{"section":{"filename":"s1211.html","chapter":"1200","section_number":"1211","title":"Remand by Director or Board","revision_tag":"R-08.2017","bytes":43000,"sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37","subsection_count":4,"max_depth":1,"subsections":[{"number":"1211.01","title":"Remand by Board for Further Consideration of Rejection","revision_tag":"R-11.2013","depth":1},{"number":"1211.02","title":"Remand To Consider Amendment","revision_tag":"R-11.2013","depth":1},{"number":"1211.03","title":"Remand To Consider Affidavits or Declarations","revision_tag":"R-11.2013","depth":1},{"number":"1211.04","title":"Remand by Board for Further Search","revision_tag":"R-08.2012","depth":1}]},"quality":"structured","cited_authorities":{"file_section":"1211","cases":[{"key":"case:136f.2d722","slug":"in-re-sweet","short_name":"In re Sweet","canonical_citation":"In re Sweet, 136 F.2d 722, 58 USPQ 327 (CCPA 1943)","decision_year":1943,"court":"CCPA","holding_summary":"The Board is under no obligation to consider new or amended claims submitted while it has jurisdiction over an appeal.","holding_confidence":"high","mentions":1,"propositions":[]},{"key":"case:154f.2d126","slug":"in-re-martin","short_name":"In re Martin","canonical_citation":"In re Martin, 154 F.2d 126, 69 USPQ 75 (CCPA 1946)","decision_year":1946,"court":"CCPA","holding_summary":"Affidavits or declarations offered with a request for rehearing of a Board decision, where no new ground of rejection was entered and the evidence is not remanded to the examiner, are considered only as arguments.","holding_confidence":"high","mentions":1,"propositions":[]}],"statutes":[{"key":"us_cfr:37:41.50","slug":"37-cfr-41-50","canonical_citation":"37 CFR 41.50","mentions":11},{"key":"us_cfr:37:41.35","slug":"37-cfr-41-35","canonical_citation":"37 CFR 41.35","mentions":3},{"key":"us_cfr:37:1.131","slug":"37-cfr-1-131","canonical_citation":"37 CFR 1.131","mentions":2},{"key":"us_cfr:37:41.40","slug":"37-cfr-41-40","canonical_citation":"37 CFR 41.40","mentions":1},{"key":"us_cfr:37:1.111","slug":"37-cfr-1-111","canonical_citation":"37 CFR 1.111","mentions":1},{"key":"us_cfr:37:1.112","slug":"37-cfr-1-112","canonical_citation":"37 CFR 1.112","mentions":1},{"key":"us_cfr:37:41.41","slug":"37-cfr-41-41","canonical_citation":"37 CFR 41.41","mentions":1},{"key":"us_cfr:37:1.116","slug":"37-cfr-1-116","canonical_citation":"37 CFR 1.116","mentions":1},{"key":"us_usc:35:154","slug":"35-usc-154","canonical_citation":"35 U.S.C. 154","mentions":1}],"cross_references":[{"key":"mpep:706","section_number":"706","title":"Rejection of Claims","exists":true,"mentions":1},{"key":"mpep:715","section_number":"715","title":"Swearing Behind a Reference — Affidavit or Declaration Under 37 CFR 1.131(a)","exists":true,"mentions":1},{"key":"mpep:716","section_number":"716","title":"Affidavits or Declarations Under 37 CFR 1.132 and Other Evidence Traversing Rejections","exists":true,"mentions":1},{"key":"mpep:1002","section_number":"1002","title":"Petitions to the Director of the USPTO","exists":true,"mentions":1},{"key":"mpep:1206","section_number":"1206","title":"Amendments and Affidavits or Other Evidence Filed With or After Appeal","exists":true,"mentions":3},{"key":"mpep:1207","section_number":"1207","title":"Examiner’s Answer","exists":true,"mentions":5},{"key":"mpep:1208","section_number":"1208","title":"Reply Briefs and Fee for Forwarding Appeal","exists":true,"mentions":1},{"key":"mpep:1214","section_number":"1214","title":"Procedure Following Decision by Board","exists":true,"mentions":1},{"key":"mpep:2710","section_number":"2710","title":"Term Extensions or Adjustments for Delays Within the USPTO Under 35 U.S.C. 154","exists":true,"mentions":1}],"form_paragraphs":[]},"structured_data":{"nodes":[{"id":"se_bjpfwes4","node_type":"section","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/se_bjpfwes4","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"","rendered_text_plain":"","provenance":{"source_file":"s1211.html","source_anchor":"d0e127910","source_sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37"},"akn_urn":"/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!sec_1211","canonical_url":"https://mpep.io/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!sec_1211","section_number":"1211","chapter":"1200","depth":0,"title":"Remand by Director or Board","children_ids":["pb_h2ewmzdb","pb_wuti5csp","se_wqps5jgq","se_yxyjuycf","se_rp6imxcp","se_5g52lazf"],"revision_tag":"R-08.2017"},{"id":"pb_h2ewmzdb","node_type":"prose_block","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/pb_h2ewmzdb","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"Both the Director and the Board have the authority to remand a case to the\n                        examiner when necessary. See <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e356591\">37 CFR 41.35(c) and (e)</a></b>, and\n                        <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#ar_d2002e_29bc2_267\">37 CFR\n                              41.40(a)</a></b>. As specified by <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e357057\">37 CFR 41.50(e)</a></b>, a remand by the Board\n                        is not appealable (i.e. not final for purposes of judicial review). In any remand,\n                        jurisdiction over the appeal is transferred from the Board back to the examiner. Following\n                        the remand, the examiner should take action consistent with the remand order. In the\n                        absence of other guidance in the remand order, the examiner should take an action described\n                        in <b><a href=\"s1207.html#d0e124039\">MPEP &#167;\n                              1207</a></b>.","rendered_text_plain":"Both the Director and the Board have the authority to remand a case to the examiner when necessary. See 37 CFR 41.35(c) and (e), and 37 CFR 