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- Ratification of papers filed
- Real party in interest ...1205 , 1207.02
- Reasons for allowance ...1302.14
- Amendments after final rejection ...714.13
- Appeal record ...1213.02
- Applicant’s comments on ...1302.14
- Claim narrowing ...1302.14
- Comments on,
ex parte reexamination ...2287- Comments on,inter partes reexamination ...2687.01
- Estoppel effect ...1302.14
- Failure of applicant to comment on ...1302.14
- Patent Cooperation Treaty application ...1845.01 , 1878.01
- Presumption of acquiescence by applicant ...1302.14
- Public use proceedings ...720.05
- Reexamination
- Rebuttal brief in inter partes reexamination appeal
- ...2678 , 2679
- Recapture
- Receipt of mail and papers ...Chapter 500
- Arrangement of papers in file wrapper ...719.01(a)
- Depositing correspondence ...502
- Entry of amendments ...714.18
- Filing receipt ...503
- Office date stamp ...505
- Period for reply ...710.01(a)
- Receiving Office PCT procedure ...1801
- Reciprocal privileges, foreign priority ...201.13
- Reciprocal security agreements ...120
- Reclassification
- Recombinant DNA (See also DNA ; Biotechnology )
- Reconsideration in
ex parte reexamination ...2269- Reconsideration of abandonment ...711.03 , 711.03(c)
- Record of interview ...713.01 , 713.04
- Record room (See File Information Unit (Record Room) )
- Record system for reexamination
- Recording assignment ...301 , 302 , 317
- Recording change of business name ...314
- Recording government interests ...302 , 302.07
- Recording of joint research agreement ...302 , 302.07
- Recording license agreement ...313
- Recording of other documents ...313 to 317
- Recording security interest ...313
- Redacted publication of an application ...1132
- Reduction to practice ...715.07 , 2133.03(c) 2138.01 , 2138.05
- Reexamination,
Ex parte ...Chapter 2200
- Access to file ...103 , 724.04(c) , 2209 , 2232
- Action following Board decision ...2278
- Address of patent owner ...2222
- Admissions ...2217 , 2258
- Affidavits ...2216 , 2217 , 2258 , 2265
- After final practice ...2272
- Amendment ...714 , 2234 , 2250 , 2295
- Abstract ...2287
- After final rejection ...2272
- Examiner’s ...2287
- Filed with request ...2221
- Improper ...2250
- In a merged reissue/
ex parte reexamination ...2285- Prior reexamination certificate issued ...2250 , 2295
- Provisions of Rule 1.312 do not apply ...2287
- Reissue patent issued ...2250
- Ancillary issues ...2217 , 2258
- Appeal ...2273
- Appeal brief ...2274
- Appeals to courts ...1216 , 1216.01 , 2279
- Application file location ...2635
- Assignment ...301
- To an examiner ...2236 , 2248 , 2255 , 2285
- Attorney or agent ...2213
- Basic characteristics ...2209
- Certificate of ...2288 , 2294
- Certificate attached to patent copy ...2292
- Certificate distribution ...2292
- Certificate format ...2290
- Certificate of mailing or transmission ...2224
- Certificate of prior reexamination in later request ...2214 , 2219 , 2619
- Certificate of service ...2220
- Certified copy ...2232
- Citation of prior art ...2202
- Claim for
Official Gazette ...2287- Claim, multiple dependent, preparation for publishing ...2287
- Claim numbering ...2250
- Claims considered ...2243 , 2258
- Claims invalid/unenforceable ...2286
- Claims presented for interference ...2283 , 2304.02
- Clerical handling ...2270
- Collateral estoppel ...2259
- Comments on ‘Statement of Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation’ ...2287
- Conclusion ...2287
- Concurrent proceedings ...2282 to 2686
- Conduct of proceedings ...2254
- Consideration of responses ...2252 , 2253
- Consolidated proceedings ...2283
- Constructive notice to patent owner ...2230
- Content of request ...2214
- Copending proceedings ...2283 to 2686
- Copy of patent in request ...2219
- Copying of file ...2232
- Correction of inventorship ...2250.02 , 2258
- Correction of request ...2231
- Correspondence ...2224
- Criteria for deciding request ...2242
- Decision of Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ...2277
- Decision on request ...2240
- Decision ordering reexamination ...2246
- Decision processing ...2245
- Defective submission ...2266.02
- Denied ...2240 , 2247 , 2247.01
- Dependent claim treatment ...2260.01
- Director’s initiative ...2239
- Domestic priority ...2258
- Double correspondence ...2224
- Double patenting ...804 , 2258
- Drawing correction ...2250.01
- Duty of disclosure ...2003.01 , 2280
- Electronic copy ...2209 , 2232
- Entry of amendments ...2234 , 2270
- Entry of court decisions in patent file ...2207
- Examiner ...2236 , 2248 , 2255
- Examiner’s amendment ...2287
- Examiner’s answer ...2275
- Expiration of patent ...2211 , 2250
- Explanation of prior art ...2217
- Extension of time ...2265
- Failure to timely reply to Office action ...2266
- Fees ...2215 , 2233 , 2283 , 2285
- Final action ...706.07(a) , 2265 , 2271
- Flowchart ...2201
- Foreign priority ...2258
- Forms ...2296
- Granted ...2246 , 2247.01
- Grounds of rejection ...2217
- Identity of requester ...2212
- Inappropriate papers ...2267
- Incomplete request ...2227
- Informal submission ...2266.02
- Initial processing ...2226
- Inquiries from persons other than the Patent Owner ...2212.01
- Interference copending ...2284
- Intervening rights ...2293
- Interviews in ...2281
- Introduction ...2201
- Listing of prior art ...2257
- Litigation copending ...2286
- Litigation review ...2240 , 2287
- Mailing of Office actions ...2264
- Merger ...2283 , 2686.01
- Merger with reissue proceedings ...1449.01
- Multiple dependent claim handling, preparation for publishing ...2287
- New matter ...2270
- NIRC (See Form letters and forms : Notice of Intent to Issue
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-469) )- Notification of Concurrent Proceedings ...2285
- Of a reexamination ...2295
- Office action ...2260 , 2262
Official Gazette - ‘Old art’ (i.e., previously considered/cited) ...2242 , 2258.01
- Oral hearing ...2276
- Orders for copies of
- Patent copy in request ...2219
- Patent owner’s address ...2222
- Patent owner’s statement ...2249
- Patent owner’s statement of interview ...2281
- Patentability review conference ...2271 , 2271.01 , 2287
- Petition ...1002.02(b)
- Correct inventorship ...2250.02
- Denial of request ...1002.02(c) , 2246 , 2265
- For entry of late papers (revival of terminated proceedings) ...2268
- Merge proceedings ...2283 , 2285
- Reconsideration ...2268
- Stay proceedings pending interference ...2284
- Stay proceedings pending reissue ...2285
- Unavoidable delay ...2268
- Unintentional delay ...2268
- Vacate order granting request ...2246
- Waive time provisions ...2265
- Power of attorney, withdrawal ...2223
- Preprocessing staff ...2226 , 2229 , 2232 , 2239
- Printing of certificate ...2288
- Prior art ...2218
- Prior art considered ...2244 , 2256
- Prior art previously cited/considered ...2242 , 2258.01
- Proceedings ...2209
- Processing in Central Reexamination Unit and Technology Center ...2233 , 2245
- Project code ...2238
- Public access ...103 , 2232
- Quality Assurance Specialist (QAS) ...2289
- Quality review ...2289
- Reasons for patentability and/or confirmation ...2262 , 2287
- Reconsideration of Office action ...2269
- Record system ...2235
- Refund if request denied ...2247 , 2248
- Reissue copending ...1449.01 , 2285
- Rejections ...2242 , 2258
- Reminders ...2287
- Reply by third party requester ...2251 , 2253
- Reports ...2235
