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  • Reexamination, Inter partes (See also Reexamination, Ex Parte ) ...Chapter 2600
  • Reexamination Legal Advisor (RLA) ...2632 , 2633 2640 , 2641 , 2647.02 , 2664 , 2670 2675 , 2679 , 2686.01 , 2686.04 , 2689
  • Reexamination Processing System (REPS) ...103 , 2632
  • Reference (See also Prior art )
  • Reference characters ...608.01(g)
  • Reference to foreign application ...202.03 , 202.04 , 901.03
  • Reference to prior patent ...608.01(p) 608.01(r) , 901.03
  • Reference to related application (See Cross-noting )
  • Reference to related applicationfor disclosure ...608.01(p)
  • Refile application (See also Application ; Substitute application ) ...201.10
  • Refunds (See also Fee ; Deposit account ) ...509 , 607.02
  • Refusal to publish SIR ...1105
  • Registration, Attorney or agent ...402 , 1702
  • Regulations, examiner’s search facilities ...510
  • Regulations, public search room ...510
  • Rehearing by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ...1002.02(j) , 1214.01 , 1214.03 , 1214.04
  • Rehearing by C.A.F.C. ...1216.01
  • Reissue application ...1401 to 1470
  • Rejected application ...203.02
  • Rejection (See also Anticipation rejection ; Indefinite claim ; Obviousness ) ...706
  • Rejoinder ...806.05(c) , 806.05(f) , 806.05(h) , 806.05(i) , 809 , 812.01 , 821 , 821.01 , 821.02 , 821.04 , 821.04(a) , 821.04(b) , 1302.04(h)
  • Related inventions ...802.01 , 806.04(b) , 806.05 806.05(j) , 808.02 , 809.03
  • Related inventions, species ...806.04(b)
  • Remailing Office action ...707.13 , 710.06
  • Remand by Board
  • Removal of application from Office ...101
  • Renumbering claims ...1302.01
  • Reopening after allowance ...1308.01
  • Reopening after court decision ...1216.01
  • Reopening prosecution after Action Closing Prosecution in inter partes reexamination ...2673 , 2673.01
  • Reopening prosecution after Board decision in inter partes reexamination ...2682
  • Replenishment of deposit accounts (See Deposit account : Replenishment )
  • Reply (See also Amendment ; Period for reply )
  • Reply brief ...1208
  • Representative capacity ...402 , 405 , 714.01(c)
  • Representative of foreign assignee ...302.04
  • Representative of inventor or owner ...Chapter 400
  • Representative of requester ...2213
  • Representatives of out-of-town attorneys ...408
  • Republication of PG-Pub ...1130
  • Request for Continued Examination (RCE) ...706.07(h)
  • Request for ex parte reexamination
  • Request for inter partes reexamination (See Reexamination, Inter partes : Request ; Reexamination, Inter partes : Decision on the request for reexamination )
  • Request form (PCT/RO/101) ...1812 , 1821 , 1844 , 1844.01
  • Request for patentability report ...705.01(e) , 1003
  • Request for reconsideration of patent term adjustment ...1002.02(b)
  • Request for rehearing of Board decision ...1002.02(b) 1214.01 , 1214.03 , 1214.04
  • Request for reinstatement of period of patent term adjustment ...1002.02(b)
  • Request for Statutory Invention Registration (PTO/SB/94) reproduced ...1101
  • Request to convert provisional application to nonprovisional application ...1002.02(b)
  • Request to issue patent in name of assignee after issue fee paid ...1002.02(r)
  • Requirement for information ...704.10 to 704.14(d) 706.02(c) , 710.02(d) 1901.06 , 2122 , 2123
  • Requirements must be repeated ...707.07(e)
  • Requisites of the application ...702
  • Res judicata ...706.03(w) , 707.07(g) , 2259 , 2659
  • Rescission of nonpublication request ...1123 , 1124
  • Rescission of Previous Nonpublication Request (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)) and if Applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C. (b)(B)(iii)) form PTO/SB/36
  • Reservation clause in application ...608.01(e) , 608.01(t)
  • Residence, Applicant’s ...605.02 , 719.02(b)
  • Resignation of examiner, old cases special ...708.03
  • Respondent Brief in appeal of inter partes reexamination
  • ...2675.01 , 2675.02
  • Response (See Reply )
  • Restriction (See also Election ; Election of species ) ...Chapter 800
  • Restrictions on employees of Office ...309 , 409
  • Restrictions on former employees of Office ...1702
  • Retroactive foreign filing license ...140
  • Return of Papers
  • Returned Office action ...707.13
  • Review at allowance ...1302.01
  • Review for national security ...115
  • Review for Government property rights ...115
  • Revised statutes (See Statutes )
  • Revival of abandoned application ...711.03 711.03(c) , 1002.02(b)
  • Revocation of agent under PCT ...1808
  • Revocation/Appointment of Power of Attorney or Authorization of Agent PTO/SB/82 ...2222 , 2622
  • Revocation of power of attorney ...402.05 , 402.07
  • Rewritten specification ...608.01(q)
  • Right of Appeal Notice (RAN) ...2666.05 , 2666.10 , 2667 2671 to 2674 , 2677
  • Right of priority (See also Foreign application )
  • Right to exclude others ...509.02 , 1111 1601 , 2162
  • Rights, Transfer of patent or application ...509.02
  • RNA (See Biotechnology ; Nucleotide sequences )
  • Roster of attorneys or agents ...601.03 , 1730 , 2205 , 2220
  • Rules, 21 CFR 60.3(b) ...2751
  • Rules, Patent (Code of Federal Regulations) ...Introduction , App. R