Patent Bar Mpep Q & A Podcast

Question: List 2 examples of evidence under 37 C.F.R. 1.131(a). Answer: The allegations of fact might be supported by submitting as evidence one or more of the following: (A) attached sketches; (B) attached blueprints; (C) attached photographs; (D) attached reproductions of notebook entries; (E) an accompanying model; (F) attached supporting statements by witnesses, where verbal disclosures are the evidence relied upon. (G) testimony given in an interference. Where interference testimony is used, the applicant must point out which parts of the testimony are being relied on; examiners cannot be expected to search the entire interference record for the evidence; (H)… The post MPEP Q & A 142: Examples of Evidence Under 37 C.F.R. 1.131(a) appeared first on Patent Education Series.