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[yujin]

Hi Everybody,

Does anybody know how long it usually takes to hear anything back from the PTO after filing request continued examination?  I filed my request continued examination in last August. It was assigned to the examiner two days later after filing.   I have not heard anything.


Thank you very much,

Jin

[NJ Patent1]

Youjin:  I am by no means a specialist in the Examiner "count system" (available on the PTO website).  But, as I best understand it, RCEs have effectively slipped-down a bit on priority.  FWIW, I've gotten OAs within 2 months, some only after 6 months, after filing a RCE.  It may well depend on the particulars of the Examiner's own docket and the "age" of your application.   

[mk1023]

Depends widely on the art and the examiner. Oldest RCE on my docket is from September 2011. I know a guy that racks up a ton of RCEs and he still has a few RCEs filed in late 2009 and quite a few filed in 2010. Unfortunately given the new system and the emphasis on reducing first action pendency I think RCE pendency will keep going up.