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37 CFR § 1.97(e)(2)(e)A statement under this section must state . . .(2)[t]hat no item of information contained in the informationdisclosure statement was cited in a communication from aforeign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and, tothe knowledge of the person signing the certification aftermaking reasonable inquiry, no item of information contained inthe information disclosure statement was known to anyindividual designated in § 1.56(c) more than three months priorto the filing of the information disclosure statement.The Narrow Scope of Current 37 CFR § 1.97(e): A Root Cause of Numerous RCE Filings | March 6, 2013 4