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37 CFR 1.323 Certificate of correction of applicant’s mistake.
37 CFR 1.323 relates to the issuance of certificates of correction for the correction of errors which were not the fault of the Office. Mistakes in a patent which are not correctable by certificate of correction may be correctable via filing a reissue application (see MPEP § 1401 - § 1460). See Novo Industries, L.P. v. Micro Molds Corporation, 350 F.3d 1348, 69 USPQ2d 1128 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (The Federal Circuit stated that when Congress in 1952 defined USPTO authority to make corrections with prospective effect, it did not deny correction authority to the district courts. A court, however, can correct only if "(1) the correction is not subject to reasonable debate based on consideration of the claim language and the specification and (2) the prosecution history does not suggest a different interpretation..." ).
If the above criteria are not satisfied, then a certificate of correction for an applicant’s mistake will not issue, and reissue must be employed as the vehicle to “correct” the patent. Usually, any mistake affecting claim scope must be corrected by reissue.
A mistake is not considered to be of the “minor” character required for the issuance of a certificate of correction if the requested change would materially affect the scope or meaning of the patent. See also MPEP § 1412.04 as to correction of inventorship via certificate of correction or reissue.
The Fee(s) Transmittal Form portion (PTOL-85B) of the Notice of Allowance provides a space (item 3) for assignment data which should be completed in order to comply with 37 CFR 3.81. Unless an assignee’s name and address are identified in the appropriate space for specifying the assignee, (i.e., item 3 of the Fee(s) Transmittal Form PTOL-85B), the patent will issue to the applicant. Assignment data printed on the patent will be based solely on the information so supplied.
(C) include the processing fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(i).
35 U.S.C. 256 permits the Director to issue a certificate correcting the inventors named in a patent; 37 CFR 1.324 provides the criteria for requests to correct inventorship in a patent. Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 256 requires that any error to be corrected must have been made “without deceptive intention.” Effective September 16, 2012, Public Law 112-29, sec. 20, 125 Stat. 284 (Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA)), amended 35 U.S.C. 256 to eliminate the “without deceptive intention” clause. See subsection I., below, for the requirements of a petition filed on or after September 16, 2012 to correct inventorship in a patent, and subsection II., below, for the requirements of such a petition filed before September 16, 2012.
While a request under 37 CFR 1.48 is appropriate to correct inventorship in a nonprovisional application, a petition under 37 CFR 1.324 is the appropriate vehicle to correct inventorship in a patent. If a request under 37 CFR 1.48 is inadvertently filed in a patent, the request may be treated as a petition under 37 CFR 1.324, and if it is grantable, form paragraph 10.14 set forth in subsection III., below should be used.
Similarly, if a request under 37 CFR 1.48(a), (b), or (c) is filed in a pending application but not acted upon until after the application becomes a patent, the request may be treated as a petition under 37 CFR 1.324, and if it is grantable, form paragraph 10.14 set forth below should be used.
The statutory basis for correction of inventorship in a patent under 37 CFR 1.324 is 35 U.S.C. 256. It is important to recognize that 35 U.S.C. 256 is stricter than 35 U.S.C. 116, the statutory basis for corrections of inventorship in applications under 37 CFR 1.48. 35 U.S.C. 256 requires “on application of all the parties and assignees,” while 35 U.S.C. 116 does not have the same requirement. Correction of inventorship in a patent under 37 CFR 1.324 requires petition of all the parties, i.e., originally named inventors and assignees, in accordance with statute (35 U.S.C. 256) and thus the requirement cannot be waived.
Where applicant’s typographical error in an inventor’s name is recognized after the patent issues, a certificate of correction under 37 CFR 1.323, the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(a), a petition under 37 CFR 1.182, and the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(f) must be filed to request correction of the typographical error in the inventor’s name.
Where an inventor changes their name after the patent issues, a certificate of correction cannot be filed to effect the name change in the patent. An inventor name change after a patent issues is neither a “mistake of a clerical or typographical nature, or of minor character” in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 255, nor a mistake that “is clearly disclosed by the records of the Office” in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 254. Additionally, an inventor name change after the patent issues is not a correction of inventorship under 35 U.S.C. 256.
35 U.S.C. 256 Correction of named inventor.
(a) CORRECION.- Whenever through error a person is named in an issued patent as the inventor, or through error an inventor is not named in an issued patent, the Director may, on application of all the parties and assignees, with proof of the facts and such other requirements as may be imposed, issue a certificate correcting such error.
