{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-1.134","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 1.134","heading":"Time period for reply to an Office action.","body":"An Office action will notify the applicant of any non-statutory or shortened statutory time period set for reply to an Office action. Unless the applicant is notified in writing that a reply is required in less than six months, a maximum period of six months is allowed.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES","Subpart B—National Processing Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"4fe1f9d79d4be35790c924c1c8c5e9509d60370539aaef90395ffeab62634a67","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-1.133","next":"us/37-cfr-1.135"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}