Compendium: Chapter 600
Examination Practices
| Contents | ||
|---|---|---|
| 601 | What This Chapter Covers | 16 |
| 602 | General U.S. Copyright Office Examination Practices | 16 |
| 602.1 | Completion of the Application | 17 |
| 602.2 | Statutorily Required Information in the Application | 17 |
| 602.3 | Requirements for Registration of a Basic Claim | 17 |
| 602.4 | General Standards for Examination of an Application | 18 |
| 602.4(A) | The Examination Process | 18 |
| 602.4(B) | Scope of the Examination | 18 |
| 602.4(C) | No Searches or Comparison of Works | 19 |
| 602.4(D) | Factual Determinations and Administrative Notice | 19 |
| 602.5 | General Practices for Processing Information Provided in a Paper Application | 19 |
| 602.6 | General Policy Regarding Location of Information | 19 |
| 602.7 | General Practices Regarding Missing Information | 20 |
| 602.8 | General Policy Regarding Extraneous Information | 21 |
| 602.9 | General Policy Regarding Social Security Numbers, Driver's License Numbers, Credit Card Numbers, and Bank Account Numbers | 21 |
| 602.10 | General Practices Regarding Cataloging Information | 22 |
| 603 | Variances | 22 |
| 603.1 | Immaterial Variances | 22 |
| 603.2 | Material Variances Resolvable on Review of the Registration Materials as a Whole | 23 |
| 603.2(A) | Material Variances That May Be Resolved by Amending the Registration Record without Annotating or Communicating with the Applicant | 23 |
| 603.2(B) | Material Variances That May Be Resolved by Amending and Annotating the Registration Record without Communicating with the Applicant | 24 |
| 603.2(C) | Material Variances Requiring Communication with the Applicant | 24 |
| 604 | Annotations | 25 |
| 604.1 | Addressing Variances in the Registration Materials | 25 |
| 604.2 | Adding Comments to the Registration Record | 26 |
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