(b) PATENT VALID IF ERROR CORRECTED.- The error of omitting inventors or naming persons who are not inventors shall not invalidate the patent in which such error occurred if it can be corrected as provided in this section. The court before which such matter is called in question may order correction of the patent on notice and hearing of all parties concerned and the Director shall issue a certificate accordingly.
37 CFR 1.324 Correction of inventorship in patent, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 256.
(a) Whenever through error a person is named in an issued patent as the inventor, or an inventor is not named in an issued patent, the Director, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 256, may, on application of all the parties and assignees, or on order of a court before which such matter is called in question, issue a certificate naming only the actual inventor or inventors.
(3) The fee set forth in § 1.20(b).
(c) For correction of inventorship in an application, see § 1.48.
(d) In an interference under part 41, subpart D, of this title, a request for correction of inventorship in a patent must be in the form of a motion under § 41.121(a)(2) of this title. In a contested case under part 42, subpart D, of this title, a request for correction of inventorship in a patent must be in the form of a motion under § 42.22 of this title. The motion under § 41.121(a)(2) or § 42.22 of this title must comply with the requirements of this section.
In requesting the Office to effectuate a court order correcting inventorship in a patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 256, a copy of the court order and a certificate of correction under 37 CFR 1.323 should be submitted to the Certificates of Correction Branch.
(1) A statement from each person who is being added as an inventor and each person who is currently named as an inventor. Each inventor statement must either agree to the change of inventorship or state that the inventor has no disagreement in regard to the requested change. See 37 CFR 1.324(b)(1).
(2) A statement is required from the assignee(s) of the parties submitting a statement under 37 CFR 1.324(b)(1) agreeing to the change of inventorship in the patent, which statement must comply with the requirements of 37 CFR 3.73(c). See 37 CFR 1.324(b)(2). See MPEP § 325 as to the requirements of a statement under 37 CFR 3.73(c). A statement is required by each entity having an ownership interest in the patent.
(3) The fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(b).
If an inventor is not available, or refuses, to submit a statement, the assignee of the patent may wish to consider filing a reissue application to correct inventorship, because the inventor’s statement is not required for a non-broadening reissue application to correct inventorship. See MPEP § 1412.04.
For correction of inventorship in a patent in an interference under 37 CFR part 41, subpart D, 37 CFR 1.324(d) provides that a request for correction of inventorship must be in the form of a motion under 37 CFR 41.121(a)(2). For correction of inventorship in a contested case under 37 CFR part 42, subpart D, 37 CFR 1.324(d) provides that a request for correction of inventorship in a patent must be in the form of a motion under 37 CFR 42.22. 37 CFR 1.324(d) further provides that the motion made under 37 CFR 41.121(a)(2) or 42.22 must comply with the requirements of 37 CFR 1.324.
Pre-AIA 37 CFR 1.324 Correction of inventorship in patent, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 256.
(a) Whenever through error a person is named in an issued patent as the inventor, or through error an inventor is not named in an issued patent and such error arose without any deceptive intention on his or her part, the Director, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 256, may, on application of all the parties and assignees, or on order of a court before which such matter is called in question, issue a certificate naming only the actual inventor or inventors. A petition to correct inventorship of a patent involved in an interference must comply with the requirements of this section and must be accompanied by a motion under § 41.121(a)(2) or § 41.121(a)(3) of this title.
(4) The fee set forth in § 1.20(b).
(c) For correction of inventorship in an application, see §§ 1.48 and 1.497.
(d) In a contested case before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences under part 41, subpart D, of this title, a request for correction of a patent must be in the form of a motion under § 41.121(a)(2) or § 41.121(a)(3) of this title.
In requesting the Office to effectuate a court order correcting inventorship in a patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 256, a copy of the court order and a certificate of correction under 37 CFR 1.323 must be submitted to the Certificates of Correction Branch. A petition filed before September 16, 2012 to correct the inventorship in a patent must comply with the requirements of pre-AIA 37 CFR 1.324, and must include the statements and fee required by pre-AIA 37 CFR 1.324(b).
Nothing more is required. The examiner will determine only whether the statement contains the required language; the examiner will not make any comment as to whether or not it appears that there was in fact deceptive intention (see MPEP § 2012).
