37 CFR 1.134: Time period for reply to an Office action

Taken from the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 10.2019, Last Revised in June 2020

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1.134    Time period for reply to an Office action.

An Office action will notify the applicant of any non-statutory or shortened statutory time period set for reply to an Office action. Unless the applicant is notified in writing that a reply is required in less than six months, a maximum period of six months is allowed.

[47 FR 41272, Sept. 17, 1982, effective Oct. 1, 1982; revised, 62 FR 53132, Oct. 10, 1997, effective Dec. 1, 1997]