MPEP Key Word Index - C
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- CAFC (See Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) )
- Canadian patent agent 402
- Canceled matter, before papers executed 608.01
- Canceled matter, cannot be recaptured inreissue 1412.02
- Canceled matter, Restoring 608.01(s)
- Canceled matter in patented file 901.01
- Canceling claim after issue 714.16 , 1302.04(b)
- Canceling claim withdrawn after appeal 1214.05
- Canceling drawing 608.02(t)
- Cancellation of drawing figures 608.02(t)
- Cancer, petition to make special 708.02
- Candor, Duty of (See also Duty of candor and good faith ) 2001, 2001.03
- Carbon copy, application papers 608.01
- Carbon copy of amendment 714.07
- Card catalog in library 901.06(a)
- Caricatures, Offensive 608 , 1504.01(e)
- Case action record worksheets (PTO-1472) 1705
- Cassis DVD-ROM (See also Electronic databases ) 902.03(d)
- Catalog and circulars 901.06(a)
- Central Facsimile Number 502, 502.01
- Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) (See also Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA) ) 103 , 2224 , 2226, 2229 , 2232 , 2285 , 2624 , 2626, 2627 , 2631 to 2638 , 2641, 2647 , 2647.02 , 2660 , 2664 , 2666.06 , 2667, 2670 , 2671 , 2675 to 2678 , 2682, 2686.01, 2687, 2689, 2694
- Certificate effect of signature 401 , 402 , 410
- Certificate,
Ex parte Reexamination 2288 - Certificate,
Inter partes Reexamination 2688 , 2690 , 2694 - Certificate of correction 1480 to 1485
- Applicant' s mistake 1481
- Assignee's name 307, 1481
- Branch 1002.02(l)
- Copy required in reexamination
- Date of issuance 1485
- Domestic priority 201.11, 1003, 1481
- Electronic publication 1485
- Expedited issuance 1480.01
- Foreign priority 201.16, 1481
- Form PTO-1050 1480, 1480.01, 1485
- Form PTO/SB/44 1480, 1480.01, 1485
- Handling of request for 1485
- International application priority 1481
- Inventorship 1412.04, 1481
- Matters requiring TC Director's attention 1003
- Office's mistake 1480, 1480.01
Official Gazette listing 1480, 1485- Patent in litigation 1003
- Patent involved in interference 1002.02(g)
- Petition of refusal to issue 1002.02(c)
- Reissue application 1411.01, 1443
- Report by examiner 1485
- Third party standing 1480
- Certificate of mailing or transmission (37 CFR 1.8) 502.01, 511, 512, 513
Ex parte reexamination 2224, 2265, 2266- Information disclosure statement 609
Inter partes reexamination 2624, 2666, 2666.05- International application 1805, 1834 , 1865, 1893.01(a)(1)
- Maintenance fee 2510
- Overcoming abandonment 711.03(c), 711.04(c)
- Period for reply 714.17
- Certificate of service
- Certification as to statutory estoppel in inter partes reexamination 2612 , 2614
- Certification Division 103
- Certified copies
- Abstract of Title 320
- Administrator or executor 409.01(b)
- Appeal to federal circuit 1216.01
- Application as filed 608.01, 1730
- Civil litigation 1216
- Facsimile submission not permitted 502.02
- Facsimile requests for 1730
- Foreign application 201.13, 201.13(b), 201.14, 201.14(a), 201.14(b), 201.14(c), 502.02, 1417, 1504.10, 1893.03(c), 2138.06
- MPEP Title page, 1730
- Orders for 1730
- Patent copies 1730
- Patent related file wrappers 1730
- PCT application 1801, 1828, 1893.03(c), 1895.01, 1896
- Philippines search exchange 1711
- Photocopies not permitted 502.02
- Provisional application 103, 104
- Reexamination file
- Change from small entity status (See also Small entity status ) 509.03
- Change of correspondence address 601.03 , 711.03(c)
- Characteristic feature in design applications 1503.01, 1504.01(a)
- Chemical abstracts 708.02
- Chemical compound 608.01(p)
- Chemical practice
- Chief Administrative Patent Judge 1002.02(f)
- Circulars (See also Publication ) Introduction
- Citation of prior art
- A.P.C. publications 901.06(c)
- Abbreviatures 711.06, 711.06(a)
- Abstract 706.02, 711.06, 711.06(a)
