37 CFR 1.540 : Patents, Trademarks, And Copyrights (§ 1.1 To Chapter V) — (§ 1.1 To Chapter V) — United States Patent And Trademark Office, Department Of Commerce (§ 1.1 To Parts 151-199) — General (§ 1.1 To §§ 5.31-5.33) — Rules Of Practice In Patent Cases (§ 1.1 To § 1.1071) — Ex Parte Reexamination Of Patents (§ 1.501 To § 1.570) — Ex Parte Reexamination (§ 1.525 To § 1.565) — Consideration of responses in ex parte reexamination.

4 Aug 2016

The failure to timely file or serve the documents set forth in § 1.530 or in § 1.535 may result in their being refused consideration. No submissions other than the statement pursuant to § 1.530 and the reply by the ex parte reexamination requester pursuant to § 1.535 will be considered prior to examination.

37 CFR 1.540
[65 FR 76776, Dec. 7, 2000]