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Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
Chapter MPEP
§ P
MPEP Subject Matter Index (P)
Subject Matter Index
Published Nov 1, 2013
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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PAIR
102
;
104
;
203.08
;
1121
;
1128
;
1730
;
2209
;
2232
;
2232.01
;
2290
;
2632
PALM
101
;
102
;
711.04(b)
;
1845.02
;
1893
;
1893.03(a)
;
1893.03(b)
;
1895.01
;
2229
;
2232.01
;
2235
;
2237
;
2247
;
2264
;
2283
;
2287
;
2294
;
2632
;
2635
;
2647.02
;
2648
;
2660
;
2664
;
2670
;
2687
;
2689
Application location
2635
Application records and reports
1704
Application status
102
Examiner Docket, Time, and Activity Reports
1705
"Flag" in reissue application
1456
Panel Review in
ex parte
Reexamination
2271
;
2271.01
;
2287
Paper, easily erasable
608.01
;
714.07
Paper number
714.18
;
714.21
Paper size (
See also
A4 size paper
)
Application papers
608.01
Drawings
608.02
Photographs
608.02
Substitute drawings
608.02(h)
Papers (
See also
Return of Papers
)
Depositing
502
Distribution
508
File wrapper
719.01
Identification
502
;
503
Receipt and handling
500
Received after patenting or abandonment
508.02
Signature required
402
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 also
Treaties
)
213.01
Article 4 Cited
213.01
;
213.03
;
213.06
;
215.03
Partial signatory authority
1005
Patent
1836 (present) series
901.04
A.I. series
901.04
Allowance and issue
1300
Application publication
1120
-
1135
Arrangement in Examiner’s Search Files
901.07
Assignment
301
Borrowing from Examiner’s Search Files
901.08
Citation handling
1920
Citation of prior art in
1920
;
2202
Claim copied (
See
Claim presented corresponding to claim of patent
)
Classification change
903.05
Classification indices
902.03
;
902.03(a)
Classification Home Page on the Internet
902.03(a)
Classification Home Page on the USPTO Intranet
902.03(b)
Classification Insight on USPTO LAN
902.03(c)
Copy in
ex parte
reexamination request
2219
Double column format
2214
;
2219
Copy Orders
1730
Correction of
1400
Definition ;
2135.01
Design
1500
Design series
901.04
Design vs Utility
1502.01
Effective date
706.02(a)
;
715
;
715.01
;
2126
;
2133.01
;
2152.02(a)
;
2154.01(b)
Extension (
See
Term, Patent
)
File reconstruction
508.04
Files
905.03
Foreign (
See
Foreign patent
)
General Information About, booklet
703
Issue
1300
Issue Notification form
1306.03
Index
902.03(b)
Interference
2304
-
2304.05
Inventorship
2137.01
Jurisdiction
1305
Law, opinions not given
713.02
Laws (
See
Statutes
)
Licensing
301
Litigation relating to reissue
1442.04
Ordering soft copy
905.02
Owner, appeal by
1204
Owner, service of citation on
2208
Owner’s address in reexamination
2222
;
2622
Ownership
301
Plant series
901.04
;
1600
Post-issuance information updating
2501
Prior art citation in
2003.01
Printing priority
1309
Publication of application
1120
-
1135
Reconstruction of file
508.04
Reference (
See
Reference
)
Reissue series
901.04
Reissued, effect of
1460
Right to exclude others
509.02
;
1111
;
1601
;
2162
Rules (
See
Rules, Patent (Code of Federal Regulations)
)
Simultaneous issue
1306.02
Statutory subject matter
706.03(a)
;
2104
;
2107
Surrender of original in reissue (not required)
1416
Statutes (
See
Statutes
)
System, Constitutional basis for
Term adjustment
2710
-
2736
Terms (
See
Term, Patent
)
Transfer
903.05
Transfer of rights in
509.02
Type, Design vs utility
1502.01
Utility series
901.04
;
1502.01
Utility vs design
1502.01
X series
901.04
Patent and Trademark Assignment System
302.09
;
302.10
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO)
Address
501
;
502
Business hours
510
Employees, property interest in patent
309
Employees, unavailable to sign oath or declaration as inventors
409
Matters decided by various officials
1000
Publications
Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
401
;
902.03(d)
Development and Use of Patent Classification Systems
903.02
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (
See
Official Gazette (O.G. )
)
Receipt and handling of mail
500
Telephone numbers
1730
Web site
1730
Patent Assistance Center (
See
Inventors Assistance Center
)
Patent attorney or agent (
See
Attorney or agent
)
Patent classification (
See also
Classification
and
Prior Art
)
900
Classes
707.05(e)
;
902.01
;
902.02
;
903.02(a)
;
903.02(b)
Cross references
903.07
;
903.07(a)
Digests
903.07
Issue slip
903.07
Manual of Classification ;
902.01
Master classification file (MCF)
902.03(a)
Orders
902.04
Post classifier (
See
Post classifier
)
Shoes
901.05(c)
;
901.07
;
905.04
Statutory authority
903.01
Subclasses
707.05(e)
;
902.01
;
902.02
;
903.02(a)
;
903.02(c)
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (
See also
International application
and
Treaties
)
1800
;
T
Administrative Instructions
AI
Agent
1807
Amendment before the designated office
1893.01(a)(2)
;
1893.01(a)(3)
Amendment of claims before the International Bureau
