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- A4 size paper (See also Paper size ) ...608.01 608.02 , 1825 , 1826
- A.I. series of patents (See also Patent ) ...901.04
- Abandoned application (See also Abandonment )
- Accessibility to public ...103 , 711.04
- Counting, when processed ...711.04(a)
- Definition ...203.05
- Failure to provide timely notice of foreign filing when nonpublication requested ...1124
- Fee on petition to revive ...711.03(c)
- Issue fee, failure to pay ...711.03(c)
- Matter reproduced in substitute ...201.09
- Ordering ...711.04(b) , 905.03
- Papers received, handling ...508.02
- Provisional application ...201.04(b) , 201.11
- Reference use ...901.02 , 2127
- Referred to in issued patent ...103
- Retention fee ...601.01(a)
- Revival ...711.03(c) , 1893.02
- Storage ...711.04(b)
- When open to the public ...103
- Abandoned file (See Abandoned application ; Abandonment )
- Abandoned files repository ...608.02(c) , 707.13 , 711.01 711.04(a) , 711.04(b) , 905.03
- Abandonment (See also Abandoned application ) ...711
- After allowance ...711.05
- After payment of issue fee ...711.01
- Amendment late ...711.02 , 714.17
- Appeal dismissal ...1215.04
- Appeal withdrawal ...1215.01 to 1215.03
- Assignee must consent ...711
- Change of address ...711.03(c)
- Counted as a disposal ...1705
- Court case ...1216
- Date of ...711.04(a)
- Destroys continuity ...201.11
- Express ...711 , 711.01
- Continued prosecution application (CPA) ...201.06(d)
- Issue fee not paid ...711.03(c)
- Issue fee paid ...711.01 , 711.05
- Failure to file property rights statement ...150
- Failure to pay issue fee ...711.03(c)
- Failure to prosecute ...711.02
- Failure to provide timely notice of foreign filing after non-publication request ...1124
- Formal ...711 , 711.01
- Forwarding ...711.04(a)
- Incomplete reply ...711.03(a)
- Invention abandoned ...706.02(d) , 2134 , 2138.03
- No reply ...711 , 711.02
- Notification of ...711.02 , 711.04(c)
- Of appeal ...1210
- Of invention ...706.02(d) , 2134 , 2138.03
- Papers received after ...508.02
- Petition to revive ...711.03(c) , 711.04(c) 1002.02(c) , 1002.02(q) , 1002.02(r)
- Petition to withdraw holding of examiner’s statement ...711.03(c) , 711.03(d)
- Prior application ...201.06(c)
- Provisional application ...201.04(b) , 201.11
- Pulling ...711.04(a)
- Reconsideration ...711.03 , 711.03(c)
- Reissue
- Revival ...711.03 , 711.03(c)
- Shortened statutory period expired ...710.02(d) 711.04(a)
- Special situations ...711.02(b)
- Termination of proceedings ...201.11 , 711.02(c)
- Unavoidable (See also Petition ) ...711.03(c) , 711.04(c)
- Undelivered action ...707.13
- Unintentional (See also Petition ) ...711.03(c) 711.04(c) , 1124
- Withdrawal of holding . ...711.03(c) , 711.04(c)
- Abbreviation, periodical citation ...707.05(e)
- Abbreviature and abstract publication ...711.06
- Abstract for defensive publication ...711.06
- Abstract of international application ...1826
- Abstract of the disclosure ...608.01(b) 1302.01 , 1302.04
- Abstract publication ...711.06
- Accelerated examination ...708.02
- Access (See also Inspection ; Power of attorney )
- Attorney not of record ...402 , 405
- Authorized by Director ...104
- Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) ...103
Ex parte reexamination file ...2232- Excluded attorney or agent ...105
Inter partes reexamination file ...2609 , 2632.01- International application ...110
- Pending application ...101 , 103 , 104 , 106 , 724.04 724.04(a) , 1128 , 1132
- Petition ...103
- Protested application ...1901.05 , 1901.07
- Provisional application ...103 , 104
- Published application ...1128 , 1130
- Reissue application ...724.04(b)
- Suspended attorney or agent ...105
- Accounts, Deposit (See Deposit account )
- Acknowledgment of protest ...1901.05
- Act (See Statutes )
- Action (See also Letter, Examiner’s )
- Advisory action ...706.07(f) , 714.13
- After another examiner’s action ...706.04
- After Board decision ...1214.01 , 1214.03 to 1214.07
- After Board decision reversing examiner ...1214.04
- After Board decision sustaining examiner ...1214.06
- After interference ...2308
- Amendment after final rejection ...706.07(f) 714.12 , 714.13
- Citation of references ...707.05 , 710.06
- Claim summary ...707.07(i)
- Claims in excess of number of claims previously paid for ...714.10
- Closing prosecution ininter partes reexamination (See
Reexamination, :Inter partes Action closing prosecution )- Completeness ...707.07 , 707.07(a)
- Copy to applicant ...707.12
- Copies of references ...707.05(a)
- Correctness, Period for reply ...710.06
- Counted ...1705
- Crosses amendment ...714.05
- Date ...707.11
- Examiner’s ...707
- File wrapper endorsement ...707.10 , 719.01
- File wrapper entry ...707.10
- Final rejection ...706.07 to 706.07(f) , 713.09
- Foreign priority determination ...201.13 to 201.16
- Formal matter ...707.07(a) , 707.07(e) 707.07(j) , 714.02
- Forms used ...707
- Incorrect citation of references ...710.06
- Informal application ...702.01
