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- CAFC (See Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) )
- Canadian patent agent ...402
- Canceled matter, before papers executed ...608.01
- Canceled matter, cannot be recaptured inreissue ...1412.02
- Canceled matter, Restoring ...608.01(s)
- Canceled matter in patented file ...901.01
- Canceling claim after issue ...714.16 , 1302.04(b)
- Canceling claim withdrawn after appeal ...1214.05
- Canceling drawing ...608.02(t)
- Cancellation of drawing figures ...608.02(t)
- Cancer, petition to make special ...708.02
- Candor, Duty of (See also Duty of candor and good faith ) ...2001 , 2001.03
- Carbon copy, application papers ...608.01
- Carbon copy of amendment ...714.07
- Card catalog in library ...901.06(a)
- Caricatures, Offensive ...608 , 1504.01(e)
- Case action record worksheets (PTO-1472) ...1705
- Cassis DVD-ROM (See also Electronic databases ) ...902.03(d)
- Catalog and circulars ...901.06(a)
- Central Facsimile Number ...502
- Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) (See also Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA) ) ...103 , 2224 , 2226 2229 , 2232 , 2624 , 2626 2627 , 2631 to 2638 , 2641 2647 , 2647.02 , 2660 , 2664 , 2666.06 , 2667 2670 , 2671 , 2675 to 2678 , 2682 2686.01 to 2687 , 2689 , 2694
- Certificate effect of signature ...401 , 402 , 410
- Certificate,
Ex Parte Reexamination ...2288- Certificate,
Inter Partes Reexamination ...2688 , 2690 , 2694- Certificate of correction ...1480 to 1485
- Applicant’s mistake ...1481
- Assignee’s name ...307 , 1481
- Branch ...1002.02(l)
- Copy required in reexamination
- Date of issuance ...1485
- Domestic priority ...201.11 , 1003 , 1481
- Electronic publication ...1485
- Expedited issuance ...1480.01
- Foreign priority ...201.16 , 1481
- Form PTO-1050 ...1480 , 1480.01 , 1485
- Form PTO/SB/44 ...1480 , 1480.01 , 1485
- Handling of request for ...1485
- International application priority ...1481
- Inventorship ...1412.04 , 1481
- Matters requiring TC Director’s attention ...1003
- Office’s mistake ...1480 , 1480.01
Official Gazette listing ...1480 , 1485- Patent in litigation ...1003
- Patent involved in interference ...1002.02(g)
- Petition of refusal to issue ...1002.02(c)
- Reissue application ...1411.01 , 1443
- Report by examiner ...1485
- Third party standing ...1480
- Certificate of mailing or transmission (37 CFR 1.8)
- ...502.01 , 511 , 512 , 513
Ex parte reexamination ...2224 , 2265 , 2266- Information disclosure statement ...609
Inter partes reexamination ...2624 , 2666 , 2666.05- International application ...1805 , 1834 1865 , 1893.01(a)(1)
- Maintenance fee ...2510
- Overcoming abandonment ...711.03(c) , 711.04(c)
- Period for reply ...714.17
- Certificate of service
- Certification as to statutory estoppel in inter partes reexamination ...2612 , 2614
- Certification Division ...103
- Certified copies
- Abstract of Title ...320
- Administrator or executor ...409.01(b)
- Appeal to federal circuit ...1216.01
- Application as filed ...608.01 , 1730
- Civil litigation ...1216
- Facsimile submission not permitted ...502.02
- Facsimile requests for ...1730
- Foreign application ...201.13 , 201.13(b) , 201.14 201.14(a) , 201.14(b) , 201.14(c) 502.02 , 1417 , 1504.10 1893.03(c) , 2138.06
- MPEP ...Title page , 1730
- Orders for ...1730
- Patent copies ...1730
- Patent related file wrappers ...1730
- PCT application ...1801 , 1828 , 1893.03(c) 1895.01 , 1896
- Philippines search exchange ...1711
- Photocopies not permitted ...502.02
- Provisional application ...103 , 104
- Reexamination file
- Change from small entity status (See also Small entity status ) ...509.03
- Change of correspondence address ...601.03 , 711.03(c)
- Characteristic feature in design applications ...1503.01 , 1504.01(a)
- Chemical abstracts ...708.02
- Chemical compound ...608.01(p)
- Chemical practice
