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203.04 Allowed or in Issue [R-2] - 200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
203.04 Allowed or in Issue [R-2]
An "allowed" nonprovisional application or an application "in issue" is one which, having been examined, is passed to issue as a patent, subject to payment of the issue fee. Its status as an "allowed" application continues from the date of the notice of allowance until it is withdrawn from issue or until it issues as a patent or becomes abandoned, as provided in 37 CFR 1.316.
The files of allowed applications are kept in the **>Office of Patent Publication. For Image File Wrapper (IFW) processing, see the IFW Manual<.
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