How should USPTO personnel respond to status inquiries about patent applications?
USPTO personnel are instructed to handle status inquiries about patent applications promptly and professionally. According to MPEP 203.08: “Inquiries as to the status of applications, by persons entitled to the information, should be answered promptly. The examiner, correspondent, or other appropriate personnel should provide the information requested within the following time periods: (A) For information…
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USPTO personnel should use Patent Data Portal to determine the current location or status of an application. For Image File Wrapper (IFW) applications, no location is associated with the file. As stated in MPEP 102: When it is desired to determine the current location or status of an application, Office personnel should use Patent Data…
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