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§ 5.33 [Reserved] - PATENT RULES
§ 5.33 [Reserved]
[49 FR 13463, Apr. 4, 1984; amended, 61 FR 56439, Nov. 1, 1996, effective Dec. 2, 1996; removed and reserved, 62 FR 53131, Oct. 10, 1997, effective Dec. 1, 1997]
RULES RELATING TO PATENTS
A
Abandoned applications:
Abandonment by failure to reply
... 1.135
Abandonment during interference
... 1.662(a)
Abandonment for failure to pay issue fee
... 1.316
Express abandonment
... 1.138
Processing and retention fee
... 1.21(1)
Referred to in issued patents
... 1.14
Revival of
... 1.137
When open to public inspection
... 1.14
Abandonment of application. (See Abandoned applications.)
Abstract of the disclosure
Access to pending applications (limited)
... 1.14
Action by applicant
Addresses for correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
... 1.1
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
... 1.1(a)(1)
Deposit account replenishment
... 1.25(c)(3),
... 1.25(c)(4)
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
... 1.1(a)
FOIA Officer
Generally
... 1.1(a)
Licensing and Review
... 5.1(a)
Office of the General Counsel
... 1.1(a)(3),
Office of the Solicitor
... 1.1(a)(3),
Mail Stops
Mail Stop 4
... 150.6
Mail Stop 8
... 1.1(a)(3)
Mail Stop 24
... 4.3(c)
Mail Stop Assignment Recordation Services
Mail Stop CPA
... 1.53(d)(9)
Mail Stop Document Services
... 1.1(a)(4)
Mail Stop Ex parte Reexam
... 1.1(c)(1)
Mail Stop Inter partes Reexam
... 1.1(c)(2)
Mail Stop Interference
... 1.1(a)
Mail Stop M Correspondence
... 1.1(d)(2)
... 4.6
Mail Stop Patent Ext
... 1.1(e)
Mail Stop PCT
... 1.1(b), 1.417, 1.434(a), 1.480(b)
Mail Stop Provisional Patent Application
... 1.1(f)
Maintenance fee payments
... 1.1(d)(1)
Patent correspondence
... 1.1(a)(1)
Privacy Officer
Trademark correspondence
... 2.190
Adjustment of patent term. (see Patent term adjustment.)
Administrator or executor, may make application and receive patent
Admission to practice. (See Attorneys and agents.)
Affidavit (See also Oath in patent application):
After appeal
... 1.195
To disqualify commonly owned patent or published application as prior art
... 1.130
Traversing rejections or objections
... 1.132
Agents. (See Attorneys and agents.)
Allowance and issue of patent:
Amendment after allowance
... 1.312
Application abandoned for nonpayment of issue fee
... 1.316
Deferral of issuance
... 1.314
Delayed payment of issue fee
... 1.137
Delivery of patent
... 1.315
Issuance of patent
... 1.314
Notice of allowance
... 1.311
Patent to issue upon payment of issue fee
Patent to lapse if issue fee is not paid in full
... 1.317
Reasons for
... 1.104
Withdrawal from issue
... 1.313
Allowed claims, rejection of by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
... 1.196
Amendment:
Adding or substituting claims
... 1.121
After appeal
... 1.116
After decision on appeal, based on new rejection of Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
... 1.196
After final action
... 1.116
After final action (transitional procedures)
... 1.129
After notice of allowance
... 1.312
Copying claim of another application for interference
... 1.603
Copying claim of issued patent
Deletions and insertions
... 1.121
Drawings
... 1.121
Manner of making
... 1.121
Not covered by original oath
... 1.67
Numbering of claims
... 1.126
Of amendments
... 1.121
Of claims
... 1.121
Of disclosure
... 1.121
Of drawing
... 1.121
Of specification
... 1.121
Paper and writing
... 1.52
Petition from refusal to admit
... 1.127
Preliminary
... 1.115
Proposed during interference
... 1.615
Provisional application
... 1.53(c)
Reexamination proceedings
Reissue
Requisites of
... 1.33, 1.111, 1.116, 1.121, 1.125
Right to amend
Signature to
... 1.33
Substitute specification
... 1.125
Time for
... 1.134
To accompany motion to amend interference
... 1.633
To applications in interference
... 1.633
To correct inaccuracies
... 1.121
To correspond to original drawing or specification
... 1.121
To preliminary statement in interference
... 1.628
To reissues.
... 1.173
To save from abandonment
... 1.135
Amino acid sequences. (See Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences.)
Appeals:
Civil Actions under 35 U.S.C. 145, 146, 306
To the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences:
Action following decision
... 1.197
Affidavits after appeal
... 1.195
Brief
... 1.192
Clarification of the record
... 1.196
Decision by Board
... 1.196
Examiner's answer
... 1.193
Fees
... 1.17
Hearing of
... 1.194
New grounds for refusing a patent
... 1.196
Notice of appeal
... 1.191
Public inspection or publication of decisions
... 1.14
Rehearing
Reinstatement of appeal
... 1.193
Rejection by Board
... 1.196
Reopening after decision
... 1.198
Reopening of prosecution after appeal
... 1.193
Reply brief
... 1.193
What may be appealed
... 1.191
Who may appeal
... 1.191
To Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit:
Fee provided by rules of court
... 1.301
From Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
... 1.301
Notice and reasons of appeal
... 1.302
Time for filing notice of appeal
Applicant for patent:
Actual inventor or inventors to make application for patent
Assignee
... 1.47(b)
Change of (see Correction of inventorship)
Correspondence address
... 1.33
Daytime telephone number
... 1.33
Deceased or insane inventor
Executor or administrator
... 1.42
In a continued prosecution application
In an international application
Informed of application number
... 1.54
Inventorship in a provisional application
... 1.41(a)(2)
Mailing address and residence of inventors may be provided in oath/declaration or in application data sheet
May be represented by an attorney or agent
... 1.31
Person making oath or declaration
... 1.64
Personal attendance unnecessary
... 1.2
Required to conduct business with decorum and courtesy
... 1.3
Required to report assistance received
... 1.4
Who may apply for a patent
Application Data sheet
... 1.76
Application for patent (See also Abandoned applications, Claims, Drawing, Examination of application, Provisional applications, Publication of application, Published application, Reissues, Specification):
Access to
... 1.14
Acknowledgment of filing
... 1.54
Alteration after execution
... 1.52
Alteration before execution
... 1.52
Application number and filing date
... 1.54
Arrangement
... 1.77
Compact disc submissions (see Electronic documents)
Confidentiality of applications
... 1.14
Continuation or division, reexecution not required
... 1.63
Continued prosecution application
... 1.53(d)
Filed by facsimile
Copies of, furnished to applicants
... 1.59
Cross-references to related applications
... 1.78
Deceased or insane inventor
Declaration
... 1.68
Duty of disclosure
... 1.56
Examined only when complete
... 1.53
Filed by other than inventor
Filing date
... 1.53
Filing requirements
... 1.53
Foreign language oath or declaration
... 1.69
Formulas and tables
... 1.58
General requisites
... 1.51
Identification required in letters concerning
... 1.5
Incomplete papers not filed for examination
... 1.53
Interlineations, etc., to be indicated
... 1.52
Involving national security
... 5.1
Language, paper, writing, margin
... 1.52
Later filing of oath and filing fee
... 1.53
Missing pages when application filed
... 1.53(e)
Must be made by actual inventor, with exceptions
Naming of inventors:
Application data sheet
... 1.76(b)(1)
In a continued prosecution application
... 1.53(d)(4)
In a provisional application
... 1.41(a)(2), 1.51(c)(1), 1.53(c)(1)
In an international application
... 1.421
National stage
... 1.497
Inconsistencies between application data sheet and oath or declaration
... 1.76(d)
Joint inventors
... 1.45
Oath/declaration .
