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Accelerated Examination

    • Final disposition within 12 months
    • All petitions to make special except for those based
       on age or health or Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)

Corresponding re: patenting (rules for)
see
    • Responding to office actions (§700)
    • Customer-requested actions (all)
    • Assignment[link] definition - assignment of ownership (§300)
         >> more about assignments

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP[link] definition - MPEP - Manual of Patent Examining Procedure

FEES and payments fees
Look-up & Pay Patent Maintenance Fees fees
First-Action Interview Pilot Program
FORMS - printable & fillable forms
Mailing Addresses help

New Route Pilot help
Triway Pilot help
Patent Appeals & Interferences - procedures & proceedings linked definition- interference
(Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences)

Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) - Fast Track Examination of Applications
  Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and JPO fast-track examination)
  Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and UK IPO fast-track examination)
  Patent Prosecution Highway(between USPTO and CIPO fast-track examination)
  Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and KIPO fast-track examination)
  Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and IPAU fast-track examination)
  Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and EPO fast-track examination)
  Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and Denmark fast-track examination)
  Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and Singapore fast-track examination)
  Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and Germany fast-track examination)
  Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and Finland fast-track examination)

If the office of first filing rules that at least one claim in an application is patentable, an applicant may request that the office of second filing fast track the examination of corresponding claims in corresponding applications


Electronic Priority Document Exchange (PDX) - Program for direct electronic priority document exchange with participating foreign intellectual property offices (EPO, JPO, KIPO, and WIPO)
Peer Review Prior Art Pilot - an opportunity to submit annotated technical references relevant to the claims of a published patent application before an examiner reviews it
Complex Work Unit (CWU) Pilot - program to help the Office to simplify on-line access to, and availability of, USPTO information and data for purposes of improved examination of applications and publication of pre-grant publications and patent grants
Patent Publication Services

SEARCH e Biz existing patents and published applications
See eBusiness column on right for patent searches; assignment[link]definition - assignments searches & services; e-filing; application status & images of documents; and more online services.
Guides ...
helpAbout Patents, Trademarks, Servicemarks and Copyrights
helpGuidance, tools & manuals
  
Policy & procedures
Advanced users: also see Patent Examination Policy
  
Special patent mailboxes
helpTraining & conferences
Laws & Rules ...

laws and regsLaws & regulations
 35 USC - Patent Laws [PDF]
 37 CFR - Patent Rules [PDF]
laws and regs 
How to find Laws and Regulations
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
definition - MPEP - Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
 Notices: Recent Patent-Related
pre-OG, OG & Federal Register
Proposed Rule Changes to Focus the Patent Process in the 21st Century
Timely and Useful Information Disclosure Statements (IDSs)
Accelerated Review Option
New Rules on Claims and Continuations


  Revised Amendment Practice *Effective 30 July 2003*
 American Inventor's Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA)
International Protection ...
  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
 Global/International Intellectual Property
eBusiness
What you can do online ...
Use Patent Electronic Business Center e Biz
to file, search, check status, view documents, and more...
Help ...
help FAQ - questions & answers
   Glossary
help
How to search patents & more
help Inventor Assistance Center
help Inventor Resources - Basics for new inventors
   Musicians, Artists & Authors
   Patents Organization Chart (org chart, advanced resources & phones)
help PCT Help (international applications)

Search Aids ...

e Biz Patents OG (eOG:P) - browse recent weeks' patents
  OG (Official Gazette) - regular & special notices
  Manual of Patent Classification - search tip - after retrieving a class listing, click the P icon for any class in the online manual to automatically search and retrieve patents for that classification code
  Search Templates describe search resources for the classified areas of science and technology found in the USPTO Manual of Classification. The templates provide more structure to the search activity and set a standard to measure the completeness of any search.

See How to Search for more search tools and tips
  Plugins and viewers
   - PDF, TIFF patent images, etc.
help PTDL - depository libraries for patent and trademark information and general research assistance

 Authority file - list of Patent Numbers in the online Image database
 Expired patents
 Extended Patent Terms

 
Patent numbers (ranges for each year)
 Statistics, weekly data & lists
 Withdrawn patents  
Resources ...
 About Image File Wrappers

Business methods patents
Reexamination Information
Inventor Resources
 Related non-USPTO links
 Software downloads - specialized tools
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