Changes to Continued Prosecution Application Practice
The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending its regulations to remove the requirement that the prior application of a continued prosecution application (CPA) must have been filed on or after June 8, 1995. This requirement is being removed in response to requests from the public.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/02/04/98-2732/changes-to-continued-prosecution-application-practice (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
- Legacy system and where it moved
- No legacy system name mention in title or summary )
- Fee
- No fee mention in title or summary )
- What you need (account or API key)
- No account or key mention in title or summary )
- Published
- 1998-02-04
- Document type
- Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
Everything in the same category
Read the news (all 1988) · both (all 2333)
Related entry points
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- Changes To Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims
- After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0
- Changes To Permit Delayed Submission of Certain Requirements for Prioritized Examination
- Changes to Patent Term Adjustment in View of the Federal Circuit Decision in Novartis v. Lee
- Changes to Continued Prosecution Application Practice
- Changes To Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications
- Terminal Disclaimer Practice To Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting
- Changes To Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional Applications
- Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 1999
- Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications
- Post-Prosecution Pilot Program
- Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals; Delay of Effective and Applicability Dates
- Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application Practice