MPEP8 E8R6 (September 2007)

Table of Contents

Title Page
Blue Pages
Foreword
Introduction
100 Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing
200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
300 Ownership and Assignment
400 Representative of Inventor or Owner
500 Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers
600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
700 Examination of Applications
800 Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting
900 Prior Art, Classification, and Search
1000 Matters Decided by Various Patent and Trademark Office Officials
1100 Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) and Pre-Grant Publication (PG Pub)
1200 Appeal
1300 Allowance and Issue
1400 Correction of Patents
1500 Design Patents
1600 Plant Patents
1700 Miscellaneous
1800 Patent Cooperation Treaty
1900 Protest
2000 Duty of Disclosure
2100 Patentability
2200 Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents
2300 Interference Proceedings
2400 Biotechnology
2500 Maintenance Fees
2600 Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
2700 Patent Terms and Extensions
Appendix I - Partial List of Trademarks
Appendix II - List of Decisions Cited
Appendix L - Patent Laws
Appendix R - Patent Rules
Appendix T - Patent Cooperation Treaty
Appendix AI - Administrative Instructions Under The PCT
Appendix P - Paris Convention
Subject Matter Index