1853
Applicant
1810
;
1817.01
;
1817.01(a)
Applicant for United States Receiving Office
1805
;
1810
;
1820
Basic flow timeline
1842
Classification of application
903.08(b)
Classification of subject matter
1844.01
;
1879
Common representative
1807
Concepts, major
1801
Country codes
1851
Definitions
1802
Design patents
1501.01
;
1503.01
Designated office
1893.01(a)
Designation of states
1817.01
;
1817.01(a)
Fees
1827
;
1893.01(c)
Reduced basic fee by filing sequence listing and/or tables on compact disc
1823.02
Filing date requirements
502.05
;
1810
Foreign filing license
1832
Foreign patent citation codes
1851
Forms
Compact Disc Transmittal Sheet For Submission of Sequence Listing and/or Tables To The United States Receiving Office Under Pct Administrative Instructions-Part 8
1823.02
IB/307
1893.03(e)
IB/308
1893.01(a)(1)
PCT/DO/EO/903
1893.01(a)(3)
;
1893.03(a)
;
1893.03(b)
;
1893.03(e)
;
1893.03(g)
;
1895.01
PCT/DO/EO/905
905
;
1893.01(a)(1)
;
1893.01(d)
;
1893.01(e)
;
1893.03(b)
PCT/ISA/201
1852
PCT/ISA/203
1843.04
PCT/ISA/206
1850
PCT/ISA/210
1843.04
;
1844
;
1844.01
;
1845.02
;
1893.03(e)
PCT/ISA/217
1836
PCT/ISA/220
1844
;
1845.02
PCT/ISA/237
1845.01
PCT/IPEA/401
1864
;
1865
;
1866
PCT/IPEA/405
1875
;
1875.01
PCT/IPEA/408
1860
;
1860.01
;
1874
;
1876
;
1878
;
1878.01
;
1879
PCT/IPEA/409
1871
;
1871.01
;
1874
;
1878
;
1878.01
;
1878.01(a)
;
1879
;
1893.03(e)
PCT/IPEA/410
1864.04
PCT/IPEA/411
1876
PCT/IPEA/412
1836
;
1876.01
PCT/IPEA/416
1879
;
1879.02
PCT/IPEA/420
1875.02
PCT/IPEA/428
1878.02
PCT/RO/101
1801
;
1812
;
1817.01(a)
;
1821
;
1844
;
1844.01
PCT/RO/117
1893.03(e)
PCT/RO/136
1893.03(e)
PTO-1382
1830
;
1832
PTO-1390
1893.03(a)
USPTO/299
1850
USPTO/499
1850
;
1875
;
1875.01
Gazette
1801
;
1823.01
;
1857
Guidelines on qualifying for reduced basic fee by filing sequence listing on compact disc
1823.02
Help Desk
1730
Information sources
1730
International Bureau
1801
International preliminary examination
1860
;
1860.01
International preliminary examination report
1879
International preliminary report on patentability
1801
;
1845
;
1879.03
;
1893.03(e)
International publication
1857
Prior art effect
1857.01
;
1896
;
2136.03
;
2154.01(a)
International search report
1844
International searching authority
1840
Member countries
1817
National procedure
1893
National stage (
See
National stage application (35 U.S.C. 371)
)
Numbering of sheets
1812
Office of PCT Legal Administration
103
;
1730
Priority
213
;
1828
;
1893.03(c)
;
1895
Restoration of
1828.01
Priority document
213
;
1828
Publication
1857
Receiving office
1801
Receiving office procedure
1801
Record copy transmittal
1801
Reply to invitation concerning lack of unity of invention
1850
;
1875.02
;
1893.03(d)
Reply to written opinion
1878.02
Representation before the designated office
402
Revocation of agent
1808
Schedule of fees
1827
Search report
707.05
;
1302.14
;
1844
Secrecy order
120
Sequence listings
1823.02
;
1848
On electronic media
1823.02
Transmitted via EFS-Web
502.05
Signature missing
1820
Unity of invention
823
;
1850
;
1875
;
1893.03(d)
Written opinion, preparation
1845
;
1878
;
1878.01
Written opinion, time to reply to
1845.01
;
1878
;
1878.01
Patent Cooperation Treaty Administrative Instructions
AI
105 Reproduced
1834
204 Reproduced
1823
205 Reproduced
1824
208 Reproduced
1823.02
209 Reproduced
1823
404 Reproduced
1857
502 Reproduced
1850
513 Reproduced
1848
603 Reproduced
1875.02
604 Reproduced
1879
605 Reproduced
1872
606 Reproduced
1880
607 Reproduced
1876
801 Reproduced
1823.02
803 Reproduced
1823.02
Patent Cooperation Treaty Articles
T
3 Reproduced
1812
5 Reproduced
1823
6 Reproduced
1824
7 Reproduced
1825
11 Reproduced
1810
;
1896
17 Reproduced
1843
18 Reproduced
1844
19 Reproduced
1853
21 Reproduced
1857
29 Reproduced
1857
30 Reproduced
110
31 Reproduced
1864.02
;
1864.03
;
1865
;
1869
32 Reproduced
1862
33 Reproduced
1878.01(a)
;
1878.01(a)(1)
;
1878.01(a)(3)
34 Reproduced
1862
;
1864.01
;
1874
;
1875
;
1878
;
1878.01
;
1878.02
35 Reproduced
1879
36 Reproduced
1879.02
;
1879.03
37 Reproduced
1880
38 Reproduced
1879.04
Patent Cooperation Treaty Rules
4.3 Reproduced
1844.01
4.9 Reproduced
1817.01
4.11 Reproduced
1817.02
;
1819
4.12 Reproduced
1819
4.15 Reproduced
1820
5.1 Reproduced
1823
5.2 Reproduced
1823.02
6 Reproduced
1824
6.1 Reproduced
1824
6.2 Reproduced
1824
6.3 Reproduced
1824
6.4 Reproduced
1824
6.5 Reproduced
1824
7 Reproduced
1825
7.1 Reproduced
1825
7.2 Reproduced
1825
8 Reproduced
1826
8.1 Reproduced
1826
;
1844.01
8.2 Reproduced
1826
;
1844.01
8.3 Reproduced
1826
11 Reproduced
1825
11.5 Reproduced
1825
11.6 Reproduced
1825
11.11 Reproduced
1825
11.13 Reproduced
1825
12
bis
Reproduced
1819
13 Reproduced
1850
13.1 Reproduced
1850
13.2 Reproduced
1850
13.3 Reproduced
1850
13.4 Reproduced
1850
13.5 Reproduced
1850
13bis Reproduced
1823.01
13
bis
.1 Reproduced
1823.01
13
bis
.2 Reproduced
1823.01
13
bis
.3 Reproduced
1823.01
13
bis
.4 Reproduced
1823.01
13
bis
.5 Reproduced