- Allowance, Listing at 1302.12
- Applicant's 707.05(b), 707.05(d), 1302.12
- Complete data 707.05(e)
- Copies furnished 707.05(a)
- Correction 707.05(g)
- Correction, period for reply 710.06
- Cross references 707.05(e)
- Data used 706.02(a), 707.05(e)
- Decisions, orders, notices, memoranda 707.06
- Defensive publications 711.06, 711.06(a)
- Electronic Resources 707.05(e)
- Examiner's answer 1207
- Foreign language documents 706.02
- Foreign patent data 707.05(e), 901.05(a)
- Foreign printed applications 901.05(b)
- Form PTO-892 reproduced 707.05
- Incorrect 707.05(g), 710.06
- Literature, in specification 608.01(p)
- Mailing copy to patent owner 2206, 2208
- Memorandum 707.06
- Notices 707.06
- Order of listing 707.05(c)
- Orders 707.06
- Patents series, U.S. (See Patent) 901.04
- Periodical 707.05(e), 901.06
- Prior art effect of international application 706.02(a) , 1857.01 , 1896 , 2136.03
- Prior art in application 707.05(b), 1302.12
- Prior art in patent 1920, Chapter 2200
- Confidentiality 2202 , 2203
- Content 2205
- Court decision 2207
- Handling 2206
- Parties who may cite 2203
- Service on patent owner 2208
- Time for filing 2204
- Publications 707.05(e)
- References 707.05
- Citizenship of applicant 605.01
- Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 145 1214.07, 1216, 1216.02
- Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 146 1216
- Claim 608.01(i) , 608.01(k)
- "Adapted for" clauses in 2106 , 2111.04
- "Adapted to" clauses in 2106, 2111.04
- Added by amendment 608.01(o)
- Added in excess of number of claims previously paid for 714.10
- After prosecution closed 714.16, 714.19
- After prosecution closed, near end of time period 714.20
- Aggregation 2173.05(k)
- All allowed 710.02(b)
- All canceled 711.01
- Allowable except as to form 706 , 707.07(a), 707.07(j)
- Allowed, Rejection of 706.04, 706.05
- Allowed, Withdrawn appeal 1215.02
- Alternative phrase (See Indefinite claim) 2173.01, 2173.05(h)
- Amendment of (See Amendment)
- ) 714
- Analysis 904.01
- Antecedent basis (See Indefinite claim) 2173.05(e)
- Basis in description 608.01(o), 2171
- Basis in disclosure 608, 2163.03
- Breadth 2163.05, 2164.08, 2173.04
- Broadening in reissue application 1412.02, 1412.03
- Cancellation by examiner after appeal 1214.05
- Cancellation results in change of inventorship 201.03
- Change after Board statement of allowability 1213.01
- Combination, old 2173.05(j)
- Combination and subcombination 806.05(a)
- Comprising 2111.03, 2173.05(h)
- Considered in deciding reexamination request 2243, 2643
- Consisting essentially of 2111.03
- Consisting of 2111.03, 2173.05(h)
- Construed in light of specification 608.01(o), 707.07, 804, 2106, 2111.01, 2111.03, 2129, 2145, 2164.08, 2173.05(a), 2184
- Copied from patent (See Claim presented corresponding to claim of patent)
- Correspondence with disclosure 1302.01, 2173.03
- Defined by specification, term 2111.01
- Dependent 608.01(n)
- Dependent, objected to when improper 608.01(n), 706.01
- Dependent on canceled or rejected claim 608.01(n), 706.01, 707.07(j), 1214.06
- Design application 1503, 1503.01
- Differing only by functional statement 2173.05
- Diminishing scope 2173.05(h)
- Disclaimer 706.03(u), 710.02(d)
- Double inclusion 2173.05(o)
- Duplicate 706.03(k), 2173.05(o)
- Each mentioned in letter 707.07(i)
- Equivalence 2183
- Excess added by preliminary amendment over number of claims previously paid for 714.10
- Excess over fee after notice of allowance 714.16(c)
- Fees, dependent 608.01(n)
- File wrapper notation 1302.09
- Foreign priority (See Foreign application) 201.13, 201.14
- Form 608.01(m)
- Function of machine 2173.05(v)
- Functional 2114, 2173.05(g)
- Generic (See Generic claim) 806.04(d) , 2173.05(h)
- Illustrated by drawing 608.02(d), 2173.05(s)
- Improvement (i.e., Jepson claim) 2129
- Inaccurate 2173.03
- Incomplete 707.07(j), 2172.01
