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ICIREPAT country codes 201.14(d)
ICIREPAT identification numbers 201.14(d)
Icon, computer generated 1504.01(a)
Identification of papers 502 , 503
Identification of priority application 201.14(d)
Identity of inventors under 35 U.S.C. 119 201.13
Idiomatic English 608.01(q)
Illustration(See Drawings )
Image File Wrapper (IFW)

Artifact 608.02
Paper scanning 508
Power to inspect not accepted 104
Public access 103

Image File Wrapper (IFW) forms

Issue Classification Sheet, reproduced 1302.09

Cited 1302.10 , 1302.13

Implied election 818.02 , 818.02(a) , 818.02(c)
Improper comments,inter partesreexamination 2667
Improper joinder, effect on patent 805
Improper multiple dependent claim 608.01(n)
Improvement (Jepson claim) 2129
Inaccurate claim 2173.03
Inappropriate papers ininter partesreexamination 2667
Incoming-Mail Section(See also Office of Initial Patent Examination (OIPE) ) 501
Incomplete amendments, time for completing 710.02(c) , 714.03
Incomplete application 506 , 601.01(d) , 601.01(e)

Claims omitted 601.01(e)
Definition 203.06
Drawing 506 , 601.01(f)
Invalid oath 604.06
Return of filing fee 506
Using again 608.01(u)

Incomplete claim, rejection 706.03(c) , 706.03(d) , 2172.01
Incomplete protest 1901.03
Incomplete requests for ex parte reexamination 2227
Incomplete requests for ex parte reexamination 2627
Incomplete response 711.03(a) , 714.03

Time for completing 710.02(c) , 711 , 714.03

Incorporation by reference 103 , 201.06(c) , 201.11 608.01(p) , 2163.07 , 2163.07(b) , 2173.05(s)

Foreign priority application 201.13
In an Examiner's Answer duringinter partesreexamination 2677
Public access to incorporated application 103

Incorrect citation of reference 707.05(g) , 710.06
Indefinite claim 706.03(d) , 2171 to 2174

Alternative phrase 2173.01 , 2173.05(h)
Antecedent basis 2173.05(e)
Breadth compared 2173.04
Design applications 1503.01 , 1503.02 , 1504.04
International application 1845 , 1874
Multiplicity 2173.05(n)
Must be considered 2143.03
Nonelected claims 821
Numerical ranges 2173.05(c)
Prolix 2173.05(m)
Rejections 706.03(d)
35 U.S.C. 112, first and second paragraph compared 2174 , 2185
35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph limitations 2181 , 2185

Independent claim 608.01(n)
Independent, definition 802.01
Independent inventions 802 , 802.01 , 803 , 803.02 , 806 806.04 , 808.01 , 808.01(a)
Independent inventor(See also Applicant ; Inventor ; Pro se applicant )

Independent Inventor programs 1730
Small entity status 509.02

Index of claims 707.07(i) , 719.04
Index of patents, Classification, Numerical 902.03(a)
Index to the U.S. Patent Classification 902.01(a)
Industrial Security Manual (ISM) 120
Inequitable conduct(See also Duty of disclosure , Fraud ) 2001.06(c) , 2010

Best mode 2165
Claims invalidated 2016
Finding affects all claims 2016
Protest 1901 , 1901.06 , 2013
Reexamination 2014
Reissue 1448 , 2012

Informal application 506 , 702.01

Primary examiner's attention required 1004
Search 702.01 , 704.01

Informal drawing (no longer applies) 507 , 608.02(b)
Informal requests for ex parte reexamination 2228
Informal requests forinter partesreexamination 2628
Informality, Action calling attention to 707.07(a) 707.07(j) , 710.02(b) , 714.14
Information Center(See Scientific and TechnicalInformation Center (STIC) )
Information Disclosure Statements(See also Prior art ) 201.06(d) , 609 , 1406

Relationship to requirement for information 704.14(d)

Information material to patentability(See also Duty of disclosure )) 2001.04 , 2001.05

Copending application 2001.06(b)
Copied claims 2001.06(d)
Foreign application 2001.06(a)
Litigation 2001.06(c)

