human: Will references in a submission under 37 CFR § 1.99 be placed in the application file and forwarded to the examiner if the submission includes explanation or references that are highlighted?
assistant: Section 1.99 provides that a submission by a member of the public of patents or publications relevant to a pending published application will be entered in the application file if the submission complies with the requirements of § 1.99 and the application is still pending when the submission and application file are brought before the examiner. Section 1.99(d) provides that a submission under § 1.99 may not include any explanation of the references, or any other information. The Office will dispose of any explanation or information if included in a submission under § 1.99. To ensure that there is no protest, the Office will review submissions under § 1.99 to determine whether they are limited to patents and publications before the submission is placed in the file of the application and forwarded to the examiner. The submission under § 1.99 will not be placed in the file of the application, if the explanation of the references and any other information included in the submission are integrated in the references and cannot be extracted easily, or if the references are highlighted.