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- ICIREPAT country codes ...201.14(d)
- ICIREPAT identification numbers ...201.14(d)
- Icon, computer generated ...1504.01(a)
- Identification of papers ...502 , 503
- Identification of priority application ...201.14(d)
- Identity of inventors under 35 U.S.C. 119 ...201.13
- Idiomatic English ...608.01(q)
- Illustration (See Drawings )
- Image File Wrapper (IFW)
- Artifact ...608.02
- Paper scanning ...508
- Power to inspect not accepted ...104
- Public access ...103 , 1730
- Image File Wrapper (IFW) forms
- Implied election ...818.02 , 818.02(a) , 818.02(c)
- Improper comments, inter partes reexamination ...2667
- Improper joinder, effect on patent ...805
- Improper multiple dependent claim ...608.01(n)
- Improvement (Jepson claim) ...2129
- Inaccurate claim ...2173.03
- Inappropriate papers in inter partes reexamination ...2667
- Incoming-Mail Section (See also Office of Initial Patent Examination (OIPE) ) ...501
- Incomplete amendments, time for completing ...710.02(c) , 714.03
- Incomplete application ...506 , 601.01(d) , 601.01(e)
- Claims omitted ...601.01(e)
- Definition ...203.06
- Drawing ...506 , 601.01(f)
- Invalid oath ...604.06
- Return of filing fee ...506
- Using again ...608.01(u)
- Incomplete claim, rejection ...706.03(c) , 706.03(d) , 2172.01
- Incomplete protest ...1901.03
- Incomplete requests for
ex parte reexamination ...2227- Incomplete requests for
ex parte reexamination ...2627- Incomplete response ...711.03(a) , 714.03
- Incorporation by reference ...103 , 201.06(c) , 201.11 201.17 , 608.01(p) , 2163.07 , 2163.07(b) , 2173.05(s)
- Foreign priority application ...201.13 , 2163.07
- In an Examiner’s Answer duringinter partes reexamination ...2677
- Public access to incorporated application ...103
- Incorrect citation of reference ...707.05(g) , 710.06
- Indefinite claim ...706.03(d) , 2171 to 2174
- Alternative phrase ...2173.01 , 2173.05(h)
- Antecedent basis ...2173.05(e)
- Breadth compared ...2173.04
- Design applications ...1503.01 , 1503.02 , 1504.04
- International application ...1845 , 1874
- Multiplicity ...2173.05(n)
- Must be considered ...2143.03
- Nonelected claims ...821
- Numerical ranges ...2173.05(c)
- Prolix ...2173.05(m)
- Rejections ...706.03(d)
- 35 U.S.C. 112, first and second paragraph compared ...2174 , 2185
- 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph limitations ...2181 , 2185
- Independent claim ...608.01(n)
- Independent, definition ...802.01
- Independent inventions ...802 , 802.01 , 803 , 803.02 , 806 806.04(b) , 806.06 , 808.01(a)
- Independent inventor (See also Applicant ; Inventor ;
Pro se applicant )- Index of claims ...707.07(i) , 719.04
- Index of patents, Classification, Numerical ...902.03(a)
- Index to the U.S. Patent Classification ...902.01(a)
- Industrial Security Manual (ISM) ...120
- Inequitable conduct (See also Duty of disclosure , Fraud ) ...2001.06(c) , 2010
- Best mode ...2165
- Claims invalidated ...2016
- Finding affects all claims ...2016
- Protest ...1901 , 1901.06 , 2013
- Reexamination ...2014
- Reissue ...1448 , 2012
- Informal application ...506 , 702.01
- Informal drawing (no longer applies) ...507 , 608.02(b)
- Informality, Action calling attention to ...707.07(a) 707.07(j) , 710.02(b) , 714.14
- Information Center (See Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC) )
- Information Disclosure Statements (See also Prior art ) ...201.06(d) , 609 , 1406
- Electronic Processing of ……………………...….. ...609.08
- Relationship to requirement for information ...704.14(d)
- Information material to patentability (See also Duty of disclosure ) ) ...2001.04 , 2001.05
- Copending application ...2001.06(b)
- Copied claims ...2001.06(d)
- Foreign application ...2001.06(a)
- Litigation ...2001.06(c)
- Information on status of application referred to in patent ...102
- Information reasonably necessary for finding prior art ...704.11
- Information sent to applicant for guidance ...703
- Information submitted with protest ...1901.02
- Infringement action
- INID codes or numbers ...901.04 , 901.05(b) , 2290
- Initial data capture for printing ...1309
- Initial examiner review of reissue ...1443
- Ink color
- Inoperativeness ...2164.07 , 2164.08(b)
- INPADOC ...901.06(a) , 905.06
- Inquiries, Official and Congressional ...203.08(a)
- Inquiries regarding patent search, examination, or validity ...1701