... 1.63(a)(2)
Non-English language
... 1.52
Nonpublication request
... 1.213
Numbering of claims
... 1.126
Numbering of paragraphs
Original disclosure not expunged
... 1.59(a)(2)
Parts filed separately
... 1.54
Parts of application desirably filed together
... 1.54
Parts of complete application
... 1.51
Processing fees
... 1.17
Provisional application
Publication of
Published
Relating to atomic energy
... 1.14
Reservation for future application not permitted
... 1.79
Retention fee
... 1.53(f)
Secrecy order
Status information
... 1.14
Tables and formulas
... 1.58
To contain but one invention unless connected
... 1.141
To whom made
... 1.51
Two or more by same party with conflicting claims
... 1.78
Application number
Arbitration award filing
... 1.335
Arbitration in interference
... 1.690
Assignee:
Correspondence held with assignee(s) of entire interest
Establishing ownership
... 3.73(b)
May conduct prosecution of application
May make application on behalf of inventor(s)
... 1.47(b)
May take action in interference
... 1.643
Must consent to application for reissue of patent
Partial assignee(s)
Assignments and recording:
Abstracts of title, fee for
... 1.19(b)
Conditional assignments
... 3.56
Cover sheet required
Corrections
... 3.34
Date of receipt is date of record
... 3.51
Definitions
... 1.332
Effect of recording
... 3.54
Fees
... 1.21(h)
Formal requirements
If recorded before payment of issue fee, patent may issue to assignee
... 3.81
Mailing address for submitting documents
... 1.1(a)(4), 3.27
Must be recorded in Patent and Trademark Office to issue patent to assignee
... 3.81
Must identify patent or application
... 3.21
Orders for copies of
... 1.12
Patent may issue to assignee
... 3.81
Recording of assignments
... 3.11
Records open to public inspection
... 1.12
Requirements for recording
What will be accepted for recording
... 3.11
Atomic energy applications reported to Department of Energy
... 1.14
Attorneys and agents:
Acting in representative capacity
Assignment will not operate as a revocation of power
... 1.36
Associate
... 1.34
Certificate of good standing
... 1.21(a)
Complaints
... 4.6
Fee on admission
... 1.21(a)
Office cannot aid in selection of
... 1.31
Personal interviews with examiners
... 1.133
Power of attorney or authorization of agent
... 1.34
Power to inspect
... 1.14
Representative capacity
Representing conflicting parties
... 1.613
Required to conduct business with decorum and courtesy
... 1.3
Revocation of power
... 1.36
Signature and certificate of attorney
Withdrawal of
Authorization of agents. (See Attorneys and agents.)
Award in arbitration
... 1.335
B
Balance in deposit account
... 1.25
Basic filing fee
... 1.16
Benefit of earlier application
... 1.78
Bill in equity. (See Civil action.)
Biological material. (See Deposit of biological material.)
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. (See Appeal to Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.)
Briefs:
At final hearing in interference
... 1.656
In petitions to Director
... 1.181
On appeal to Board
... 1.192
Business to be conducted with decorum and courtesy
... 1.3
Business to be transacted in writing
... 1.2
C
Certificate of correction
Fees
... 1.20
Mistakes not corrected
... 1.325
Certificate of mailing (First Class) or transmission
... 1.8
Certification effect of signature
Certified copies of records, papers, etc.
Fee for certification
... 1.19(b)
Chemical and mathematical formulae and tables
... 1.58
Citation of prior art in patented file
... 1.501
Citation of references
... 1.104
Civil action
Claims (See also Examination of applications):
Amendment of
... 1.121
Commence on separate sheet or electronic page
... 1.52(b)
Conflicting, same applicant or owner
... 1.78
Date of invention of
... 1.110
Dependent
... 1.75
Design patent
... 1.153
May be in dependent form
... 1.75
More than one permitted
... 1.75
Multiple dependent
... 1.75
Must conform to invention and specification
... 1.75
Notice of rejection of
... 1.104
Numbering of
... 1.126
Part of complete application
... 1.51
Plant patent.
... 1.164
Rejection of
... 1.104
Required
... 1.75
Separate from other parts of application
... 1.75(h)
Twice or finally rejected before appeal
... 1.191
Color drawing
... 1.84(a)(2)
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks (See Director of the USPTO.)
Common ownership, statement by assignee may be required
... 1.78(c)
Compact disc submissions. (See Electronic documents.)
Complaints against examiners, how presented
... 1.3
Complaints regarding invention promoters (See Invention promoters.)
Composition of matter, specimens of ingredients may be required
... 1.93
Computer program listing appendix
... 1.96
Concurrent office proceedings
... 1.565
Conflicting claims, same applicant or owner in two or more applications
... 1.78
Continued examination, request for
... 1.114
Fee
... 1.17
Suspension of action after
... 1.103
Continued prosecution application
... 1.53(d)
Suspension of action in
... 1.103
Continuing application for invention disclosed and claimed in prior application
Control number, display of
... 1.419
Copies of patents, published applications, records, etc.
