Format of Papers Filed in a Supplemental Examination Proceeding

37 CFR 1.615 Format of papers filed in a supplemental examination proceeding.

(a) All papers submitted in a supplemental examination

proceeding must be formatted in accordance with

§ 1.52

.

(b) Court documents and non-patent literature may be

redacted, but must otherwise be identical both in content and in format to the

original documents, and, if a court document, to the document submitted in court,

and must not otherwise be reduced in size or modified, particularly in terms of

font type, font size, line spacing, and margins. Patents, patent application

publications, and third-party-generated affidavits or declarations must not be

reduced in size or otherwise modified in the manner described in this

paragraph.

37 CFR

1.615(a)

requires that all papers submitted in a supplemental

examination proceeding must be formatted in accordance with

37 CFR 1.52

.

37 CFR

1.615(b)

provides that court documents and non-patent literature may

be redacted, but must otherwise be identical both in content and in format to the original

documents, and if a court document, to the document submitted in court, and must not

otherwise be reduced in size or modified, particularly in terms of font type, font size,

line spacing, and margins. Patents, patent application publications, and

third-party-generated affidavits or declarations must not be reduced in size or otherwise

modified in the manner described in this paragraph.

If the requirements of

37 CFR

1.615

are not satisfied, the request will be considered to be

defective. See

37 CFR 1.610(d)

and

MPEP § 2812.01

.

Papers filed in a supplemental examination proceeding may be

filed electronically via the USPTO patent electronic filing system. See

MPEP §

2806

, subsection I.

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