CFR > Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights > CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL (parts 1 to 5) > PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES > SUBPART B—National Processing Provisions (§1.31 to §1.378) > 1.134—Time period for reply to an Office action.

1.134—Time period for reply to an Office action.

An Office action will notify the applicant of any non-statutory or shortened statutory time period set for reply to an Office action. Unless the applicant is notified in writing that a reply is required in less than six months, a maximum period of six months is allowed.

Code of Federal Regulations

[62 FR 53194, Oct. 10, 1997]