{"section":{"filename":"s817.html","chapter":"800","section_number":"817","title":"Outline of Letter for Restriction Requirement","revision_tag":"R-07.2022","bytes":60258,"sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330","subsection_count":0,"max_depth":0,"subsections":[]},"quality":"structured","cited_authorities":{"file_section":"817","cases":[],"statutes":[{"key":"us_usc:35:121","slug":"35-usc-121","canonical_citation":"35 U.S.C. 121","mentions":1}],"cross_references":[{"key":"mpep:806","section_number":"806","title":"Determination of Distinctness or Independence of Claimed Inventions","exists":true,"mentions":1},{"key":"mpep:809","section_number":"809","title":"Linking Claims","exists":true,"mentions":1}],"form_paragraphs":[]},"structured_data":{"nodes":[{"id":"se_7tm3jsxw","node_type":"section","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/se_7tm3jsxw","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-07.2022","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"","rendered_text_plain":"","provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"d0e106865","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"},"akn_urn":"/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!sec_817","canonical_url":"https://mpep.io/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!sec_817","section_number":"817","chapter":"800","depth":0,"title":"Outline of Letter for Restriction Requirement","revision_tag":"R-07.2022","children_ids":["pb_uh64cult","pb_iwfi44zy","ls_7rjgst7i","pb_6wndrv6e","fp_dw5xnze2","fp_5k563euw","fp_xwjtdvzo","fp_arjr5xl5","pb_ngdcvs2z","ls_7a4tawdw","ls_2mnu32wg","pb_2hdftdoe","fp_y3odky4z","pb_brie4mgb","fp_7lmsmugj","fp_u5n7yypv","fp_memyiisx","pb_vybwuarc","fp_e4lp2mct"]},{"id":"pb_uh64cult","node_type":"prose_block","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/pb_uh64cult","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-07.2022","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"<p id=\"d0e106869\">The following outline should be used to set forth a requirement to\n                        restrict.\n                     </p>","rendered_text_plain":"The following outline should be used to set forth a requirement to restrict.","provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"d0e106869","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"},"kind":"narrative","host_section_id":"se_7tm3jsxw"},{"id":"pb_iwfi44zy","node_type":"prose_block","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/pb_iwfi44zy","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-07.2022","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"OUTLINE OF RESTRICTION REQUIREMENT","rendered_text_plain":"OUTLINE OF RESTRICTION REQUIREMENT","provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"d0e106865/text.0","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"},"kind":"informal_heading","host_section_id":"se_7tm3jsxw","heading_level":2,"heading_text":"OUTLINE OF RESTRICTION REQUIREMENT"},{"id":"li_e53oqm4x","node_type":"list_item","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/li_e53oqm4x","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-07.2022","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"<li id=\"d0e106883\" class=\"nobull\">(1) Identify each group by Roman numeral.</li>","rendered_text_plain":"(1) Identify each group by Roman numeral.","provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"d0e106883","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"},"enumerator_label":"(1)","enumerator_ordinal":0,"parent_list_id":"ls_bdxjcc5m"},{"id":"li_uetctz36","node_type":"list_item","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/li_uetctz36","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-07.2022","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"<li id=\"d0e106887\" class=\"nobull\">(2) List claims in each group. 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Claim <b id=\"\">[1]</b>, drawn to\n                           <b id=\"\"> [2]</b>, classified in <b id=\"\"> [3]</b>.\n                        </p><p id=\"fp-pt-d417e30\">II. Claim <b id=\"\">[4]</b>, drawn to\n                           <b id=\"\">[5]</b>, classified <b id=\"\">[6]</b>.