1823.01
13
bis
.6 Reproduced
1823.01
13
bis
.7 Reproduced
1823.01
13ter
Reproduced
1823.02
13
ter
.1 Reproduced
1823.02
;
1848
13
ter
.2 Reproduced
1823.02
17 Reproduced
213.06
17.1 Reproduced
213.06
17.2 Reproduced
213.06
33 Reproduced
1843
33.1 Reproduced
1843
33.2 Reproduced
1843
33.3 Reproduced
1843
37.1 Reproduced
1844.01
37.2 Reproduced
1844.01
38 Reproduced
110
;
1844.01
38.1 Reproduced
1844.01
38.2 Reproduced
1844.01
38.3 Reproduced
1844.01
39 Reproduced
1843.02
39.1 Reproduced
1843.02
40 Reproduced
1850
40.1 Reproduced
1850
40.2 Reproduced
1850
41 Reproduced
1852
41.1 Reproduced
1852
43
bis
Reproduced
1845
43
bis
.1 Reproduced
1843
;
1845
44
ter
Reproduced
1879.04
46 Reproduced
1853
46.1 Reproduced
1853
46.2 Reproduced
1853
46.3 Reproduced
1853
46.4 Reproduced
1853
46.5 Reproduced
1853
54 Reproduced
1864.02
54.1 Reproduced
1864.02
54.2 Reproduced
1864.02
54.3 Reproduced
1864.02
54.4 Reproduced
1864.02
60 Reproduced
1868
60.1 Reproduced
1868
61 Reproduced
1881
61.2 Reproduced
1881
61.3 Reproduced
1881
62 Reproduced
1871
62, former Reproduced
1871.01
62.1 Reproduced
1871
62.1 former Reproduced
1871.01
62.2 Reproduced
1871
62.2 former Reproduced
1871.01
62
bis
Reproduced
1871
62
bis
.1 Reproduced
1871
64 Reproduced
1878.01(a)
64.1 Reproduced
1878.01(a)
64.2 Reproduced
1878.01(a)
64.3 Reproduced
1878.01(a)
65 Reproduced
1878.01(a)(2)
65.1 Reproduced
1878.01(a)(2)
65.2 Reproduced
1878.01(a)(2)
66 Reproduced
1843.02
;
1864.01
;
1870
;
1878
;
1878.02
66.1 Reproduced
1843.02
66.1
bis
Reproduced
1878
66.3 Reproduced
1878.02
66.4 Reproduced
1878
66.4
bis
Reproduced
1878.02
66.5 Reproduced
1878.02
66.6 Reproduced
1878.02
66.7 Reproduced
1870
66.8 Reproduced
1864.01
;
1878.02
66.9 Reproduced
1878.02
69 Reproduced
1879.01
69.1 Reproduced
1879.01
;
1879.01(a)
69.2 Reproduced
1879.01
;
1879.01(a)
70 Reproduced
1879.03
70.17 Reproduced
1879.03
71 Reproduced
1879.02
71.1 Reproduced
1879.02
71.2 Reproduced
1879.02
72 Reproduced
1879.03
72.1 Reproduced
1879.03
72.2 Reproduced
1879.03
72.2
bis
Reproduced
1879.03
72.3 Reproduced
1879.03
82 Reproduced
1834.02
82.1 Reproduced
1834.02
82.2 Reproduced
1834.02
90.4 Reproduced
1807
90.5 Reproduced
1807
90.6 Reproduced
1808
90bis
Reproduced
1859
;
1880
90
bis
.1 Reproduced
1859
90
bis
.2 Reproduced
1859
90
bis
.3 Reproduced
1859
90
bis
.4 Reproduced
1880
90
bis
.5 Reproduced
1859
90
bis
.6 Reproduced
1859
90
bis
.7 Reproduced
1859
91 Reproduced
1836
91.1 Reproduced
1836
92 Reproduced
1834
92.1 Reproduced
1834
92.2 Reproduced
1834
Patent application publication (
See
Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub)
)
Patent search facility
103
;
2632
Hours
510
;
1730
Regulations for public use
510
Patent term extension/adjustments
1303
;
2211
;
2250
;
2666.01
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) (
See also
Appeal
and
Interference
)
706.03(w)
;
707.06
;
707.07(f)
;
708.01
;
711.02(b)
;
1201
;
1202
;
2201
;
2242
;
2246
;
2258
;
2273
-
2279
;
2284
;
2285
;
2286
;
2286.01
;
2287
;
2301
Appeal from
1216
-
1216.02
In
inter partes
reexamination
2682
;
2683
Constitution and duties
1202
Decision
Dissemination of
1720
Generally
1213
Publication of
1213.03
;
2681
Treatment of
1721
Duty of disclosure to
2001.03
Hearing
1209
Interference
Declaration of
2301
Return of Jurisdiction to Examiner
2308
Jurisdiction
706.01
;
706.07(c)
;
1210
;
2301
;
2308
May require appellant to address matter
1212
New ground of rejection by
1214.01
In
inter partes
reexamination
2681
;
2682
Non-final decision in
inter partes
reexamination
2681
Petitions
1002.02(g)
;
1002.02(j)
Rehearing by
1002.02(f)
;
1214.01
;
1214.03
Inter partes
reexamination
2682
;
2683
Service Branch
104
Statement of allowability by
1213.01
Patentability (
See also
Reasons for Allowance
and
Rejection
)
2100
Patentability report
705
Appeal
705.01(a)
Count
705.01(c)
Date status
705.01(c)
Dispute between examiners
705.01(a)
Final action
705.01(a)
Improper
705.01(e)
Initiate
705.01
Interviews
705.01(f)
;
713.01
Limitation as to use
705.01(e)
Practice used only in extraordinary situations
705
Purpose
705.01(e)
Recording
705.01(c)
Restriction, Effect on
807
Search
705.01(a)
;
705.01(b)
Sequence of examination
705.01(b)
Submitted to TC Director
705
;
1003
Transfer of jurisdiction of application on appeal
705.01(a)
Panel review in
inter partes
reexamination
2671.03
Patentability statement
1302.14
Patentable novelty, pointed out
714.04
Patentable subject matter
Computer programs
2106
Disclosed but not claimed
706
Law of nature
2106
;
2106.01
Living subject matter
1601
;
2105
Mathematical algorithms
2106
Plants
1601
;
2105
Patented file
905.03
Patented file, ordering
711.04(b)
"Patent In" computer program (
See also
Sequence rules
)
1730
;
2430
Patents of addition, foreign
901.05(b)
Payment of fees
509
Payor number (
See
Customer numbers
)
PCT (
See
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
)
Pencil notations, erased at allowance
1302.01
Pending application as prior art (
See also
