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USPTO MPEP › Chapter 0200 - Types and Status of Application; Benefit and Priority Claims › MPEP § 201.06(b)
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37 CFR 1.62 was deleted effective December 1, 1997. See 1203 O.G. 63, October
21, 1997. A request for a continuation or divisional application filed under
former 37 CFR 1.62 on or after December 1, 1997, in an application that was filed
on or after June 8, 1995, will be treated as a request for continued examination
(RCE) under 37 CFR 1.114, see MPEP 706.07(h), paragraph IV. A request filed on or
after December 1, 1997, under former 37 CFR 1.62 for a continuation-in-part (CIP)
application, or for a continuation or divisional of an application having a filing
date before June 8, 1995, will be treated as an improper application.
All continuation, divisional and CIP applications filed under former 37 CFR
1.62 prior to December 1, 1997, will continue to be processed and examined under
the procedures set forth in former 37 CFR 1.62. For more information pertaining to
practice and procedure under former 37 CFR 1.62, see MPEP § 201.06(b) in the MPEP
8th Edition, Rev. 1 (February 2003)(available on the USPTO website at
www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep.htm
).
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