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37 CFR 1.173 - Reissue specification, drawings, and amendments. | Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights | Code of Federal Regulations | LII / Legal Information Institute
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(a) Contents of a reissue application.
(1) Specification, including claims.
The entire specification, including the claims, of the patent for which reissue is requested must be furnished in the form of a copy of the printed patent, in double column format, each page on only one side of a single sheet of paper. If an amendment of the reissue application is to be included, it must be made pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section. The formal requirements for papers making up the reissue application other than those set forth in this section are set out in § 1.52. Additionally, a copy of any disclaimer ( § 1.321 ), certificate of correction ( §§ 1.322 through 1.324), or reexamination certificate ( § 1.570) issued in the patent must be included. (See also § 1.178 ).
(2) Drawings.
(b) Making amendments in a reissue application.
(1) Specification other than the claims.
Changes to the specification, other than to the claims, must be made by submission of the entire text of an added or rewritten paragraph, including markings pursuant to paragraph (d) of this section, except that an entire paragraph may be deleted by a statement deleting the paragraph without presentation of the text of the paragraph. The precise point in the specification must be identified where any added or rewritten paragraph is located. This paragraph applies whether the amendment is submitted on paper or compact disc (see §§ 1.52(e)(1) and 1.821(c), but not for discs submitted under § 1.821(e) ).
(2) Claims.
(c) Status of claims and support for claim changes.
(d) Changes shown by markings.
(2) The matter to be added by reissue must be underlined, except for amendments submitted on compact discs ( §§ 1.96 and 1.821(c) ). Matter added by reissue on compact discs must be preceded with “<U>” and end with “</U>” to properly identify the material being added.
(e) Numbering of patent claims preserved.
(f) Amendment of disclosure may be required.
(g) Amendments made relative to the patent.
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