Application publication
)
706.02(f)(2)
;
706.02(k)
;
901.03
Pending application preserved in confidence
101
Pending applications as references (
See also
Application Publication
)
706.02(f)(1)
;
706.02(f)(2)
;
706.02(k)
;
901.03
Period for reply
710
After Board decision
1214.01
After final
706.07(f)
In transitional application
706.07(g)
After interference
710.02(b)
Amendment after
714.17
Claim copied from patent
710.04(a)
Claims all allowed
707.07(a)
;
710.02(b)
;
714.14
Computed
710.01(a)
;
710.05
Copying claim from patent does not extend statutory period
710.04(a)
Correction of citation
707.05(g)
;
710.06
Date of receipt of amendment
710.01(a)
;
710.05
Defective Office action
707.05(g)
;
710.06
Difference between shortened statutory period and time limit
710.02(d)
Extension
710.02(d)
;
710.02(e)
Extension of time to commence civil action
1002.02(k)(1)
Extension of time to file notice of appeal at CAFC
1002.02(k)(1)
Full statutory period for reply
130
Holiday, Saturday, or Sunday expiration of time
505
;
513
;
710.05
;
710.01(a)
Incomplete reply
710.02(c)
;
711.02(a)
;
714.03
;
2266.01
;
2666.30
Less than six months
710.02
;
710.02(b)
;
710.02(c)
;
710.02(d)
;
710.02(e)
Miscellaneous factors
710.06
Petition
1002
Property rights under AEC and NASA Acts
150
Remailing
707.13
;
710.06
Restarting
710.06
Saturday, Expiration of time
505
;
710.01(a)
;
710.05
Secrecy order application
130
Shortened, Extension
710.02(d)
;
710.02(e)
Shortened statutory period
710.02
;
710.02(b)
;
710.02(e)
Shortened statutory period, Distinguished from time limit
710.02(d)
Shortened statutory period, When used
710.02(b)
Statutory period
710.01
How computed
710.01(a)
Suggesting claims
710.02(c)
Sunday, Expiration of time
505
;
710.01(a)
;
710.05
Supplemental action
710.06
Time computation
710.01(a)
;
710.05
Time limit action
710.02
Time limit action, When used
710.02(c)
Two periods running
710.04
;
710.04(a)
Withdrawal of attorney or agent during
402.06
Periodicals
901.06
;
901.06(a)
Period of enforceability
2204
;
2211
;
2686.02
Permanent ink
608.01
;
714.07
Perpetual motion
506
;
608.03
;
706.03(a)
;
707.07(g)
;
2107.01
Persons who may cite prior art relating to an issued patent
2203
Pertinent prior art
904.02
Petition
Abandonment holding
711.02
;
711.03(c)
;
711.03(d)
;
1002.02(c)
;
1002.02(p)
;
1002.02(q)
;
1002.02(r)
Abandonment holding, examiner’s statement
711.03(d)
Abandonment holding for failure to provide timely notice of foreign filing
1124
Accept color drawings or photographs
507
;
1002.02(d)
;
1503.02
Accepting late issue fee
711.03(c)
Accept omitted pages
1002.02(p)
Access to application
103
;
1002.02(b)
;
1002.02(p)
Access to interference agreement
1002.02(f)
Access to interference application
1002.02(f)
Access to unopened preliminary statements
1002.02(g)
Add inventor in provisional application
1002.02(q)
Admit model
1002.02(c)
Attorney withdrawal
1002.02(b)
;
1002.02(c)
;
1002.02(p)
Biotechnology processes under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(b)
706.02(n)
Board decision in
inter partes
reexamination
2681
Board involved
1002.02(f)
;
1002.02(g)
;
1002.02(j)
Certificate of Correction
1002.02(d)
;
1002.02(g)
;
1002.02(l)
Change in inventorship
1002.02(d)
;
1002.02(e)
;
1002.02(l)
;
1002.02(p)
;
1002.02(q)
;
1481
Change inventor’s name
602.01(c)
;
605.01
Change in order of inventors names
602.01(c)
Color drawings or photographs
507
;
1002.02(d)
;
1503.02
Common ownership situation
706.02(k)
Concurrent
ex parte
and
inter partes
prosecution
1002.02(g)
Consideration of submission after NIRC in
inter partes
reexamination
2687.01
Converting a 111(a) application to a 371 application
1002.02(p)
Converting a 371 application to 111(a) application
1002.02(p)
Converting a nonprovisional to provisional
1002.02(b)
;
1002.02(c)
;
1002.02(p)
;
1002.02(q)
Correct filing date
506.02
;
513
;
601.01(b)
;
1002.02(b)
Correction of inventorship
201.03
;
1002.02(d)
;
1002.02(e)
;
1002.02(l)
;
1002.02(p)
;
1002.02(q)
In
ex parte
reexamination
2250.02
In
inter partes
reexamination
2658
;
2666.03
Counter-terrorism inventions
708.02
;
1002.02(s)
Defer issuance
1002.02(b)
;
1306.01
Delegation of Director’s authority
1001.01
Denial
1002.02
Denial of request for reexamination
1002.02(c)
Ex parte
2246
;
2246
;
2247
;
2247.01
;
2265
Inter partes
2647
;
2648
Director’s duties ;
1002
Dismissed
1002.02
Dismissed without prejudice
1002.02
Divisional reissue
1002.02(b)
Entry of amendment
1002.02(d)
Entry of amendment after RAN in
inter partes
reexamination
2672
;
2673.02
;
2675
Entry of late paper for revival of
ex parte
reexamination
1002.02(b)
;
2268
Entry of late papers for revival of
inter partes
reexamination proceeding
1002.02(b)
;
2668
Expedited examination of design applications
502
;
1002.02(c)(3)
Express abandonment after payment of issue fee
1002.02(b)
Express abandonment to avoid pre-grant publication
502
;
1125
;
1135
Facsimile submission
502.01
Expunge papers from file
1002.02(b)
;
1002.02(c)