- Enablement ...2164.06(b)
- Generic chemical formula ...2131.02 , 2144.08
- Markush ...2173.05(h) , 2173.05(o)
- Chief Administrative Patent Judge ...1002.02(f)
- Circulars (See also Publication ) ...Introduction
- Citation of prior art
- A.P.C. publications ...901.06(c)
- Abbreviatures ...711.06 , 711.06(a)
- Abstract ...706.02 , 711.06 , 711.06(a)
- Allowance, Listing at ...1302.12
- Applicant’s ...707.05(b) , 707.05(d) , 1302.12
- Complete data ...707.05(e)
- Copies furnished ...707.05(a)
- Correction ...707.05(g)
- Correction, period for reply ...710.06
- Cross references ...707.05(e)
- Data used ...706.02(a) , 707.05(e)
- Decisions, orders, notices, memoranda ...707.06
- Defensive publications ...711.06 , 711.06(a)
- Electronic Resources ...707.05(e)
- Examiner’s answer ...1208
- Foreign language documents ...706.02
- Foreign patent data ...707.05(e) , 901.05(a)
- Foreign printed applications ...901.05(b)
- Form PTO-892 reproduced ...707.05
- Incorrect ...707.05(g) , 710.06
- Literature, in specification ...608.01(p)
- Mailing copy to patent owner ...2206 , 2208
- Memorandum ...707.06
- Notices ...707.06
- Order of listing ...707.05(c)
- Orders ...707.06
- Patents series, U.S. (See also Patent ) ...901.04
- Periodical ...707.05(e) , 901.06
- Prior art effect of international application ...706.02(a) , 1857.01 , 1896 , 2136.03
- Prior art in application ...707.05(b) , 1302.12
- Prior art in patent ...1920 , Chapter 2200
- Confidentiality ...2202 , 2203
- Content ...2205
- Court decision ...2207
- Handling ...2206
- Parties who may cite ...2203
- Service on patent owner ...2208
- Time for filing ...2204
- Publications ...707.05(e)
- References ...707.05
- Citizenship of applicant ...605.01
- Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 145 ...1214.01 1214.07 , 1216 , 1216.02
- Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 146 ...1216
- Claim ...608.01(i) , 608.01(k)
- ‘Adapted for’ clauses in ...2106 , 2111.04
- ‘Adapted to’ clauses in ...2106 , 2111.04
- Added by amendment ...608.01(o)
- Added in excess of number of claims previously paid for ...714.10
- After prosecution closed ...714.16 , 714.19
- After prosecution closed, near end of time period ...714.20
- Aggregation ...2173.05(k)
- All allowed ...710.02(b)
- All canceled ...711.01
- Allowable except as to form ...706 , 707.07(a) 707.07(j)
- Allowed, Rejection of ...706.04 , 706.05
- Allowed, Withdrawn appeal ...1215.02
- Alternative phrase (See also Indefinite claim ) ...2173.01 , 2173.05(h)
- Amendment of (See also Amendment ) ...714
- Analysis ...904.01
- Antecedent basis (See also Indefinite claim ) ...2173.05(e)
- Basis in description ...608.01(o) , 2171
- Basis in disclosure ...608 , 2163.03
- Breadth ...2163.05 , 2164.08 , 2173.04
- Broadening in reissue application ...1412.02 , 1412.03
- Cancellation by examiner after appeal ...1214.05
- Cancellation results in change of inventorship ...201.03
- Change after Board statement of allowability ...1213.01
- Combination, old ...2173.05(j)
- Combination and subcombination ...806.05(a)
- Comprising ...2111.03 , 2173.05(h)
- Considered in deciding reexamination request ...2243 , 2643
- Consisting essentially of ...2111.03
- Consisting of ...2111.03 , 2173.05(h)
- Construed in light of specification ...608.01(o) 707.07 , 804 , 1206 , 2106 , 2111.01 , 2111.03 2129 , 2145 , 2164.08 , 2173.05(a) , 2184
- Copied from patent (See Claim presented corresponding to claim of patent )
- Correspondence with disclosure ...1302.01 , 2173.03
- Defined by specification, term ...2111.01
- Dependent ...608.01(n)
- Dependent, objected to when improper ...608.01(n) 706.01
- Dependent on canceled or rejected claim ...608.01(n) 706.01 , 707.07(j) , 1214.06
- Design application ...1503 , 1503.01
- Differing only by functional statement ...2173.05
- Diminishing scope ...2173.05(h)
- Disclaimer ...706.03(u) , 710.02(d)
