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§ 41.101 Notice of proceeding. - Appendix R Patent Rules
§ 41.101 Notice of proceeding.
(a) Notice of a contested case will be sent to every party to the proceeding. The entry of the notice initiates the proceeding.
(b) When the Board is unable to provide actual notice of a contested case on a party through the correspondence address of record for the party, the Board may authorize other modes of notice, including:
(1) Sending notice to another address associated with the party, or
(2) Publishing the notice in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[Added, 69 FR 49959, Aug. 12, 2004, effective Sept. 13, 2004]
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