1002.02(r) Petitions Decided by the Director of Office of Patent Publication - 1000 Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials

1. Petitions to withdraw holding of abandonment where notices of abandonment were mailed by the Office of Patent Publication.

2. Petitions for express abandonment to avoid publication of the application (should be directed to BOX PGPUB-ABN), 37 CFR 1.138(c), MPEP § 711.01.

3. Requests to issue patent in name of the assignee after payment of the issue fee, 37 CFR 3.81(b), MPEP § 307.

1. Petitions to make patent applications special under 37 CFR 1.102, MPEP § 708.02:

(a) on the ground of applicant"s age or state of health, MPEP § 708.02, item III & IV;

(b) a continuation-in-part of an earlier application;

(d) under the Energy Program, MPEP § 708.02, item VI;

(e) because the application invokes safety of research in the field of Recombinant DNA, MPEP § 708.02, item VII;

(f) under the Special Examining Procedure for certain new applications - accelerated examination, MPEP § 708.02, item VIII;

(g) superconductivity, MPEP § 708.02, item IX;

(h) inventions relating to HIV/AIDS and cancer, MPEP § 708.02, item X;

(i) relating to inventions for countering terrorism, MPEP § 708.02, item XI;

(j) on the ground of prospective manufacture, MPEP § 708.02, item I;

(k) on the ground of infringement, MPEP § 708.02, item II; and

(i) for reasons not otherwise provided for.

2. Petitions for withdrawal of attorney from application pending in the Technology Centers, 37 CFR 1.36.