Information on status of application referred to in patent 102
Information reasonably necessary for finding prior art 704.11
Information sent to applicant for guidance 703
Information submitted with protest 1901.02
Infringement action

Statute of limitations 2204

INID codes or numbers 901.04 , 901.05(b) , 2290
Initial data capture for printing 1309
Initial examiner review of reissue 1443
Ink color

Inoperativeness 2164.07 , 2164.08(b)

Affidavit 716.07

INPADOC 901.06(a) , 905.06
Inquiries, Official and Congressional 203.08(a)
Inquiries regarding patent search, examination, or validity 1701
Inquiry as to status of application 102 , 203.08

Application published 1128 , 1134

Insanity 409 , 409.02
Inspection

Amendment 714.05
Application 103 , 104
Approval of power 104
Assignment 301.01
Authorization 402
By assignee 104 , 106 , 106.01
By excluded or suspended attorney or agent 105
By inventor 106
By licensee 106.01
Control of, By assignee 106
File Information Unit (Record room) 103
International application 110
Patent file 103
Petition 103
Record room 103
Reissue application 103
Right of 103 , 104 , 106

Insufficient disclosure 608.01(p) , 706.03(c) , 2161
Insufficient reply 710.02(c) , 711.02(a) 711.03(a) , 714.03 , 2266.01 , 2666.30 , 2671
Int. Cl. (International Patent Classification) 903.09
Intellectual property compared 1512
Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-273) 706.02(a)
Intent to claim 706
Inter-American Convention(See also Treaties ) 201.13
Interference Chapter 2300

Abandonment, suppression or concealment, notice 2138
Access to files 2312
Action after 2363
Action after ex parte reexamination 2284
Action afterinter partesreexamination 2686.02
Action made when suggesting claims 2305.01
Action suggesting claims 2305 , 2305.04
Addition of new party 2342
Administrative patent judge handles 2300.01 , 2314
After notice of allowance 2307.03
Allowance of losing party's application 2363.03
Amendment filed during 2364.01
Applicant requests interference with patent 2307
Application already in interference 2305.04
Application and patent in different Technology Centers 2306
Applications in different Technology
Centers 2301.01(a)
Attorney, parties have same 2305 , 2309.02
Basis of practice 2138.01 , 2300.01
Between application and patent 2306 to 2308.02
Between applications 2303 , 2304
Cancellation of losing party's claims 2363.03
Claim of foreign priority by patentee not considered 2308.01
Claim interpretation 2301.01
Claim presented corresponding to patent
claim 2306 to 2308.02
Claims, need not be identical 2303
Claims, overlapping in two applications of same party 2315.01
Claims, suggesting 1003 , 2305 to 2305.04
Claims, unpatentable over suggested claim 2305.01
Claims corresponding to count support in specification 2163.03
Claims corresponding to patent claims, rejection 2307.02
Common ownership 2302
Conception 2138.01 , 2138.04
Concurrent with appeal 2315
Consultation with examiner 2340
Consultation of examiner with administrative patent judge 2314 , 2360 , 2363 , 2363.03
Consultation of examiner with interference practice specialist 2300.01 , 2301.01(b) , 2305.04 , 2309
Copending ex parte reexamination 2284
Copendinginter partesreexamination 2686 , 2686.02
Copied patent claim not identified 2305 , 2307.05
Count, defined 2301.02
Counts, formulation of 2138.05 , 2163.03 2301.01 , 2306
Dates, difference in effective filing 2303

