MPEP Subject Matter Index (P) – Subject Matter Index

PAIR 102; 104; 203.08; 1121; 1128; 1730; 2206; 2209; 2257; 2290
1. Customer number practice 403
PALM 101; 102; 711.04(b); 1704; 1705; 1845.02; 1893; 1893.03(a); 1893.03(b); 1895.01
1. Application location 2235
2. Application records and reports 1704
3. Application status 102
4. Examiner Docket, Time, and Activity Reports 1704; 1705
5. "Flag" in reissue application 1456
Panel Review in ex parte Reexamination 2236; 2246; 2247; 2262; 2271; 2271.01; 2275; 2281; 2287; 2289
Paper, easily erasable 608.01; 714.07
Paper number 714.18; 714.21
Paper size (See alsoA4 size paper)
1. Application papers 608.01
2. Drawings 608.02
3. Photographs 608.02
4. Substitute drawings 608.02(h)
Papers (See alsoReturn of Papers)
1. Depositing 502
2. Distribution 508
3. File wrapper 719.01
4. Identification 502; 503
5. Receipt and handling 500
6. Received after patenting or abandonment 508.02
7. Signature required 402
8. Submitted in reissue litigation 1404
Parent application data, Cross-noting 202; 211
Parent application review 707.05; 719.05; 904; 2001.06(b)
Paris Convention (See alsoTreaties) 213.01
1. Article 4 Cited 213.01; 213.03; 213.06; 215.03
Partial signatory authority 1005
Patent
1. 1836 (present) series 901.04
2. A.I. series 901.04
3. Allowance and issue 1300
4. Application publication 1120 - 1135
5. Arrangement in Examiner’s Search Files 901.07
6. Assignment 301
7. Citation handling 1920; 2206
8. Citation of prior art in 1920; 2202
9. Claim copied (SeeClaim presented corresponding to claim of patent)
10. Classification change 903.05
11. Classification indices 902.03; 902.03(a)
12. Classification Home Page on the Internet 902.03(a)
13. Classification Home Page on the USPTO Intranet 902.03(b)
14. Copy in ex partereexamination request 2219
  1. Double column format 2214; 2219
15. Copy Orders 1730
16. Correction of 1400
17. Definition ; 2135.01
18. Design 1500
19. Design series 901.04
20. Design vs Utility 1502.01
21. Effective date 715; 715.01; 2120.01; 2126; 2133.01; 2136.03; 2139.02; 2152.02(a); 2152.05; 2154.01(b)
22. Extension (SeeTerm, Patent)
23. File reconstruction 508.04
24. Files 901.01(a)
25. Foreign (SeeForeign patent)
26. Issue 1300
27. Issue Notification form 1306.03
28. Interference 2304 - 2304.05
29. Inventorship 2109; 2157
30. Jurisdiction 1305
31. Law, opinions not given 713.02
32. Laws (SeeStatutes)
33. Licensing 301
34. Litigation relating to reissue 1442.04
35. Ordering electronic copy of sequence listing 2419.02; 2419.03; 2435
36. Ordering soft copy 905.02
37. Owner, appeal by 1204
38. Owner, service of citation on 2208
39. Owner’s address in reexamination 2222
40. Ownership 301
41. Plant series 901.04; 1600
42. Post-issuance information updating 2501
43. Prior art citation in 2003.01
44. Printing priority 1309
45. Publication of application 1120 - 1135
46. Reconstruction of file 508.04
47. Reference (SeeReference)
48. Reissue series 901.04
49. Reissued, effect of 1460
50. Right to exclude others 509.02; 1111; 1601; 2162; 2173.02
51. Rules (SeeRules, Patent (Code of Federal Regulations))
52. Simultaneous issue 1306.02
53. Statutory subject matter 2104 - 2107.03
54. Surrender of original in reissue (not required) 1416
55. Statutes (SeeStatutes)
56. System, Constitutional basis for
57. Term adjustment 2710 - 2736
58. Terms (SeeTerm, Patent)
59. Transfer 903.05
60. Transfer of rights in 509.02
61. Type, Design vs utility 1502.01
62. Utility series 901.04; 1502.01
63. Utility vs design 1502.01
64. X series 901.04
Patent and Trademark Assignment System 302.09; 302.10
Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch 103; 104; 301; 501; 502.01; 711.04; 1730; 2209; 2232; 2435; 2803.02
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO)
1. Address 501; 502
2. Business hours 510
3. Employees, property interest in patent 309
4. Employees, unavailable to sign oath or declaration as inventors 409
5. Matters decided by various officials 1000
6. Publications
  1. Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office 401
  2. Development and Use of U.S. Patent Classification Systems 903.02
  3. Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (SeeOfficial Gazette (O.G. ))
7. Receipt and handling of mail 500
8. Telephone numbers 1730
9. Web site 1730
Patent Appeal Center 1203
Patent Assistance Center (SeeInventors Assistance Center)
Patent attorney or agent (SeeAttorney or agent)
Patent classification in USPC (See alsoClassification and Prior Art) 900
1. Classes 707.05(e); 902.01; 902.02; 903.02(b)
2. Cross references 903.07; 903.07(a)
3. Digests 903.07
4. Issue slip 903.07
5. Manual of Classification for USPC ; 902.01
6. Post classifier (SeePost classifier)
7. Shoes 901.05(c); 901.07; 905.04
8. Statutory authority 903.01
9. Subclasses 707.05(e); 902.01; 902.02
Patent Center 102; 103; 203.08; 707; 707.05(a); 707.08
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (See alsoInternational application and Treaties) 1800; T
1. Administrative Instructions AI
2. Agent 1807
3. Amendment before the designated office 1893.01(a)(2); 1893.01(a)(3)
