Pto/sb/20glbl Request For Participation In The Global/ip5 Patent Prose

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PTO/SB/20GLBL (01-14)
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Document Description: Petition to make special under Patent Pros Hwy 

REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE GLOBAL/IP5
PATENT PROSECUTION HIGHWAY (PPH) PILOT PROGRAM IN THE USPTO
Application No.:

First Named Inventor:

Filing Date:

Attorney Docket No.:

Title of the
Invention:
THIS REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PPH PILOT PROGRAM ALONG WITH THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS MUST BE
SUBMITTED VIA EFS-WEB. INFORMATION REGARDING EFS-WEB IS AVAILABLE AT
HTTP://WWW.USPTO.GOV/PATENTS/PROCESS/FILE/EFS/.
APPLICANT HEREBY REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN THE PATENT PROSECUTION HIGHWAY (PPH) PILOT PROGRAM AND
PETITIONS TO MAKE THE ABOVE-IDENTIFIED APPLICATION SPECIAL UNDER THE PPH PILOT PROGRAM.

Office of earlier examination (OEE):
OEE application number: ___________________________________________________________________
Both the OEE application and the above-identified U.S. application have
the following earliest date (filing or priority date): _______________________________________________
Type of OEE work product relied upon:
Mailing date of OEE work product: ____________________________________________________________
I. Required Documents:
a.

A copy of the most recent office action prior to the decision to grant a patent or the most recent PCT
work product (along with an English translation, if not in the English language):
is attached.
is already present in the U.S. application.
is not attached because it is available to the USPTO via the Dossier Access System or WIPO’s
PATENTSCOPE system.
is not attached because the decision to grant a patent was the first office action.

b.

(1) An information disclosure statement listing the documents cited in the OEE work product:
is attached.
has already been filed in the U.S. application.
is not attached because no references were cited in the document in section a. above.
(2) Copies of all cited documents (except for U.S. patents or U.S. patent application publications)
are attached.
have already been filed in the U.S. application.
are not attached because no references were cited in the document in section a. above.
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This collection of information is required by 35 U.S.C. 119, 37 CFR 1.55, and 37 CFR 1.102(d). The information is required to obtain or retain
a benefit by the public, which is to file (and by the USPTO to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and
37 CFR 1.11 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 2 hours to complete, 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 time you require to
complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden should be sent to the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO
THIS ADDRESS.

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Approved for use through 01/31/2015. OMB 0651-0058
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REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE GLOBAL/IP5 PPH PILOT PROGRAM IN THE USPTO
(continued)
Application No.:

First Named Inventor:

II. Claims Correspondence Table:

Claims in US Application

Patentable Claims
in OEE Application

Explanation regarding the correspondence

III. All the claims in the US application sufficiently correspond to the patentable/allowable claims in the
OEE application.

Signature

Date

Name
(Print/Typed)

Registration Number
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