37 CFR 1.312
§ 1.312 Amendments after allowance.
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- 37 CFR 1.312, § 1.312 Amendments after allowance, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/161973
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No amendment may be made as a matter of right in an application after the mailing of the notice of allowance. Any amendment filed pursuant to this section must be filed before or with the payment of the issue fee, and may be entered on the recommendation of the primary examiner, approved by the Director, without withdrawing the application from issue.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.