- Mailing ...707.12
- Original in file wrapper ...707.10 , 707.12
- Patentability report ...705 , 705.01(c)
- Piecemeal examination . ...707.07(a) , 707.07(g)
- Primary examiner’s personal attention ...707.01 , 1004
- Priority determination, foreign ...201.13 to 201.16
- Reissue application file ...1430
- Reply time computation ...710.01(a) , 710.05
- Restriction requirement ...Chapter 800
- Returned ...707.13
- Review ...Introduction
- Shortened statutory period ...710.02 , 710.02(b)
- SPE’s personal attention ...707.02
- Supplemental ...710.06 , 714.05
- Suspension (See also Suspension ) ...709
- Suspension, primary examiner’s attention ...1004
- Suspension, TC Director’s attention ...1003
- Third, SPE reviews . ...707.02
- Time limit ...710.02 , 710.02(c)
- Address, Change of correspondence ...601.03 , 711.03(c)
- Address, Correspondence (See also Mail Stop ) ...403 , 2540 , 2542
- Address, Fee ...2540
- Address of applicant ...605.03
- Address of Patent and Trademark Office ...501 , 502
- Address of patent owner ...2222 , 2622
- Address of unavailable inventor ...409.03(e)
- Administration, Letters of ...409.01(b) 409.01(c) , 409.01(e)
- Administration of oath ...604
- Administrative instructions, PCT ...App. AI
- Administrative Patent Judges (See Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) )
- Administrator or executor ...409.01
- Allowance and issue ...409.01(f)
- Application by, After discharge ...409.01(c)
- Assigned application, Inventor dies ...409.01(e)
- Authority ...409.01(b)
- Consular certificate ...409.01(d)
- Foreign country ...409.01(d)
- Heir . ...409.01 , 409.01(a) , 409.01(d)
- Intervention not required ...409.01(f)
- Refuses to sign ...409.03(c)
- Specification form ...605.05
- Admissions by applicant ...706.02(c) , 2129 , 2133.03(c)
- Admissions in reexamination
- Advantages over prior art ...707.07(f)
- Adverse recommendation under 37 CFR 1.312 ...714.16(d) 714.16(e) , 714.19
- Advisory action ...706.07(f) , 714.13
- Affidavit (See Oath ; Declaration )
- Affidavit, disqualifying commonly owned patent or patent application publication as prior art ...718
- Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131) ...706.02(l)(3) , 715 , 2133.01 2133.02 , 2133.03(c)
- Acts relied upon, NAFTA/WTO/U.S. ...706.02(c) 715.07(c)
- Best mode, failure to disclose ...715.10
- Co-authorship ...715.01(c)
- Common assignee, reference and application ...715.01(b) , 718
- Compared to Rule 1.132 affidavit ...715.01
- Completion of invention ...715 , 2133.03(c)
- Conception (See Conception )
- Continuing application ...201.06(c) , 201.06(d)
- Copies from prior applications ...201.06(c)
- Dedication to public ...715
- Derivation ...715.07(c)
- Diligence (See Diligence )
- Effective filing date ...715
- Exhibit, Disposition ...715.07(d)
- Formal requirements ...715.04
- Genus-species ...715.03
- Generic claim ...715.02
- Interference testimony used ...715.07(b)
- Overcome patent or publication ...715
- Petition regarding sufficiency ...1002.02(c)
- Prior public use/sale ...715.10
- Priority time charts ...2138.01
- Proper use of ...715
- Reduction to practice (See Reduction to practice )
- Reexamination,
ex parte ...2258- Reexamination,inter partes ...2658
- Reference date to be overcome ...715
- Reference is
- Common assignee ...715.01(b) , 718
- Joint patent or published application to applicant and another ...715.01(a)
- Patent or application publication claiming same invention ...715.05 , 2138.01
- Publication of applicant’s own invention ...715.01(c)
- Sufficiency of ...715.08
- When used ...706.02(b) , 706.02(l)(3) , 715 , 2132.01
- Who may make affidavit ...706.02(b) 706.02(l)(3) , 715.04
- Withdrawn rejection ...715
- Affidavits, traversing rejections (37 CFR 1.132) ...716
- Attorney arguments ...716.01(c)
- Attribution, of reference to applicant ...716.10
- Commercial success, evidence ...716.03
- Commensurate in scope with claimed invention ...716.03(a)
- Derived from claimed invention ...716.03(b)
- Design applications ...716.03(b) , 1504.03
- Sales figures ...716.03(b)
- Commonly owned patent ...718
- Commonly owned patent application publication ...718
- Comparison with closest prior art ...716.02(e)
- Computer programming cases ...2164.06(c)
- Continuing application ...201.06(c) , 201.06(d)
- Copying, evidence ...716.06 , 1504.03
- Disclosure, sufficiency ...716.09
- Disclosure, utility and operability ...716.08
- Evidence
- Consideration of ...716.01
- Objective ...716.01(a)
- Compared to opinion evidence ...716.01(c)
- Probative value ...716.01(c)
- Weighing against
prima facie case ...716.01(d) 716.05- Secondary ...716.01(b)
- Timeliness ...716.01
- Long-felt need ...716.04
- Petition regarding sufficiency ...1002.02(c)
- Reexamination,
ex parte ...2258- Reexamination,inter partes ...2658
- Reference attributed to applicant ...716.10
- Sufficiency of ...716.09
- Synergism ...716.02(a)
- Skepticism of experts ...716.05
- Timeliness ...716.01
- Unexpected results, allegations ...716.02
