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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`15/985,540
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`05/21/2018
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`Rose Ann M. Haft
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`ART UNIT
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`2173
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`02/22/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`In re Application of
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`Haft, Rose Ann, M.
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`Application No. 15/985,540
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`Filed: 21 May 2018
`For: Computational Operating System
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`DECISION ON PETITION
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`This is adecision on the PETITION UNDER 37 CFR. § 1.78(a)(3) TO ACCEPT AN
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`UNINTENTIONALLY DELAYED PRIORITY CLAIM” filed January 25, 2019 for the
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`benefit of priority to prior-filed provisional application 62/509,681 set forth in the
`concurrently filed Application Data Sheet (ADS). The petition is appropriately treated
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`under 37 CFR §1.78(c). This decision is also in response to the “PETITION FOR
`EXPEDITED REVIEW UNDER 37 CFR. 1.182”, filed on even date.
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`The petition under 37 CFR 1.182 is GRANTED.
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`The petition for expedited consideration includes payment of the petition fee under
`1.182. The relief requested is warranted. Accordingly, the petition under 37 CFR 1.78
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`is being considered out of turn.
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`The petition under 37 CFR 1.78 is GRANTED.
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`A petition for acceptance of a claim for late priority under 37 CFR § 1.78(c) must be
`accompanied by:
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`the reference required by 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) and 37 CFR § 1.78(a)(3) of the
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`prior-filed application, unless previously submitted;
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`the petition fee set forth in § 1.17(m); and
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`a statement that the entire delay between the date the claim was due under 37
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`CFR § 1.78(d)(3) and the date the claim was filed was unintentional. The Director may
`require additional where there is a question whether the delay was unintentional.
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`Further, the nonprovisional application claiming the benefit of the prior-filed provisional
`application (or an intermediate application claiming the benefit of the prior-filed
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`provisional application) must have been filed within twelve months of the filing date of
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`the prior-filed provisional application.
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`Application No. 15/985,540
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`37 CFR § 1.78(c) requires a statement that the entire delay between the date the claim
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`was due under 37 CFR § 1.78(d)(3) and the date the claim was filed was
`unintentional. Since the statement appearing in the petition references 37 CFR §
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`it varies from the required language. The statement is being construed as
`1.78(a)(3),
`the statement required by 37 CFR §1.78(c).
`If this is not a correct reading of the
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`statement appearing in the petition, petitioner should promptly notify the Office.
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`All the above requirements having been satisfied, the late claim for benefit of priority
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) is accepted as being unintentionally delayed.
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`Petitioner is advised that this decision grants the petition to accept the unintentionally
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`delayed domestic benefit claim to the prior filed application(s) because the petition
`requirements of 37 CFR 1.78(c) and the formal requirements for claiming domestic
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`benefit (see MPEP 211.01 et. seq.) have been met. This acceptance should not be
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`construed as meaning that this application is entitled to the benefit of the prior-filed
`application(s). Whether a claimed invention in a nonprovisional application is entitled to
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`the benefit of the filing date of a prior-filed application on the basis of the disclosure
`thereof is determined during examination if it becomes necessary to do so (e.g.,
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`intervening reference and interference proceeding). See MPEP 211.05.
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`A corrected Filing Receipt, which includes the priority claim to prior-filed provisional
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`application no. 62/509,681 filed May 22, 2017, accompanies this decision on petition.
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`Any questions concerning this matter may be directed to Attorney Patricia Faison-Ball at
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`(571) 272-3212.
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`This application is being forwarded to Technology Center Art Unit 2173 for
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`consideration by the examiner of the claim under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of the prior-filed
`provisional application.
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`/DOUGLAS IWOOD/
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`Douglas |. Wood
`Attorney Advisor, OPET
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`ATTACHMENT: Corrected Filing Receipt
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