Request For Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal {PTO-SB-30}

PTO/SB/30 - REQUEST FOR CONTINUED EXAMINATION (RCE) TRANSMITTAL. An RCE is not a new application, and filing an RCE will not result in an application being accorded a new filing date. Filing Qualifications: The application must be a utility or plant application filed on or after June 8, 1995. The application cannot be a provisional application, a utility or plant application filed before June 8, 1995, a design application, or a patent under reexamination. See 37 CFR 1.114(e). Filing Requirements: Prosecution in the application must be closed. Prosecution is closed if the application is under appeal, or the last Office action is a final action, a notice of allowance, or an action that otherwise closes prosecution in the application (e.g., an Office action under Ex parte Quayle). See 37 CFR 1.114(b). A submission and a fee are required at the time the RCE is filed. If reply to an Office action under 35 U.S.C. 132 is outstanding (e.g., the application is under final rejection), the submission must meet the reply requirements of 37 CFR 1.111. If there is no outstanding Office action, the submission can be an information disclosure statement, an amendment, new arguments, or new evidence. See 37 CFR 1.114(c). The submission may be a previously filed amendment ( e.g., an amendment after final rejection). www.FormsWorkflow.com