MPEP Chapter 1400 Index
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Chapter 1400: Correction of Patents
1400 Correction of Patents1400 [No Text]
1400.01 Introduction1401 Reissue
1402 Grounds for Filing
1403 Diligence in Filing
1404 Submission of Papers Where Reissue Patent Is in Litigation
1405 Reissue and Patent Term
1406 Citation and Consideration of References Cited in Original Patent
1410 Content of Reissue Application
1410.01 Reissue Applicant, Oath or Declaration, and Consent of all Assignees1411 Form of Specification
1411.01 Certificate of Correction or Disclaimer in Original Patent1412 Content of Claims
1411.02 New Matter
1412.01 Reissue Claims Must Be for Same General Invention1413 Drawings
1412.02 Recapture of Canceled Subject Matter
1412.03 Broadening Reissue Claims
1412.04 Correction of Inventorship
1414 Content of Reissue Oath/Declaration
1414.01 Supplemental Reissue Oath/ Declaration1415 Reissue Application and Issue Fees
1415.01 Maintenance Fees on the Original Patent1416 No Physical Surrender of Original Patent
1417 Claim for Benefit Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d)
1418 Notification of Prior/Concurrent Proceedings and Decisions There- on, and of Information Known to be Material to Patentability
1430 Reissue Files Open to the Public and, Notice of Filing Reissue Announced in, Official Gazette
1440 Examination of Reissue Application
1441 Two-Month Delay Period
1441.01 Protest in Reissue Applications1442 Special Status
1442.01 Litigation-Related Reissues1443 Initial Examiner Review
1442.02 Concurrent Litigation
1442.03 Litigation Stayed
1442.04 Litigation Involving Patent
1442.05 Court Ordered Filing of Reissue Application
1444 Review of Reissue Oath/Declaration
1445 Reissue Application Examined in Same Manner as Original Application
1448 Fraud, Inequitable Conduct, or Duty of Disclosure Issues
1449 Protest Filed in Reissue Where Patent Is in Interference
1449.01 Concurrent Office Proceedings1450 Restriction and Election of Species Made in Reissue Application
1449.02 Interference in Reissue
1451 Divisional Reissue Applications; Continuation Reissue Applications Where the Parent is Pending
1452 Request for Continued Examination of Reissue Application
1453 Amendments to Reissue Applications
1454 Appeal Brief
1455 Allowance and Issue
1456 Reissue Review
1457 Design Reissue Applications and Patents
1460 Effect of Reissue
1470 Public Access of Reissue Applications
1480 Certificates of Correction - Office Mistake
1480.01 Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction - Error Attributable to Office1481 Certificates of Correction - Applicant's Mistake
1481.01 Correction of Assignees' Names1485 Handling of Request for Certificates of Correction
1481.02 Correction of Inventors' Names
1481.03 Correction of 35 U.S.C. 119 and 35 U.S.C. 120 Benefits
1490 Disclaimers