Certification and Request for Consideration of an Information Disclosure Statement Filed After Payment of the Issue Fee Under the QPIDS Pilot Program

• Court: United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Section: United States Patent and Trademark Office

Doc Code: QPIDS.REQ

Document Description: Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement

PTO/SB/09 (11-23)

CERTIFI CATION AND REQUEST F OR CONSIDERATION OF AN INFO RMATION DISCLO SURE

STATEMENT FILED AFTER P AYMENT OF THE I SSUE F EE UNDER THE QPIDS P ROGRAM

Non-Provisional Application Number:

Filing Date:

First Named Inventor:

Title of Invention:

THE UNDERSIG NED HEREBY CERTIF IES AND REQU ESTS THE FOLLOWING FOR THE ABOV E-

IDENTI FIED APPL ICATION.

1.

Considerati on is requested of t he information disclosure statement (IDS) subm itted herewith, which i s

being filed after payment of the is sue fee.

2.

Check t he box next t o the appropriate selection:

Each it em of information contai ned in the IDS was first cited in any communication from a foreign

patent offic e in a counterpart foreign applic ation not more than t hree months prior to the filing of the IDS .

See 37 CFR 1.97(e)(1).

OR

No it em of information contained i n the IDS was ci ted in a com munication from a foreign patent office

in a c ounterpart foreign applicat ion, and, to the k nowledge of the person si gning the certification after

making reas onable inquiry, no item of information c ontained in the IDS was k nown to any indi vidual

designat ed in 37 CFR 1.56(c) more than t hree months prior to the filing of t he IDS. See 37 CF R

1.97(e)(2).

OR

See att ached certification statement in compliance with 37 CFR 1. 97(e).

3. Please charge the IDS fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p) to Deposit Account No. _____________________.

4. A Petition to Withdraw from Issue After Payment of the Issue Fee (37 CFR 1.313(c)(2)), including the

petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(h), is submitted herewith as a Web-based ePetition.

WARNING: Do not submit the petition as a follow-on paper via the USPTO patent electronic filing system.

Submit the petition as a Web-based ePetition by signing on to the USPTO patent electronic filing system

as a registered user, selecting "Petitions" in the top menu or by using the display cards, and then selecting

the appropriate Petition to Withdraw from Issue after Payment of the Issue Fee (for automatic processing

and immediate grant, if all petitions requirements are met). Failure to use a Web-based ePetition will result

in automatic entry of the RCE.

5. A request for continued examination (RCE) under 37 CFR 1.114 and the RCE fee under 37 CFR 1.17(e)

are submitted herewith.

6. The RCE will be treated as a “conditional” RCE. In the event the examiner determines that any item of

information contained in the IDS necessitates the reopening of prosecution in the application, the

undersigned understands that (i) the RCE will be processed and treated as an RCE under 37 CFR 1.114

and therefore (ii) the IDS fee under 37 CFR 1.17(p) will be returned in accordance with

37 CFR 1.97(b)(4). In the event that no item of information in the IDS necessitates reopening prosecution,

the undersigned understands that the RCE will not be processed and the RCE fee under 37 CFR 1.17(e)

will be returned.

7. This certification and request is being filed as a Web-based ePetition and is not accompanied by an

amendment to the application. Inclusion of an amendment will result in automatic entry of the RCE.

Signature Date

Name

(Print/Typed)

Practitioner

Registration Number

(If applicable)

Note: Signatures of all the inventors or assignees of record of the entire interest or their representative(s) are required in accordance with

37 CFR 1.33 and 11.18. Please see 37 CFR 1.4(d) for the form of the signature. If necessary, submit multiple forms for more than one

signature, see below.*

*Total of ______ forms are submitted.

If you need as sistance in completing the form, call 1-800-P TO-9199 and select option 2.