MPEP Section 2000, Duty of Disclosure
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2000.01 Introduction
2001 Duty of Disclosure, Candor, and Good Faith
2001.01 Who Has Duty To Disclose
2001.03 To Whom Duty of Disclosure Is Owed
2001.04 Information Under 37 CFR 1.56(a)
2001.05 Materiality Under 37 CFR 1.56(b)
2001.06 Sources of Information
2001.06(a) Prior Art Cited in Related Foreign Applications
2001.06(b) Information Relating to or From Copending United States Patent Applications
2001.06(c) Information From Related Litigation
2001.06(d) Information Relating to Claims Copied From a Patent
2002 Disclosure - By Whom and How Made
2002.01 By Whom Made
2002.02 Must be in Writing
2003 Disclosure __ When Made
2003.01 Disclosure After Patent Is Granted
2004 Aids to Compliance With Duty of Disclosure
2005 Comparison to Requirement for Information
2010 Office Handling of Duty of Disclosure/Inequitable Conduct Issues
2012 Reissue Applications Involving Issues of Fraud, Inequitable Conduct, and/or Violation of Duty of Disclosure
2012.01 Collateral Estoppel
2013 Protests Involving Issues of Fraud, Inequitable Conduct, and/or Violation of Duty of Disclosure
2014 Duty of Disclosure in Reexamination Proceedings
2016 Fraud, Inequitable Conduct, or Violation of Duty of Disclosure Affects All Claims
2022.05 Determination of "Error Without Any Deceptive Intention"