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- Oath (See also Declaration )
- After appeal ...1212.02
- Antedating reference (See Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131) )
- Minor, by ...409
- Non-English ...602.06
- Original (See also Oath, Original, Rule 1.63 ) ...602
- Plant application (Rule 1.162) ...1604
- Reissue (Rule 1.175) ...706.03(x) , 1414 , 1444
- Supplemental ...602.02 , 603
- Supplemental and allowance ...603.01
- Traversing rejection (Rule 1.132) ...716
- Oath, Antedating reference (See also Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131) ) ...715
- Oath, International application ...1893.01(e)
- Oath, Original, Rule 1.63 ...602
- Administering ...604
- Amendment ...602.01
- Attorney administers ...604.06
- Consular certificate ...604.04
- Continuing application ...201.06(c)
- Copies, filing of ...602
- Date of execution ...602.05
- Declaration in lieu of, Rule 1.68 ...602
- Defective ...602.01 , 602.02 , 602.03
- Delayed filing ...506
- Divisional application ...602.05(a)
- Executed before alteration of specification ...605.04(a)
- Execution ...604
- Facsimile ...602
- Foreign execution ...602.04
- Foreign-filed applications listed ...201.14 , 201.14(c) 202.04
- Invalid, By attorney in case ...604.06
- Jurisdiction of notary ...604.02 , 604.03(a)
- New required ...602.01 , 602.02
- Notary ...602 , 602.01 , 602.04(a) , 604.01 604.02 , 604.03(a) , 604.06
- Notary certificate ...602.01
- Notary jurisdiction ...604.02 , 604.03(a)
- Refers to preliminary amendment ...601.01(a) , 602
- Seal ...604.01
- Seal, Foreign application ...602.04(a)
- Seal, Not required ...604.01 , 604.03(a)
- Signed before alteration of specification ...605.04(a)
- Substitute ...602.02
- Venue ...604.02
- Oath, Supplemental, Rule 1.67 ...603
- Oaths, Conflicting ...201.03
- Object of invention ...608.01(d)
- Objection contrasted with rejection ...706.01
- Objection, Dependent claims ...608.01(n)
- Objection to formal matters, When made ...707.07(a) 707.07(j) , 710.02(b) , 714.14
- Obvious error, correction ...1302.04 , 1305
- Obviously informal application ...702.01
- Obviousness ...706.02 , 706.02(j) , 2141 to 2146
- Age of reference ...2145
- Analogous prior art ...1504.03 , 2141.01(a) , 2145
- Design applications ...1504.03
- Form paragraphs used for rejection ...706.02(m)
- Number of references ...2145
- Ordinary skill, level of ...2141.03
Prima facie case ...2142 to 2143.03 , 2144.02- Process claims, nonobvious product ...2116.01
- Provisional rejection ...706.02(k)
- Ranges ...2144.05
- Rationale for ...2144 to 2144.09
- Adjustable, making ...2144.04
- Aesthetic design changes ...2144.04
- Automating manual activity ...2144.04
- Duplication of parts ...2144.04
- Elimination of element or step ...2144.04
- Equivalence, art-recognized ...2144.06
- Genus-species ...2144.08
- Integral, making ...2144.04
- Omission of element or step ...2144.04
- Portable, making ...2144.04
- Proportion changes ...2144.04
- Purifying old product ...2144.04
- Ranges ...2144.05
- Rearrangement of parts ...2144.04
- Reversal of parts ...2144.04
- Separable, making ...2144.04
- Sequence, change in ...2144.04
- Shape changes ...2144.04
- Size changes ...2144.04
- Species-genus ...2144.08
- Rebuttal arguments by applicant ...2145
- Teaching away in prior art ...2141.02 , 2145
- Offenlegungsshriften ...901.05(b)
- Offensive language ...608 , 1504.01(e)
- Offensive subject matter ...1003 , 1504.01(e)
- Offer to sell ...706.02(c) , 2133.03(b)
- Offer to surrender original patent (not required) ...1416
- Office action (See Action )
- Office action in
ex parte reexamination ...2260 , 2262- Office action in inter partes reexamination ...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
