37 C.F.R. § 1.312 Amendments after allowance.
Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
No amendment may be made as a matter of right in an application after the mailing of the notice of allowance. Any amendment filed pursuant to this section must be filed before or with the payment of the issue fee, and may be entered on the recommendation of the primary examiner, approved by the Director, without withdrawing the application from issue. [65 FR 14873, Mar. 20, 2000]
Title 37: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES
Subpart B—National Processing Provisions
Allowance and Issue of Patent
§ 1.312 Amendments after allowance.