Expunge information
724.05
;
1002.02(c)
Extension of time
710.02(e)
;
714.17
;
1002.02(q)
Application before Office of Patent Legal Administration
1002.02(b)
Application before Office of Petition
1002.02(b)
Filing date
506.02
;
513
;
601.01(b)
;
601.01(d)
;
601.01(f)
;
601.01(g)
;
1002.02(b)
Final rejection
1002.02(c)
Foreign filing license
140
;
1002.02(c)(1)
Facsimile submission
502.01
Inspection
103
Interference
1002.02(c)
;
1002.02(f)
;
1002.02(g)
Interview in merged reissue/
inter partes
reexamination
2686.03
Late foreign priority claim
1002.02(b)
Maintenance fees, accept and record
1002.02(b)
;
2580
Maintenance fees, delayed payment/reinstatement
1002.02(b)
;
2515
;
2531
;
2590
Make special (
See also
Special application
)
708.02
;
1002.02(s)
;
1504.30
Matter subject to ;
706.01
;
1002
Merge reexaminations
1002.02(b)
;
2283
Merge reissue and
ex parte
reexamination
1002.02(b)
;
2285
Merge reissue and
inter partes
reexamination
1002.02(b)
;
2667
;
2686.03
Modification of secrecy order
120
New matter
608.04(c)
;
1002.02(c)
Nonsigning inventor
409.03
;
409.03(d)
;
1002.02(b)
;
1002.02(p)
Objection by examiner
1002.02(c)
Patent term extension
1002.02(b)
Period for filing
1002
Premature Action Closing Prosecution (ACP) in
inter partes
reexamination
2672
Premature final rejection
706.07(c)
;
1002.02(c)
Preliminary amendment as part of original disclosure
608.04(b)
Procedure
1002.01
Public use proceedings
1002.02(b)
Publication Division
1002.02(r)
Reconsideration of denied petition (
ex parte
reexamination)
2248
;
2268
Rescission of secrecy order
120, 1002.02(c)(1)
Refused assignment
313
;
317
Refusal to enter amendment
1002.02(c)
Refusal to initiate interference
1002.02(c)
Refusal to issue Certificate of Correction
1002.02(c)
Registration to practice
1002.02(m)
Reinstate rejection after Board decision
1002.02(c)
Reinstatement
1002.02(m)
Relating to PCT international application and/or national stage application
1002.02(p)
Relating to reexamination or reissue
1002.02(b)
Reopen prosecution after Board decision
1002.02(c)
Reopen prosecution after Board decision in
inter partes
reexamination
2682
Requirement for information
1002.02(c)
Resetting period for reply
1002.02(c)
Restriction requirement holding
821.01
;
1002.02(c)
Retroactive foreign filing license
140
Return model
1002.02(c)
Return original oath
1002.02(c)
Revival
711.03(c)
;
1002.02(b)
;
1124
Revive PCT application
1002.02(p)
Rule 1.48 (inventorship)
201.03
Secrecy order
1002.02(c)(1)
Sequence rules
1002.02(c)(2)
Special status
708.02
;
1002.02(s)
;
1504.30
Stay
ex parte
reexamination proceedings
2283
;
2284
;
2285
;
2286
;
2286.01
Stay
inter partes
reexamination proceedings
2667
;
2686.02
;
2686.03
Sufficiency of an affidavit
1002.02(c)
Supervisory authority of Director of the USPTO
1002.02(b)
;
1002.02(c)
Suspend action – public safety or defense
1002.02(c)(1)
Suspend rules
1002.02(b)
Suspension of second or subsequent
inter partes
reexamination requests
2640
Time for filing
1002
Trademark related
1002.02(i)
Transfer from another application
608.02(i)
;
608.02(t)
Unavoidable delay, withdraw abandonment
711.03(c)
;
1002.02(b)
;
1002.02(c)(3)
;
1306
Unintentional delay, withdraw abandonment
711.03(c)
;
1002.02(b)
;
1002.02(c)(3)
;
1306
Failure to provide timely notice of foreign filing
1124
Unintentionally delayed claim for foreign priority
214.02
;
216
;
1002.02(b)
;
1402
;
2258
;
2658
Unintentionally delayed claim for priority to a U.S. application
201.06(c)
;
211.04
;
1002.02(b)
;
2258
;
2658
Vacate order granting request for
ex parte
reexamination
2246
Vacate an order granting
inter partes
reexamination
2646
Waive rules
1002.02(b)
Waive time provisions in
ex parte
reexamination
2265
Waive time provisions in
inter partes
reexamination
2648
;
2668
;
2672
Withdrawal of lapsed patent
1002.02(r)
Withdrawal from issue, after issue fee paid
502
;
1002.02(b)
;
1308
Withdrawal from issue, issue fee not paid
1002.02(c)
;
1308
Withdrawal of a terminal disclaimer
1490
Withdrawal of abandonment
1002.02(b)
Withdrawal of attorney
1002.02(s)
In interference
1002.02(g)
Withhold from issue, before issue fee paid
1002.02(c)
Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(a) PTO/SB/24A
Cited
1125
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
Cited
1124
Reproduced
1135
Petitionable matter
706.01
PG-Pub (
See
Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub)
)
Pharmaceutical subject matter
Safety review by FDA
2107.03
Utility
2107.01
Philippines-United States search exchange
1711
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
Action
1610
Advertising
1610
Affidavit
1610
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
1608
;
1609
Allowance
1611
Application publication
1120
-
1135
Asexual reproduction
1601
;
1605
Bacteria
1601
Claim
1605
;
1610
Color drawing
1603
;
1606
Color identified
1605
Declaration
1604
Definitions
1601
Department of Agriculture
1608
;
1609
Deposit
1605
Duplicate papers
1603
;
1605
