37 CFR 1.132 — Affidavits or declarations traversing rejections or objections
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
When any claim of an application or a patent under reexamination is rejected or objected to, any evidence submitted to traverse the rejection or objection on a basis not otherwise provided for must be by way of an oath or declaration under this section.
[48 FR 2696, Jan. 20, 1983, effective Feb. 27, 1983; revised, 61 FR 42790, Aug. 19, 1996, effective Sept. 23, 1996; revised, 65 FR 54604, Sept. 8, 2000, effective Sept. 8, 2000; revised 65 FR 57024, Sept. 20, 2000, effective Nov. 29, 2000]
Cited by
- 1002.02(c) Petitions and Requests Decided by the Technology Center Directors
- 1004 Actions Which Require the Attention of a Primary Examiner
- 1005 Exceptions to Partial Signatory Authority
- 1207 Examiner’s Answer
- 1207.03(c) Appellant's Reply to New Grounds of Rejection
- 1207.05 Substitute Examiner’s Answer
- 1211.01 Remand by Board for Further Consideration of Rejection
- 1213 Decision by Board
- 1214.01 Procedure Following New Ground of Rejection by Board
- 1504.01(c) Lack of Ornamentality
- 1504.02 Novelty
- 1504.03 Nonobviousness
- 201.06(c) 37 CFR 1.53(b) and 37 CFR 1.63(d) Divisional-Continuation Procedure
- 201.06(d) 37 CFR 1.53(d) Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
- 2106.05(a) Improvements to the Functioning of a Computer or To Any Other Technology or Technical Field
- 2106.07(b) Evaluating Applicant’s Response
- 2107 Guidelines for Examination of Applications for Compliance with the Utility Requirement
- 2107.02 Procedural Considerations Related to Rejections for Lack of Utility
- 2128 “Printed Publications” as Prior Art
- 2132.01 Overcoming a Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a) Rejection based on a Printed Publication or Patent
- 2136.05 Overcoming a Rejection Under Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(e)
- 2136.05(a) Antedating a Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(e) Reference
- 2136.05(b) Showing The Reference Is Describing An Inventor's Or At Least One Joint Inventor's Own Work
- 2137 Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(f)
- 2139.03 Form Paragraphs for Use in Rejections Under Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102
- 2141 Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C. 103
- 2145 Consideration of Applicant’s Rebuttal Arguments and Evidence
- 2146.03(a) Provisional Rejection (Obviousness) Under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) Using Provisional Prior Art Under Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(e)
- 2148 Form Paragraphs for Use in Rejections Under Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103
- 2164.05 Determination of Enablement Based on Evidence as a Whole
- 2172 Subject Matter Which the Inventor or a Joint Inventor Regards as The Invention
- 2173.05(b) Relative Terminology
- 2184 Determining Whether an Applicant Has Met the Burden of Proving Nonequivalence After a Prima Facie Case Is Made
- 2258 Scope of Ex Parte Reexamination
- 2271 Final Action
- 2272 After Final Practice
- 2275 Examiner’s Answer
- 2304.02(c) Explaining Priority
- 2734 Application for Patent Term Adjustment; Due Care Showing
- 2809.01 Information Relating to the Correction of Factual Information
- 2810.01 Document Size Fees
- 410 Representations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- 707.07(f) Answer All Material Traversed
- 714.01(e) Amendments Before First Office Action
- 714.13 Amendments and Other Replies After Final Rejection or Action, Procedure Followed
- 715.01(a) Reference Is a Patent or Published Application Naming Different Inventive Entity With at Least One Common Inventor
- 715.01(b) Reference and Application Have Common Assignee
- 715.01(c) Reference Is Publication of Inventor’s Own Invention
- 715.01(d) Activities Applied Against the Claims
- 716 Affidavits or Declarations Under 37 CFR 1.132 and Other Evidence Traversing Rejections
- 716.01 Generally Applicable Criteria
- 716.02(e) Comparison With Closest Prior Art
- 716.10 Attribution Affidavit or Declaration to Overcome Rejection Under Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 or 103
- 717 Prior Art Exceptions under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) and (2)
- 717.01 Affidavit or Declaration Under 37 CFR 1.130
- 717.01(a) Declarations or Affidavits under 37 CFR 1.130(a) – Attribution
- 717.01(a)(1) Evaluation of Declarations or Affidavits under 37 CFR 1.130(a)
- 717.01(b) Declarations or Affidavits under 37 CFR 1.130(b) – Prior Public Disclosure
- 717.01(b)(1) Evaluation of Declarations or Affidavits under 37 CFR 1.130(b)
- 717.01(b)(2) Determining if the Subject Matter of the Intervening Disclosure is the Same as the Subject Matter of the Inventor–Originated Prior Public Disclosure
- 717.01(c) Who May Make Affidavit or Declaration; Formal Requirements of Affidavits and Declarations
- 717.01(d) U.S. Patent or Application Publication Claiming Same Invention
- 724.03 Types of Trade Secret, Proprietary, and/or Protective Order Materials Submitted Under MPEP § 724.02
- 804 Definition of Double Patenting
- 804.03 Commonly Owned Inventions of Different Inventive Entities; Non-Commonly Owned Inventions Subject to a Joint Research Agreement
- 37 CFR 41.39 Examiner’s answer
- 37 CFR 41.50 Decisions and other actions by the Board
- 37 CFR 41.67 Appellant’s brief
- 37 CFR 41.68 Respondent’s brief