What happens if a copy of prior art submitted for reexamination is not legible?
If a copy of prior art submitted for reexamination is not legible, it is considered not to have been provided. The USPTO addresses this issue as stated in MPEP 2218: “If the copy provided is not legible, or is such that its image scanned into the Image File Wrapper system (IFW) will not be legible,…
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