4. Amendment of claims before the International Bureau 1853
5. Applicant 1806; 1821
6. Applicant for United States Receiving Office 1805; 1810; 1820
7. Basic flow timeline 1842
8. Classification of subject matter 1844.01; 1879
9. Common representative 1807
10. Concepts, major 1801
11. Country codes 1851
12. Definitions 1802
13. Design patents 1501.01; 1503.01
14. Designated office 1893.01(a)
15. Designation of states 1821
16. Fees 1827; 1893.01(c)
17. Filing date requirements 502.05; 1810
18. Foreign patent citation codes 1851
19. Forms
  1. IB/307 1893.03(e)
  2. IB/308 1893.01(a)(1)
  3. PCT/DO/EO/903 1893.01(a)(3); 1893.03(a); 1893.03(b); 1893.03(e); 1893.03(g); 1895.01
  4. PCT/DO/EO/905 905; 1893.01(a)(1); 1893.01(d); 1893.01(e); 1893.03(b)
  5. PCT/ISA/203 1843.04
  6. PCT/ISA/206 1850
  7. PCT/ISA/210 1843.04; 1844; 1844.01; 1845.01; 1845.02; 1893.03(e)
  8. PCT/ISA/217 1836; 1844.01
  9. PCT/ISA/220 1844; 1845.02
  10. PCT/ISA/237 1843.04; 1844; 1845.01; 1845.02
  11. PCT/IPEA/401 1864; 1865
  12. PCT/IPEA/405 1875; 1875.01
  13. PCT/IPEA/408 1860; 1874; 1876; 1878; 1879
  14. PCT/IPEA/409 1871; 1874; 1878; 1878.01(a); 1879; 1893.03(e)
  15. PCT/IPEA/410 1864.04
  16. PCT/IPEA/411 1876
  17. PCT/IPEA/412 1836; 1876.01
  18. PCT/IPEA/416 1879; 1879.02
  19. PCT/IPEA/420 1875.02
  20. PCT/IPEA/428 1878.02
  21. PCT/RO/101 1801; 1812; 1821; 1828; 1844.01
  22. PCT/RO/117 1893.03(e)
  23. PCT/RO/136 1893.03(e)
  24. PTO-1382 1830; 1832
  25. PTO-1390 1893.01(a)(2); 1893.03(a)
  26. USPTO/299 1850
  27. USPTO/499 1875; 1875.01
20. Gazette 1801; 1821; 1823.01; 1857; 1879.02
21. Help Desk 1730
22. Information sources 1730
23. International Bureau 1801
24. International Patent Legal Administration 103; 602.01(c)(3); 1730
25. International preliminary examination 1860
26. International preliminary examination report 1879
27. International preliminary report on patentability 1801; 1845; 1879.03; 1893.03(e)
28. International publication 1857
  1. Prior art effect 2136.03; 2154.01(a)
29. International search report 1844
30. International searching authority 1840
31. Member countries 1817
32. National procedure 1893
33. National stage (SeeNational stage application (35 U.S.C. 371))
34. Numbering of sheets 1812; 1893.03(a); 1895.01
35. Priority 213; 1828; 1893.03(c); 1895
  1. Restoration of 1828.01
36. Priority document 213; 1828
37. Publication 1857
38. Receiving office 1801
39. Receiving office procedure 1801
40. Record copy transmittal 1801
41. Reply to invitation concerning lack of unity of invention 1850; 1875.02; 1893.03(d)
42. Reply to written opinion 1878.02
43. Representation before the designated office 402
44. Revocation of agent 1808
45. Schedule of fees 1827
46. Search report 707.05; 1302.14; 1844
47. Secrecy order 120; 1832
48. Sequence listings 1823.02; 1848; 2414.05; 2422.03(a)
  1. Transmitted via EFS-Web 502.05; 2422.03(a)
49. Signature missing 1820
50. Unity of invention 823; 1850; 1875; 1893.03(d)
51. Written opinion, preparation 1845; 1878
52. Written opinion, time to reply to 1845.01; 1878
Patent Cooperation Treaty Administrative Instructions Appendix AI
1. 105 Reproduced 1834
2. 204 Reproduced 1823
3. 205 Reproduced 1824; 1853
4. 208 Reproduced 1823.02
5. 209 Reproduced 1823
6. 404 Reproduced 1857
7. 502 Reproduced 1850
8. 513 Reproduced 1848
9. 603 Reproduced 1875.02
10. 604 Reproduced 1879
11. 605 Reproduced 1872
12. 606 Reproduced 1880
13. 607 Reproduced 1876
Patent Cooperation Treaty Articles T
1. 3 Reproduced 1812
2. 5 Reproduced 1823
3. 6 Reproduced 1824
4. 7 Reproduced 1825
5. 11 Reproduced 1810; 1893.03(b)
6. 17 Reproduced 1843
7. 18 Reproduced 1844
8. 19 Reproduced 1853
9. 21 Reproduced 1857
10. 29 Reproduced 1857
11. 30 Reproduced 110
12. 31 Reproduced 1864.02; 1864.03; 1865; 1869
13. 32 Reproduced 1862
14. 33 Reproduced 1878.01(a); 1878.01(a)(1); 1878.01(a)(3)
15. 34 Reproduced 1862; 1864.01; 1874; 1875; 1878; 1878.02
16. 35 Reproduced 1879
17. 36 Reproduced 1879.02; 1879.03
18. 37 Reproduced 1880
19. 38 Reproduced 1879.04
Patent Cooperation Treaty Rules
1. 4.3 Reproduced 1844.01
2. 4.9 Reproduced 1821
3. 4.11 Reproduced 1828.02
4. 4.12 Reproduced 1819
5. 4.15 Reproduced 1820
6. 5.1 Reproduced 1823
7. 5.2 Reproduced 1823.02
8. 6 Reproduced 1824
9. 7 Reproduced 1825
10. 8 Reproduced 1826
11. 8.1 Reproduced 1826; 1844.01
12. 8.2 Reproduced 1826; 1844.01
13. 11.5 Reproduced 1825
14. 11.6 Reproduced 1825
15. 11.11 Reproduced 1825
16. 11.13 Reproduced 1825
17. 12bis Reproduced 1819
18. 13 Reproduced 1850
19. 13bis Reproduced 1823.01
20. 13terReproduced 1823.02
21. 17 Reproduced 213.06
22. 33 Reproduced 1843.01
23. 37 Reproduced 1844.01
24. 38 Reproduced 1844.01
25. 39 Reproduced 1843.02
26. 40 Reproduced 1850
27. 41 Reproduced 1852
28. 43bis Reproduced 1843; 1845
29. 46 Reproduced 1853
30. 54 Reproduced 1864.02
31. 60 Reproduced 1868
32. 61.2 Reproduced 1881
33. 61.3 Reproduced 1881
34. 62 Reproduced 1871
35. 62bis Reproduced 1871
36. 64 Reproduced 1878.01(a)
37. 65 Reproduced 1878.01(a)(2)
38. 66.1 Reproduced 1843.02
39. 66.1bis Reproduced 1878
40. 66.1ter Reproduced 1878
