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Chapter 800 — Restriction
23 sections in this chapter
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801Introduction→802Basis for Restriction Practice in Statute and Rules→803Restriction — When Proper→804Definition of Double Patenting→805Effect of Improper Joinder in Patent→806Determination of Distinctness or Independence of Claimed Inventions→807Patentability Report Practice Has No Effect on Restriction Practice→808Reasons for Insisting Upon Restriction→809Linking Claims→810Action on the Merits→811Time for Making Requirement→812Who Should Make the Requirement→813[Reserved]→814Indicate Exactly How Application Is To Be Restricted→815Make Requirement Complete→816[Reserved]→817Outline of Letter for Restriction Requirement→818Election and Reply→819Office Generally Does Not Permit Shift→820[Reserved]→821Treatment of Claims Held To Be Drawn to Nonelected Inventions→822Claims to Inventions That Are Not Patentably Distinct in Plural Applications of Same Applicant or Assignee→823Unity of Invention Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty→