How are reissue applications examined compared to original applications?
Reissue applications are examined in the same manner as original, non-reissue, non-provisional applications. This is explicitly stated in 37 CFR 1.176, which says that a reissue application, “including all the claims therein, is subject to ‘be examined in the same manner as a non-reissue, non-provisional application.'”
This means that examiners will apply the same level of scrutiny and use the same examination procedures for reissue applications as they would for any other patent application.
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