Form PTO/SB/39 Authorization or Rescission of Authorization to Permit A

Doc Code: PD.TO.AUTH
Document Description: Auth or Resc of Auth to Access Appl by DAS/PDX Office

PTO/SB/39 (11-15)
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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AUTHORIZATION OR RESCISSION OF AUTHORIZATION TO
PERMIT ACCESS TO APPLICATION-AS-FILED BY PARTICIPATING OFFICES
Send completed form to: Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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Filing Date:

First Named Inventor:

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Check either box 1 or 2 below, but not both:
By checking this box, the undersigned hereby grants the USPTO authority to provide the European
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Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the State
Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO), the World Intellectual Property
Organization(WIPO), and any other foreign intellectual property office participating with the USPTO in a bilateral
or multilateral priority document exchange agreement in which a foreign application claiming priority to the instant
patent application is filed, access to: (1) the instant patent application-as-filed and its related bibliographic data,
(2) any foreign or domestic application to which priority or benefit is claimed by the instant application and its
related bibliographic data, and (3) the date of filing of this Authorization. See 37 CFR 1.14(h)(1).
By checking this box, the undersigned hereby rescinds the previous authority granted to the USPTO to
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provide the EPO, JPO, KIPO, SIPO, WIPO or any other foreign intellectual property office participating with the
USPTO in a bilateral or multilateral priority document exchange agreement access to the documents and
information identified in paragraph 1 above.
This rescission of the previous authorization will not be effective unless and until an appropriate USPTO official
recognizes and acts on the rescission.
However, once the application has published or is otherwise publicly available, the USPTO may provide
access to the application in accordance with 37 CFR 1.14.

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