Who considers petitions to defer issuance of a patent?

The MPEP provides information on who reviews petitions to defer patent issuance:

“The petition to defer is considered at the time the petition is correlated with the application file before the appropriate deciding official (MPEP § 1002.02(b)).”

This means that the petition is reviewed by a designated deciding official within the USPTO. The specific official responsible for the decision can be found in MPEP § 1002.02(b), which outlines the officials authorized to decide various types of petitions.

To learn more:

• patent deferment petition
• USPTO officials
• petition review process