{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-1.143","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 1.143","heading":"Reconsideration of requirement.","body":"If the applicant disagrees with the requirement for restriction, he may request reconsideration and withdrawal or modification of the requirement, giving the reasons therefor. (See § 1.111.) In requesting reconsideration the applicant must indicate a provisional election of one invention for prosecution, which invention shall be the one elected in the event the requirement becomes final The requirement for restriction will be reconsidered on such a request. If the requirement is repeated and made final the examiner will at the same time act on the claims to the invention elected.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES","Subpart B—National Processing Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"39e38675cec7ddd6c12c5d32a7ad882098c8c1f4f2729d057e62166430d23eab","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-1.142","next":"us/37-cfr-1.144"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}