# MPEP § 1002.02(b): Petitions and Requests Decided by the Deputy Commissioner Who Oversees the Office of Petitions or Assigned Staff in the Office of Petitions, the Office of Patent Legal Administration and the MPEP Staff Office

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## Section

- **Citation:** MPEP § 1002.02(b)
- **Heading:** Petitions and Requests Decided by the Deputy Commissioner Who Oversees the Office of Petitions or Assigned Staff in the Office of Petitions, the Office of Patent Legal Administration and the MPEP Staff Office
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Agency guidance
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** USPTO MPEP / Chapter 1000 - Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials / MPEP § 1002.02(b)

## Text

In general, petitions under this section should be directed to “Mail
Stop Petition, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia
22313-1450,” except as otherwise provided. For example, applications for patent term
extension under
35
U.S.C. 156
should be directed to Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE and
petitions for retroactive foreign filing license under
37 CFR 5.25
should be directed to Mail Stop L&R.
1. Petitions to revive an abandoned national, nonprovisional or
provisional patent application on the basis of unintentional delay,
37 CFR 1.137
and
MPEP
§ 711.03(c)
.
2. Petitions under
37 CFR 1.183
for waiver or
suspension of rules not otherwise provided for.
3. Petitions to invoke the supervisory authority of the Director of
the USPTO under
37
CFR 1.181
in matters not otherwise provided for.
4. Petitions for an unintentionally delayed foreign priority claim,
37 CFR
1.55(e)
and
MPEP §
214.02
.
5. Petitions to restore the right of foreign priority,
37 CFR
1.55(c)
and
MPEP §
213.03
, subsection III.
6. Petitions for late filing of certified copy of
foreign application,
37 CFR 1.55(f)
or
(g)
, as applicable, and
MPEP §
215.02
.
7. Petitions for an unintentionally delayed domestic benefit claim,
37 CFR
1.78(c) and (e)
and
MPEP §
211.04
.
8. Petitions to restore the benefit of a provisional
application,
37 CFR 1.78(b)
and
MPEP §
211.01(a)
, subsection II.
9. Petitions to defer issuance of patents,
37 CFR 1.314
and
MPEP §
1306.01
.
10. Petitions for express abandonment of patent applications after
payment of the issue fee,
37 CFR 1.313(c)(3)
,
MPEP
§ 711.01
, subsection I, and
MPEP § 1308
.
11. Petitions relating to issuance of patents not otherwise provided
for, for example, issuance of a patent in the name of an assignee under
37 CFR
3.81
.
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II.
9. Petitions to defer issuance of patents,
37 CFR 1.314
and
MPEP §
1306.01
.
10. Petitions for express abandonment of patent applications after
payment of the issue fee,
37 CFR 1.313(c)(3)
,
MPEP
§ 711.01
, subsection I, and
MPEP § 1308
.
11. Petitions relating to issuance of patents not otherwise provided
for, for example, issuance of a patent in the name of an assignee under
37 CFR
3.81
.
12. Petitions for the withdrawal of attorney or agent of record
under
37 CFR
1.36
in patent applications involved in proceedings before
Deputy Commissioner for Patents who oversees the Office of Petitions or assigned
staff in the Office of Petitions, the Office of Patent Legal Administration, or the
MPEP staff office and in applications pending in a Technology Center.
13. Petitions under
37 CFR 1.182
in matters not
otherwise provided for in the regulations.
14. Requests from the examiner for the rehearing of a decision of
the Patent Trial and Appeal Board,
MPEP § 1214.04
.
15. Petitions to review refusal to accept and record maintenance fee
payment filed prior to the expiration of a patent,
37 CFR 1.377
and
MPEP §
2580
.
16. Petitions to accept an unintentionally delayed payment of
maintenance fee in an expired patent,
37 CFR 1.378
and
MPEP §
2590
.
17. Petitions to review a decision of Technology Center Director or
Central Reexamination Unit Director,
37 CFR 1.181
.
18. Petitions to withdraw a holding of abandonment not otherwise
delegated,
37 CFR
1.181
.
19. Requests to order a Director initiated reexamination proceeding,
37 CFR
1.520
.
20. Petitions to accept late papers in a reexamination proceeding
based upon unintentional delay,
35 U.S.C. 41(a)(7)
.
21. Petitions for access to patent applications under
37 CFR
1.14
(or
pre-AIA 37 CFR 1.14
) with the
exception of applications involved in or related to a proceeding before the Patent
Trial and Appeal Board,
MPEP §§ 103
,
104
, and
1901.05
.
22. Petitions relating to reexamination proceedings and/or reissue
proceedings under
37 CFR 1.182
and
1.183
.
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pon unintentional delay,
35 U.S.C. 41(a)(7)
.
21. Petitions for access to patent applications under
37 CFR
1.14
(or
pre-AIA 37 CFR 1.14
) with the
exception of applications involved in or related to a proceeding before the Patent
Trial and Appeal Board,
MPEP §§ 103
,
104
, and
1901.05
.
22. Petitions relating to reexamination proceedings and/or reissue
proceedings under
37 CFR 1.182
and
1.183
.
23. Petitions relating to merger of reexamination and reissue
proceedings.
