Citations by the patent owner under Sec. 1.555 and by an ex parte reexamination requester under either Sec. 1.510 or Sec. 1.535 will be entered in the reexamination file during a reexamination proceeding. The entry in the patent file of citations submitted after the date of an order to reexamine pursuant to Sec. 1.525 by persons other than the patent owner, or an ex parte reexamination requester under either Sec. 1.510 or Sec. 1.535, will be delayed until the reexamination proceeding has been concluded by the issuance and publication of a reexamination certificate. See Sec. 1.902 for processing of prior art citations in patent and reexamination files during an inter partes reexamination proceeding filed under Sec. 1.913. [72 FR 18905, Apr. 16, 2007]
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