MPEP SECTION SUMMARY

An attorney or agent, who files a request on behalf of a patent owner, may act under a power of attorney under 37 CFR 1.32 or under a representative capacity under 37 CFR 1.34. Correspondence from the Office will be directed to the patent owner at the address indicated in the patent file.

MPEP SECTION SUMMARY

A practitioner can withdraw from representation in a patent, supplemental examination proceeding, or a reexamination proceeding, pursuant to 37 CFR 11.116(d), by taking steps to the extent reasonably practicable to protect a client’s interests.

MPEP SECTION SUMMARY

The correspondence address will be the address in the file of the patent for which supplemental examination is requested. If the patent owner desires the Office to send correspondence to a different address, then a new power of attorney must be filed in the patent for which supplemental examination is requested and in the supplemental examination proceeding, or in the resulting ex parte reexamination proceeding, if ordered.

MPEP SECTION SUMMARY

This section covers the filing of papers in a supplemental examination proceeding. Essentially, a request for supplemental examination should be deposited as a new, separate, and independent submission.

MPEP SECTION SUMMARY

All papers submitted in a supplemental examination proceeding must be formatted in accordance with 37 CFR 1.52. Court documents and non-patent literature may be redacted, but must otherwise be identical both in content and in format to the original documents, and if a court document, to the document submitted in court, and must not otherwise be reduced in size or modified, particularly in terms of font type, font size, line spacing, and margins.

MPEP SECTION SUMMARY

A patent owner may, at any time during the period of enforceability of a patent, file a request for supplemental examination.