- Indefinite 706.03(d), 2173
- Independent 608.01(n)
- Index 719.04
- Indirect limitation 706.03(d), 2173.05(f)
- Informal 702.01
- International application 1824
- Interpretation 2111, 2111.01, 2111.02, 2111.03
- Jepson 2129
- Linking 806.04 , 806.05(c) , 809 , 809.03, 821.04(a)
- Linking, Generic 806.04, 821.04(a)
- Linking, Traverse of rejection 818.03(d)
- Markush 2173.05(h), 2173.05(o)
- Means (See Means) 2181
- Missing 601.01(e)
- Multiple dependent 608.01(n)
- Multiplicity 2173.05(h), 2173.05(n)
- Negative limitation 2173.05(i)
- New matter 608.04, 706.03(o), 2163.06
- Nonelected invention 706.03(m), 821.01, 821.02, 821.04(a)
- Nonelected invention, Added 821.03
- Nonstatutory 706.03(a), 2105, 2107
- Nonstatutory, Cancellation 1302.04(b)
- Numbering 608.01(j)
- Objection contrasted with rejection 706.01
Official Gazette (O.G.) 1302.09- Omnibus claim 2173.05(r)
- Ordinary and customary meaning 2106, 2111.01
- Original 608.01(l)
- Patentably distinct 706.03(k)
- Plain meaning of claim term 2111.01
- Plant application 1605, 1610
- Plural 706.03(k)
- Priority (See Foreign application) 201.13, 201.14
- Product, Functional 2114
- Product by process 2113, 2173.05(p)
- Prolix (See Indefinite claim) 2173.05(m)
- Ranges 2131.03, 2145.05
- Reference numerals included 608.01(m), 2173.05(s)
- Reissue application
- Numbering 1453 , 1455
- Original claim subject to reexamination 1440
- Printed in
Official Gazette 1455 - Same invention as original patent 1412.01
- Underlining and bracketing 1453 , 1455
- Rejection 706, 2121, 2186
- Relative terminology 2173.05(b)
- Renumbering at issue 608.01(j), 1302.01
- Renumbering dependent 608.01(n), 1302.01
- Single means 2164.08(a), 2181
- Single sentence 608.01(m)
- Species, how recognized 806.04(e), 806.04(f)
- Species (plural) added 818.02(b)
- Statutory requirement 608.01(k)
- Subgenus (Markush type) 2173.05(h)
- Subject matter eligibility 706.03(a)
- Suggested for interference 2304.03 to 2304.04(b)
- Summary of invention, consistent 608.01(d)
- Terminology basis in description 608.01(o), 2173.01, 2173.05(a)
- Unsupported 2163.01, 2173.03
- Use claims 2173.05(q)
- Vague (See Indefinite claim) 706.03, 2171, 2173
- Varying scope 608.01(m)
- "Whereby" clauses in 2106, 2111.04
- "Wherein" clauses in 2106, 2111.04
- With motion granted in part 714.20
- Withdrawal of appealed claim 1214.05, 1215.03
- Claim presented corresponding to claim of patent (See also Interference ) 710.04(a), 2304.4(a)
- Appeal of rejection 1210
- Disclaimer rejection 706.03(u)
- Late amendment 714.19
- Not a reply to Office action 711.02(b)
- Patent in different Technology Center2304.01(b)
- Period for reply 710.02(c), 710.04(a)
- Prosecution closed 714.19
- Rejection 2303
- Rejection, Failure to reply to 706.03(u)
- Special 708.01
- TC Director's attention required 1003
- Time limit for reply 710.02(c)
- Claiming same invention 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k), 706.02(l), 706.02(l)(3), 715
- Class, scope 903.02(b)
- Class, transfer 903.05
- Class definitions 902.02
- Classification (See also Patent classification ) Chapter 900
- Application (See Classification of application)
- Basis 903.02
- Bulletin 902.04
- Definitions 902.02, 902.02(a)
- Design 903.09(a), 1503.01
- Examiner (See Classification examiner)
- Foreign patents 903.03
- Harmonized subclasses 903.06
- Index to U.S. Patent Classification 902.01(a)
- Indices 902.03
- Information 902.03(a)
- Insight on USPTO Local Area Network 902.03(c)
- International 903.09
- Issue classification form/sheet/slip 903.07, 903.07(b), 903.09, 903.09(a), 1302.09, 1302.10, 1302.13
- Locarno International 903.09(a)
- Mandatory 903.07
- Manual 902.01
- Patent classification Home Page on the Internet 902.03(a)
- Nonpatent literature 901.06
- Numerical index 902.03(c)
- Orders 902.04
- Patent, Change of 903.05
- Patent Classification Home Page on the USPTO Intranet 902.03(b)
