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605.01 Applicant's Citizenship - 600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
605.01 Applicant's Citizenship
The statute ( 35 U.S.C. 115) requires an applicant, in a nonprovisional application, to state his or her citizenship. Where an applicant is not a citizen of any country, a statement to this effect is accepted as satisfying the statutory requirement, but a statement as to citizenship applied for or first papers taken out looking to future citizenship in this (or any other) country does not meet the requirement.
Form paragraphs 6.05 and 6.05.03 may be used to notify applicant that the applicant's citizenship is omitted.
¶ 6.05 Oath or Declaration Defective, Heading
The oath or declaration is defective. A new oath or declaration in compliance with 37 CFR 1.67(a) identifying this application by application number and filing date is required. See MPEP §§ 602.01 and 602.02.
The oath or declaration is defective because:
Examiner Note
1. One or more of the appropriate form paragraphs 6.05.01 to 6.05.20 must follow this paragraph.
2. If none of the form paragraphs apply, then an appropriate explanation of the defect should be given immediately following this paragraph.
¶ 6.05.03 Citizenship Omitted
It does not identify the citizenship of each inventor.
Examiner Note
This paragraph must be preceded by form paragraph 6.05
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