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MPEP 1210: Actions Subsequent to Examiner’s Answer but Before Board’s Decision, Jan. 2018 (BitLaw)
MPEP 1210
Actions Subsequent to Examiner’s Answer but Before Board’s Decision
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1210 Actions Subsequent to Examiner’s Answer but Before Board’s Decision [R-11.2013]
I. JURISDICTION OF BOARD
37 C.F.R. 41.35 Jurisdiction over appeal.
(a) Beginning of jurisdiction. Jurisdiction over the proceeding passes to the Board upon the filing of a reply brief under § 41.41 or the expiration of the time in which to file such a reply brief, whichever is earlier.
(1) The Director or the Board enters a remand order (see §§ 41.35(c), 41.35(e), and 41.50(a)(1) ),
(2) The Board enters a final decision (see § 41.2 ) and judicial review is sought or the time for seeking judicial review has expired,
(3) An express abandonment which complies with § 1.138 of this title is recognized,
(4) A request for continued examination is filed which complies with § 1.114 of this title,
(5) Appellant fails to take any required action under §§ 41.39(b), 41.50(a)(2), 41.50(b), or 41.50(d), and the Board enters an order of dismissal, or
(6) Appellant reopens prosecution pursuant to § 41.40(b) or in response to a new ground of rejection entered in a decision of the Board (see § 41.50(b)(1) ).
(c) Remand ordered by the Director. Prior to the entry of a decision on the appeal by the Board (see § 41.50 ), the Director may sua sponte order the proceeding remanded to the examiner.
Jurisdiction over the application passes from the Technology Centers to the Board at the time specified in 37 CFR 41.35(b).
Any amendment or other paper relating to the appeal filed thereafter, but prior to the decision of the Board, may be considered by the examiner only in the event the case is remanded for that purpose.
II. ABANDONMENT OF APPEAL: APPLICATION REFILED OR ABANDONED
To avoid the rendering of decisions by the Board in applications which appellants have decided to abandon or to refile as continuations, appellants should promptly inform the Clerk of the Board in writing as soon as they have positively decided to refile or to abandon an application containing an appeal awaiting a decision. Failure to exercise appropriate diligence in this matter may result in the Board’s refusing an otherwise proper request to vacate its decision.
See MPEP § 1215.01 - § 1215.03 concerning the withdrawal of appeals.