This post discusses requests to withdraw finality. Under the USPTO’s policy of compact prosecution discussed here, a second office action may properly be made final under most circumstances. The circumstances are set forth in §706.07(a) of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), entitled Final Rejection, When Proper on Second Action, which states: Under present…
Month: January 2009
A Follow Up On The USPTO’s Continuing Legal Education System (CEP)
I received a communication from the USPTO today concerning future refinements to the CEP program. As you will recall, I reported on my participation in that pilot program in an earlier post here. From the Office of Enrollment and Discipline: Thank you for volunteering to participate in the USPTO Continuing Education for Practitioners Pilot Program. …