- Representative of requester ...2213
- Request ...2210
- After reissue patent issues ...2240 , 2258 , 2285
- After first reexamination certificate issues ...2294
- Content ...2214
- Correction processing ...2231
- Decision ...2240 , 2244
- Decision criteria ...2242
- Denied ...2247 , 2247.01
- During interference ...2284
- Facsimile submission not permitted ...502.01
- Filing address ...2224
- Granted ...2246 , 2247.01
- Guidelines ...2242
- ‘Old art’ (previously considered art) involved ...2242 , 2258.01
- Response to Office action ...2266
- Restriction improper ...2258
- Review ...2289
- Sample letter requesting reexamination ...2214
- Scope ...2258
- Search ...2244 , 2258.01
- Second or subsequent request ...2240 , 2283
- Service by patent owner on requestor of patent owner statement ...2249
- Service of papers ...2220 , 2266 , 2266.02 , 2266.03
- Special status for action ...2261
- Statement applying prior art ...2217
- Statement by owner ...2249
- Statement of Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation ...2287
- Statutory basis ...2201
- Stay ...2283
- Submission defective or informal ...2266.02
- Submission not fully responsive ...2266.01
- Substantial new question of patentability ...2201 , 2216 2240 , 2242 , 2244 , 2246
- ‘Sufficient cause’ for extension of time ...2265
- Suspension ...2283
- Terminated ...2294
- Terminated files ...2294
- Tickler reports ...2235
- Time for request decision ...2241
- Time for requesting ...2211
- Time for response to actions ...2263
- Time reporting ...2238
- Title report ...320 , 2287
- Transfer ...2237
- Translation required ...2218
- Untimely filed paper prior to order ...2225
- Untimely filed papers ...2267
- Untimely responses ...2252
- Use of transmittal form (PTOL-465) ...2264
- Vacated ...2294
- Vacated, claims invalid/unenforceable ...2286
- Who may file request for ...2212
- Withdrawal of attorney during ...402.06 , 2223
- Withdrawal of power of attorney ...2223
Reexamination, Inter partes (See also Reexamination,Ex Parte ) ...Chapter 2600
- Access by public ...103 , 724.04(c) , 2609 , 2632
- Action closing prosecution (ACP) ...2660 , 2666.05 2666.10 , 2667 , 2660 , 2666.05 2671.03 , 2673.02 , 2682
- Admissions ...2617
- Affidavits ...2616 , 2617 , 2658 , 2666 , 2675 , 2677
- Amendment by patent owner
- After a new ground of rejection is issued by the Board ...2682
- After Action Closing Prosecution (ACP) ...2671 2672 , 2673
- After expiration of the patent ...2666.01
- After Notice of Intent to Issue
Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) ...2687.01- After Right of Appeal Notice (RAN) ...2673 2673.02 , 2675
- Claims ...2666.01
- Defective ...2666.50 , 2666.60 , 2667
- Dependent claim ...2660.03
- Drawings ...2666.02
- Entry ...2670
- In a merged reexamination proceedings ...2670 , 2686.01 , 2686.03
- Of a reissued patent ...2686.03
- Title ...2660.02
- To provoke an interference ...2686.02
- Unsigned ...2666.50
- Appeal (i.e., Appellant) Brief ...2675
- Appeal Conference ...2676 , 2677
- Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ...2674 to 2680
- Appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ...2682 , 2683
- Appeal to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia not available ...2683
- Appellant defined ...2674
- Assignment to examiner ...2636 , 2648 , 2655
- Certificate ofinter partes reexamination ...2688 2690 , 2694
- Certificate of service ...2620 , 2666.06
- Certificate of mailing or transmission ...2624 2665 , 2666 , 2666.05
- Certificate of prior reexamination in later request ...2214 , 2219 , 2619
- Certification as to statutory estoppel ...2612 , 2614
- Clerical handling ...2670
- Collateral estoppel ...2659
- Comments on Statement of Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation ...2687.01
- Comments by third party (See Reexamination,
Inter partes :Response by third party )- Concurrent proceedings ...2282 , 2686
- Constructive notice of ...2630 , 2654
- Copending proceedings ...2282 , 2686
- Copies of the prior art with request ...2618
- Copy of printed patent with request ...2619
- Copying of the file by the public ...2632
- Correction of inventorship ...2658 , 2666.03
- Correspondence ...2624
- Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ...2682 , 2683
- Court ordered ...2686.04
- Cross appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals ...2674
- Cross appeal to the Federal Circuit ...2683
- Decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ...2681 , 2682
- Decision on the request forinter partes reexamination ...2640 , 2641
- After Court decision ...2686.04
- Content ...2646
- Criteria for deciding ...2642
- Deadline for mailing ...2641
- Denial ...2640 , 2647 , 2647.01 2648 , 2694
- Grant ...2640
- ‘Old art’ (previously considered art) used ...2642
- Processing ...2647 , 2647.01 , 2648
- Prior art available ...2644
- Reissue about to issue ...2686.03
- Dependent claim treatment ...2660.03
- Design applications ...
- Determining if a reexamination was filed for a patent ...2632.01
- Domestic priority ...2658
- Drawings ...2666.02
- Duty of disclosure ...2003.01 , 2684
- Electronic copy ...2609 , 2632
- Enlarging claim scope prohibited ...2658 , 2666.01
- Estoppel, Collateral ...2659
- Estoppel, Statutory ...2601 , 2612 , 2614
- Examination scope ...2658 , 2671.01 , 2671.02
- Examiner consultation with a Reexamination Legal Advisor (RLA)
- After response by parties ...2671
- Before appeal ...2676
- Before the decision on the Request ...2633
- In merged reexamination proceedings ...2686.01
- Regarding multiple reexamination requests ...2686.01
- Review of Rebuttal Briefs ...2679
- Examiner’s Amendment
- Canceling rejected claims ...2671 , 2687
- Correcting formal matters ...2687 , 2687.01
- In merged reissue/reexamination ...2686.03
- Not permitted if approval required ...2687.01
- To the Title ...2660.02 , 2686.03 , 2687
- Examiner’s Answer ...2677
- Expedited Right of Appeal Notice ...2671 , 2673.02
- Extensions of time ...2665
- After Action Closing Prosecution ...2672
- To amend the claims after a Board decision containing a new ground of rejection ...2682
- To appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ...2682
- To complete a reply held non-responsive ...2660.30
- To petition denial of the Request ...2648 , 2665
- Facsimile transmission, correspondence by ...2624
- Fees ...2634
- Final Board decision ...2681 , 2682
- Filing date ...2627
- Flowcharts ...2601.01
- Foreign priority ...2658
- Forms listed ...2696
- Fraud ...2684
- Improper comments ...2667
- Inappropriate papers ...2667
- Incorporation by reference in Examiner’s Answer ...2677
- Interference copending ...2686 , 2686.02
- Intervening rights ...2693
- Interviews in a merged reexamination/reissue ...2686.03
- Interviews not permitted ...2666.30 , 2685 , 2687
- Litigation concurrent ...2640 , 2681 , 2686 , 2686.04
- Litigation search ...2686.04
- Litigation stayed ...2686.04
- Merger of multiple requests for reexamination ...2686.01
- Merger of reissue andinter partes reexamination ...2686.03
- Multiple requests for reexamination filed ...2640 , 2686 , 2686.01 , 2695
- New grounds for rejection ...2671.01
- New matter ...2671.01 , 2671.02
- NIRC (See Form letters and forms : Notice of Intent to Issue
Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL 2068 )- Non-final Board decision ...2681
- Non-responsive reply by patent owner/third party ...2666.30 , 2666.50
- Notice of appeal ...2662 , 2674 , 2674.01
