The last two entries in Section 8 are confusing, and I’m not sure, if these are errors, just what they’re saying is right:

The annotated application part should NOT be indexed using the document description “Applicant Arguments/Remarks Made in Amendment.”

OK, I’ll buy that. I’d assume that would mean that annotated application parts (“annotated” meaning “marked up to show changes”, I assume) should be indexed as whatever they are – claims as claims, specification as specification, etc. BUT look at the next line…

Only the formal “clean copy” of the application part should be indexed using the application part document

Take claims as an example – there’s no requirement to submit “clean” claims any more, so the only claims you submit with an office action reply are the marked-up ones (i.e. marked up with strikethrough and underline). We’ve always indexed those claims as “claims”, but this seems to say that since they’re annotated they shouldn’t be indexed as “claims”. OK, but the previous note said they’re not “Applicant Arguments/Remarks Made in Amendment.”, which seems right. So, if they’re not “claims” or “arguments”, what else should they be?