A complete claim listing is only required whenever changes are made to any claims, but a claim listing may be submitted in a reply to an Office Action where no changes are made. When a claim listing is presented where no changes are made, it would not include any claims with markings or any claims with the status identifiers of (new) or (currently amended).

Originally Published by Finnegan, December 2020

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