The last sentence relating to new matter is added but represents no departure from present practice. CITE 35 USC Sec. Time for prosecuting application Upon failure of the applicant to prosecute the application within six months after any action therein, of which notice has been given or mailed to the applicant, or within such shorter time, not less than thirty days, as fixed by the Commissioner in such action, the application shall be regarded as abandoned by the parties thereto, unless it be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that such delay was unavoidable. The opening clause of the corresponding section of existing statute is omitted as having no present day meaning or value and the last two sentences are omitted for inclusion in section 267. The notice is stated as given or mailed.
Language is revised.
CITE 35 USC Sec. An applicant for a patent, any of whose claims has been twice rejected, may appeal from the decision of the primary examiner to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, having once paid the fee for such appeal. L. 98-622, title II, Sec. Reference to reissues is omitted in view of the general provision in section 251. Minor changes in language are made.