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605.04(g) Correction of Inventorship [R-2] - 600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
605.04(g) Correction of Inventorship [R-2]
When the **>request is granted to add or delete inventors< under 37 CFR 1.48, the change should be noted in red ink in the left margin of the original oath or declaration >, if the application is maintained in paper<. The notation should read "See Paper No. ____ for inventorship changes." >For Image File Wrapper (IFW) processing, see IFW Manual.< The application (other than 09/ >or later< series applications) should be sent to the Office of Initial Patent Examination (OIPE) for correction on the file wrapper label and the PALM database regarding the inventorship. A brief explanation on an "Application Division Data Base Routing Slip" (available from the Technology Center (TC) technical support staff) should accompany the application file to OIPE. For 09/ >or later< series applications, the examiner should have the TC's technical support staff enter the correction in the PALM database and print a new PALM bib-data sheet, which will then be placed in the file wrapper >, if correction of the database and printing of a new PALM bib-data sheet was not already done by the Office of Petitions<.
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