# Clarification of the Practice for Requiring Additional Information in Petitions Filed in Patent Applications and Patents Based on Unintentional Delay
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Clarification. · Published 2020-03-02 · 85 FR 12222
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-03715
- **Category:** uspto-patent
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 12222
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2020-03-02
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. PTO-P-2019-0035
## Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is clarifying its practice as to situations that will require additional information about whether a delay in seeking the revival of an abandoned application, acceptance of a delayed maintenance fee payment, or acceptance of a delayed priority or benefit claim was unintentional.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/02/2020-03715/clarification-of-the-practice-for-requiring-additional-information-in-petitions-filed-in-patent)
---
*AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*