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715.07(b) Interference Testimony Sometimes Used - 700 Examination of Applications
715.07(b) Interference Testimony Sometimes Used
In place of an affidavit or declaration the testimony of the applicant in an interference may be sometimes used to antedate a reference in lieu of 37 CFR 1.131 affidavit or declaration.
The part of the testimony to form the basis of priority over the reference should be pointed out. Ex parte Bowyer, 1939 C.D. 5, 42 USPQ 526 (Comm'r Pat. 1939).
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