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In cases where an inventor's name has been changed after the application has been filed and the inventor desires to change his or her name on the application, he or she must submit a petition under 37 CFR 1.182. The petition should be directed to the attention of the Office of Petitions. The petition must include an appropriate petition fee and an affidavit signed with both names and setting forth the procedure whereby the change of name was effected, or a certified copy of the court order.
If the petition is granted, the application should be sent to the Office of Initial Patent Examination (OIPE) for change of name on the file wrapper and in the PALM database, unless the application is an 09/ series application, in which case the application should be sent to the assigned Technology Center (TC) for correction to the PALM bib-data sheet by the TC's technical support staff. If the application is assigned, applicant should submit a corrected assignment document along with a cover sheet and the recording fee as set forth in 37 CFR 1.21(h) to the Assignment Division for a change in the assignment record.
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