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2620 Certificate of Service [Added R-2] - 2600 Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
2620 Certificate of Service [Added R-2]
The third party requester must serve the owner of the patent with a copy of the request in its entirety. See 37 CFR 1.915(b)(6). The service should be made to the correspondence address as indicated in 37 CFR 1.33(c). The name and address of the person served and the certificate of service should be indicated on the request.
The most recent address of the attorney or agent of record can be determined by checking the Office's register (roster) of patent attorneys and agents maintained by the Office of Enrollment and Discipline pursuant to 37 CFR 10.5 and 10.11(a). See also MPEP § 2666.06 regarding service on the requester and patent owner.
It is required that third party requester set forth the name and address of the party served and the mode method of service on the certificate of service attached to the request. Further, the requester must include a copy of the certificate of service with the copy of the request served on the patent owner.
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