## USPTO Patent Application Status Codes

Derived from the USPTO Open Data Portal dataset `oce_patent_examination_status_codes` (last refreshed 2018-02-26).
Use these entries with `applicationStatusCode` / `applicationStatusDescriptionText` when querying USPTO ODP endpoints.

| Code | Status Description |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | Missassigned Application Number |
| 12 | Pre-Exam Transmittal Review Complete (Hague) |
| 16 | Waiting for LR clearance |
| 17 | Sent to Classification contractor |
| 18 | Application Returned back to Preexam |
| 19 | Application Undergoing Preexam Processing |
| 20 | Application Dispatched from Preexam, Not Yet Docketed |
| 25 | TSS review complete |
| 27 | UNDOCKETED TRACK 1 |
| 28 | Rocket Docket PREX |
| 29 | Queue Mass Docket |
| 30 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| 31 | AWAITING RESPONSE FOR INFORMALITY, FEE DEFICIENCY OR CRF ACTION |
| 32 | Not in Use |
| 33 | Not in Use |
| 37 | Special New |
| 38 | Rocket Docket |
| 39 | Special New (Pilot) |
| 40 | Non Final Action Counted, Not Yet Mailed |
| 41 | Non Final Action Mailed |
| 50 | Ex parte Quayle Action Counted, Not Yet Mailed |
| 51 | Ex parte Quayle Action Mailed |
| 60 | Final Rejection Counted, Not Yet Mailed |
| 61 | Final Rejection Mailed |
| 65 | D10 Rescinded, Application Forwarded to Examiner |
| 66 | Withdrawn Abandonment, awaiting examiner action |
| 71 | Response to Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to Examiner |
| 77 | Response to Ex parte Quayle Action Entered and Forwarded to Examiner |
| 80 | Response after Final Action Forwarded to Examiner |
| 82 | Advisory Action Counted, Not Yet Mailed |
| 83 | Advisory Action Mailed |
| 89 | Allowance Counted |
| 90 | Allowed -- Notice of Allowance Not Yet Mailed |
| 91 | Withdraw from issue awaiting action |
| 92 | Allowed -- Notice of Allowance Mailed -- Issue Revision Completed |
| 93 | Notice of Allowance Mailed -- Application Received in Office of Publications |
| 94 | Publications -- Issue Fee Payment Received |
| 95 | Publications -- Issue Fee Payment Verified |
| 97 | Defensive Publication / SIR Awaiting Publication |
| 98 | Awaiting TC Resp., Issue Fee Not Paid |
| 99 | Awaiting TC Resp, Issue Fee Payment Received |
| 100 | Awaiting TC Resp, Issue Fee Payment Verified |
| 116 | Appeal Ready for Review |
| 118 | Appeal order return from TC |
| 119 | TC Return of Appeal |
| 120 | Notice of Appeal Filed |
| 121 | Appeal Brief (or Supplemental Brief) Entered and Forwarded to Examiner |
| 122 | Examiner's Answer to Appeal Brief Counted |
| 123 | Examiner's Answer to Appeal Brief Mailed |
| 124 | On Appeal -- Awaiting Decision by the Board of Appeals |
| 125 | Remand to Examiner from Board of Appeals |
| 126 | On Remand to Examiner -- Examiner's Response Counted |
| 127 | Amendment after notice of appeal |
| 128 | Reply Brief (or Supplemental Reply Brief) Forwarded to Examiner |
| 129 | Examiner's Answer to Reply Brief Counted |
| 130 | Examiner's Answer to Reply Brief or Response to Remand Mailed |
| 131 | Reply Brief (or Supplemental Reply Brief) Filed - Not Entered |
| 132 | Appeal Awaiting BPAI Docketing |
| 133 | Reply Brief filed and forwarded to BPAI |
| 135 | Board of Appeals Decision Rendered |
| 136 | Amendment / Argument after Board of Appeals Decision |
| 137 | Board of Appeals Decision -- Remand to Examiner under 37 CFR 41.50(b) or (d) |
| 139 | Appeal Dismissed / Withdrawn |
| 140 | Prosecution Suspended |
| 143 | Request Reconsideration after Board of Appeals Decision |
| 144 | Board of Appeals Decision Rendered after Request for Reconsideration |
| 145 | Defensive Publication or SIR File |
| 148 | Application Sealed by L&R |
| 149 | BPAI RETURN BEFORE APPEAL |
| 150 | Patented Case |
| 151 | Patented File - (Old Case Added for File Tracking Purposes) |
| 152 | Patented File - Lapsed |
| 153 | Patent Reinstated Following Decision on Maintenance Fee Petition Under 37 CFR 1.377 - 1.378 |
| 157 | Utility Application Converted to Provisional Application |
| 158 | Utility Application Converted into a Provisional Application |
| 159 | Provisional Application Expired |
| 160 | Abandoned -- Incomplete Application (Pre-examination) |
| 161 | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action |
