15-29
Ch. 15
15.3.3
15.3.3
15.3.3
Certified copies of correspondence(cont'd)
I.
(cont'd)
a.
(cont'd)
connection with the correspondence. It does not include examiners' recommendations, etc.
b.
The correspondence must generally relate directly to a completed registration or to a recorded document.
1.
Where a particular letter concerns more than one subject, only that part relating
directly to a registration or recordation will be copied.2.
Correspondence dealing with a pending or rejected application will be furnished only when authorized by the claimant or his agent, or when a written request shows "good cause" for opening the file and "establishes that the person making the request is one properly and directly concerned." (37 C.F. R. § 201.2(c)(2)(ii)).
c.
Any request for copies of correspondence must contain a statement from which the Office can determine that the writer is a person "properly and directly concerned," and must identify the specific material desired (37 C.F.R. §201.2(d)(3)).
II.
The task of determining what correspondence can be copied is entrusted to the Chief of the Reference Division. He has the responsibility of determining what pieces of correspondence the applicant wishes copied and, of those, which he is entitled to have copied.
