37 CFR 1.143 — Reconsideration of requirement
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
If the applicant disagrees with the requirement for restriction, he may request reconsideration and withdrawal or modification of the requirement, giving the reasons therefor. (See § 1.111 .) In requesting reconsideration the applicant must indicate a provisional election of one invention for prosecution, which invention shall be the one elected in the event the requirement becomes final. The requirement for restriction will be reconsidered on such a request. If the requirement is repeated and made final, the examiner will at the same time act on the claims to the invention elected.
Cited authority
Cited by
- 1504.05 Restriction
- 1893.03(d) Unity of Invention
- 2920.05(b) One Independent and Distinct Design
- 809.02(a) Election of Species Required
- 810 Action on the Merits
- 817 Outline of Letter for Restriction Requirement
- 818.01 Election in Reply to a Restriction Requirement: Express
- 818.01(a) Reply Must be Complete
- 818.01(b) Election is Required, Even When Requirement Is Traversed
- 821 Treatment of Claims Held To Be Drawn to Nonelected Inventions
- 821.03 Claims for Different Invention Added After an Office Action
- 37 CFR 1.145 Subsequent presentation of claims for different invention
- 37 CFR 1.499 Unity of invention during the national stage