MPEP Section 815, Make Requirement Complete

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815 Make Requirement Complete [R-3]

When making a >restriction< requirement every effort should be made to have the requirement complete. If some of the claimed inventions are classifiable in another art unit and the examiner has any doubt as to the proper line among the same, the application should be referred to the examiner of the other art unit for information on that point and such examiner should render the necessary assistance.

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