TC Director's attention required 1003

Decision on motion 2340
Declaration 2311
Definitions 2301.02
Determining priority 2138.01
Diligence, reasonable 2138.01 , 2138.06
Director of TC must approve of 1003 , 2303 , 2303.01 2305.04 , 2306 , 2307.02 , 2309.02
Disclaimer, statutory 706.03(u) , 710.02(d)
Disposal count 1705
Drawing, losing party's obtaining copy of 2363.03
Drawing prints 608.02(m)
Election of invention not affected 820.02
Entry of amendment filed in connection with motion 2364
Estoppel 715 , 2138.01 , 2358 , 2363.03
Evidence 2138.04
Failure to identify patent when claims presented 2305 2307.05
Failure to present suggested claim 2305.01
Federal Rules of Evidence 2301.02 , 2308
File wrapper notation 2301.01(b)
Final decision 2358
Foreign application, benefit 2309.02
Fraud 2010
Generic claims 2303
Identification of patent, correspondingclaims presented 2307.05
Inequitable conduct 2010
Initial memorandum 2309.02
Inspection of affidavits and declarations 2309.03
Inter partes questions not to bediscussed ex parte 2314
Interference Practice Specialist 2300.01 , 2301.01(b) 2305.04 , 2309
Interpretation of claims 2301.01
Interview prohibited 2314
Judicial review 1216 , 1216.01
Jurisdiction over interference 2300.01 , 2314
Litigation, notice of 2360
Losing party, may obtain copy of opponent's application 2363.03
Losing party, treatment of 2363.03
Lost counts 715 , 2138.01
Memorandum, proposing 2309.02
Motions

Applications not involved in interference 2333
Decision 2340
Hearing 2340
Preliminary 2333 , 2340
Stay 2686.02
Suspend 2686.02

Multiple dependent claims 2309.02
Multiple patents involved 2306
New reference found 2341
No interference in fact 2301.02 , 2363.01
Nonelected claims 2303.01
Notation on file wrapper, allowed application 2305.04
Notation on file wrapper, possible interference 2301.01(b)
Notification of patentee, attempt to provoke interference 2307.06
Office of Patent Publication notified 2305.04
Order to show cause 2340
Overlapping applications 2315.01
Patent filing date earlier than application date 2308.01 2308.02
Patent filing date later than application date 2306.01
Patent in different Technology Center 2306
Petition refusal to initiate 1002.02(c)
Power of attorney filed 402.08
Preliminary motions 2333 , 2340
Preparation of papers by examiner 2309 , 2309.02
Priority time charts 2138.01
Protest, notice of 2360
Provoking 2300.02

In
ex parte reexamination 2284
Ininter partesreexamination 2686.02

Public use proceeding 706.03(v)
Reconsideration of decision on motion 2340
Reduction to practice 2138.01 , 2138.05
Reexamination

Ex parte
, copending with interference 2284
Inter partes , copending with interference 2686 , 2686.02

Reexamination, notice of 2360
Reexamination, presentation of claims for interference with patent under 2307.04
Reference found during interference 2341
References pertinent to motions, made of record 1302.12
Reinstatement of action 2315 , 2363.02 , 2363.03
Reissue application 1449.02 , 2301.01 , 2360
Reissue application copending with interference on original patent 1449.01
Reissue application, notice of 2360
Rejection of claims corresponding to patent claims 2307.02
Rejection of claims unpatentable over suggested claim 2305.01 , 2305.02
Requirements for interference 2303 , 2306
Response to suggestion for claims 710.02(c) , 2305 2305.03
Revocation of power of attorney 402.08
Search 1302.08 , 2301.01(b)
Second interference 2365
Secrecy order application 130 , 2309.06
Showing under 37 CFR 1.608(b) 2308.02
Special dispatch 708.01 , 2307 , 2307.02
Statutory basis 708.01 , 2300.01
Subsidiary of corporation, common ownership 2302
Suggestion of claims 2305 to 2305.04
Suggestion of claims, time limit 710.02(c) , 2305.02
Suspension of action pending outcome of reexamination 2284 , 2686.02
Suspension of ex parte prosecution 709 , 709.01 , 2315 2315.01
Terminated open to public 103
Termination 2361
Testimony 715.07(b)
Time limit for reply 2305.02 , 2307.02
Transfer of application 2301.01(a) , 2306
Two periods for reply running 2307.02
Winning party 710.02(b) , 2363.02
Withdrawal of application from issue 2305.04 , 2307.03
Withdrawal of outstanding action 2315

