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01-17100 Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Patent Applications Proposed Rule The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) enacted provisions for the continued examination of a utility or plant application at the request of the applicant (request for continued examination or RCE practice). Therefore, there no longer appears to be a need for continued prosecution application (CPA) practice as to utility and plant applications. Thus, the Office is proposing to eliminate CPA practice as to utility and plant applications. An applicant for a utility or plant patent may also continue to effectively obtain further examination of the application by filing a continuing application under section 1.53(b). Since RCE practice does not apply to design applications, CPA practice will remain in place for design applications. 2001-07-09 2001 7 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/07/09/01-17100/elimination-of-continued-prosecution-application-practice-as-to-utility-and-plant-patent https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2001-07-09/pdf/01-17100.pdf Commerce Department; Patent and Trademark Office 54,402 The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) enacted provisions for the continued examination of a utility or plant application at the request of the applicant (request for continued examination or RCE practice). Therefore, there no longer...

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