Under pre-AIA 37 CFR 1.324(b)(2), all current inventors who did not submit a statement under pre-AIA 37 CFR 1.324(b)(1) must submit a statement either agreeing to the change of inventorship, or stating that they have no disagreement with regard to the requested change. “Current inventors” include the inventor(s) being retained as such and the inventor(s) to be deleted. These current inventors need not make a statement as to whether the inventorship error occurred without deceptive intention. If an inventor is not available, or refuses, to submit a statement, the assignee of the patent may wish to consider filing a reissue application to correct inventorship, because the inventor’s statement is not required for a non-broadening reissue application to correct inventorship. See MPEP § 1412.04.
Under pre-AIA 37 CFR 1.324(b)(2), a statement is required from the assignee(s) of the patent agreeing to the change of inventorship in the patent. The assignee statement agreeing to the change of inventorship must be accompanied by a proper statement under pre-AIA 37 CFR 3.73(b) establishing ownership, unless such a proper statement is already in the file. See MPEP § 324 as to the requirements of a statement under pre-AIA 37 CFR 3.73(b).
Correction of inventorship requests under 37 CFR 1.324 should be directed to the Supervisory Patent Examiner (SPE) whose unit handles the subject matter of the patent. The SPE may use Form PTOL-360 to respond to the request under 37 CFR 1.324. Alternatively, form paragraphs 10.13 through 10.18 may be used.
This is a decision on the petition filed  to correct inventorship under 37 CFR 1.324.
The patented file is being forwarded to Certificates of Correction Branch for issuance of a certificate naming only the actual inventor or inventors.
1. Petitions to correct inventorship of an issued patent are decided by the Supervisory Patent Examiner, as set forth in the Commissioner’s memorandum dated June 2, 1989.
2. In bracket 10, insert the correspondence address of record.
3. This form paragraph is printed with the USPTO letterhead.
4. Prepare Certificate using form paragraph 10.15.
This is a decision on the request under 37 CFR 1.48, filed . In view of the fact that the patent has already issued, the request under 37 CFR 1.48 has been treated as a petition to correct inventorship under 37 CFR 1.324.
3. Prepare Certificate using form paragraph 10.15.
4. In bracket 10, insert the correspondence address of record.
1. In bracket 9, insert the full name and residence (City, State) of each actual inventor.
2. This is an internal memo, not to be mailed to applicant, which accompanies the patented file to Certificates of Correction Branch as noted in form paragraphs 10.13 and 10.14.
3. In brackets 5 and 10, insert name of SPE; in brackets 6 and 11 the Art Unit and sign above each line.
4. Two separate pages of USPTO letterhead will be printed when using this form paragraph.
A petition to correct inventorship under 37 CFR 1.324 filed before September 16, 2012, requires (1) a statement from each person who is being added as an inventor that the inventorship error occurred without any deceptive intention on their part, (2) a statement from the current named inventors (including any “inventor” being deleted) who have not submitted a statement as per “(1)” either agreeing to the change of inventorship or stating that they have no disagreement in regard to the requested change, (3) a statement in compliance with 3.73(b) from all assignees of the parties submitting a statement under “(1)” and “(2)” agreeing to the change of inventorship in the patent; and (4) the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(b).This petition lacks item(s) .
1. If each of the four specified items has been submitted but one or more is insufficient, the petition should be denied. See form paragraph 10.17. However, if the above noted deficiency can be cured by the submission of a renewed petition, a dismissal would be appropriate.
2. If the petition includes a request for suspension of the rules (37 CFR 1.183) of one or more provisions of 37 CFR 1.324 that are required by the statute (35 U.S.C. 256), form paragraph 10.18 should follow this form paragraph.
3. In bracket 7, pluralize as necessary and insert the item number(s) which are missing.
4. In bracket 11, insert correspondence address of record.
5. This form paragraph is printed with the USPTO letterhead.
6 This form paragraph should only be used if the petition under 37 CFR 1.324 was filed before September 16, 2012. If the petition was filed on or after September 16, 2012, use form paragraph 10.16.01.
