1.131 or 1.132 affidavit

Q) 1.131 and 1.132 Affidavits (MPEP 700, In Progress*)

Question asking who can sign a 1.132 petition showing that a previous invention was not by another.

The subject matter of the question is “Application A” and “Patent X”.

The answer choices included variations of: declarations or statements from:

A) the owner of Application A,

B) the inventor of Application A,

C) the inventor of Patent X,

D) the attorney, and

E) there was another choice.

2 answers were accepted because the inventor is in a position to have the best knowledge

of ownership of the invention – or something along those lines – but the original correct answer was

the attorney can send in a statement.