37 CFR § 102.7 — Responses to requests. (MPEP Coverage Index) – BlueIron IP
37 CFR § 102.7 Responses to requests.
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This page consolidates MPEP guidance interpreting 37 CFR § 102.7, including 0 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.
Official MPEP § 102.7 — Responses to requests.
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102.7 Responses to requests.
- (a) Grants of requests. If the FOIA Officer makes a determination to grant a request in whole or in part, the FOIA Officer will notify the requester in writing. The FOIA Officer will inform the requester in the notice of any fee charged under § 102.11 and disclose records to the requester promptly upon payment of any applicable fee. Records disclosed in part shall be marked or annotated to show each applicable FOIA exemption and the amount of information deleted, unless doing so would harm an interest protected by an applicable exemption. The location of the information deleted shall also be indicated on the record, if feasible.
- (b)
Adverse determinations of requests. If the FOIA
Officer makes an adverse determination regarding a request, the FOIA
Officer will notify the requester of that determination in writing. An
adverse determination is a denial of a request in any respect, namely: A
determination to withhold any requested record in whole or in part; a
determination that a requested record does not exist or cannot be
located; a determination that a record is not readily reproducible in the
form or format sought by the requester; a determination that what has
been requested is not a record subject to FOIA (except that a
determination under §
102.11(j)
that
records are to be made available under a fee statute other than FOIA is
not an adverse determination); a determination against the requester on
any disputed fee matter, including a denial of a request for a fee
waiver; or a denial of a request for expedited treatment. Each denial
letter shall be signed by the FOIA Officer and shall include:
- (1) The name and title or position of the denying official;
- (2) A brief statement of the reason(s) for the denial, including applicable FOIA exemption(s);
- (3) An estimate of the volume of records or information withheld, in number of pages or some other reasonable form of estimation. This estimate need not be provided if the volume is otherwise indicated through deletions on records disclosed in part, or if providing an estimate would harm an interest protected by an applicable FOIA exemption; and
- (4) A statement that the denial may be appealed, and a list of the requirements for filing an appeal under § 102.10(b) .
[Added, 65 FR 52916, Aug. 31, 2000, effective Oct. 2, 2000]