- Double inclusion ...2173.05(o)
- Duplicate ...706.03(k) , 2173.05(o)
- Each mentioned in letter ...707.07(i)
- Equivalence ...2183
- Excess added by preliminary amendment over number of claims previously paid for ...714.10
- Excess over fee after notice of allowance ...714.16(c)
- Fees, dependent ...608.01(n)
- File wrapper notation ...1302.09
- Foreign priority (See also Foreign application ) ...201.13 201.14
- Form ...608.01(m)
- Function of machine ...2173.05(v)
- Functional ...2114 , 2173.05(g)
- Generic (See also Generic claim ) ...806.04(d) 2173.05(h)
- Illustrated by drawing ...608.02(d) , 2173.05(s)
- Improvement (i.e., Jepson claim) ...2129
- Inaccurate ...2173.03
- Incomplete ...707.07(j) , 2172.01
- Indefinite ...706.03(d) , 2173
- Independent ...608.01(n)
- Index ...719.04
- Indirect limitation ...706.03(d) , 2173.05(f)
- Informal ...702.01
- International application ...1824
- Interpretation ...2111 , 2111.01 , 2111.02 , 2111.03
- Jepson ...2129
- Linking ...806.04 , 806.05(c) , 809 , 809.03 , 821.04(a)
- Linking, Generic ...806.04 , 821.04(a)
- Linking, Traverse of rejection ...818.03(d)
- Markush ...2173.05(h) , 2173.05(o)
- Means (See also Means ) ...2181
- Missing ...601.01(e)
- Multiple dependent ...608.01(n)
- Multiplicity ...2173.05(h) , 2173.05(n)
- Negative limitation ...2173.05(i)
- New matter ...608.04 , 706.03(o) , 2163.06
- Nonelected invention ...706.03(m) 821.01 , 821.02 , 821.04(a)
- Nonelected invention, Added ...821.03
- Nonstatutory ...706.03(a) 2105 to 2107
- Nonstatutory, Cancellation ...1302.04(b)
- Numbering ...608.01(j)
- Objection contrasted with rejection ...706.01
Official Gazette (O.G.) ...1302.09- Omnibus claim ...2173.05(r)
- Ordinary and customary meaning ...2106 , 2111.01
- Original ...608.01(l)
- Patentably distinct ...706.03(k)
- Plain meaning of claim term ...2111.01
- Plant application ...1605 , 1610
- Plural ...706.03(k)
- Priority (See also Foreign application ) ...201.13 , 201.14
- Product, Functional ...2114
- Product by process ...2113 , 2173.05(p)
- Prolix (See also Indefinite claim ) ...2173.05(m)
- Ranges ...2131.03 , 2145.05
- Reference numerals included ...608.01(m) , 2173.05(s)
- Reissue application
- Numbering ...1453 , 1455
- Original claim subject to reexamination ...1440
- Printed in
Official Gazette ...1455- Same invention as original patent ...1412.01
- Underlining and bracketing ...1453 , 1455
- Rejection ...706 , 2121 to 2186
- Relative terminology ...2173.05(b)
- Renumbering at issue ...608.01(j) , 1302.01
- Renumbering dependent ...608.01(n) , 1302.01
- Single means ...2164.08(a) , 2181
- Single sentence ...608.01(m)
- Species, how recognized ...806.04(e) , 806.04(f)
- Species (plural) added ...818.02(b)
- Statutory requirement ...608.01(k)
- Subgenus (Markush type) ...2173.05(h)
- Subject matter eligibility ...706.03(a)
- Suggested for interference ...2304.03 to 2304.04(b)
- Summary of invention, consistent ...608.01(d)
- Terminology basis in description ...608.01(o) 2173.01 , 2173.05(a)
- Unsupported ...2163.01 , 2173.03
- Use claims ...2173.05(q)
- Vague (See also Indefinite claim ) ...706.03 , 2171 to 2173
- Varying scope ...608.01(m)
- ‘Whereby’ clauses in ...2106 , 2111.04
- ‘Wherein’ clauses in ...2106 , 2111.04
- With motion granted in part ...714.20
- Withdrawal of appealed claim ...1214.05 , 1215.03
- Claim presented corresponding to claim of patent (See also Interference ) ...710.04(a) , 2304.4(a)
- Appeal of rejection ...1205 , 1210
- Disclaimer rejection ...706.03(u)
- Late amendment ...714.19
- Not a reply to Office action ...711.02(b)
- Patent in different Technology Center ...2304.01(b)
- Period for reply ...710.02(c) , 710.04(a)
- Prosecution closed ...714.19
- Rejection ...2303
- Rejection, Failure to reply to ...706.03(u)
- Special ...708.01
- TC Director’s attention required ...1003
- Time limit for reply ...710.02(c)