A petition to correct inventorship under 37 CFR 1.324 filed on or after September 16, 2012, requires (1) a statement from each person who is being added as an inventor and each person who is currently named as an inventor (including any “inventor” being deleted) either agreeing to the change of inventorship or stating that he or she has no disagreement in regard to the requested change, (2) a statement in compliance with 37 CFR 3.73(c) from all assignees of the parties submitting a statement under “(1)” agreeing to the change of inventorship in the patent; and (3) the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(b). This petition lacks item(s) .
1. If each of the three specified items has been submitted but one or more is insufficient, the petition should be denied. See form paragraph 10.17. However, if the above noted deficiency can be cured by the submission of a renewed petition, a dismissal would be appropriate.
1. In bracket 7, a full explanation of the deficiency must be provided.
2. If the petition lacks one or more of the required parts set forth in 37 CFR 1.324, it should be dismissed using form paragraph 10.14 or 10.20, rather than being denied.
3. In bracket 11, insert correspondence address of record.
4. This form paragraph is printed with the USPTO letterhead.
Suspension of the rules under 37 CFR 1.183 may be granted for any requirement of the regulations which is not a requirement of the statutes. In this instance, 35 U.S.C. 256 requires . Accordingly, the petition under 37 CFR 1.183 is dismissed.
1. This form paragraph should follow form paragraph 10.16.fti whenever the petition requests waiver of one or more of the provisions of 37 CFR 1.324 that are also requirements of 35 U.S.C. 256.
2. If the petition requests waiver of requirements of 37 CFR 1.324 that are not specific requirements of the statute (i.e., the fee or the oath or declaration by all inventors), the application must be forwarded to a petitions attorney in the Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy for decision.
See MPEP § 216.01 for a discussion of when 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) and (f) benefits can be perfected by certificate of correction.
37 CFR 1.78 Claiming benefit of earlier filing date and cross-references to other applications.
(3) Any nonprovisional application or international application designating the United States that claims the benefit of one or more prior-filed provisional applications must contain, or be amended to contain, a reference to each such prior-filed provisional application, identifying it by the provisional application number (consisting of series code and serial number). If the later-filed application is a nonprovisional application, the reference required by this paragraph must be included in an application data sheet (§ 1.76(b)(5)).
(5) If the prior-filed provisional application was filed in a language other than English and both an English-language translation of the prior-filed provisional application and a statement that the translation is accurate were not previously filed in the prior-filed provisional application, the applicant will be notified and given a period of time within which to file, in the prior-filed provisional application, the translation and the statement. If the notice is mailed in a pending nonprovisional application, a timely reply to such a notice must include the filing in the nonprovisional application of either a confirmation that the translation and statement were filed in the provisional application, or an application data sheet eliminating the reference under paragraph (a)(3) of this section to the prior-filed provisional application, or the nonprovisional application will be abandoned. The translation and statement may be filed in the provisional application, even if the provisional application has become abandoned.
(6) If a nonprovisional application filed on or after March 16, 2013, claims the benefit of the filing date of a provisional application filed prior to March 16, 2013, and also contains, or contained at any time, a claim to a claimed invention that has an effective filing date as defined in § 1.109 on or after March 16, 2013, the applicant must provide a statement to that effect within the later of four months from the actual filing date of the nonprovisional application, four months from the date of entry into the national stage as set forth in § 1.491 in an international application, sixteen months from the filing date of the prior-filed provisional application, or the date that a first claim to a claimed invention that has an effective filing date on or after March 16, 2013, is presented in the nonprovisional application. An applicant is not required to provide such a statement if the applicant reasonably believes on the basis of information already known to the individuals designated in § 1.56(c) that the nonprovisional application does not, and did not at any time, contain a claim to a claimed invention that has an effective filing date on or after March 16, 2013.
(2) Except for a continued prosecution application filed under § 1.53(d), any nonprovisional application, international application designating the United States, or international design application designating the United States that claims the benefit of one or more prior-filed nonprovisional applications, international applications designating the United States, or international design applications designating the United States must contain or be amended to contain a reference to each such prior-filed application, identifying it by application number (consisting of the series code and serial number), international application number and international filing date, or international registration number and filing date under § 1.1023. If the later-filed application is a nonprovisional application, the reference required by this paragraph must be included in an application data sheet (§ 1.76(b)(5)). The reference also must identify the relationship of the applications, namely, whether the later-filed application is a continuation, divisional, or continuation-in-part of the prior-filed nonprovisional application, international application, or international design application.