Copies of records, fees
Copyright notice in specification
... 1.71(d)
Copyright notice on drawings
... 1.84(s)
Correction, certificate of
Correction of inventorship:
In a nonprovisional application
... 1.48
Before filing oath/declaration
By filing oath/declaration
... 1.76(d)(3)
When filing a continuation or divisional application
... 1.63(d)
When filing a continued prosecution application
... 1.53(d)(4)
In a provisional application
... 1.48
By filing a cover sheet
... 1.48(f)(2)
Without filing a cover sheet
... 1.41(a)(2)
In a reexamination proceeding
... 1.530
In an international application
... 1.472
When entering the national stage
... 1.497
In an issued patent
... 1.324
In other than a reissue application
... 1.48
Inconsistencies between application data sheet and oath or declaration
... 1.76(d)
Motion to correct inventorship in an interference
... 1.634
Supplemental application data sheet(s)
... 1.76(c)
Correspondence:
Address:
Change of correspondence address
... 1.33(a)
Established by the office if more than one is specified
... 1.33(a)
Of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
... 1.1
Business with the Office to be transacted by
... 1.2
Discourteous communications not entered
... 1.3
Double, with different parties in interest not allowed
... 1.33
Duplicate copies of
... 1.4
Facsimile transmission
... 1.6(d)
Held with attorney or agent
... 1.33
Identification of application or patent in letter relating to
... 1.5
Involving national security
... 5.1
May be held exclusively with assignee(s) of entire interest
... 3.71
Nature of
... 1.4
Patent owners in reexamination
... 1.33(c)
Receipt of letters and papers
... 1.6
Rules for conducting in general
Separate letter for each subject of inquiry
... 1.4
Signature requirement
... 1.4(d)
When no attorney or agent
... 1.33
With attorney or agent after power or authorization is filed
... 1.33
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, appeal to. (See Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.)
Credit card payment
... 1.23
Cross-reference to related applications
D
Date of invention of subject matter of individual claims
... 1.110
Day for taking any action or paying any fee falling on Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday
... 1.7
Death or insanity of inventor
In an international application
Decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
... 1.196
Action following decision
... 1.197
Declaration (See also Oath in patent application):
Foreign language
... 1.69
In lieu of oath
... 1.68
In patent application
... 1.68
Deferral of examination
... 1.103
Definitions:
Federal holiday within the District of Columbia
... 1.9
National and international applications
... 1.9
National security classified
... 1.9
Nonprofit organization
... 1.27
Person (for small entity purposes)
... 1.27
Published application
... 1.9
Service of process
... 15 CFR Part 15
Small business concern
... 1.27
Small entity
... 1.27
Terms under Patent Cooperation Treaty
... 1.401
Testimony by employees
... 15 CFR Part 15a
Delivery of patent
... 1.315
Deposit accounts
... 1.25
Fees
... 1.21(b)
Deposit of biological material:
Acceptable depository
... 1.803
Biological material
... 1.801
Examination procedures
... 1.809
Furnishing of samples
... 1.808
Need or opportunity to make a deposit
... 1.802
Replacement or supplemental deposit
... 1.805
Term of deposit
... 1.806
Time of making original deposit
... 1.804
Viability of deposit
... 1.807
Deposit of computer program listings
Depositions (See also Testimony in interferences):
Certificate of officer to accompany
... 1.676
Formalities to be observed in preparing
... 1.677
Person before whom taken
... 1.674
To be sealed up, addressed, and forwarded to the Office
... 1.676
When transcript must be filed
... 1.678
Description of invention. (See Specification.)
Design Patent Applications:
Arrangement of application elements
... 1.154
Claim
... 1.153
Drawing
... 1.152
Expedited examination
... 1.155
Filing fee
... 1.16(f)
Issue fee
... 1.18(b)
Oath
... 1.153
Rules applicable
... 1.151
Title, description and claim
... 1.153
Determination of request for ex parte reexamination
... 1.515
Director of the USPTO (See also Petition to the Director):
Address of
... 1.1
Availability of decisions by
... 1.14
Cases decided by Board reopened only by
... 1.198
Initiates ex parte reexamination
... 1.520
Disclaimer, statutory:
During interference
... 1.662(a)
Fee
... 1.20(d)
Requirements of
... 1.321
Terminal
... 1.321
Disclosure, amendments to add new matter not permitted
... 1.121
Disclosure document fee
... 1.21(c)
Discovery in interferences
Division. (See Restriction of application.)
Document supply fees
... 1.19
Drawing:
Amendment of
... 1.121
Arrangement of views
... 1.84(i)
Arrows
... 1.84(r)
Character of lines
... 1.84(l)
Color
Content of drawing
... 1.83
Copyright notice
... 1.84(s)
Correction
Cost of copies of
... 1.19
Design application
... 1.152
Figure for front page
Filed with application
... 1.81
Graphics
... 1.84(d)
Hatching and shading
... 1.84(m)
Holes
... 1.84(x)
Identification
... 1.84(c)
If of an improvement, must show connection with old structure
... 1.83
Informal drawings
... 1.85
Ink
... 1.84(a)(1)
Lead lines
... 1.84(q)
Legends
... 1.84(o)
Letters
... 1.84(p)
Location of names
... 1.84(c)
Mask work notice
... 1.84(s)
Must be described in and referred to specification
... 1.74
Must show every feature of the invention
... 1.83
No return or release
... 1.85(b)
Numbering of sheets
... 1.84(t)
Numbering of views
... 1.84(u)
Numbers
... 1.84(p)
Original should be retained by applicant
... 1.81(a)
Paper
... 1.84(e)
Part of application papers
... 1.52
Photographs
... 1.84(b)
Plant patent application
Reference characters
Reissue
... 1.173
Release not permitted
... 1.85(b)
Required by law when necessary for understanding
... 1.81
Scale
... 1.84(k)
Security markings
... 1.84(v)
Shading
... 1.84(m)
Size of sheet and margins
... 1.84(f),(g)
Standards for drawings
... 1.84
Symbols
... 1.84(n)
Views
... 1.84(h)
When necessary, part of complete application
... 1.51
Duty of disclosure
Patent term extension
... 1.765
E
Election of species
... 1.146
Electronic documents:
Compact disc submissions:
Amino acid sequences
Computer program listings
... 1.96
Incorporation by reference in specification
... 1.52
Nucleic acid sequences
Requirements
... 1.52
Submitted as part of permanent record
... 1.52, 1.58, 1.96, 1.821, 1.823, 1.825
Tables
... 1.58
Employee testimony. (See Testimony by Office employees.)
Establishing small entity status
Evidence. (See Testimony in interferences.)
Ex parte reexamination. (See Reexamination.)
Examination of applications:
Advancement of examination
... 1.102
As to form
... 1.104
Citation of references
... 1.104
Completeness of examiner's action
... 1.104
Deferral of
... 1.103
Examiner's action
... 1.104
International-type search
... 1.104
Nature of examination
... 1.104
Reasons for allowance
... 1.104
Reconsideration after rejection if requested
... 1.111
Reissue
... 1.176
Rejection of claims
... 1.104
Request for continued examination
... 1.114
Requirements for information by examiner
... 1.105
Suspension of
... 1.103
Examiners:
Answers on appeal
... 1.193
Complaints against
... 1.3
Interviews with
... 1.133
Executors
... 1.42
Exhibits. (See Models and exhibits.)
