P Papers, size and margins of application. Papers of application not returnable Patent Rules, applicable..... Payment of money..... Pending application index..... Period for response to Office actions... Personal appearance unnecessary.... Persons who may practice before the Patent and Trademark Office in 2.31 .2.25 ..2.1 .1.22, 1.23 .2.27 .2.62 .1.2 10.14 2.111-2.115 2.115 .2.114 Commencement of cancellation proceeding Contents of petition....... 2.111(a) 2.112 Petition for rehearing, reconsideration or modification of decision: Any case not specifically defined and provided for by rules. 2.146(a)(4) .2.146(c) Delegation of authority to act on petitions ..2.146(h) Extraordinary situation requiring suspension or waiver of requirement of rules..... 2.146(a)(5) Fee..... 2.6 From denial of request for extension of time to file statement of use..... From denial of request for extension of time to oppose From interlocutory order of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board .2.146(e)(2) 2.146(a)(3) Oral hearing on petition...................... 2.146(f) Reconsideration of refusal to accept sec. 8 affidavit or declaration.. 2.165(b) .2.184(b) Relief from repeated formal requirement of Examiner.. .2.63(b) Repeated action or requirement of Examiner regarding subject matter appropriate for petition..... 2.146(a)(1) Review of adverse action on correction, disclaimer, surrender, etc. of registration........ 2.176 Stays time in appeal, inter partes proceeding, or reply to Office action only when stay is specifically requested and granted. Subject matter for petitions Time to file petition.......... To accord filing date as of date of deposit as Express Mail Pleading, amendment of ....... .2.146(g) .2.146(a), (b) 2.146(d), (e) 1.10(c)-(e) .2.107, 2.115 Position of parties in inter partes proceedings Post notice of allowance. Post publication. 2.88, 2.89 ..2.81 Power of attorney or authorization of other representative .... .2.17, 2.19 Practice before the Patent and Trademark Office, individuals entitled Printed publications, as evidence in inter partes proceedings 2.122(e) .2.158 .2.39 Prior registrations, ownership, identification in application ...2.36 Production of documents and things, request for (discovery) 2.116-2.136 .2.120 Of claim of benefits under sec. 12(c) for marks registered under 1905 2.154 Of first filed of applications for conflicting marks 2.83 Of mark on Principal Register for opposition after approval.. ..2.80 2.82 Publication of amendments to rules.. 2.189 Publication, notice by, undelivered Office notices to registrant in inter partes proceeding.. Of decision after final hearing in inter partes proceeding Of decision on ex parte appeal of final action. Of order or decision on interlocutory motion... Records of documents in Assignment Division of Patent and Trademark 2.165 2.129(c) 2.144 2.64(b) .2.127(b) .3.11-3.56 .1.12, 1.15, 2.27 2.63(a) .2.131, 2.142 .1.26 2.165(a) 2.61 2.184 2.89(g) .2.86 Reexamination of application after remand by the Trademark Trial and Refund of money paid to Patent and Trademark Office..... Refusal of registration Refusal of renewal .... Refusal of request for extension of time to file a statement of use Registrability of marks in plurality of classes (combined applications)... Registrant claiming benefits of 1946 Act......... .2.153-2.156 Registration as evidence in inter partes proceeding: File of registration which is the subject of the proceeding .2.122(b)(1) ...2.122(d)(1) 2.27(d) .1.13 .2.38 ........2.131 Registration files open to public inspection.. After decision in inter partes case..... During appeal from refusal of registration. Renewal of registration...... Application for renewal, requirements........ Failure to renew registration involved in inter partes proceeding Period in which to file Review of Examiner's refusal by commissioner Representation of others before the Patent and Trademark Office ....... Refusal of renewal ...... Term of original registrations and renewals Representation by attorney Representative, domestic or U.S. See Domestic representative. Representation, recognition for ..... Republication of marks registered under prior acts Request for admissions (discovery). See Admissions, request for. 2.181-2.184 .2.183 .2.181 .2.11 .2.11, 10.14 .2.17, 10.14 2.153-2.156 Request for extension of time to file statement of use. See Extension of time to Request for information and exhibits by Examiner ................. 2.61(b) Request for production (discovery). See Production of documents and things, re- For relief from repeated formal requirement by Examiner ................................................... .2.63(b) 2.176 Of refusal of affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8 Sanction for failure to comply with discovery order...... Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, time for taking action expiring on Schedule of classes of goods and services 2.120(g) .1.6(a)(1), (2), 1.7 Schedule of time for discovery and trial periods ... Sec. 2(f), proof of distinctiveness.. Sec. 8 affidavit or declaration of use Sec. 44, application based on: Amendment to change application to different register. Amendment to description or drawing in mark........... Basis for filing Collective mark 2.121 .....2.41 .2.161-2.166 .2.75(a) ....... 2.72(d) .2.21(a)(5)(ii)—(iii) Certification mark.......................... Drawing required Filing-date requirements application or registration Goods or services identified may not exceed scope of those in foreign .2.45(b) 2.33(a)(1)(v) .2.39 .2.52 .2.33 .2.47(b) .1.4 .2.23 newal Serial number... Service charge for handling later filed fees in connection with a re .2.6(a)(6), 2.182, 2.183(a)(2) Services marks. Drawings Specimens or facsimiles. .....2.43 2.51(b) ...2.58 Single certificate for one mark registered in a plurality of classes... 2.87 2.56-2.59 Facsimiles in lieu of specimens..... 2.57 Not evidence in behalf of applicant or registrant in inter partes proceeding.. Of service mark Requirement of filing with affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8..... .................2.122(b)(2) 2.58 .2.161, 2.162(e) .2.76(b)(2), (e)(2) .2.88(b)(2), (e)(2) .2.71, 2.72 .2.173 .....2.88 2.72(c) .2.71(d)(3) ...2.89 Extensions of time to file ........... Fee for filing. Mark "Box ITU"... May not be withdrawn Minimum requirements for filing Requirements for Time for filing..... Status of application after ex parte appeal Status of application on termination of inter partes proceedings. 2.6(a)(3) .1.1(h) 2.88(g) 2.88(e) 2.88(b) 2.88(a) 2.142(d) 2.136 2.123(b) .2.121 .2.59 .1.6(a)(1), (2), 1.7 Stipulated evidence, inter partes cases Stipulation to extend discovery and/or trial periods. Substitute specimens, filing of.................................. Sunday, Saturday, or Federal holiday, time for taking action expiring on....... Supplemental Register: ....2.67 Suspension of action in application by Patent and Trademark Office........ Suspension from practice before Patent and Trademark Office............. 10.130-10.170 Suspension of later filed conflicting application Suspension of inter partes proceedings by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board: For good cause upon motion or stipulation....... Pending disposition of motion potentially dispositive of case Suspension of rules, Commissioner ............ .2.83 2.117(c) 2.127(d) .2.146(a)(5), 2.148 For filing request for extension of time to file statement of use 2.89 |