Doc Code: QPIDS.REQ
Document Description: Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement
PTO/SB/09 (12-16)
CERTIFICATION AND REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT FILED AFTER PAYMENT OF THE ISSUE FEE UNDER THE QPIDS PILOT PROGRAM
Non-Provisional Application Number:
Filing Date:
First Named Inventor:
Title of Invention:
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES AND REQUESTS THE FOLLOWING FOR THE ABOVE-
IDENTIFIED APPLICATION.
1.
Consideration is requested of the information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted herewith, which is being
filed after payment of the issue fee.
2.
Check the box next to the appropriate selection:
Each item of information contained in the IDS was first cited in any communication from a foreign patent
office in a counterpart foreign application not more than three months prior to the filing of the IDS. See
37 CFR 1.97(e)(1).
OR
No item of information contained in the IDS was cited in a communication from a foreign patent office in a
counterpart foreign application, and, to the knowledge of the person signing the certification after making
reasonable inquiry, no item of information contained in the IDS was known to any individual designated in
37 CFR 1.56(c) more than three months prior to the filing of the IDS. See 37 CFR 1.97(e)(2).
OR
See attached certification statement in compliance with 37 CFR 1.97(e).
3.
Please charge the IDS fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p) to Deposit Account No. ______________________.
4.
A Petition to Withdraw from Issue After Payment of the Issue Fee (37 CFR 1.313(c)(2)), including the
petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(h), is submitted herewith as a Web-based ePetition.
WARNING: Do not submit the petition as a follow-on paper via EFS-Web. Submit the petition as a Web-
based ePetition by signing on to EFS‐Web as a registered user, selecting the radio button next to “Existing
application/patent,” and then selecting the radio button next to “ePetition (for automatic processing and
immediate grant, if all petitions requirements are met).” Failure to use the Web-based ePetition interface will
result in automatic entry of the RCE.
5.
A request for continued examination (RCE) under 37 CFR 1.114 and the RCE fee under 37 CFR 1.17(e) are
submitted herewith.
6.
The RCE will be treated as a “conditional” RCE. In the event the examiner determines that any item of
information contained in the IDS necessitates the reopening of prosecution in the application, the
undersigned understands that (i) the RCE will be processed and treated as an RCE under 37 CFR 1.114
and therefore (ii) the IDS fee under 37 CFR 1.17(p) will be returned in accordance with 37 CFR 1.97(b)(4). In
the event that no item of information in the IDS necessitates reopening prosecution, the undersigned
understands that the RCE will not be processed and the RCE fee under 37 CFR 1.17(e) will be returned.
This certification and request is being filed as a Web-based ePetition and is not accompanied by an
7.
amendment to the application. Inclusion of an amendment will result in automatic entry of the RCE.
Signature
Date
Practitioner
Name
Registration Number
(Print/Typed)
(If applicable)
Note: Signatures of all the inventors or assignees of record of the entire interest or their representative(s) are required in accordance with
37 CFR 1.33 and 11.18. Please see 37 CFR 1.4(d) for the form of the signature. If necessary, submit multiple forms for more than one
signature, see below.*
*Total of ______ forms are submitted.
If you need assistance in completing the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and select option 2.