Experience Rewards for a Mixed Level Party

[Sentack]

In D&D 3.5, there was a buried rule that stated that if your character was lower level than the party average, you got a bonus to your experience gain compared to the rest of the party when experience was awarded. In other words, if a party gained 500xp for an encounter, your character might gain 550xp instead. The idea was that over time, you would 'catch up' to the rest of the party over time, with this bonus xp.

Does such a rule exist in Pathfinder? I can't find it but I don't currently own the gamemaster book, where it might be contained. Over all though, i got the impression that such a rule doesn't exist.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about and/or have any clue if this rule does exist or was clearly omitted in Pathfinder?

[The floor is lava]

I know to what rule you are referring, however, I do not believe there is such a rule in Pathfinder. Everyone is awarded flat xp, no changes based on your character level.

[CrackedOzy]

In 3.x, experience was based on a combination of CR & Character Level, where as in Pathfinder, the xp is solely determined by CR, so it makes no difference what level the characters are.