41. 66.3 Reproduced 1878.02
42. 66.4 Reproduced 1878
43. 66.4bis Reproduced 1878.02
44. 66.5 Reproduced 1878.02
45. 66.6 Reproduced 1878.02
46. 66.7 Reproduced 1870
47. 66.8 Reproduced 1864.01; 1878.02
48. 69 Reproduced 1879.01
49. 70.17 Reproduced 1879.03
50. 71 Reproduced 1879.02
51. 72 Reproduced 1879.03
52. 82 Reproduced 1834.02
53. 90.4 Reproduced 1807
54. 90.5 Reproduced 1807
55. 90.6 Reproduced 1808
56. 90bis.1 Reproduced 1859
57. 90bis.2 Reproduced 1859
58. 90bis.3 Reproduced 1859
59. 90bis.4 Reproduced 1880
60. 90bis.5 Reproduced 1859
61. 90bis.6 Reproduced 1859
62. 90bis.7 Reproduced 1859
63. 91 Reproduced 1836
64. 92 Reproduced 1834
Patent application publication (SeePre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub))
Patent Data Portal (PDP) 101; 102; 711.01; 711.03(c); 711.04(b); 1456; 1704; 1705; 1845.02; 1893; 1893.03(a); 1893.03(b); 1895.01; 2227; 2232.01; 2235; 2246; 2287
1. Application location 2235
2. Application records and reports 1704
3. Application status 102
4. Examiner Docket, Time, and Activity Reports 1704; 1705
5. "Flag" in reissue application 1456
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program 708.02(c)
Patent search facility 103
1. Hours 510; 1730
2. Regulations for public use 510
Patent Law Treaty 702
Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 (PLTIA) 702; 804.02
Patent term extension/adjustments (See alsoTerm,Patent) 1303; 2211; 2250; 2700
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) (See alsoAppeal and Interference) 707.06; 707.07(f); 708.01; 708.02(a); 708.02(b); 710.02; 710.02(d); 710.02(e); 711.02(b); 711.02(c); 711.03(c); 711.04(a); 715.08; 715.09; 717.01(e); 717.01(f); 719.05; 1201; 1202; 2190; 2201; 2242; 2246; 2258; 2261; 2265; 2273 - 2279; 2282; 2284; 2285; 2286; 2286.01; 2287; 2301
1. Appeal from 1216 - 1216.02
  1. In ex parte reexamination 2279
2. Constitution and duties 1202
3. Decision
  1. Dissemination of 1720
  2. Generally 1213
  3. Publication of 1213.03
  4. Treatment of 1721
4. Duty of disclosure to 2001.03; 2001.04
5. Hearing 1209
6. Interference
  1. Declaration of 2301
  2. Return of Jurisdiction to Examiner 2308
7. Jurisdiction 706.01; 706.07(c); 1210; 2301; 2308
8. May require appellant to address matter 1212
9. New ground of rejection by 1214.01
10. Petitions 1002.02(g); 1002.02(j)
11. Rehearing by 1002.02(f); 1214.01; 1214.03
12. Service Branch 104
13. Statement of allowability by 1213.01
Patentability (See alsoReasons for Allowance and Rejection) 2100
Patentability report 705
1. Appeal 705.01(a)
2. Count 705.01(c)
3. Date status 705.01(c)
4. Dispute between examiners 705.01(a)
5. Final action 705.01(a)
6. Improper 705.01(e)
7. Initiate 705.01
8. Interviews 705.01(f); 713.01
9. Limitation as to use 705.01(e)
10. Practice used only in extraordinary situations 705
11. Purpose 705.01(e)
12. Recording 705.01(c)
13. Restriction, Effect on 807
14. Search 705.01(a); 705.01(b)
15. Sequence of examination 705.01(b)
16. Submitted to TC Director 705.01; 1003
17. Transfer of jurisdiction of application on appeal 705.01(a)
Patentability statement 1302.14
Patentable novelty, pointed out 714.04
Patentable subject matter 2104 - 2106.07(c)
1. Abstract idea 2106.04(a) - 2106.04(a)(1)
2. Clarifying the record 2106.07
3. Computer programs 2106
4. Disclosed but not claimed 706
5. Eligibility 2106 - 2106.07(c)
  1. Step 1 2106.03
  2. Step 2 2106.04
6. Evaluating applicant's response 2106.07(b); 2106.07(c)
7. Field of use 2106.05(h)
8. Formulating a rejection 2106.07; 2106.07(a)
9. Improvements to functioning of a computer 2106.05(a)
10. Insignificant extra-solution activity 2106.05(g)
11. Law of nature 2106
12. Living subject matter 1601; 2105
13. Markedly different analysis 2106.04(c)
14. Mathematical algorithms 2106
15. Mere instructions 2106.05(f)
16. Other meaningful limitations 2106.05(e)
17. Particular machine 2106.05(a)
18. Particular transformation 2106.05(c)
19. Plants 1601; 2105
20. Requirements of 35 U.S.C. 101 2014
Significantly more 2106.05
Streamline analysis 2106.06 - 2106.06(b)
Well-understood, routine, conventional 2106.05(d)
Patented file 901.01(a)
Patented file, ordering 711.04(b)
"PatentIn" computer program (See alsoSequence rules) 1730; 2430
Patents of addition, foreign 901.05(b)
Payment of fees 509
Payor number (SeeCustomer numbers)
PCT (SeePatent Cooperation Treaty (PCT))
Pending application as prior art (See alsoApplication publication) 901.03; 2120.01; 2132; 2133; 2136.01; 2146.03(a); 2152.02; 2154.01(d)
Pending application preserved in confidence 101
Pending applications as references (See alsoApplication Publication) 901.03; 2120.01; 2132; 2133; 2136; 2136.01; 2146.03(a); 2152.02; 2154.01(d)
Period for reply 710
1. After Board decision 1214.01
2. After final 706.07(f)
  1. In transitional application 706.07(g)
3. After interference 710.02(b)
4. Amendment after 714.17
5. Claim copied from patent 710.04(a)
6. Claims all allowed 707.07(a); 710.02(b); 714.14
7. Computed 710.01(a); 710.05
8. Copying claim from patent does not extend statutory period 710.04(a)
9. Correction of citation 707.05(g); 710.06
