¶ 10.16 Petition Under 37 CFR 1.324, Dismissed
In re Patent No. [1] : Issue Date: [2] : DECISION Appl. No.: [3] : DISMISSING Filed: [4] : PETITION For: [5] : 37 CFR 1.324
This is a decision on the petition filed [6] to correct inventorship under 37 CFR 1.324.
The petition is dismissed.
A petition to correct inventorship as provided by 37 CFR 1.324 requires (1) a statement from each person who is being added as an inventor that the inventorship error occurred without any deceptive intention on their part, (2) a statement from the current named inventors (including any "inventor" being deleted) who have not submitted a statement as per "(1)" either agreeing to the change of inventorship or stating that they have no disagreement in regard to the requested change, (3) a statement from all assignees of the parties submitting a statement under "(1)" and "(2)" agreeing to the change of inventorship in the patent; such statement must comply with the requirements of 37 CFR 3.73(b); and (4) the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(b).This petition lacks item(s) [7].
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Supervisory Patent Examiner,
Art Unit [9],
Technology Center [10]
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Examiner Note:
1. If each of the four specified items has been submitted but one or more is insufficient, the petition should be denied. See paragraph 10.17. However, if the above noted deficiency can be cured by the submission of a renewed petition, a dismissal would be appropriate.
2. If the petition includes a request for suspension of the rules (37 CFR 1.183 ) of one or more provisions of 37 CFR 1.324 that are required by the statute (35 U.S.C. 256 ), form paragraph 10.18 should follow this form paragraph.
3. In bracket 7, pluralize as necessary and insert the item number(s) which are missing.
4. In bracket 11, insert correspondence address of record.
5. This form paragraph is printed with the USPTO letterhead.