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Notes:
After this rule package is effective, all applications of any type other than PCT applications, should be filed according to the terms of this Rule 53.
- Former paragraphs of Rule 53 were revised, redesignated and amended to accord filing date for nonprovisional & provisional applications without the name(s) of the inventor(s)
- Cases under Rule 60 and 62 filed prior to the effective date of this rule will be processed to completion without any adverse affects.
- When deleting an inventor under 53(b)(1) a statement from the attorney is needed making such a deletion.
- This rule was substantially revised from the current or former version and also from the rule as proposed in the Proposed Rule Package- as the wording was too confusing.