;
1609
Elements of application
1603
Examination
1608
Examiner’s amendment
1610
Executive Order
1608
Filing not permitted via EFS-Web
502.05
Issue
1611
Laudatory expressions
1610
Method claim improper
1605
Oath
1604
Parts
1603
Plant varieties excluded
1601
Priority claim
1613
Publication of application
1120
-
1135
Report of Agricultural Research Service
1608
;
1609
Rules applicable
1602
Signature
1603
Specification
1605
;
1610
Specimens
1607
Statutory basis
1601
Term
2701
Tubers
1601
UPOV Convention
1612
Plant patent series
901.04
P.O. Box (
See
Mail stop
)
Post classifier
902.04
;
903.02(c)
;
903.07(b)
;
903.08(d)
;
903.08(e)
;
903.09
;
903.10
Requesting consideration by
903.08(d)
Post employment agreement of former Office employee
1702
Post Office, Depositing papers in
502
Post Office address (
See also
Correspondence
and
Mail Stop
)
Applicant
409.03(e)
Attorney
601.02
Postal Service interruptions and emergencies
511
Postcard, self-addressed
203.08
;
503
;
601.01(d)
;
601.01(f)
;
601.01(g)
;
1204
;
1901
;
1901.05
Power of attorney
402
Actng in a representative capacity
402.03
Application in interference
402.08
Application oath or declaration includes
601.02
Application filed before 09/16/2012
402.02(b)
Application filed after 09/16/2012
402.02(a)
Assignee appoints
402.07
Assignee revokes
402.07
Associate attorney
402.02
Attorney not of record
402
;
405
;
714.01(c)
Change in plurality of applications or patents
402
Coinventor
403
Customer Number
402
;
1807
Death of applicant
409
-
409.01(b)
Death of principal attorney
406
Exception as to registration
402.01
;
402.09
General, for international application
402.09
;
1807
General requirement
402.02(b)
Ineffective
402
Joint applicant
402.01
Limited recognition
402.01
Naming representative
402
Notice of revocation
402.05
Post Office address
601.02
Provisional application
103
Registered practitioner
402
Reexamination,
inter partes
2613
;
2622
Revocation
402.05
;
402.07
;
402.08
;
402.10
After Allowance
2501
Secrecy order applications
120
Signature requirement
402.03
Unregistered attorney or agent
402
;
402.01
Withdrawal of attorney or agent
402.06
;
1808
;
2501
Withdrawn in patent
2223
;
2501
Power to inspect
103
;
104
;
324
;
325
;
402
;
713.05
Power to inspect, approval
104
Power to inspect, suspended attorney
105
Practitioner (
See
Attorney or agent
)
Practitioner’s names on patents
1309
Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub)
1120
-
1135
Amendments prior to publication
1121
Appendices not published
1121
Application in a foreign language
608.01
Assignee information published
1121
Certification as to intent to file counterpart applications
1122
Claim sets, multiple
1121
Computer programs
1121
Content
1120
;
1121
Conversion to provisional to avoid publication
601.01(c)
Complete application required
1120
Copies of published application files
1128
Correction of errors in the PG-Pub
1130
Correspondence address
1121
Correspondence regarding published application
1134
Disparaging remarks not published
1120
Disparaging prior art
2131.05
Drawings
507
;
1120
;
1121
Early publication
1129
Express abandonment to avoid publication
502
;
1125
;
1135
Facsimile submission
502.01
Fee, publication
1126
;
1133
;
1303
;
1306
;
1306.03
Forms
1135
Inappropriate nonpublication request
1122
Material mistake by the Office
1130
Nonpublication request
1122
Notice of foreign filing
1124
Notice of Publication
1127
Notice of New or Revised Publication
1127
Offensive language not published
1120
Public access to published application
103
;
1128
;
1132
Publication date, projected
1120
;
1122
Publication fee
1126
;
1133
;
1303
RCEs not published
1120
Redacted publication
1132
Refund of publication fee
1126
Replacement drawings prior to publication
507
;
1120
;
1121
Republication
1130
Request for early publication
1129
Request for nonpublication
1122
Request for redacted publication
1132
Rescission of nonpublication request
1123
;
1124
Residence changed
719.02
Sequences published on Internet
1121
Status information of published application
1128
Substitute specification required
1120
Tables, large
608.05(b)
Third party inquiries
1134
Voluntary publication
1133
When published
1120
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)
Entry denied
714.01(e)
Excess claims
506
;
714.01(e)
;
714.10
New matter
608.04(b)
;
714.01(e)
Non-compliant amendment, treatment of
714
Preliminary handling of public use or on sale
2133.03
;
2152.02(c)
;
2152.02(d)
Premature final rejection
706.07(c)
Premature response in
inter partes
reexamination
2667
Primary examiner
705.01(a)
;
706.04
;
706.07(c)
;
706.07(d)
;
707.01
;
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
;
2236
;
2248
;
2265
;
2271
;
2271.01
;
2636
;
2648
;
2660
;
2671.01
-
2671.03
Actions requiring personal attention
705.01(a)
;
707.01
;
707.09
;
713.04
;
714.16(d)
;
1004
Name on file wrapper
1302.13
Print of drawing (
See also
Drawings
)
608.02
Additional
608.02
Alteration
608.02(w)
Colored
