37 CFR 1.129 - Transitional procedures for limited examination after final rejection and restriction practice

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  • Patent cases: Patent business goals; implementation,
    • United States
    • Federal Register October 05, 1998
    • October 5, 1998
    ...under consideration. Except for the specific authorization in Sec. 532(a)(2)(B) of Pub. L. 103-465 for the practice set forth in 37 CFR 1.129(b), there is currently no statutory authority for the PTO to simply charge the patent fees set forth in 35 U.S.C. 41(a) for the examination of additi......
  • Hyatt v. Iancu, Civil Action No. 05-2310 (RCL)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. United States District Court (Columbia)
    • July 31, 2018
    ...claims on September 22, 1995, and entered a final rejection made on July 31, 1996. Mr. Hyatt, using the transitional rules provided in 37 C.F.R. § 1.129(a) ("Rule 129(a)"), petitioned to file an amendment, the effective equivalent of a continuing application, on March 25, 1997. PTX-004.0658......
  • Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020
    • United States
    • Patent And Trademark Office
    • Invalid date
    ...1809/2809/3809...................... Filing a submission 840 420 210 880 440 220 after final rejection (see 37 CFR 1.129(a)). 1.17(s)........................... 1810/2810/3810...................... For each additional 840 420 210 880 440 invention to be examined (see 37 CFR 1.129(b)). -----......
  • Ex parte Hyatt, Appeal 2020-005348
    • United States
    • United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
    • July 30, 2021
    ...are directed to a very large number of distinct inventions, (2) the changes in the law, namely the transitional practice set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 1.129 ("Rule 129"), that took effect in June 8, 1995, [12] forced Appellant to file numerous applications, (3) the undue multiplicity rejection i......
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  • Hyatt v. Iancu, Civil Action No. 05-2310 (RCL)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. United States District Court (Columbia)
    • July 31, 2018
    ...claims on September 22, 1995, and entered a final rejection made on July 31, 1996. Mr. Hyatt, using the transitional rules provided in 37 C.F.R. § 1.129(a) ("Rule 129(a)"), petitioned to file an amendment, the effective equivalent of a continuing application, on March 25, 1997. PTX-004.0658......
  • Ex parte Hyatt, Appeal 2020-005348
    • United States
    • United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
    • July 30, 2021
    ...are directed to a very large number of distinct inventions, (2) the changes in the law, namely the transitional practice set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 1.129 ("Rule 129"), that took effect in June 8, 1995, [12] forced Appellant to file numerous applications, (3) the undue multiplicity rejection i......
  • Hyatt v. Iancu, Civil Action No. 05-2310 (RCL)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. United States District Court (Columbia)
    • July 31, 2018
    ...§ 532(a)(2), 108 Stat. 4809, 4984 (1994) (codified as amended at 35 U.S.C. § 154 ). The PTO's rule implementing this legislation is in 37 C.F.R. § 1.129 ("Rule 129"), which was promulgated on April 25, 1995. See 60 Fed. Reg. 20,195, 20,226 –27 (Apr. 25, 1995) ("Changes to Implement 20-Year ......
  • Personalized Media Commc'ns, LLC v. Apple, Inc., CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:15-CV-01366-JRG
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 5th Circuit. United States District Court of Eastern District Texas
    • August 5, 2021
    ...and Trademark Office ("PTO") determined that GATT rules would apply to any patent application filed on or after June 8, 1995. See 37 C.F.R. § 1.129.[FF 26] The PTO received and processed over 50,000 patent applications in the nine days prior to the June 8, 1995 "GATT Deadline"—approximately......
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  • USPTO Files Response Brief in In re Janssen Biotech, Inc. & New York University
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • May 16, 2017
    ...1996 to file a Notice of Appeal; and then (iv) Janssen waited another six months, until May, 1997 to reopen prosecution by filing a 37 C.F.R. § 1.129(a) amendment. Id. at If there are points for brevity, the PTO got all this done in only 10,627 of the 14,000 words allotted. Grantland Drutch......

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