Form PTO/SB/27 Request for Expedited Examination of a Design Applicatio

Doc Code:  ROCKET 
Document Description:  Req for Expedited Processing, Design Rocket Docket 
PTO/SB/27 (05‐15) 
Approved  for  use  through  XX/XX/XXXX. OMB 0651‐0031 
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
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REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED EXAMINATION

OF A DESIGN APPLICATION

(37 CFR 1.155)

Application Number 
Filing Date 
First Named Inventor 
Title 
Atty Docket Number 

ADDRESS TO:

MAIL STOP EXPEDITED DESIGN  

COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS

                         P.O. Box 1450 

Alexandria, VA  22313‐1450 

This is a request for expedited examination of a design application under 37 CFR 1.155. 
NOTE:  If the present form (PTO/SB/27) accompanies a new nonprovisional design application under 37 CFR 1.53(b), 
include form PTO/SB/18 “Design Patent Application Transmittal” or its equivalent.  Do not include the present 
form (PTO/SB/27) on the date of filing a new international design application. For an international design 
application to qualify for expedited examination, 37 CFR 1.155(a)(1) provides that the international design 
application first must have been published by WIPO pursuant to Hague Agreement Article 10(3). 
A preexamination search was conducted. The field of search was: 

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Related applications:  _____________________________________________________________________________________ 
The following items are required under 37 CFR 1.155: 

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Drawings in compliance with 37 CFR 1.84, unless the design application is an international design application that 
designates the United States and was published by WIPO pursuant to Hague Agreement Article 10(3). 
The fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(k). 
An information disclosure statement in compliance with 37 CFR 1.98. 

Note:  The Office will not grant a request for expedited examination if all of the requirements of 37 CFR 1.155 are not satisfied. 
In addition, the Office will not examine an application that is not in a condition for examination (e.g., missing basic filing fee) 
even if the applicant files a request for expedited examination under 37 CFR 1.155. 
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