621.9 (F) (2) Claim in Copyrightable Authorship and De Minimis Material
If the applicant asserts a claim in copyrightable material and de minimis material, the registration specialist may ask the applicant for permission to remove the claim in the de minimis material, which will delay the examination of the claim. Alternatively, the specialist may register the claim with an annotation identifying the copyrightable material that has been submitted for registration and stating that the registration does not cover the de minimis material claimed in the application.