---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 41.120"
title: "37"
number: "41.120"
heading: "Notice of basis for relief."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/41.120"
---

# §41.120. Notice of basis for relief.

- (a) The Board may require a party to provide a notice stating the relief it requests and the basis for its entitlement to relief. The Board may provide for the notice to be maintained in confidence for a limited time.
- (b) **Effect.** If a notice under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section is required, a party will be limited to filing substantive motions consistent with the notice. Ambiguities in the notice will be construed against the party. A notice is not evidence except as an admission by a party-opponent.
- (c) **Correction.** A party may move to correct its notice. The motion should be filed promptly after the party becomes aware of the basis for the correction. A correction filed after the time set for filing notices will only be entered if entry would serve the interests of justice.

## 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.