Separate verification statement

2003 OCT PM

32. Determine which of the following documents, if any, must also contain a separate verification

statement in accordance with the patent laws, rules and procedures as related in the MPEP.

(A) A request to correct inventorship in a pending application.

(B) A petition to make an application special.

(C) A claim for foreign priority.

(D) A substitute specification.

(E) None of the above.

Explanation:

(E) is the most correct answer. MPEP § 410 states that the certification requirement set forth in

37 CFR § 10.18(b) “has permitted the USPTO to eliminate the separate verification requirement previously

contained in 37 CFR …1.48 [correction of inventorship in a patent application], …1.55 [claim for

foreign priority], …1.102 [petition to make an application special], [and] … 1.125 [substitute

specification].”