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Manual of Patent
Examining Procedure (MPEP)
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(a) All elements of the international application (i.e., the request, the description, the claims, the drawings, and the abstract) shall be so presented as to admit of direct reproduction by photography, electrostatic processes, photo offset, and microfilming, in any number of copies.
(b) All sheets shall be free from creases and cracks; they shall not be folded.
(c) Only one side of each sheet shall be used.
(d) Subject to Rule 11.10(d) and Rule 11.13(j), each sheet shall be used in an upright position (i.e., the short sides at the top and bottom).
All elements of the international application shall be on paper which shall be flexible, strong, white, smooth, non-shiny, and durable.
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