Request for Correction in a Patent Application Relating to Inventorship or an Inventor Name, or Order of Names, Other than in a Reissue Application (37 CFR 1.48)

Legal Form NumberAIA/40
CourtUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
SectionUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
1. This request is to correct or change the inventorship in a nonprovisional application (under 37 CFR 1.48(a)) and includes:
An application data sheet (ADS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.76(c) with the correc ted or updated information shown with markings
(e.g., underlining for insertions, strikethrough for deletions). See the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) section
601.05(a) for information about filing an ADS in an application filed on/after September 16, 2 012. For information about filing a
Supplemental ADS in an application filed before September 16, 2012, see MPEP 601.05(b).
The processing fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(i). $ _____________________
An inventor is being added. An inventor’s oath or declaration by any a ctual inventor who has not yet executed an oath or declaration
is required (see 37 CFR 1.48(b)). See MPEP 602.01(a) for information about an inventor’s oath or declaration for an application filed
on/after September 16, 2012 (e.g., form PTO/AIA/01). For information about an inventor’s oath or declaration for an application
filed before September 16, 2012 (e.g., form PTO/ SB/01), see MPEP 602.01(b).
This request is being filed after the first Office action on the merits has been given or mailed (see 37 CFR 1.48(c) and 1.17(d)). Check
one of the following:
This request to correct or change the inventorship is due s olely to the cancellation of claims in the application.
OR
The fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(d) is due (in addition to the fee se t forth in 37 CFR 1.17(i)). $ _____________________
Doc Code: R48.REQ
Document Description: Request under Rule 48 correcting inventorship
PTO/AIA/40 (11-23)
Approved for use through 05/31/2024. OMB 06 51-0031
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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REQUEST FOR CORRECTION IN A
PATENT APPLICATION RELATING TO
INVENTORSHIP OR AN INVENTOR
NAME, OR ORDER OF NAMES, OTHER
THAN IN A REISSUE APPLICATION (37
CFR 1.48)
Application Number
Filing Date
First Named Inventor
Art Unit
Examiner Name
Practitioner Docket
Number
To: Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
Applicant hereby requests that the inventorship be corrected or changed, or that the name of the inventor or a joint inventor, or the order of
the names of joint inventors, be changed, in the above-identified application. Note: 37 CFR 1.48 applies to any request to correct inventorship
filed on or after September 16, 2012, regardless of the application filing dat e. Do not submit this form after payment of the issue fee or if the
application has been patented. See 37 CFR 1.324 for correction of inventorship in a patent.
Please check the applicable box(es) below.
For a nonprovisional application:
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