Export of technical data
Express abandonment
... 1.138
"Express Mail"
Date of receipt of
... 1.6
Petition in regard to
... 1.10
Expungement
... 1.59
Extension of patent term (See also Patent term adjustment):
Due to examination delay under the URAA (35 U.S.C. 154)
... 1.701
Due to regulatory review period (35 U.S.C. 156):
Applicant for
... 1.730
Application for
... 1.740
Calculation of term:
Animal drug product
... 1.778
Food or color additive
... 1.776
Human drug product
... 1.775
Medical device
... 1.777
Veterinary biological product
... 1.779
Certificate of extension
... 1.780
Conditions for
... 1.720
Correction of informalities
... 1.740
Determination of eligibility
... 1.750
Duty of disclosure
... 1.765
Filing date of application
... 1.741
Formal requirements
... 1.740
Incomplete application
... 1.741
Interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)
... 1.790
Interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 156(e)(2)
... 1.760
Multiple applications
... 1.785
Order granting interim extension
... 1.780
Patents subject to
... 1.710
Signature requirements for application
... 1.730
Termination of interim extension granted under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)
... 1.791
Withdrawal of application
... 1.770
Extension of time
... 1.136
Fees
... 1.17
Interference proceedings
... 1.645
F
Facsimile transmission
Federal holiday within the District of Columbia
... 1.9(h)
Federal Register, publication of rules in
... 1.351
Fees and payment of money:
Credit card
... 1.23
Deposit accounts
... 1.25
Document supply fees
... 1.19
Extension of time
... 1.17
Fee on appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit provided by rules of court
... 1.301
Fees payable in advance
... 1.22
Foreign filing license petition
... 1.17(h)
For international-type search report
... 1.21(e)
Itemization required
... 1.22
Method of payment
... 1.23
Money by mail at risk of sender
... 1.23
Money paid by mistake
... 1.26
Petition fees
Post allowance
... 1.18
Processing fees
... 1.17
Reexamination request
... 1.20(c)
Refunds
... 1.26
Relating to international applications
... 1.25(b), 1.445, 1.481, 1.482, 1.492
Schedule of fees and charges
Files open to the public
... 1.11
Filing date of application
... 1.53
Filing fee part of complete application
... 1.51
Filing fees
... 1.16
Filing in Post Office
... 1.10
Filing of interference settlement agreements
... 1.666
Final rejection:
Appeal from
... 1.191
Response to
When and how given
... 1.113
First Class Mail (includes Priority Mail and Express Mail)
... 1.8
Foreign application
... 1.55
License to file
Foreign country:
Taking oath in
... 1.66
Taking testimony in
... 1.671
Foreign mask work protection
... Part 150
Evaluation of request
... 150.4
Definition
... 150.1
Duration of proclamation
... 150.5
Initiation of evaluation
... 150.2
Mailing address
... 150.6
Submission of requests
... 150.3
Foreign patent rights acquired by government
... 101.1-101.11
Licensing
Formulas and tables in patent applications.
... 1.58
Fraud practiced or attempted on Office
... 1.56
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
... Part 102
Appeals from initial determinations or untimely delays
... 102.10
Business information
... 102.9
Correspondence address
Expedited processing
... 102.6
Fees
... 102.11
Public reference facilities
... 102.2
Records
... 102.3
Responses to requests
... 102.7
Responsibility for responding
... 102.5
Time limits
... 102.6
Requirements for making requests
... 102.4
G
Gazette. (See Official Gazette.)
General authorization to charge deposit account
General information and correspondence
Government acquisition of foreign patent rights
... Part 501
Government employee invention
... Part 501
Government interest in patent, recording of
Governmental registers
... 3.58
Guardian of insane person may apply for patent
... 1.43
H
Hearings:
Before the Board of Patents Appeals and Interferences
... 1.194
Fee for appeal hearing
... 1.17
In disciplinary proceedings
... 10.144
Of motions in interferences
... 1.640
Holiday, time for action expiring on
I
Identification of application, patent or registration
... 1.5
Inconsistencies between application data sheet and oath or declaration
... 1.76(d)
Information disclosure statement:
At time of filing application
... 1.51
Content of
... 1.98
Electronic filing of
... 1.98(e)
Not permitted in provisional applications
... 1.51
Reexamination
Suspension of action to provide time for consideration of an IDS in a CPA
... 1.103(b)
Third party submission of
... 1.99
To comply with duty of disclosure
... 1.97
Information, Public
... Part 102
Insane inventor, application by guardian of
... 1.43
Inter partes reexamination. (See Reexamination.)
Interferences (See also Depositions, Motions in interferences, Notice, Preliminary statement in interferences, Testimony in interferences):
Abandonment of the contest
... 1.662
Access to applications
... 1.612
Access to preliminary statement
... 1.631
Action by examiner after interference
... 1.664
Action if statutory bar appears
Addition of new party by administrative patent judge.
... 1.642
Amendment during
... 1.615, 1.633, 1.634, 1.637
Appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Applicant requests
... 1.604
Arbitration
... 1.690
Briefs at final hearing
... 1.656
Burden of proof
... 1.657
Civil action
... 1.303
Claims copied from patent
Claims of defeated parties stand finally disposed of
... 1.633
Concession of priority
... 1.662
Conflicting parties having same attorney
... 1.613
Copying claims from patent
Correspondence
... 1.5(e)
Declaration of interference
... 1.611
Definition
... 1.601
Disclaimer to avoid interference
... 1.662(a)
Discovery
... 1.671
Dissolution of
... 1.633
Dissolution on motion of judge
... 1.641
Extension of time
... 1.645
Failure of junior party to take testimony
... 1.652
Failure to prepare for
Final decision
... 1.658
Final hearing
... 1.654
Final hearing briefs
... 1.656
Identifying claim from patent
... 1.607(a)(3), 1.637(e)(1)(vi)
In what cases declared
Inspection of cases of opposing parties
... 1.612
Interference with a patent
Junior party fails to overcome filing date of senior party
... 1.640
Jurisdiction of interference
... 1.614
Manner of service of papers
... 1.646
Matters considered in rendering final decision
... 1.655
Motions
NAFTA Country
... 1.601(r)
Nonpatentability argued at final hearing
... 1.655
Notice and access to applications of opposing parties
... 1.612
Notice of intent to argue abandonment
... 1.632
Notice of reexamination, reissue, protest, or litigation
... 1.660
Notice to file civil action
... 1.303
Notices and statements
... 1.611
Order to show cause, judgment on the record
... 1.640
Ownership of applications or patents involved
... 1.602
Petitions
... 1.644
Preliminary statement
Preparation for
Presumption as to order of invention
... 1.657
Prosecution by assignee
... 1.643
Recommendation by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
... 1.659
Records and exhibits
... 1.653
Records of, when open to public
... 1.11
Reissue filed by patentee during
... 1.662
Requests by applicants
... 1.604
Requests for findings of fact and conclusions of law
... 1.656
Return of unauthorized papers
... 1.618
Review of decision by civil action
... 1.303
Same party
... 1.602
Sanctions for failure to comply with rules of order
... 1.616
Sanctions for taking and maintaining a frivolous position
... 1.616
Second interference between same parties
... 1.665
Secrecy order cases
... 5.3(b)
Service of papers
... 1.646
Status of claims of defeated applicant after interference
... 1.663
Statutory disclaimer by patentee during
... 1.662
Suggestion of claims for interference
... 1.605
Summary judgment
... 1.617
Suspension of ex parte prosecution
... 1.615
Termination of interference
... 1.661
Testimony copies
... 1.653
Time period for completion
... 1.610
Times for discovery and taking testimony
... 1.651
Translation of document in foreign language
... 1.647
International application. (See Patent Cooperation Treaty.)
