Paper [Patents] Law and Legal Definition
According to 37 CFR 1.9 (k) [Title 37 -- Patents, Trademarks, And Copyrights; Chapter I -- United States Patent And Trademark Office, Department Of Commerce; Subchapter A – General; Part 1 -- Rules Of Practice In Patent Cases; Subpart A -- General Provisions; Patents; General Information And Correspondence], the term paper means “a document that may exist in electronic form, or in physical form, and therefore does not necessarily imply physical sheets of paper.”
