MPEP Subject Matter Index (U) – Subject Matter Index

Unavailable inventor 409; 409.02; 409.03
Undelivered mail 707.13; 1303.02
Undue breadth rejection 2164.08; 2166; 2173.04; 2173.05(h)
Unexpected results (See alsoAffidavits, traversing rejections (37 CFR 1.132)) 716.02 - 716
Unintentional abandonment (SeeAbandonment)
United Kingdom priority document 213.03; 216
United States Code (SeeStatutes)
Unity of invention 803; 823; 1850; 1875; 1893.03(d)
University or other institution of higher learning 509.02; 509.04(b)
Unlocatable Patent or Application Files 508.04
Unscheduled closing 213.03
Unsigned amendment 711; 714.01(a)
Untimely filed (premature) paper prior to order for ex parte reexamination 2225
Untimely response to ex partereexamination 2267
UPOV Convention (See alsoPlant patent and Treaties) 1612; 1613
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (See alsoTreaties) 201.04; 715; 715.07(c); 2701; 2720; 2730; 2132
Use claims 2173.05(q)
Use, Public (SeePublic use)
User pass 510
USPTO Contact Center 1730
USPTO Patent Electronic Filing System 708.02(a); 708.02(b); 713.01
Utility, disclosure in drug cases 2107.03; 2164.06; 2164.06(a); 2164.07
Utility requirement guidelines 2107
1. Legal precedent for 2107 - 2107.03
2. Relationship of enablement to 2164.07
Utility lacking, rejection 2104; 2107
Utility model 901.05(b)
Utility patent (See alsoDesign application, Patent, and Plant patent) 901.04; 1502.01
1. Application publication 1120 - 1135
2. Copies of 707.05(a)
3. Copyrighted material in 608.01(w)
4. Design patent compared to 1502.01
5. Double patenting 804
6. Drawings / Photographs 608.01(f); 608.02
7. Elements of 600
8. Expiration date or term 1730; 2211; 2250
9. Maintenance fees 2506
10. Period of enforceability 2204; 2211
11. Specification 608.01
Utility required 608.01(p); 2104; 2107; 2164.07