How are supplemental oaths or declarations processed after allowance?

When supplemental oaths or declarations are received after allowance, they are processed as follows:

• They are placed in the file by the Office of Data Management.
• Their receipt is not acknowledged to the party filing them.
• They are not filed or considered as amendments under 37 CFR 1.312.

The MPEP clarifies:

“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.”

To learn more:

• supplemental oath
• supplemental declaration
• patent allowance
• post-allowance procedures
• Office of Data Management