- Office date stamp ...505 , 506 , 710.01(a) , 714.18
- Office hours ...510
- Office of the Commissioner for Patents ...409.03 , 1721 , 1901.03 , 1902.01
- Office of the Deputy Assistant
- Commissioner for Patents ...1721
- Office of Congressional Relations ...203.08(a)
- Office of Electronic Information Products ...Title Page , 1730
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline ...406 , 407 , 410 , 502 510 , 601.03 , 604.06 , 714.01(a) 714.13 , 1002.02(k)(1) , 1002.02(m) 2205 , 2220 , 2620
- Office of General Law ...1002.02(k)(2)
- Office of Initial Patent Examination (OIPE) (See also Incoming-Mail Section ) ...201.03 , 201.06(c) , 201.06(d) 202.02 , 202.03 , 203.08 , 501 , 502 , 503 506 , 508.03 , 601 , 601.01(d) , 601.01(f) 601.01(g) , 601.01(h) , 602.05(a) , 605.04(c) 605.04(f) , 605.04(g) , 607 , 608.01 , 608.02(a) 608.02(z) , 609.07 , 707.07(a) , 714.16(d) 719.01(b) , 719.02 , 719.02(b) , 903.08(a) 1306 , 1414 , ,1706 , 2501 , 2560
- Office of International Relations ...201.13 , 203.08(a)
- Office of Patent Classification ...903 , 903.05 , 903.09
- Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA) (See also Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) ) ...103 , 409.03 409.03(h) , 409.03(j) , 506.02 , 706.02(l)(2) 720 , 720.01 , 720.03 , 720.04 1002.02(b) , 1430 , 1449 , 1449.01 1451 , 1456 , 1457 , 2236 , 2237 , 2239 , 2285 , 2289 , 2294 2626 , 2642 , 2666.50 , 2667 , 2668 2686.01 to 2687 , 2694
- Office of Patent Publications (a.k.a. Publishing Division) ...104 , 201.14(c) , 203.04 502 , 502.01 , 508.03 , 603.01 , 608.01(m) 608.02(z) , 711.01 , 711.05 , 714.16(d) 724.05 , 903.07 , 1302.05 , 1302.05(a) 1302.12 , 1303.01 , 1308 , 1309 , 1309.02 , 1611 2229 , 2235 , 2283 , 2287 , 2289 , 2635 , 2686.01 , 2687
- Petitions decided ...1002.02(r)
- Pre-Grant Publications Division ...502 , 502.01 , 1120 1122 , 1125 , 1126 , 1730
- Office of Patent Quality Review ...1302.04 , 1308.03
- Office of Patent Training ...Title page , 713.01
- Office of PCT Legal Administration ...103 , 1730
- Office of Petitions ...106 , 201.03 , 502 , 605.04(c) 605.04(f) , 605.04(g) , 609.04(b) , 1002.02(b) , 1308
- Office of Public Records ...103 , 104 , 711.04 , 1128 , 1309 , 1730
- Office of Solicitor ...302.04 , 311 , 1002.02(k)(3) 1216.01 , 1216.02 , 1701.01 , 1720 1721 , 2207 , 2240 , 2681
- Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent
- Examination Policy ...502.03 , 720 , 720.01 720.03 , 1002.02(b) , 1721 2677
- Official action ...707
Official Gazette (O.G.) ...Introduction , 409.03 , 1703
- Claim published ...1302.09
- Reissue application ...1455
- From
ex parte reexamination certificate ...2287- From inter partes reexamination certificate ...2691
- Copies and Subscriptions ...1703
- Defensive publications ...711.06(a)
- Designating classification ...1302.09
- Drawing figure ...1302.09
- eOG:P ...1703
- Issuing as U.S. patent ...901.05
- Notice of Board title changes ...1202
- Notice of
ex parte reexamination certificate ...2288 , 2291- Notice ofinter partes reexamination certificate ...2688 , 2691
- Notice of Certificate of Correction ...1480 , 1485
- Notices ...1703
- Notices of maintenance fees due ...2501 , 2575
- Notice of
ex parte reexamination request ...2229- Notice ofinter partes reexamination request ...2627 , 2629 to 2631
- Online ...1703
- Patents ...1703
- Published electronically ...1703
- Publishing disclaimers ...1490
- Reissue application filing notice ...1430 , 1441 1441.01 , 1443 , 1453 , 1457 , 1470 , 1703
- Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) ...1111
- Trademarks ...1703
- Official inquiries ...203.08(a)
