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§ 1.618 Return of unauthorized papers. - PATENT RULES
§ 1.618 Return of unauthorized papers.
(a) An administrative patent judge or the Board shall return to a party any paper presented by the party when the filing of the paper is not authorized by, or is not in compliance with the requirements of, this subpart. Any paper returned will not thereafter be considered in the interference. A party may be permitted to file a corrected paper under such conditions as may be deemed appropriate by an administrative patent judge or the Board.
(b) When presenting a paper in an interference, a party shall not submit with the paper a copy of a paper previously filed in the interference.
[49 FR 48416, Dec. 12, 1984, added effective Feb. 11, 1985; amended, 60 FR 14488, Mar. 17, 1995, effective Apr. 21, 1995]
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