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read the Legal Framework for using
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Paperwork Reduction Act as it pertains to:
ePetitions, third party submissions under 37 CFR
1.290, Web-based application data sheets, and
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Name:

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application/proceeding

(This includes new filings of
continuation, divisional, continuation-in-part
and reissue applications, as well as
reexamination and supplemental examination
proceedings. A request for continued examination
(RCE) and continued prosecution application
(CPA) are considered existing documents and must
be filed as a registered
eFiler.)

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New Application/Proceeding

Utility
(Please select a type below)

Track I Prioritized
Examination - Nonprovisional Application under
35 USC 111(a)
Accelerated
Exam
Nonprovisional Application
under 35 USC 111(a)
Provisional

Reexam

Third Party
requesters are not eligible to receive the
micro-entity discount.

Effective
September 16,2012, new Inter Partes Reexam
requests will not be accepted. To file a
petition for Inter Partes Review, please go to
the Patent Review Processing
System
*
Reexam Type  Select Type Ex Parte -
Patent Owner Ex
Parte - Third Party

Reissue
U.S.
National Stage under 35 USC 371

The
following information is required if you are
filing a 371 application

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Application Number

(EXAMPLE: PCT/US03/12345 or
PCT/JP2003/012345)

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below)

Accelerated
Exam
Nonprovisional
Application under 35 USC 171
Reexam

Third Party
requesters are not eligible to receive the
micro-entity discount.

Effective
September 16,2012, new Inter Partes Reexam
requests will not be accepted. To file a
petition for Inter Partes Review, please go to
the Patent Review Processing
System
*
Reexam Type  Select Type Ex Parte -
Patent Owner Ex
Parte - Third Party

Reissue

International Application (PCT) for
filing in the US receiving office

International Design Application
(Hague) for filing through the USPTO as an
office of indirect filing

Supplemental Examination

A patent owner may request supplemental
examination of a utility, design, plant, or
reissue patent.

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the entire right, title, and interest in the
patent.

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with the first two being alpha numeric. EXAMPLE:
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RE99999)

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application/patent

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Existing Application/Proceeding

ePetition (for automatic processing and
immediate grant, if all petition requirements
are met)

Effective
February 1,2018, the following PDF-based
ePetitions are no longer supported in EFS-Web:

Petition to Make Special Based on Age (37
CFR 1.102)

Petition to Accept Unintentional Delayed
Payment of the Maintenance Fee (37 CFR
1.378(b)).

Web-based
ePetitions Filing
instructions: The petition PDF Form is not
required for the following ePetitions. Petition
information will be entered directly into
EFS-Web screens. See the Resources Page for
additional information.
Petition to make
special based on age (37 CFR 1.102)

*Application
Number

(EXAMPLE:
99999999 , 99/999999 or 99/999,999)

*Confirmation
Number

(EXAMPLE: 1234)

*I certify, in accordance with
37 CFR 1.4(d)(4) that I am:

I
am an attorney or agent registered to practice
before the Patent and Trademark Office, and I
certify that I am in possession of evidence, and
will retain such in the application file record,
showing that the inventor listed above is 65
years of age, or more

*Name

*Registration
Number

(EXAMPLE:
12345)

I am the inventor in this application
and I am 65 years of age, or more

Petition
to Accept Unintentional Delayed Payment of the
Maintenance Fee (37 CFR 1.378(b))

*Application
Number

(EXAMPLE:
99999999 , 99/999999 or 99/999,999)

*Patent
Number

(Patent numbers can be up to 13 characters, with
the first two being alpha numeric. EXAMPLE:
99,999,999; 99999999; 9999999)

*I certify, in accordance with
37 CFR 1.4(d)(4) that I am:

An
attorney or agent registered to practice before
the Patent and Trademark Office who has been
given power of attorney in this application

*Name

*Registration
Number

(EXAMPLE:
12345)

An
attorney or agent registered to practice before
the Patent and Trademark Office, acting in a
representative capacity

*Name

*Registration
Number

(EXAMPLE:
12345)

A sole patentee

A joint patentee; I certify that I am
authorized to sign this submission on behalf of
all of the patentees as evidenced by the power
of attorney in the application

A joint patentee; all of whom are
signing this e-petition

The
assignee of record of the entire interest that
qualifies as an authorized party under 37 CFR
1.33(b)

Third-Party
Preissuance Submission under 37 CFR 1.290

(for utility,
design, or plant application only, and not a
reissue application or reexam proceeding)

* Application
Number

(EXAMPLE:
99999999 , 99/999999 or 99/999,999)

* Confirmation
Number

(EXAMPLE: 1234)

* Pursuant
to 37 CFR 11.18(b), a party presenting any paper
to the Office is certifying that all statements
made therein of the party?s own knowledge are
true, and that all statements made therein on
information and belief are believed to be true,
and all statements are made with the knowledge
that whoever willfully makes any false
statements or representations shall be subject
to the penalties set forth under 18 U.S.C. 1001.

WARNING:
Applicants are prohibited from filing papers in
their applications via this interface. Applicant
papers filed via this interface will not be
entered into the application file. If you wish
to file papers electronically in your
application, you must become a registered user.
Applicants may obtain registered status by
applying for a digital certificate for the
access and use of EFS-Web and Private PAIR.
Contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at
866-217-9197 for assistance.

Any required fee must be
paid at the time of filing. REGISTERED eFILERS
who authenticate can save "in-progress"
submissions and return to edit them prior to
completing the submission, but payment will be
due upon filing of the completed submission.
UNREGISTERED eFILERS do not have the option of
saving "in-progress" submissions. After
selecting the "Continue" button below,
UNREGISTERED eFILERS must complete the
submission and make any required
payment.

Prior
Art Submission into a Patent File under 37 CFR
1.501

(NOT to be
used as a request for reexamination)

* Application
Number

(EXAMPLE:
99999999 , 99/999999 or 99/999,999)

* Patent
Number

(Patent numbers can be up to 13 characters, with
the first two being alpha numeric. EXAMPLE:
99,999,999; 99999999)

*
Pursuant to
37 CFR 11.18(b), the party presenting any paper
to the Office, whether a practitioner or
non-practitioner, is certifying that all
statements made therein of the party's own
knowledge are true, all statements made therein
on information and belief are believed to be
true, and all statements made therein are made
with the knowledge that whoever, in any matter
within the jurisdiction of the Office, knowingly
and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up
by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact,
or knowingly and willfully makes any false,
fictitious, or fraudulent statements or
representations, or knowingly and willfully
makes or uses any false writing or document
knowing the same to contain any false,
fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry,
shall be subject to the penalties set forth
under 18 U.S.C. 1001 and any other applicable
criminal statute.

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portal you will lose your
work.

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in new windows to help prevent accidental loss
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Why you should consider
becoming a REGISTERED eFILER

What is a REGISTERED
eFILER?

A Registered eFILER has both an assigned
Customer Number and
Digital Certificate for secure
access to application documents both during and
after the filing of a patent application.

Digital Certificates provide an e-Filer with
the abillity to
authenticate sessions
by requiring positive identification of a
customer using Public Key Infrastructure
technologies.

Holders of Digital Certificates can take
advantage of streamlined logins.

Registered e-Filers who
authenticate can save
"in-progress" submissions and return to
edit them prior to completing filing.

This ability to save "in-progress"
submissions provides added protection against
loss of data in the event of a localized
internet or office equipment failure or in the
event of an unplanned system outage during an
online filing session.

Registered e-Filers can electronically
process subsequent actions on electronically
filed cases without delay.

Registered e-Filers can review their
confidential Private PAIR records for most of
their electronically filed cases.

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