1. Regulations
  2. title 37
  3. chapter I
  4. part 1
  5. subpart B
  6. subjgrp 91
  7. § 1.144

View all text of Subjgrp 91 [§ 1.141 - § 1.146]

§ 1.144 - Petition from requirement for restriction.

After a final requirement for restriction, the applicant, in addition to making any reply due on the remainder of the action, may petition the Director to review the requirement. Petition may be deferred until after final action on or allowance of claims to the invention elected, but must be filed not later than appeal. A petition will not be considered if reconsideration of the requirement was not requested (see § 1.181).

[62 FR 53195, Oct. 10, 1997]

AUTHORITY: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), unless otherwise noted.

SOURCE: 24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 37 CFR 1.144