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c.
A Clue should not be referred where the appli­cation apparently contains an adequate state­ment of a renewal claimant and. there is no obvious conflict between this statement and the facts appearing on the face of that par­ticular application.
1)

A case should not be referred even though the statement of the claimant's name may contain errors in spelling or

may vary in some detail from the author­ship statement appearing elsewhere on the form.
Examples where referrals should not be made:
a)
Mrs. Peter C. Ormsbie, claiming as widow of "Peter C. Ormsby."
b)
Claimant stated as: Thomas Lane Boone
Author of Renewable Matter stated. as: Kentucky Boone.
c)
Teddy Otterback, claiming as next-of-kin of William Otterbuck.
2)
A case should not be referred even though the cataloger may note that the claimant's name is in conflict with other renewal appl1cations submitted earlier or at the same time, or may have reason to believe that the claimant named is dead or no longer in existence.
3)
Where the exmainer notes a discrepancy in the name of the renewal claimant which he feels is not sufficiently important to correspond about, he should add a light pencil check to the appropriate space on the form, to show that the d1fficulty has been noted.
2.
Address of Claimant. See Item II. A. 2., above.