Doc Code: PET.SPRE.ACX Doc Description: Petition for 12-month Accelerated Exam PTO/SB/28 (07-09) Approved for use through 07/31/2014. OMB 0651-0059 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PETITION TO MAKE SPECIAL UNDER ACCELERATED EXAMINATION PROGRAM Attorney Docket Number Application Number (if Known) Title of Invention APPLICANT HEREBY PETITIONS TO MAKE THE ABOVE-IDENTIFIED APPLICATION SPECIAL UNDER THE REVISED ACCELERATED EXAMINATION PROGRAM. See Instruction sheet on page 3. Claims of the application: 1. a. The application must contain three (3) or fewer independent claims and twenty (20) or fewer total claims. The application may not contain any multiple dependent claims. b. Applicant hereby agrees not to separately argue the patentability of any dependent claim during any appeal in the application. Specifically, the applicant agrees that the dependent claims will be grouped together with and not argued separately from the independent claim from which they depend in any appeal brief filed in the application (37 CFR 41.37(c)(1)(vii)). The claims must be directed to a single invention. First Named Inventor c. 2. Interviews: Applicant hereby agrees to have (if requested by examiner): a. An interview (including an interview before a first Office action) to discuss the prior art and any potential rejections or objections with the intention of clarifying and possibly resolving all issues with respect to patentability at that time, and b. A telephonic interview to make an election without traverse if the Office determines that the claims are not obviously directed to a single invention. 3. Preexamination Search Statement and Accelerated Examination Support Document: With this petition, applicant is providing: a preexamination search statement, in compliance with the requirements set forth in item 8 of the instruction sheet, and an "accelerated examination support document" that includes: a. An information disclosure statement in compliance with 37 CFR 1.98 citing each reference deemed most closely related to the subject matter of each of the claims; b. For each reference cited, an identification of all the limitations of the claims that are disclosed by the reference specifying where the limitation is disclosed in the cited reference; A detailed explanation of how each of the claims are patentable over the references cited with the particularity required by 37 CFR 1.111(b) and (c); A concise statement of the utility of the invention as defined in each of the independent claims (unless the application is a design application); An identification of any cited references that may be disqualified as prior art under 35 U.S.C. 103(c) as amended by the CREATE act; and A showing of where each limitation of the claims finds support under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112 in the written description of the specification. If applicable, the showing must also identify: (1) each means(or step-) plus-function claim element that invokes consideration under 35 U.S.C. 112, ¶6; and (2) the structure, material, or acts that correspond to any means- (or step-) plus-function claim element that invokes consideration under 35 U.S.C. 112, ¶6. If the application claims the benefit of one or more applications under title 35, United St ates Code, the showing must also include where each limitation of the claims finds support under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112 in each such application in which such support exists. c. d. e. f. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the USPTO to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.11 and 1.14. This form is estimated to take 12 hours to complete, including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. If you need assistance in completing the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and select option 2. EFS Web 2.2.20 Doc Code: PET.SPRE.ACX Doc Description: Petition for 12-month Accelerated Exam PTO/SB/28 (07-09) Approved for use through 07/31/2014. OMB 0651-0059 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PETITION TO MAKE SPECIAL UNDER ACCELERATED EXAMINATION PROGRAM (Continued) Attorney Docket Number Attachments: a. b. c. Accelerated Examination Support Document (see item 3 above). A statement, in compliance with the requirements set forth in item 8 of the instruction sheet, detailing the preexamination search which was conducted. Information Disclosure Statement. Other (e.g., a statement that the claimed subject matter is directed to environmental quality, energy, or countering terrorism (37 CFR 1.102(c)(2)). First Named Inventor d. Fees: The following fees must be filed electronically via EFS or EFS-Web: a. The basic filing fee, search fee, examination fee, and application size fee (if required) under 37 CFR 1.16. b. Petition fee under 37 CFR 1.17(h) - unless the petition is filed with a showing under 37 CFR 1.102(c)(2). 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