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MPEP 715.08
Decided by Primary Examiner

Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 07.2022, Last Revised in February 2023

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Chapter 700: Examination of Applications
715: Swearing Behind a Reference — Affidavit or Declaration Under 37 CFR 1.131(a)

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715.08    Decided by Primary Examiner [R-11.2013]

The question of sufficiency of affidavits or declarations under 37 CFR 1.131(a) should be reviewed and decided by a primary examiner.

Review of an examiner’s decision with regard to questions of formal sufficiency and propriety of an affidavit or declaration under 37 CFR 1.131(a) is by a petition filed under 37 CFR 1.181. Such petitions are answered by the Technology Center Directors (MPEP § 1002.02(c)).

Review of an examiner’s determination on the merits of a 37 CFR 1.131(a) affidavit or declaration is by appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.