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Maca
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You probably shouldn't do this. Even if you filed it in another person's name, you would still be the inventor (who must also satisfy the application filing limit).

37 CFR 1.29(a) requires (emphasis added):

(a) To establish micro entity status under this paragraph, the applicant must certify that: ...

(2) Neither the applicant nor the inventor nor a joint inventor has been named as the inventor or a joint inventor on more than four previously filed patent applications, other than applications filed in another country, provisional applications under 35 U.S.C. 111(b), or international applications for which the basic national fee under 35 U.S.C. 41(a) was not paid;

MPEP § 509.04(a) provides a bit of extra discussion:

All such applications naming the inventor or a joint inventor are counted toward the application filing limit, whether the applications were filed before, on, or after March 19, 2013. Further, it does not matter whether the previously filed applications are pending, patented, or abandoned; they are still included when counting to determine whether the application filing limit has been reached.

It therefore seems quite clear that you would not satisfy the requirements for claiming micro entity status.

The consequences of claiming the wrong entity status can be dire. There are a number of examples in the past relating to wrongly claimed small entity status, where the patents were consequently enforceable. I would assume the outcome would be no different for wrongly claiming micro entity status.

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