(5) Cross-references to other related applications may be made when appropriate (see § 1.14), but cross-references to applications for which a benefit is not claimed under title 35, United States Code, must not be included in an application data sheet (§ 1.76(b)(5)).
(g) Applications or patents under reexamination naming different inventors and containing patentably indistinct claims. If an application or a patent under reexamination and at least one other application naming different inventors are owned by the same person and contain patentably indistinct claims, and there is no statement of record indicating that the claimed inventions were commonly owned or subject to an obligation of assignment to the same person on the effective filing date (as defined in § 1.109), or on the date of the invention, as applicable, of the later claimed invention, the Office may require the applicant or assignee to state whether the claimed inventions were commonly owned or subject to an obligation of assignment to the same person on such date, and if not, indicate which named inventor is the prior inventor, as applicable. Even if the claimed inventions were commonly owned, or subject to an obligation of assignment to the same person on the effective filing date (as defined in § 1.109), or on the date of the invention, as applicable, of the later claimed invention, the patentably indistinct claims may be rejected under the doctrine of double patenting in view of such commonly owned or assigned applications or patents under reexamination.
(h) Applications filed before September 16, 2012. Notwithstanding the requirement in paragraphs (a)(3) and (d)(2) of this section that any specific reference to a prior-filed application be presented in an application data sheet (§ 1.76), this requirement in paragraph (a)(3) and (d)(2) of this section will be satisfied by the presentation of such specific reference in the first sentence(s) of the specification following the title in a nonprovisional application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) before September 16, 2012, or resulting from an international application filed under 35 U.S.C. 363 before September 16, 2012. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to any specific reference submitted for a petition under paragraph (b) of this section to restore the benefit of a provisional application.
(k) Time periods in this section. The time periods set forth in this section are not extendable, but are subject to 35 U.S.C. 21(b) (and § 1.7(a)), PCT Rule 80.5, and Hague Agreement Rule 4(4).
No application shall be entitled to the benefit of an earlier filed provisional application under this subsection unless an amendment containing the specific reference to the earlier filed provisional application is submitted at such time during the pendency of the application as required by the Director. The Director may consider the failure to submit such an amendment within that time period as a waiver of any benefit under this subsection. The Director may establish procedures, including the payment of the fee specified in section 41(a)(7), to accept an unintentionally delayed submission of an amendment under this subsection.
Specifically, 35 U.S.C. 119(e)(1) is effective for all patents whenever granted and no longer requires that the amendment containing the specific reference to the earlier-filed provisional application be submitted during the pendency of the application. Thus, the prior prohibition on granting certificates of correction to add or correct a claim for the benefit of a prior provisional application no longer applies. A certificate of correction to add or correct a claim for the benefit of a prior provisional application under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) may now be available under certain conditions. See subsection A. entitled “Conditions for Certificate of Correction” below. In addition, effective May 13, 2015, 37 CFR 1.78(d)(3) was revised to make the procedures under 37 CFR 1.78(e) to accept an unintentionally delayed benefit claim under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) applicable to design applications, and thus, accords applicants in design applications the same remedy that was only previously available to applicants in utility and plant applications. 37 CFR 1.78(d)(3)(i) provides that the reference required by 35 U.S.C. 120 and 37 CFR 1.78(d)(2) must be submitted during the pendency of the later-filed application. For design applications, this time period is the only applicable time period for when the required reference must be submitted because the time period set forth in 37 CFR 1.78(d)(3)(ii) (i.e., four months from the filing date of the later-filed application or sixteen months from the filing date of the prior-filed application) does not apply to an application for a design patent. If the required reference to the prior-filed application is not submitted during the pendency of the later-filed design application, then a petition to accept an unintentionally delayed benefit claim under 37 CFR 1.78(e) may be filed. See 37 CFR 1.78(d)(3)(iii). Thus, a petition under 37 CFR 1.78(e) may be filed along with a request for a certificate of correction under 35 U.S.C. 255 and 37 CFR 1.323 in a design patent if the required reference to the prior-filed application was not submitted during the pendency of the later-filed design application.
(D) an incorrect reference to a prior provisional application pursuant to 37 CFR 1.78(a)(3).
(C) a grantable petition to accept an unintentionally delayed claim under 37 CFR 1.78(e) must be filed, including the petition fee as set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(m).
