{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-032","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Patent and Trademark Office (nationwide)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu","authority":"37 C.F.R. 1.183; 37 C.F.R. 2.146; 35 U.S.C. 41(a)(7)","instrument":"Official Gazette notice, \u0027Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak\u0027","title":"Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"Continuing (fee waivers for COVID-caused abandonments; later notices extended the petition-to-revive relief)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["patent and trademark applicants, patentees, reexamination parties and trademark owners","practitioners"],"clause":"The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) considers the effects of the Coronavirus outbreak that began in approximately January 2020 to be an \u0027extraordinary situation\u0027 within the meaning of 37 CFR 1.183 and 37 CFR 2.146 for affected patent and trademark applicants, patentees, reexamination parties, and trademark owners.... For patent applicants or patent owners who were unable to timely reply to an Office communication due to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, which resulted in the application being held abandoned or the reexamination prosecution terminated or limited, the USPTO will waive the petition fee in 37 CFR 1.17(m) when the patent applicant or patent owner files the reply with a petition under 37 CFR 1.137(a).","enforcement":"Agency rule-suspension under 37 C.F.R. 1.183 and 2.146","functions":["CT agencies (prosecution deadlines)","CS client representation (patent and trademark practice)","PJ product launches and licensing dependent on prosecution","CB inventors, small businesses and brand owners"],"notes":"The agency\u0027s own finding of an \u0027extraordinary situation\u0027 from January 2020 for the entire IP-owning economy.","sourceUrl":"https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/coronavirus_relief_ognotice_03162020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":116687,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-032","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-032","citation":"Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu, Official Gazette notice, \u0027Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak\u0027 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-032)","stateName":"","related":[]}