For Design Applications Only Receipt For Facsimile Transmitted CPA {PTO-SB-29A}

PTO/SB/29, FOR DESIGN APPLICATIONS ONLY: CONTINUED PROSECUTION APPLICATION (CPA) REQUEST TRANSMITTAL, A CPA may only be filed in a design application but not in an international design application. A CPA cannot be filed in a utility or plant application. See “Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Applications; Final Rule,” 68 FR 32376 (May 30, 2003). Applicant may consider filing a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) under 37 CFR 1.114 in utility or plant applications. See MPEP 706.07(h) and form PTO/SB/30. Filing Qualifications: The prior application identified above must be a design application that is complete as defined by 37 CFR 1.51(b). C-I-P NOT PERMITTED: A continuation-in-part application cannot be filed as a CPA under 37 CFR 1.53(d), but must be filed under 37 CFR 1.53(b). EXPRESS ABANDONMENT OF PRIOR APPLICATION: The filing of this CPA is a request to expressly abandon the prior application as of the filing date of the request for a CPA. 37 CFR 1.53(b) must be used to file a continuation, divisional, or continuation-in-part of an application that is not to be abandoned. ACCESS TO PRIOR APPLICATION: The filing of this CPA will be construed to include a waiver of confidentiality by the applicant under 35 U.S.C. 122 to the extent that any member of the public who is entitled under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.14 to access to, copies of, or information concerning, the prior application may be given similar access to, copies of, or similar information concerning, the other application or applications in the file. 35 U.S.C. 120 STATEMENT: In a CPA, no reference to the prior application is needed in the Application Data Sheet (ADS). A request for a CPA is the specific reference required by 35 U.S.C. 120 and to every application assigned the application number identified in such request, 37 CFR 1.78(d)(4). www.FormsWorkflow.com