Public Presentations |
• Scheduled Events |
Notification of First Rules Customer Partnership Meeting, November 9, 2005 [PDF] |
• Slideset(s) & Chart(s) |
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18JUN 2007 |
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18JUN 2007 |
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18JUN 2007 |
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18JUN 2007 |
• Representative Claims
• Examination Support Document
• Pre-examination Search
• Explanation of Patentablity
• Statement of Utility
• Support in Written Description
• Deferred Examination of Dependent Claims
• Restriction Requirements
• Excess Claim Fee Refunds |
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30JAN 2006 |
• Applications: Continuing, Continuation, Divisional, Continuation-in-Part
• Benefit Claims
• Petition and Showing
• Requests for Continued Examination
• Identification of Related Applications
• Rebuttable Presumption of Double Patenting
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posted
30JAN 2006 |
• Statistics regarding: Filings, Production, Pendency, Inventory, Quality, Rework
• Hiring and Attrition
• Pendency Projections
• Markush Practice
• Accelerated Examination
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posted
30JAN 2006 |
• Nonprovisional Application Fees
• Fees for Entering the National Stage
• Provisional Application Fees
• Reissue Application Fees
• Search and Examination Fees
• Application Size Fee
• Excess Claims Fees
• Fee Payment • Refunds
• Issue Fee • Disclaimer Fee
• Appeal Fees • Revival Fees
• Extension of Time Fees
• Maintenance Fees
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updated
28JUL2005 |
• 35 U.S.C. 103(c)
• CREATE Act
• Prior Art Exclusions
• Joint Research Agreement
• Double Patenting Rejections
• Terminal Disclaimer
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updated
28JUL2005 |
•Electronic Signatures
• Petition Fees
• Small Entity Status •Incorporation by Reference
• Benefit Claims • Supplemental Replies
• Requirements for information
• Preliminary Amendments |
* The original version of this Microsoft PowerPointTM slide set was posted on the Office's web site on October 1, 2004 and updated on October 26,2004. In view of comments received, however, this revised version of the slide set includes clarification of several rules including 37 CFR §§ 1.57 and 1.115. |
updated
01JAN2005 |
•Most papers filed by applicants or mailed by the Office on or after September 13, 2004 must comply wi th the revised or new rules.
•New Part 41 for rules relating to appeals and practice before BPAI.
• Subpart B - Ex Parte Appeals including new grounds of rejection; supplemental examiner's answer, and when appellant may request that prosecution be reopened. |
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16SEP2004 |
•Significant Changes Made to Certain Rules
•Limit of ten patent practitioners will be made of record if Customer Number practice is not used.
• Elimination of Associate Power of Attorney practice.
•Why Use A Customer Number
•Why Use Private PAIR |
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16JUL2004 |
•Image File Wrapper (IFW) |
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posted 08OCT2003 |
•35 USC §§ 102(e) & 374
•Prior art
•National stage applications
•Continuation of IA (International Application)
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posted 14NOV2002 |
•Decision-tree to determine reference date for 35 USC § 122(b) & § 371 applications |
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posted 19NOV2002 |
•Benefit claims under 35 USC §§ 119(e), 120, 121 and 365(c) |
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presented 19FEB2003 |