MPEP Subject Matter Index (N) – Subject Matter Index

NAFTA 715.07(c)
Name (See alsoApplicant and Inventor)
1. Change 602.01(c); 602.08(b)
  1. Correction 602.01(c); 602.08(b)
  2. Order 602.01(c); 602.08(b)
  3. Petition 605.04(c); 602.01(c)(3)
  4. Translation, typographical error 602.01(c); 602; 602.08(b)
2. Change, file sent to Office of Patent Application Processing (OPAP)) 602.08(b)
3. Full first or middle required 602.08(b)
4. Order 602.08(b); 602.01(c)
5. Signature (SeeSignature)
6. Uniformity with signature 602.08(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) 201.01; 1893 - 1896
1. Compared with national application 1896
2. Continuation or continuation-in-part 1895; 1895.01; 1896
3. Drawings 1893.03(f)
4. Filing date 1893.03(b)
5. Information disclosure statement 609.03; 1893.03(g)
6. Order of examination 708; 1893.03
7. Petitions related to 1002.02(p)
8. Priority 1893.03(c)
9. Unity of invention 1893.03(d)
Naturally occurring article 2104; 2106.04(b)
Negative limitation 2173.05(i)
Negotiation authority 713.05
New application (definition) 203.01
1. Assignment to examiner for examination 909.01(b); 909.02(b)
2. Assignment to examiner in TC for examination 909.01; 909.02
3. Examiner review for completeness 702
4. Transfer 909.01(d); 909.02(d)
New examiner, action by 707.01
New ground of rejection by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board 706.07(h); 1214.01
1. In inter partes reexamination 2681; 2682
New ground of rejection in inter partes reexamination 2671.01
New ground of rejection on appeal 1207.03
New matter 608.04(a); 2163.06
1. Amendment of disclosure 608.04; 1481; 2163.03; 2163.04; 2163.07
2. Claim 608.04; 608.04(a); 2163.03
  1. Appealable 608.04(c)
3. Claim terminology 608.01(o)
4. Continued prosecution application (CPA) 201.06(d)
5. Continuing application 201.07; 1481.03; 2163.03
6. Design application 1503.01; 1503.02; 1504.01(a); 1504.04
7. Disclosure 608.04; 2163.06
8. Divisional application 201.06
9. Drawing 608.04; 608.04(a)
10. Inherent characteristics 608.04(a); 2163.07(a)
11. Objection 608.04(a); 2163.07
12. Petitionable 608.04(c); 2163.06
13. Preliminary amendment 608.04(b); 714.01(e)
14. Priority 2163.03; 2163.05
15. Reexamination, inter partes 2671.01; 2671.02
16. Reissue application 1402; 1411.02; 1453; 1457
17. Rejection 608.04; 608.04(a); 2163.06
18. Specification, petitionable 608.04(c)
19. Substitute specification 608.01(q)
20. Trademark definition 608.01(v)
21. When entered 714.19; 714.20
NIRC (SeeNotice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-469 and Notice of Intent to Issue Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-2068)
Nonanalogous art 904.01(c); 1302.14; 2131.05; 2141.01(a)
1. Design applications 1504.02; 1504.03
Nonelected invention
1. Claims to
  1. Added 821.03
  2. Canceled 821.01; 821.02
  3. Eligible for rejoinder 821
  4. Withdrawn 821.01; 821.02
Nonelected species
1. Claims to
  1. Canceled 821.01; 821.02
  2. Eligible for rejoinder 821
  3. Withdrawn 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 alsoApplication) 506; 601
Nonpublication request, Application 1122
Nonpublication Request Under 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(i), form PTO/SB/35
1. Cited 1121; 1122; 1123; 1124
2. Reproduced 1135
Nonreceipt of Office letter 711.03(c)
Nonsigning inventor’s rights 409.03(i)
Nonstatutory subject matter 2104 - 2107.01
Not fully responsive amendment 714.02; 2266.01; 2666.30; 2671
Notary jurisdiction 602
Notary jurisdiction, military officer 602
Notary jurisdiction, venue agreement 602
Notary seal 602
Notation on file wrapper/history
1. Foreign application 202
2. Parent application 202; 211; 202
Notice, citation 707.06
Notice of allowability 717.01(f); 1302.03
Notice of allowance (See alsoAllowance and issue and Form letters and forms: Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due PTOL-85) 1303
1. Assigned application 307; 308
2. Deceased inventor 1303.03
3. Reissue application 1441.01; 1444; 1456; 1457; 1481.01; 1481.03
4. Secrecy order application 115; 130
5. Undelivered 1303.02
Notice of appeal 1204
1. Ex parte reexamination 2273
2. Inter partes reexamination 2662; 2667; 2674
Notice of cross appeal 2662; 2674; 2674.01
Notice of Ex ParteReexamination Certificate Issuance in the Official Gazette 2291
Notice of Ex ParteRequest for Reexamination in the Official Gazette 2229
Notice of foreign filing after nonpublication request 1124
Notice of informal patent application form 707.07(a)
Notice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-469 2234; 2250; 2250.01; 2256; 2262; 2266; 2273; 2274; 2283; 2285; 2287; 2287.01; 2288; 2289; 2296
Notice of Intent to Issue Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-2068 2656; 2660.02; 2666; 2666.10; 2666.20; 2671; 2671.01; 2673.01; 2673.02; 2674; 2675; 2682; 2686.01; 2687; 2687.01; 2694; 2696
Notice of Inter PartesReexamination Certificate Issuance in the Official Gazette 2688; 2691
Notice of New or Revised Pre-Grant Publication 1127
Notice of Non-Compliant amendment 714; 714.01(e); 714.03
Notice of Pre-Grant Publication 1127
Notice of references cited form (PTO-892) 609.02; 609.03; 609.04(a); 609.05(a); 609.05(c); 609.06; 707.05; 707.05(a) - 707.05(g); 2687
Notices (See alsoPublication) ; 707.06
Notices, maintenance fees 2501; 2575
Nuclear material application 2104.01
Nucleotide sequences (See alsoBiotechnology and Sequence rules) 803.04; 1823.02; 1848; 1850; 1877; 2400
1. Publication on web for PG-Pubs 1121
2. Restriction practice 803.04; 1850; 2412.07; 2434
Nullification of double patenting rejection 804.01
Number, Application 503; 506
Number, Drawing reference character 608.01(g)
Number, Serial 503; 506
Numbering paragraphs of letter 707.07(k)