- Unexpected results, evidence ...716.02(a)
- Affidavits submitted with prior art under 35 U.S.C. 301 in patented files ...2205
- Affirmation (See Oath ; Declaration )
- After final practice ...706.07(f)
- Agent (See Attorney or agent ; Power of attorney )
- Agent for international application ...1807 , 1864.04
- Aggregation ...2173.05(k)
- Agriculture, Department of, Plant patents ...1608 , 1609
- Agricultural Research Service ...1608 , 1609
- AIDS/HIV, petition to make special ...708.02
- Algorithms ...706.03(a) , 2106 , 2106.02 , 2164.06(c)
- Alien Property Custodian (A.P.C.) publications (See also Citation of prior art ) ...901.06(c)
- Allowance and issue (See also Allowed application ) ...Chapter 1300
- Abandonment after ...711.05
- All claims allowed, shortened statutory period ...710.02(b)
- Amendment, Examiner’s ...1302.04
- Amendment, Examiner’s, Rule 1.312 ...1305
- Amendment after (See Amendment :
After allowance )- Amendment after allowance of all claims ...714.14 1303.01
- Amendment after D-10 notice ...130
- Amendment at time of ...714.15
- Amendment crossing in mail ...714.15
- Assigned application ...307
- Assignment Division ...409.01(b) , 1302.11
- Cancellation of claims after appeal ...1214.06 1215.03 , 1214.04
- Cancellation on nonelected claim by examiner’s amendment ...821.01 , 821.02
- Cancellation of nonstatutory claim ...1302.04(b)
- Citation of prior art ...1302.12
- Claim for
Official Gazette ...1302.09- Claim renumbering ...608.01(j) , 1302.01 , 1302.04(g)
- Claim renumbering, dependent claim ...608.01(n) 1302.01
- Classification ...903.07 , 903.07(b)
- Classification change after allowance ...903.07
- Classification in another Technology Center . ...903.07(b)
- Copending application
- Correction of error after allowance ...714.16
- Cross-reference ...903.07(a)
- D-10 notice ...130
- Deceased inventor, notice of allowance ...1303.03
- Drawing, drafting stamp no longer required ...608.02(o)
- Drawing correction ...608.02(z) , 1302.04 , 1303.01
- Drawing in patented file ...608.02(i) , 905.03
- Erasure of markings ...1302.01
- Examiner’s amendment (See Examiner’s amendment )
- File wrapper notation ...1302.09
- Final review ...1302
- Formal matters ...714.16 , 1302.01
- Formal matters, examiner’s amendment and changes ...714.16 , 1302.04
- Formal matters, specification rewritten ...1302.02
- General review ...1302.01
- Interference ...2303.01
- Interference search ...1302.08 , 2304.01(a)
- International classification ...903.09
- Intervention by executor ...409.01(f)
- Issue classification notations ...1302.10
- Issue in another TC without transfer ...903.07(b)
- Jurisdiction of application ...1305
- Listing of references ...1302.12
- Locarno classification designations ...903.09(a)
- Non-compliant amendment, treatment of ...714 , 1302.04
- Nonelected claims canceled by examiner’s amendment ...821.01 , 821.02
- Nonelected claims eligible for rejoinder ...821 to 821.02
- Notice of Allowability ...1302.03
- Notice of allowance (See Form letters and forms : Notice of allowance )
- Ordering allowed application ...1306.03
- Patentability report, print disposal ...608.02(n) 705.01(d)
- Plant application ...1611
- Printer waiting ...1309.02
Pro se ...707.07(j)- Protest against issue ...1901
- Reasons for allowance (See Reasons for allowance )
- Record room ...905.03
- Reference listing ...1302.12
- Reissue application ...1455
- Rejection after allowance ...706.04 , 706.05 , 1308.01
- Rejoinder of claims ...821.04 , 1302.04(h)
- Related applications, file wrapper/history notations ...202.02 , 1302.09
- Reopening prosecution ...1308.01
- Review by examiner ...1302.01
- Review by primary examiner ...903.07
- Rewritten specification requirement ...1302.02
- Secret application ...130 , 1304.01
- Signing file wrapper ...1302.13
- Special ...708.01 , 710.02(b) , 1301
- Specification, clean copy required ...1302.02
- Statement of invention ...1302.01
- Supplemental oath after ...603.01
- Terminology correspondence of specification and claims ...1302.01
- Title of invention ...1302.01
- Title change by examiner ...606.01
- Title search, continuing application ...306
- Transfer ...903.08
- Undelivered notice of allowance ...1303.02
- Withdrawal from issue (See Withdrawal from issue )
- Withholding from issue, secrecy order application ...130 , 1304.01
- Allowance, Reasons for (See Reasons for allowance )
- Allowed application (See also Allowance and issue )
- Definition ...203.04
- Express abandonment of ...711.01
- File wrapper data ...1302.09
- Ordering ...1306.03
- Rejection ...1308.01
- Suggesting claim for interference ...1003
- Allowed claim, rejection ...706.04
- Alpha subclass ...903.07
- Alteration of application after execution ...605.04(a)
- Alteration of application before execution ...506 601.01(a) , 602 , 608.01
- Alteration of patent application ...506
- Alternative phrase in claim (See also Indefinite claim ) ...2173.05(h)
- Amended application ...203.03
- Amended application, inspection for transfer ...903.08(c)
