MPEP § 504 — Assignment of Application for Examination (Annotated Rules)
This page consolidates and annotates all enforceable requirements under MPEP § 504, including statutory authority, regulatory rules, examiner guidance, and practice notes. It is provided as guidance, with links to the ground truth sources. This is information only, it is not legal advice.
Assignment of Application for Examination
This section addresses Assignment of Application for Examination.
Source Text from USPTO’s MPEP
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Official MPEP § 504 — Assignment of Application for Examination
Source: USPTO504 Assignment of Application for Examination [R-07.2022]
The Patents Service for Time and Application Routing (PSTAR) program assigns each nonprovisional application to an examiner. Provisional applications will not be examined.