Public Access

The Office does not intend to provide the public with

access, by Patent Center or otherwise, to a request for supplemental examination, or to

any papers or information submitted as part of or accompanying the request, until the

request is granted a filing date by the Office.

After a filing date has been accorded the request,

supplemental examination files are open to inspection by the general public by way of

Patent Center which is available on the USPTO's Internet site,

www.uspto.gov

. See

MPEP § 2232

(access

guidance). Copies of non-patent literature (NPL) cited in the proceeding, however, will

not be available via Patent Center and must be ordered as set forth below.

If a copy of the supplemental examination file or NPL

cited in the proceeding is desired, it may be ordered from the Patent and Trademark Copy

Fulfillment Branch (PTCFB) of the Public Records Division (PRD) upon payment of the

applicable fee after the request for supplemental examination has been granted a filing

date.

Orders for such copies must indicate the control number

of the proceeding. It is preferred that orders be made through the PTCFB's Certified

Copy Center storefront at

https://certifiedcopycenter.uspto.gov

. Alternatively, orders may be

addressed to:

Mail Stop Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment

Branch

Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

In addition, after the request for supplemental

examination has been granted a filing date, a request for a copy of the file may also be

sent via email to: dsd@uspto.gov, and the fee for the copy may be charged to a credit

card or deposit account.

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