[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.296]

[Page 105]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--National Processing Provisions
 
Sec. 1.296  Withdrawal of request for publication of statutory invention registration.

    A request for a statutory invention registration, which has been 
filed, may be withdrawn prior to the date of the notice of the intent to 
publish a statutory invention registration issued pursuant to 
Sec. 1.294(c) by filing a request to withdraw the request for 
publication of a statutory invention registration. The request to 
withdraw may also include a request for a refund of any amount paid in 
excess of the application filing fee and a handling fee of $130.00 which 
will be retained. Any request to withdraw the request for publication of 
a statutory invention registration filed on or after the date of the 
notice of intent to publish issued pursuant to Sec. 1.294(c) must be in 
the form of a petition pursuant to Sec. 1.183 accompanied by the fee set 
forth in Sec. 1.17(h).

[56 FR 65153, Dec. 13, 1991]