Track One Application Deadlines - no extensions
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When the Track One drop down is chosen can the deadlines for responses show as Final instead of Extendable?
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@AnnM9156 That is correct--it is just a field that records data regarding the application. You can, however, customize triggering for tasks based on the value in that field. I took a look at our docket, and our 3-month non-final OA response deadline has two flavors--one that is called "Respond to Non-Final Office Action - 3-month deadline" and the other that is called "Respond to Non-Final Office Action - 3-month deadline (Track One)." The "track one" version triggers when a non-final OA is received in a case that has Track One status specified, and the non-track one version triggers when a non-final OA is received in a case that does not have Track One status specified. Our 4-month OA deadline triggers when either of the 3-month deadlines closes as "missed."
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Thank you. Just to confirm, selecting "Track One" from the dropdown is for our information only, it does not change how anything else works/is docketed for that matter?
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@AnnM9156 You'd have to make special TaskTypes for that, e.g., "Respond to Non-Final Office Action (Track One)" that was a non-extendable deadline that triggers in place of the normal extendable one.
Or, and this is likely simpler, just have a "Track One Deadline" task that auto-dockets based on the triggering task respondby date and have it trigger whenever a Track One application dockets an initial Respond to Missing Parts/Restriction/Office Action deadline. That should about cover it. You'll have that on your docket to remind you that the normal response is subject to special timing considerations.
You can also include the Matter.FastTrack field included on docket reports; it will list if the matter is Track One.
