MPEP Section 808, Reasons for Insisting Upon Restriction

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This document contains Section 808 ("Reasons for Insisting Upon Restriction ") 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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808 Reasons for Insisting Upon Restriction [R-3]

Every requirement to restrict has two aspects: (A) the reasons (as distinguished from the mere statement of conclusion) why **>each invention< as claimed *>is< either independent or distinct >from the other(s)<; and (B) the reasons >why there would be a serious burden on the examiner if restriction is not required, i.e., the reasons< for insisting upon restriction therebetween as set forth in the following sections.