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83 1 SEC. 8. PREISSUANCE SUBMISSIONS BY THIRD PARTIES. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 122 of title 35, United 3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing: 5 ‘‘(e) PREISSUANCE SUBMISSIONS BY THIRD PAR- 6 TIES.— 7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any third party may sub- 8 mit for consideration and inclusion in the record of 9 a patent application, any patent, published patent 10 application, or other printed publication of potential 11 relevance to the examination of the application, if 12 such submission is made in writing before the earlier 13 of— 14 ‘‘(A) the date a notice of allowance under 15 section 151 is given or mailed in the application 16 for patent; or 17 ‘‘(B) the later of— 18 ‘‘(i) 6 months after the date on which 19 the application for patent is first published 20 under section 122 by the Office, or 21 ‘‘(ii) the date of the first rejection 22 under section 132 of any claim by the ex- 23 aminer during the examination of the ap- 24 plication for patent. 25 ‘‘(2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Any submission 26 under paragraph (1) shall— •HR 1249 EH