- Amendment (See also Reply ) ...714
- Accidental entry ...714.21
- Adding excess claims ...714.10
- After abandonment ...711.02 , 714.17
- After all claims allowed ...714.14
- After allowance
- Approval ...714.16 , 1002.02(d)
- Canceling claim ...714.16
- Entry in part ...714.16(e)
- Examiner’s action ...714.16 , 714.16(d) , 714.16(e)
- Excess claims ...714.16(c)
- Formal matters ...714.16 , 714.16(d)
- Handling ...714.16(d)
- Mailed before allowance ...714.15
- Motion under Rule 41.208(c)(2) (formerly under Rule 1.633(c)(2)) ...714.16(b)
- Patentability pointed out ...714.16
- Reason for adverse action ...714.16 , 714.16(d)
- Renumbering claims ...714.16(e)
- Secrecy order application ...130 , 1304.01
- After examiner’s answer ...1210
- After appeal, before examiner’s answer ...714 , 1207
- After Board decision ...1002.02(d) , 1214.01 1214.06 , 1214.07
- After death of attorney or agent ...406
- After final rejection ...706.07(f) , 714.12 , 714.13
- After final rejection, entered in part ...714.20
- Applicants must sign ...714.01(a)
- At allowance ...714.15
- Attorney not of record ...405 , 714.01(c)
- Basis in disclosure ...608 , 706.03(c) 2163.03 , 2163.07
- Before first action ...608.04(b) , 714.01(e)
- Board rejection avoided ...1214.01
- By replacement paragraph or section ...714
- By substitute specification ...714
- Canceled matter restored ...608.01(s) , 714
- Canceling all claims ...706.07(h) , 711.01 , 714.19
- Canceling appealed claims ...1215.01 to 1215.03
- Claim added, terminology basis ...608.01(o) 2163.03 , 2163.07
- Claim numbering ...608.01(j) , 1302.01 , 1302.04(g)
- Claims
- Added in excess of number of claims previously paid for ...607 , 714.10 , 714.16(c)
- Clean version ...714 , 714.13 , 714.16
- Marked-up version ...714
- Status Identifiers ...714
- Complete reply required ...714.02 , 714.04
- Consolidating pending claims ...714 , 714.13 714.16
- Copier copies ...714.07
- Copying patent claim (See Claim presented corresponding to claim of patent )
- Crossing mailing of allowance ...714.15
- D-10 notice preceding ...130
- Date of receipt ...505 , 710.01(a) , 714.18
- Date stamp
- Declaration ...602.01
- Defective, directions for entry ...714.20
- Delivered to wrong Technology Center ...508.01
- Discharged attorney or agent ...714.19
- Disapproval of preliminary amendment ...714.01(e) 1002.02(d)
- Disapproval of second or subsequent reply ...714.03(a)
- Discourteous ...714.19 , 714.25
- Drawing ...608.02(p) , 608.02(q) , 1302.05 , 1303.01
- Drawing, disposition ...608.02(x)
- Drawing, new matter ...608.04 , 714.19
- Duplicate ...719.01(a)
- Easily erasable paper forbidden ...714.07 , 714.19
- Entered in part ...714.20
- Entered in part, after allowance, 37 CFR 1.312 ...714.16(e)
- Entry ...714.18 , 719.01(a)
- Entry denied ...714.17 , 714.19 , 714.21
- Appeal case ...1207 , 1214.07
- Drawing correction ...608.02(x)
- Drawing new matter ...608.04
- List ...714.19
- Paper number ...714.21
- Period for reply expired ...714.17
- Preliminary amendment ...714.01(e)
- Second (or subsequent) supplemental reply ...714.03(a)
- Substitute specification unnecessary ...714.19 , 714.20
- Unduly interferes with preparation of Office action ...714.03(a)
- Entry directions ...714
- Entry inadvertent ...714.21
- Entry in
ex parte reexamination ...2234- Entry ininter partes reexamination ...2670
- Examiner’s (See Examiner’s amendment )
- Excess claims added ...714.10 , 714.16(c)
- Facsimile ...502.01
- Fees, additional ...710.02(c)
- File wrapper endorsement ...714.18 , 719.01
- Filed with application ...601.01(a)
- Formal matters, compliance with ...714.02
- Fully responsive ...714.02
- Heading ...502
- Immediate inspection ...714.05
- Improper signature ...714.01(a) 714.01(c) , 714.01(d)
- Inaccurate ...707.07(h)
- Incomplete reply ...711.02(a) , 711.03(a) 714.02 to 714.04 , 2266.01 2666.30 , 2671
- Increasing claims in excess of number of claims previously paid for ...714.10 , 714.16(c)
- Ink, not permanent ...714.07
- Inspection by examiner ...714.05
- Inventorship (See Correction of inventorship )
- Jurisdiction of application not with examiner ...714.16 714.19 , 1305
- Late ...710.02(d) , 711 , 714.17
- Literature citation in specification ...608.01(p)
- Manner of making ...714
- Motion under 37 CFR 41.208(c)(2), Application in issue ...714.16(b)
- Name change on file wrapper ...605.04(c) , 719.02(b)
- New matter ...608.04 , 706.03(o) , 2163.06
- Non-compliant amendment, treatment of ...714 1302.04
- Nonentry (See also Amendment :
Entry denied ) ...714.19- Not entered ...714.19 , 714.21
- Not fully responsive ...714.02 to 714.04 2266.01 , 2666.30 , 2671
- Not fully responsive, time to perfect reply ...710.02(c) 714.03 , 2266.01 , 2666.30
- Oath, Original ...602.01
- Objectionable remarks ...714.19 , 714.25
- Of claims ...714
- Of specification ...714
- Office date stamp ...505 , 710.01(a) , 714.18
- Paper number ...714.18
- Patentability pointed out ...714.02 , 714.04
- Period for reply ends Sunday or holiday ...505 , 513 710.01(a) , 710.05
