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600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
601 Content of Provisional and Nonprovisional Applications
601.01 Complete Application
601.01(a) Nonprovisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(a)
601.01(b) Provisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(b)
601.01(c) Conversion to or From a Provisional Application
601.01(d) Application Filed Without All Pages of Specification
601.01(e) Nonprovisional Application Filed Without At Least One Claim
601.01(f) Applications Filed Without Drawings
601.01(g) Applications Filed Without All Figures of Drawings
601.01(h) Forms
601.02 Power of Attorney
601.03 Change of Correspondence Address
601.04 National Stage Requirements of the United States as a Designated Office
601.05 Bibliographic Information - Application Data Sheet (ADS)
602 Original Oath or Declaration
602.01 Oath Cannot Be Amended
602.02 New Oath or Substitute for Original
602.03 Defective Oath or Declaration
602.04 Foreign Executed Oath
602.04(a) Foreign Executed Oath Is Ribboned to Other Application Papers
602.05 Oath or Declaration - Date of Execution
602.05(a) Oath or Declaration in Continuation and Divisional Applications
602.06 Non-English Oath or Declaration
602.07 Oath or Declaration Filed in United States as a Designated Office
603 Supplemental Oath or Declaration
603.01 Supplemental Oath or Declaration Filed After Allowance
604 Administration or Execution of Oath
604.01 Seal
604.02 Venue
604.03(a) Notarial Powers of Some Military Officers
604.04 Consul
604.04(a) Consul - Omission of Certificate
604.06 By Attorney in Application
605 Applicant
605.01 Applicant's Citizenship
605.02 Applicant's Residence
605.03 Applicant's Mailing or Post Office Address
605.04(a) Applicant's Signature and Name
605.04(b) One Full Given Name Required
605.04(c) Inventor Changes Name
605.04(d) Applicant Unable to Write
605.04(e) May Use Title With Signature
605.04(f) Signature on Joint Applications - Order of Names
605.04(g) Correction of Inventorship
605.05 Administrator, Executor, or Other Legal Representative
605.07 Joint Inventors
606 Title of Invention
606.01 Examiner May Require Change in Title
607 Filing Fee
607.02 Returnability of Fees
608 Disclosure
608.01 Specification
608.01(a) Arrangement of Application
608.01(b) Abstract of the Disclosure
608.01(c) Background of the Invention
608.01(d) Brief Summary of Invention
608.01(e) Reservation Clauses Not Permitted
608.01(f) Brief Description of Drawings
608.01(g) Detailed Description of Invention
608.01(h) Mode of Operation of Invention
608.01(i) Claims
608.01(j) Numbering of Claims
608.01(k) Statutory Requirement of Claims
608.01(l) Original Claims
608.01(m) Form of Claims
608.01(n) Dependent Claims
608.01(o) Basis for Claim Terminology in Description
608.01(p) Completeness
608.01(q) Substitute or Rewritten Specification
608.01(r) Derogatory Remarks About Prior Art in Specification
608.01(s) Restoration of Canceled Matter
608.01(t) Use in Subsequent Application
608.01(u) Use of Formerly Filed Incomplete Application
608.01(v) Trademarks and Names Used in Trade
608.02 Drawing
608.02(a) New Drawing - When Replacement is Required Before Examination
608.02(b) Informal Drawings
608.02(c) Drawing Print Kept in File Wrapper
608.02(d) Complete Illustration in Drawings
608.02(e) Examiner Determines Completeness and Consistency of Drawings
608.02(f) Modifications in Drawings
608.02(g) Illustration of Prior Art
608.02(h) Replacement Drawings
608.02(i) Transfer of Drawings From Prior Applications
608.02(m) Drawing Prints
608.02(n) Duplicate Prints in Patentability Report Applications
608.02(o) Notations Entered on Drawing
608.02(p) Correction of Drawings
608.02(q) Conditions Precedent to Amendment of Drawing
608.02(t) Cancelation of Figures
608.02(v) Drawing Changes Which Require Annotated Sheets
608.02(w) Drawing Changes Which May Be Made Without Applicant's Annotated Sheets
608.02(x) Drawing Corrections or Changes Accepted Unless Notified Otherwise
608.02(y) Return of Drawing
608.02(z) Allowable Applications Needing Drawing Corrections or Corrected Drawings
608.03 Models, Exhibits, Specimens
608.03(a) Handling of Models, Exhibits, and Specimens
608.04 New Matter
608.04(a) Matter Not in Original Specification, Claims, or Drawings
608.04(b) New Matter by Preliminary Amendment
608.04(c) Review of Examiner's Holding of New Matter
608.05 Sequence Listing Table, or Computer Program Listing Appendix Submitted on a Compact Disc
608.05(a) Deposit of Computer Program Listings
608.05(b) Compact Disc Submissions of Large Tables
608.05(c) Compact Disc Submissions of Biosequences
609 Information Disclosure Statement
600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
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