621.9 (E) (3) Claim in Uncopyrightable Material: Deposit Copy(ies) Contain Copyrightable Authorship
If the deposit copy(ies) contain copyrightable material and if the applicant only asserts a claim in material that is uncopyrightable, the registration specialist may communicate with the applicant, which will delay the examination of the claim. Alternatively, the specialist may register the claim with an annotation describing the copyrightable material contained in the deposit copy(ies) and indicating that the registration does not cover the uncopyrightable material.