How are lengthy “Sequence Listings” published in patents and patent application publications?
Lengthy “Sequence Listings” (i.e., at least 600 Kb or about 300 typed pages) are no longer printed with paper and composed electronic image versions of patents and patent application publications. Instead, they are published only in electronic form and made available on the USPTO sequence homepage.
As stated in the MPEP: The “Sequence Listing” will only be published in electronic form and will be available on the USPTO sequence homepage ( https://seqdata.uspto.gov ) as an ASCII plain text file.
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Topics:
MPEP 2400 - Biotechnology,
MPEP 2435 - Publishing Of Patents And Patent Application Publications With A Lengthy "Sequence Listing",
Patent Law,
Patent Procedure