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<p>I wonder if you are getting the inventor declaration mixed up
with the certified copy of the priority application.</p>
<p>When you file a CIP or divisional or continuation, you get a free
pass on having to provide a certified copy of the priority
application, if it was already provided in the parent case. The
Examiner is required to go on a treasure hunt to see whether the
certified copy can be found in the parent case.</p>
<p>There is no such free pass for inventor declarations. Why it is
different for one thing and the other, I don't know.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/21/2024 1:08 PM, Richard
Straussman via Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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All,<br>
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I filed a continuation (not a CIP or divisional) off of an
allowed parent application. We did not file a copy of the
declaration from the parent application, as I have never done so
before. We have now received a Notice of Missing Parts because no
declaration was filed with the application. I know that we can
file it per MPEP 602.05 (and maybe it is better practice to do
so), but I am not aware of a requirement in that regard. Am I
wrong? Or is the PTO entirely off base?<br>
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Thanks in advance!<br>
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