\n                        </p>","placeholders":[{"index":1,"position_in_text":89,"inferred_slot_type":null},{"index":2,"position_in_text":103,"inferred_slot_type":null},{"index":3,"position_in_text":122,"inferred_slot_type":null},{"index":4,"position_in_text":137,"inferred_slot_type":null},{"index":5,"position_in_text":151,"inferred_slot_type":null},{"index":6,"position_in_text":167,"inferred_slot_type":null}],"appears_in_section_ids":["se_7tm3jsxw"]},{"id":"fp_5k563euw","node_type":"form_paragraph","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/fp_5k563euw","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-07.2022","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"","rendered_text_plain":"","provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.09","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"},"akn_urn":"/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!fp_8_09","canonical_url":"https://mpep.io/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!fp_8_09","form_paragraph_number":"8.09","title":"Restriction, 3rd Grouping","body_html":"<p id=\"fp-pt-d418e9\">III. Claim <b id=\"\">[1]</b>, drawn to\n                           <b id=\"\">[2]</b>, classified in <b id=\"\">[3]</b>.\n                        </p>","placeholders":[{"index":1,"position_in_text":11,"inferred_slot_type":null},{"index":2,"position_in_text":25,"inferred_slot_type":null},{"index":3,"position_in_text":44,"inferred_slot_type":null}],"appears_in_section_ids":["se_7tm3jsxw"]},{"id":"fp_xwjtdvzo","node_type":"form_paragraph","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/fp_xwjtdvzo","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-07.2022","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"","rendered_text_plain":"","provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.10","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"},"akn_urn":"/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!fp_8_10","canonical_url":"https://mpep.io/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!fp_8_10","form_paragraph_number":"8.10","title":"Restriction, 4th Grouping","body_html":"<p id=\"fp-pt-d419e9\">IV. Claim <b id=\"\">[1]</b>, drawn to\n                           <b id=\"\">[2]</b>, classified in <b id=\"\">[3]</b>.\n                        </p>","placeholders":[{"index":1,"position_in_text":10,"inferred_slot_type":null},{"index":2,"position_in_text":24,"inferred_slot_type":null},{"index":3,"position_in_text":43,"inferred_slot_type":null}],"appears_in_section_ids":["se_7tm3jsxw"]},{"id":"fp_arjr5xl5","node_type":"form_paragraph","corpus_id":"mpep-e9r01-2024-html","opaque_url":"https://mpep.io/n/fp_arjr5xl5","effective_range":{"start_revision":"R-07.2022","end_revision":null},"rendered_text_html":"","rendered_text_plain":"","provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.11","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"},"akn_urn":"/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!fp_8_11","canonical_url":"https://mpep.io/akn/us/statement/manual/uspto/2024/mpep/eng@2024-02-29!fp_8_11","form_paragraph_number":"8.11","title":"Restriction, Additional Groupings","body_html":"<p id=\"fp-pt-d420e9\"><b id=\"\">[1]</b>. 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id=\"d0e107234\">Form paragraphs <b><a href=\"#fp8.14\">8.14</a></b>-<b><a href=\"#fp8.20.02\">8.20.02</a></b> may be used\n                        as appropriate to set forth the reasons for the holding of independence or distinctness.\n                        Form paragraph <b><a href=\"#fp8.13\">8.13</a></b> may be used as a heading.\n                     </p>","rendered_text_plain":"Form paragraphs 8.14-8.20.02 may be used as appropriate to set forth the reasons for the holding of independence or distinctness. 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To reserve a right to petition, the election must be made with traverse. If\n                           the reply does not distinctly and specifically point out supposed errors in the restriction\n                           requirement, the election shall be treated as an election without traverse. Traversal must be\n                           presented at the time of election in order to be considered timely. Failure to timely traverse\n                           the requirement will result in the loss of right to petition under <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e324143\">37 CFR 1.144</a></b>. If claims\n                           are added after the election, applicant must indicate which of these claims are readable upon\n                           the elected invention.\n                        </p><p id=\"chFPC_d22743_26002_279\">Should applicant traverse on the ground that the\n                           inventions are not patentably distinct, applicant should submit evidence or identify such\n                           evidence now of record showing the inventions to be obvious variants or clearly admit on the\n                           record that this is the case. 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Under <b><a href=\"mpep-9015-appx-l.html#d0e302376\">35 U.S.C. 101</a></b>, more than\n                           one patent may not be issued on the same invention.