<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">"I'm considering calling the examiner's supervisor to get clarity on this supposed rule, but before I do that, I wanted to check with the brain trust." - By rule, all communications must be in writing.</div><div>So file a remarks noting the examiner verbally admitted he had considered the lined through reference, but was required to line through them because the citations did not enter in a period. Protect your client first. Then deal with bureaucratic issues. My two cents. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 12:03\u202fPM Krista Jacobsen 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 dir="ltr"><div>Here's a new one for me.</div><div><br></div><div>I submitted an IDS with an application. The IDS listed several items of non-patent literature (NPL).</div><div><br></div><div>After a restriction requirement and some communication re an examiner's amendment, we received a notice of allowance. Accompanying the NOA was the 1449 form in which three of the NPL items had been lined through. The IDS also has the usual line about "All references considered except where lined through." Frowning, I checked my records to ensure that I had filed copies of these items. (I had.)</div><div><br></div><div>Frowning more, I called the examiner to find out why he had lined through the references. He said that he considered the references, but he is supposed to line through any entry of the NPL section of the IDS that does not end in a period. (!!!!!) He said the IDS will get "kicked back" to him, and at that point he will make a correction (to add a period, I guess?).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Has anyone ever heard of this? I would be shocked if, sometime in the past, I did not end an entry in the NPL section with a period, and yet this is the first time an examiner has lined through such entries after having considered the references.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, who exactly down the line is going to see the lined-through references and kick the IDS back to him? The publications people will just assume that he didn't consider those references.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm considering calling the examiner's supervisor to get clarity on this supposed rule, but before I do that, I wanted to check with the brain trust. <br></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>------------------------------------------<br></div><div>Krista S. Jacobsen<br></div><div>Attorney and Counselor at Law</div><div>Jacobsen IP Law</div><div><a href="mailto:krista@jacobseniplaw.com" target="_blank">krista@jacobseniplaw.com</a></div><div>T: 408.455.5539</div><div><a href="http://www.jacobseniplaw.com" target="_blank">www.jacobseniplaw.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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