PTO/SB/01A Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility or Design Applicat

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PTO/SB/01A (02-07)
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DECLARATION (37 CFR 1.63) FOR UTILITY OR DESIGN APPLICATION USING AN
APPLICATION DATA SHEET (37 CFR 1.76)
Title of
Invention

As the below named inventor(s), I/we declare that:
This declaration is directed to:
The attached application, or
Application No. ____________________ filed on ________________________________
As amended on __________________________________________ (if applicable);
I/we believe that I/we am/are the original and first inventor(s) of the subject matter which is claimed and for which a patent is
sought;
I/we have reviewed and understand the contents of the above-identified application, including the claims, as amended by any
amendment specifically referred to above;
I/we acknowledge the duty to disclose to the United States Patent and Trademark Office all information known to me/us to be
material to patentability as defined in 37 CFR 1.56, including for continuation-in-part applications, material information which
became available between the filing date of the prior application and the national or PCT International filing date of the
continuation-in-part application.

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contribute to identity theft. Personal information such as social security numbers, bank account numbers, or credit card
numbers (other than a check or credit card authorization form PTO-2038 submitted for payment purposes) is never required by
the USPTO to support a petition or an application. If this type of personal information is included in documents submitted to
the USPTO, petitioners/applicants should consider redacting such personal information from the documents before submitting
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publication of the application (unless a non-publication request in compliance with 37 CFR 1.213(a) is made in the application)
or issuance of a patent. Furthermore, the record from an abandoned application may also be available to the public if the
application is referenced in a published application or an issued patent (see 37 CFR 1.14). Checks and credit card
authorization forms PTO-2038 submitted for payment purposes are not retained in the application file and therefore are not
publicly available.
All statements made herein of my/own knowledge are true, all statements made herein on information and belief are believed
to be true, and further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like are
punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. 1001, and may jeopardize the validity of the application or any
patent issuing thereon.
FULL NAME OF INVENTOR(S)
Inventor one: _________________________________________________________________________________________
Signature: _______________________________________________________Citizen of: ____________________________
Inventor two: _________________________________________________________________________________________
Signature: _______________________________________________________Citizen of: ____________________________
Additional inventors or a legal representative are being named on _______________________additional form(s) attached hereto.
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individual case. Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief
Administrative Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES
OR COMPLETED
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