MPEP Section 200, Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
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201 Types of Applications [R-3]
201.01 Sole
201.02 Joint
201.03 Correction of Inventorship in an Application [R-5]
201.04 Parent Application
201.04(a) Original Application
201.04(b) Provisional Application [R-5]
201.05 Reissue Application [R-3]
201.06 Divisional Application
201.06(a) Former 37 CFR 1.60 Divisional-Continuation Procedure
201.06(b) Former 37 CFR 1.62 File Wrapper Continuing Procedure
201.06(c) 37 CFR 1.53(b) and 37 CFR 1.63(d) Divisional-Continuation Procedure [R-5]
201.06(d) 37 CFR 1.53(d) Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice [R-5]
201.07 Continuation Application [R-3]
201.08 Continuation-in-Part Application [R-3]
201.09 Substitute Application [R-5]
201.10 Refile
201.11 Claiming the Benefit of an Earlier Filing Date Under 35 U.S.C. 120 and 119(e) [R-5]
201.11(a) Filing of Continuation or Continuation-in-Part Application During Pendency of International Application Designating the United States [R-3]
201.12 Title to an Application Claiming Benefit of an Earlier Application [R-3]
201.13 Right of Priority of Foreign Application [R-3]
201.13(a) Right of Priority Based Upon an Application for an Inventor's Certificate
201.13(b) Right of Priority Based Upon an International Application Filed Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
201.14 Right of Priority, Formal Requirements [R-5]
201.14(a) Right of Priority, Time for Filing Papers [R-3]
201.14(b) Right of Priority, Papers Required
201.14(c) Right of Priority, Practice [R-3]
201.14(d) Proper Identification of Priority Application
201.15 Right of Priority, Overcoming a Reference
201.16 Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim for Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) or (f)
201.17 Incorporation by Reference Under 37 CFR 1.57(a) [R-3]
202 Cross-Noting
202.02 Notation in File History Regarding Prior U.S. Applications, Including Provisional Applications [R-3]
202.03 Notation on File Wrapper When Priority Is Claimed for Foreign Application [R-3]
202.04 In Oath or Declaration
203 Status of Applications
203.01 New
203.02 Rejected
203.03 Amended
203.04 Allowed or in Issue
203.05 Abandoned [R-3]
203.06 Incomplete [R-3]
203.08 Status Inquiries
203.08(a) Congressional and Other Official Inquiries [R-3]