37 CFR 1.705 (pre-2013-04-01)
Patent term adjustment determination
Taken from the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, published in March 2014
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1.705 (pre-2013-04-01) Patent term adjustment determination.
[Editor Note: Applicable to patents granted before January 14, 2013*]
- (a) The notice of allowance will include notification of any patent term adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154(b).
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(b)
Any request
for reconsideration of the patent term adjustment indicated in
the notice of allowance, except as provided in paragraph (d) of
this section, and any request for reinstatement of all or part
of the term reduced pursuant to § 1.704(b)
must be by way of an application for patent term adjustment. An
application for patent term adjustment under this section must
be filed no later than the payment of the issue fee but may not
be filed earlier than the date of mailing of the notice of
allowance. An application for patent term adjustment under this
section must be accompanied by:
- (1) The fee set forth in § 1.18(e); and
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(2)
A
statement of the facts involved, specifying:
- (i) The correct patent term adjustment and the basis or bases under § 1.702 for the adjustment;
- (ii) The relevant dates as specified in §§ 1.703(a) through (e) for which an adjustment is sought and the adjustment as specified in § 1.703(f) to which the patent is entitled;
- (iii) Whether the patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer and any expiration date specified in the terminal disclaimer; and
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(iv)
- (A) Any circumstances during the prosecution of the application resulting in the patent that constitute a failure to engage in reasonable efforts to conclude processing or examination of such application as set forth in § 1.704; or
- (B) That there were no circumstances constituting a failure to engage in reasonable efforts to conclude processing or examination of such application as set forth in §1.704.
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(c)
Any
application for patent term adjustment under this section that
requests reinstatement of all or part of the period of
adjustment reduced pursuant to § 1.704(b) for
failing to reply to a rejection, objection, argument, or other
request within three months of the date of mailing of the Office
communication notifying the applicant of the rejection,
objection, argument, or other request must also be accompanied
by:
- (1) The fee set forth in § 1.18(f); and
- (2) A showing to the satisfaction of the Director that, in spite of all due care, the applicant was unable to reply to the rejection, objection, argument, or other request within three months of the date of mailing of the Office communication notifying the applicant of the rejection, objection, argument, or other request. The Office shall not grant any request for reinstatement for more than three additional months for each reply beyond three months from the date of mailing of the Office communication notifying the applicant of the rejection, objection, argument, or other request.
- (d) If there is a revision to the patent term adjustment indicated in the notice of allowance, the patent will indicate the revised patent term adjustment. If the patent indicates or should have indicated a revised patent term adjustment, any request for reconsideration of the patent term adjustment indicated in the patent must be filed within two months of the date the patent issued and must comply with the requirements of paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section. Any request for reconsideration under this section that raises issues that were raised, or could have been raised, in an application for patent term adjustment under paragraph (b) of this section shall be dismissed as untimely as to those issues.
- (e) The periods set forth in this section are not extendable.
- (f) No submission or petition on behalf of a third party concerning patent term adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) will be considered by the Office. Any such submission or petition will be returned to the third party, or otherwise disposed of, at the convenience of the Office.
[Added, 65 FR 56366, Sept. 18, 2000, effective Oct. 18, 2000; para. (c)(2) revised, 68 FR 14332, Mar. 25, 2003, effective May 1, 2003; para. (d) revised, 69 FR 21704, Apr. 22, 2004, effective May 24, 2004]
[*See § 1.705 for the rule applicable to patents granted on or after Jan. 14, 2013.]