<div dir="ltr">So use different language. At both Fish & Richardson and Morgan & Finnegan, the form language for this situation was "<span name="place"><span name="country-region">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">application for Letters Patent of the <span><span>United States</span></span>
titled <Title> executed on even date herewith</span></span></span>" instead of "attached." That cuts through all the Gordian knots you're tying.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 8:43\u202fPM Scott Nielson via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4261021570313926379">
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I would be uncomfortable with a combined assignment/declaration form that only identifies what is being assigned as "the attached application." I think you are right to attach a copy of the application in that situation.</div>
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My personal opinion is that a combined assignment/declaration filed before the application should include at least the title of the application and perhaps the attorney docket number (and/or other potentially identifying information such as a client reference
number) with blank spaces for the application number and filing date, which can then be filled when known.</div>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Excellent advice, Scott. Thank you for the MPEP cites which confirms that I need not attach anything to the declaration when it is filed on the date of application filing.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">However, how about the situation where the inventor has signed a combined declaration/assignment form and checked the \u201cattached application\u201d box. What do we do when filing the assignment for recordation?
Attach the application? We have revised the form to give us authority to add the application number to the assignment document. But some clients don\u2019t use our form. We do not use the form to serve as filing of the declaration on recordation. When filing
on the date of filing of the application, we file the form solely as a declaration with the application and we record solely as an assignment. But must we attach the application to that assignment? We have been doing so. The cover page will have the application
number.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Roger</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black">Here is what the MPEP says:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black">MPEP 602.08(b)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black">It is improper for an applicant to sign an oath or declaration which is not attached to or does not identify the application (e.g., a specification and drawings)
to which it is directed.<br>
<b><i>Attached does not necessarily mean that all the papers must be literally fastened. It is sufficient that the specification, including the claims, and the oath or declaration are physically located together at the time of execution.</i></b> Physical connection
is not required. Copies of declarations are encouraged. See MPEP § 502.01, § 502.02, § 602, and § 602.05(a).</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black">The following combination of information supplied in an oath or declaration
<b><i>filed on the application filing date</i></b> with a specification are acceptable as minimums for identifying the application and compliance with any one of the items below will be accepted as complying with the identification requirement of 37 CFR 1.63:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black"> (A) name of inventor(s), and reference to
<b><i>an attached specification or application which is both attached to the oath or declaration at the time of execution and submitted with the oath or declaration on filing</i></b>;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black">Filing dates are granted on applications filed without an inventor\u2019s oath or declaration in compliance with 37 CFR 1.63. The following combinations of information
supplied in an oath or declaration <b><i>filed after the filing date of the application</i></b> are acceptable as minimums for identifying the application and compliance with any one of the items below will be accepted as complying with the identification
requirement of 37 CFR 1.63:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black"> (F) title of the invention which was on the specification as filed and reference to
<b><i>an attached specification or application which is both attached to the oath or declaration at the time of execution and submitted with the oath or declaration</i></b>; or</span></p>
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<p><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black">Any specification that is filed attached to an oath or declaration on a date later than the application filing date will not be compared with the specification
submitted on filing. Absent any statement(s) to the contrary, the "attached" specification will be presumed to be a copy of the specification and any amendments thereto, which were filed in the USPTO in order to obtain a filing date for the application.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black">It seems that if the declaration checks the box for "attached application" and is
<b><i>filed on the same day</i></b> as the application, then there is no need to attach a copy of the application to the declaration because it is presumed to be the same as the filed application. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black">However, if the declaration checks the box for "attached application" and is
<b><i>filed after </i></b>the application is filed, then a copy of the application should be attached to the declaration.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black">In the latter case, it would be tempting to include a copy of the as-filed application without confirming with the inventor what version of the application is
being referenced <span style="background:white">(e.g., the first draft, the draft after a co-inventor provided comments, etc.)</span>, particularly when the client contact is not the inventor and is a few layers removed from the inventor. I wonder if we need
an email from the inventor confirming the version of the application the inventor had in mind when the declaration was signed. That seems a bit much.</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black">One best practice I take from all this is to always include a copy of the application in any emails including a request to sign a declaration.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">What is the best practice for filing a declaration received for filing with a new case that has the box \u201cThis declaration is directed to |X| The attached application\u201d checked. It seems to me that the declaration
is not complete without an application attached thereto. So I file the declaration with attached copy of the application as one document designated as \u201cOath or Declaration\u201d (even if it is 122 pages long).
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">The problem with doing this is that the helpful people at the PTO always seem to unbundle it and call the first page a declaration and the rest as another copy of the specification and claims.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Does anyone think it is permissible to file such a declaration as a 1 page document only without attaching the \u201cattached application\u201d referred to in the document?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Roger</span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] automatically granted petitions available in patent center?</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Thanks, I'm so used to going to the mis-named "existing submissions" drop-down menu that I didn't even notice the "petitions" drop-down menu next to it. And
then I found they're available below, on the PC page itself: <br>
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<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">On Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 03:56:31 PM GMT+3, Melanie Murdock <<a href="mailto:mmurdock@texaspatents.com" target="_blank">mmurdock@texaspatents.com</a>> wrote:
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"New serif",serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Hi Bob,</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"New serif",serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">If you\u2019re asking about the ePetitions, they are available in Patent Center for preparation/submission by a registered practitioner
only. Sponsored support staff are not allowed to do these, although our attorney usually logs in and does a screenshare with the paralegal to make sure nothing gets overlooked. Below is a screenshot I made for our attorneys awhile back.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"New serif",serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><img id="m_-6020046205725635458x_x_yiv5341834653Picture_x0020_1" alt="A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated" style="width: 7.9444in; height: 3.6458in;" src="cid:ii_18ecff80d3a5b16b22" width="763" height="350" border="0"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"New serif",serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">I hope this helps.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"New serif",serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Melanie</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"New serif",serif;color:black">Sr. Paralegal/Administrator</span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] automatically granted petitions available in patent center?</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">I apologize in advance if I missed a discussion on this, but were any of the automatically granted petitions that used to be
available in EFS carried forward into EFS, and if so, how does one file them? I haven't found them in PC - it appears that all petitions are now decided by people.</span></p>
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