37 CFR 1.7 — Times for taking action; Expiration on Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
- (a) Whenever periods of time are specified in this part in days, calendar days are intended. When the day, or the last day fixed by statute or by or under this part for taking any action or paying any fee in the United States Patent and Trademark Office falls on Saturday, Sunday, or on a Federal holiday within the District of Columbia, the action may be taken, or the fee paid, on the next succeeding business day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal holiday. See § 90.3 of this chapter for time for appeal or for commencing civil action.
- (b) If the day that is twelve months after the filing date of a provisional application under 35 U.S.C. 111(b) and § 1.53(c) falls on Saturday, Sunday, or on a Federal holiday within the District of Columbia, the period of pendency shall be extended to the next succeeding secular or business day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal holiday.
[48 FR 2696, Jan. 20, 1983, effective Feb. 27, 1983; corrected 48 FR 4285, Jan. 31, 1983; revised, 65 FR 14865, Mar. 20, 2000, effective May 29, 2000 (adopted as final, 65 FR 50092, Aug. 16, 2000); para. (a) revised, 78 FR 62368, Oct. 21, 2013, effective Dec. 18, 2013]
Cited authority
Cited by
- 1134.01 Third Party Submissions Under 37 CFR 1.290
- 1481.03 Correction of 35 U.S.C. 119 and 35 U.S.C. 120 Benefits
- 201.04 Provisional Application
- 210 Priority to, or the Benefit of, the Filing Date of a Prior-Filed Application
- 211 Claiming the Benefit of an Earlier Filing Date Under 35 U.S.C. 120 and 119(e)
- 211.01(a) Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application
- 213 Right of Priority of Foreign Application
- 213.03 Time for Filing U.S. Nonprovisional Application
- 2753 Application Contents
- 2920.05(d) Foreign Priority
- 2920.05(e) Benefit Claims Under 35 U.S.C. 386(c)
- 510 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Business Hours
- 512 Certificate of Mailing or Transmission
- 609.04(b) Timing Requirements for an Information Disclosure Statement
- 706.07(a) Final Rejection, When Proper on Second Action
- 706.07(f) Time for Reply to Final Rejection
- 710.05 Period Ending on Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal Holiday
- 711.02 Failure To Take Required Action During Statutory Period
- 711.03(c) Petitions Relating to Abandonment
- 711.04(a) Date of Abandonment
- 37 CFR 1.55 Claim for foreign priority
- 37 CFR 1.78 Claiming benefit of earlier filing date and cross-references to other applications
- 37 CFR 1.137 Revival of abandoned application, or terminated or limited reexamination prosecution
- 37 CFR 42.1 Policy