Interference practice specialist(s) 2300.01(a) , 2301.01(b) 2305.04 , 2309 , 2309.02(d)
Interlibrary loans 901.06(a)
Interlineation in specification before execution 608.01
International application(See also Foreign application ; Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) )

Abstract 1826
Access 101 , 110
Agent 1807 , 1864.04
Amendment before the designated office 1893.01(a)(2) 1893.01(a)(3)
Amendment of claims before International Bureau 1853
Amino acid sequence 1823.02
Applicant 1810
Applicants different for different designated states 1817.01 , 1817.01(a)
Assignment document 301
Attorney 1807
Attorney file reference number 1821
Claims 1824
Common representative 1807
Confidential status 101 , 110
Content 1812
Continuation 1817.02
Continuation of 201.11(a) , 1895
Continuation-in-part 1817.02
Correspondence 1834
Definition 201
Deposit accounts 509.01
Description 1823
Designation fee 1817.01(a)
Designation of states 1817.01 , 1817.01(a)
Drawings 1825 , 1893.03(f)
Drawings missing 1825
Early national stage entry under 35 U.S.C. 371(f) 1893.01 , 1893.01(a)(2) , 1893.03(b)
Elements 1812
Errors, rectification of 1836
Fees 1827 , 1893.01(c) , 1896
Filing date 1810
Foreign filing license 1832
Formal requirements 1810
Forms(See Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) : Forms )
Home copy 1801 , 1848 , 1879.04 , 1895.01
International preliminary examination 1860
International search 1843
International searching authority 1840
Inventor 1817.01 , 1817.01(a) , 1820 , 1893.01(e)
Kinds of protection 1817.02
Mail service 1834 , 1834.02
Member states 1817
Microorganism deposit 1823.01
National stage 1893 to 1896
Numbering of sheets 1812
Oath 1893.01(e)
Parent to national application 201.11(a) , 1817.02
Power of attorney 1807
Precautionary designations 1817.01(a)
Prior art effect 1857.01 , 1896 , 2127 , 2136.03
Priority 201.13(b) , 1828
Priority document 201.13(b) , 1828
Publication 1857
Record copy 1801 , 1828 , 1832 , 1848
Rectification of obvious errors 1836
Refund of fees 1847 , 1850 , 1852 1865.01 , 1875.02
Representation 402.09
Request 1821
Search copy 1801 , 1840 , 1840.01 , 1847
Search fee 1827
Search report 707.05 , 1844
Secrecy order 115 , 120 , 1832
Signature of applicant 1820
Time limits 1836 , 1842 , 1843.05 1879.01 , 1879.01(a)
Title 1821
Translation for U.S. national stage 1893.01(d)
Transmittal fee 1827
Transmittal letter 1830
Unity of invention 823 , 1850 , 1875 , 1893.03(d)
Withdrawal 1859 , 1880

International classification 903.09
International patent classification 719.05
International searching authority 1840
International Trade Commission 724
International-type search 707 , 1852
Internet 502.03 , 1730

Address 1730
Database collections 1730
Disclosure document program 1706
Electronic mail 502.03 , 713 , 713.01 713.04 , 713.05
General Information Concerning Patents 703
Kids Pages 1730
"PatentIn" computer software(See also Sequence rules ) 2430
Payment of maintenance fees by 2522
PCT Legal Office 1730
Publication of Board Decisions 1213.03
Publication of theOfficial Gazette 1703
Searching 904.02(c)
Usage Policy 502.03 , 904.02(c)
World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) Introduction , 1801 , 1851