\n                        </p><p id=\"ch700_d2274b_223ba_88\">The USPTO may not institute a derivation proceeding in the\n                           absence of a timely filed petition. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office normally will not\n                           institute a derivation proceeding between applications or a patent and an application having\n                           common ownership (see <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#ar_d1fd69_18c8a_3bb\">37 CFR 42.411</a></b>). 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A request to correct inventorship under <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#d0e317941\">37 CFR 1.48(a)</a></b> must be\n                           accompanied by an application data sheet in accordance with <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#aia_d0e320348\">37 CFR 1.76</a></b> that\n                           identifies each inventor by his or her legal name and by the processing fee required under\n                           <b><a href=\"mpep-9020-appx-r.html#eff_20130320_d0e315546\">37 CFR\n                                 1.17(i)</a></b>.\n                        </p>","placeholders":[],"appears_in_section_ids":["se_7tm3jsxw"]}],"edges":[{"id":"e_rwbu3tc6","edge_type":"cites-statute","source_id":"li_2bw7ntyd","target_id":"st_242h5gvo","properties":{"citation_text":"35 U.S.C. 121","specificity":"section","source_offset":{"start":77,"end":90}},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"d0e106877","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}},{"id":"e_yswghbwv","edge_type":"appears-in","source_id":"fp_dw5xnze2","target_id":"se_7tm3jsxw","properties":{"insertion_anchor":"fp8.08","hosting_chapter":"800"},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.08","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}},{"id":"e_sbqapdhi","edge_type":"appears-in","source_id":"fp_5k563euw","target_id":"se_7tm3jsxw","properties":{"insertion_anchor":"fp8.09","hosting_chapter":"800"},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.09","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}},{"id":"e_i373lpom","edge_type":"appears-in","source_id":"fp_xwjtdvzo","target_id":"se_7tm3jsxw","properties":{"insertion_anchor":"fp8.10","hosting_chapter":"800"},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.10","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}},{"id":"e_iyftrvvz","edge_type":"appears-in","source_id":"fp_arjr5xl5","target_id":"se_7tm3jsxw","properties":{"insertion_anchor":"fp8.11","hosting_chapter":"800"},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.11","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}},{"id":"e_djcg2gor","edge_type":"cross-references","source_id":"pb_ngdcvs2z","target_id":"se_bq2sdr6p","properties":{"link_text":"MPEP § 809.02(a)","target_anchor":"d0e106019","source_offset":{"start":229,"end":245}},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"d0e107076","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}},{"id":"e_q7sgo5hb","edge_type":"cross-references","source_id":"li_uwgvtb52","target_id":"se_xdkvyu7b","properties":{"link_text":"MPEP § 806.05(c)","target_anchor":"d0e104168","source_offset":{"start":59,"end":75}},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"d0e107223","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}},{"id":"e_2sgmydsz","edge_type":"appears-in","source_id":"fp_y3odky4z","target_id":"se_7tm3jsxw","properties":{"insertion_anchor":"fp8.13","hosting_chapter":"800"},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.13","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}},{"id":"e_okzzbtot","edge_type":"appears-in","source_id":"fp_7lmsmugj","target_id":"se_7tm3jsxw","properties":{"insertion_anchor":"fp8.21","hosting_chapter":"800"},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.21","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}},{"id":"e_mlim244j","edge_type":"appears-in","source_id":"fp_u5n7yypv","target_id":"se_7tm3jsxw","properties":{"insertion_anchor":"fp8.27.aia","hosting_chapter":"800"},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.27.aia","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}},{"id":"e_q5qxnfv2","edge_type":"appears-in","source_id":"fp_memyiisx","target_id":"se_7tm3jsxw","properties":{"insertion_anchor":"fp8.28.aia","hosting_chapter":"800"},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.28.aia","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}},{"id":"e_kst77ymp","edge_type":"appears-in","source_id":"fp_e4lp2mct","target_id":"se_7tm3jsxw","properties":{"insertion_anchor":"fp8.23.02","hosting_chapter":"800"},"provenance":{"source_file":"s817.html","source_anchor":"fp8.23.02","source_sha256":"d66f7f603dfb746aaa782d275ae9632cbdc0b977e8bdd99e5e1a7f5b58f52330"}}]}}