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Patents Guidance

• Proposed Rule Changes to Focus the Patent Process in the 21st Century
• Notices: Recent Patent-Related pre-OG, OG & Federal Register
• Access to Published Patent Applications
• Application Data Sheet (ADS) Guide
• Business Methods Patents
• Disclosure Document Program
• Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions &
  • Training Materials
• General Information Concerning Patents
• General Information about 35 U.S.C. § 161 Plant Patents
• Guide to Filing a Utility Patent Application
• Guide to Filing a Design Patent Application
• International Guidance
• Revised Interim Utility Guidelines Training Materials (1999) [PDF]
• Office of Patent Publication
• Patent Business Goals (PBG) Final Rule Home Page
• American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) Home Page
• Provisional Application for Patent brochure
• Restriction Practice - TC1600
  • Training Materials- TC1600
• Written Description Training Materials [PDF]

Tools & Manuals

• Classification:
  • Concordance, U.S. Patent Classification (USPC) to International Patent Classification (IPC) Eighth Edition
  • Cross-Reference for Nanotechnology
  • Examiner Handbook to the US Patent Classification System
  • Manual of Patent Classification
  • U.S. Patent Classification (USPC) Index
• Forms
• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
• Patent Laws, Consolidated [PDF]
• Patent Rules, Consolidated [PDF]
• Search Templates

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