Request for Ex Parte Reexamination Transmittal Form

CourtUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
SectionUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
PTO/SB/57 (11-23)
Approved for use through 11/30/2024. OMB 0651-0064
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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REQUEST FOR EX PARTE REEXAMIN ATION TRANS MITT AL FORM
Address to:
Mail Stop Ex Parte Reexam
Commissioner for Patents Attorney Docket No.:_________________
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 Date:______________________
1. This is a request for ex parte reexamination pursuant to 37 CFR 1.510 of patent number _________________
issued ________________________. The request is made by:
patent owner. third party requester.
2. The name and address of the person requesting reexamination is:
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Requester asserts small entity status (37 CFR 1.27) or certifies micro entity status (37 CFR 1. 29). Only
a patent owner requester can certify micro entity status. Form PTO/SB/15A or B must be attached to certify
micro entity status.
4.This request is accompanied by payment of the reexamination fee as set forth in:
37 CFR 1.20(c)(2); or
37 CFR 1.20(c)(1). In checking this box for payment of the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(c)(1), requester
asserts that this request has forty (40) or fewer pages and complies with all other requirements of
37 CFR 1.20(c)(1).
Payment of the reexamination fee is made by the method set forth below.
a.
b.
c.
d.
A check in the amount of $_______________ is enclosed to cover the reexamination fee;
The Director is hereby authorized to charge the reexamination fee
to Deposit Account No. ________________________;
Payment by credit card. Form PTO-2038 is attached; or
Payment made via USPTO patent electronic filing system.
In addition, the Director is hereby authorized to charge any fee deficiencies to
Deposit Account No. ________________________.
5.Any refund should be made by check or credit to Deposit Account No.__________________.
37 CFR 1.26(c). If payment is made by credit card, refund must be to credit card account.
6. A copy of the patent to be reexamined having a double column format on one side of a separate paper is
enclosed. 37 CFR 1.510(b)(4).
7. CD-ROM or CD-R in duplicate, Computer Program (Appendix) or large table
Landscape Table on CD
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