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2657 Listing of Prior Art [Added R-2] - 2600 Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
2657 Listing of Prior Art [Added R-2]
The examiner must list on a form PTO-892, if not already listed on a form PTO-1449, PTO/SB/08A or 08B, or PTO/SB/42 (or on a form having format equivalent to one of these forms), all prior art patents or printed publications which have been properly cited and relied upon by the reexamination requester in the request under 37 CFR 1.915.
The examiner must also list on a form PTO-892, if not already listed on a form PTO-1449, PTO/SB/08A or 08B, or PTO/SB/42 (or on a form having a format equivalent to one of these forms), all prior art patents or printed publications which have been cited in the decision on the request, applied in making rejections or cited as being pertinent during the reexamination proceedings. Such prior art patents or printed publications may have come to the examiner's attention because they were:
(A) of record in the patent file due to a prior art submission under 37 CFR 1.501 which was received prior to the date of the order;
(B) of record in the patent file as result of earlier examination proceedings as to the patent;
(C) discovered by the examiner during a prior art search; or
(D) submitted pursuant to 37 CFR 1.948.
All citations listed on form PTO-892, and all citations not lined-through on any form PTO-1449, PTO/SB/08A or 08B, or PTO/SB/42 (or on a form having a format equivalent to one of these forms), will be printed on the reexamination certificate under "References cited."
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