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200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
201 Types of Applications
201.01 Sole
201.02 Joint
201.03 Correction of Inventorship in an Application
201.04 Parent Application
201.04(a) Original Application
201.04(b) Provisional Application
201.05 Reissue Application
201.06 Divisional Application
201.06(a) Former 37 CFR 1.60 Divi-sional-Continuation Procedure
201.06(b) Former 37 CFR 1.62 File Wrapper Continuing Procedure
201.06(c) 37 CFR 1.53(b) and 37 CFR 1.63(d) Divisional-Continuation Procedure
201.06(d) 37 CFR 1.53(d) Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
201.07 Continuation Application
201.08 Continuation-in-Part Application
201.09 Substitute Application
201.10 Refile
201.11 Continuity Between Applications: The Benefit of an Earlier Filing Date
201.11(a) Filing of Continuation or Continuation-in-Part Application During Pendency of International Application Designating the United States
201.12 Assignment Carries Title
201.13 Right of Priority of Foreign Application
201.13(a) Right of Priority Based Upon an Application for an Inventor's Certificate
201.13(b) Right of Priority Based Upon an International Application Filed Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
201.14 Right of Priority, Formal Requirements
201.14(a) Right of Priority, Time for Filing Papers
201.14(c) Right of Priority, Practice
201.14(d) Proper Identification of Priority Application
201.15 Right of Priority, Overcoming a Reference
201.16 Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim for Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) or (f)
202 Cross-Noting
202.01 In Specification
202.02 Notation in File History Regarding Prior U.S. Applications, Including Provisional Applications
202.03 Notation on File Wrapper When Priority Is Claimed for Foreign Application
202.04 In Oath or Declaration
202.05 In Case of Reissues
203 Status of Applications
203.01 New
203.02 Rejected
203.03 Amended
203.04 Allowed or in Issue
203.05 Abandoned
203.06 Incomplete
203.07 Abandonment for Failure to Pay Issue Fee
203.08 Status Inquiries
203.08(a) Congressional and Other Official Inquiries
200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
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