---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 1.134"
title: "37"
number: "1.134"
heading: "Time period for reply to an Office action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/1.134"
---

# §1.134. Time period for reply to an Office action.


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.


## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 53194, Oct. 10, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1.135 to 1.138 also issued under 35 U.S.C. 133.

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 53194, Oct. 10, 1997]