41.40(a). As specified by 37 CFR 41.50(e), a remand by the Board is not appealable (i.e. not final for purposes of judicial review). In any remand, jurisdiction over the appeal is transferred from the Board back to the examiner. Following the remand, the examiner should take action consistent with the remand order. In the absence of other guidance in the remand order, the examiner should take an action described in MPEP § 1207.","provenance":{"source_file":"s1211.html","source_anchor":"d0e127916","source_sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37"},"kind":"narrative","host_section_id":"se_bjpfwes4"},{"id":"st_4c2743zy","node_type":"statute","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/st_4c2743zy","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"","rendered_text_plain":"","provenance":{"source_file":"s1211.html","source_anchor":"","source_sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37"},"authority":"us_cfr","authority_title_num":"37","authority_section_num":"41.35","subsection_path":["c"],"canonical_citation":"37 CFR 41.35(c)"},{"id":"st_vy2idasu","node_type":"statute","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/st_vy2idasu","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"","rendered_text_plain":"","provenance":{"source_file":"s1211.html","source_anchor":"","source_sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37"},"authority":"us_cfr","authority_title_num":"37","authority_section_num":"41.40","subsection_path":["a"],"canonical_citation":"37 CFR 41.40(a)"},{"id":"st_vsdhzb3s","node_type":"statute","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/st_vsdhzb3s","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"","rendered_text_plain":"","provenance":{"source_file":"s1211.html","source_anchor":"","source_sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37"},"authority":"us_cfr","authority_title_num":"37","authority_section_num":"41.50","subsection_path":["e"],"canonical_citation":"37 CFR 41.50(e)"},{"id":"se_oenzoqo2","node_type":"section","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/se_oenzoqo2","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"","rendered_text_plain":"","provenance":{"source_file":"s1211.html","source_anchor":"stub-1207","source_sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37"},"akn_urn":"/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!sec_1207","canonical_url":"https://mpep.io/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!sec_1207","section_number":"1207","chapter":"1200","depth":0,"title":"Section 1207","children_ids":[]},{"id":"pb_wuti5csp","node_type":"prose_block","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/pb_wuti5csp","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"For example, the Director may remand a case for consideration\n                        of a new ground of rejection pursuant to <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e356980\">37 CFR 41.35(c)</a></b> where there has been a\n                        change in the law that calls for a new ground of rejection to be entered. 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If such a reply\n                              brief is accompanied by any amendment, affidavit or other evidence, it shall be\n                              treated as a request that prosecution be reopened before the examiner under\n                              <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e356980\">37 CFR\n                                    41.50(a)(2)(i)</a></b>.","rendered_text_plain":"(B) Maintain appeal.Request that the appeal be maintained by filing a reply brief as provided in 37 CFR 41.41. 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1207.03</a></b> for information on new grounds of rejection.","rendered_text_plain":"See MPEP § 1207.03 for information on new grounds of rejection.","provenance":{"source_file":"s1211.html","source_anchor":"d0e128026","source_sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37"},"kind":"narrative","host_section_id":"se_wqps5jgq"},{"id":"pb_3agrtqki","node_type":"prose_block","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/pb_3agrtqki","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"See <b><a href=\"s1207.html#d0e126522\">MPEP\n                                 &#167; 1207.05</a></b> for information on substitute examiner&#8217;s answer and\n                           appellant&#8217;s response to a substitute examiner&#8217;s answer. 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Appellant cannot request that prosecution be reopened under 37 CFR 41.50(a)(2)(i) and is not required to reply to a substitute examiner’s answer that is written in response to a remand that is not for further consideration of a rejection.","provenance":{"source_file":"s1211.html","source_anchor":"d0e128056","source_sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37"},"kind":"narrative","host_section_id":"se_wqps5jgq"},{"id":"st_eginkr62","node_type":"statute","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/st_eginkr62","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"","rendered_text_plain":"","provenance":{"source_file":"s1211.html","source_anchor":"","source_sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37"},"authority":"us_cfr","authority_title_num":"37","authority_section_num":"41.50","subsection_path":["a","2"],"canonical_citation":"37 CFR 41.50(a)(2)"},{"id":"pb_znjpnich","node_type":"prose_block","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/pb_znjpnich","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"The following form paragraph may be used in preparing the substitute\n                           examiner&#8217;s answer after a remand from the Board:","rendered_text_plain":"The following form paragraph may be used in preparing the substitute examiner’s answer after a remand from the