(D) a grantable petition to accept an unintentionally delayed claim under 37 CFR 1.78(e) must be filed, including the petition fee as set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(m).
Benefit under 35 U.S.C. 386(c) with respect to an international design application is applicable only to nonprovisional applications, international applications, and international design applications filed on or after May 13, 2015, and patents issuing thereon. See MPEP § 211.01(d).
Where a benefit claim based upon 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) is timely submitted, a petition under 37 CFR 1.78(e) is not required for correcting the benefit claim by changing the relationship of the applications (e.g., changing from “continuation” or “divisional” to “continuation-in-part” or from “continuation-in-part” to “continuation” or “divisional”) whether filed during the pendency of the later-filed application or after patent grant. See MPEP § 211.03. However, a change in the relationship may require comparing the disclosures of the applications which would require further examination and thus such a change would not be appropriate via a certificate of correction. In addition, there is significance to the designation of the relationship as “continuation,” “divisional,” or “continuation-in-part.” For example, the safe harbor of 35 U.S.C. 121 only protects divisional applications, not continuation applications or continuation-in-part applications. See Pfizer, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 518 F.3d 1353, 1362, 86 USPQ2d 1001, 1007-08 (Fed. Cir. 2008) and Amgen v. Hoffman-La Roche, 580 F.3d 1340, 1352-1354, 92 USPQ2d 1289, 1298-1300 (Fed. Cir. 2009). Changing the relationship to or from a “divisional” may impact the applicability of the safe harbor provision or a nonstatutory double patenting rejection.
C. a grantable petition to accept an unintentionally delayed claim under 37 CFR 1.78(c) must be filed, including the petition fee as set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(m).
Except in certain situations, if all the above-stated conditions for benefit claims discussed in A.1-3 are satisfied, a certificate of correction can generally be used to amend the patent to make reference to a prior application, or to correct an incorrect reference to the prior application.
In situations where a petition under 37 CFR 1.78 is filed with a request for a certificate of correction in an issued patent, the petition should not be granted where grant of the petition would cause the patent to be subject to a different statutory framework, e.g., the addition of a benefit claim to a pre-March 16, 2013 filing date in a patent that was examined under the first inventor to file (FITF) provisions of the AIA. In such situations, further examination would be required and thus a petition for an unintentionally delayed benefit claim should not be granted absent the filing of a reissue application.
(A) Adding or correcting a claim to a prior application having a filing date before March 16, 2013 to a patent that was examined (as indicated on the notice of allowance or a later Office communication such as a supplemental Notice of Allowance) under the first to invent provisions of pre-AIA law.
(B) Adding or correcting a claim to a prior application having a filing date before March 16, 2013 in a patent that was examined (as indicated on the Notice of Allowance or a later Office communication such as a supplemental Notice of Allowance) under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA and where the 37 CFR 1.55/1.78 statement (see MPEP § 210, subsection III) is filed concurrently with the petition (since the presence of the statement would not result in a switch in the statutory framework).
(C) Adding a claim to a prior application having a filing date on or after March 16, 2013 in a patent that was examined (as indicated on the Notice of Allowance or a later Office communication such as a supplemental Notice of Allowance) under the first to invent provisions of pre-AIA law.
(D) Adding or correcting a claim to a prior application having a filing date on or after March 16, 2013 in a patent that was examined (as indicated on the Notice of Allowance or a later Office communication such as a supplemental Notice of Allowance) under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
(A) Adding or correcting a claim to a prior application having a filing date before March 16, 2013 in a patent that was examined (as indicated on the Notice of Allowance or a later Office communication such as a supplemental Notice of Allowance) under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA and where the 37 CFR 1.55/1.78 statement is not present.
(B) Correcting a claim to a prior application having a filing date before March 16, 2013 to a claim to a prior application having a filing date on or after March 16, 2013 in a patent that was examined (as indicated on the Notice of Allowance or a later Office communication such as a supplemental Notice of Allowance) under the first to invent provisions of pre-AIA law.
If any of the above-stated conditions is not satisfied or if the correction sought would require further examination, the filing of a reissue application (see MPEP § 1401 - § 1460) may be appropriate to pursue the desired correction of the patent for benefit claims under 35 U.S.C. 119(e), 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c).
See MPEP § 216.01 for a discussion of when a claim for priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) or (f) can be perfected by certificate of correction.

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