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  2. Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
  3. Chapter I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
  4. Subchapter A - GENERAL
  5. Part 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES
  6. Subpart B - National Processing Provisions
  7. Topic - Joinder of Inventions in One Application; Restriction
  8. 37 CFR § 1.145
37 CFR § 1.145
Subsequent presentation of claims for different invention
November 5, 2020
CFR

If, after an Office action on an application, the applicant presents claims directed to an invention distinct from and independent of the invention previously claimed, the applicant will be required to restrict the claims to the invention previously claimed if the amendment is entered, subject to reconsideration and review as provided in §§1.143 and 1.144.

[74 FR 52691, Oct. 14, 2009]

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