Effective immediately, petitioners may submit a Search Disclosure Declaration (SDD) that explains, in detail: • the databases and repositories in which the asserted prior art was located, • the general search approach, search terms, filters, queries, or classification pathways employed, • other analytics or publicly accessible resources consulted, • the amount of time spent on the search, and • the amount of time spent reviewing search results. A petitioner may further provide any other information relevant to its search methodology. An SDD submission is entirely voluntary. A petitioner who does not provide an SDD will not be disadvantaged. The voluntary submission of an SDD will be considered as a non-exclusive, non-dispositive favorable discretionary factor supporting institution, particularly where the SDD reveals new or underutilized pathways relevant to Office search practice.