---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 41.109"
title: "37"
number: "41.109"
heading: "Access to and copies of Office records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/41.109"
---

# §41.109. Access to and copies of Office records.

- (a) **Request for access or copies.** Any request from a party for access to or copies of Office records directly related to a contested case must be filed with the Board. The request must precisely identify the records and in the case of copies include the appropriate fee set under [§ 1.19(b)](/cfr/37/1.19.md?p=b) of this title.
- (b) **Authorization of access and copies.** Access and copies will ordinarily only be authorized for the following records:
  - (1) The application file for an involved patent;
  - (2) An involved application; and
  - (3) **An application for which a party has been accorded benefit under subpart E of this part.**
- (c) **Missing or incomplete copies.** If a party does not receive a complete copy of a record within 21 days of the authorization, the party must promptly notify the Board.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 3(a)(2)(A), 21, 23, 32, 41, 134, 135, and Public Law 112-29.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 50003, Aug. 12, 2004, unless otherwise noted.