- Notice of cross appeal ...2662 , 2674 , 2674.01
- Notice of
Inter Partes Request for Reexamination in theOfficial Gazette ...2627 , 2629- Notice of
Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate Issuance in theOfficial Gazette ...2688 , 2691- Office action ...2660 , 2671
- Not closing prosecution ...2671.01
- Reopening prosecution after ACP ...2673 , 2673.01
- Reopening prosecution after Examiner’s Answer ...2679
- Reopening prosecution after RAN ...2676 , 2677
- Oral hearing ...2662 , 2675 , 2677 , 2680
- Order grantinginter partes reexamination ...2646 , 2660
- Oversight ...2689
- Patent copy with request ...2619
- Panel Review ...2671.03
- Petition ...1002.02(b)
- Board decision ...2681
- Consideration of submissions after NIRC ...2687.01
- Correct inventorship ...2658 , 2666.03
- Denial of request for inter partes reexamination ...1002.02(c) , 2647 , 2648
- Entry of late papers for revival of reexamination proceeding ...2668
- Enter an amendment after RAN ...2672 , 2673.02 , 2675
- For an interview in a merged reexamination/reissue ...2686.03
- Merge inter partes reexamination and reissue ...1002.02(b) , 2667 , 2686.03
- Premature Action Closing Prosecution ...2672
- Reopen prosecution after Board decision ...2682
- Suspend second or subsequent requests ...2640
- Stay reexamination ...2667 , 2686.02 , 2686.03
- Unavoidable delay ...2668
- Unintentional delay ...2668
- Vacate order granting inter partes reexamination ...2646
- Waive time provisions ...2648 , 2668 , 2672
- Premature response/comments ...2625 , 2667
- Prior art citation ...2602 , 2646 , 2654 , 2656 , 2657
- After the order to reexamine ...2602 , 2667
- After a Notice of Intent to Issue
Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate issues ...2687.01- Before the first Office action ...2625
- Before the order to reexamine ...2602 , 2654
- By another requestor ...2656
- By the patent owner ...2656
- Storage area ...2667
- With the Request ...2656
- With third party’s comments ...2666.05 , 2667
- Prior art copies with request ...2618
- Processing ...2670
- After a decision by the Board ...2682
- Amendment ...2666.01 , 2670 , 2687
- Clerical ...2670
- Examiner’s Answer ...2677
- Inappropriate papers ...2667
- Merger of multiple reexamination requests ...2686.01
- Merger of reissue and inter partes reexamination ...2686.03
- Terminated inter partes reexamination ...2694
- Proof of service
- (See Reexamination,
Inter partes :Service of papers )- Public access ...103 , 2609 , 2632
- Publication ...2687
- Publication of Board decision ...2681
- RAN (See Reexamination,
Inter partes : Right of Appeal Notice (RAN) )- Real party in interest identification ...2612 , 2614 , 2677
- Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation ...2687
- Rebuttal Brief ...2678 , 2679
- Records ...2635
- Reissue copending ...1449.01 , 2643 , 2686 2686.03
- Reissue previously issued ...2640 , 2686
- Remand by the Board of Appeals ...2681 , 2682
- Reopening prosecution after an Action Closing Prosecution (ACP) ...2673 , 2673.01
- Reopening prosecution after a Board decision ...2682
- Representative of requestor ...2613
- Request for extension of time ...2665
- Request for reconsideration by patent owner ...2666
- Request forinter partes reexamination
- Claims considered ...2643
- Content ...2614
- Denied ...2640 , 2647
- Facsimile transmission not permitted ...502.01 , 2624
- Filed after reissue issued ...2658
- Filed while interference pending ...2686.02
- Filing address ...2624
- Granted ...2640
- Incomplete ...2627
- Prior art cited with ...2618
- Second or subsequent filed ...2640 , 2686.01
- Statement applying the prior art ...2617
- Time for filing ...2611
- Request for Rehearing by the Board ...2682 , 2683
Res judicata ...2659- Respondent Brief ...2675.01
- Respondent defined ...2674
- Response by patent owner ...2666
- After Action Closing Prosecution ...2671 , 2672
- Defective ...2666.30 , 2666.40 , 2667
- Improper comments ...2667
- Late (See also Reexamination,
Inter partes :Time periods for response ) ...2667 , 2668- No proof of service ...2667
- No response filed . ...2666.10 , 2671 2671.01 , 2671.02
- Not fully responsive ...2666.30 , 2671
- Person not of record ...2666.50
- Premature ...2625 , 2667
- To Notice of Defective Paper ...2666.40 , 2666.60
- To Office action ...2666 , 2666.30
- Too long ...2667
- Unsigned ...2666.50 , 2667
- Response by third party
- After Action Closing Prosecution ...2671 , 2672
- After patent owner corrects defect ...2666.40
- Comments regarding response by patent owner ...2666.05 , 2666.20 , 2666.30
- Defective ...2666.50 , 2667
- Improper comments ...2666.05 , 2667 , 2671
- Late (See also Reexamination,
Inter partes :Time periods for response ) ...2667 , 2668- No proof of service ...2667
- No response filed ...2666.20 , 2671
- Other than third party requester ...2667
- Period for response ...2666.05 , 2666.20
- Person not of record ...2666.50
- Premature comments ...2625 , 2667
- Premature appeal ...2667
- Prior art submission with ...2666.05 , 2667
- Too long ...2667
- Unsigned ...2666.50 , 2667
- Review ...2689
- Right of Appeal Notice (RAN) ...2666.05 , 2666.10 2667 , 2671 to 2674 , 2677
- Scanning ...2632
- Scope of examination ...2658 , 2671.01 , 2671.02
- Service of papers ...2666.06
- Certificate of ...2620 , 2666.06
- Proof of service ...2666.06 , 2666.50 , 2667
- To patent owner ...2620 , 2654 , 2666.05
- To third party requestor ...2654 , 2666 , 2666.05
- Special Status ...2661
- Statement applying the prior art ...2617
- Statutory estoppel ...2601 , 2612 , 2614
- Stayed pending litigation outcome ...2686.04
- Stayed pending reissue outcome ...2686.03
- Submissions prior to the first Office action ...2625
- Substantial new question of patentability ...2614 , 2616 , 2617 , 2640 , 2246 2642 to 2647 , 2648 , 2658 , 2686.01 , 2686.04
- ‘ Sufficient cause’ for extension of time ...2665
- Suspension of requests forinter partes reexamination ...2640 , 2686.01
- Terminated ...2694
- Third party requestor
- (See Reexamination,
Inter partes :Response by third party )- Time for requestinginter partes reexamination ...2611
- Time periods after appeal for filing:
- Amendment after Board decision containing a new ground for rejection ...2682
- Notice of Appeal in the Federal Circuit ...2682
- Notice of Cross Appeal in the Federal Circuit ...2683
- Request for Rehearing ...2682
- Time periods during appeal for filing:
- Appeal (i.e., Appellant) Brief ...2675
- Corrected/Supplemental Appellant Brief ...2675 , 2675.02
- Corrected/Supplemental Respondent Brief ...2675.01 , 2675.02
- Corrected/Supplemental Rebuttal Brief ...2679
- Notice of Appeal ...2674
- Notice of Cross Appeal ...2674 , 2674.01
- Rebuttal Brief ...2678
- Request for Oral Hearing ...2680
- Respondent Brief ...2675.01
- Time periods for response ...2662
- After Action Closing Prosecution ...2672
- After defective submission ...2666.30 2666.50 , 2666.60
- After Office action ...2662 , 2665 , 2667
- To make claims the same in each concurrent reexamination ...2686.01
- Time reporting by Office personnel ...2638
- Title ...2660.02
- Transfer ...2637
- Unpublished legal opinions ...2677
Reexamination Legal Advisor (RLA) ...2632 , 2633 2640 , 2641 , 2647.02 , 2664 , 2670 2675 , 2679 , 2686.01 , 2686.04 , 2689 Reexamination Processing System (REPS) ...103 , 2632 Reference (See also Prior art )
- A.I. Series patent ...901.04
- A.P.C. publication ...901.06(c)
- Abandoned application ...901.02 , 2127
