MPEP Section 1300, Allowance and Issue
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1301 Substantially Allowable Application, Special
1302 Final Review and Preparation for Issue
1302.01 General Review of Disclosure [R-5]
1302.02 Requirement for a Rewritten Specification
1302.03 Notice of Allowability [R-5]
1302.04 Examiner's Amendments and Changes [R-3]
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 [R-3]
1302.04(e) Cancellation of Rejected Claims Following Appeal
1302.04(g) Identification of Claims
1302.04(h) Rejoinder of Claims [R-3]
1302.05 Correction of Drawing [R-3]
1302.05(a) Original Drawings Cannot Be Located [R-3]
1302.06 Prior Foreign Application
1302.08 Interference Search [R-3]
1302.09 Classification, Print Figure, and Other Notations [R-3]
1302.10 Issue Classification Notations [R-3]
1302.11 Reference to Assignment Division
1302.12 Listing of References [R-5]
1302.13 Signing [R-3]
1302.14 Reasons for Allowance [R-5]
1303 Notice of Allowance [R-5]
1303.01 Amendment Received After Allowance [R-3]
1303.02 Undelivered
1303.03 Not Withheld Due to Death of Inventor
1304 Amendments After D-10 Notice
1304.01 Withholding From Issue of "Secrecy Order" Applications
1305 Jurisdiction
1306 Issue Fee [R-5]
1306.01 Deferring Issuance of a Patent [R-5]
1306.02 Simultaneous Issuance of Patents
1306.03 Practice After Payment of Issue Fee; Receipt of Issue Notification [R-5]
1307 Change in Classification of Cases Which Are in Issue
1308 Withdrawal From Issue [R-5]
1308.01 Rejection After Allowance [R-5]
1308.02 For Interference Purposes [R-3]
1308.03 Quality Review Program for Examined Patent Applications
1309 Issue of Patent [R-5]
1309.02 "Query/Printer Waiting" Cases