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1485 MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE<br />
If the patent is involved in an interference, a Certificate<br />
of C<strong>or</strong>rection under 37 CFR 1.324 will not be<br />
issued unless a c<strong>or</strong>responding motion under 37 CFR<br />
1.634 has been granted by the administrative patent<br />
judge. Otherwise, determination as to whether an<br />
err<strong>or</strong> has been made, the responsibility f<strong>or</strong> the err<strong>or</strong>, if<br />
any, and whether the err<strong>or</strong> is of such a nature as to justify<br />
the issuance of a Certificate of C<strong>or</strong>rection will be<br />
made by the Certificate of C<strong>or</strong>rection Branch. If a<br />
rep<strong>or</strong>t is necessary in making such determination, the<br />
case will be f<strong>or</strong>warded to the appropriate group with a<br />
request that the rep<strong>or</strong>t be furnished. If no certificate is<br />
to issue, the party making the request is so notified<br />
and the request, rep<strong>or</strong>t, if any, and copy of the communication<br />
to the person making the request are<br />
placed in the file and entered thereon under "Contents"<br />
by the Certificate of C<strong>or</strong>rection Branch. <strong>The</strong><br />
case is then returned to the patented files. If a certificate<br />
is to issue, it will be prepared and f<strong>or</strong>warded to<br />
the person making the request by the Office of<strong>Patent</strong><br />
Publication. In that case, the request, therep<strong>or</strong>t, ifany,<br />
and a copy of the letter transmitting the Certificate of<br />
C<strong>or</strong>rection to the person making the request will be<br />
placed in the file and entered thereon under "Contents".<br />
Applicants, <strong>or</strong> their att<strong>or</strong>neys <strong>or</strong> agents, are urged to<br />
submit the text of the c<strong>or</strong>rection on a special Certificateof<br />
C<strong>or</strong>rection f<strong>or</strong>m, PTOISB/44 (also referred to<br />
as F<strong>or</strong>m PTO-1050), which can serve as the camera<br />
copy f<strong>or</strong> use in direct offset printing of the Certificate<br />
of C<strong>or</strong>rection.<br />
Where only a part of a request can be approved, <strong>or</strong><br />
where the Office discovers and includes additional<br />
c<strong>or</strong>rections, the appropriate alterations are made on<br />
the f<strong>or</strong>m PTOISB/44 by the Office. <strong>The</strong> patentee is<br />
notified of the changes on the Notification of<br />
Approval-in-part f<strong>or</strong>m PTOL-404. <strong>The</strong> certificate is<br />
issued approximately 6 weeks thereafter.<br />
F<strong>or</strong>m PTOISB/44 should be. used exclusively<br />
regardless of the length <strong>or</strong> complexity of the subject<br />
matter. Intricate chemical f<strong>or</strong>mulas <strong>or</strong> page of specification<br />
<strong>or</strong> drawingsmay be reproduced and mounted<br />
on a blank copy of PTOISB/44. Failure to use the<br />
f<strong>or</strong>m has frequently delayed issuance since the<br />
text must be retyped by the Office onto a PTOISB/44.<br />
<strong>The</strong> exact page and line number where the err<strong>or</strong>s<br />
occur in the application file shonld be identified on<br />
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the request. However, on f<strong>or</strong>m PTOISB/44, only the<br />
column and line number in the printed patent should<br />
be used.<br />
<strong>The</strong> patent grant should be retained by the patentee.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Office does not attach the Certificate of C<strong>or</strong>rection<br />
to patentee's copy of the patent. <strong>The</strong> patent grant<br />
will be returned to the patentee if submitted.<br />
Below is a sample f<strong>or</strong>m illustrating a variety of c<strong>or</strong>rections<br />
and the suggested manner of setting out the<br />
f<strong>or</strong>mat. Particular attention is directed to:<br />
(A) Identification of the exact point of err<strong>or</strong> by<br />
reference to. column and line number of the printed<br />
patent <strong>or</strong> to claim number and line where a claim is<br />
involved.<br />
(B) Conservation of space on the f<strong>or</strong>m by typing<br />
single space, beginning two lines down from the<br />
printed message.<br />
(C) Starting the c<strong>or</strong>rection to each separate column<br />
as a sentence, and using semicolons to separate<br />
c<strong>or</strong>rections within said column, where possible.<br />
(D) Two-inch space left blank at bottom of the<br />
last sheet f<strong>or</strong> signature of attesting officer.<br />
(E) Use of quotation marks to enclose the exact<br />
subject matter to be deleted <strong>or</strong> c<strong>or</strong>rected; use of double<br />
hyphens (-- "-) to enclose subject matter to be<br />
added, except f<strong>or</strong> f<strong>or</strong>mulas.<br />
(F) Where a f<strong>or</strong>mula is involved, setting out<br />
only that p<strong>or</strong>tion thereof which is to be c<strong>or</strong>rected <strong>or</strong>,<br />
if necessary, pasting a photocopy onto f<strong>or</strong>m PTOISBI<br />
44.<br />
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK<br />
OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION<br />
<strong>Patent</strong> No. - - - ---,-<br />
Dated April I, 1969<br />
James W. W<strong>or</strong>th<br />
It is certified that 'err<strong>or</strong> appears in the above-identified<br />
patent and that said Letters <strong>Patent</strong> isherebyc<strong>or</strong>rected as<br />
shownbelow:<br />
In the drawings, Sheet 3, Fig. 3, the reference numeral<br />
225 should be applied to the plate element attached to the<br />
supp<strong>or</strong>t member 207. Column 7, lines 45 to 49, the left<br />
hand f<strong>or</strong>mula should appear as follows: