What types of applications are considered ‘new’ under MPEP 203.01?

According to MPEP 203.01, only nonprovisional applications can be considered ‘new’. The section states: A ‘new’ application is a nonprovisional application that has not yet received an action by the examiner. This means that provisional applications, which are place-holder applications that don’t get examined, are not classified as ‘new’ applications under this definition. Only nonprovisional…

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