Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP

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800 Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting

802.02 Definition of Restriction

Restriction is the practice of requiring an applicant to elect a single claimed invention (e.g., a combination or subcombination invention, a product or process invention, a species within a genus) for examination when two or more independent inventions and/or two or more distinct inventions are claimed in an application.

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