10. Date of receipt of amendment 710.01(a); 710.05
11. Defective Office action 707.05(g); 710.06
12. Difference between shortened statutory period and time limit 710.02(d)
13. Extension 710.02(d); 710.02(e)
14. Extension of time to commence civil action 1002.02(k)(1)
15. Extension of time to file notice of appeal at CAFC 1002.02(k)(1)
16. Full statutory period for reply 130
17. Holiday, Saturday, or Sunday expiration of time 505; 513; 710.05; 710.01(a)
18. Incomplete reply 710.02(c); 711.02(a); 714.03; 2266.01
19. Less than six months 710.02; 710.02(b); 710.02(c); 710.02(d); 710.02(e)
20. Miscellaneous factors 710.06
21. Petition 1002
22. Pilot programs, some 710.02(b)
23. Property rights under AEC and NASA Acts 150
24. Remailing 707.13; 710.06
25. Restarting 710.06
26. Saturday, Expiration of time 505; 710.01(a); 710.05
27. Secrecy order application 130
28. Shortened, Extension 710.02(d); 710.02(e)
29. Shortened statutory period 710.02; 710.02(b); 710.02(e)
30. Shortened statutory period, Distinguished from time limit 710.02(d)
31. Shortened statutory period, When used 710.02(b)
32. Statutory period 710.01
  1. How computed 710.01(a)
33. Suggesting claims 710.02(c)
34. Sunday, Expiration of time 505; 710.01(a); 710.05
35. Supplemental action 710.06
36. Time computation 710.01(a); 710.05
37. Time limit action 710.02
38. Time limit action, When used 710.02(c)
39. Two periods running 710.04; 710.04(a)
40. Withdrawal of attorney or agent during 402.06
Periodicals 901.06; 901.06(a)
Period of enforceability 2204; 2211; 2808
Permanent ink 608.01; 714.07
Perpetual motion 608.03; 707.07(g); 2014; 2107.01
Persons who may cite prior art relating to an issued patent 2203
Pertinent prior art 904.02
Petition
1. Abandonment holding 711.02; 711.03(c); 711.03(d); 1002.02(b); 1002.02(p); 1002.02(r)
2. Abandonment holding, examiner’s statement 711.03(d)
3. Abandonment holding for failure to provide timely notice of foreign filing 1124
4. Accept color drawings or photographs 507; 1002.02(d); 1503.02
5. Accepting late issue fee 711.03(c)
6. Accept omitted pages 1002.02(p)
7. Access to application 103; 1002.02(b); 1002.02(p)
8. Access to interference agreement 1002.02(f)
9. Access to interference application 1002.02(f)
10. Add inventor in provisional application 1002.02(q)
11. Admit model 1002.02(c)
12. Attorney withdrawal 1002.02(b); 1002.02(p); 1002.02(q)
13. Biotechnology processes under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(b) 2147
14. Board involved 1002.02(f); 1002.02(g); 1002.02(j)
15. Certificate of Correction 1002.02(d); 1002.02(l)
16. Change in inventorship 1002.02(d); 1002.02(l); 1002.02(p); 1002.02(q); 1004; 1481.02
17. Change inventor’s name 602.01(c); 602.08(b)
18. Change in order of inventors names 602.01(c)
19. Color drawings or photographs 507; 1002.02(d); 1503.02
20. Common ownership situation 2146.02; 2146.03(a)
21. Concurrent ex parte and inter partes prosecution 1002.02(g)
22. Converting a 111(a) application to a 371 application 1002.02(p)
23. Converting a 371 application to 111(a) application 1002.02(p)
24. Converting a nonprovisional to provisional 1002.02(b); 1002.02(c); 1002.02(p); 1002.02(q)
25. Correct filing date 506.02; 513; 601.01(b); 1002.02(b)
26. Correction of inventorship 201.03; 1002.02(l); 1002.02(p); 1002.02(q); 1004; 1402; 1410.01; 1412.04; 1412.05; 1481.02
  1. In ex parte reexamination 2250.02
27. Counter terrorism inventions 708.02; 1002.02(s)
28. Decided by
  1. Assigned Staff in the Office of Petitions, Office of Patent Legal Administration and MPEP 1002.02(b)
  2. Central Reexamination Unit 1002.02(c)(4)
  3. Certificates of Correction Branch 1002.02(l)
  4. Deputy Comissioner who oversees Office of Petitions 1002.02(b)
  5. Deputy Director of the USPTO 1002.02(o)
  6. Director of International Patent Legal Administration 1002.02(p)
  7. Director of Office of Data Management 1002.02(r)
  8. Director of Office of Patent Application Processing 1002.02(g)
  9. General Counsel 1002.02(k)(1)
  10. General Law 1002.02(k)(2)
  11. Office of Enrollment and Discipline 1002.02(m)
  12. Patent Trial and Appeal Board 1002.02(f); 1002.02(g); 1002.02(j)
  13. Solicitor 1002.02(k)(3)
  14. Supervisory Patent Examiners 1002.02(d)
  15. Technology Center Directors 1002.02(c); 1002.02(c)(1); 1002.02(s)
29. Defer issuance 502; 502.01; 1002.02(b); 1306.01
30. Delay, Late filing 1002
31. Delegation of Director’s authority 1001.01; 1002.02
32. Denial 1002.02
33. Denial of request for reexamination 1002.02(c)
  1. Ex parte 2240; 2246; 2247; 2247.01; 2248; 2255; 2265
34. Director’s duties ; 1002
35. Dismissed 1002.02
36. Dismissed without prejudice 1002.02
37. Divisional reissue 1002.02(b)
38. Entry of amendment 1002.02(d)
39. Entry of late paper for revival of ex parte reexamination 1002.02(b); 2268
40. Expedited examination of design applications 501; 1002.02(c)(3)
41. Express abandonment after payment of issue fee 1002.02(b)
42. Express abandonment to avoid pre-grant publication 502; 1125; 1135
  1. Facsimile submission 502.01
43. Expunge papers from file 1002.02(b); 1002.02(c); 1002.02(c)(4)
