37 CFR 42.106 — Filing date

37 CFR 42.106 — Filing date.

(1) Complies with § 42.104 ;

(2) Effects service of the petition on the correspondence address of record as provided in § 42.105(a) ; and

(3) Is accompanied by the fee to institute required in § 42.15(a) .

(b) Incomplete petition. Where a party files an incomplete petition, no filing date will be accorded, and the Office will dismiss the petition if the deficiency in the petition is not corrected within one month from the notice of an incomplete petition.

[Added, 77 FR 48680, Aug. 14, 2012, effective Sept. 16, 2012]

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