- Permanent ink required ...714.07 , 714.19
- Petitionnon-entry ...1002.02(c)
- Plant application ...1610
- Post Office address, Applicant ...605.03
- Preliminary ...506 , 714.01(e)
- Canceling all claims ...601.01(e) , 711.01
- Denial of entry ...714.01(e)
- Excess claims ...506 , 714.10
- Filed with application ...714.01(e)
- Manner of making ...714.01(e)
- New matter added ...601.01(a) , 608.04(b) , 702.01
- Non-compliant amendment, treatment of ...714
- PG-Pub application ...1121
- Referred to in oath/declaration ...601.01(a) , 602
- To lessen filing fee ...607
- Ratification
- Receipt ...501 to 505 , 511 , 512
- Received after allowance ...714.15 , 1303.01
- Reexamination ...2250 , 2666.01 , 2672
- Reissue ...714 , 1453
- Requirements of ...714.02
- Residence change ...719.02(b)
- Responsive ...714.02 , 714.04
- Return, after entry on file wrapper ...719.01
- Ribbon copy ...719.01(a)
- Rule 1.312 (See Amendment:
After allowance )- Second (or subsequent) supplemental reply ...714.03(a)
- Several filed on same day ...714.18
- Signature improper ...714.01(a) , 714.01(c) 714.01(d)
- Signature missing ...714.01(a)
- Signature required ...714.01(a)
- Signed by applicant, not by attorney or agent of record ...714.01(d)
- Signed by attorney or agent not of record ...405 , 714.01(c)
- Statement of allowability by Board ...1213.01
- Supervisory primary examiner ...714.13 , 714.16 , 714.18
- Supplemental ...714.03(a)
- Support by original claim ...608.01(l)
- Telephone number ...713.01 , 714.01
- Unduly interferes with preparation of Office action ...714.03(a)
- Unmatched with application file ...508.03
- Unsigned ...714.01(a)
- American Inventors Protection Act (AIPA)
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI) ...608.02
- Amino acid sequence (See Biotechnology ; Nucleotide sequences )
- Analogous Art ...904.01(c) , 1302.14 , 1504.02 1504.03 , 2131.05 , 2141.01(a)
- Analysis of claims ...904.01
- Answer, Examiner’s (See Examiner’s answer )
- Answer all matters traversed ...707.07(f)
- Answer on remand ...1211 , 1211.01 , 1211.02
- Antecedent lacking (See also Indefinite claim ) ...706.03 1302.01 , 2173.05(e)
- Anticipation rejection ...706.02(a) , 707.07(d) , 1504.02 2131 , 2132 , 2133 , 2136
- Affidavit to overcome ...2132.01
- Analogous art ...1504.02 , 2131.05
- Definition of ...2131
- Genus-species ...2131.02
- Generic chemical formula ...2131.02
- Meaning of
- ‘By others’ ...2132
- ‘In this country’ ...2132
- ‘Known or used’ ...2132 , 2133.03(a)
- ‘Patented in this or a foreign country’ ...2132
- Multiple references, when permitted ...2131.01
- One year grace period ...2133
- On sale (See On sale )
- Ranges claimed ...2131.03
- Rejections based on publications and patents ...2133.02
Prima facie case ...2132.01- Public use (See Public use )
- Secondary considerations, evidence of ...2131.04
- A.P.C. publications (See Alien Property Custodian (A.P.C.) publications )
- Apostille (See also Oath ; Declaration ) ...301 , 409.01(b) 602 , 602.04 , 602.04(a) , 604 , 604.04(a)
- Apparatus, Process or product and ...806.05(e) to 806.05(g)
- Appeal ...Chapter 1200
- Abandonment ...1210
- Actions subsequent to examiner’s answer ...1210
- Administrative handling ...1204
- Affidavit after appeal ...1207 , 1208 , 1211.02
- Affidavit after Board decision ...1214.01 , 1214.07
- Amendment after examiner’s answer ...1210 1211.01
- Amendment before examiner’s answer ...1207
- Amendment for purpose of ...714.12 , 714.13
- Amendment makes application allowable ...1207
- Answer, Examiner’s (See Examiner’s answer )
- Brief ...1206
- In
ex parte reexamination ...2274- In inter partes reexamination ...2675 , 2675.01
- In reissue ...1454
- By patent owner ...1205
- Cancellation of withdrawn claims ...1214.05
- Civil litigation ...1216.02
- Claims copied from patent, time limit ...710.02(c)
- Claims included ...1205 , 1205.02 , 1206
- Composition of the Board ...1203
- Concurrently with interference ...1210
- Concurrently with prosecution before examiner ...1210
- Conference ...1207.01 , 1302.14
- Correspondence address for litigation ...501 , 1216.01
- Court ...1216
- Court, Federal Circuit ...1216.01
- Decision by Board ...1213
- Dismissal ...1215.04
- Examiner reversed ...1214.04
- Examiner sustained ...1214.06
- Examiner’s answer ...1208
- Failure to prosecute appeal ...1215.04
- Fee (See also Fee ) ...1205 , 1208
- From Board decision ...1216 to 1216.02
- Hearing ...1209
Inter partes Reexamination ...2674 to 2680- Introduction ...1201
- Jurisdiction ...1210
- Matter subject to ...Introduction , 706.01
- Multiplicity rejection ...2173.05(n)
- New ground of rejection by Board ...1214.01
- New ground of rejection by examiner in examiner’s answer ...1207 , 1208
- New matter affecting claim ...608.04(c)
- Notice of ...1205
- Order for compliance ...1210
- Oral hearing ...1209
- Patentability report case ...705.01(a)
- Primary examiner’s attention ...1004
- Procedure after Board decision ...1214 , 1214.01 1214.03 to 1214.07
