MPEP § 2812 — Initial Processing of a Request for Supplemental Examination (Annotated Rules)
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Initial Processing of a Request for Supplemental Examination
This section addresses Initial Processing of a Request for Supplemental Examination.
Source Text from USPTO’s MPEP
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Official MPEP § 2812 — Initial Processing of a Request for Supplemental Examination
Source: USPTO2812 Initial Processing of a Request for Supplemental Examination [R-11.2013]
All processing of requests for supplemental examination and of other papers filed in a supplemental examination proceeding and in any resulting ex parte reexamination proceeding will be performed by the staff of the Central Reexamination Unit.