[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.622]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart E--Interferences
 
Sec. 1.622  Preliminary statement, who made invention, where invention made.

    (a) A party's preliminary statement must identify the inventor who 
made the invention defined by each count and must state on behalf of the 
inventor the facts required by paragraph (a) of Secs. 1.623, 1.624, and 
1.625 as may be appropriate. When an inventor identified in the 
preliminary statement is not an inventor named in the party's 
application or patent, the party shall file a motion under Sec. 1.634 to 
correct inventorship.
    (b) The preliminary statement shall state whether the invention was 
made in the United States, a NAFTA country (and, if so, which NAFTA 
country), a WTO member country (and, if so, which WTO member country), 
or in a place other than the United States, a NAFTA country, or a WTO 
member country. If made in a place other than the United States, a NAFTA 
country, or a WTO member country, the preliminary statement shall state 
whether the party is entitled to the benefit of 35 U.S.C. 104(a)(2).

[49 FR 48455, Dec. 12, 1984, as amended at 60 FR 14522, Mar. 17, 1995]