- Protestor participation ...1901.07
- Publication of Board decision ...1213.03
- Real party in interest ...1206 , 1208
- Rehearing by Board ...1214.01 , 1214.03
- Reexamination,
ex parte ...2273- Reexamination,inter partes ...2674 to 2680
- Remand by Board ...1204 , 1208 , 1210 , 1211 1211.01 , 1211.02 , 1211.03 1212 , 1213 , 1213.02 , 1214.01 1302.14 , 2143.03 , 2274 , 2275 2681 , 2682
- Remand by Federal Circuit ...1216.01
- Remanded application made special ...708.01
- Reopening of prosecution after appeal ...1208
- Reopening of prosecution ...1214.07
- Reply brief to examiner’s answer ...1208
- Requirement by board to address matter ...1212
- Secrecy order application ...130 , 1304.01
- SIR application ...1105
- Statement of allowability by Board ...1213.01
- Supplemental appeal brief ...1208
- Supplemental examiner’s answer ...1207.04 , 1211 1211.02
- Suspension pending civil action or federal circuit appeal in related case ...1213
- Suspension pursuant to 37 CFR 1.56(d) ...1213
- Time for filing brief ...1205.01
- Withdrawal ...711.02(b) , 1215.01 , 1215.02
- Withdrawal of final rejection ...1205
- Withdrawal, partial ...1214.05 , 1215.03
- Appealable matter not petitionable ...1002 , 1201
- Appendix, computer program listing ...608.05 , 1121
- Appendix, multiple claim sets ...1121
- Applicant (See also Inventor ;
Pro se applicant ) ...605
- Abandonment notification ...711.04(c)
- Administrator or executor ...409 to 409.01(f) , 605.05
- Age, special status ...708.02
- Citizenship ...605.01
- Common, at least one ...201.03 , 201.11 , 706.02(f)(2) 706.02(k) to 706.02(l)(3)
- Comments on statement of reasons for allowance ...1302.14
- Discourtesy ...714.19 , 714.25
- Health, special status ...708.02
- Heir ...409.01(a) , 409.01(d)
- International application ...1805 , 1810 1817.01 , 1820 , 1821
- Joint ...201.02 , 201.03 , 2137.01
- Mailing address ...605.03
- Name change ...605.04(c) , 719.02(b)
- Other than inventor ...409 to 409.01(f) , 409.03(b)
- Post Office address ...605.03
- Power to inspect ...104 , 106
- Reply (See Amendment ; Reply )
- Requirements ...2137.01
- Residence ...605.02
- Self prosecuted application ...707.07(j) , 713.01
- Signature ...605.04(a) , 605.04(e) , 605.04(f)
- Small entity status ...509.02
- Sole ...201.01
- Application
- Abandoned (See Abandoned application )
- Abstract of the disclosure ...608.01(b)
- Acceptance of 37 CFR 1.47 ...409.03(h)
- Acknowledgment ...503
- Address missing ...403
- Allowable except as to form ...706 , 710.02(b)
- Allowed
- Amended definition ...203.03
- Arrangement ...601 , 608.01(a)
- Assigned (See also Assignee ; Assignment )
- Access ...106
- Allowance ...307
- Conflicting subject matter ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) , 706.03(k) , 822 , 2304.05
- Inventor deceased ...409.01(e)
- Assignment for examination
- Office of Initial Patent Examination ...504
- Assignment to examiner for examination ...903.08(b)
- Assignment to Technology Center
- for examination ...504 , 903.08 , 903.08(e)
- Background of the invention ...608.01(c)
- Best mode ...608.01(h) , 706.03(c)
- Brief description of the drawings ...608.01(f)
- Brief summary of the invention ...608.01(d)
- British English spellings ...608.01
- Certified copy ...608.01
- Claim omitted ...601.01(e)
- Claim terminology ...608.01(o)
- Claims ...608.01(i) to 608.01(n) , 706.03(k)
- Clarity and completeness, examiner’s action ...707.07
- Classification in Technology Center ...903.08(b)
- Common ownership ...324 , 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) 709.01 , 822
- Completeness ...201.03 , 201.06(c) , 506 , 601.01 601.01(g) , 608.01(p)
- Conflicting, same applicant ...709.01 , 804 822 , 822.01
- Content ...Chapter 600
- Continuation (See also Continuation ) ...201.07
- Continuation-in-part (See also Continuation-in-part ) ...201.08
- Continued prosecution (CPA) (See also Continued prosecution application (CPA) )
- Continuity between applications ...201.11
- Control of access ...101 , 103 , 106
- Copendency ...201.11
- Copending, Design ...1504.20
- Correction of inventorship ...201.03
- Cross-noting
- Data of parent application in file wrapper or PALM bib-data sheet or PALM database ...202.02 , 719.02 , 719.07 , 1302.09
- Data of related application, updating ...201.11
- Foreign application, file wrapper/history notation ...202.03
- Foreign application, oath ...201.14 , 202.04
- Description of the related art ...608.01(c)
- Design (See Design application )
- Detailed description ...608.01(g)
- Distribution ...508
- Divisional (See also Divisional application ) ...201.06
- Drawings, necessary ...601.01(f)
- Effective filing date ...706.02 , 706.02(a)
- Electronic submission of ...1730
- English language ...608.01
- Examination ...Chapter 700
- Examples ...707.07(l)
- Facsimile transmission ...608.01
- Fee, filing (See also Fee ) ...607
- Field of the invention ...608.01(c)
- File wrapper continuing (FWC) ...201.06(b)
- Filing date ...201.11 , 503 , 505 , 511
- Filing receipt (See also Postcard, self-addressed ) ...503
