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`PTO/SB/30 (07-09)
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`Instruction Sheet for RCEs
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`NOTES:
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`An RCE is not a new application, and filing an RCE will not result in an application being accorded a newfiling
`date.
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`Filing Qualifications:
`The application must be a_ utility or plant application filed on or after June 8, 1995. The application cannot be a provisional
`application, a utility or plant application filed before June 8, 1995, a design application, or a patent under reexamination. See
`37 CFR 1.114(e).
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`Filing Requirements:
`Prosecution in the application must be closed. Prosecution is closed if the applicat ion is under appeal, or the last Office
`action is a final action, a notice of allowance, or an action that otherwise closes prosecution in the application (e.g., an Office
`action under Ex parte Quayle). See 37 CFR 1.114(b).
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`A submission and a fee are required at the time the RCE is filed. ifreply to an Office action under 35 U.S.C. 132 is
`outstanding (e.g., the application is underfinal rejection), the submission must meet the reply requirements of 37 CFR 1.111. if
`there is no outstanding Office action, the submission
`canbe an information disclosure statement, an amendment, new
`arguments, ornew evidence. See 37 CFR 1.114(c). The submission may be a previously filed amendment( e.g., an
`amendment after final rejection).
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`See MPEP 706.07(h) for further information on the RCE practice.
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`Under Appeal - if the RCE is improper(e.g., the submission or the fee has not been filed) and the application is
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`allowance or abandonmentof the application depending on the status of the claims. Ifthere are no allowed
`claims, the application is abandoned. If there is at least one allowed claim, the application will be passed fo issue
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`Request for Suspension of Action:
`All RCE filing requirements must be met before suspension of action is granted. A request for a suspension of
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`Before Appeal- \f the RCE is improper (e.g., prosecution in the application is not closed or the submission or
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