What guidance does MPEP 806.03 provide for voluntarily presented claims in different applications?
MPEP 806.03 offers specific guidance for situations where similar claims are voluntarily presented in different patent applications. The section states: “Where such claims are voluntarily presented in different applications having at least one common (joint) inventor or a common assignee (i.e., no restriction requirement was made by the Office), disclosing the same embodiments, see MPEP…
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