- Five year pendency ...707.02 , 708.01
- Font ...608.01
- Foreign (See also Foreign application ) ...201.13 to 201.16
- Form ...Chapter 600
- Government-owned
- Incomplete ...203.06 , 506 , 601.01(d) 601.01(e) , 601.01(f) , 608.01(u)
- Informal ...506 , 702.01
- Definition ...506
- Primary examiner’s attention required ...1004
- Search ...702.01 , 704.01
- Special ...708.01
- Inspection ...103
- International (See International application )
- International Convention (35 U.S.C. 119) ...201.13
- Invalid oath ...604.06
- Issue fee not paid (abandoned) ...711.03(c)
- Issue simultaneously with another application ...1306.02
- Jurisdiction ...1305
- Mode of operation ...608.01(h)
- National application ...201
- National stage application ...201
- New, definition ...203.01
- Nonprovisional ...201.04(a) , 506 , 601
- Number ...502 , 503 , 506
- Omitted items ...201.17 , 601.01(d) , 601.01(f) , 601.01(g)
- Ordered examination ...707.02 , 708 , 708.01
- Overlapping
- Common ownership ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) 709.01 , 715.01(b) , 804.03 822
- Same applicant ...709.01 , 804 , 822 822.01
- Subject to joint research agreement ...706.02(l)(1) to 706.02(l)(3) 804 , 804.02 , 804.03 , 2136.01 , 2141.01
- Pages missing ...601.01(d)
- Papers, arrangement ...719.01(a)
- Parent ...904
- Parts ...Chapter 600
- Pending five years ...707.02
- Plant (See also Plant patent ) ...Chapter 1600
- Prior art ...2121 to 2129
- Prior art effect of international publication ...706.02(a) 1857.01 , 1896 , 2136.03
- Priority
- Protest ...1901
- Provisional (See also Provisional application ) ...201.04(b) , 601 , 601.01 601.01(b) , 602 , 706.02
- Public inspection ...103
- Publication (See Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub) )
- Publication of abstract ...711.06 , 711.06(a)
- Receipt and handling ...Chapter 500
- Reconstruction ...508.04
- Recording and tracking in Technology Center ...1704
- Referred to in patent, status information ...102
- Refile ...201.10
- Reissue (See also Reissue application ) ...1401 to 1470
- Rejected definition ...203.02
- Relating to atomic energy ...115 , 150 , 151
- Requisites ...702
- Review ...506
- Right to inspect ...103
- Right of priority, foreign application ...201.13
- Rule 1.60 ...201.06(a)
- Rule 1.62 ...201.06(b)
- Secrecy order ...120 , 121 , 130
- Serial number ...502 , 503
- Special (See also Special application ) ...707.02 708 to 708.03
- Status ...102 , 203 , 1730
- Substitute ...201.09 , 201.10
- Definition ...201.09
- Does not carry ownership from parent ...306
- File wrapper/history notation ...202.02
- Reference to parent application ...201.09
- Table submitted on compact disc ...608.05(b)
- Terminology, Claim ...608.01(o)
- Title of invention ...606
- Title of invention, change ...606.01 , 1302.01 , 1302.04
- Transfer procedure ...903.08(d)
- Transitional (See also Transitional application ) ...706.07(g) , 803.03
- Types (See also Patent ) ...201
- Utility (See also Patent ) ...201
- Application Data Sheet (ADS) ...201.11 , 601 601.01(b) , 601.05 , 602.01 , 605.04(b) 605.04(c) , 605.04(f) , 706.02(b) , 1130
- Application Division (See Office of Initial Patent Examination (OIPE) )
- Application publication ...901.03
- Citation of ...707.05(e)
- Disqualifying as prior art, commonly owned ...718
- Prior art effect ...706.02(a) , 901.03 , 2163 , 2136.03
- Arbitration awards notice ...311
- Argument for allowability lacking in amendment ...714.04
- Arrangement of application ...608.01(a)
- Arrangement of art in Technology Centers ...901.07
- Arrangement, papers in file wrapper ...719.01(a)
- Art unit number on papers ...502
- Artifacts in IFW application ...608.02
- Asexual plants (See also Plant patent ) ...Chapter 1600
- Assigned application
- Allowance ...307
- Conflicting subject matter ...706.03(k) , 822
- Inventor deceased ...409.01(e)
- Nonprovisional application claiming benefit of provisional application ...306.01
- Provisional application ...302.03
- Title report ...320
- Assignee (See also Assigned application ; Assignment )
- Access to an application ...104 , 106
- Address ...302.05
- Affidavits under 37 CFR 1.131 ...715.04
- Can appoint new power of attorney ...402.07
- Certificate of correction ...307 , 1480 to 1485
- Change of inventorship, consent ...201.03 , 1412.04
- Common ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) , 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) , 709.01 , 822
- Consent in reissue ...1410.01 , 1443 , 1451
- Double patenting, same assignee ...706.03(k) , 804 , 822
- Duty of disclosure ...2001.01
- Entire interest, control ...106 , 301 , 324 , 402.07
- Foreign ...302.04
- Interfering applications, same assignee ...709.01
- Intervention ...106 , 324 , 402.07
- Multiple Assignees ...324
- Part interest ...106.01
- Patent issues to ...307
- Permitted to take action under 37 CFR 3.73(b) ...324
- Power to inspect ...104
- Printed on PG-Pub ...1121
- Revocation of power of attorney ...324 , 402.07
