MPEP Section 608.02(x), ** Drawing Corrections

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This document contains Section 608.02(x) ("** Drawing Corrections") of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (the "M.P.E.P."), Eighth Edition, Eighth Revision (July 2010). This page was last updated in January 2011. You may return to the section index to find a particular section. Alternatively, you may search the MPEP using the search box that appears on the left side of every page of BitLaw--you may restrict your search to the MPEP on the search results page.

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608.02(x) ** Drawing Corrections >or Changes Accepted Unless Notified Otherwise< [R-2]

**>Drawing corrections or changes will be entered at the time they are presented, unless applicant is notified to the contrary by the examiner in the action following the amended drawing submission.<

CORRECTION **>OR CHANGE NOT ACCEPTED<

Where the **>corrected or changed drawing is not accepted<, for example, because the *>submitted corrections or< changes are erroneous, or involve new matter or ** do not include all necessary corrections, the >applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The <examiner should explicitly and clearly set forth all the reasons for not approving the corrections to the drawings in the next communication to the applicant. See MPEP § 608.02(p) for suggested form paragraphs that may be used by examiners to notify applicants of drawing corrections.