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USPTO Requests Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Restriction Practice

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Sarah Fendrick -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced in a notice published in the Federal Register (75 Fed. Reg. 33584) that it is considering changes to restriction practice aimed at improving the quality and consistency of restriction requirements made by Office personnel. The USPTO has begun to solicit public comment regarding these potential changes. In particular, the Office is seeking comments on what should be included in an Office action that requires restriction, methods to expedite the process of traversing or requesting reconsideration of a restriction requirement, the treatment of Markush claims, rejoinder of non-elected claims, and...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on June 30, 2010 (boomark / email).