- Small entity ...509.02
- Assignment ...Chapter 300
- Access ...301.01 , 1730
- Allowance of application ...307
- Assignment identification requirements ...302.03
- Automated Patent and Trademark Assignment System ...502.01
- Change of name ...314
- Conflicting statements of ownership under 37 CFR 3.73(b) ...324
- Continuing application ...201.12 , 306
- Copy ...301.01
- Corrections in recorded assignment ...323 , 323.01(b) , 323.01(c) , 323.01(d)
- Cover sheet ...302.07
- Date of recording ...317.01
- Effect of recording ...317.03
- Electronic submission of ...302.10 , 1730
- ...323 , 323.01(d)
- Facsimile submission ...302.09 , 502.01 , 1730
- Foreign language translation ...302.02
- Indexing ...315
- International application ...301
- Licenses ...301 , 313
- Mailing address ...302.08 , 501
- Mergers ...314
- Multiple assignees ...324
- Nonprovisional claiming benefit of provisional ...306.01
- Not endorsed on pending applications ...303
- One of several overlapping
- applications ...709.01 , 715.01(b)
- Parent application ...201.12 , 306
- Part interest ...106.01 , 301 , 706.02(l)(2)
- Patent ...301 , 302.03
- Patent and trademark assignment system ...302.09
- Pending applications ...301 , 302.03 , 706.02(l)(2) 706.02(l)(3)
- Plural items ...301.01
- Printing on patent ...307 , 1309
- Proof of ...706.02(l)(2)
- Provisional application ...301 , 302.03
- Recording ...301 , 302 , 313 , 314 706.02(l)(2) , 706.02(l)(3)
- Recording fee ...302.06
- Records not kept in application file ...303 , 320
- Search facilities ...1730
- Security interests ...302.07 , 313
- Title reports ...303 , 320
- Transfer of rights from/to small entity ...509.02
- Translation ...302.02
- Assignment Division ...320 , 605.04(c) , 719.02 , 1121 , 1730
- Administrator and executor authoritychecked ...409.01(b)
- Allowance and issue ...1302.11
- Certified Abstract of Title ...320
- Contact information ...1730
- Information available from PALM ...320
- Mailing address ...501
- Title report ...320
- Assignment of application for examination ...504
- Assignment of reexamination to examiner
Ex parte ...2236 , 2285 , 2648Inter partes ...2636 , 2648 , 2655- Assignment to examiner for examination ...903.08(b)
- Assistant Commissioner for Patents (See Commissioner for Patents )
- Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks (See Commissioner for Trademarks )
- Assistant examiner (See Examiner )
- Associate attorney ...402.02 , 406
- Associate attorney, correspondence with ...403.01
- Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ...120 , 706.03(a) , 706.03(b)
- Atomic energy application ...150
- Attorney or agent
- Appointment by assignee of entire interest ...106
- Associate ...402.02 , 406
- Compliance with duty of disclosure ...2004
- Conflicting parties having same ...404
- Continuing application ...201.06(c)
- Change of correspondence address ...601.03
- Correspondence with ...402 , 403
- Correspondence with associate ...403.01
- Death ...406
- Discourtesy ...714.25
- Duty of disclosure ...2001.01 , 2002.01
- Duty to inform patent owner ofinter partes reexamination ...2622
- Excluded from practice ...105
- Inspection ...104
- Interfering applications ...402.08
- International application ...402.09 , 1807 , 1808 , 1820
- Interview ...408 , 713 to 713.10 , 1302.14
- Limited recognition ...402.01 , 402.09
- More than one for same applicant ...403.02
- Name on patent ...1309
- Name on reexamination certificate ...2287
- Not of record ...402 , 405
- Notarizing oath ...604.06
- Office cannot aid in selection of ...401
- Petition to reinstate ...1002.02(m)
- Post Office address ...601.02
- Power of (See also Power of attorney ) ...402 , 406 , 2501
- Proof of authority ininter partes reexamination ...2613
- Reexamination,
ex parte ...2222- Reexamination,inter partes ...2622 , 2623
- Registered ...401 , 402
- Request for limited recognition ...1002.02(m)
- Roster of attorneys and agents ...601.03 , 1730 2205 , 2220
- Selection ...401
- Signature of ...402
- Suggested ...401
- Suspended or excluded ...105 , 407 , 714.01(a) , 714.19
- Telephone number on letters ...713.01 , 714.01
- Telephoned by examiner ...408 , 713.01 , 1302.14
- Unregistered ...402
- Washington, D.C. area representative ...408
- Withdrawal ...402.06 , 1002.02(s)
- Withdrawal after patent granted ...2223 , 2623 , 2501 2560 , 2623
- Authentication of oath ...604.04(a)
- Authentication of e-mail sender ...502.03
- AuthorIn program (See also Sequence rules ) ...2430
- Authority of administrator or executor ...409.01(b)
- Authority of Director, Delegation of ...1001.01
- Authority of Director, Statutory ...1001
- Authority to inspect pending application ...103
- Authorization
- Credit card payments ...509
- Deposit accounts ...509.01
- Internet e-mail ...502.03
- Power of attorney ...402
- Authorship ...715.01(c) , 716.10
- Automated Patent and Trademark Assignment System ...502.01
- Avoiding double patenting rejection ...706.02(k) 804.02 , 2129
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