- Abbreviatures ...901.06(d)
- Abstracts ...706.02 , 901.06(d)
- Additional ...707.05(d)
- Admissions ...2129
- Analogous art ...904.01(c) , 2141.01(a) 2143.01 , 2145
- Antedating (See Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131) )
- Applications, domestic and foreign ...2127
- Applying reference under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) ...706.02(f)(1)
- Arrangement in Examiner’s Search files ...901.07
- As evidence of inherency ...2131.01
- As evidence in multiple reference, 35 U.S.C. 102 rejection ...2131.01
- Assigned application as ...804.03
- Availability ...2128
- Between applicant’s priority date andU.S. filing date ...201.15 , 706.02(b)
- Borrowing from Technology Center ...901.08
- Citation ...707.05 to 707.05(g) , 901.04 , 901.05(a)
- After allowance ...1302.12 , 1308.01
- After appeal ...1207.02
- By applicant ...707.05(b) , 707.05(c) , 1302.12
- Correction ...707.05(g)
- Claims foreign date ...715.01
- Combination of references ...706.02(j)
- Copending ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) , 709.01
- Copies ...707.05(a)
- Cross, how cited ...707.05(e)
- Cross reference addition ...905.02
- Date, determination of ...707.05(f) , 2124 2126 , 2128 to 2128.02
- Date, exception to the rule ...2124
- Declassified printed matter ...707.05(f)
- Defensive publications ...901.06(d)
- Design application ...707.05(a)
- Disclosure, broad ...2123
- Disqualification under 35 U.S.C. 103(c) ...706.02(l)(1) , 706.02(l)(3)
- Drawings as prior art ...2125
- Effects of international application publication ...1857 1857.01
- Effective date
- Patent ...706.02 , 706.02(a) , 707.05(e) , 707.05(f) , 715
- Publication ...706.02(a) , 715.01(c) , 1857.01 , 2128.02
- Electronic publications ...707.05(e) , 904.02(c) , 2128
- Enabled disclosure ...2131.01
- Enabling, plant genetics ...2121.03
- Enabling, compounds and compositions ...2121.02
- Enabling, apparatus and articles ...2121.04
- Equivalents ...904.01(b)
- Every element rule for anticipation ...2131
- Evidencing the meaning of a termused in the primary reference ...2131.01
- Foreign patent ...706.02 , 707.05(e) , 901.05(a) , 901.05(b)
- Forfeited application ...901.02
- From interference ...1302.12
- Incorrect citation ...707.05(g) , 710.06 , 1302.12
- Inoperability ...716
- Internal documents, confidential ...2128.01
- Intervening ...201.15 , 706.02(b)
- Joint patent to applicant and another ...715.01(a) 715.01(c)
- Listing at allowance ...1302.12 , 1455
- Lost counts in interference ...2138.01
- Multiple reference rejections under35 USC 102 ...2131.01
- Newly discovered after allowance ...1308.01
- Nonanalogous art (See also Reference : Analogous art ) ...2131.05 2141.01(a)
- None cited by examiner ...707.05 , 707.05(a)
- Operability ...2121
- Ordering official cross ...903.06
- Overcome
- Under Rule 1.130 ...718
- Under Rule 1.131 (See also Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131) ) ...706.02(a) 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) , 715 1302.14 , 2132.01 , 2133.02
- Under Rule 1.132 ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 716 , 2132.01
- Overcoming under 35 U.S.C. 119 ...201.15
- Paper, orally presented ...2128.01
- Patent ...901.04 , 2126
- Patent, date available ...2126.01
- Patent, Foreign (See Foreign patent )
- Patent, official number lacking ...901.04
- Patent claiming same invention ...715.05 , 2301.03
- Pending application (See also Application ) ...901.03
- Publication of applicant’s invention ...715.01(a) 715.01(c) , 2132.01 , 2133.01
- Publication, date available ...2128.02
- Publication, printed ...2128
- Publications ...706.02 , 707.05(e) , 901.06 2131.01 , 2132.01 , 2133.01
- Published abstracts of application ...706.02 , 711.06(a) 2131.01 , 2133.01
- Rejection over broad disclosure instead of preferred embodiments ...2123
- Replacement of missing ...901.09
- Same assignee ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) , 709.01 , 715.01(b)
- Selection of pertinent ...904.02
- Statutory bar ...706.02(a) , 201.13 , 2133.02
- Statutory section to use ...706.02(a)
- Supply procedure ...707.05(a) , 707.05(g) , 710.06
- Swearing back (See also Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131) ) ...706.02(k) 715 , 2132.01 , 2133.02
- Thesis ...2128.01
- Utility ...2122
- ‘Well known in the art,’ supported by ...2144.03
Reference characters ...608.01(g) Reference to foreign application ...202.03 , 202.04 , 901.03 Reference to prior patent ...608.01(p) 608.01(r) , 901.03 Reference to related application (See Cross-noting ) Reference to related applicationfor disclosure ...608.01(p) Refile application (See also Application ; Substitute application ) ...201.10 Refunds (See also Fee ; Deposit account ) ...509 , 607.02
- Additional invention or species ...803.03(a) , 803.03(b)
- Canceled claims ...506
- Correspondence address ...509.03 , 2540 , 2542
- Filing fee ...201.04(b) , 503 , 506 , 601.01(a)
- International applications ...1002.02(p) , 1819 , 1827.01 1850 , 1864
- International search fee ...707 , 1819 , 1827.01 1852 , 1859
- Issue fee ...1308.01 , 1308.03
- Maintenance fee ...2520 , 2540 , 2542 , 2550 , 2590
- Oral hearing ...1209
- Publication fee ...1126
- Reexamination
Ex parte ...2215 , 2247 , 2248Inter partes ...2615 , 2647 , 2648- Refund Section, Office of Finance ...509.03 , 607.02
- Petition fee ...506.02
- Small entity fee ...509.03 , 2550
- Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) ...1109
Refusal to publish SIR ...1105 Registration, Attorney or agent ...402 , 1702 Regulations, examiner’s search facilities ...510 Regulations, public search room ...510 Rehearing by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ...1002.02(j) , 1214.01 , 1214.03 , 1214.04 Rehearing by C.A.F.C. ...1216.01 Reissue application ...1401 to 1470
- Absolute intervening rights ...1460
- Access to ...103 , 724.04(b) , 1430 , 1470
- Acknowledgment of protest ...1901.05
- Additional information required ...1442.01 , 1442.04
- Adjudication of original patent ...1442.01
- Allowance ...1455
- Amendment ...714 , 1411 , 1453
- Examiner’s ...1455
- Of drawings ...1413 , 1453
- So that reissue can be merged with
ex parte reexamination ...2285- So that reissue can be merged with inter partes reexamination ...2686.03
- Amends or corrects original patent ...1400.01 , 1402
- Appeal brief ...1454
- Assignee consent ...1410.01 , 1443 , 1451
- Broadened ...706.03(x) , 1412.03
- Cannot be used to remove terminal disclaimer ...1490
- Certificate of correction ...1411.01 , 1412.04 , 1443 1480 to 1485
- Claim
- Broadening ...1412.02 , 1412.03
- Dependent ...1412.03
- Format ...1411 , 1453
- Numbering ...1451 , 1455
- Oath requirement ...1414
- Printed in
Official Gazette ...1455- Same invention as original patent ...1412.01
- Too narrow ...1402
- Collateral estoppel ...2112.01
- Consent by assignee ...1410.01 , 1443 , 1451
- Content ...1410
- Continuation ...1410.01 , 1414 , 1451
- Copending application reference ...1402
- Copending
ex parte reexamination proceedings ...2285- Copendinginter partes reexamination proceedings ...2686.03
- Correct inadequacies ...1402
- Court decision involving original patent ...1442.01
- Court ordered ...1442.05
- Cross noting ...1451 , 1455
- Deceptive intention ...1414
- Declaration ...1410.01 , 1414 , 1414.01 , 1444
- Defective oath, ground for rejection ...706.03(x) 1414
- Dependent claim ...1455
- Design ...1457
- Diligence ...1403
- Disclaimer ...1411.01 , 1450
