203.05 Abandoned [R-11.2013]

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byChhabra Law Firm

An abandoned application is, inter alia, one which is removed from the Office docket of pending applications:

  • (A) through formal abandonment by the applicant or by the attorney or agent of record;
  • (B) through failure of applicant to take appropriate action at some stage in the prosecution of a nonprovisional application;
  • (C) for failure to pay the issue fee (MPEP § 711 to § 711.05); or
  • (D) in the case of a provisional application, no later than 12 months after the filing date of the provisional application (see MPEP § 711.03(c) and 35 U.S.C. 111(b)(5)).