MPEP Q&A 247: When is a protest considered timely? - a podcast by Lisa Parmley, USPTO Patent Practitioner #51006
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Question: When is a protest considered timely? Answer: A protest is timely if (1) filed prior to the date the application was published under 37 CFR 1.211 or the date a notice of allowance was given or mailed, whichever occurs first, or (2) accompanied by written consent of the applicant and filed prior to the date a notice of allowance was given or mailed in the application. Publication under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) of an international application would not trigger the end of the 37 CFR 1.291(b) time period for submitting a protest in a…
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