- Official Notice ...2144.03
- OIPE (See Office of Initial Patent Examination (OIPE) )
- ‘Old art’ use in deciding request for reexamination ...2242 , 2642
- Old combination ...2173.05(j)
- Omission in reply, inadvertent ...710.02(c) 2266.01 , 2666.30
- Omnibus claim ...706.03(d) , 2173.05(r)
- On-line search (See also Electronic databases ) ...706.02(e) , 901.06(a) , 902.03(e)
- On sale (See also Public Use ) ...706.02(c) 2133.03 , 2133.03(b)
- Affidavit or declaration ...715.10
- Anticipation rejection ...2133.03(b)
- Buyer ...2133.03(b)
- Commercial activities ...2133.03 , 2133.03(c) 2133.03(e) , 2133.03(e)(1)
- Completion of the invention ...2133.03 , 2133.03(b) 2133.03(c) , 2133.03(e)(1) , 2133.03(e)(3)
- Definition of ...2133.03(b)
- Conditional sale ...2133.03(b)
- Nonprofit sale ...2133.03(b)
- Sale of rights ...2133.03(b)
- Single sale ...2133.03(b)
- Delivery of offered goods ...2133.03(b)
- Device embodying process ...2111.03(c)
- Evidence of (prior art publications) ...2133.03(b)
- Experimental use (See also Experimental use ) ...2133.03 , 2133.03(e)
- Goods ‘on hand’ ...2133.03(b)
- ‘In this country’ ...2133.03(d)
- Invention ...2133.03(c)
- Intent to sell ...2133.03(b) , 2133.03(e)(2)
- Offer for sale ...2133.03(b)
- Policy considerations ...2133.03
- ‘Ready for patenting’ ...2111.03(c)
- Reduction to practice ...2133.03(c) , 2133.03(e)
- Sale by inventor or associate ...2133.03(b)
- Sale by third party ...2133.03(b)
- Sale of a process ...2133.03(c)
- Sale of ‘rights’ ...2133.03(b)
- Secrecy ...2133.03 , 2133.03(b)
- Supervision and control over invention ...2133.03(e)(5) 2133.03(e)(7)
- Test for determining if impermissible sale occurred ...2133.03(b)
- Operating hours (See Hours of operation )
- Operative ...2164.07 , 2164.08(b)
- Operative example ...608.01(p)
- Operative, Showing ...608.03 , 716
- Opposition to issue of patent (See Protest )
- Oral hearing in reexamination
- Oral hearing on appeal ...1209
- Order, citation of ...707.06
- Order, Classification ...902.04
- Order granting
ex parte reexamination ...2246- Order granting inter partes reexamination ...2646 , 2660
- Order of examination ...707.02 , 708 to 708.03
- Order of papers in file wrapper ...719.01(a)
- Order for compliance ...1210.01
- Ordering
- Abandoned file ...711.04(b) , 905.03
- Allowed applications ...1306.03
- Foreign patent ...901.05(c)
- Patented file ...711.04(b) , 905.03
- Publication ...901.06(b)
- Reexamination, decision
- Subclass list ...902.03(c)
- Orders (See also Publication ) ...Introduction , 707.06
- Ordinary and customary meaning of claim term ...2106 , 2111.01
- Original application (See Nonprovisional application )
- Original carries title to some continuing applications ...201.12
- Original disclosure, inherent characteristics ...608.04(a) , 714.01(e)
- Ornamentality lacking in design applications ...1504.01(c)
- Outstanding requirements ...707.07(e)
- Overcoming a reference, Right of priority ...201.15 706.02(b)
- Overlapping applications
- Same applicant ...709.01 , 715.01(a) , 804 804.02 , 822 , 822.01
- Same assignee ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) , 709.01 715.01(b) , 822
- Subject to joint research agreement ...706.02(l)(1) to 706.02(l)(3) 804 , 804.02 , 804.03 , 2136.01 , 2141.01
- Overlapping claims ...804.02
- Oversight of inter partes reexamination ...2689
- Owner’s representative ...Chapter 400
- Ownership and assignment ...Chapter 300 , 706.02(l)(2) 706.02(l)(3)
- Ownership at time invention made ...706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3)
- Ownership of applications filed subsequent to recording of assignment ...201.12 , 306
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