| 162 | Expressly Abandoned -- During Publication Process |
| 163 | Abandoned -- After Examiner's Answer or Board of Appeals Decision |
| 164 | Abandoned -- Failure to Pay Issue Fee |
| 165 | ABANDONED - RESTORED |
| 166 | Abandoned -- File-Wrapper-Continuation Parent Application |
| 167 | Abandonment for Failure to Correct Drawings/Oath/NonPub Request |
| 168 | Expressly Abandoned -- During Examination |
| 169 | Abandoned -- Incomplete (Filing Date Under Rule 53 (b) - PreExam) |
| 172 | Interference -- Initial Memorandum |
| 174 | Interference -- Declared by Board of Interferences |
| 180 | Interference -- Decision on Priority Rendered by Board of Interferences |
| 181 | Interference-Dispatch to Examiner |
| 182 | Interference -- Dissolved by BPAI before Decision on Priority |
| 195 | Application Involved in Court Proceedings |
| 197 | Court Proceedings Terminated |
| 200 | Patent Application Number Inactivated |
| 201 | Pre-PALM Application Added to Data Base |
| 218 | RO PROCESSING COMPLETED-PLACED IN STORAGE |
| 221 | International Application Withdrawn |
| 250 | Patent Expired Due to NonPayment of Maintenance Fees Under 37 CFR 1.362 |
| 251 | PCT - Receipt of IPE Demand |
| 252 | PCT - Waiting for EPO Search Report |
| 254 | PCT - Formal Demand Recorded |
| 256 | PCT - Chapter 2 Application Docketed to Examiner |
| 258 | PCT - Unity of Invention Action |
| 259 | PCT - Response to Unity of Invention Action |
| 260 | PCT - Application Ready for IPE Opinion |
| 264 | PCT - IPE Opinion (408) |
| 265 | PCT - IPE Opinion (408) Mailed |
| 266 | PCT - Ready for IPER or second IPE opinion |
| 271 | PCT - IPE Report (409) Count |
| 275 | PCT - IPER (International Preliminary Examination Report) 409-416 Mailed |
| 280 | Demand Withdrawn |
| 310 | Pre-Interview Communication Counted, Not Mailed |
| 311 | Pre-Interview Communication Mailed |
| 404 | Reexam Request Incomplete |
| 406 | Receipt of Orig or Corrected Ex Parte Reexam Request |
| 407 | Reexam -- Commissioner Initiated Order in Preprocessing |
| 408 | Incomplete Ex Parte Reexam (Filing Date Vacated) |
| 410 | Reexam Preprocessing Completed -- Released to Assigned GAU |
| 412 | Reexam Assigned to Examiner for Determination |
| 414 | Determination - Reexamination Ordered |
| 416 | Request for Reexamination Denied |
| 418 | Petition Received RE: Denial of Reexamination Request |
| 420 | Reexam Terminated -- Request Denied in Group |
| 422 | Reexam Terminated -- Previous Order Vacated |
| 423 | Non-Final Action Mailed |
| 424 | Response after Non-Final Action Entered (or Ready for Examiner Action) |
| 425 | Final Action Mailed |
| 426 | Response after Final Action Received |
| 427 | Withdrawal / Dismissal of Appeal |
| 428 | Advisory Action Mailed |
| 429 | Reexamination Suspended |
| 430 | Reexam -- Timely Owner's Statement Received in Response to Order |
| 432 | Notice of Appeal Filed |
| 433 | Appeal Brief Filed (or Remand from Board) - Awaiting Examiner Action |
| 434 | Defective Appeal Brief |
| 435 | Examiner's Answer Mailed |
| 436 | Reexam -- Request Ready for Ex Parte Action |
| 437 | Reply Brief Filed |
| 438 | Advisory of Reply Brief Status Mailed |
| 439 | Reexamination forwarded to Board for Decision on Appeal |
| 440 | Decision on Appeal Rendered by Board |
| 441 | Request for Reconsideration after BPAI Decision |
| 443 | BPAI decision on rehearing - Decision is new decision |
| 444 | BPAI decision on rehearing - Decision is final and appealable |
| 445 | CAFC Decision Remanded to PTAB |
| 450 | Reexam Terminated -- Notice of Intent to Issue a Reexamination Certificate Mailed |
| 451 | Reexam returned to TC for correction/completion |
| 452 | Reexam Terminated -- In Publications for Issue of a Certificate |
| 454 | Reexamination Certificate Issued |
| 499 | AFTER APPEAL DECISION |
| 551 | PCT - Dispatch to TC Chapter I case |
| 552 | PCT - Docketed Chapter 1 Case |
| 554 | PCT - ISA Form for Miscellaneous Action Entered |
| 555 | PCT - ISA Form Mailed |
| 556 | PCT - Response to PCT ISA Form Entered |
| 558 | Search report counted |
| 559 | PCT - Search Report being Prepared by EPO |
| 560 | PCT Search report ready for mailing |
| 566 | PCT - International Search Report Mailed to IB |
| 568 | PCT - ISA Form 203 Submitted to PCT ISA |
| 569 | PCT - ISA Form 203 Mailed, Non-Establishment of Search Report |
