Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP

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900 Prior Art, Classification, and Search

902.04(a) Reclassification Alert Report

The Reclassification Alert Report is updated quarterly and is available online to USPTO personnel from the Classification Home Page under the heading Classification Reports. The Classification Home Page is accessible from the desktop via the Patent Examiner's Toolkit. The report numerically lists the classes and subclasses affected by classification orders which issued during the quarter, indicating if the classifications were established, abolished, or had definition changes.

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