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2422.05 Reference to Previously Filed Identical Computer Readable Form; Continuing or Derivative Applications; Request for Transfer of Computer Readable Form - 2400 Biotechnology
2422.05 Reference to Previously Filed Identical Computer Readable Form; Continuing or Derivative Applications; Request for Transfer of Computer Readable Form
The last three sentences of 37 CFR 1.821(e) set forth the procedure to be followed when a computer readable form of a given application is identical with a computer readable form of another application. In that situation, an applicant may make reference to the other application and computer readable form therein in lieu of filing a duplicate computer readable form in the given application. That is, additional computer readable forms will not be required in derivative or continuing applications if the sequence information is exactly the same, i.e., with no additions or deletions, as that in a parent or previously filed application in which a complying computer readable form had been filed. If sequence information is deleted from or added to that submitted in a previously filed application, the procedure in this paragraph is not available and a new computer readable form is required. To take advantage of the procedure outlined in this section, applicants must request that the previously submitted sequence information be used in the given application. A letter must be submitted in the given application requesting use of the previously filed sequence information. The letter must completely identify the other application, by application number, and the computer readable form, by indicating whether it was the only computer readable form filed in that application or whether it was the second, or subsequent, computer readable form filed.
A sample letter requesting transfer of the previously filed sequence information is set forth below:
The paper or compact disc copy of the Sequence Listing in this application [application number], is identical to the computer readable copy of the Sequence Listing filed in application [application number], filed [date]. In accordance with 37 CFR 1.821(e), please use the [first-filed, last-filed or only, whichever is applicable] computer readable form filed in that application as the computer readable form for the instant application. It is understood that the Patent and Trademark Office will make the necessary change in application number and filing date for the instant application. A paper or compact disc copy of the Sequence Listing is [included in the originally-filed specification of the instant application, included in a separately filed preliminary amendment for incorporation into the specification, whichever is applicable].
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