- Divisional ...1002.02(b) , 1410.01 1412.01 , 1414 , 1450 , 1451 , 1457
- Domestic priority, delayed claim ...201.11
- Double patenting ...1451
- Drawings ...1413 , 1414 , 1453
- Duty of disclosure ...1406 , 1418 , 1448 2001.06(c) , 2003
- Election of species ...1450
- Equitable intervening rights ...1460
- Error correction after allowance ...1414.01 , 1444
- Error in original patent ...1401 , 1402 , 1414 , 1414.01
- Examination ...1440 , 1443 , 1445
- Examiner Reissue Guide and Checklist ...1443
- Expedited examination ...708.01 , 1441 , 1442 , 1442.03
- Expired patent ...1415.01
- Filing fee ...1415
- Final Office action ...1443
- Foreign priority claim ...201.14 , 201.16 , 201.14(b) 1402 , 1417
- Format ...1410 , 1411 , 1411.01
- Fraud ...1448 , 2012
- Grounds for filing ...1402
- Inequitable conduct ...1448 , 2010
- Information disclosure statement ...2003
- Initial examiner review ...1443
- Inoperative or invalid, Oath requirement ...1414
- Inspection ...103
- Interference ...1449.02
- Interference on original patent concurrent with ...1449.01
- Intervening rights ...1460
- Inventorship error ...1402 , 1412.04
- List of references ...1455
- Litigation involved ...1404 , 1442.01 to 1442.05 , 1443
- Litigation protest ...1901.03
- Maintenance fees on original patent ...1415.01
- Merger of reissue applications after restriction ...1450
- Merger of reissue application with
ex parte reexamination ...2285- Merger of reissue application withinter partes reexamination ...2686.03
- Multiple filings ...1451
- New matter ...1411.02
- Numbering of claims ...1451 , 1453
- Notice in original file ...202.05
- Oath ...1414 , 1414.01 , 1444
- Offer to surrender patent (not required) ...1416
Official Gazette - Omission of feature ...1411.02
- Open to public ...103 , 1430 , 1470
- Ordering copies of papers in file ...1430
- Ownership ...201.12 , 1410.01 , 1443
- Patent series ...901.04
- Patent term, affect on ...1405
- Petition to merge reissue and
ex parte reexamination ...1002.02(b) , 2285- Petition to merge reissue andinter partes reexamination ...1002.02(b) , 2686.03
- Petition to stay reissue pending
ex parte reexamination ...2285- Petition to stay reissue pendinginter partes reexamination ...2686.03
- Print of drawing ...608.02 , 608.02(m)
- Prior art consideration ...1402
- Prior art statement ...1418
- Priority correction ...201.14(b) , 201.16 1402 , 1405 , 1417
- Protest ...1441.01 , 1443 , 1901
- Protest filed in reissue where patentis in interference ...1443 , 1449
- Public access ...103 , 1430 , 1470
- Recapture of matter ...706.02(l)(1) , 1412.02
- Reexamination proceedings copending ...1449.01
- Rejection ...706.03(x)
- Request for Continued Examination (RCE) ...1451
- Requirement for information ...1442.04
- Restriction ...1450 , 1451
- Return of original patent ...1416
- Review ...1456
- Same invention as original patent ...1412.01
- Special for examination ...708.01 , 1441 , 1442 , 1442.03
- Specification ...1410 , 1411 , 1411.01 , 1453 , 1455
- Statutory basis ...1401
- Statutory disclaimer ...1490
- Stayed pending
ex parte reexamination ...2686.03- Stayed pendinginter partes reexamination ...2686.03
- Submission of papers in ...1404
- Suit on original patent ...1442.01
- Surrendered patent returned to applicant ...1416
- Suspension ...1450
- Terminal disclaimer ...1410.01 , 1411 , 1451 , 1490
- Transfer of original drawing
- (prior practice) ...608.02(i) , 1413
- Treatment of protest ...1901.06
- Twice reissued ...1411
- Two month delay period ...1441 , 1441.01
Rejected application ...203.02 Rejection (See also Anticipation rejection ; Indefinite claim ; Obviousness ) ...706
- Abandonment of invention ...706.02(d) , 706.03(s)
- Admission by applicant ...706.02(c) , 2133.03(c)
- After allowance of application ...706.04 , 706.05 1308.01
- After allowance of claim ...706.04
- After allowance, primary examiner review of ...1004
- After appeal, New rejection ...1207.03
- After termination of interference ...2308
- Against public policy ...706.03(a)
- Aggregation ...2173.05(k)
- All valid grounds ...707.07(g)
- Allowed claim by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ...1213.02
- Alternative phrases ...2173.05(h)
- Anticipation (See also Anticipation rejection ) ...706.02(a) 707.07(d) , 2131 , 2132 , 2133 , 2136
- Art (See also Prior art ) ...706.02
- Assigned applications, Same applicant ...804.03
- Atomic Energy Act ...706.03(b)
- Authorship ...2137
- Backup rejections ...706.02
- Bar, Statutory ...706.02(a) , 2133 to 2133.03(e)(7)
- Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences introduces ...1214.01
- Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences statement on allowed claim ...1213.02
- Breadth ...2173.04
- Broadening in reissue application ...1412.03
- Broader than the disclosure ...2173.03
- Chemical practice
- Claim presented corresponding toclaim of patent ...706.06
- Claim presented corresponding toclaim of patent, failure to reply ...706.03(u)
- Claims ...706
- Combination of references ...706.02(j) , 707.07(d) 2131.01
- Common knowledge ...2144.03
- Commonly assigned ...706.02(k) , 2146
- Computer programming cases ...2106 , 2161.01
- Conflicting applications ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) , 709.01 715.01(b) , 804 , 804.01 , 804.02 822 , 822.01
- Contrasted to objection ...706.01
- Copending applications, different inventive entities ...706.02(k) , 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3)
- Cumulative ...706.02 , 707.07(d)
- Dedication ...715 , 1490
- Defective reissue oath ...706.03(x) , 1444
- Dependent claim ...608.01(n)
- Derivation of invention ...2137
- Disclaimer ...706.02(k) , 710.02(d)
- Double patenting (See Double patenting )
- Duplicate claims ...706.03(k)
- Estoppel, defensive publication ...711.06
- Estoppel, interference ...2308.03
- Final (See also Final rejection ) ...706.07 to 706.07(f)
- Foreign application, statutory bar ...706.02(e)
- Form paragraphs used ...706.02(i) , 706.02(m)
- Form used ...707
- Fraud upon public ...706.03(a)
- Frivolous invention ...706.03(a)
- Full anticipation, expression recommended ...706.02(i) 707.07(d)
- Function of machine ...2173.05(v)
- Functional claim ...2114 , 2173.05(g)
- Functional equivalents ...2144.06
- Generic claim ...715.02 , 806.04 , 809.02(a)
- Genus and species ...806.04(h) , 806.04(i) 2131.02 , 2144.08
- Ground clearly stated ...706.02(j) , 707.07(d)
- Inaccurate ...2173.03
- Incomplete ...706.03(c) , 707.07(j)
- Indefinite ...706.03(d)
- Inoperativeness ...2164.08(b)
- Insufficient disclosure ...706.03(c)
- Insufficient disclosure, trademark ...608.01(v)
- Interference, estoppel ...2308.03
- Interference terminated ...706.03(v) , 2308
- International publication as prior art ...706.02(a) , 1857.01
- , ...2136.03
- Judicial notice ...2144.03
- Language used ...706.02(j) , 707.07(d)
- Linking claim ...806.04 , 806.05(c) , 809 , 809.03
- Markush, improper ...2173.05(h) , 2173.05(o)
- Multiplicity ...2173.05(n)
- Negative limitation ...2173.05(i)
- New, after appeal ...1207.03
- New, after final rejection ...706.07(e)
- New matter ...706.03(o) , 2163.06
- Nonelected invention ...706.03(m)
- Nonstatutory claim ...706.03(a) , 2107
- Nonstatutory subject matter ...706.03(a)
- Not based on prior art ...706.03
- Not inventor ...706.02(g)
- Not readable on disclosure ...2173.03
- Oath, defective reissue ...706.03(x) , 1444
- Objection distinguished ...706.01
- Obviousness (See also Obviousness ) ...706.02 706.02(j) , 707.07(d)
