What is the deadline for filing an express abandonment to avoid publication?

While there’s no strict deadline, the MPEP provides a crucial timeframe for effectively avoiding publication: “Applicants should expect that the petition will not be granted and the application will be published in regular course unless such declaration of express abandonment and petition are received by the appropriate officials more than four weeks prior to the…

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What is the deadline for updating residence information for patent application publication?

According to MPEP 719.02, there is a specific deadline for updating residence information to be reflected in a patent application publication: For a patent application publication to be published with residence information that differs from that originally filed, the revised information must be entered into the Office electronic records at least nine weeks before the…

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