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2631 Processing of Request Corrections [Added R-2] - 2600 Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
2631 Processing of Request Corrections [Added R-2]
Any payment of the balance of the inter partes reexamination request fee should be marked "Mail Stop Inter Partes Reexam," so that the fee may be promptly forwarded to the reexamination preprocessing staff of the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU). If the fee payment completes the payment of the required fee, the reexamination request will be processed, notice will be published in the Official Gazette, and the request will be forwarded to the appropriate Technology Center (TC) for determination.
A correction of a defect other than the fee (see 37 CFR 1.915(b)(1)-(8)) should likewise be marked "Mail Stop Inter Partes Reexam." The CRU, upon receipt of the correction submission, will process it and direct it to a CRU Legal Instruments Examiner (LIE). The LIE will check the correction submission for timeliness and then perform the appropriate clerical processing, including entering the submission in the file of the reexamination.
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