MPEP App. AI, Section 802 – Filing of a Third Party Observation

(a) Paragraphs 40 to 45 of Annex C shall apply mutatis mutandis to the sequence listing part of an international application filed in electronic form.
(b) Tables filed in electronic form under Section 801 (a) shall comply with Annex C-bis .
(b-bis) Any International Searching Authority which requires that sequence listings be furnished in electronic form shall select from the technical requirements contained in Annex C-bis those which it will apply and it shall notify the International Bureau accordingly. The International Bureau shall promptly publish any such information in the Gazette.
(b-ter) Where sequence listings and tables are both filed in electronic form under Section 801 (a), such listings and tables shall, respectively, be contained on separate electronic carriers which shall contain no other programs or files.
(b-quater) Rules 13ter.1 and 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to any tables not complying with Annex C-bis and paragraph (b-ter).
(c) The label provided for in paragraph 44 of Annex C shall, in respect of the sequence listings and/or tables, also include, as the case may be, the following indications:
1. (i) that the sequence listings and/or tables are filed under Section 801 (a);
2. (ii) where the sequence listings and/or tables in electronic form are contained on more than one electronic carrier, the numbering of each such carrier (for example, "DISK 1/3," "DISK 2/3," "DISK 3/3");
3. (iii) where more than one copy of the sequence listings and/or tables in electronic form has been filed, the numbering of each copy (for example, "COPY 1," "COPY 2," "COPY 3").
(d) Where any correction under Rule 26.3, any rectification of an obvious error under Rule 91, or any amendment under Article 34 is submitted in respect of the sequence listings and/or tables filed, under Section 801 (a)(i) or (ii), in electronic form, replacement sequence listings and/or tables in electronic form containing the entirety of the sequence listings and/or tables with the relevant correction, rectification or amendment shall be furnished and the label referred to in paragraph (c) shall be marked accordingly (for example, "SUBMITTED FOR CORRECTION," "SUBMITTED FOR RECTIFICATION," "SUBMITTED FOR AMENDMENT"). Where the sequence listings and/or tables were filed both in electronic form and in written form under Section 801 (a)(ii), replacement sheets containing the correction, rectification or amendment in question shall also be submitted on paper.