- Claiming same invention ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) , 715
- Class, scope ...903.02(b)
- Class, transfer ...903.05
- Class definitions ...902.02
- Classification (See also Patent classification ) ...Chapter 900
- Application (See Classification of application )
- Basis ...903.02
- Bulletin ...902.04
- Definitions ...902.02 , 902.02(a)
- Design ...903.09(a) , 1503.01
- Examiner (See Classification examiner )
- Foreign patents ...903.03
- Harmonized subclasses..903.06 Index to U.S. Patent Classification ...902.01(a)
- Indices ...902.03
- Information ...902.03(a)
- Insight on USPTO Local Area Network ...902.03(c)
- International ...903.09
- Issue classification form/sheet/slip ...903.07 , 903.07(b)
- ...903.09 , 903.09(a) , 1302.09 , 1302.10 , 1302.13
- Locarno International ...903.09(a)
- Mandatory ...903.07
- Manual ...902.01
- Patent classification Home Page on the Internet ...902.03(a)
- Nonpatent literature ...901.06
- Numerical index ...902.03(c)
- Orders ...902.04
- Patent, Change of ...903.05
- Patent Classification Home Page on the USPTO Intranet ...902.03(b)
- Principles ...903.02
- Revision ...903.02(a) , 903.02(b)
- Rules governing applications ...903.08(e)
- Statutory authority ...903.01
- Subclass lists ...902.03(c)
- Classification examiner
- Classification of application ...Chapter 900
- Allowed application ...903.07 to 903.07(b) 1004 , 1302.10
- Amendment affecting ...903.08(c)
- Borderline ...903.08(a)
- By applicant ...601
- Cross-referencing ...903.07(a)
- Disputed ...903.08(a) , 903.08(d)
- File wrapper data ...719.03
- Improperly classified ...903.08(a)
- In another Technology Center at allowance ...903.07(b) , 903.08(a)
- New application, by Office of Initial Patent Examination ...903.08(a) , 903.08(e)
- New application, by SPE ...903.08(b)
- Post classifier ...903.08(e) , 903.10
- Preliminary ...601
- Rules governing ...903.08(e)
- Transfer to another Technology Center ...903.08(a) 903.08(d)
- Classifier, Post ...903.08(e) , 903.10
- Clean copy of specification ...608.01(q) , 1302.02
- Clearance for new law interpretation ...1208
- Closed prosecution except for formal matters ...707.07(j) 710.02(b) , 714.14
- Closing of Patent and Trademark Office ...201.13 , 510
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (See Rules, Patent (Code of Federal Regulations) )
- Coinventor, Power of attorney ...402.01
- Collateral estoppel (See also Estoppel ) ...2012.01
- Combination and aggregation ...2173.05(j) , 2173.05(k)
- Combination and subcombination ...806.05(a) 806.05(c) , 903.02(b)
- Comments on tests or examples ...707.07(l)
- Commercial activity as on sale (See also On sale ) ...706.02(c) , 2133.03 to 2133.03(e)
- Commercial exploitation as on sale (See also On sale ) ...706.02(c) , 2133.03(e)(1)
- Commercial success of invention, affidavit alleging (See also Affidavits, traversing rejections (37 CFR 1.132) ) ...716.03 , 1504.03
- Commissioner for Patents (See also Director of the USPTO ;
Office of the Commissioner for Patents ) ...409.03 , 708.01 720.01 , 720.02 , 720.03- Commissioner initiated reexamination (See Director initiated Reexamination )
- Commissioner for Trademarks
- Commodity Control List (CCL) ...120
- Common applicants ...715.01(a) , 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) , 709.01 , 2137
- Common knowledge, use in rejections ...2144.03
- Common ownership ...706.02(k) , 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) 2137
- Conflicting claims ...303 , 706.02(f)(2) 706.03(k) , 709.01 , 804 , 822 , 2304.05
- Evidence required for establishing ...706.02(l)(2)
- Common representative for international application ...402.09 , 1807
- Communication with suspended or excluded attorney or agent ...105
- Communications, official mailing address for ...501
- Communication via Internet ...502.03