- Official notice ...2144.03
- Old combination ...2173.05(j)
- Omnibus claim ...706.03(d) , 2173.05(r)
- Omnibus rejection ...707.07(d)
- Overcoming 35 U.S.C. 102 rejection ...706.02(b)
- Overlapping applications ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 709.01 , 715.01(b) , 804 804.01 , 804.02 , 822 , 822.01
- Perpetual motion ...706.03(a)
- Personal remarks avoided ...707.07(d)
- Previously allowed claim ...706.04 , 1004
Prima facie case of obviousness ...706.02(j)- Printed matter ...706.03(a)
- Prior art ...706.02
- Prior art between applicant’s foreign priority date and U.S. filing date ...201.15 , 706.02(b)
- Product by process ...2113 , 2173.05(p)
- Product of nature ...706.03(a)
- Prolix ...2173.05(m)
- Provisional rejection ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l)(3)
- Public sale (See also On sale and Public use ) ...706.02(c)
- Public use (See also Public use ) ...706.02(c)
- Public use proceeding ...706.03(v) , 720.05
- Ranges ...706.03(c) , 2131.03 , 2144.05
- Recapture in reissue application ...1412.02
- Reissue application
- Broadened claims ...706.03(x) , 1412.03 , 2163.05
- Defective oath ...706.03(x) , 1444
- Recapture ...1412.02
- Repeated ...707.07(f)
Res judicata ...706.03(w)- Scientific principle ...706.03(a)
- Secondary considerations ...2131.04
- Single means claim ...2164.08(a)
- Species and genus ...806.04(h) , 806.04(i) 2131.02 , 2144.08
- Statement of ...707.07(d)
- Statutory bar ...706.02(a) , 2133 to 2133.03(e)(7)
- Suggested claims not made ...706.03(u)
- Technical ...706.03
- Trademark or trade name ...608.01(v)
- Undue breadth ...2163.05 , 2173.04
- Utility ...706.03(a) , 2107
- Vague ...706.03(d)
- Well known in the art ...2144.03
Rejoinder ...806.05(c) , 806.05(f) , 806.05(h) , 806.05(i) , 809 , 812.01 , 821 , 821.01 , 821.02 , 821.04 , 821.04(a) , 821.04(b) , 1302.04(h) Related inventions ...802.01 , 806.04(b) , 806.05 806.05(j) , 808.02 , 809.03
- Rejoinder of, generic or linking claim allowable ...821.04(a)
- Rejoinder of, product claim allowable ...821.04(b)
Related inventions, species ...806.04(b) Remailing Office action ...707.13 , 710.06 Remand by Board
- Affidavit ...1211.02
- Amendment ...1211.01
- Further search ...1211.03
- In general ...1211
Ex parte reexamination ...2274 , 2275Inter partes reexamination ...2675 , 2675.01 2677 , 2681 , 2682- Special ...708.01
Removal of application from Office ...101 Renumbering claims ...1302.01 Reopening after allowance ...1308.01 Reopening after court decision ...1216.01 Reopening prosecution after Action Closing Prosecution in inter partes reexamination ...2673 , 2673.01 Reopening prosecution after Board decision in inter partes reexamination ...2682 Replenishment of deposit accounts (See Deposit account : Replenishment )Reply (See also Amendment ; Period for reply )
- After abandonment ...714.17
- After Board decision ...1214.01 , 1214.06
- After final rejection ...714.12 , 714.13
- Attorney arguments ...716.01(c) , 2145
- By patent owner ininter partes reexamination (See Reexamination,
Inter partes :Response by patent owner )- By third party ininter partes reexamination (See Reexamination,
Inter partes :Response by third party )- Complete ...714.02 to 714.04
- Copying claim from patent not a reply ...711.02(b)
- Election requirement ...809.02(a) 818.03(a) , 818.03(b) , 818.03(c)
- Formal matters ...714.02
- Incomplete ...710.02(c) , 711.02 , 711.02(a) 711.03(a) , 714.02 to 714.05 , 2266.01
- In
ex parte reexamination ...2266- Incomplete, election of species lacking ...809.02(a) 818.03(b)
- Incomplete, proceedings not stayed by petition ...1002
- Incomplete, time for completing ...710.02(c) , 711 714.03 , 2266.01
- Late ...711 , 711.02
- Late, excused ...710.02(d)
- Patentability pointed out ...706.02(b) , 714.02 , 714.04
- Restart period for ...710.06
- Restoration of canceled matter ...608.01(s)
- Restriction requirement ...818 to 819
- Signed by all applicants ...714.01(a)
- Statutory period ...710.01
- Unmatched with application file ...508.03
Reply brief ...1208 Representative capacity ...402 , 405 , 714.01(c) Representative of foreign assignee ...302.04 Representative of inventor or owner ...Chapter 400 Representative of requester ...2213 Representatives of out-of-town attorneys ...408 Republication of PG-Pub ...1130 Request for Continued Examination (RCE) ...706.07(h)
- After allowance ...1308
- Conditions for filing ...706.07(h)
- Design application ...1502.01
- Improper CPA treated as ...201.06(d)
Inter partes reexamination of ...2611- Submission requirement ...706.07(h)
- Suspension of action in ...709
- Terminal disclaimer, effect in ...1490
Request for ex parte reexamination
- Decision criteria ...2242
- Facsimile submission not permitted ...502.01
- Notice of request in
Official Gazette ...2229- Requester’s representative ...2213
- Time for filing ...2210 , 2211
- Time to decide ...2241
Request for inter partes reexamination (See Reexamination, Inter partes :Request ; Reexamination, Inter partes :Decision on the request for reexamination )Request form (PCT/RO/101) ...1812 , 1821 , 1844 , 1844.01 Request for patentability report ...705.01(e) , 1003 Request for reconsideration of patent term adjustment ...1002.02(b) Request for rehearing of Board decision ...1002.02(b) 1214.01 , 1214.03 , 1214.04 Request for reinstatement of period of patent term adjustment ...1002.02(b) Request for Statutory Invention Registration (PTO/SB/94) reproduced ...1101 Request to convert provisional application to nonprovisional application ...1002.02(b) Request to issue patent in name of assignee after issue fee paid ...1002.02(r) Requirement for information ...704.10 to 704.14(d) 706.02(c) , 710.02(d) 1901.06 , 2122 , 2123
- After the first action on the merits ...704.11(b)
- Authority for requirement ...704.10
- Consideration of information submitted ...704.14(b) 707.05(b)
- Format of requirement ...704.14(a)
- Relation to duty of disclosure ...704.12(a) , 2005
- Relationship to information disclosure statements … ...704.14(d)
- Reply to ...704.12
- Elements of a complete reply ...704.12(b)
- Time periods for ...704.13
- Treatment of an incomplete reply ...704.12(c)
- Scope of requirement ...704.11 , 704.11(a)
- What information may be required ...704.11 , 704.11(a)
- When requirement may be made ...704.11(b)
Requirements must be repeated ...707.07(e) Requisites of the application ...702 Res judicata ...706.03(w) , 707.07(g) , 2259 , 2659Rescission of nonpublication request ...1123 , 1124 Rescission of Previous Nonpublication Request (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)) and if Applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C. (b)(B)(iii)) form PTO/SB/36 Reservation clause in application ...608.01(e) , 608.01(t) Residence, Applicant’s ...605.02 , 719.02(b) Resignation of examiner, old cases special ...708.03 Respondent Brief in appeal of inter partes reexamination ...2675.01 , 2675.02 Response (See Reply ) Restriction (See also Election ; Election of species ) ...Chapter 800
- Action, examiner’s ...814 to 817
- Action after, special ...708.01
- Action on the merits ...810
- Apparatus and process or product ...806.05(e) to 806.05(g)
- Application referred to second examiner ...815
- Basis ...802
- Burden, without serious ...803
- Claimed subject matter ...806.01
- Claims to divisible inventions addedbefore action ...818.02(a)
- Combination and subcombination ...806.05(a) , 806.05(c)
