Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a final rule in the Federal Register in August of 2007 to revise the rules of practice for patent cases pertaining to continuing applications and requests for continued examination practices, and for the examination of claims in patent applications (Claims and Continuations Final Rule). The Office is revising the rules of practice in this final rule to remove the changes in the Claims and Continuations Final Rule from the Code of Federal Regulations.
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- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/10/14/E9-24667/changes-to-practice-for-continued-examination-filings-patent-applications-containing-patentably (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- 2009-10-14
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- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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