MPEP Subject Matter Index (U) – Subject Matter Index

Unavailable inventor 409; 409.03
Unavoidable abandonment (SeeAbandonment)
Unclaimed disclosure, reservation 608.01(e)
Undelivered mail 707.13; 1303.02
Undue breadth rejection 706.03; 707.07(g); 2164.08(a); 2173.04; 2173.05(h)
Unexpected results (See alsoAffidavits, traversing rejections (37 CFR 1.132)) 716.02 - 716.02(g)
Unintentional abandonment (SeeAbandonment)
United Kingdom priority document 201.15
United States Code (SeeStatutes)
United States of America, Foreign language names for 901.05(a)
Unity of invention 803; 823; 1850; 1875; 1893.03(d)
University or other institution of higher learning 509.02
Unlocatable Patent or Application Files 508.04
Unofficial subclasses and digests 903.02(c)
Unscheduled closing 201.13
Unsigned amendment 711; 714.01(a)
Untimely filed (premature) paper prior to order for ex parte reexamination 2225
Untimely filed (premature) paper prior to order for inter partesreexamination 2625
Untimely response to ex partereexamination 2267
Untimely response to inter partes reexamination 2667
UPOV Convention (See alsoPlant patent and Treaties) 1612; 1613
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (See alsoTreaties) 201.04(b); 715; 715.07(c); 2701; 2132
Use claims 2173.05(q)
Use, Public (SeePublic use)
User pass 510
USPTO Contact Center 1730
Utility classes 902.02
Utility, disclosure in drug cases 2164.06; 2164.07
Utility requirement guidelines 2107
1. Legal precedent for 2107 - 2107.03
2. Relationship of enablement to 2164.07
Utility lacking, rejection 706.03(a); 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(v)
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 2211; 2250; 2611
9. Maintenance fees 2506
10. Period of enforceability 2204; 2211; 2611
11. Specification 608.01
Utility required 608.01(p); 706.03(a); 2107; 2164.07