MPEP SECTION SUMMARY

An interference will not be declared involving a national application under secrecy order. When the secrecy order expires, the interference may then be called.

If an application under secrecy order has claims that interfere with an application not under secrecy order, then the application not under secrecy order should be allowed. An interference may be suggested with the application under secrecy order once the secrecy order has been lifted.