§21. Filing date and day for taking action — Inbound Citations

Code of Federal Regulations Citations

Cited by 4 regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations.

• 37 C.F.R. § 1.55(p) — Claim for foreign priority.

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  (p) The time periods set forth in this section are not extendable, but are subject to 35 U.S.C. 21(b) (and § 1.7(a)), PCT Rule 80.5, and Hague Agreement Rule 4(4).

• 37 C.F.R. § 1.78(k) — Claiming benefit of earlier filing date and cross-references to other applications.

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  (k) The time periods set forth in this section are not extendable, but are subject to 35 U.S.C. 21(b) (and § 1.7(a)), PCT Rule 80.5, and Hague Agreement Rule 4(4).

• 37 C.F.R. § 2.195(d) — Filing date of trademark correspondence.

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  (d) If the Director designates a postal service interruption or emergency within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. 21(a), any person attempting to file correspondence by Priority Mail Express® Post Office to Addressee service who was unable to deposit the correspondence with the USPS due to the interruption or emergency may petition the Director to consider such correspondence as filed on a particular date in the Office. The petition must:

  (1) Be filed promptly after the ending of the designated interruption or emergency;

  (2) Include the original correspondence or a copy of the original correspondence; and

  (3) Include a statement that the correspondence would have been deposited with the USPS on the requested filing date but for the designated interruption or emergency in Priority Mail Express® service; and that the correspondence attached to the petition is the original correspondence or a true copy of the correspondence originally attempted to be deposited as Priority Mail Express® on the requested filing date.

• 37 C.F.R. § 90.3(b)(2) — Time for appeal or civil action.

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  (2) If the last day for filing an appeal or civil action falls on a Federal holiday in the District of Columbia, the time is extended pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 21(b).

Citations to 35 U.S.C. § 21 as a whole

• 35 U.S.C. § 210(a)(18)

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  (18) section 21(d) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2218(d); 88 Stat. 1548);