Can a patent owner receive multiple notifications for omissions in their response?

Generally, a patent owner will not receive multiple notifications for the same omission in their response. However, there are circumstances where multiple notifications may occur. According to MPEP 2666.30:

“Once an inadvertent omission is brought to the attention of the patent owner, the question of inadvertence no longer exists. Therefore, a second written notification action giving another new (one month) time period to supply the omission would not be appropriate.”

However, the MPEP also states:

“If the patent owner’s response to the notification of the omission raises a different issue of a different inadvertently omitted matter, a second written notification action may be given.”

This means that while a patent owner won’t receive multiple notifications for the same omission, they may receive additional notifications if new, different omissions are discovered in their subsequent responses.

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Topics: MPEP 2600 - Optional Inter Partes Reexamination, MPEP 2666.30 - Submission Not Fully Responsive To Non - Final Office Action, Patent Law, Patent Procedure
Tags: inter partes reexamination, Multiple Notifications, Omissions, Patent Owner Response