MPEP § 603.01 — Supplemental Oath or Declaration Filed After Allowance (Annotated Rules)

§603.01 Supplemental Oath or Declaration Filed After Allowance

USPTO MPEP version: BlueIron's Update: 2025-12-31

This page consolidates and annotates all enforceable requirements under MPEP § 603.01, including statutory authority, regulatory rules, examiner guidance, and practice notes. It is provided as guidance, with links to the ground truth sources. This is information only, it is not legal advice.

Supplemental Oath or Declaration Filed After Allowance

This section addresses Supplemental Oath or Declaration Filed After Allowance. Primary authority: 37 CFR 1.312. Contains: 1 guidance statement, 1 permission, and 1 other statement.

Key Rules

Topic

PTAB Jurisdiction

3 rules
StatutoryPermittedAlways
[mpep-603-01-46c50c19990d8308d4f93b0d]
Supplemental Oath After Allowance Is Permitted
Note:
A supplemental oath covering claims in the application can be filed after allowance without changing the wording of the papers.

Supplemental oaths and declarations covering the claims in the application may be filed after allowance as a matter of right. When received they will be placed in the file by the Office of Data Management, but their receipt will not be acknowledged to the party filing them. They should not be filed or considered as amendments under 37 CFR 1.312, since they make no change in the wording of the papers on file. See MPEP § 714.16.

Jump to MPEP Source · 37 CFR 1.312PTAB JurisdictionPTAB Contested Case Procedures
StatutoryInformativeAlways
[mpep-603-01-e6d66916a903cdf4e981cffc]
Supplemental Oath After Allowance Not Acknowledged
Note:
Supplemental oaths filed after allowance will be placed in the file but not acknowledged to the filer.

Supplemental oaths and declarations covering the claims in the application may be filed after allowance as a matter of right. When received they will be placed in the file by the Office of Data Management, but their receipt will not be acknowledged to the party filing them. They should not be filed or considered as amendments under 37 CFR 1.312, since they make no change in the wording of the papers on file. See MPEP § 714.16.

Jump to MPEP Source · 37 CFR 1.312PTAB JurisdictionPTAB Contested Case Procedures
StatutoryRecommendedAlways
[mpep-603-01-7f44e0d6698d5e79ad486456]
Supplemental Oath After Allowance Not Considered Amendments
Note:
A supplemental oath filed after allowance is not considered an amendment as it does not change the wording of the papers on file.

Supplemental oaths and declarations covering the claims in the application may be filed after allowance as a matter of right. When received they will be placed in the file by the Office of Data Management, but their receipt will not be acknowledged to the party filing them. They should not be filed or considered as amendments under 37 CFR 1.312, since they make no change in the wording of the papers on file. See MPEP § 714.16.

Jump to MPEP Source · 37 CFR 1.312PTAB JurisdictionPTAB Contested Case Procedures

Citations

Primary topicCitation
PTAB Jurisdiction37 CFR § 1.312
PTAB JurisdictionMPEP § 714.16

Source Text from USPTO’s MPEP

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BlueIron Last Updated: 2025-12-31