44. Expunge information 724.05; 1002.02(c); 1002.02(j)
45. Extension of time 710.02(e); 714.17; 1002.02(q)
  1. Application before Office of Patent Legal Administration 1002.02(b)
  2. Application before Office of Petition 1002.02(b)
46. Filing date 506.02; 513; 601.01(b); 601.01(d); 601.01(f); 601.01(g); 1002.02(b)
47. Final rejection 1002.02(c)
48. Foreign filing license 140; 1002.02(c)(1)
  1. Facsimile submission 502.01
49. Inspection 103
50. Interference 1002.02(g)
51. Late domestic benefit claim 1002.02(b); 1402; 1481.03
52. Late foreign priority claim 1002.02(b); 1402; 1417; 1481.03
53. Maintenance fees, accept and record 1002.02(b); 2580
54. Maintenance fees, delayed payment/reinstatement 711.03(c); 1002.02(b); 2515; 2531; 2590
55. Make special (See alsoSpecial application) 708.02; 1002.02(s); 1504.30
56. Matter subject to ; 706.01; 1002
57. Merge reexaminations 1002.02(b); 2283
58. Merge reissue and ex parte reexamination 1002.02(b); 2285
59. Modification of secrecy order 120
60. New matter 608.04(c); 1002.02(c)
61. Nonsigning inventor 409.03; 409.03(d); 1002.02(b); 1002.02(p)
62. Objection by examiner 1002.02(c)
63. Patent term extension 1002.02(b); 2720; 2751 - 2754
64. Period for filing 1002
65. Premature final rejection 706.07(c); 1002.02(c)
66. Preliminary amendment as part of original disclosure 608.04(b)
67. Procedure 1002.01
68. Public use proceedings 720
69. Reconsideration of denied petition (ex parte reexamination) 2248; 2268
70. Rescission of secrecy order 120, 1002.02(c)(1)
71. Refused assignment 313; 317
72. Refusal to enter amendment 1002.02(c)
73. Refusal to issue Certificate of Correction 1002.02(c)
74. Registration to practice 1002.02(m)
75. Reinstate rejection after Board decision 1002.02(c)
76. Reinstatement 1002.02(m)
77. Relating to PCT international application and/or national stage application 1002.02(p)
78. Relating to reexamination or reissue 1002.02(b); 1002.02(c); 1002.02(c)(4)
79. Reopen prosecution after Board decision 1002.02(c)
80. Requirement for information 1002.02(c)
81. Resetting period for reply 1002.02(c); 1002.02(t)
82. Restriction requirement holding 821.01; 1002.02(c)
83. Retroactive foreign filing license 140
84. Return model 1002.02(c)
85. Revival 711.03(c); 1002.02(b); 1124
86. Revive PCT application 1002.02(p)
87. Rule 1.48 (inventorship) 201.03
88. Secrecy order 1002.02(c)(1)
89. Sequence rules 1002.02(c)
90. Special status 708.02; 1002.02(s); 1504.30
91. Stay ex partereexamination proceedings 2283; 2284; 2285; 2286; 2286.01
92. Sufficiency of an affidavit 1002.02(c)
93. Supervisory authority of Director of the USPTO 1002.02(b); 1002.02(c)
94. Suspend action – public safety or defense 1002.02(c)(1)
95. Suspend rules 1002.02(b)
96. Time for filing 1002
97. Trademark related 1002.02(i)
98. Transfer from another application 608.02(i); 608.02(t)
99. Unintentional delay, withdraw abandonment 711.03(c); 1002.02(b); 1002.02(c)(3); 1306
  1. Failure to provide timely notice of foreign filing 1124
100. Unintentionally delayed claim for benefit of a U.S. application 201.06(c); 211.04; 1002.02(b); 1417; 1481.03; 2258.02
101. Unintentionally delayed claim for foreign priority 214.02; 216; 1002.02(b); 1402; 1481.03; 2258.02
102. Vacate order granting request for ex parte reexamination 2246
103. Waive rules 1002.02(b)
104. Waive time provisions in ex partereexamination 2265
105. Withdrawal from issue, after issue fee paid 502; 502.01; 1002.02(b); 1308
106. Withdrawal from issue, issue fee not paid 1002.02(c); 1308
107. Withdrawal of a terminal disclaimer 1490
108. Withdrawal of abandonment 1002.02(b)
109. Withdrawal of attorney 1002.02(s)
  1. In interference 1002.02(i)
110. Withhold from issue, before issue fee paid 1002.02(b); 1002.02(c)
Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(a) PTO/SB/24A
1. Cited 1125
2. Reproduced 1135
Petition for Revival of an Application For Patent Abandoned for Failure to Notify the Office of a Foreign or International Filing PTO/SB/64a
1. Cited 1124
2. Reproduced 1135
Petitionable matter 706.01
PG-Pub (SeePre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub))
Pharmaceutical subject matter
1. Safety review by FDA 2107.01; 2107.03
2. Utility 2107.01
Photograph as drawing 507; 608.02; 1503.02
Piecemeal prosecution 707.07(g)
Plant Breeder’s Rights 1613
Plant Convention, UPOV 1612
Plant patent 1600
1. Action 1610
2. Advertising 1610
3. Affidavit 1610
4. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) 1608; 1609
5. Allowance 1611
6. Application publication 1120 - 1135
7. Asexual reproduction 1601; 1605
8. Bacteria 1601
9. Claim 1605; 1610
10. Classification in USPC 903.04
11. Color drawing 1603; 1606
12. Color identified 1605
13. Declaration 1604
14. Definitions 1601
15. Department of Agriculture 1608; 1609
16. Deposit 1605
17. Duplicate papers 1603; 1605; 1609
18. Elements of application 1603
19. Examination 1608
20. Examiner’s amendment 1610
21. Executive Order 1609
22. Filing not permitted via EFS-Web 502.05
23. Issue 1611
24. Laudatory expressions 1610
25. Method claim improper 1605
26. Oath 1604
