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Harriet filed a nonprovisional patent application in the USPTO containing a written assertion of small entity status. Based upon the USPTO rules and the procedures set forth in the MPEP, which of the following statements is correct?
A If Harriet files a related, continuing application wherein small entity status is appropriate and desired, it will not be necessary to specifically establish assertion of such status in the continuing application. B If Harriet files a related, reissue application wherein small entity status is appropriate and desired, it will be necessary to specifically establish assertion of such status in the reissue application. C If Harriet files a related, divisional application under 37 CFR 1.53, wherein small entity status is appropriate and desired, it will not be necessary to specifically establish assertion of such status in the divisional application. D If Harriet refiles her application as a continued prosecution application under 37 CFR 1.53(d), wherein small entity status is appropriate and desired, it will not be necessary to specifically establish assertion of such status in the continued prosecution application. E If Harriet subsequently assigns her rights to another party for whom small entity status is appropriate and desired, it will be necessary to specifically re-establish assertion of such status.