- Inquiry as to status of application ...102 , 203.08
- Insanity ...409 , 409.02
- Inspection
- Amendment ...714.05
- Application ...103 , 104
- Approval of power ...104
- Assignment ...301.01
- Authorization ...402
- By assignee ...104 , 106 , 106.01
- By excluded or suspended attorney or agent ...105
- By inventor ...106
- By licensee ...106.01
- Control of, By assignee ...106
- File Information Unit (Record room) ...103
- International application ...110
- Patent file ...103
- Petition ...103
- Record room ...103
- Reissue application ...103
- Right of ...103 , 104 , 106
- Insufficient disclosure ...608.01(p) , 706.03(c) , 2161
- Insufficient reply ...710.02(c) , 711.02(a) 711.03(a) , 714.03 , 2266.01 , 2666.30 , 2671
- Int. Cl. (International Patent Classification) ...903.09
- Intellectual property compared ...1512
- Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-273) ...706.02(a)
- Intent to claim ...706
- Inter-American Convention (See also Treaties ) ...201.13
- Interference ...Chapter 2300
- Abandonment, suppression or concealment, notice ...2138
- Access to files ...2306 , 2307.02
- Action after ...2308
- Action after
ex parte reexamination ...2284- Action afterinter partes reexamination ...2686.02
- Action suggesting claims ...2304.04
- Administrative patent judge handles ...2301
- Allowance of losing party’s application (Estoppel) ...2308.03
- Applicant suggests interference with patent ...2304.02
- Applications in different Technology Centers ...2304.01(b)
- Basis of practice ...2138.01 , 2301.03
- Between application and patent ...2301.03
- Between applications ...2301.03
- Cancellation of losing party’s claims ...2308.03(a)
- Claim of foreign priority ...2304.01(c)
- Claim interpretation ...2301.03
- Claim presented corresponding to patent claim ...2301.03 to 2304.05
- Claims, overlapping in two applications of same party ...2304.05
- Claims, suggesting ...1003 , 2304.04(b)
- Claims corresponding to count support in specification ...2163.03
- Common ownership ...2304.05
- Conception ...2138.01 , 2138.04
- Concurrent with appeal ...2307.05
- Copending
ex parte reexamination ...2284- Copendinginter partes reexamination ...2686 , 2686.02
- Count, defined ...2301.02
- Counts, formulation of ...2301.01
- Dates, difference in effective filing ...2303
- Declaration ...2301
- Definitions ...2301.02
- Determining priority ...2138.01
- Diligence, reasonable ...2138.01 , 2138.06
- Disclaimer, statutory ...706.03(u) , 710.02(d)
- Disposal count ...1705
- Drawing prints ...608.02(m)
- Election of invention not affected ...819
- Entry of amendment filed in connection with motion ...2308.02
- Estoppel ...715 , 2138.01 , 2308.03
- Evidence ...2138.04
- Examination, Completion of ...2303
- Examiner suggestion ...2304.04
- Final disposal of claims ...2308.01
- Fraud ...2010
- Generic claims ...2304.04(b)
- Identification of patent, correspondingclaims presented ...2304.02(a)
- Inequitable conduct ...2010
Inter partes questions not to bediscussedex parte ...2307.01- Interference Practice Specialist ...2301 , 2302
- ...2303 , 2304.04(a) , 2304.04(b)
- ...2307.04 , 2308.03
- Interference-in fact, no ...2308.03(b)
- Interfering Subject Matter ...2301.03
- Judicial review ...1216
- Jurisdiction over interference ...2307 , 2308
- Losing party, may obtain copy of opponent’s application ...2308.03(a)
- Losing party, treatment of ...2308.03(a)
- Lost counts ...715
- Motions
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration or Department of Energy Ownership ...2309
- Order to show cause ...2305
- Patent in different Technology Center ...2304.01(b)
- Patentee suggestion ...2304.03
- Petition refusal to initiate ...1002.02(c)
- Power of attorney filed ...402.08
- Preparation of papers by examiner ...2302
- Priority time charts ...2138.01
- Provoking
- Public use proceeding ...706.03(v)
- Reduction to practice ...2138.01 , 2138.05
- Reexamination
Ex parte , copending with interference ...2284Inter partes , copending with interference ...2686 , 2686.02- References pertinent to motions, made of record ...1302.12
- Referring an Interference to the Board, Preliminaries to ...2304.01
- Reissue application ...1449.02 , 2303.02
- Reissue application copending with interference on original patent ...1449.01
- Reply to suggestion for claims ...710.02(c) , 2304.04(b)
- Requirements for interference ...2302
- Requiring a claim ...2304.04(b)
