...information to the Office and the criteria for striking an application when that duty is violated". "Where there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable...examiner would consider it important in deciding whether or not to allow the application to issue as a patent," the duty of disclosure requires that information,...

...inventor or with the assignee or the like. All such individuals have a duty to disclose to the PTO information they are aware of which is material to the examination of the application.96 Rule 6597 provides for an acknowledgment of the duty of disclosure by the applicant...

...the scope of the duty may be appropriate. Under rule 1.56, it is necessary to disclose information "where there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable examiner would consider it Important", even if the information in fact would not affect whether a patent should issue. It is exceedingly difficult...

...associated with the inventor, with the assignee or with anyone to whom there is an obligation to assign the application. All such individuals have a duty...aware of which is material to the examination of the application.807 There must be clear and convincing proof of the inequitable conduct.808 Inequitable...

...clear. Before the 1992 revision, the PTO's regulations deemed information material whenever there was a "substantial likelihood that a reasonable examiner...deciding whether to allow the application to issue as a patent."101 The Federal Circuit endorsed this standard, having concluded that it was the most appropriate...

...addition to prior art found through a patent examiner's efforts, applicants are encouraged to submit any information they are aware of which is material to the examination of the application. All of these search tools are used by examiners in the examination of patent applications claiming...

...information or made an affirmative misrepresentation resulting from an intent to mislead the PTO.173 information is material where there is a substantial...likelihood that a reasonable examiner would consider the withheld or misrepresented fact important in deciding whether to allow the application to issue...

...associated with the inventor, with the assignee or with anyone to whom there is an obligation to assign the application. All such individuals have a duty...aware of which is material to the examination of the application.596 There must be clear and convincing proof of the inequitable conduct.597 Inequitable...

...associated with the inventor, with the assignee or with anyone to whom there is an obligation to assign the application. All such individuals have a duty...information is material where there is a substantial likeliTitle 37 — Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights hood that a reasonable examiner would consider...