Form PTO/AIA/50 Reissue Patent Application Transmittal

PTO/AIA/50  (10‐17) 
   for use
  through
  XX/XXXX. OMB 0651‐0033 
Approved
U.S.  Patent and  Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
  of
  1995

  persons

  required

  respond

   a  collection  of  information  unless  it  displays  a  valid  OMB  control  number. 
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REISSUE PATENT APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL 
Address to: 

Attorney Docket No. 

         Mail Stop Reissue 
         Commissioner for Patents 
         P.O. Box 1450 
         Alexandria, VA  22313‐1450 

First Named Inventor 

Original Patent Number 

Original Patent Issue Date
(Month/Day/Year) 

  Express®

  Label
  No.
Priority Mail

APPLICATION FOR REISSUE OF: 
          (Check applicable box)                                                            Utility Patent                                   Design Patent                                    Plant Patent 

APPLICATION ELEMENTS (37 CFR 1.173)

ACCOMPANYING APPLICATION PARTS 

1.          Fee Transmittal Form (PTO/SB/56) 
2.          Applicant asserts small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27 
3.          Applicant certifies micro entity status. See 37 CFR 1.29. 
             Applicant must attach form PTO/SB/15A or B or equivalent. 
4.          Specification and Claims in double column copy of patent format 
             (amended, if appropriate) 
5.          Drawing(s) (proposed amendments, if appropriate) 
6.          Reissue Oath/Declaration or Substitute Statement 
             (37 CFR 1.175) (PTO/AIA/05, 06, or 07) 
7.          Application Data Sheet     NOTE:  Benefit claims under 37 CFR 1.78 
               and foreign priority claims under 37 CFR 1.55 MUST be set forth in an 
               Application Data Sheet (ADS). 

8.          Original U.S. Patent currently assigned?          Yes          No 
               (If Yes, check applicable box(es)) 

11.          Statement of status and support for all changes to the 
                claims. See 37 CFR 1.173(c). 
12.          Power of Attorney 
13.          Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) 
               PTOSB/08 or PTO‐1449 
                           Copies of citations attached 

14.          English translation of Reissue Oath/Declaration 
                (if applicable) 
15.          Return Receipt Postcard (MPEP § 503) 
                (Should be specifically itemized) 
16.          Preliminary Amendment (37 CFR 1.173; MPEP § 1453) 

17.          Other: ____________________________________________ 
                __________________________________________________ 

                    Written Consent of all Assigness (PTO/AIA/53) 

                __________________________________________________ 

                    37 CFR 3.73(c) Statement (PTO/AIA/96) 
9.          CD‐ROM or CD‐R in duplicate, Computer Program (Appendix) or large
                table 

                __________________________________________________ 
                __________________________________________________ 

                    Landscape Table on CD 
10.  Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submission 
       (if applicable, items a. – c. are required) 

                __________________________________________________ 

      a.          Computer Readable Form (CRF) 

                This is a continuation reissue or divisional reissue application 
                (i.e., a second or subsequent reissue application for the same 
issued patent). (Check box if applicable.) 

                __________________________________________________ 

      b.          Specification Sequence Listing on: 
             i.          CD‐ROM (2 copies) or CD‐R (2 copies); or 
             ii.         Paper 
      c.          Statements verifying identity of above copies 

18.  CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS 

          The address associated with Customer Number: __________________________________        OR             Correspondence address below 
Name 

Address 

City 

Country 

Email 

Signature 

Name (Print/Type) 

State

Zip Code 

Telephone

Date

Registration No.

This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.173. The information is required to obtain  or  retain  a  benefit by the  public  which  is  to  file  (and  by  the  USPTO   
   an application.
  Confidentiality
    is governed
   by  35 U.S.C.
  122
  and
   37 CFR
  1.11
  and
  1.14.
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  collection
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    to take
   30 minutes
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to process)

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  USPTO.
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preparing,
and submitting
the completed
application
    of time
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Information
Officer,
Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313‐1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND 
TO: Mail Stop Reissue, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313‐1450. 
If you need assistance in completing the form, call 1‐800‐PTO‐9199 and select option 2. 

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The Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579) requires that you be given certain information in connection with your
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