International Preliminary Examining Authority
... 1.416
Interview summary
... 1.133
Interviews with examiner
Invention promoters:
Complaints regarding
Publication of
Reply to
... 4.4
Submission of
... 4.3
Withdrawal of
... 4.3
Definition
... 4.2
Reply to complaint
... 4.4
Inventor (See also Applicant for patent, Application for patent):
Death or insanity of inventor
In an international application
Refuses to sign application
... 1.47
To make application
Unavailable
... 1.47
Inventor's certificate priority benefit
... 1.55
Inventorship and date of invention of the subject matter of individual claims
... 1.110
Issue fee
... 1.18
Issue of patent. (See Allowance and issue of patent.)
J
Joinder of inventions in one application
... 1.141
Joint inventors
Joint patent to inventor and assignee
Jurisdiction:
After decision by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
After notice of allowance
... 1.312
Of contested case
... 1.614
L
Lapsed patents
... 1.317
Legal representative of deceased or incapacitated inventor
Legibility of papers
... 1.52
Letters to the Office. (See Correspondence.)
Library service fee
... 1.19(c)
License and assignment of government interest in patent
License for foreign filing
List of U.S. patents classified in a subclass, cost of
... 1.19(d)
Local delivery box rental
... 1.21(d)
Lost files
... 1.251
M
Mail Stops
Mail Stop 4
... 150.6
Mail Stop 8
... 1.1(a)(3)
Mail Stop 24
... 4.3(c)
Mail Stop Assignment Recordation Services
... 1.1(a)(4), 3.27
Mail Stop CPA
... 1.53(d)(9)
Mail Stop Document Services
... 1.1(a)(4)
Mail Stop Ex parte Reexam
... 1.1(c)(1)
Mail Stop Inter partes Reexam
... 1.1(c)(2)
Mail Stop Interference
... 1.1(a)
... 1.1(d)(2)
Mail Stop OED
... 4.6
Mail Stop Patent Ext
... 1.1(e)
Mail Stop PCT
... 1.1(b), 1.417, 1.434(a), 1.480(b)
Mail Stop Provisional Patent Application
... 1.1(f)
Maintenance fees
... 1.20
Acceptance of delayed payment of
... 1.378
Address for payments
... 1.1(d)(1)
Address for correspondence (at PTO)
... 1.1(d)(2)
Address for correspondence (applicant's)
... 1.363
Review of decision refusing to accept
... 1.377
Submission of
... 1.366
Time for payment of
... 1.362
Mask work notice in specification
... 1.71(s)
Mask work notice on drawing
... 1.84(s)
Mask work protection, foreign
... Part 150
Microorganisms. (See Deposit of biological material.)
Minimum balance in deposit accounts
... 1.25
Misjoinder of inventor
Missing pages when application filed
... 1.53(e)
Mistake in patent, certificate thereof issued
Models and exhibits:
Copies of
... 1.95
If not claimed within reasonable time, may be disposed of by Director
... 1.94
If on examination model found necessary request therefor will be made
... 1.91
In contested cases
... 1.676
May be required
... 1.91
Model not generally admitted in application or patent
... 1.91
Not to be taken from the Office except in custody of sworn employee
... 1.95
Return of
... 1.94
Working model may be required
... 1.91
Money. (See Fees and payment of money.)
Motions in interference
To take testimony in foreign country
... 1.671
N
Name of Applicant or Inventor (see Applicant for patent, Application for patent, Inventor)
New matter inadmissible in application
... 1.121
New matter inadmissible in reissue
... 1.173
Non-English language specification fee
... 1.17(i)
Nonprofit organization:
Definition
... 1.27
Small entity status
... 1.27
Notice:
Of allowance of application
... 1.311
Of appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Of arbitration award
... 1.335
Of defective ex parte reexamination request
... 1.510(c)
Of interference
... 1.611
Of oral hearings before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
... 1.194
Of rejection of an application
... 1.104
Of taking testimony
... 1.673
To conflicting parties with same attorney or agent
... 1.613
To parties in interference cases
... 1.611
Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences:
Amendments to
... 1.825
Disclosure in patent applications
... 1.821
Form and format for computer readable form
... 1.824
Format for sequence data
... 1.822
Replacement of
... 1.825
Requirements
... 1.823
Submission on compact disc
Symbols
... 1.822
O
Oath in patent application. (See also Declaration):
Apostilles
... 1.66
Before whom taken in foreign countries
... 1.66
Before whom taken in United States
... 1.66
By administrator or executor
By guardian of insane person
Certificate of Officer administering
... 1.66
Continuation-in-part
... 1.63(e)
Declaration
... 1.68
Foreign language
... 1.69
International application
... 1.497
Inventor's Certificate
... 1.63
Made by inventor
Made by someone other than inventor
... 1.64(b)
Officers authorized to administer oaths
... 1.66
Part of complete application
... 1.51
Person making
... 1.64
Plant patent application
... 1.162
Requirements of
... 1.63
Ribboned to other papers
... 1.66
Sealed
... 1.66
Signature to
Supplemental
... 1.67
To acknowledge duty of disclosure
... 1.63
When taken abroad to seal all papers
... 1.66
Oath or declaration in reissue application
... 1.175
Oath or declaration
Plant patent application
... 1.162
When international application enters national stage
... 1.497
Object of the invention
... 1.73
Office action time for reply
... 1.134
Office fees. (See Fees and payment of money.)
