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A restriction requirement is a limitation or qualification placed on something. It can be a limitation on the use or enjoyment of property, a punishment in military law that involves moral and legal restraint, or a ruling in patent law that requires an applicant to choose one invention to continue prosecuting under the original application. This means that the applicant must abandon some of the original claims and may defend the remaining claims, abandon any nonelected invention, or continue prosecuting any nonelected invention under a separate application.
A restriction requirement is a limitation or qualification placed on something. It can refer to:
For example, if a homeowner has a restrictive covenant in their deed that prohibits them from building any structures taller than two stories, this is a restriction requirement on their property. If a soldier is punished with a military restriction, they may be confined to a specific area but can still perform their duties. If a patent examiner issues a restriction requirement on a patent application, the applicant must choose which invention to pursue and abandon the others.