MPEP Chapter 1300 Index
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Chapter 1300: Allowance and Issue
1300 Allowance and Issue1301 Substantially Allowable Application, Special
1302 Final Review and Preparation for Issue
1302.01 General Review of Disclosure1302.04(h) Rejoinder of Claims
1302.02 Requirement for a Rewritten Specification
1302.03 Notice of Allowability
1302.04 Examiner's Amendments and Changes
1302.04(a) Title of Invention
1302.04(b) Cancellation of Nonstatutory Claim
1302.04(c) Cancellation of Claims to Nonelected Invention
1302.04(d) Cancellation of Claim Lost in Interference
1302.04(e) Cancellation of Rejected Claims Following Appeal
1302.04(g) Identification of Claims
1302.05 Correction of Drawing1303 Notice of Allowance
1302.05(a) Original Drawings Cannot Be Located1302.06 Prior Foreign Application
1302.08 Interference Search
1302.09 Classification, Print Figure, and Other Notations
1302.10 Issue Classification Notations
1302.11 Reference to Assignment Division
1302.12 Listing of References
1302.13 Signing
1302.14 Reasons for Allowance
1303.01 Amendment Received After Allowance1304 Amendments After D-10 Notice
1303.02 Undelivered
1303.03 Not Withheld Due to Death of Inventor
1304.01 Withholding From Issue of "Secrecy Order" Applications1305 Jurisdiction
1306 Issue Fee
1306.01 Deferring Issuance of a Patent1307 Change in Classification of Cases Which Are in Issue
1306.02 Simultaneous Issuance of Patents
1306.03 Practice After Payment of Issue Fee; Receipt of Issue Notification
1308 Withdrawal From Issue
1308.01 Rejection After Allowance1309 Issue of Patent
1308.02 For Interference Purposes
1308.03 Quality Review Program for Examined Patent Applications
1309.02 "Query/Printer Waiting" Cases