A reservation for a future application of subject matter disclosed but not claimed in a pending application will not be permitted in the pending application, but an application disclosing unclaimed subject matter may contain a reference to a later filed application of the same applicant or owned by a common assignee disclosing and claiming that subject matter.
The Drawings
Authority: Secs. 1.81 to 1.88 also issued under 35 U.S.C. 113.