27. Parts 1603
28. Plant varieties excluded 1601
29. Priority claim 1613
30. Publication of application 1120 - 1135
31. Report of Agricultural Research Service 1608; 1609
32. Rules applicable 1602
33. Signature 1603
34. Specification 1605; 1610
35. Specimens 1607
36. Statutory basis 1601
37. Term 2701
38. Tubers 1601
39. UPOV Convention 1612
Plant patent series 901.04
P.O. Box (SeeMail stop)
Post classifier 903.10; 906
Post employment agreement of former Office employee 1702
Post Grant Review Certificate 901.04
Post Office, Depositing papers in 502
Post Office address (See alsoCorrespondence and Mail Stop)
1. Applicant 409.03(e)
2. Attorney 601.02
Postal Service interruptions and emergencies 511
Postcard, self-addressed 203.08; 503; 601.01(d); 601.01(f); 608.01; 1204; 1901; 1901.05
Power of attorney 402
1. Acting in a representative capacity 402.04; 405; 713.05
2. Application in interference 402.08
3. Application oath or declaration includes 601.02
4. Application filed before 09/16/2012 402.02(b)
5. Application filed after 09/16/2012 402.02(a)
6. Assignee appoints 402.07
7. Assignee revokes 402.07
8. Associate attorney 402.02
9. Attorney not of record 402; 405; 714.01(c)
10. Change in plurality of applications or patents 402
11. Coinventor 403
12. Customer Number 402; 403; 1807
13. Death of applicant 409 - 409.01(b)
14. Death of principal attorney 406
15. Design patent practitioner 402; 403; 1502.02; 2911
16. Exception as to registration 402.01; 402.09
17. General, for international application 402.09; 1807
18. General requirement 402.02(b)
19. Ineffective 402
20. Joint applicant 402.01
21. Limited recognition 402.01
22. Naming representative 402
23. Notice of revocation 402.05
24. Post Office address 601.02
25. Provisional application 103
26. Registered practitioner 402
27. Revocation 402.05; 402.07; 402.08; 402.10
  1. After Allowance 2501; 2560
28. Secrecy order applications 120
29. Signature requirement 402.03
30. Unregistered attorney or agent 402; 402.01
31. Withdrawal of attorney or agent 402.06; 1808; 2560
32. Withdrawn in patent 2223; 2560
Power to inspect 103; 104; 324; 325; 402; 713.05
Power to inspect, approval 104
Power to inspect, suspended attorney 105
Practitioner (SeeAttorney or agent)
Practitioner’s names on patents 1309
Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub) 1120 - 1135
1. Amendments prior to publication 1121
2. Appendices not published 1121
3. Application in a foreign language 608.01
4. Assignee information published 1121
5. Certification as to intent to file counterpart applications 1122
6. Claim sets, multiple 1121
7. Computer programs 1121
8. Content 1120; 1121
9. Conversion to provisional to avoid publication 601.01(c)
10. Complete application required 1120
11. Copies of published application files 1128
12. Correction of errors in the PG-Pub 1130
13. Correspondence regarding published application 1134
14. Disparaging remarks not published 1120
15. Drawings 507; 1120; 1121
16. Early publication 1129
17. Express abandonment to avoid publication 502; 1125; 1135
  1. Facsimile submission 502.01
18. Fee, publication 1126; 1133; 1303; 1306
19. Forms 1135
20. Inappropriate nonpublication request 1122
21. Material mistake by the Office 1130
22. Nonpublication request 1122
23. Notice of foreign filing 1124
24. Notice of Publication 1127
25. Notice of New or Revised Publication 1127
26. Offensive language not published 1120
27. Public access to published application 103; 1128; 1132
28. Publication date, projected 1120; 1122
29. Publication fee 1126; 1133; 1303
30. RCEs not published 1120
31. Redacted publication 1132
32. Refund of publication fee 1126
33. Replacement drawings prior to publication 507; 1120; 1121
34. Republication 1130
35. Request for early publication 1129
36. Request for nonpublication 1122
37. Request for redacted publication 1132
38. Rescission of nonpublication request 1123; 1124
39. Residence changed 719.02
40. Sequences published on Internet 1121
41. Status information of published application 1128
42. Substitute specification required 1120
43. Tables, large 608.05; 608.05(b)
44. Third party inquiries 1134
45. Voluntary publication 1133
46. When published 1120
47. Which applications 1120
Preamble, design application 1503.01
Preamble, effect of 2111.02
Preamble, Jepson claim 2129
Predicted tests in specification 608.01(p)
Preliminary amendment 714.01(e)
1. Entry denied 714.01(e)
2. Excess claims 506; 714.01(e); 714.10
3. New matter 608.04(b); 714.01(e)
4. Non-compliant amendment, treatment of 714
Preliminary handling of public use or on sale 2133.03 - 2133.03(e)(7); 2152.02(c); 2152.02(d)
Premature final rejection 706.07(c)
Presentation patents 1730
Primary examiner 705.01(a); 706.04; 706.07(c); 706.07(d); 707.01; 707.09; 710.02(b); 710.02(e); 711.03(a); 713.01; 713.02; 713.10; 714.16; 714.16(d); 714.19; 715.08; 716; 717; 2236; 2248; 2265; 2271; 2271.01
1. Actions requiring personal attention 705.01(a); 707.01; 707.09; 713.04; 714.16(d); 1004
2. Name on file wrapper 1302.13
Print of drawing (See alsoDrawings) 608.02
1. Additional 608.02
