Request for Expedited Examination of a Design Application (37 CFR 1.155)

• Legal Form Number: SB/27
• Court: United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Section: United States Patent and Trademark Office

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Doc Code: ROCKET

Document Description: Request for Expedited Processing, Design Rocket Docket

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Application Number 

REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED EXAMINATION Filing Date

OF A DESIGN APPLICATION  First Named Inventor

(37 CFR 1.155) 

 Title

Atty Docket Number 

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ADDRESS TO: 

 MAIL STOP EXPEDITED DESIGN

 COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS 

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 Alexandria, VA 22313‐1450

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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:

_____________________________________________________________________________________

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The

following

items

are

required

under

37

CFR

1.155:

 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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