Official action, based exclusively upon the written record
... 1.2
Official business, should be transacted in writing
... 1.2
Official Gazette:
Amendments to rules published in
... 1.351
Announces request for reexamination
Notice of filing application to nonsigning inventor
... 1.47
Notice of issuance of ex parte reexamination certificate
... 1.570(f)
Notice of issuance of inter partes reexamination certificate
... 1.997
Service of notices in
... 1.646
Oral statements
... 1.2
P
Payment of fees, Method
... 1.23
Paper, definition of
... 1.9
Papers (requirements to become part of Office permanent records)
... 1.52
Papers not received on Saturday, Sunday, or holidays
... 1.6
Patent application. (See Application for patent and Provisional patent applications.)
Patent application publication. (See Published application.)
Patent attorneys and agents. (See Attorneys and agents.)
Patent Cooperation Treaty:
Access to international application files
... 1.14(g)
Amendments and corrections during international processing
... 1.471
Amendments during international preliminary examination
... 1.485
Applicant for international application
... 1.421
Changes in person, name or address, where filed
Conduct of international preliminary examination
... 1.484
Copies of international application files
... 1.14(g)
Definition of terms
... 1.401
Delays in meeting time limits
... 1.468
Demand for international preliminary examination
... 1.480
Designation of States
... 1.432
Entry into national stage
... 1.491, 1.495
Examination at national stage
... 1.496
Fees:
Authorization to charge fees under 37 CFR 1.16
... 1.25(b)
Due on filing of international application.
... 1.431(c)
Failure to pay results in withdrawal of application
Filing, processing and search fees
... 1.445
International Filing Fee
International preliminary examination
National stage
Refunds
... 1.446
Filing by other than inventor
... 1.421(b)
International application requirements
... 1.431
Abstract
... 1.438
Claims
... 1.436
Description
... 1.435
Drawings
... 1.437
Physical requirements
... .1.433
Request.
... 1.434
International Bureau
... 1.415
International Preliminary Examining Authority
... 1.416
Inventor deceased
... 1.422
Inventor insane or legally incapacitated
... 1.423
Inventors, joint
National stage in the United States:
Commencement
... 1.491
Entry
Examination
... 1.496
Fees
Oath or declaration at national stage
... 1.497
Priority, claim for
Record copy to International Bureau, transmittal procedures
... 1.461
Representation by attorney or agent
... 1.455
Time limits for processing applications
United States as:
Designated or Elected Office
... 1.414
International Searching Authority
... 1.413
Receiving Office
... 1.412
Unity of invention:
Before International Searching Authority
Before International Preliminary Examining Authority
... 1.487, 1.488
National stage
Protest to lack of
Patent policy, government
... 100.1-100.11
Patent term adjustment due to examination delay
Application for
... 1.705
Determination
... 1.705
Grounds for
... 1.702
Period of adjustment
... 1.703
Reduction of period of adjustment
... 1.704
Patent term extension due to examination delay
... 1.701
Patent term extension due to regulatory review period. (See Extension of patent term due to regulatory review period (35 U.S.C. 156).)
Patentee notified of interference
... 1.602
Patents (See also Allowance and issue of patent):
Available for license or sale, publication of notice
... 1.21(i)
Certified copies of
... 1.13
Copying claims of
Correction of errors in
... 1.171, 1.322, 1.323, 1.324
Delivery of
... 1.315
Disclaimer
... 1.321
Identification required in letters concerning
... 1.5
Lapsed, for nonpayment of issue fee
... 1.317
Obtainable by civil action
... 1.303
Price of copies
... 1.19
Records of, open to public
Reissuing of, when defective
Payment of fees
... 1.23
Personal attendance unnecessary
... 1.2
Petition for reissue
Petition to the Director:
Fees
... 1.17
For delayed payment of issue fee
... 1.137
For expungement of papers
... 1.59
For extension of time
... 1.136
For license for foreign filing
... 5.12
For the revival of an abandoned application
... 1.137
From formal objections or requirements
From requirement for restriction
General requirements
... 1.181
In interferences
... 1.644
In reexamination
... 1.181
If examiner refused the ex parte request
... 1.515(c)
On refusal of examiner to admit amendment
... 1.127
Questions not specifically provided for
... 1.182
Suspension of rules
... 1.183
Petition to accept an unintentionally delayed claim for domestic priority
Petition to accept an unintentionally delayed claim for foreign priority
... 1.55(c)
To exercise supervisory authority
... 1.181
To make special
... 1.102
Untimely unless filed within two months
... 1.181
Photographs
Plant patent applications:
Applicant
... 1.162
Claim
... 1.164
Declaration
... 1.162
Description
... 1.162
Drawings
... 1.165
Examination
... 1.167
Fee for copies
... 1.19
Filing fee
... 1.16(g)
Issue fee
... 1.18(c)
Oath
... 1.162
Rules applicable
... 1.161
Specification and arrangement of application elements
... 1.163
Specimens
... 1.166
Post issuance and reexamination fees
... 1.20
Post Office receipt as filing date
... 1.10
Postal emergency or interruption
... 1.6(e)
Power of attorney. (See Attorneys or agents.)
Power to inspect
... 1.14(c)
Preliminary amendments
... 1.115
Preliminary Examining Authority, International
... 1.416
Preliminary statement in interferences:
Access to
... 1.631
Contents to
Contents of, invention made in other than United States, a NAFTA country, or a WTO member country
... 1.624
Correction of statement on motion
... 1.628
Effect of statement
... 1.629
Failure to file
In case of motion to amend interference
... 1.633
May be amended if defective
... 1.628
Reliance on prior application
Requirement for
... 1.621
Sealed before filing.
... 1.627
Service on opposing parties
... 1.621
Subsequent testimony alleging prior dates excluded
... 1.629
When opened to inspection
... 1.631
Preserved in confidence, applications
Exceptions (status, access or copies available)
... 1.14
Printing testimony
... 1.653
Prior art citation in patented files
... 1.501
Prior art statement:
Content of
... 1.98
To comply with duty of disclosure.
