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706.02(d) Rejections Under Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(c)
This MPEP section is not applicable to applications subject to examination under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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Under pre-AIA 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.