Inter partes
questions 713.06
Interpretation of law, new 1208
Intervening rights

In reexamination

Ex parte 2293
Inter partes 2693

In reinstated patents 2591
In reissue 1460

Intervention by assignee 106
Interviews 713

Advance indication of issues to be discussed 713.01
Allowed application 713.05 , 713.10
Appointment in advance 713.01
Attorney not of record 101 , 402
Authority to conduct 713.05
Before filing 713.02
Before filing amendment under 37 CFR 1.312 713.10
Before first action 706.07(b) , 713.01 , 713.02
Demonstration 713.08
During working days only 713.01
Electronic mail 502.03 , 713 , 713.01 , 713.04 , 713.05
Excluded or suspended attorney or agent 105 , 713.05
Exhibit 713.08
Exposure of other cases during 101 , 713.07
Field of search 713.02
Finally rejected application 706.07(f) , 713.09
How conducted 713.01
Inter partes questions 713.06 , 2314
Interview summary form 713.04 , 2281
Local attorney 713.03 , 713.05
Made of record 713.01 , 713.04
Merged reissue/inter partesreexamination 2686.03
Model 713.08
Oral agreement not binding 713.04
Patentability report cases 713.01
Prior to first Office action 706.07(b) , 713.02
Prohibited 713.05
Protestor participation 1901.07
Question of patent validity 1701
Record of substance required 713.01 , 713.04
Reexamination

Ex parte 2281
Inter partes 2666.30 , 2685 , 2686.03 , 2687

Refused 713.01 , 713.02 , 713.05 713.10 , 2314
Requested in continuing application 706.07(b)
Requested in Office action 707
Sounding out 713.03
Special situations 713.05
Substance made of record 713.04 , 714.13 , 1302.03
Telephone 101 , 408 , 713.01 , 713.05 , 812.01
Time allowed 713.01
Video conference 713.01 , 713.04
Videotape showing 713.01
Where held 713.01

Invention(See Patent ; Rejection )

Brief summary 608.01(d)
Detailed description 608.01(g)
Made in this country 2138.02
Mode of operation 608.01(h)

Inventive entity, Different 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3)
Inventive entity, Same(overlapping subject matter) 804 804.03 , 822 , 822.01
Inventor(See also Applicant ; Pro se applicant ) 605

Common, at least one 201.03 , 201.11 706.02(k) , 2137.01
Continuing application 201.06(c)
Correction(See Correction of inventorship )
Deceased 409 to 409.01(f) , 1820

Execution of oath/declaration by legal representative 605.04(a)
Government property rights statement 151

Duty of disclosure by 2001.01 , 2002.01
Foreign priority 201.13 , 2133.01
Full first or middle name required 605.04(b)
Heirs 409.01(a) , 409.01(d)
Initials as a given name 605.04(b)
Insane 409 , 409.02
International application 1812 , 1817.01 , 1817.01(a)
Legally incapacitated 409
, 409.02
Minor 409
Name change 605.04(c) , 719.02(b)

None available 409 , 409.03(b) , 603

Proof 409.03(d)
Proof of irreparable damage 409.03(g)
Proof of proprietary interest 409.03(f)

Order of 605.04(f)
Pro se 707.07(j) , 713.01
Refuses to sign 409 , 409.03(d) , 603

Execution of oath 605.04(b)

Representative of Chapter 400 , 1706
Requirements 2137.01
Residence 605.02
Rule 1.53(b) 201.06(c)
Rule 1.53(d) 201.06(d)
Self-prosecuted case 707.07(j) , 713.01
Small entity status 509.02
Unavailable 409 , 409.03 , 603

At least one joint inventor available 409.03(a)
Last known address 409.03(e)
Proof 409.03(d)
Proof of irreparable damage 409.03(g)
Proof of proprietary interest 409.03(f)

Inventor's certificate

Inventor's Assistance Center 1730
IPC (International Patent Classification) 903.09
IPS (Interference Practice Specialist) 2301.01
Irreparable damage, Proof of 409.03(g)
Issue(See Allowance and issue )
Issue batch number (no longer used) 1303.01
Issue Classification Sheet 1302.13
Issue fee 1306

After payment 1306.03
Credit card payment 1306
Deposit account 1303 , 1306
Failure to pay 203.07 , 711.03(c) , 1306
Interfering case, not applied 2305.04
Late payment 711.03(c)
Petition to accept late fee 203.07 , 711.03(c)
Reissue application 1415
Who may file 1306

Issue of patent 1309

Deferred 1306.01
Request for simultaneous issuance 1306.02

Issue of patent to assignee 307
Issue slip(See also Form letters and forms ) 903.07
Issuing in another TC without transfer 903.07(b)

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