Board:","provenance":{"source_file":"s1211.html","source_anchor":"d0e128068","source_sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37"},"kind":"narrative","host_section_id":"se_wqps5jgq"},{"id":"fp_fbuxrh5q","node_type":"form_paragraph","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/fp_fbuxrh5q","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"","rendered_text_plain":"","provenance":{"source_file":"s1211.html","source_anchor":"fp12.285","source_sha256":"d7bbcc82618325247a1b191306bc1f2e831210ef2ba4777d19d6045cf5e35f37"},"akn_urn":"/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!fp_12_285","canonical_url":"https://mpep.io/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!fp_12_285","form_paragraph_number":"12.285","title":"Substitute Examiner’s Answer - On Remand FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF A REJECTION","body_html":"<p id=\"fp-pt-d539e9\">Pursuant to the remand under\n                              <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e356989\">37 CFR\n                                    41.50(a)(1)</a></b> by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on <b id=\"\">[1]</b><b id=\"\">for further consideration of a rejection</b>, a substitute Examiner&#8217;s Answer under\n                              <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e356993\">37 CFR\n                                    41.50(a)(2)</a></b> is set forth below: <b id=\"\">[2]</b>.\n                           </p><p id=\"fp-pt-d539e27\">The appellant must within <b id=\"\">TWO\n                                 MONTHS</b> from the date of the substitute examiner&#8217;s answer exercise one of the\n                              following two options to avoid sua sponte dismissal of the appeal as to the claims subject to\n                              the rejection for which the Board has remanded the proceeding:\n                           </p><p id=\"fp-pt-d539e33\">(1) <b id=\"\">Reopen prosecution</b>.\n                              Request that prosecution be reopened before the examiner by filing a reply under\n                              <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e322449\">37 CFR\n                                    1.111</a></b> with or without amendment, affidavit, or other evidence. Any\n                              amendment, affidavit, or other evidence must be relevant to the issues set forth in the remand\n                              or raised in the substitute examiner&#8217;s answer. Any request that prosecution be reopened will\n                              be treated as a request to withdraw the appeal. See <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e356997\">37 CFR 41.50(a)(2)(i)</a></b>.\n                           </p><p id=\"fp-pt-d539e46\">(2) <b id=\"\">Maintain appeal</b>.\n                              Request that the appeal be maintained by filing a reply brief as set forth in\n                              <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e356832\">37 CFR\n                                    41.41</a></b>. If such a reply brief is accompanied by any amendment, affidavit\n                              or other evidence, it shall be treated as a request that prosecution be reopened under\n                              <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e356997\">37 CFR\n                                    41.50(a)(2)(i)</a></b>. See <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e357021\">37 CFR 41.50(a)(2)(ii)</a></b> .\n                           </p><p id=\"fp-pt-d539e61\">Extensions of time under\n                              <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e323663\">37 CFR\n                                    1.136(a)</a></b> are not applicable to the <b id=\"\">TWO MONTH</b> time period\n                              set forth above. See <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e323744\">37 CFR\n                                    1.136(b)</a></b> for extensions of time to reply for patent applications and\n                              <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e330510\">37 CFR\n                                    1.550(c)</a></b> for extensions of time to reply for <i>ex parte</i>\n                              reexamination proceedings.\n                           </p><p id=\"fp-pt-d539e79\"><b id=\"\">A Technology Center Director or designee has approved this substitute examiner&#8217;s answer\n                                 by signing below: </b></p><p id=\"fp-pt-d539e85\"><b id=\"\">[3]</b></p>","placeholders":[{"index":1,"position_in_text":88,"inferred_slot_type":"date"},{"index":2,"position_in_text":209,"inferred_slot_type":"other"},{"index":3,"position_in_text":1617,"inferred_slot_type":"other"}],"appears_in_section_ids":["se_wqps5jgq"]},{"id":"pb_zzz5cwuj","node_type":"prose_block","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/pb_zzz5cwuj","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-01.2024","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"The supervisory patent examiner must approve any action in which a\n                           remanded application is withdrawn from appeal. 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Affidavits or declarations submitted for this\n                           purpose, not remanded to the examiner, are considered only as arguments. <i>In re\n                              Martin,</i> 154 F.2d 126, 69&#160;USPQ 75 (CCPA 1946).","rendered_text_plain":"It is not the custom of the Board to remand affidavits or declarations offered in connection with a request for rehearing of its decision where no rejection has been made under 37 CFR 41.50(b). Affidavits or declarations submitted for this purpose, not remanded to the examiner, are considered only as arguments. 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