24. Applications relating to Hatch-Waxman patent term extension,
37 CFR
1.710
-
1.791
and petitions relating to
Hatch-Waxman patent term extension,
37 CFR 1.182
or
1.183
.
25. Petitions under
37 CFR 1.181
to review a
determination of the length of the patent term extension under
37 CFR 1.701
for original applications, other than designs, filed on or after June 8, 1995 and
before May 29, 2000,
MPEP § 2720
.
26. Requests for reconsideration of the patent term adjustment
indicated in the notice of allowance or in the patent, under
37 CFR 1.705
,
MPEP §
2734
, subsection I.
27. Requests for reinstatement of the period of patent term
adjustment reduced pursuant to
37 CFR 1.704(b)
under
37 CFR
1.705(c)
,
MPEP § 2734
, subsection II.
28. Petitions relating to the filing date of patent applications
under
37 CFR
1.53
,
MPEP § 506.02
.
29. Petitions to convert a nonprovisional application filed under
37 CFR
1.53(b)
to a provisional application under
37 CFR 1.53(c)
where the nonprovisional application is before the Office of Petitions or the Office
of Patent Legal Administration.
30. Requests to convert a provisional application filed under
37 CFR
1.53(c)
to a nonprovisional application under
37 CFR 1.53(b)
where the provisional application is before the Office of Petitions or the Office of
Patent Legal Administration.
31. Petitions for extensions of time under
37 CFR 1.136(b)
in applications before the Office of Petitions or the Office of Patent Legal
Administration (
MPEP §
710.02(e)
).
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vert a provisional application filed under
37 CFR
1.53(c)
to a nonprovisional application under
37 CFR 1.53(b)
where the provisional application is before the Office of Petitions or the Office of
Patent Legal Administration.
31. Petitions for extensions of time under
37 CFR 1.136(b)
in applications before the Office of Petitions or the Office of Patent Legal
Administration (
MPEP §
710.02(e)
).
32. Petitions, or requests at the initiative of the USPTO by someone
other than a Technology Center Director, to withdraw patent applications from issue
under
37 CFR
1.313(a)
before payment of the issue fee.
33. Petitions, or requests at the initiative of the USPTO by someone
other than a Technology Center Director, to withdraw patent applications from issue
after payment of the issue fee under
37 CFR 1.313(b)
,
MPEP §
1308
, subsection II.
34. Petitions to withdraw patent applications from issue after
payment of the issue fee under
37 CFR 1.313(c)
,
MPEP §
1308
, subsection I.B.
35. Petitions to expunge papers or assignment information from
patent applications under
37 CFR 1.59
which were not
submitted under
MPEP §
724.02
or as part of an information disclosure statement
(IDS).
36. Petitions to expunge recorded assignment
information,
37 CFR
1.182
and
MPEP § 323.01(d)
.
37. Petitions to Make Special based on inventor’s
health,
37 CFR
1.102(c)(1)
and
MPEP § 708.02
, subsection I.
38. Petitions to Make Special based on inventor’s age,
37 CFR
1.102(c)(1)
and
MPEP § 708.02
, subsection II.
39. Requests for prioritized examination under
37 CFR
1.102(e)
,
MPEP § 708.02(b)
.
40. Requests for participation in a Patent Prosecution
Highway program (
www.uspto.gov/PPH
).
41. Requests for participation in the Law School Pilot
Program.
42. Petitions for retroactive foreign filing license
under
37 CFR
5.25
,
MPEP § 140
, subsection II.
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37 CFR
1.102(c)(1)
and
MPEP § 708.02
, subsection II.
39. Requests for prioritized examination under
37 CFR
1.102(e)
,
MPEP § 708.02(b)
.
40. Requests for participation in a Patent Prosecution
Highway program (
www.uspto.gov/PPH
).
41. Requests for participation in the Law School Pilot
Program.
42. Petitions for retroactive foreign filing license
under
37 CFR
5.25
,
MPEP § 140
, subsection II.
43. Petitions to show proprietary interest sufficient
to make application on behalf of and as agent for the inventor under
37 CFR
1.46
(applicable in applications filed on or after September
16, 2012),
MPEP § 409.05
, subsection II.
44. Petitions to accept an oath or declaration without
a joint inventor’s signature,
pre-AIA 37 CFR 1.47(a)
(applicable in applications filed before September 16, 2012),
MPEP §
409.03(a)
.
45. Petitions to accept an oath or declaration from a
person to whom an inventor has assigned or agreed in writing to assign the invention,
or who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary interest in the matter justifying such
action,
pre-AIA 37
CFR 1.47(b)
(applicable in applications filed before September
16, 2012 where none of the inventors are available to sign),
MPEP §
409.03(b)
.
46. Requests for Corrected Patent Application
Publication under
37 CFR 1.221(b)
,
MPEP § 1130
, subsection II.
47. Petitions to change entity status, including the
payment of additional fees,
37 CFR 1.28
and
1.29
.
48. Return of papers containing discourteous remarks.
See
MPEP §§
714.19
and
714.25
.
49. Petitions to issue a corrected patent,
37 CFR
1.322(b)
.
50. Requests for a certificate of correction that
affects related U.S. application data or foreign priority data.

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