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S-34
1)
Registration has been made in Class A, the copies bear a series title, an issue number, and a date including a month and previous registrations have been made in Class B.
2)
Registration has been made in Class B and the copies bear no indication whatever of serial publication made under the same general title, or that they are serial publications regularly registered in Class A.
M.
Examiner's Initials.
1.
The cataloger need not check for the presence of the examiner's initials on the application, and should normally refer to them only when it is necessary to determine whether a case has been numbered without any examination.
2.
If the cataloger notes any consistent failure to initial applications, he should call the matter to the attention of the appropriate Examining Division Section Head.
N.
Deposit Copies.
1.
A case should be referred if the deposit copies are so incomplete, mutilated, or non-identical that the validity of the registration is open to doubt.
2.
Minor discrepancies or differences between the copies shou1d not call for a referral, and a case should not be referred when the only difference between the copies is in color.
3.
A case should not be referred because the cataloger knows of the existence of a better edition of the work, unless there was also clear reason, on the face of the application or copies, for the examiner to know of its existence at the time of registration.