... 1.97
Prior invention, affidavit or declaration of to overcome rejection
Priority, right of, under treaty or law:
Domestic benefit claim:
Cross-reference to related a pplication(s)
Filing fee must be paid in provisional a pplication
... 1.78
Indication of whether international application was published in English
... 1.78(a)(2)
May be in first sentence of application or on application data sheet
... 1.78
Petition to accept, unintentionally delayed
... 1.78
Translation of non-English language provisional application required
... 1.78
Waived if not timely
... 1.78
Foreign priority claim:
Filed after issue fee has been paid
... 1.55
May be on application data sheet or in oath/declaration
... 1.63(c)
Petition to accept, unintentionally delayed
... 1.55
Priority document
... 1.55
Translation
Time for claiming
... 1.55
Privacy Act
... Part 102
Denial of access to records
... 102.25
Definitions
... 102.22
Disclosure of records
Exemptions
Fees
... 102.31
Grant of access to records
... 102.25
Inquiries
... 102.23
Medical records
... 102.26
Penalties
... 102.32
Requests for records
... 102.24
Requests for correction or amendment
... 102.27
Appeal of initial adverse determination
... 102.29
Review of requests
... 102.28
Processing and retention fee
Proclamation as to protection of foreign mask works
... Part 150
Protests to grants of patent
... 1.291
Provisional patent applications:
Claiming the benefit of
... 1.78
Converting a nonprovisional to a provisional
... 1.53(c)
Converting a provisional to a nonprovisional
... 1.53(c)
Cover sheet required by § 1.51(c)(1) may be a § 1.76 application data sheet
... 1.53(c)(1)
Filing date
... 1.53(c)
Filing fee
... 1.16(k)
General requisites
... 1.51(c)
Later filing of fee and cover sheet
... 1.53(g)
Names of inventor(s)
... 1.41(a)(2)
Application data sheet
Correction of
... 1.48
Cover sheet
... 1.51(c)(1), 1.53(c)(1)
Joint inventors
... 1.45
No right of priority
... 1.53(c)
No examination
... 1.53(i)
Papers concerning, should identify provisional application as such, by application number
... 1.5(f)
Parts of complete provisional application
... 1.51(c)
Processing fees
... 1.17
Revival of
... 1.137
When abandoned
... 1.53(i)
Provisional rights
Submission of international publication or English translation thereof pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 154(d)(4)
... 1.417
Public Information
... Part 102
Public use proceedings
... 1.292
Fee
... 1.17(j)
Publication of application
... 1.211
Early publication
... 1.219
Express abandonment to avoid publication
... 1.138
Fee
... 1.18
Nonpublication request
... 1.213
Publication of redacted copy
... 1.217
Republication
... 1.221
Voluntary publication
... 1.221
Published application
Access to
Certified copies of
... 1.13
Contents
... 1.215
Definition
... 1.9
Records of, open to public
Republication of
... 1.221
Third party submission in
... 1.99
R
Reasons for allowance
... 1.104
Reconsideration of Office action
... 1.112
Reconstruction of lost files
... 1.251
Recording of assignments. (See Assignments and recording.)
Records of the Patent and Trademark Office
Reexamination:
Announcement in O.G.
... 1.11(c)
Correction of inventorship
... 1.530
Correspondence address
... 1.33(c)
Ex parte proceedings:
Amendments, manner of making
Appeal to Board
... 1.191
Appeal to C.A.F.C.
... 1.301
Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 145
... 1.303
Concurrent with interference, reissue, other reexamination, litigation, or office proceeding(s)
... 1.565
Conduct of.
... 1.550
Duty of disclosure in
... 1.555
Examiner's determination to grant or refuse request for
... 1.515
Extensions of time in
... 1.550(c)
Initiated by the Director
... 1.520
Interviews in
... 1.560
Issuance of certificate at conclusion of
... 1.570
Order for reexamination by examiner
... 1.525
Patent owner's statement
Processing of prior art citations during
... 1.502
Reply to patent owner's statement to third party requester
Request for
... 1.510
Scope of
... 1.552
Service of papers
... 1.248
Examiner's action.
... 1.104
Fee
... 1.20(c)
Fees may be charged to deposit account
... 1.25
Identification in letter
... 1.5(d)
Inter partes proceedings
Amendments, manner of making
Appeal to Board
Appeal to C.A.F.C.
... 1.983
Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 145 not available
... 1.303(d)
Concurrent with interference, reissue, other reexamination, litigation, or office proceeding(s)
Conduct of.
... 1.937
Duty of disclosure in
Examiner's determination to grant or refuse request for
Extensions of time in
... 1.956
Filing date of request for
... 1.919
Issuance of certificate at conclusion of
... 1.997
Merged with concurrent reexamination proceedings
... 1.989
Merged with reissue application
... 1.991
Notice of, in the Official Gazette
... 1.904
Persons eligible to file request for
... 1.903
Processing of prior art citations during
... 1.902
Scope of
... 1.906
Service of papers
Submission of papers by the public
... 1.905
Subsequent requests for
... 1.907
Suspension due to concurrent interference
... 1.993
Suspension due to litigation
... 1.987
Information Disclosure Statements
Open to public
... 1.11(d)
Reconsideration before final action
... 1.112
Refund of fee
... 1.26
Reply to action
... 1.111
Revival of terminated proceeding
... 1.137
Reference characters in drawings
References cited on examination
... 1.104
Refund of money paid by mistake
... 1.26
International applications
... 1.446
Later establishment of small entity status
... 1.28
Time period for requesting
... 1.26
Register of Government interest in patents
... 3.58
Rehearing:
On appeal to Board
... 1.197
Request for, time for appeal after action on
... 1.304
Reissues:
Amendments
... 1.173
Applicants, assignees
... 1.172
Application for reissue
... 1.171
Application made and sworn to by inventor, if living
... 1.172
Continuing duty of applicant
... 1.178
Declaration
... 1.175
Drawings
... 1.173
Examination of reissue
... 1.176
Filed during interference
... 1.662(b)
Filed during ex parte reexamination
... 1.565
Filed during inter partes rexamination
... 1.985
Filing fee
... 1.16
Filing of announcement in Official Gazette
... 1.11
Grounds for and requirements
Issue fee
... 1.18(a)
Loss of original patent
... 1.178
Multiple applications for reissue of a single patent
... 1.177
Notice of reissue application
... 1.179
Oath
... 1.175
Open to public
... 1.11
Original patent surrendered
... 1.178
Restriction
... 1.176
Specification
... 1.173
Take precedence in order of examination
... 1.176
To contain no new matter
... 1.173
What must accompany application
When in interference
... 1.660
Rejection:
After two rejections appeal may be taken from examiner to Board
... 1.191
Applicant will be notified of rejection with reasons and references
... 1.104
Based on commonly owned prior art, how overcome
... 1.130
Examiner may rely on admissions by applicant or patent owner, or facts within examiner's knowledge
... 1.104
Final
... 1.113
Formal objections
... 1.104
On account of invention shown by others but not claimed, how overcome
... 1.131
References will be cited.
... 1.104
Requisites of notice of
... 1.104
Reply brief
... 1.193
Reply to Office action:
Abandonment for failure to
... 1.135
By applicant or patent owner
... 1.111
Substantially complete
... 1.135
Supplemental
... 1.111
Time for
... 1.134
Representative capacity
... 1.34(a)
Request for continued examination
... 1.114
Fee
... 1.17
Suspension of action after
... 1.103
Request for reconsideration
... 1.112
Request for ex parte reexamination
... 1.510
Request for inter partes reexamination
Requirement for submission of information
... 1.105
Reservation clauses not permitted
... 1.79
Restriction of application.
