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905.05 Application File Location - 900 Prior Art, Classification, Search
905.05 Application File Location
All files should be returned promptly to their proper location.
Whenever an application file is moved from one PALM location to another; e.g., removed from a Technology Center's (TC) central files or moved from one examiner to another, the PALM record should be updated with its current location. The appropriate bar code transaction should be performed. For example, if the examiner to whom the application is docketed obtains it, he/she should perform PALM transaction 1023 by pressing the F2 key on the bar code reader (BCR) and scanning the bar code label of the file with the light wand of the BCR. If an examiner other than the one to whom the application is docketed obtains the file, he/she should perform transaction 1036 which requires the input of his/her art unit number and his/her employee number before the label is scanned. All files should be returned promptly to their proper location.
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