MPEP Section 1400, Correction of Patents
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This document contains the chapter index for Chapter 1400 ("Correction of Patents ") of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (the "M.P.E.P."), Eighth Edition, Eighth Revision (July 2010). This page was last updated in January 2011. You may return to the main Section index to find a different chapter of the MPEP. Alternatively, you may search the MPEP using the search box that appears on the left side of every page of BitLaw--you may restrict your search to the MPEP on the search results page. BitLaw also provides a key word index to the MPEP that can be directly accessed through the following list:
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1400
1400.01 Introduction
1401 Reissue [R-3]
1402 Grounds for Filing [R-7]
1403 Diligence in Filing [R-3]
1404 Submission of Papers Where Reissue Patent Is in Litigation [R-7]
1405 Reissue and Patent Term
1406 Citation and Consideration of References Cited in Original Patent [R-7]
1410 Content of Reissue Application [R-7]
1410.01 Reissue Applicant, Oath or Declaration, and Consent of all Assignees [R-7]
1411 Form of Specification [R-7]
1411.01 Certificate of Correction or Disclaimer in Original Patent [R-7]
1411.02 New Matter
1412 Content of Claims
1412.01 Reissue Claims Must Be for Same General Invention [R-7]
1412.02 Recapture of Canceled Subject Matter [R-7]
1412.03 Broadening Reissue Claims [R-7]
1412.04 Correction of Inventorship [R-7]
1413 Drawings [R-7]
1414 Content of Reissue Oath/Declaration [R-7]
1414.01 Supplemental Reissue Oath/ Declaration [R-7]
1415 Reissue Application and Issue Fees [R-7]
1415.01 Maintenance Fees on the Original Patent [R-7]
1416 No Physical Surrender of Original Patent[R-7]
1417 Claim for Benefit Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) [R-5]
1418 Notification of Prior/Concurrent Proceedings and Decisions There- on, and of Information Known To Be Material to Patentability [R-3]
1430 Reissue Files Open to the Public and, Notice of Filing Reissue Announced in, Official Gazette [R-7]
1440 Examination of Reissue Application [R-3]
1441 Two-Month Delay Period [R-7]
1441.01 Protest in Reissue Applications [R-7]
1442 Special Status [R-7]
1442.01 Litigation-Related Reissues [R-7]
1442.02 Concurrent Litigation [R-7]
1442.03 Litigation Stayed [R-7]
1442.04 Litigation Involving Patent [R-7]
1442.05 Court Ordered Filing of Reissue Application [R-3]
1443 Initial Examiner Review [R-7]
1444 Review of Reissue Oath/Declaration [R-7]
1445 Reissue Application Examined in Same Manner as Original Application
1448 Fraud, Inequitable Conduct, or Duty of Disclosure Issues [R-7]
1449 Protest Filed in Reissue Where Patent Is in Interference [R-3]
1449.01 Concurrent Office Proceedings [R-7]
1449.02 Interference in Reissue [R-7]
1450 Restriction and Election of Species Made in Reissue Application [R-7]
1451 Divisional Reissue Applications; Continuation Reissue Applications Where the Parent is Pending [R-7]
1452 Request for Continued Examination of Reissue Application [R-7]
1453 Amendments to Reissue Applications [R-7]
1454 Appeal Brief [R-3]
1455 Allowance and Issue [R-7]
1456 Reissue Review [R-7]
1457 Design Reissue Applications and Patents [R-7]
1460 Effect of Reissue
1470 Public Access of Reissue Applications [R-7]
1480 Certificates of Correction - Office Mistake [R-3]
1480.01 Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction - Error Attributable to Office
1481 Certificates of Correction - Applicant's Mistake [R-3]
1481.01 Correction of Assignees' Names [R-3]
1481.02 Correction of Inventors' Names [R-7]
1481.03 Correction of 35 U.S.C. 119 and 35 U.S.C. 120 Benefits [R-7]
1485 Handling of Request for Certificates of Correction [R-7]
1490 Disclaimers [R-7]