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F.
Facts of Original Registration.
1.
A case should be referred where the original registration number, or either the date of publication or date of registration, have been omitted from the renewal application. A case should not be referred because of omission of the name of the original copyright claimant.
2.
Where, in the ordinary course of cataloging, the cataloger notes a discrepancy or obvious error in the number or date given in the referral application, he should refer the case. A case should not be referred for discrepencies involving the name of the original copyright claimant.
3.
A case should be referred where the spaces for both the date of publication and date of registration have been filled in or where the date obviously appears in the wrong l1ne.
G.
Deposit Account, Correspondence, Return Address and Signature.
These lines may be ignored as far as referrals are concerned.
These lines may be ignored as far as referrals are concerned.
H.
Date and Fee Boxes.
1.
The cataloger should make no special effort to determine whether the renewal application has been filed within the statutory time limits.
2.
It the cataloger in the ordinary course of cataloging, notes a clear error or omission in the date and fee boxes, or notes that the application has been received too early or too late for renewal registration, he should refer the case.
I.
Examiner's Initials. See Item II. M., above.
