action and BEFORE final Action/Allowance:
- Statement OR fee required w/ IDS
If MISSED and after final Action/Allowance but BEFORE issue fee paid:
- Statement AND Fee required w/ IDS
Maximum automatic extension of time?
Five months
Date for …. implementation of AIA 102, (including changes to prior art effective dates) and “first to file.”?
March 16, 2013
Term for holding ……..Biotech sample according …….to Budapest Treaty?
- At least 30 years
- Also at least 5 years after most recent request
Deadline for filing ……………a 3rd party preissuance submission?
Due BEFORE deadline (and no pushing out if it calls on weekend or holiday)
EARLIER of…
- Date of ALLOWANCE (PRE-ISSUANCE Citation!!)
and
- LATER of…
- 6 months after the date application is FIRST PUBLISHED by the USPTO, or
- date of the FIRST REJECTION of any claim by the examiner.
Deadline to …..petition to challenge PTA calculation?
Two months after patent grant
(Extendable 1.136(a))
Date…… Petition to Make Special changed?
On/After……August 25, 2006
On/after this date- only very limited basis
Deadline for……PLTIA Restoration of Foreign Priority for a UTILITY application?
14 months
MUST be UNINTENTIONAL
NOTE: Design is 8 months
Deadline for….. filing petition after decision on reconsideration by the examiner?
Two months
(a) Previous Utility patent term?
(b) Transition date?
- 17 years from Issue
- Before June 8, 1995
Deadline for response to…………. Notice of Missing Parts?
If corresponding address:
- 3 months from filing date (up to 5 month extension)
If other than corresponding address:
- 2 months from mailing date of Notice of Missing Parts (up to 5 month extension)
Date for …..initiation of…Post-Grant Review?
September 16, 2012
NOTE: Phase 2 of AIA
(a) Current Utility patent term?
(b) Transition date?
- 20 year term from earliest nonprovisional priority date
- On/after June 8, 1995
Time from earliest effective filing date to submit REDACTED copy for publication if foreign app had less extensive description?
16 months
(a) Previous DESIGN patent term?
(b) Transition date?
- 14 years from grant date
- On/after May 13, 2015
Note: also date Hague Agreement on Industrial Designs went into effect
Maximum time for SUSPENSION OF ACTION of an application initiated by the Office (good & sufficient cause)
Six months
Time passed since US filing for automatic granting of Foreign Filing License?
6 months
Deadline to …….pay ISSUE FEE ….and…..file formal drawings?
(If missed?)
Three months
Unextendable
Can be paid late upon proper showing
Deadline for responding to ………….. a Double Patenting Rejection?
- 3 month SSP
- 3 month extension possible
Total: 6 months
Date for NAFTA?
December 8, 1993
NOTE: Canada/Mexico; Date of invention in country counts (pre-AIA)
Purpose-establish APPLICANTS right to own a patent & move back date of invention as prior art. DO NOT change what is prior art under 102. Allows US patent applicant to establish earlier date to defeat prior art. “Beat the fate” w/ activity here too