MPEP Section 1002.02(c)(3), Petitions Decided by the Director of Technology Center 2900

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1002.02(c)(3) Petitions Decided by the Director of Technology Center 2900

In addition to the items delegated to all Technology Center Directors under MPEP § 1002.02(c), authority to decide the following petitions and requests filed in design applications is delegated to the Director of Technology Center 2900:

1. Petitions to revive an abandoned national application, 37 CFR 1.137 (both unavoidable delay and unintentional delay), MPEP § 711.03(c).

2. Petitions relating to the filing date of patent applications under 37 CFR 1.53 and former 37 CFR 1.60 and 1.62, MPEP § 506.02.

3. Requests for expedited examination of design applications under 37 CFR 1.155, MPEP § 1504.30.