- Requiring a priority showing ...2305
- Revocation of power of attorney ...402.08
- Search ...1302.08 , 2304.01(a)
- Second Interference, no ...2308.03(c)
- Secrecy order application ...130 , 2306
- Special dispatch ...708.01 , 2301
- Statutory basis ...708.01 , 2301.01
- Suggestion of claims ...2304.03 to 2304.04(b)
- Suggestion of claims, time limit ...710.02(c)
- Suspension of action pending outcome of reexamination ...2284 , 2686.02
- Suspension of
ex parte prosecution ...709 , 709.01- Suspension ofrelated applications ...2307.03
- Terminated open to public ...103
- Testimony ...715.07(b)
- Transfer of application ...2304.01(b)
- Winning party ...710.02(b) , 2308
- Written Description, Adequate ...2304.02(d)
- Interference practice specialist(s) ...2301 , 2302 2304 , 2304.04(a) , 2304.04(b)
- Interlibrary loans ...901.06(a)
- Interlineation in specification before execution ...608.01
- Intermediate-final product ...806.04(b) , 806.05(j)
- International application (See also Foreign application ; Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) )
- Abstract ...1826
- Access ...101 , 110
- Agent ...1807 , 1864.04
- Amendment before the designated office ...1893.01(a)(2) 1893.01(a)(3)
- Amendment of claims before International Bureau ...1853
- Amino acid sequence ...1823.02
- Applicant ...1810
- Applicants different for different designated states ...1817.01 , 1817.01(a)
- Assignment document ...301
- Attorney ...1807
- Attorney file reference number ...1821
- Claims ...1824
- Common representative ...402.09 , 1807
- Confidential status ...101 , 110
- Content ...1812
- Continuation ...1817.02
- Continuation of ...201.11(a) , 1895
- Continuation-in-part ...1817.02
- Correspondence ...1834
- Definition ...201
- Deposit accounts ...509.01
- Description ...1823
- Designation fee ...1817.01(a)
- Designation of states ...1817.01 , 1817.01(a)
- Drawings ...1825 , 1893.03(f)
- Drawings missing ...1825
- Early national stage entry under 35 U.S.C. 371(f) ...1893.01 , 1893.01(a)(2) , 1893.03(b)
- Elements ...1812
- Errors, rectification of ...1836
- Fees ...1827 , 1893.01(c) , 1896
- Filing date ...1810
- Foreign filing license ...1832
- Formal requirements ...1810
- Forms (See Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) :
Forms )- Home copy ...1801 , 1848 , 1879.04 , 1895.01
- International preliminary examination ...1860
- International search ...1843
- International searching authority ...1840
- Inventor ...1817.01 , 1817.01(a) , 1820 , 1893.01(e)
- Kinds of protection ...1817.02
- Mail service ...1834 , 1834.02
- Member states ...1817
- Microorganism deposit ...1823.01
- National stage ...1893 to 1896
- Numbering of sheets ...1812
- Oath ...1893.01(e)
- Parent to national application ...201.11(a) , 1817.02
- Power of attorney ...1807
- Precautionary designations ...1817.01(a)
- Prior art effect ...1857.01 , 1896 , 2127 , 2136.03
- Priority ...201.13(b) , 1828
- Priority document ...201.13(b) , 1828
- Publication ...1857
- Record copy ...1801 , 1828 , 1832 , 1848
- Rectification of obvious errors ...1836
- Refund of fees ...1827.01 , 1850 , 1852 1865.01 , 1875.02
- Representation ...402.09
- Request ...1821
- Search copy ...1801 , 1827.01 , 1840 , 1840.01
- Search fee ...1827
- Search report ...707.05 , 1844
- Secrecy order ...115 , 120 , 1832
- Signature of applicant ...1820
- Time limits ...1836 , 1842 , 1843.05 1879.01 , 1879.01(a)
- Title ...,1821 , 1893.03(e)(1)
- Translation for U.S. national stage ...1893.01(d)
- Transmittal fee ...1827
- Transmittal letter ...1830
- Unity of invention ...823 , 1850 , 1875 , 1893.03(d)
- Withdrawal ...1859 , 1880
- International classification ...903.09
- International patent classification ...719.05
- International searching authority ...1840
- International Trade Commission ...724
- International-type search ...707 , 1852
- Internet ...502.03 , 1730
- Address ...1730
- Database collections ...1730
- Disclosure document program ...1706
- Electronic mail ...502.03 , 713 , 713.01 713.04 , 713.05
- General Information Concerning Patents ...703
- Kids Pages ...1730
- ‘PatentIn’ computer software (See also Sequence rules ) ...2430
- Payment of maintenance fees by ...2522
- PCT Legal Office ...1730
- Publication of Board Decisions ...1213.03
- Publication of the
Official Gazette ...1703- Searching ...904.02(c)
- Usage Policy ...502.03 , 904.02(c)
- World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) ...Introduction , 1801 , 1851
