What is the purpose of MPEP ¶ 2.32 regarding inventor deletion in CPAs?

MPEP ¶ 2.32 provides guidance for patent examiners on how to acknowledge and process requests to delete a named inventor in Continued Prosecution Applications (CPAs) for design patents. The paragraph serves several purposes:

• It offers a standardized response for examiners to use when acknowledging the receipt of a request to delete an inventor.
• It confirms that the inventorship has been corrected as requested.
• It clarifies the timing and procedure for inventor deletion requests in CPAs.

The paragraph states:

“Receipt is acknowledged of the statement requesting that [1] be deleted as a named inventor which was filed with the Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) on [2]. The inventorship has been corrected as requested.”

This standardized language ensures consistency in USPTO communications and helps applicants understand that their request has been processed successfully.

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