- Comparative tests (See also Affidavits, traversing rejections (37 CFR 1.132) ) ...716.02(b)
- Complete application ...201.03 , 506 , 601.01 to 601.01(g)
- Complete British specification ...201.15
- ‘Comprising’ as transitional phrase ...2111.03
- ‘Comprising’ in Markush claim ...2173.05(h)
- Compact disc submissions ...608.05 , 2421.04 , 2425
- Amendments to ...608.05
- , ...2426
- Computer programs ...608.05(a) , 2425
- Requirements ...608.05
- Sequence Listings ...1823.02 2420 , 2422.03 , 2424.01
- Tables ...608.05(b) , 1823.02 , 2424.01
- Computer generated icons ...1504.01(a)
- Computer programs or software
- Adequate disclosure ...2164.06(c)
- Affidavit practice ...2164.06(c)
- Best mode ...2161.01
- Deposit of listings ...608.05 , 608.05(a)
- Enablement ...2161.01 , 2164.06(c)
- Patentable subject matter ...2106
- Printed in PG-Pub ...1121
- Undue experimentation ...2164.06(c)
- Written description ...2161.01
- Concealment ...608.01(h) , 2138.03
- Conception ...715.07 , 2138 , 2138.01 , 2138.04
- Concordance, International and United States classification ...903.09
- Concurrent Office proceedings ...2282
- Conduct of ex parte reexamination proceedings ...2254
- Conduct of inter partes reexamination proceedings ...2654
- Confidential citation of prior art ...2202 , 2203
- Confidential material ...121 , 724 to 724.05
- Confidential material submission ...121 , 724.02
- Confidential party of interest ...2202 , 2203
- Confidential status of application ...101 , 706.02(f)(2)
- Same applicant ...706.02 , 706.02(c) , 706.03(k) 709.01 , 804 , 822 , 822.01
- Rule 1.53(d) ...201.06(d)
- Confidentiality, pending applications ...Chapter 100
- Confidentiality of international applications ...110
- Confirmation number ...503
- Conflicting applications, same assignee ...303 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) , 709.01 715.01(b) , 804.03 , 822
- Conflicting oaths or declarations ...201.03
- Congress, Inquiry on status of application by member of ...203.08(a)
- Conservator, Authority recorded ...409.02
- Conservator, Legally incapacitated inventor ...409.02
- ‘Consisting essentially of’ as transitional phrase ...2111.03
- ‘Consisting of’ as transitional phrase ...2111.03
- ‘Consisting of’ in Markush claim ...2173.05(h)
- Constitutional basis for patents ...Introduction
- Constructive election (See also Election of species ) ...818.02(a) , 818.02(c)
- Constructive notice to patent owner of request for reexamination ...2230 , 2630 , 2654
- Constructive reduction to practice ...715.07
- Consular certificate ...604.04
- Consular certificate, Foreign executor or administrator ...409.01(b) , 409.01(d)
- Consular certificate, Omission of ...604.04(a)
- Consular officer ...604.04
- Content of
ex parte reexamination request ...2214- Content of inter partes reexamination request ...2614
- Continuation ...201.06(c) , 201.07 , 601.01(a)
- Assignment carried from parent ...201.12 , 306
- Continued prosecution application (CPA) ...201.06(d)
- Copendency ...201.11
- Cross-reference to prior application ...201.11
- Definition ...201.07
- Design ...1504.20
- Effective filing date ...201.11
- File wrapper continuing (FWC) ...201.06(b)
- File wrapper/history notation ...202.02
- Final rejection on first action ...706.07(b)
- Identification on letter of transmittal ...506
- Inspection of parent ...103
Inter partes reexamination of ...2611- International application ...1817.02
- International application as parent ...201.11(a) , 1895
- Inventor, at least one in common ...201.11
- New matter ...201.07 , 608.04(b)
- Oath ...602.05(a)
- Ownership ...201.12
- Parent application data in specification ...201.11
- Parent application data noted in file history/wrapper ...202.02 , 1302.04
- Reference to parent application ...201.11
- Reference to parent application inadvertently omitted ...1302.04
- Reissue ...1414 , 1441 , 1451
- Restriction ...819
- Rule 1.53(b) ...201.06(c)
