USPTO definition...'Notice of Allowance'; 1303 Notice of Allowance [R-5] - 1300 Allowance and Issue
1303 Notice of Allowance [R-5]
37 CFR 1.311 Notice of Allowance.
(a) If, on examination, it appears that the applicant is entitled to a patent under the law, a notice of allowance will be sent to the applicant at the correspondence address indicated in § 1.33. The notice of allowance shall specify a sum constituting the issue fee which must be paid within three months from the date of mailing of the notice of allowance to avoid abandonment of the application. The sum specified in the notice of allowance may also include the publication fee, in which case the issue fee and publication fee (§ 1.211(e)) must both be paid within three months from the date of mailing of the notice of allowance to avoid abandonment of the application. This three-month period is not extendable.
(b) An authorization to charge the issue fee or other post-allowance fees set forth in § 1.18 to a deposit account may be filed in an individual application only after mailing of the notice of allowance. The submission of either of the following after the mailing of a notice of allowance will operate as a request to charge the correct issue fee or any publication fee due to any deposit account identified in a previously filed authorization to charge such fees: (1) An incorrect issue fee or publication fee; or (2) A fee transmittal form (or letter) for payment of issue fee or publication fee. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Notice of Allowance is prepared and mailed, and the mailing date appearing thereon is recorded on the paper or image file wrapper table of contents. .................................................................. (C) For applications filed on or after May 29, 2000, page three will state that "The Patent Term Adjustment to date is _ *>day(s)<. If the issue fee is paid on a date that is three months after the mailing date of this notice, and the patent issues on the Tuesday before the date that is 28 weeks (six and a half months) after the mailing date of this notice, the **>Patent Term Adjustment< will be _ *>day(s)<. If a Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) was filed in the above-identified application, the filing date that determines Patent Term *>Adjustment< is the filing date of the most recent CPA." Utility and plant applications filed on or after May 29, 2000 may be eligible for patent term adjustment. See 35 U.S.C. 154(b), effective May 29, 2000, and 37 CFR 1.702 - 1.705, especially 37 CFR 1.705(a). ........................................................... "The application identified above has been examined and is allowed for issuance as a patent. Prosecution on the merits is closed. This notice of allowance is not a grant of patent rights." http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/1300_1303.htm
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