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806.04(a) Species - Genus - 800 Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting
806.04(a) Species - Genus
35 U.S.C. 121 provides that restriction may be required to one of two or more independent and distinct inventions. However, 37 CFR 1.141 provides that a reasonable number of species may still be claimed in one application if the other conditions of the rule are met.
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