MPEP Section 608.02(c), Drawing Print Kept in File Wrapper

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608.02(c) Drawing Print Kept in File Wrapper [R-2]

The drawing prints must always be kept on top of the papers on the right side of the file wrapper under any bibliographic data sheet >, if the application is maintained in paper. If the application is maintained in an image file wrapper (IFW) and the drawings are photographs or in color, the original photographs or color drawings may be maintained in an artifact folder. For IFW processing, see IFW Manual<.

Applications may be sent to issue or to the Files Repository without the original drawing, if any, if the drawing cannot be located. For an application sent to issue with missing drawings, see MPEP § 608.02(z). For abandoned applications sent to the Files Repository, a notation should be made on the Contents portion of the file wrapper that the drawings were missing.

Upon initial processing, the original drawings are placed in the center portion of the application file wrapper under the specification >, if the application is maintained in paper,< and the executed oath or declaration by the Scanning Division.