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MPEP 2301.02: Definitions, Jan. 2018 (BitLaw)
MPEP 2301.02
Chapter 2300: Interference and Derivation Proceedings
2301: Interference Proceedings
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2301.02 Definitions [R-08.2017]
37 C.F.R. 41.2 Definitions.
Affidavit means affidavit, declaration under § 1.68 of this title, or statutory declaration under 28 U.S.C. 1746. A transcript of an ex parte deposition may be used as an affidavit in a contested case.
(ii) In a proceeding under § 41.3, the Chief Administrative Patent Judge or another official acting under an express delegation from the Chief Administrative Patent Judge.
Contested case means a Board proceeding other than an appeal under 35 U.S.C. 134 or a petition under § 41.3. An appeal in an inter partes reexamination is not a contested case.
37 C.F.R. 41.100 Definitions.
37 C.F.R. 41.200 Procedure; pendency.
37 C.F.R. 41.201 Definitions.
In addition to the definitions in §§ 41.2 and 41.100, the following definitions apply to proceedings under this subpart:
Count means the Board’s description of the interfering subject matter that sets the scope of admissible proofs on priority. Where there is more than one count, each count must describe a patentably distinct invention.
Senior party means the party entitled to the presumption under § 41.207(a)(1) that it is the prior inventor. Any other party is a junior party.
(2) In the case of an involved application claim first made after the publication of the movant’s application or issuance of the movant’s patent:
(i) Repose under 35 U.S.C. 135(b) in view of the movant’s patent or published application, or
(ii) Unpatentability for lack of written description under 35 U. S.C. 112 of an involved application claim where the applicant suggested, or could have suggested, an interference under § 41.202(a).