Subsections 73(1) and (2) prescribe the reasons for which an application shall be deemed abandoned: “(1) An application for a patent shall be deemed abandoned if the applicant does not (a) reply in good faith to any requisition made by an examiner in connection with an examination, within six months after the ...
The grounds for trademark cancellation can include issues such as non-use of the trademark, abandonment, fraud in the application process, genericness, or other factors that render the trademark registration invalid.
File a Petition – Submit a challenge to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Evidence Submission – Present evidence, including prior art, to support invalidation. Proceedings – Engage in proceedings, including hearings and responses. Decision – The PTAB issues a decision on patent validity.
(a) Applications may be withdrawn from issue for further action at the initiative of the Office or upon petition by the applicant.
A petition to revive an abandoned application on the grounds that the failure to reply was unintentional (37 CFR 1.137) must be accompanied by: (1) the required reply (which has been filed); (2) a statement that the entire delay in filing the required reply from the due date for the reply until the filing of a ...
The RCE may be filed with a response or subsequent to the filing of an after-final response. In most cases, you will likely want to file an Office Action response with further claim amendments and arguments in conjunction with the RCE.
Applicant is advised that the abandonment of this application may only be overcome by filing a petition to revive under 37 CFR 1.137. A petition to revive may be appropriate if applicant's failure to reply was unintentional, as set forth below.
Sometimes, an applicant may need to file an IDS after receiving a Notice of Allowance. If the IDS is being submitted after three months of first discovering the prior art, then an RCE must be filed.