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608 Disclosure [R-2] - 600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
608 Disclosure [R-2]
In return for a patent, the inventor gives as consideration a complete revelation or disclosure of the invention for which protection is sought. All amendments or claims must find descriptive basis in the original disclosure, or they involve new matter. Applicant may rely for disclosure upon the specification with original claims and drawings, as filed. See also **>37 CFR 1.121(f)< and MPEP § 608.04.
If during the course of examination of a patent application, an examiner notes the use of language that could be deemed offensive to any race, religion, sex, ethnic group, or nationality, he or she should object to the use of the language as failing to comply with the Rules of Practice. 37 CFR 1.3 proscribes the presentation of papers which are lacking in decorum and courtesy. There is a further basis for objection in that the inclusion of such proscribed language in a Federal Government publication would not be in the public interest. Also, the inclusion in application drawings of any depictions or caricatures that might reasonably be considered offensive to any group should be similarly objected to, on like authority.
*>An application should not be classified for publication under 35 U.S.C. 122(b) and an< examiner should not pass the application to issue until such language or drawings have been deleted, or questions relating to the propriety thereof fully resolved.
For design application practice, see MPEP § 1504.
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