Misc

Question 1

Refunds for request for reexamination

Answer 1

If the Request for Reexamination had been denied because the Patent Office did not agree that a substantial new question of patentability was raised then Megacorp would have been refunded a major portion of the fee.

Question 2

Provisional rejections

Answer 2

A provisional rejection under 35 USC § 102(e)/103 is authorized where two applications of different inventive entities are copending and the filing dates differ and the applications have a common assignee or common inventor.

Question 3

Date of the implementation of PLT

Answer 3

December 18, 2013