Claims to nonelected invention withdrawn
... 1.142
Constructive election
... 1.145
Petition from requirements for
Provisional election
... 1.143
Reconsideration of requirement
... 1.143
Requirement for
... 1.142
Subsequent presentation of claims for different invention
... 1.145
Retention fee
Return of correspondence
... 1.5(a)
Revival of abandoned application, terminated reexamination proceeding, or lapsed patent
... 1.137
Unavoidable abandonment fee
... 1.17(l)
Unintentional abandonment fee
... 1.17(m)
Revocation of power of attorney or authorization of agent
... 1.36
Rules of Practice:
Amendments to rules will be published
... 1.351
S
Saturday, when last day falls on
... 1.7
Secrecy order
Sequences:
Amendments to sequence listing and computer readable copy
... 1.825
Disclosure requirements
Sequence data, symbols and format
... 1.822
Submissions in computer readable form
... 1.824
Submissions on compact disc in lieu of paper
Serial number of application
... 1.5
Service of notices:
For taking testimony
... 1.673
In interference cases
... 1.611
Of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
... 1.301
Service of papers
... 1.248
Service of process
... 15 CFR Part 15
Shortened period for reply
... 1.134
Signature:
Implicit certifications
Of attorney or agent
... 10.18
To a written assertion of small entity status
... 1.27(c)(2)
To amendments and other papers
... 1.33(b)
To an application for extension of patent term
... 1.730
To express abandonment
... 1.138
To oath
... 1.63
To reissue oath or declaration
... 1.172
When copy is acceptable
... 1.4
Small business concern:
Definition
... 1.27
Small entity status
... 1.27
Small entity:
Definition
... 1.27
Errors in status excused
... 1.28
Fraud on the office
... 1.27
License to Federal agency
... 1.27
Statement
... 1.27
Statement in parent application
... 1.27
Status establishment
Status update
Solicitor's address
Species of invention claimed
Specification (See also Application for patent, Claims):
Abstract
... 1.72
Amendments to
Arrangement of
Best mode
... 1.71
Claim
... 1.75
Commence on separate sheet
... 1.71(f)
Contents of
Copyright notice
... 1.71(d)
Cross-references to other applications
... 1.78
Description of the invention
... 1.71
If defective, reissue to correct
Mask work notice
... 1.71(d)
Must conclude with specific and distinct claim
... 1.75
Must point out new improvements specifically
... 1.71
Must refer by figures to drawings
... 1.74
Must set forth the precise invention
... 1.71
Object of the invention
... 1.73
Order of arrangement in framing
... 1.77
Paper, writing, margins
... 1.52
Paragraph numbering
... 1.52
Part of complete application
... 1.51
Reference to drawings
... 1.74
Requirements of
Reservation clauses not permitted
... 1.79
Separate from other parts of application
... 1.71(f)
Substitute
... 1.125
Summary of the invention
... 1.73
Title of the invention
... 1.72
To be rewritten, if necessary
... 1.125
Specimens. (See Models and exhibits.)
Specimens of composition of matter to be furnished when required
... 1.93
Specimens of plants
... 1.166
Statement of status as small entity
... 1.27
Status information
... 1.14
Statutory disclaimer fee
... 1.20(d)
Statutory invention registrations
... 1.293
Examination.
... 1.294
Publication of
... 1.297
Review of decision finally refusing to publish
... 1.295
Withdrawal of request for publication of
... 1.296
Submission of international publication or English translation thereof pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 154(d)(4)
... 1.417
Sufficient funds in deposit account
... 1.25
Suit in equity. (See Civil action.)
Summary of invention
... 1.73
Sunday, when last day falls on
... 1.7
Supervisory authority, petition to Director to exercise
... 1.181
Supplemental oath /declaration
... 1.67
Surcharge for oath or basic filing fee filed after filing date
Suspension of action
... 1.103
Suspension of ex parte prosecution during interference
... 1.615
Suspension of rules
... 1.183
Symbols for drawings
... 1.84(n)
Symbols for nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence data
... 1.822
T
Tables in patent applications
... 1.58
Terminal disclaimer
... 1.321
Testimony by Office employees
... 15 CFR Part 15a
Testimony in interferences:
Additional time for taking
... 1.645
Assignment of times for taking
... 1.651
Certification and filing by officer
... 1.676
Copies of
... 1.653
Depositions must be filed
... 1.678
Discovery
... 1.687
Effect of errors and irregularities in deposition
... 1.685
Evidence must comply with rules
... 1.671
Examination of witnesses
... 1.675
Failure to take
... 1.652
Form of deposition
... 1.677
Formal objections to
... 1.685
Formalities in preparing depositions
In foreign countries
... 1.671
Inspection of testimony
... 1.679
Manner of taking testimony of witnesses
... 1.672
Motion to extend time for taking
... 1.645
Not considered if not taken and filed in compliance with rules
... 1.671
Notice of examination of witnesses
... 1.673
Notice of intent to use records
... 1.671(e)
Objections noted in depositions
... 1.675
Objections to formal matters
... 1.685
Officer's certificate
... 1.676
Persons before whom depositions may be taken
... 1.674
Printing of
... 1.653
Service of notice
... 1.673
Stipulations or agreements concerning
... 1.672
Taken by depositions
... 1.672
Time for taking
... 1.651
To be inspected by parties to the case only
... 1.679
Weight of deposition testimony taken in a foreign country
... 1.671(j)
Third party submission in published application
... 1.99
Time expiring on Saturday, Sunday, or holiday
... 1.7
Time for claiming benefit of prior (domestic) application
... 1.78
Time for claiming foreign priority
... 1.55
Time for filing preliminary amendment to ensure entry thereof
... 1.115
Time for payment of issue fee
... 1.311
Time for payment of publication fee
... 1.311
Time for reply by applicant
Time for reply to Office action
Time for requesting a refund
... 1.26
Time, periods of
... 1.7
Timely filing of correspondence
Title of invention
... 1.72
Title reports, fee for
... 1.19(b)
Transitional procedures
... 1.129
U
Unavoidable abandonment
... 1.137
Unintentional abandonment
... 1.137
United States as
Designated Office
... 1.414
Elected Office
... 1.414
International Preliminary Examining Authority
... 1.416
International Searching Authority
... 1.413
Receiving Office
... 1.412
Unlocatable files
... 1.251
Unsigned continuation or divisional application
Use of file of parent application
... 1.53(d)
W
Waiver of confidentiality
... 1.53(d)(6)
Withdrawal from issue
... 1.313
Withdrawal of attorney or agent
... 1.36
Withdrawal of request for statutory invention registration
... 1.296
PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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