- Rule 1.53(d ) ...201.06(d)
- Rule 1.60 application, Former ...201.06(a)
- Rule 1.62 application, Former ...201.06(b)
- Terminal disclaimer, effect in ...1490
- Time for filing ...201.11
- When patented, opens parent application to public inspection ...103
- Written description requirement ...201.11
- Continuation-in-part ...201.08 , 601.01(a)
- Assignment from parent does not apply ...306
- Copendency ...201.11
- Cross reference to parent application ...201.11
- Definition ...201.08
- Design application ...1504.20
- Effective date ...201.11 , 706.02 , 2133.01
- File wrapper continuing procedure ...201.06(b)
- File wrapper/history notation ...202.02
- Filed by assignee ...324
- Identification on letter of transmittal ...506
- Inspection of parent ...103
Inter partes reexamination of ...2611- International application ...1817.02
- International application as parent ...201.11(a)
- Inventor, at least one in common ...201.11
- Ownership ...306
- Reference to parent application ...201.11
- Rejection over published priority document ...2133.01
- Rule 1.53(b) ...201.06(c)
- Rule 1.62, Former ...201.06(b)
- Time for filing ...201.11
- When patented, opens parent application to public inspection ...103
- Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) ...201 , 201.06 201.06(d)
- Amendments before first Office action ...714.01(e)
- Application number ...503
- Assignee right to take action ...324
- Certificate of mailing or transmission ...512
- Complete non-provisional application ...601.01 601.01(a)
- Continuation-in-part not permitted ...201.08
- Continuity with parent ...201.11
- Correspondence ...502 , 502.01
- Cross reference to previous application ...202.02
- Design application ...201.06(d) , 1502.01
- Eliminated for utility and plant applications ...201.06(d)
- Express abandonment of prior application ...711.01 711.02(b)
- Fees
- Foreign priority ...201.14
- Improper CPA treated as RCE . ...201.6(d) , 706.07(h)
- Information disclosure statement in parent ...609.02 , 707.05
Inter partes reexamination of ...2611- Patent term ...1303 , 2701
- Plant application, no longer available ...201.06(d)
- Priority ...1302.04
- Published as PG-Pub ...1120
- Reissue ...1430
- Restriction requirement in prior application ...819
- Suspension of action ...709
- Terminal disclaimer, effect in ...1490
- Utility application, no longer available ...201.06(d)
- Continuing application ...201.11 , 1302.12 , 1302.04
- Continuing data (See also Cross-noting ) ...202.02
- Continuity between applications ...201.11
- Control of inspection by assignee ...106
- Convention, International (See also Treaties ) ...201.13
- Converting nonprovisional and provisional applications ...201.04(b) , 601.01(c)
- Copendency ...201.11
- Copending U.S. application
- Common ownership ...706.02(k) , 706.02(l)(2)
- Design application ...1504.20
- Different inventive entities ...706.02(f)(2) 706.02(k) , 706.02(l)(3)
- Duty of disclosure in ...2001.06(b)
- Terminal disclaimer practice ...1490
- Copied patent claim (See Claim presented corresponding to claim of patent )
- Copier copies ...714.07
- Copies of prior art with reexamination request
- Copies of published applications ...1128
- Copy of foreign application, certified ...201.14
- Copy of printed patent in reexamination
- Copying
ex parte reexamination file by public ...2232- Copying inter partes reexamination file by public ...2632
- Copyrights ...608.01(v)
- Correction of drawing ...608.02(p) , 1302.05
- Annotated sheets ...608.02(v)
- Approval by examiner ...608.02(x)
- Corrected stamp no longer required ...608.02(o)
- Deferrable ...608.02(b) , 608.02(p)
- Marked-up copy ...608.02(v)
- New matter ...608.04
- Not approved ...608.02(x)
- Order for ...608.02(x)
- Replacement sheets ...1302.05 , 1303.01
- Required by drafting ...707.07(c)
- Correction of inventorship
- Application ...201.03 , 605.04(g)
