What types of petitions can the Director of the Office of Petitions decide?

The Director of the Office of Petitions has authority to decide various types of petitions. According to MPEP 1002.02(b), these include:

• Petitions to revive an abandoned national application
• Petitions for access to an assignment record
• Petitions relating to the filing date of a patent application
• Petitions to convert a nonprovisional application filed under 37 CFR 1.53(b) to a provisional application

The full list is extensive and covers a wide range of procedural and administrative matters in patent applications.

To learn more:

• Office of Petitions
• patent petitions
• petition types