MPEP Section 706.02(d), Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. 102(c)

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706.02(d) Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. 102(c)

Under 35 U.S.C. 102(c), abandonment of the "invention" (as distinguished from abandonment of an application) results in loss of right to a patent. See MPEP § 2134 for case law which sets forth the criteria for abandonment under 35 U.S.C. 102(c).