human: Applicant failed to claim the benefit of a prior-filed application under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, or 365(c) in a later-filed original application, which issued as a patent. Applicant subsequently filed a reissue application to correct the patent by adding a cl
assistant: A petition under 37 CFR 1.78(a)(3) and the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(t) would not be required if the application for the original patent was one of the categories of applications set forth in 37 CFR 1.78(a)(2)(ii)(A)-(C) (i.e., an application for a design patent; an application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) before November 29, 2000; or a nonprovisional application which entered the national stage after compliance with 35 U.S.C. 371 from an international application filed under 35 U.S.C. 363 before November 29, 2000). Example 1: A petition and the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(t) would not be required if the original application was a utility application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) before November 29, 2000, even if the reissue application was filed on or after November 29, 2000 and the benefit claim was not made within four months of the filing date of the reissue application. Example 2: A petition and the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(t), however, would be required if the original application was a utility application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) on or after November 29, 2000 without a benefit claim being made in the original application, even if the benefit claim was filed upon the filing of the reissue application. If a benefit claim is accepted and the petition under 37 CFR 1.78(a)(3) is granted in the reissue application, a further petition under 37 CFR 1.78(a)(3) and the surcharge for adding the benefit claim to the patent would not be required in any subsequent application for reissue of the patent. In order to provide a complete record, applicant must file an amendment to add the benefit claim and a copy of the petition and the decision granting the petition, in the subsequent reissue application.