Inter partes questions ...713.06- Interpretation of law, new ...1207
- Intervening rights
- Intervention by assignee ...106
- Interviews ...713
- Advance indication of issues to be discussed ...713.01
- Allowed application ...713.05 , 713.10
- Appointment in advance ...713.01
- Attorney not of record ...101 , 402
- Authority to conduct ...713.05
- Before filing ...713.02
- Before filing amendment under 37 CFR 1.312 ...713.10
- Before first action ...706.07(b) , 713.01 , 713.02
- Demonstration ...713.08
- During working days only ...713.01
- Electronic mail ...502.03 , 713 , 713.01 , 713.04 , 713.05
- Excluded or suspended attorney or agent ...105 , 713.05
- Exhibit ...713.08
- Exposure of other cases during ...101 , 713.07
- Field of search ...713.02
- Finally rejected application ...706.07(f) , 713.09
- How conducted ...713.01
Inter partes questions ...713.06- Interview summary form ...713.04 , 2281
- Local attorney ...713.03 , 713.05
- Made of record ...713.01 , 713.04
- Merged reissue/inter partes reexamination ...2686.03
- Model ...713.08
- Oral agreement not binding ...713.04
- Patentability report cases ...713.01
- Prior to first Office action ...706.07(b) , 713.02
- Prohibited ...713.05
- Protestor participation ...1901.07
- Question of patent validity ...1701
- Record of substance required ...713.01 , 713.04
- Reexamination
- Refused ...713.01 , 713.02 , 713.05 713.10
- Requested in continuing application ...706.07(b)
- Requested in Office action ...707
- Sounding out ...713.03
- Special situations ...713.05
- Substance made of record ...713.04 , 714.13 , 1302.03
- Telephone ...101 , 408 , 713.01 , 713.05 , 812.01
- Time allowed ...713.01
- Video conference ...713.01 , 713.04
- Videotape showing ...713.01
- Where held ...713.01
- Invention (See Patent ; Rejection )
- Brief summary ...608.01(d)
- Detailed description ...608.01(g)
- Made in this country ...2138.02
- Mode of operation ...608.01(h)
- Inventive entity, Different ...706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3)
- Inventive entity, Same(overlapping subject matter) ...804 804.03 , 822 , 822.01
- Inventor (See also Applicant ;
Pro se applicant ) ...605
- Common, at least one ...201.03 , 201.11 706.02(k) , 2137.01
- Continuing application ...201.06(c)
- Correction (See Correction of inventorship )
- Deceased ...409 to 409.01(f) , 1820
- Execution of oath/declaration by legal representative ...605.04(a)
- Government property rights statement ...151
- Duty of disclosure by ...2001.01 , 2002.01
- Foreign priority ...201.13 , 2133.01
- Full first or middle name required ...605.04(b)
- Heirs ...409.01(a) , 409.01(d)
- Initials as a given name ...605.04(b)
- Insane ...409 , 409.02
- International application ...1812 , 1817.01 , 1817.01(a)
- Legally incapacitated ...409
- , ...409.02
- Minor ...409
- Name change ...605.04(c) , 719.02(b)
- Correction ...201.03 , 201.05
- Order ...605.04(f)
- Petition ...605.04(c)
- Typographical, translation error ...201.03 , 601.05
- None available ...409 , 409.03(b) , 603
- Proof ...409.03(d)
- Proof of irreparable damage ...409.03(g)
- Proof of proprietary interest ...409.03(f)
- Order of ...605.04(f)
Pro se ...707.07(j) , 713.01- Refuses to sign ...409 , 409.03(d) , 603
- Representative of ...Chapter 400 , 1706
- Requirements ...2137.01
- Residence ...605.02
- Rule 1.53(b) ...201.06(c)
- Rule 1.53(d) ...201.06(d)
- Self-prosecuted case ...707.07(j) , 713.01
- Small entity status ...509.02
- Unavailable ...409 , 409.03 , 603
- Inventor’s certificate
- Inventors Assistance Center ...1730
- IPC (International Patent Classification) ...903.09
- IPS (Interference Practice Specialist) ...2302
- Irreparable damage, Proof of ...409.03(g)
- Issue (See Allowance and issue )
- Issue batch number (no longer used) ...1303.01
- Issue Classification Form/Sheet/Slip (See also Form letters and forms ) ...903.07 , 903.07(b) 903.09 , 903.09(a) , 1302.09 , 1302.10 , 1302.13
- Issue fee ...1306
- After payment ...1306.03
- Credit card payment ...1306
- Deposit account ...1303 , 1306
- Failure to pay ...711.03(c) , 1306
- Late payment ...711.03(c)
- Petition to accept late fee ...711.03(c)
- Reissue application ...1415
- Who may file ...1306
- Issue of patent ...1309
- Issue of patent to assignee ...307
- Issuing in another TC without transfer ...903.07(b)
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