MPEP § 905.01(a)(4) — Guidance Headings Found in CPC Schemes

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024 · last revised R-07.2015

Guidance headings may be provided as follows:

• (A) When a large part of a subclass relates to a common subject matter, a guidance heading indicating that subject matter may be provided at the beginning of that part.
• (B) As a title, without any associated symbol, of subject matter preceding several main groups.
• (C) To describe common subject matter of several main groups.