MPEP Section 707.12, Mailing

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707.12 Mailing [R-2]

Copies of the examiner's action are mailed by the Technology Center after the original, initialed by the assistant examiner and signed by the authorized signatory examiner, has been placed in the file. After the copies are mailed the original is returned for placement in the file. >For Image File Wrapper (IFW) processing, see IFW Manual section 3.7.<