- Continuation ...819
- Design application ...1504.05
- Definition ...802.02
- Distinct invention ...802.01 , 806 , 806.05
- Distinct processes ...806.05(j)
- Distinct products ...806.05(j)
- Election other than express ...818.02
- Election fixed by action on claim ...818.01
- Final requirement ...821.01
- Grouped in parent application ...811.04
- Improper ...803 , 806 , 808.02
- Independent embodiments ...802.01 , 806.04(b) , 806.06
- Independent inventions ...802.01 , 803 , 806 806.06 , 808.01(a)
- Intermediate-final product ...806.04(b) , 806.05(j)
- Introduction ...801
- Linking claim ...806.04 , 806.05(c) , 809 , 809.03 , 821.04(a)
- Linking claim, traverse of rejection ...818.03(d)
- Markush type claims ...803 , 803.02
- Nonelected claims, treatment of ...821 to 821.03
- Nonelected invention ...706.03(m) , 821.04(a)
- Nucleotide sequences ...803.04 , 2434
- Patentability over prior art ...809 , 809.03
- Patentability report, effect ...807
- Petition from requirement ...818.03(c)
- Process and product or apparatus ...806.05(e) 806.05(g)
- Product and process of using ...806.05(h)
- Product, process of making and using ...806.05(i)
- Reasons for holding of independence or distinctness ...808.01
- Reissue application ...1450 , 1451
- Rejection of nonelected claims ...821 to 821.03
- Rejoinder ...806.05(c) , 806.05(f) , 806.05(h) , 806.05(i) , 809 , 812.01 , 821 , 821.01 , 821.02 , 821.04 , 821.04(a) , 821.04(b) , 1302.04(h)
- Related inventions ...802.01 , 803 , 806 , 806.04(b) 806.05 , 808.02 , 809.03
- Rejoinder of, generic or linking claim allowable ...821.04(a)
- Rejoinder of, product claim allowable ...821.04(b)
- Requirement ...812 , 814 to 817
- Additional ...811.02
- After election ...818
- By group where examinable ...812
- Clear and detailed record ...814
- Completeness ...815
- Concluding paragraph ...817 , 818.03(b)
- Consult other group ...812.01 , 815
- Final ...810 , 818.03
- First action ...811
- Patentability ...810
- Petition from ...818.03(c)
- Reasons for insisting upon ...808 , 808.02
- Rejection on double patenting following ...804.01
- Repeated after withdrawal ...811.03
- Reply to ...818 to 818.03(d)
- Review by examiner with at least partial signatory authority ...803.01
- Submission to TC director ...804.04
- Second requirement ...811.02
- Sequences ...803.04 , 2434
- Single claim ...803
- Single embodiment ...806.03
- Species may be independent or related inventions ...806.04(b)
- Species of unclaimed genus ...808.01(a)
- Subcombination, Combination ...806.05(a) , 806.05(c)
- When made ...811 , 811.02
- Withdrawal ...819
- Subcombinations usable together ...806.05(d) , 806.05(j)
- Telephone ...812.01
- Transitional application ...803.03
- Traverse of requirement ...818 , 818.03(c) , 821.01
Restrictions on employees of Office ...309 , 409 Restrictions on former employees of Office ...1702 Retroactive foreign filing license ...140 Return of Papers
- Discourteous matter ...714.19 , 714.25 , 1003
- Entered in the file ...201.14(c) , 719.01 , 1003
- Return of drawing ...608.02(y)
- Return of filing fee ...607.02
- Return of oath ...604.04(a)
- Return of patent ...1416
- Return of post card ...503 , 1901.05
Returned Office action ...707.13 Review at allowance ...1302.01 Review for national security ...115 Review for Government property rights ...115 Revised statutes (See Statutes ) Revival of abandoned application ...711.03 711.03(c) , 1002.02(b) Revocation of agent under PCT ...1808 Revocation/Appointment of Power of Attorney or Authorization of Agent PTO/SB/82 ...2222 , 2622 Revocation of power of attorney ...402.05 , 402.07 Rewritten specification ...608.01(q) Right of Appeal Notice (RAN) ...2666.05 , 2666.10 , 2667 2671 to 2674 , 2677 Right of priority (See also Foreign application )
- Foreign application ...201.13
- Form paragraphs ...201.14(c)
- Formal requirements ...201.14
- Overcoming a reference ...201.15 , 706.02(b)
- Papers required ...201.14(b)
- Time for filing papers ...201.14(a)
- U.S. application ...201.11
Right to exclude others ...509.02 , 1111 1601 , 2162 Rights, Transfer of patent or application ...509.02 RNA (See Biotechnology ; Nucleotide sequences ) Roster of attorneys or agents ...601.03 , 1730 , 2205 , 2220 Rules, 21 CFR 60.3(b) ...2751 Rules, Patent (Code of Federal Regulations) ...Introduction , App. R
- 10 CFR 810 Cited ...140
- 21 CFR 312.80-312.88 Cited ...2107.03 37 CFR:
- 1.1 Reproduced ...501
- 1.2 Reproduced ...713.04 , 2002.02
- 1.3 Reproduced ...714.25
- 1.4 Reproduced ...501 , 502.02 , 502.04 , 509.03 , 2002.02
- 1.5 Reproduced ...502
- 1.6 Reproduced ...502 , 502.01 , 505 , 513
- 1.7 Reproduced ...710.05
- 1.8 Reproduced ...512
- 1.9 Reproduced ...201 , 201.04(b) , 1893
- 1.10 Reproduced ...511 , 513
- 1.11 Reproduced ...103 , 1430 , 1879.04
- 1.12 Reproduced ...301.01
- 1.14 Reproduced ...101 , 102 , 103 , 104 110 , 150 , 1128 , 1879.04
- 1.20 Reproduced ...2250.03 , 2666.04
- 1.22 Reproduced ...509
- 1.23 Reproduced ...509
- 1.25 Reproduced ...509.01
- 1.26 Reproduced ...509 , 607.02
- 1.27 Reproduced ...509.02 , 509.03
- 1.28 Reproduced ...509.03
- 1.31 Reproduced ...401
- 1.32 Reproduced ...402
- 1.33 Reproduced ...403 , 601.03 714.01(a) , 2222 , 2622
- 1.34 Reproduced ...402
- 1.36 Reproduced ...402.05
- 1.41 Reproduced ...605
- 1.42 Reproduced ...409.01(a)
- 1.43 Reproduced ...409.02
- 1.45 Reproduced ...605 , 605.07
- 1.47 Reproduced ...409.03
- 1.48 Reproduced ...201.03
- 1.51 Reproduced ...601
- 1.52 Reproduced ...608.01 , 608.05 , 2250
- 1.53 Reproduced ...201.04(b) , 201.06(c) , 201.06(d) 506 , 601.01 , 601.01(c)
- 1.54 Reproduced ...503
- 1.55 Reproduced ...201.13 , 201.13(a) , 201.14(a)
- 1.56 Reproduced ...2001 , 2001.01 2001.04 , 2001.05 , 2002
- 1.57 Reproduced ...201.17 , 608.01(p)
- 1.58 Reproduced ...608.01 , 608.05(b)
- 1.59 Reproduced ...724.06
- 1.63 Reproduced ...201.06(c) , 602
- 1.64 Reproduced ...605.04(a)
- 1.66 Reproduced ...602.04(a) , 604
- 1.67 Reproduced ...603
- 1.68 Reproduced ...602
- 1.69 Reproduced ...602.06 , 2004
- 1.71 Reproduced ...608.01 , 608.01(v)
- 1.72 Reproduced ...606 , 608.01(b)
- 1.73 Reproduced ...608.01(d)
- 1.74 Reproduced ...608.01(f)
- 1.75 Reproduced ...608.01(i) , 608.01(n) , 2173.05(n)
- 1.76 Reproduced ...601.05
- 1.77 Reproduced ...608.01(a)
- 1.78 in effect on November 29, 2000, Reproduced
- ...201.11 , 804.03 , 822.01
- 1.79 Reproduced ...608.01(e)
- 1.81 Reproduced ...608.02
- 1.83 Reproduced ...608.02(d)
- 1.84 Reproduced ...608.01(f) , 608.01(v) , 608.02 , 1606
- 1.85 Reproduced ...608.02(b) , 608.02(p)
- 1.91 Reproduced ...608.03
- 1.93 Reproduced ...608.03
- 1.94 Reproduced ...608.03(a)
- 1.95 Reproduced ...608.03(a)
- 1.96 Reproduced ...608.05(a)
- 1.97 Reproduced ...609
- 1.98 Reproduced ...609
- 1.99 Reproduced ...1134.01
- 1.102 Reproduced ...708.01 , 708.02
- 1.103 Reproduced ...709
- 1.104 Reproduced ...706 , 707 , 707.05 707.07 , 1302.14 , 1852 , 2260 , 2660
- 1.105 Reproduced ...704.10
- 1.111 Reproduced ...201.04(b) , 714.02 , 714.03(a) , 2266 ,
- ...2666
- 1.112 Reproduced ...706
- 1.113 Reproduced ...706.07
- 1.114 Reproduced ...706.07(h)
- 1.115 Reproduced ...714.01(e)
- 1.116 Reproduced ...714.12
- 1.121 Reproduced ...608.02(p) , 608.04 , 714 1453 , 2234 , 2250 , 2666.01
- 1.125 Reproduced ...608.01(q)
- 1.126 Reproduced ...608.01(j)
- 1.129 Reproduced ...706.07(g) , 803.03
- 1.130 Reproduced ...718 804.03
- 1.131 Reproduced ...715
- 1.132 Reproduced ...716
- 1.133 Reproduced ...713.01 , 713.04