608.02
Examiner’s notation on
608.02
Kept in Technology Center
608.02(c)
Marked-up
608.02(b)
;
608.02(p)
;
608.02(t)
;
608.02(v)
Marking
608.02
Returned drawing
608.02(y)
Printed matter nonstatutory
706.03(a)
Printer waiting
708.01
;
1305
;
1309.02
Printing practitioners names on patents
1309
Printing priority
1309
Prior art (
See also
Reference
)
900
Admissions as
706.02
;
2129
Analogous
2141.01(a)
Disqualification under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(c)
706.02(l)(1)
;
706.02(l)(2)
;
706.02(l)(3)
;
2136.01
;
2141.01
;
2146
Duty of disclosure of
2001.04
Effects of international application publication
1857
;
1857.01
;
1895.01
Equivalents
2144.06
;
2183
Electronic Information Disclosure Statement
609.07
Filed on Saturday Sunday or a Federal holiday
609.04(b)
Foreign application as
2135.01
Information reasonably necessary for finding
704.11
International application publication
706.02(a)(2)
;
1857.01
;
2163
;
2163.03
Kind codes
901.04(a)
Level of ordinary skill
2141.03
Patents as
706.02(a)
;
2126
;
2132
;
2133
;
2136
;
2141
;
2152
;
2154
;
2158
Publications under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)
1895.01
;
1896
;
2136
;
2136.03
;
2154.01
Scope and content of
2141.01
Means limitations
2182
Search (
See also
Search
)
900
Statutory Invention Registrations as
901.02
;
2136
Suitability of
2144.07
Third party submissions
609
;
1134.01
Used in deciding request for reexamination
2242
;
2642
Well-known in the art
2144.03
Prior art citations in reexamination proceedings
Ex parte
2202
Content
2205
Copies of prior art
2205
English translations
2205
Explanation of pertinence
2205
Handling
2206
Sample letter
2205
Service on patent owner
2208
Time for filing
2204
Inter partes
2602
;
2646
;
2654
;
2656
;
2657
After the order to reexamine
2602
;
2667
After a Notice of Intent to Issue
Inter Partes
reexamination Certificate issues
2687.01
Before the first Office action
2625
Before the order to reexamine
2602
;
2654
By another requestor
2602
;
2656
By the patent owner
2602
;
2656
Storage area
2667
With the Request
2656
With third party’s comments
2666.05
;
2667
Prior art copies in reexamination
Ex parte
2218
Prior art filed by protestor
1901.02
;
1901.03
Prior art on drawing
608.02(g)
;
2125
Prior art statement
609
;
1893.03(g)
Provisional application
609
Reissue application
1418
Prior art, statement applying (reexamination)
2217
Prior art used in determining reexamination request
Ex parte
2244
Inter partes
2644
Prior examiner’s action
704.01
;
706.04
;
713.01
Prioritized examination
in new application (Track I)
708.02(b)
in RCE (PE-RCE)
708.02(b)
Priority
Claiming in continued prosecution application
201.06(d)
;
1302.04
Claiming in
ex parte
reexamination
2258
Claiming in
inter partes
reexamination
2658
Claiming in reissue application
1402
;
1405
;
1417
Entitlement to
216
Foreign application (
See also
Foreign application
)
210
-
217
Corrected by Certificate of Correction
1481
Design applications
1504.02
;
1504.10
Ex parte
reexamination
2258
Incorporation by reference
217
;
608.01(p)
Inter partes
reexamination
2658
Proper identification
214.04
Formal requirements
210
;
211
;
706.02(f)(1)
Incorporation by reference to earlier application
201.06(c)
;
217
;
608.01(p)
International application
211.01(c)
;
1828
;
1893.03(c)
Corrected by Certificate of Correction
1481
Inventor’s certificate
213.05
Patent printing
1309
Petition for unintentionally delayed claim to benefit of prior U.S. application
211.04
;
214.02
Prior U.S. application
211
Corrected by Certificate of Correction
216.01
;
1481
Design application
1504.20
In
ex parte
reexamination
2258
In
inter partes
reexamination
2658
Provisional application
706.02
Time charts
2138.01
Time for filing
211.03
;
214.01
Priority document (
See
Foreign application
)
Priority Express Mail deposit
513
Priority Express Mail procedure in
ex parte
reexamination
2224
Priority Express Mail procedure in
inter partes
reexamination
2624
;
2665
;
2666
;
2666.05
Priority Express Mail service
502
;
506.02
;
511
;
513
;
711.03(c)
;
1216.01
;
2510
Priority practice (
See
Foreign application
)
Private use (
See also
Public use
)
2133.03(a)
;
2152.02(c)
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
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
706.03(a)
Program Management System (PMS)
2638
Programs, Computer (
See
Computer programs or software
)
Prolix claim
2173.05(m)
Proof, burden of
2112
;
2112.01
;
2113
;
2131
;
2141
;
2150
;
2163.04
;
2164.04
;
2183
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
1410.01
Proof of unavailability or refusal to sign
409.03(d)
Proper multiple dependent claim
608.01(n)
Property rights statement
150
Contents of
151
Property rights under AEC and NASA Acts
115
;
150
;
151
Prophetic examples in the specification
608.01(p)
Proprietary interest, Proof of
409.03(f)
;
409.05
Proprietary materials (
See
Protective order material
and
Trade secret material
)
Pro se
applicant (
See also
Applicant
