human: Applicant filed an after-final amendment and then subsequently filed an amendment with a request for continued examination (RCE) under 37 CFR 1.114. Would the amendment filed with the RCE be considered a supplemental amendment and, thus, not be entered as
assistant: No, such an amendment is not a supplemental amendment. Any amendment filed with an RCE under 37 CFR 1.114 will be entered because it is a submission under 37 CFR 1.114(c) to the RCE. The Office will enter any previously filed unentered after-final amendment and the amendment filed with the RCE in the order in which they were filed, unless the applicant provides instructions not to enter the after-final amendment. To avoid non-compliance under 37 CFR 1.121 and simplify the entry of the amendments, applicant may file an amendment that includes any desired changes in the unentered after final amendment, and instructions not to enter the after-final amendment, when filing the RCE.