MPEP Section 508, Distribution

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508 Distribution [R-2]

**>All applications filed on or after June 30, 2003, are electronically scanned and loaded into the Image File Wrapper (IFW) system. Once documents are loaded into the IFW system, examiners, technical support staff, and other Office personnel will perform further processing and examination using the IFW system.

For handling of models, exhibits, and specimen,< see MPEP § 608.03 and § 608.03(a).