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April 29, 2004 on 4:46 pm | In USPTO |

A. Special Mail Stops for Patent Mail. Print it out for your secretary.

B. Establishment of Mail Stop Post Issue; Revision and Deletion of Certain Mail Stops [PDF]

…Effective immediately, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has established a new mail stop, Mail Stop Post Issue, and several mail stops have been deleted, or changed. Correspondence that should be directed to Mail Stop Post Issue includes correspondence in applications that have issued as a patent, such as requests for changes of address (other than a fee address, which should be addressed to Mail Stop M Correspondence), powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, withdrawal of attorney, and submissions under 37 CFR 1.501. The mail stops that should no longer be used are: Mail Stop Application Number; Mail Stop CPA; Mail Stop Design; Mail Stop Non-Fee Amendment; Mail Stop Patent Application; and Mail Stop Provisional Patent Application…

C. Request for Alert Concerning Submitted Petitions [PDF]

…To help assure prompt and proper service to the public, the Office is requesting applicants to assist the Office to process petitions by sending an e-mail alert to the office, in accordance with the following temporary procedures. Petitions Types Affected: Petitions that are decided by the Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy (listed in MPEP § 1002.02(b)), including the Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA) and the Office of Petitions. Examples of the most common petitions of these types are petitions to revive applications that are abandoned due to failure to respond to an Office action, petitions to withdraw an application from issue, petitions for patent term adjustments. Consult MPEP § 1002.02(b) for the full list of affected petitions…

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