- 1.135 Reproduced ...710.01 711 , 711.03(c) , 714.03
- 1.136 Reproduced ...710.02 , 710.02(e)
- 1.137 Reproduced ...711.03(c) , 1124 , 2268 , 2668
- 1.138 Reproduced ...711 , 1125
- 1.141 Reproduced ...802 , 806.05(i)
- 1.142 Reproduced ...802
- 1.143 Reproduced ...818.03
- 1.144 Reproduced ...818.03(c)
- 1.145 Reproduced ...821.03
- 1.146 Reproduced ...806.04
- 1.151 Reproduced ...1501
- 1.152 Reproduced ...1503.02
- 1.153 Reproduced ...1503.01
- 1.154 Reproduced ...1503.01
- 1.155 Reproduced ...1504.30
- 1.161 Reproduced ...1602
- 1.162 Reproduced ...1604 , 1605
- 1.163 Reproduced ...1603 , 1605
- 1.164 Reproduced ...1605
- 1.165 Reproduced ...1606
- 1.166 Reproduced ...1607
- 1.167 Reproduced ...1608
- 1.171 Reproduced ...1410
- 1.172 Reproduced ...1410.01
- 1.173 Reproduced ...1410 , 1411 , 1413 , 1453
- 1.175 Reproduced ...1414
- 1.176 Reproduced ...1440 , 1450 , 2686.03
- 1.177 Reproduced ...1451
- 1.178 Reproduced ...1416 , 1418 , 1442.04
- 1.181 Reproduced ...711.03(c) , 1002
- 1.182 Reproduced ...1002
- 1.183 Reproduced ...1002
- 1.196 Reproduced ...1214.01
- 1.197 Reproduced ...1205.03 , 1214.06
- 1.198 Reproduced ...1214.07
- 1.211 Reproduced ...1120 , 1126
- 1.213 Reproduced ...1122 , 1123 , 1124
- 1.215 Reproduced ...1121
- 1.217 Reproduced ...1132
- 1.219 Reproduced ...1129
- 1.221 Reproduced ...1130 , 1133
- 1.248 Reproduced ...1901
- 1.251 Reproduced ...508.04
- 1.291 Reproduced ...1901
- 1.292 Reproduced ...720
- 1.293 Reproduced ...1101
- 1.294 Reproduced ...1103
- 1.295 Reproduced ...1105
- 1.296 Reproduced ...1109
- 1.297 Reproduced ...1111
- 1.301 Reproduced ...1216
- 1.302 Reproduced ...1216.01
- 1.303 Reproduced ...1216
- 1.304 Reproduced ...1216
- 1.311 Reproduced ...1303
- 1.312 Reproduced ...714.16
- 1.313 Reproduced ...1308
- 1.314 Reproduced ...1306.01
- 1.321 Reproduced ...1490
- 1.322 Reproduced ...1480
- 1.323 Reproduced ...1481
- 1.324 Reproduced ...1481.02
- 1.335 Reproduced ...311
- 1.362 Reproduced ...2504
- 1.363 Reproduced ...2540
- 1.366 Reproduced ...2515
- 1.377 Reproduced ...2580
- 1.378 Reproduced ...2590
- 1.413 Reproduced ...1840
- 1.414 Reproduced ...1893.01(a)
- 1.415 Reproduced ...1853
- 1.416 Reproduced ...1862
- 1.422 Reproduced ...1820
- 1.431 Reproduced ...1810
- 1.432 Reproduced ...1817.01 , 1817.01(a)
- 1.434 Reproduced ...1821
- 1.435 Reproduced ...1823
- 1.436 Reproduced ...1824
- 1.437 Reproduced ...1825
- 1.438 Reproduced ...1826
- 1.446 Reproduced ...1827.01
- 1.451 Reproduced ...201.13(b)
- 1.455 Reproduced 402.09, ...1807 , 1808
- 1.475 Reproduced ...1850
- 1.477 Reproduced ...1850
- 1.480 Reproduced ...1864
- 1.481 Reproduced ...1867
- 1.484 Reproduced ...1878
- 1.484 Reproduced ...1878.01
- 1.485 Reproduced ...1864.01 , 1878.02
- 1.488 Reproduced ...1875
- 1.489 Reproduced ...1875.02
- 1.491 Reproduced ...1893.01
- 1.495 Reproduced ...709 , 1893.01(a)
- 1.496 Reproduced ...1893.03
- 1.497 Reproduced ...1893.01(e)
- 1.499 Reproduced ...1893.03(d)
- 1.501 Reproduced ...2202 , 2602
- 1.502 Reproduced ...2202
- 1.510 Reproduced 2210, 2212, 2213, 2214 2215, 2227, 2266.03
- 1.515 Reproduced ...2240 , 2248
- 1.520 Reproduced ...2239
- 1.525 Reproduced ...2246
- 1.530 Reproduced ...2234 , 2249, 2250 , 2250.01 2250.02 , 2666.01 , 2666.02
- 1.535 Reproduced ...2251
- 1.540 Reproduced ...2252
- 1.550 Reproduced ...2254 , 2265 , 2266 , 2266.03
- 1.552 Reproduced ...2258
- 1.555 Reproduced ...2280
- 1.560 Reproduced ...2281
- 1.565 Reproduced ...2282 , 2283 , 2284 , 2285 , 2286
- 1.570 Reproduced ...2288
- 1.701 Reproduced ...2720
- 1.702 Reproduced ...2730
- 1.703 Reproduced ...2730 , 2731
- 1.704 Reproduced ...2730 , 2732
- 1.705 Reproduced ...2730 , 2733 , 2734 , 2735 , 2736
- 1.710 Reproduced ...2751
- 1.720 Reproduced ...2751
- 1.730 Reproduced ...2752
- 1.740 Reproduced ...2753 , 2754
- 1.741 Reproduced ...2754
- 1.750 Reproduced ...2755
- 1.760 Reproduced ...2755.01
- 1.765 Reproduced ...2762 , 2763
- 1.770 Reproduced ...2764
- 1.780 Reproduced ...2759
- 1.785 Reproduced ...2761
- 1.790 Reproduced ...2755.02
- 1.791 Reproduced ...2755.02
- 1.801 Reproduced ...2403
- 1.802 Reproduced ...2404
- 1.803 Reproduced ...2405
- 1.804 Reproduced ...2406
- 1.805 Reproduced ...2407
- 1.806 Reproduced ...2408
- 1.807 Reproduced ...2409
- 1.808 Reproduced ...2410
- 1.809 Reproduced ...2411
- 1.821 Reproduced ...2422
- 1.822 Reproduced ...2423
- 1.823 Reproduced ...2424
- 1.824 Reproduced ...2425
- 1.825 Reproduced ...2426
- 1.902 Reproduced ...2202 , 2602 , 2625
- 1.903 Reproduced ...2666.06
- 1.906 Reproduced ...2658
- 1.907 Reproduced ...2612 , 2686.04
- 1.913 Reproduced ...2610 , 2612
- 1.915 Reproduced ...2610 , 2613 , 2614 , 2615 , 2627
- ...2666.06
- 1.919 Reproduced ...2615 , 2627
- 1.923 Reproduced ...2640
- 1.925 Reproduced ...2640
- 1.927 Reproduced ...2640 , 2648
- 1.931 Reproduced ...2646
- 1.933 Reproduced ...2684
- 1.935 Reproduced ...2660
- 1.937 Reproduced ...2654 , 2686.03
- 1.939 Reproduced ...2625 , 2667
- 1.941 Reproduced ...2666.01 , 2666.02
- 1.945 Reproduced ...2666
- 1.947 Reproduced ...2666.05
- 1.948 Reproduced ...2666.05
- 1.949 Reproduced ...2671.01 , 2671.02
- 1.951 Reproduced ...2672
- 1.953 Reproduced ...2673.02
- 1.955 Reproduced ...2685
- 1.956 Reproduced ...2665
- 1.957 Reproduced ...2666.10 , 2666.20 , 2666.30
- 1.959 Reproduced ...2674
- 1.981 Reproduced ...2682
- 1.983 Reproduced ...2683
- 1.985 Reproduced ...2686
- 1.987 Reproduced ...2686.04
- 1.989 Reproduced ...2686.01
- 1.991 Reproduced ...2686.03
- 1.993 Reproduced ...2686.02
- 1.995 Reproduced ...2686.03
- 1.997 Reproduced ...2686.03 , 2688
- 3.1 Reproduced ...301
- 3.11 Reproduced ...302
- 3.21 Reproduced ...302.03
- 3.24 Reproduced ...302.01
- 3.26 Reproduced ...302.02
- 3.27 Reproduced ...302.08
- 3.28 Reproduced ...302.07
- 3.31 Reproduced ...302.07
- 3.34 Reproduced ...323.01
- 3.41 Reproduced ...302.06
- 3.51 Reproduced ...317.01
- 3.54 Reproduced ...317.03
- 3.56 Reproduced ...317.03
- 3.58 Reproduced ...302
- 3.61 Reproduced ...302.04
- 3.71 Reproduced ...324 , 402.07
- 3.73 Reproduced ...324 , 1410.01
- 3.81 Reproduced ...307
- 5.1 Reproduced ...120
- 5.2 Reproduced ...120
- 5.3 Reproduced ...120 , 2306
- 5.4 Reproduced ...120
- 5.5 Reproduced ...120
- 5.11 Reproduced ...140
- 5.12 Reproduced ...140
- 5.13 Reproduced ...140
- 5.14 Reproduced ...140
- 5.15 Reproduced ...140
- 5.18 Reproduced ...140
- 5.19 Reproduced ...140
- 5.20 Reproduced ...140
- 5.25 Reproduced ...140
- 10.11 Reproduced ...402
- 10.18 Reproduced ...402 , 410 , 509.03
- 11.9 Reproduced ...402.01 , 402.09
- 11.10 Reproduced ...1702
- 41.2 Reproduced ...2301.02
- 41.11 Reproduced ...2307.01
- 41.39 Reproduced ...2275
- 41.61 Reproduced ...2674 , 2674.01
- 41.66 Reproduced ...2675 , 2675.01 , 2678
- 41.67 Reproduced ...2675 , 2675.02
- 41.68 Reproduced ...2675.01 , 3675.02
- 41.69 Reproduced ...2677
- 41.71 Reproduced ...2678
- 41.73 Reproduced ...2680
- 41.77 Reproduced ...2681
- 41.79 Reproduced ...2682
- 41.8 Reproduced ...2284 , 2686.02
- 41.81 Reproduced ...2682
- 41.100 Reproduced ...2301.02
- 41.102 Reproduced ...2284 , 2303 , 2686.02
- 41.103 Reproduced ...2284 , 2307 , 2686.02
- 41.109 Reproduced ...2307.02
- 41.127 Reproduced ...2308
- 41.200 Reproduced ...2301.02
- 41.201 Reproduced ...2301.02
- 41.202 Reproduced ...2304.02 , 2304.02(a) , 2304.02(b)
- ...2304.02(c) , 2304.02(d) , 2304.03 , 2305
- 41.203 Reproduced ...2301.03
- 41.206 Reproduced ...2304.05
- 102.4 Reproduced ...103
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