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Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP1000 Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials1002.02(k)(1) Petitions and Matters Decided by the General Counsel1. Requests for confidentiality waiver under 35 U.S.C. 122. 2. Petitions (under 37 CFR 1.304(a)(3) or 37 CFR 2.145(d)) seeking to extend the time for filing a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit or for commencing a civil action seeking judicial review of a decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences or the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. 3. Petitions under 37 CFR 10.2(c) from a final decision of the Director of Enrollment and Discipline. 4. Appeals under 37 CFR 10.155 of initial decisions of administrative law judges and requests for reconsideration under 37 CFR 10.156 in proceedings under 35 U.S.C. 32 in which the Director of Enrollment and Discipline seeks to exclude or suspend a practitioner from practice before the Patent and Trademark Office. |