Service of Prior Art or Section 301 Written Statements on Patent Owner

A copy of any submission of prior art patents, printed publications,

and/or

section

301

written statements and additional information in a patent file by

a person other than the patent owner must be served on the patent owner so that the patent

owner is kept fully informed as to the content of the patent file wrapper/file history. See

MPEP §

2206

for handling of prior art citations and written statements

under

35 U.S.C.

301

.

The service to the patent owner should be addressed to the correspondence

address as set forth in

37 CFR 1.33(c)

. See

MPEP § 2222

as to the correspondence

address.

A submission by a person other than the patent owner that

fails to include proper proof of service as required by

37 CFR 1.248(b)

will not be entered

into the patent file.

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