Form Pto/sb/437 - Petition To Make Special Under The Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot Program
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4Doc Code: PET.CS
Document Description: Petition for expanded collaborative search prior to examination
PTO/SB/437 (01-18)
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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PETITION TO MAKE SPECIAL UNDER THE EXPANDED COLLABORATIVE SEARCH PILOT PROGRAM
Application No.:
First Named Inventor:
Filing Date:
Attorney Docket No.:
Title of the
Invention:
Additional Partner IP
Partner IP
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THIS PETITION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE EXPANDED CSP PROGRAM ALONG WITH THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS MUST
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BE SUBMITTED VIA EFS-WEB. INFORMATION REGARDING EFS-WEB IS AVAILABLE AT
application-process/applying-online/about-efs-web. A separate petition for each different partner IP office is required.
PART I – APPLICANT CERTIFICATIONS
Applicant hereby petitions for participation in the Expanded CSP program and petitions to make the above-identified
application special under the Expanded CSP program.
Applicant hereby certifies they are providing express written consent under 35 U.S.C. 122(c) and authorizes the USPTO to
forward to and receive from the identified partner IP office prior art references and comments to be considered during the
examination of the above identified application participating in the Expanded CSP program.
Applicant hereby authorizes the USPTO to provide the identified partner IP offices access to the participating U.S.
application’s bibliographic data and search results in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 122(a) and 37 CFR 1.14(c). No other consents
are provided.
PART II – CORRESPONDING COUNTERPART APPLICATION(S)
The above-identified US application and the corresponding counterpart application(s) have the same
priority/filing date.
The corresponding counterpart application number(s) is/are: _________________________________
Excluding the instant application, list all US applications listed on the counterpart corresponding application(s).
The US application number(s) is/are: _____________________________________________________
The application with the common earliest priority or filing date of the pilot applications is (please include
application number, country code and filing date): ____________________________________________
PART III – APPLICANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES TO THE FOLLOWING:
1. The application must contain three (3) or fewer independent claims and twenty (20) or fewer total
claims and must not contain any multiple dependent claims
2. Applicant will not request a refund of the search fee and any excess claims fee paid in the application
after the mailing or notification of the decision on the petition to join Expanded CSP
3. Applicant will make an election without traverse (express or constructive) if the Office determines that
the claims are not directed to a single invention.
4. Applicant will provide a translation of all corresponding claims if the corresponding counterpart
application(s) are not published in English. A machine language translation is sufficient.
5. All submissions for the participating application must be filed via EFS-Web.
6. Other attachments: ___________________________________________________________________
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This collection of information is required by 35 U.S.C. 119, 37 CFR 1.55, and 37 CFR 1.102(d). The information is required to obtain or retain a
benefit by the public, which is to file (and by the USPTO to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.11
and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 2 hours to complete, including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form
to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or
suggestions for reducing this burden should be sent to the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of
Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS.
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