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Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP1300 Allowance and Issue1306.02 Simultaneous Issuance of PatentsWhere applications have been allowed and a Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due (PTOL-85) has been mailed in each application, a request for simultaneous issuance will be granted. Unless all the applications have reached this stage of processing, or a specific requirement of the regulations is involved (e.g., 37 CFR 1.177), a request for simultaneous issuance generally will not be granted. Applicants and their attorneys who desire the simultaneous issue of allowed applications must submit the request to: Mail Stop Issue Fee, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 , Attention: Office of Patent Publication. The request must contain the following information about each allowed application for which simultaneous issue is requested:
(A) Application number, (B) Filing date, (C) Name(s) of inventor(s), (D) Title of invention, and (E) Date of allowance. Separate copies of the request must accompany each Fee(s) Transmittal (PTOL-85B). |