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NAFTA 715.07(c)
Name(See also Applicant ; Inventor )

Change 605.04(c) , 719.02(b)

Correction 201.03
Order 605.04(f)
Petition 605.04(c)
Translation, typographical error 201.03

Change, file sent to Office of Initial Patent Examination 605.04(c)
Full first or middle required 605.04(b)
Order 605.04(f)
Signature(See Signature )
Uniformity with signature 605.04(b)

Names used in trade 608.01(v)
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) 115 , 150 , 151
National application 201
National security, application affecting 115 , 120 , 121 130 , 140
National stage application (35 U.S.C. 371) 201 1893.03 to 1896

Compared with national application 1896
Continuation or continuation-in-part 1895 1895.01 , 1896
Drawings 1893.03(f)
Filing date 1893.03(b)
Information disclosure statement 609 , 1893.03(g)
Inter partes reexamination of 2611
Order of examination 708 , 1893.03
Petitions related to 1002.02(p)
Priority 1893.03(c)
Unity of invention 1893.03(d)

Naturally occurring article 706.03(a)
Negative limitation 2173.05(i)
Negotiation authority 713.05
New application (definition) 203.01

Assignment to examiner for examination 903.08(b)
Assignment to examiner in TC for examination 903.08 , 903.08(a) , 903.08(e)
Classification by primary examiner 903.08(b)
Examiner review for completeness 702
Inspection 903.08(a)
Transfer 903.08(a)
Transfer refused 903.08(d)

New examiner, action by 707.01
New ground of rejection by the Board of Patent Appeals
and Interferences 1214.01

Ininter partesreexamination 2681 , 2682

New ground of rejection ininter partesreexamination
2671.01
New ground of rejection on appeal prohibited 1208.01
New matter 706.03(o) , 2163.06

Appealable 608.04(c)

NIRC(See Notice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate ; Notice of Intent to Issue Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate )
Nonanalogous art 904.01(c) , 1302.14 , 2131.05

Design applications 1504.02 , 1504.03

Nonelected invention

Claims to

Interference 2303.01

Nonelected species

Claims to

Canceled 821.01 , 821.02
Withdrawn 809.02(c) , 821.01 , 821.02

Non-English oath or declaration 602.06
Nonnaturally occurring manufacture or composition of matter 2105
Nonpatent literature 901.06
Nonprofit organization, claiming status as 509.03
Nonprofit organizations 509.02
Nonprovisional application(See also Application ) 201.04(a) , 506 , 601
Nonpublication request, Application 1122
Nonpublication Request Under 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(i), form PTO/SB/35

Cited 1121 , 1122
Reproduced 1135

Nonreceipt of Office letter 711.03(c)
Nonsigning inventor's rights 409.03(i)
Nonstatutory claim 706.03(a) , 2107.01
Nonstatutory claim, canceled 1302.04(b)
Nonstatutory subject matter 706.03(a) 2105 to 2107.01
Not fully responsive amendment 714.02 , 2266.01
2666.30 , 2671
Notary jurisdiction 604.02
Notary jurisdiction, military officer 604.03(a)
Notary jurisdiction, venue agreement 604.02
Notary seal 604.01
Notation of possible interference 2301.01(b)
Notation on file wrapper/history

Foreign application 202.03
Parent application 201.11 , 202.02

Notice, citation 707.06
Notice of allowability 1302.03
Notice of allowance(See also Allowance and issue ; Form letters and forms : Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due PTOL-85 ) 1303

Assigned application 308
Deceased inventor 1303.03
Reissue application 1444
Secrecy order application 115 , 130
Undelivered 1303.02

Notice of appeal 1205

Ex parte reexamination 2273
Inter partes reexamination 2662 , 2667 , 2674

Notice of cross appeal 2662 , 2674 , 2674.01
Notice ofEx ParteReexamination Certificate Issuance in theOfficial Gazette 2291
Notice ofEx ParteRequest for Reexamination in theOfficial Gazette 2227
Notice of foreign filing after nonpublication request 1124
Notice of informal patent application form (PTO-152) 707.07(a)
Notice of Intent to IssueEx ParteReexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-469 2235 , 2250 2250.01 , 2271 , 2271.01 2273 , 2287 , 2288 , 2296
Notice of Intent to IssueInter PartesReexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-2068 2666.10 , 2666.20 2671 , 2671.01 , 2673.01 2674 , 2675 , 2682 , 2686.01 2687 , 2696
Notice of Intent to Publish Statutory Invention Registration, SIR-L 1107
Notice ofInter PartesReexamination Certificate Issuance in theOfficial Gazette 2688 , 2691
Notice ofInter PartesRequest for Reexamination in theOfficial Gazette 2627 , 2629
Notice of New or Revised Pre-Grant Publication 1127
Notice of non-compliant amendment 714.01(e) , 714.03 714.22
Notice of Pre-Grant Publication 1127
Notice of references cited form (PTO-892) 609 , 707.05 707.05(a) to 707.05(e) , 2687
Notices(See also Publication ) Introduction , 707.06
Notices, maintenance fees 2575
Nuclear material application 706.03(b)
Nucleotide sequences(See also Biotechnology ; Sequence rules ) 803.04 , 1823.02 , 1848 1850 , 1877 , Chapter 2400

Publication on web for PG-Pubs 1121
Restriction practice 803.04 , 1850 , 2434

Nullification of double patenting rejection 804.01
Number, Application 503 , 506
Number, Drawing reference character 608.01(g)
Number, Serial 503 , 506
Numbering of papers in file wrapper 719.01(a)
Numbering paragraphs of letter 707.07(k)

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