and
Inventor
)
Appeal brief
1205
Certificate of mailing
512
Change of address
601.03
Death
409.01(b)
Duty of disclosure
2002.01
Examination of application
707.07(j)
Examiner’s action
707
Interview
713.01
Legal representation
401
Telephone restriction practice
812.01
Prosecution
Closed, application allowable except for formal matters
707.07(j)
;
710.02(b)
;
714.14
Closed, secrecy order cases
130
Prosecution after appeal
1207.04
Piecemeal
707.07(g)
Reopening after allowance
1308.01
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 also
Trade secret material
)
724
-
724.06
Submission
724.02
Protest
1900
Access by protestor
1901.05
;
1901.07
Acknowledgment of protest
1901.05
Certificate of service
1901.03
Comments of applicant
1901.06
Complete
1901.03
Copies of documents
1901.03
Express consent of applicant required
1134
Filed in reissue where patent is in interference
1449
;
1901.06
Handling
1901.05
Improper protest
1134
;
1901.03
Information which can be relied on
1901.02
Involving fraud, lack of good faith or candor, or violation of duty of disclosure
1901.06
;
2013
Multiple papers on same issue
1901.07(a)
Reissue application
1441.01
;
1901.04
Reissue litigation
1901.03
;
1901.04
Requirement for information
1901
Review of adverse decision
1906
Service on patentee or applicant
1901.03
TC Director’s attention required
1003
Timeliness of protest
1901.04
Trade secret information
724
;
1901.02
Treatment by examiner
1901.06
Under Rule 1.291
1901
Who can file
1901.01
Protestor participation
1901.07
Provisional application
201.04
Abandonment
201.04
;
211.01(a)
;
711.03(c)
Access
103
;
104
Assignment of
302.03
Assignment of application claiming benefits of
306.01
Completeness
506
;
601.01(b)
Conversion to
201.04
;
601.01(c)
Correction of inventorship
201.03
Cover sheet for
201.04
Data, on file wrapper/history of
202
;
1302.09
Data, in specification of
1302.04
Drawing
608.02
Effective filing date
601.01(b)
;
706.02
EFS-Web filing of
502.05
English language translation for benefit of date
211.01
Filing receipt
503
Guidelines for drafting
601
Information disclosure statement
609
Joint inventors in
602.01
Last day of pendency
201.04
Micro entity status
509.04
Ordering of abandoned
905.03
Priority
201.04
;
211.01(a)
Error in, as reissue grounds
1402
Request to convert to nonprovisional
1002.02(b)
;
1002.02(q)
Revival
711.03(c)
Small entity status
509.03
Specification
601.01
PTO employee restrictions, assignment
309
Public access to
ex parte
reexamination file
2232
Public access to
inter partes
reexamination file
2632
Public domain (
See also
Public use
,
On sale
, and
Disclaimer
)
2121.03
;
2133.03
;
2133.03(a)
;
2145
Dedication to public
715
;
1490
Public inspection, Application file
103
;
1128
Ex parte
reexamination
103
;
2232
Inter partes
reexamination
103
;
2609
;
2632
Redacted application publication
103
;
1132
Reissue
103
;
1430
;
1470
Public inspection of assignments
301.01
Public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate
502.05
;
707.05(a)
Public Law (
See
Statutes
)
Public policy
706.03(a)
Public right to inspect files
103
;
1128
In
ex parte
reexamination
103
;
2232
In
inter partes
reexamination
103
;
2609
;
2632
Public sale (
See also
On sale
and
Public use
)
2133.03
;
2152.02(d)
Public search facility (
See
Patent search facility
)
Public searchers
101
Public use (
See also
On sale
)
706.02(c)
;
2133.03
;
2133.03(a)
;
2152.02(c)
Affidavit or declaration
715.10
Anticipation
2133.03(a)
;
2152.02(c)
Commercial exploitation
2133.03(e)(1)
;
2152.02(c)
Commercial use
2133.03(a)
;
2152.02(c)
Completion of the invention
2133.03
;
2133.03(c)
;
2133.03(e)(1)
;
2133.03(e)(3)
Definition of
2133.03(a)
Evidence
706.02(c)
Experimental use (
See also
Experimental use
)
2133.03
;
2133.03(e)
In this country
706.02(c)(2)
;
2133.03(d)
Intent to experiment
2133.03(e)(2)
;
2133.03(e)(3)
Invention
2133.03(c)
Policy considerations
2133.03
Public knowledge or on display
2133.03(a)
Secrecy
2133.03(a)
Single use
2133.03(a)
Control over invention
2133.03(a)
;
2133.03(e)(5)
;
2133.03(e)(7)
Testing by third party
2133.03(e)(5)
;
2133.03(e)(7)
Use with expectation of privacy
2133.03(a)
Use by inventor or associates
2133.03(a)
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
706.02(a)
Publication fee
1126
;
1133
;
1303
;
1306
;
1306.03
Publication of abstracts
711.06
;
711.06(a)
Publication
Board decisions
1213.03
Citing
706.02
;
707.05(e)
;
901.06
Date of
706.02(a)
Notices ;
707.06
;
1703
Official Gazette
(O.G.)
1703
Orders ;
707.06
;
1703
Own, as reference
715.01(c)
;
2132.01
;
2152.02(f)
;
2153.01
;
2154.02
Pre-Grant (
See
Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub)
)
Prior art effect of international
706.02(a)
;
1857.01
;
2136.03
;
2154.01(a)
Rules changes
1703
Under 35 U.S.C. 122(b) as references
1857.01
;
1896
;
2136
;
2136.03
;
2154.01
Voluntary
1133
Publishing Division (
See
Office of Patent Publications (Office of Data Management)
)
Pulling abandonments
711.04(a)