Who needs to file a Certificate of Service for patent reexamination?
A Certificate of Service for patent reexamination must be filed by a third-party requester when submitting a request for ex parte reexamination. This is required when the requester is not the patent owner. MPEP 2220 states: “If the requester of a request filed under 35 U.S.C. 302 is a person other than the patent owner,…
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According to MPEP 2678, which cites 37 CFR 41.71(d), a specific certification is required for a rebuttal brief in inter partes reexamination: “The rebuttal brief must include a certification that a copy of the rebuttal brief has been served in its entirety on all other parties to the proceeding. The names and addresses of the…
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