Rights of Assignee of Part Interest

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USPTO MPEP › Chapter 0100 - Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing › MPEP § 106.01

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While it is only the assignee of record of the entire interest who can

intervene in the prosecution of an application or interference to the exclusion of the

applicant (or, for applications filed on or after September 16, 2012, can prosecute the

application after becoming the applicant under

37 CFR 1.46

), an assignee of a part

interest or a licensee of exclusive right is entitled to inspect the application. For

information pertaining to prosecution by the assignee, see

MPEP § 324

(for

applications filed before September 16, 2012) and

MPEP §

325

(for applications filed on or after September 16,

2012).

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