37 CFR § 1.8 — Certificate of mailing or (MPEP Coverage Index) – BlueIron IP
37 CFR § 1.8 Certificate of mailing or
This page consolidates MPEP guidance interpreting 37 CFR § 1.8, including 251 rules from the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. It is provided as guidance, with links to the ground truth sources. This is information only, it is not legal advice.
Summary
The Certificate of mailing is essential for complying with the notice of foreign filing requirement when rescinding a previously filed nonpublication request.
What this section covers
- This section covers the use of the certificate of mailing to comply with the notice of foreign filing requirement after rescinding a nonpublication request.
- The core topic is ensuring compliance with foreign filing notice requirements through proper certificate of mailing procedures.
Key obligations
- Filing a certificate of mailing is the primary requirement to comply with the notice of foreign filing requirement after rescinding a nonpublication request.
- Ensure the certificate is filed within a specific timeframe to meet compliance requirements.
Practice notes
- Ensure the certificate includes all necessary information to comply with the notice of foreign filing requirement.
- Timely filing and ensuring all required elements are present in the certificate are crucial to avoid potential issues.
Official MPEP § 1.8 — Certificate of mailing or
Source: USPTOLast Modified: 10/30/2024 08:50:22
1.8 Certificate of mailing or transmission.
- (a) Except in the situations enumerated in paragraph
(a)(2) of this section or as otherwise expressly excluded in this
chapter, correspondence required to be filed in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office within a set period of time will be considered as
being timely filed if the procedure described in this section is
followed. The actual date of receipt will be used for all other
purposes.
- (1) Correspondence will be considered as being
timely filed if:
- (i) The correspondence is mailed or
transmitted prior to expiration of the set period of
time by being:
- (A) Addressed as set out in § 1.1(a) and deposited with the U.S. Postal Service with sufficient postage as first class mail;
- (B) Transmitted by facsimile to the Patent and Trademark Office in accordance with § 1.6(d) ; or
- (C) Transmitted via the USPTO patent electronic filing system in accordance with § 1.6(a)(4) ; and
- (ii) The correspondence includes a certificate for each piece of correspondence stating the date of deposit or transmission. The person signing the certificate should have reasonable basis to expect that the correspondence would be mailed or transmitted on or before the date indicated.
- (i) The correspondence is mailed or
transmitted prior to expiration of the set period of
time by being:
- (2) The procedure described in paragraph (a)(1)
of this section does not apply to, and no benefit will be
given to a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission on, the
following:
- (i)
Relative to Patents and Patent
Applications—
- (A) The filing of a national patent application specification and drawing or other correspondence for the purpose of obtaining an application filing date, including a request for a continued prosecution application under § 1.53(d) ;
- (B) Papers filed in trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which are governed by § 42.6(b) of this title;
- (C) Papers filed in contested cases before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which are governed by § 41.106(f) of this title;
- (D) The filing of an international application for patent;
- (E) The filing of correspondence in an international application before the U.S. Receiving Office, the U.S. International Searching Authority, or the U.S. International Preliminary Examining Authority;
- (F) The filing of a copy of the international application and the basic national fee necessary to enter the national stage, as specified in § 1.495(b) .
- (G) The filing of a written declaration of abandonment under § 1.138 ;
- (H) The filing of a submission under § 1.217 for publication of a redacted copy of an application;
- (I) The filing of a third-party submission under § 1.290 ;
- (J) The calculation of any period of adjustment, as specified in § 1.703(f) ; and
- (K) The filing of an international design application.
- (ii) [Reserved]
- (iii)
Relative to Disciplinary
Proceedings—
- (A) Correspondence filed in connection with a disciplinary proceeding under part 11 of this chapter.
- (B) [Reserved]
- (i)
Relative to Patents and Patent
Applications—
- (1) Correspondence will be considered as being
timely filed if:
- (b) In the event that correspondence is considered
timely filed by being mailed or transmitted in accordance with
paragraph (a) of this section, but not received in the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office after a reasonable amount of time has elapsed
from the time of mailing or transmitting of the correspondence, or
after the application is held to be abandoned, or after the
proceeding is dismissed or decided with prejudice, or the
prosecution of a reexamination proceeding is terminated pursuant to
§
1.550(d)
or §
1.957(b)
or limited pursuant to §
1.957(c)
, or a
requester paper is refused consideration pursuant to §
1.957(a)
, the
correspondence will be considered timely if the party who forwarded
such correspondence:
- (1) Informs the Office of the previous mailing or transmission of the correspondence promptly after becoming aware that the Office has no evidence of receipt of the correspondence;
- (2) Supplies an additional copy of the previously mailed or transmitted correspondence and certificate; and
- (3) Includes a statement that attests on a personal knowledge basis or to the satisfaction of the Director to the previous timely mailing, transmission or submission. If the correspondence was sent by facsimile transmission, a copy of the sending unit’s report confirming transmission may be used to support this statement. If the correspondence was transmitted via the USPTO patent electronic filing system, a copy of an acknowledgment receipt generated by the USPTO patent electronic filing system confirming submission may be used to support this statement.
- (c) The Office may require additional evidence to determine if the correspondence was timely filed.
[41 FR 43721, Oct. 4, 1976; 43 FR 20461, May 11, 1978; para. (a). 47 FR 47381, Oct. 26, 1982, effective Oct. 26, 1982; para. (a),48 FR 2696, Jan. 20, 1983; para. (a) 49 FR 48416, Dec. 12, 1984, effective Feb. 11, 1985; para. (a), 49 FR 5171, Feb. 6, 1985, effective Mar. 8, 1985; 52 FR 20046, May 28, 1987; subparas. (a)(2)(xiv)-(xvi), 54 FR 37588, Sept. 11, 1989, effective Nov. 16, 1989; revised, 58 FR 54494, Oct. 22, 1993, effective Nov. 22, 1993; para. (a) revised, 61 FR 56439, Nov. 1, 1996, effective Dec. 2, 1996; paras. (a)(2)(i)(A) & (b) revised; 62 FR 53132, Oct. 10, 1997, effective Dec. 1, 1997; para. (a)(2)(i)(F) revised, 67 FR 520, Jan. 4, 2002, effective Apr. 1, 2002; para. (b)(3) revised, 68 FR 14332, Mar. 25, 2003, effective May 1, 2003; para. (a)(2)(ii) removed and reserved, 68 FR 48286, Aug. 13, 2003, effective Sept. 12, 2003; para. (a)(2)(i)(B) removed and reserved and para. (a)(2)(i)(C) revised, 69 FR 49959, Aug. 12, 2004, effective Sept. 13, 2004; paras. (a) and (b) revised, 69 FR 56481, Sept. 21, 2004, effective Oct. 21, 2004; paras. (a)(1)(i) & (b)(3) revised, 72 FR 2770, Jan. 23, 2007, effective Jan. 23, 2007; para. (b) introductory text revised, 72 FR 18892, Apr. 16, 2007, effective May 16, 2007; para. (a)(2)(iii)(A) revised, 73 FR 47650, Aug. 14, 2008, effective Sept. 15, 2008; paras. (a)(2)(i)(C) revised and paras. (a)(2)(i)(B) and (a)(2)(i)(G)-(J) added, 77 FR 42150, July 17, 2012, effective Sept. 16, 2012; paras. (a)(2)(i)(I)-(J) revised and para. (a)(2)(i)(K) added, 80 FR 17918, Apr. 2, 2015, effective May 13, 2015; paras. (a)(1)(i)(C) and (b)(3) revised, 87 FR 68900, Nov. 17, 2022, effective Dec. 19, 2022]
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