- Consent of assignee ...201.03
- Continuing application ...201.03
- During
ex parte reexamination ...2250.02- Duringinter partes reexamination ...2658 , 2666.03
- In a patent
- Misjoinder ...1412.04
- PTO procedure ...605.04(g)
- Correction of name ...201.03 , 605.04(b) , 605.04(c)
- Correction of patent ...Chapter 1400
- By reexamination (See Reexamination,
Ex parte ; Reexamination,Inter partes )- By reissue (See also Reissue application ) ...1401 to 1470
- Certificate of correction ...1480 to 1485
- Statutory disclaimer (See also Disclaimer ; Terminal disclaimer ) ...1490
- Correction of PG-Pub. ...1130
- Correction of reference citation ...707.05(g) , 710.06
- Correspondence (See also Mail stop )
- Address of PTO ...501 , 502
- Address in secrecy order applications ...120
- Address of patent owner ...2622
- Address, official mailing ...501
- Address of a law firm ...403
- Associate attorney ...403.01
- Boxes (See Mail stop )
- Continuing application ...201.06(c)
- Crossing in mail ...714.05
- Duplicate filings ...403 , 502.04 , 714.01(a)
- Electronic mail ...502.03 , 713 , 713.01 , 713.04 , 713.05
- Facsimile transmission ...502.01
- Identifying with issue batch number (no longer required) ...1303.01
- Maintenance fee ...2542
- Plural attorneys ...403.02
- Post Allowance ...502 , 1306
- Published application ...1134
- Receipt and handling ...Chapter 500
- Reexamination,
ex parte ...2224- Reexamination,inter partes ...2624
- Signature requirements ...502.02
- Third party, application published ...1134
- With whom held ...403
- Counter-terrorism inventions, special status ...708.02
- Counting actions ...1705
- Countries for foreign priority ...201.13
- Country codes ...1851
- Coupons ...Introduction
- Court decision
- Certificate of ...1216.01
- Citation of ...707.06
- Dissemination of ...1720
- Entry in patent file ...2207
- Treatment of ...1721
- Unpublished decisions ...2677
- Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ...711.02(b) , 1002.02(k)(1) , 1002.02(k)(3) 1214.06 , 1216 , 1216.01
- Appeal to, from an
ex parte reexamination ...2279- Appeal to, in aninter partes reexamination ...2682 , 2683
- Court ordered inter partes reexamination ...2686.04
- Court papers, service on Director ...1216
- Cover sheet - provisional application ...201.04(b)
- CREATE Act (See Joint Research Agreement )
- Credit Card Payment Form PTO-2038 reproduced ...509
- Criteria for deciding
ex parte reexamination request ...2242- Criteria for deciding inter partes reexamination request ...2642
- Cross appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals in inter partes reexamination ...2674
- Cross appeal to the Federal Circuit in inter partes reexamination ...2683
- Cross-noting
- Data of parent application on file wrapper/history ...202.02 , 1302.09
- Data of provisional application in specification ...1302.04
- Data of provisional application on file wrapper/history ...202.02
- Data of related application in specification ...201.11 1302.04
- Foreign application cited in an application oath ...201.14 , 202.04
- Foreign application, file wrapper/history ...202.03
- In original patent file of reissue application ...202.05
- Reissue applications ...1451 , 1455
- Specific reference ...201.11
- Cross-reference
- Another application (See also Cross-noting ) ...608.01(p) ,
- ...1302.04
- Art collection ...903.02(c)
- At allowance ...903.07 , 1302.04
- Citing ...707.05(e)
- Noted during examination ...903.07(a)
- Required for all claimed disclosure ...903.07(a)
- Crossed mailings ...714.05
- Customary meaning of claim term ...2106 , 2111.01
- Customer Numbers ...402 , 403 , 711.04(c) , 2515 , 2540
- Customer Service Center ...104 , 508.04 , 608.02(z) 714.13 , 1430 , 1470 , 1730
- Customer Window ...103 , 501 , 502 , 505 , 710.02(e) , 714.13 1430 , 1470 , 2422.09
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