# Changes to Continued Prosecution Application Practice
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Interim rule with request for comments. · Published 1998-02-04 · 63 FR 5732
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-2732
- **Category:** uspto-patent
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 5732
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 1998-02-04
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 980108007-8007-01
## Abstract

The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending its regulations to remove the requirement that the prior application of a continued prosecution application (CPA) must have been filed on or after June 8, 1995. This requirement is being removed in response to requests from the public.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/02/04/98-2732/changes-to-continued-prosecution-application-practice)
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