{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-4.5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 4.5","heading":"Notice by publication.","body":"If the copy of the complaint that is mailed to the invention promoter is returned undelivered, then the USPTO will primarily publish a Notice of Complaint Received on the USPTO's Internet home page at http://www.uspto.gov. Only where the USPTO's Web site is unavailable for publication will the USPTO publish the Notice of Complaint in the Official Gazette and/or the Federal Register. The invention promoter will be given 30 days from such notice to submit a reply to the Notice of Complaint. If the USPTO does not receive a reply from the invention promoter within 30 days, the complaint alone will become publicly available.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 4—COMPLAINTS REGARDING INVENTION PROMOTERS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"2e06623ad42b7e1131ba9ad7876d838a3d9ae7bfc610d155ca384973f69fe95c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-4.4","next":"us/37-cfr-4.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}