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Requirement for Information An examiner, particularly in a trademark action, may require more information to continue with the prosecution of the application. This may be clarification of a whether a facial representation relates to a living individual, the meaning of foreign language words or characters, or the what initials represent.

Restriction A restriction is a requirement by an examiner that occurs when a single application has more than one independent and distinct invention.

Right of priority of an application Patent applications when filed around the world create a priority date that can by claimed benefit of by later-filed applications in other countries. Effectively the first date is used as the date of the second application for the purposes of defeating references.