MPEP Section 2226, Initial Processing of Request >

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2226 Initial Processing of Request >for Ex Parte Reexamination< [R-2]

The opening of all mail marked "*>Mail Stop Ex Parte< Reexam," and all initial clerical processing of requests for reexamination, will be performed by the reexamination preprocessing staff in the Office of Patent Legal Administration, Central Reexamination Unit.