| 604 | Incomplete/Noncompliant SE Request |
| 606 | Supplemental Examination Request Filed |
| 610 | Filing Date Assigned SE ready for Docketing |
| 612 | Docketed New SE -- Ready For Examination |
| 614 | Reexam Ordered Based on Supplemental Examination |
| 650 | SE ready for Pubs Processing -- Certificate in IFW |
| 660 | Ready for Reexam -- Certificate in IFW |
| 670 | Intent to Issue Certificate based on Supplemental Exam |
| 680 | Reexamination SE Certificate |
| 804 | Notice of incomplete reexam request received but no filing date accorded |
| 806 | Receipt of Orig or Corrected Inter Partes Reexam Request |
| 808 | Notification of incomplete inter partes reexam request (filing date accorded) |
| 809 | Preprocessing Terminated--Inter Partes Reexam |
| 810 | Completion of pre-processing - released to TC |
| 812 | Case docketed to examiner |
| 814 | Reexamination ordered |
| 816 | Request for reexamination denied |
| 818 | Petition received re: Denial of a request for reexamination |
| 820 | Decision on Petition Denied, Reexam Request Denied, Terminated |
| 822 | Decision vacating reexam |
| 823 | Non-final action mailed |
| 824 | Informal response / amendment after non-final action |
| 825 | Response after non-final action - owner - timely |
| 826 | Comments after non-final action - requester- timely |
| 827 | Ready for examiner action after response/comments after nonfinal |
| 830 | Action closing prosecution (non-final) |
| 833 | Comments after action closing prosecution - owner - timely |
| 834 | Comments after action closing prosecution - requester - timely |
| 837 | Ready for examiner action after owner/requester comments periods after ACP |
| 840 | Right of appeal notice (final) |
| 841 | Notice of Appeal - owner |
| 842 | Notice of Appeal - requester |
| 843 | Notice of Cross Appeal - owner |
| 844 | Notice of Cross Appeal - requester |
| 845 | Appeal brief - owner |
| 846 | Appeal brief - requester |
| 847 | Respondent brief - owner |
| 848 | Respondent brief - requester |
| 849 | Defective brief filed |
| 850 | Notice of Intent to Issue Reexam Certificate |
| 852 | Terminated; released to Publications for issuance of Reexam Certificate |
| 854 | Reexamination Certificate issued |
| 857 | Ready for examiner action after owner/requester N/AP and appropriate briefs |
| 859 | Withdrawal of appeal |
| 860 | Examiner's answer |
| 861 | Rebuttal brief - owner |
| 862 | Rebuttal brief - requester |
| 864 | Ready for examiner action after owner/requester rebuttal briefs |
| 865 | Supplemental examiner's answer to appeal brief |
| 870 | Appealed case awaiting BPAI decision |
| 871 | Oral hearing request - requester |
| 872 | Oral hearing request - owner |
| 873 | BPAI decision: New ground of rejection (R. 1.977(b)) |
| 874 | BPAI decision: Remand to examiner (R. 1.977(d)) |
| 877 | Patent owner response after BPAI decision with new ground of rejection (R. 1.977(b)) |
| 878 | Requester comments on owner response after BPAI decsn. with new ground of rej. (R. 1.977(c)) |
| 879 | Ready for examiner action after BPAI decision |
| 880 | Examiner's determination on resp/comments aft BPAI decsn w new ground of rej (R. 1.977(d)) |
| 881 | Owner comments on exmnr's determination aft BPAI decsn w new ground of rej (R. 1.977(e)) |
| 882 | Requester comments on exmnr's determination aft BPAI decsn w new ground of rej (R. 1.977(e)) |
| 883 | Owner reply to req comments on exmnr's determ aft BPAI decsn w new ground of rej (R. 1.977(e)) |
| 884 | Requester reply to owner reply on exmnr's determ aft BPAI decsn w new ground of rej (R. 1.977(e)) |
| 885 | New BPAI decision after BPAI decision with new ground of rej (R. 1.977(f)) |
| 886 | New BPAI decsn aft BPAI decsn w new ground of rej (R. 1.977(f)): new ground of rej |
| 887 | Patent owner request for rehearing after BPAI decision (R. 1.979(a)) - timely |
| 888 | Requester request for rehearing after BPAI decision (R. 1.979(a)) - timely |
| 889 | Patent Owner Comments on Request for Rehearing after Board Decision (R.41.79(c)) - timely |
| 890 | Requester Comments on Request for Rehearing after Board Decision (R.41.79(c)) - timely |
| 891 | BPAI decision on rehearing (R. 1.979(c)) - Decision is new decision |
| 892 | BPAI decision on rehearing - Decision is final and appealable |
| 899 | AFTER APPEAL DECISION |