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1002.02(c)(1) Petitions Decided by the Director of Technology Center 3640 [R-2] - 1000 Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials
1002.02(c)(1) Petitions Decided by the Director of Technology Center 3640 [R-2]
In addition to the items delegated to all >Technology Center< Directors under MPEP § 1002.02(c), authority to decide the following is delegated to the Director of Technology Center 3640:
1. All petitions filed under 35 U.S.C. 267 to extend the time for taking action in United States-owned applications wherein the invention is important to the armament or defense of the United States.
2. All petitions under 37 CFR 1.103(f) to suspend action in United States-owned applications wherein the publication of the invention might be detrimental to the public safety or defense.
Any petitions filed under 35 U.S.C. 267 and/or 37 CFR 1.103(f) in any area of the Office must be forwarded to the Director of Technology Center 3640 for decision thereon.
3. Petitions under 37 CFR 5.12(a) for foreign license to file patent applications in foreign countries, MPEP § 140.
4. Petitions for rescission of secrecy order, 37 CFR 5.4, MPEP § 120.
5. Petitions to permit disclosure of subject matter under a secrecy order, 37 CFR 5.5(b), MPEP § 120.
6. Petitions for modification of secrecy order, 37 CFR 5.5(c), MPEP § 120.
7. Petitions for retroactive foreign filing license, 37 CFR 5.25, MPEP § 140.
8. Petitions relating to refusal of request for publication of a Statutory Invention Registration, 37 CFR 1.295, MPEP § 1105.
9. Petitions relating to request for withdrawal of request for publication of a Statutory Invention Registration, 37 CFR 1.296, MPEP § 1109.
10. Petitions relating to DOE property rights statements under 42 U.S.C. 2182.
11. Petitions relating to NASA property rights statements under 42 U.S.C. 2457.
12. Petitions relating to foreign filing licenses under 35 U.S.C. 184.
13. Petitions concerning review of security or government interest matters not otherwise provided for.
14. Petitions relating to any application under a secrecy order pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 181, including petitions to expunge subject matter from the application to overcome the secrecy order.
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