What is the process for correcting inventorship in a patent involved in an interference or contested case?
For patents involved in an interference or contested case, the process for correcting inventorship is different. According to MPEP 1481.02:
“For correction of inventorship in a patent in an interference under 37 CFR part 41, subpart D, 37 CFR 1.324(d) provides that a request for correction of inventorship must be in the form of a motion under 37 CFR 41.121(a)(2). For correction of inventorship in a contested case under 37 CFR part 42, subpart D, 37 CFR 1.324(d) provides that a request for correction of inventorship in a patent must be in the form of a motion under 37 CFR 42.22.“
In both cases, the motion must still comply with the requirements of 37 CFR 1.324.
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