37 CFR 1.182 — Questions not specifically provided for
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
All situations not specifically provided for in the regulations of this part will be decided in accordance with the merits of each situation by or under the authority of the Director, subject to such other requirements as may be imposed, and such decision will be communicated to the interested parties in writing. Any petition seeking a decision under this section must be accompanied by the petition fee set forth in § 1.17(f) .
[47 FR 41272, Sept. 17, 1982, effective date Oct. 1, 1982; revised, 62 FR 53132, Oct. 10, 1997, effective Dec. 1, 1997; revised, 68 FR 14332, Mar. 25, 2003, effective May 1, 2003; revised, 69 FR 56481, Sept. 21, 2004, effective Nov. 22, 2004]
Cited authority
Cited by
- 1002 Petitions to the Director of the USPTO
- 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
- 1002.02(f) Petitions and Matters Decided by the Chief Administrative Patent Judge of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- 1002.02(p) Petitions and Matters Decided by the Director of International Patent Legal Administration
- 1002.02(q) Petitions and Requests Decided by the Director of Office of Patent Application Processing (OPAP)
- 1215.04 Dismissal of Appeal
- 1441 Two-Month Delay Period
- 1441.01 Protest and Pre-issuance Submission in Reissue Applications
- 1442.03 Litigation Stayed
- 1449.01 Concurrent Office Proceedings
- 1457 Design Reissue Applications and Patents
- 1481.02 Correction of Named Inventor
- 1490 Disclaimers
- 1893.01(e) Inventor’s Oath or Declaration
- 1901.04 When Can the Protest Be Submitted
- 201.06(c) 37 CFR 1.53(b) and 37 CFR 1.63(d) Divisional-Continuation Procedure
- 201.06(d) 37 CFR 1.53(d) Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
- 2147 Biotechnology Process Applications; Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(b)
- 2240 Decision on Request Filed under 35 U.S.C. 302
- 2256 Prior Art Patents and Printed Publications Reviewed by Examiner in Reexamination
- 2267 Handling of Inappropriate or Untimely Filed Papers
- 2281 Interviews in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
- 2283 Multiple Copending Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
- 2285 Copending Ex Parte Reexamination and Reissue Proceedings
- 2287 Conclusion of Ex Parte Reexamination Proceeding
- 2287.01 Examiner Consideration of Submissions After a NIRC
- 2415.03 Improper Submissions of “Sequence Listing” under 1.821(c) When a “Sequence Listing XML” was Required
- 2732 Reduction of Period of Adjustment of Patent Term
- 2764 Express Withdrawal of Application for Extension of Patent Term
- 2765 Petition for Stay in Processing of Patent Term Extension Application
- 2766 Processing of Patent Term Extension Applications When Reissue Has Been Filed
- 502.05 Correspondence Transmitted by EFS-Web
- 601.01(a) Nonprovisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(a)
- 601.01(d) Application Filed Without All Pages of Specification
- 601.01(g) Applications Filed Without All Figures of Drawings
- 602.08(b) Inventor Signature and Name
- 605.01 Applicant for Application filed on or after September 16, 2012
- 708.02(a) Accelerated Examination
- 724.04(b) Materials Submitted in Reissue Applications Open to the Public Under 37 CFR 1.11(b)
- 724.04(c) Materials Submitted in Reexamination File Open to the Public Under 37 CFR 1.11(d)
- 804.02 Avoiding a Double Patenting Rejection
- 37 CFR 1.17 Patent application and reexamination processing fees