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706.02(d) Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. 102(c) - 700 Examination of Applications
706.02(d) Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. 102(c)
Under 35 U.S.C. 102(c), abandonment of the "invention" (as distinguished from abandonment of an application) results in loss of right to a patent. See MPEP § 2134 for case law which sets forth the criteria for abandonment under 35 U.S.C. 102(c).
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