2. Alteration 608.02(w)
3. Colored 608.02
4. Examiner’s notation on 608.02
5. Kept in Technology Center 608.02(c)
6. Marked-up 608.02(b); 608.02(p); 608.02(t); 608.02(v)
7. Marking 608.02
8. Returned drawing 608.02(y)
Printed matter 2103; 2111.05; 2112.01
Printer waiting 708.01; 1305; 1309.02
Printing practitioners names on patents 1309
Printing priority 1309
Prior art (See alsoReference) 900
1. Admissions as 2120.02; 2129
2. Analogous 2141.01(a); 2143
3. Disqualification under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(c) 2136.01; 2141.01; 2146; 2146.01; 2146.02; 2146.03; 2146.03(a)
4. Duty of disclosure of 2001.04
5. Effects of international application publication 1857; 1895.01
6. Equivalents 2144.06; 2183
7. Electronic Information Disclosure Statement 609.07
8. Filed on Saturday Sunday or a Federal holiday 609.04(b)
9. Foreign application as 2135.01; 2152.02
10. Information reasonably necessary for finding 704.11
11. International application publication 2136 - 2136.05; 2136.05(a); 2139.02; 2152.05; 2154.01(a); 2154.01(b)
12. Kind codes 901.04(a)
13. Level of ordinary skill 2141.03
14. Patents as 2120.01; 2126; 2132; 2133; 2136; 2141; 2152; 2154; 2158
15. Publications under 35 U.S.C. 122(b) 1895.01; 2136; 2136.03; 2152.02(b); 2154.01
16. Scope and content of 2126.02; 2141.01
  1. Means limitations 2182
17. Search (See alsoSearch) 900
18. Statutory Invention Registrations as 901.02; 2136
19. Suitability of 2144.07
20. Third party submissions 609; 1134.01
21. Used in deciding request for reexamination 2242
22. Well-known in the art 2144.03
Prior art copies in reexamination
1. Ex parte 2218
Prior art filed by protestor 1901.02; 1901.03
Prior art on drawing 608.02(g); 2125
Prior art and Section 301 submissions (37 CFR 1.501)
1. Ex parte 2202
  1. Content 2205
  2. Copies of prior art 2205
  3. English translations 2205
  4. Explanation of pertinence 2205
  5. Filing and handling 2206
  6. Sample letter 2205
  7. Service on patent owner 2208
  8. Time for filing 2204
2. Inter partes 2602
Prior art statement 609; 1893.03(g)
1. Provisional application 609
2. Reissue application 1406; 1410; 1418; 1455
Prior art, statement applying (reexamination) 2217
Prior art used in determining reexamination request
1. Ex parte 2244
Prior examiner’s action 704.01; 706.04; 713.01
Prioritized examination
1. in new application (Track I) 708.02(b)
2. in RCE (PE-RCE) 708.02(b)
Priority
1. Claiming in ex parte reexamination 2258.02
2. Claiming in reissue application 1402; 1405; 1410; 1417
3. Entitlement to 216
4. Foreign application (See alsoForeign application) 210; 213 - 217
  1. Corrected by Certificate of Correction 1481; 1481.03
  2. Design applications 1504.02; 1504.10
  3. Ex partereexamination 2258.02
  4. Incorporation by reference 217; 608.01(p)
  5. Proper identification 214.04
5. Formal requirements 210; 213 - 216
6. Incorporation by reference to earlier application 201.06(c); 217; 608.01(p)
7. International application 1828; 1893.03(c)
  1. Corrected by Certificate of Correction 1481
8. Inventor’s certificate 213.05
9. Patent printing 1302.09
10. Time charts 2138.01
11. Time for filing 211.03; 214.01
Priority document (SeeForeign application)
Priority Express Mail deposit 513
Priority Mail Express procedure in ex parte reexamination 2224
Priority Mail Express service 502; 506.02; 511; 513; 711.03(c); 1216.01; 2510
Priority practice (SeeForeign application)
Private use (See alsoPublic use) 2133.03(a); 2152.02(c)
Pro Bono Program 1201
Proceedings, Termination of 711.02(c)
Process of making and product made 806.05(f)
Processing fee 601.01; 601.01(c)
Processing of reexamination in Technology Center
1. Ex parte 2233
Product and process of using 806.05(h); 2173.05(p)
Product by process 2113; 2173.05(p)
Product of human ingenuity 2105
Product of nature 2104; 2105; 2106; 2106.04(b); 2106.04(c)
Programs, Computer (SeeComputer programs or software)
Prolix claim 2173.05(m)
Proof, burden of 2112; 2112.01; 2113; 2131; 2141; 2142; 2150; 2163.04; 2164.04; 2182; 2183; 2184
Proof of authority of administrator or executor 409.01(b)
Proof of foreign filing 214.04
Proof of irreparable damage 409.03(g)
Proof of ownership, reissue application 1410.02
Proof of unavailability or refusal to sign 409.03(d)
Proper multiple dependent claim 608.01(n)
Property rights statement 150
1. Contents of 151
Property rights under AEC and NASA Acts 115; 150; 151
Prophetic examples in the specification 608.01(p); 2004; 2164.02
Proprietary interest, Proof of 409.03(f); 409.05
Proprietary materials (SeeProtective order material and Trade secret material)
Pro se applicant (See alsoApplicant and Inventor)
1. Appeal brief 1205
2. Certificate of mailing 512
3. Change of address 601.03
4. Death 409.01(b)
5. Duty of disclosure 2002.01
6. Examination of application 707.07(j)
7. Examiner’s action 707
8. Interview 713.01
9. Legal representation 401
10. Telephone restriction practice 812.01
Prosecution
1. Closed, application allowable except for formal matters 707.07(j); 710.02(b); 714.14
2. Closed, secrecy order cases 130
Prosecution after appeal 1207.04
