# MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitions and Requests Decided by the Technology Center Directors

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## Section

- **Citation:** MPEP § 1002.02(c)
- **Heading:** Petitions and Requests Decided by the Technology Center Directors
- **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(c)

## Text

1. Petitions or requests to reopen prosecution of patent
applications or to reinstate a rejection after decision by the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board under
37 CFR 1.198
, where no court action has been filed,
MPEP
§§ 1214.04
and
1214.07
.
2. Petitions under
37 CFR 1.144
after requirement
for restriction by an examiner in a patent application (
MPEP §
818.01(c)
), including a final requirement finding that a
national stage application lacks unity of invention (
37 CFR 1.499
and
MPEP §
1893.03(d)
); and protests following a holding of lack of
unity of invention by the USPTO in its capacity as International Searching Authority
(
37 CFR
1.477
and
MPEP § 1850
) or International
Preliminary Examining Authority (
37 CFR 1.489
and
MPEP §
1875.02
).
3. Petitions invoking the supervisory authority of the Director of
the USPTO under
37
CFR 1.181
involving any
ex parte
action or
requirement in a patent application by the examiner which is not subject to appeal
(
37 CFR
1.191
) and not otherwise provided for, as for example:
a. prematureness of final rejection,
MPEP
§ 706.07(c)
;
b. requirement to cancel “new matter” from specification,
MPEP §
608.04(c)
;
c. relative to formal sufficiency and propriety of affidavits
under
37
CFR 1.131(a)
(
MPEP § 715.08
) or
37 CFR
1.132
(
MPEP § 716
);
d. refusal to enter an amendment under
37 CFR
1.312
,
MPEP § 714.16(d)
;
e. refusal to enter an amendment,
MPEP §
714.19
;
f. refusal to enter an amendment under
37 CFR
1.111
or
1.115
,
MPEP §§
714.01(e)
and
714.03(a)
;
g. resetting period for reply when the delivery of mailed
correspondence was delayed by the United States Postal Service (USPS) or the
USPTO,
MPEP §
710.06
; and
h. requirement for information under
37 CFR
1.105
,
MPEP § 704.14(c)
.
4. Petitions under
37 CFR 1.113
relating to
objections or requirements made by the examiners.
5. Requests for extensions of a set shortened statutory period under
37 CFR
1.136(b)
in applications pending in the Technology Center,
MPEP
§ 710.02(e)
.
6
ed by the United States Postal Service (USPS) or the
USPTO,
MPEP §
710.06
; and
h. requirement for information under
37 CFR
1.105
,
MPEP § 704.14(c)
.
4. Petitions under
37 CFR 1.113
relating to
objections or requirements made by the examiners.
5. Requests for extensions of a set shortened statutory period under
37 CFR
1.136(b)
in applications pending in the Technology Center,
MPEP
§ 710.02(e)
.
6. Petitions under
37 CFR 41.40
to request review of
the primary examiner’s failure to designate a rejection in the examiner’s answer as a
new ground of rejection,
MPEP § 1207.03(b)
.
7. Petitions concerning appealed patent applications or
ex
parte
reexamination proceedings before transfer of jurisdiction to the
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (e.g., extension of time under
37 CFR 1.136(b)
or
1.550(c)
for filing an appeal brief),
MPEP §
1205.01
.
8. Petitions from refusal to issue a certificate of correction for a
patent not involved in an interference,
37 CFR 1.181
,
MPEP §§
1480
-
1485
.
9. Petitions to reinstate appeals dismissed in the Technology
Center. See
MPEP §
1205.01
.
10. Petitions from the denial of a request for reexamination,
37 CFR
1.515(c)
,
MPEP § 2248
.
11. Requests for extension of time in
ex parte
reexamination proceedings,
37 CFR 1.550(c)
.
12. Petitions under
37 CFR 1.129(b)(2)
traversing a
restriction requirement made in an application which is subject to the transitional
restriction provisions,
MPEP § 803.03
.
13. 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 Technology Center.
14. Requests for interviews with examiner after a patent application
has been sent to issue (Notice of Allowability mailed),
MPEP § 713.10
, or
after transfer of jurisdiction to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board,
MPEP
§ 1204.03
.
15. Petitions to expunge papers from patent applications under
37 CFR
1.59
which were submitted under
MPEP § 724.02
or as
part of an information disclosure statement
ter.
14. Requests for interviews with examiner after a patent application
has been sent to issue (Notice of Allowability mailed),
MPEP § 713.10
, or
after transfer of jurisdiction to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board,
MPEP
§ 1204.03
.
15. Petitions to expunge papers from patent applications under
37 CFR
1.59
which were submitted under
MPEP § 724.02
or as
part of an information disclosure statement.
16. Petitions, or requests at the initiative of the
USPTO, to withdraw patent applications from issue before payment of the issue fee,
37 CFR
1.313(a)
, where the application is before the Technology
Center.
17. Requests at the initiative of the USPTO to withdraw patent
applications from issue after payment of the issue fee under
37 CFR
1.313(b)
,
MPEP § 1308
, subsection II.
18. Petitions under
37 CFR 1.91
to admit a model or
exhibit as part of the record of an application,
MPEP § 608.03
.
19. Requests for the return of models, exhibits, or specimen under
37 CFR
1.94
,
MPEP § 608.03(a)
.
20. Request by applicant for a second or subsequent
suspension of action in patent applications under
37 CFR 1.103(a)
,
MPEP §
709
, regardless of which rule the first or prior request
for suspension was based on.
21. Petitions regarding sequence rules,
37
CFR 1.821
-
1.825
and
1.831
-
1.835
.
22. Request for a certificate of statement of
availability of deposit,
MPEP § 2410.02
.

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