Who can sign a submission requesting a change of correspondence address in a supplemental examination?

A submission requesting a change of correspondence address in a supplemental examination can be signed by:

• All of the patent owners (see MPEP § 2803)
• The registered attorney or agent of record in the file of the patent under supplemental examination

Additionally, for applications filed on or after September 12, 2012, the MPEP states:

“If the application which became the patent under supplemental examination was filed on or after September 12, 2012, a patent practitioner acting in a representative capacity whose correspondence address is the correspondence address of record in the file of the patent under supplemental examination may file a change of correspondence address, provided that the change of correspondence address is accompanied by a statement in accordance with 37 CFR 1.33(g).”

This provision allows for more flexibility in changing the correspondence address for more recent patent applications.

To learn more:

• correspondence address
• supplemental examination
• patent owner
• registered attorney
• patent practitioner