Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP

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1000 Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials

1002.02(s) Petitions and Matters Decided by the Special Program Examiners in the Technology Centers

1. Petitions to make patent applications special under 37 CFR 1.102, MPEP § 708.02:

(a) on the ground of applicant"s age or state of health, MPEP § 708.02, item III & IV;

(b) a continuation-in-part of an earlier application;

(c) under the Environmental Quality Program, MPEP § 708.02, item V;

(d) under the Energy Program, MPEP § 708.02, item VI;

(e) because the application invokes safety of research in the field of Recombinant DNA, MPEP § 708.02, item VII;

(f) under the Special Examining Procedure for certain new applications - accelerated examination, MPEP § 708.02, item VIII;

(g) superconductivity, MPEP § 708.02, item IX;

(h) inventions relating to HIV/AIDS and cancer, MPEP § 708.02, item X;

(i) relating to inventions for countering terrorism, MPEP § 708.02, item XI;

(j) on the ground of prospective manufacture, MPEP § 708.02, item I;

(k) on the ground of infringement, MPEP § 708.02, item II; and

(l ) for reasons not otherwise provided for.

2. Petitions for withdrawal of attorney from application pending in the Technology Centers, 37 CFR 1.36.

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