Form PTO/SB/64a Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abando

Doc Code: PET.OP
Document Description: Petition for review by the Office of Petitions
PTO/SB/64a (07-09)
Approved for use through 07/31/2012. OMB 0651-0031
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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PETITION FOR REVIVAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR PATENT
ABANDONED FOR FAILURE TO NOTIFY THE OFFICE OFA FOREIGN
OR INTERNATIONAL FILING (37 CFR 1.137(f))

Docket Number (Optional)

First named inventor:
Application No.:

Art Unit:

Filed:

Examiner:

Title:

Attention: Office of Petitions
Mail Stop Petition
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
FAX (571) 273-8300
NOTE: If information or assistance is needed in completing this form, please contact Petitions
Information at (571) 272-3282.
The above-identified application became abandoned pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 12 2(b)(2)(B)(iii) for failure to timely
notify the Office of the filing of an application in a foreign country or under a multinational international treaty that
requires publication of applications eighteen months after filing. The date of abandonment is the day after the
expiration date of the forty-five (45) day period set in 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(iii).
PURSUANT TO 37 CFR 1.137(f), APPLICANT HEREBY PETITIONS FOR REVIVAL OF THIS APPLICATION
UNDER 37 CFR 1.137(b)
1.Petition fee
Small entity-fee $

(37 CFR 1.17(m)). Applicant claims small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27.

Other than small entity – fee $

(37 CFR 1.17(m))

2. Notice of Foreign or International Filing (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(iii) and 37 CFR 1.213(c))
Subsequent to the filing of the above-identified application, an application was filed in another country,
or under a multinational international treaty (e.g., filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty), that
requires publication of applications eighteen months after the filing. The filing date of the subsequently
filed foreign or international application is
.

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This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.137. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the USPTO
to process) an app lication. Confidentiality is go verned by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1. 11 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 1.0 hour to comple te,
including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any comments
on the amount of ti me you require to complete thi s form and/or suggestions for reducing this bur den, should be sent to the Chie f Information Officer, U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313- 1450. DO NOT SEND F EES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS
ADDRESS. SEND TO: Mail Stop Petition, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

If you need assistance in completing the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and select option 2.

Doc Code:

PTO/SB/64a (07-09)
Approved for use through 06/30/2012. OMB 0651-0031
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.

STATEMENT: The entire delay in filing the required notice of a foreign or international filing from the due date for
the required notice until the filing of a grantable petition under 37 CFR 1.137(b) was unintentional. [NOT E: The
United States Patent and Trademark Office may require additional information if there is a question as to
whether either the abandonment or the delay in filing a petition under 37 CFR 1.137(b) was unintentional
(MPEP 711.03(c), subsections (III)(C) and (D)).]

WARNING:

Petitioner/applicant is cautioned to avoid submitting personal information in documents filed in a patent
application that may contribute to identity theft. Personal information such as social security numbers, bank
account numbers, or credit card numbers (other than a check or credit card authorization form PTO-2038
submitted for payment purposes) is never required by t he USPTO to support a petition or an application. If
this type of personal information is included in documents submitted to the USPTO, petitioners/applicants
should consider redacting such personal information from the documents before submitting them to the
USPTO. Petitioner/applicant is advised that the record of a patent application is available to the public after
publication of the application (unless a non-publication request in compliance with 37 CFR 1.213(a) is made in
the application) or issuance of a patent. Furthermore, the record from an abandoned application may also be
available to the public if the a pplication is referenced in a published application or an issued patent (see 37
CFR 1.14 ). Checks and credit card authorization forms PTO -2038 submitted for payment purposes are not
retained in the application file and therefore are not publicly available.
Signature

Date
Registration Number, if applicable

Type or Printed Name

Telephone Number

Address
Address

Enclosures:

Fee Payment
Additional sheets containing statements establishing unintentional delay
Other:

CERTIFICATE OF MAILING OR TRANSMISSION [37 CFR 1.8(a)]
I hereby certify that this correspondence is being:
Deposited with the United States Postal Service on the date shown below with sufficient
postage as first class mail in an envelope addressed to: Mail Stop Petition, Commissioner for
Patents, P. O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Transmitted by facsimile on the date shown below to the United States Patent and Trademark
Office at (571) 273-8300.
Date

Signature
Typed or printed name of person signing certificate
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