[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.7]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 1_RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 1.7  Times for taking action; Expiration on Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday.

    (a) Whenever periods of time are specified in this part in days, 
calendar days are intended. When the day, or the last day fixed by 
statute or by or under this part for taking any action or paying any fee 
in the United States Patent and Trademark Office falls on Saturday, 
Sunday, or on a Federal holiday within the District of Columbia, the 
action may be taken, or the fee paid, on the next succeeding business 
day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal holiday. See Sec. 
1.304 for time for appeal or for commencing civil action.
    (b) If the day that is twelve months after the filing date of a 
provisional application under 35 U.S.C. 111(b) and Sec. 1.53(c) falls 
on Saturday, Sunday, or on a Federal holiday within the District of 
Columbia, the period of pendency shall be extended to the next 
succeeding secular or business day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a 
Federal holiday.

[65 FR 14871, Mar. 20, 2000]