How do Supervisory Patent Examiners handle petitions to correct inventorship in patents?

Supervisory Patent Examiners are responsible for handling petitions to correct inventorship in patents that are not involved in an interference. The MPEP specifies: “Petitions under 37 CFR 1.324 to correct errors in joining inventors in a patent that is not involved in an interference, MPEP ยง 1481.02.” This authority allows Supervisory Patent Examiners to address…

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