For Design Applications Only: Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Request Transmittal

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• Court: United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Section: United States Patent and Trademark Office

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FOR DESIGN APPLICATIONS ONLY:

CONTINUED PROSECUTION APPLICATION (CPA) REQUEST TRANSMITTAL

CHECK BOX, if applicable:

(Only for Continuation or Di visional applications under 37 CFR 1.53(d)) DUPLICATE

Address to:

Commissioner for Patents

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Attorney Docket No.

of Prior Application

First Named Inventor

Examiner Name

Art Unit

Priority Mail Express® Label No.

This is a request for a continuation or Divisional application under 37 CFR 1.53(d),

(continued prosecution application (CPA)) of prior application number ______________________________________________________,

filed on ___________________, entitled ______________________________________________________________________________.

NOTES

A CPA may only be filed in a design application but not in an international design application. A CPA cannot be filed in a utility or plant

application. See “Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Applications; Final Rule,” 68 FR 32376

(May 30, 2003). Applicant may consider filing a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) under 37 CFR 1.114 in utility or plant applications.

See MPEP 706.07(h) and form PTO/SB/30.

Filing Qualifications: The prior application identified above must be a design application that is complete as defined by

37 CFR 1.51(b).

C-I-P NOT PERMITTED: A continuation-in-part application cannot be filed as a CPA under 37 CFR 1.53(d), but must be filed under

37 CFR 1.53(b).

EXPRESS ABANDONMENT OF PRIOR APPLICATION: The filing of this CPA is a request to expressly abandon the prior application as

of the filing date of the request for a CPA. 37 CFR 1.53(b) must be used to file a continuation, divisional, or continuation-in-part of an

application that is not to be abandoned.

ACCESS TO PRIOR APPLICATION: The filing of this CPA will be construed to include a waiver of confidentiality by the applicant under

35 U.S.C. 122 to the extent that any member of the public who is entitled under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.14 to access to, copies of, or

information concerning, the prior application may be given similar access to, copies of, or similar information c oncerning, the other

application or applications in the file.

35 U.S.C. 120 STATEMENT: In a CPA, no reference to the prior application is needed in the Application Data Sheet (ADS). A request for

a CPA is the specific reference required by 35 U.S.C. 120 and to every application assigned the application number identified in such

request, 37 CFR 1.78(d)(4).

WARNING: Information on this form may become public. Credit card information should not

be included on this form. Provide credit card information and authorization on PTO-2038.

Enter the unentered amendment previously filed on ____________________________________________________________

1. under 37 CFR 1.116 in the prior design application.

2. A preliminary amendment is enclosed.

3. This application is filed by fewer than all the inventor(s) named in the prior application, 37 CFR 1.53(d)(4).

a. DELETE t he following inventor(s) named in the prior design application:

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

b. The inventor(s) to be deleted are set forth on a separate sheet attached hereto.

4. A new power of attorney (PTO/AIA/82) is enclosed.

5. Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) is enclosed;

a. PTO/SB/08, PTO-1449 or equivalent

b. Copies of IDS Citations

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