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Title 37 - PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTSChapter I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCESubchapter A - GENERALPart 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASESSubpart B - NATIONAL PROCESSING PROVISIONS
JOINDER OF INVENTIONS IN ONE APPLICATION; RESTRICTION
Section 1.144 - Petition from requirement for restriction

37 C.F.R. § 1.144

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Section 1.144 - Petition from requirement for restriction

After a final requirement for restriction, the applicant, in addition to making any reply due on the remainder of the action, may petition the Director to review the requirement. Petition may be deferred until after final action on or allowance of claims to the invention elected, but must be filed not later than appeal. A petition will not be considered if reconsideration of the requirement was not requested (see § 1.181 ).

37 C.F.R. §1.144

62 FR 53195, Oct. 10, 1997

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