[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 35USC301]
TITLE 35--PATENTS
PART III--PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS
CHAPTER 30--PRIOR ART CITATIONS TO OFFICE AND EX PARTE REEXAMINATION OF
PATENTS
Sec. 301. Citation of prior art
Any person at any time may cite to the Office in writing prior art
consisting of patents or printed publications which that person believes
to have a bearing on the patentability of any claim of a particular
patent. If the person explains in writing the pertinency and manner of
applying such prior art to at least one claim of the patent, the
citation of such prior art and the explanation thereof will become a
part of the official file of the patent. At the written request of the
person citing the prior art, his or her identity will be excluded from
the patent file and kept confidential.
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