1. Piecemeal 707.07(g)
2. Reopening after allowance 1308.01
3. Reopening after Board decision 1214.07
Prosecution laches 2190
Prosecution of Secrecy Order application 130
Prosecution reopened after court decision 1216.01
Protective order material (See alsoTrade secret material) 724 - 724.06
1. Submission 724.02
Protest 1900
1. Access by protestor 1901.05; 1901.07
2. Acknowledgment of protest 1901.05
3. Certificate of service 1901.03
4. Comments of applicant 1901.06
5. Complete 1901.03
6. Copies of documents 1901.03
7. Express consent of applicant required 1134; 1901; 1901.04; 1901.06
8. Filed in reissue where patent is in interference 1449; 1901.06
9. Handling 1901.06
10. Improper protest 1134; 1901.03
11. Information which can be relied on 1901.02
12. Involving fraud, lack of good faith or candor, or violation of duty of disclosure 1901.02; 1901.06; 2013
13. Multiple papers on same issue 1901.07(a)
14. Reissue application 1404; 1430; 1441; 1441.01; 1449; 1457; 1901.04
15. Reissue litigation 1901.03; 1901.04
16. Requirement for information 1901.06
17. Review of adverse decision 1906
18. Service on patentee or applicant 1901.03
19. TC Director’s attention required 1003
20. Timeliness of protest 1901.04
21. Trade secret information 724; 1901.02
22. Treatment of 1901.06
23. Unauthorized participation by patent owner 1907
24. Under Rule 1.291 1901
25. Who can file 1901.01
Protestor participation 1901.07
Provisional application 201.04
1. Abandonment 201.04; 211.01(a); 711.03(c)
2. Access 103; 104
3. Assignment of 302.03
4. Assignment of application claiming benefits of 306.01
5. Benefit of 201.04; 211.01(a)
  1. Error in, as reissue grounds 1402
6. Completeness 506; 601.01(b)
7. Conversion to 201.04; 601.01(c)
8. Correction of inventorship 201.03
9. Cover sheet for 201.04
10. Data, on file wrapper/history of 202; 1302.09
11. Data, in specification of 1302.04
12. Drawing 608.02
13. Effective filing date 601.01(b); 2139.01; 2152.01
14. EFS-Web filing of 502.05
15. English language translation for benefit of date 211.01
16. Filing receipt 503
17. Guidelines for drafting 601
18. Information disclosure statement 609
19. Joint inventors in 602.01
20. Last day of pendency 201.04
21. Micro entity status 509.04
22. Ordering of abandoned 901.01(a)
23. Request to convert to nonprovisional 1002.02(b); 1002.02(q)
24. Revival 711.03(c)
25. Small entity status 509.03
26. Specification 601.01
PTO employee restrictions, assignment 309
Public access to ex parte reexamination file 2232
Public domain (See alsoPublic use, On sale, and Disclaimer) 2121.03; 2124.01; 2133.03; 2133.03(a); 2145
1. Dedication to public 715; 1490
Public inspection, Application file 103; 1128
1. Ex parte reexamination 103; 2232
2. Redacted application publication 103; 1132
3. Reissue 103; 1430; 1470
Public inspection of assignments 301.01; 1730
Public Law (SeeStatutes)
Public policy 2104; 2141.01; 2162
Public Records Division 103; 104; 301; 501; 502.01; 711.04; 1128; 1730; 2209; 2232; 2435; 2803.02
Public right to inspect files 103; 1128
1. In ex partereexamination 103; 2232
Public sale (See alsoOn sale and Public use) 2133.03 - 2133.03(e)(7); 2152.02(d)
Public search facility (SeePatent search facility)
Public searchers 101
Public use (See alsoOn sale) 2120.02; 2133.03; 2133.03(a); 2139.02; 2152.02(d)
1. Affidavit or declaration 715.10
2. Anticipation 2133.03(a); 2152.02(c)
3. Commercial exploitation 2133.03(e)(1); 2152.02(c)
4. Commercial use 2133.03(a); 2152.02(c)
5. Completion of the invention 2133.03; 2133.03(c); 2133.03(e)(1); 2133.03(e)(3)
6. Definition of 2133.03(a); 2152.02(c)
7. Evidence 2120.02; 2132; 2133.03; 2133.03(a)
8. Experimental use (See alsoExperimental use) 2133.03; 2133.03(e)
9. In this country 2132; 2133.03(d); 2139.02
10. Intent to experiment 2133.03(e)(2); 2133.03(e)(3)
11. Invention 2133.03(c)
12. Policy considerations 2133.03
13. Public knowledge or on display 2133.03(a)
14. Secrecy 2133.03(a)
15. Single use 2133.03(a)
  1. Control over invention 2133.03(a); 2133.03(e)(5); 2133.03(e)(7)
16. Testing by third party 2133.03(e)(5); 2133.03(e)(7)
17. Use with expectation of privacy 2133.03(a)
18. Use by inventor or associates 2133.03(a)
19. Use by independent third parties 2133.03(a)
Public use proceedings 720
Publication, Defensive 711.06; 711.06(a); 1111
Publication of Statutory Invention Registration 1111
Publication date 2120.01
Publication fee 1126; 1133; 1303; 1306
Publication of abstracts 711.06; 711.06(a)
Publication
1. Board decisions 1213.03
2. Citing 707.05(e); 901.06; 2120.01
3. Date of 2120.01
4. Notices ; 707.06; 1703
5. Official Gazette(O.G.) 1703
6. Orders ; 707.06; 1703
7. Own, as reference 715.01(c); 2132.01; 2139.02; 2152.02(f); 2152.05; 2153.01(a); 2154.02
8. Pre-Grant (SeePre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub))
9. Prior art effect of international 2120.01; 2136.03; 2154.01(a)
10. Rules changes 1703
11. Under 35 U.S.C. 122(b) as references 2136; 2136.03; 2154.01
12. Voluntary 1133
Publishing Division (SeeOffice of Patent Publications (Office of Data Management))
Pulling abandonments 711.04(a)