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Prior to filing, no interview is permitted. However, in the examiner"s discretion, a limited amount of time may be spent in indicating the field of search to an attorney, searcher or inventor.
A request for an interview prior to the first Office action is ordinarily granted in continuing or substitute applications. A request for an interview in all other applications before the first action is untimely and will not be acknowledged if written, or granted if oral. 37 CFR 1.133(a).
Search in the Technology Center art unit should be permitted only with the consent of a primary examiner.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cannot act as an expounder of the patent law, nor as a *>counselor< for individuals.
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