MPEP Section 1002.02(g), Petitions Decided by the Administrative Patent Judges

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1002.02(g) Petitions Decided by the Administrative Patent Judges [R-2]

1. Petitions for access to unopened preliminary statements under 37 CFR 1.631.

2. Petitions under 37 CFR 1.615 for concurrent ex parte and inter partes prosecution of patent applications, MPEP § 2315.

3. Petitions for the withdrawal of attorney under 37 CFR 1.36 in patent applications involved in interference proceedings under 37 CFR 1.601 - *>1.687< before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, 37 CFR 1.613(d).

4. A request for a Certificate of Correction for a patent that is involved in an interference conducted under 37 CFR 1.601 - *1.687< presented via a motion under 37 CFR 1.635.

5. Motions to correct errors in joining inventors in proceedings under 37 CFR 1.601 - *>1.687<, 37 CFR 1.634.