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To respond to a nonfinal office action, use the TEAS Response to Office Action form. To respond to a final office action, use the TEAS Request for Reconsideration after Final Action form.

Most replies to Office actions (official letters) must be received within 6 months from the mailing date on the Office action. Office actions in almost all instances set a shortened period within which a response can be filed without having to pay extension of time fees.

The person signing must insert his or her own signature between the forward slash marks, § 1.4(d)(2)(i). The name of the person signing must be printed or typed immediately adjacent (i.e., below, above, or beside) to the S-signature, and be reasonably specific, so the identity of the signer can be readily recognized.

It allows you to request a single three-month extension to respond to a pre-registration office action (your trademark is under examination) and to request a one-month extension to respond to office actions issued during an expungement or reexamination proceeding (you have a registered trademark).

You can file a response within 3 months of the final office action's mailing date. If you file the response after 3 months, you have to pay progressively higher extension of time fees. To continue the examination, you must file an RCE, an appeal to the PTAB, or file a continuation patent application.

You must submit a properly signed response either within 30 days from the date the notice issues, or within the time remaining in the response period—the notice will specify the deadline. If you file a response after the deadline, the application will be abandoned.

The response to Office Action is the additional information you are asked to provide to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during the patent or trademark examination phase. This information is requested using a notification known as an Office Action.

The provision on 37 CFR 1.53(c)(1) requires that all provisional applications are to be filed with a cover sheet. This can be an application data sheet or a cover letter stating that the document is a provisional application.