- Principles 903.02
- Revision 903.02(a), 903.02(b)
- Rules governing applications 903.08(e)
- Statutory authority 903.01
- Subclass lists 902.03(c)
- Classification examiner
- Classification of application Chapter 900
- Allowed application 903.07, 903.07(b), 1004, 1302.10
- Amendment affecting 903.08(c)
- Borderline 903.08(a)
- By applicant 601
- Cross-referencing 903.07(a)
- Disputed 903.08(a), 903.08(d)
- File wrapper data 719.03
- Improperly classified 903.08(a)
- In another Technology Center at allowance 903.07(b) , 903.08(a)
- New application, by Office of Initial Patent Examination (Office of Patent Application Processing) 903.08(a) , 903.08(e)
- New application, by SPE 903.08(b)
- Post classifier 903.08(e), 903.10
- Preliminary 601
- Rules governing 903.08(e)
- Transfer to another Technology Center 903.08(a), 903.08(d)
- Classifier, Post 903.08(e), 903.10
- Clean copy of specification 608.01(q) , 1302.02
- Clearance for new law interpretation 1003, 1207.02
- Closed prosecution except for formal matters 707.07(j), 710.02(b) , 714.14
- Closing of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 201.13 , 510
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (See Rules, Patent (Code of Federal Regulations) )
- Coinventor, Power of attorney 402.01
- Collateral estoppel (See also Estoppel ) 2012.01
- Combination and aggregation 2173.05(j) , 2173.05(k)
- Combination and subcombination 806.05(a), 806.05(c) , 903.02(b)
- Comments on tests or examples 707.07(l)
- Commercial activity as on sale (See also On sale ) 706.02(c) , 2133.03 to 2133.03(e)
- Commercial exploitation as on sale (See also On sale ) 706.02(c) , 2133.03(e)(1)
- Commercial success of invention, affidavit alleging (See also Affidavits, traversing rejections (37 CFR 1.132) ) 716.03, 1504.03
- Commissioner for Patents (See also Office of the Commissioner for Patents ) 409.03 , 708.01, 720.01, 720.02, 720.03
- Commissioner initiated reexamination (See Director initiated Reexamination )
- Commissioner for Trademarks
- Commodity Control List (CCL) 120
- Common applicants 715.01(a) , 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k), 706.02(l), 706.02(l)(3), 709.01, 2137
- Common knowledge, use in rejections 2144.03
- Common ownership 706.02(k) , 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3), 2137
- Conflicting claims 303 , 706.02(f)(2), 706.03(k), 709.01, 804, 822, 2304.05
- Evidence required for establishing 706.02(l)(2)
- Common representative for international application 402.09 , 1807
- Communication with suspended or excluded attorney
- or agent 105
- Communications, official mailing address for 501
- Communication via Internet e-mail 502.03
- Comparative tests (See also Affidavits, traversing rejections (37 CFR 1.132) ) 716.02(b)
- Complete application 201.03 , 506 , 601.01 to 601.01(g)
- Complete British specification 201.15
- "Comprising" as transitional phrase 2111.03
- "Comprising" in Markush claim 2173.05(h)
- Compact disc submissions 608.05 , 2421.04 , 2425
- Amendments to 608.05, 2426
- Computer programs 608.05(a), 2425
- Requirements 608.05
- Sequence Listings 1823.02, 2420, 2422.03, 2424.01
- Tables 608.05(b), 1823.02, 2424.01
- Computer generated icons 1504.01(a)
- Computer programs or software
- Adequate disclosure 2164.06(c)
- Affidavit practice 2164.06(c)
- Best mode 2161.01
- Deposit of listings 608.05, 608.05(a)
- Enablement 2161.01, 2164.06(c)
- Patentable subject matter 2106
- Printed in PG-Pub 1121
- Undue experimentation 2164.06(c)
- Written description 2161.01
- Concealment 608.01(h) , 2138.03
- Conception 715.07 , 2138 , 2138.01 , 2138.04
- Concordance, International and United States classification 903.09
- Concurrent Office proceedings 2282
- Conduct of
ex parte reexamination proceedings 2254 - Conduct of inter partes reexamination proceedings 2654
- Confidential citation of prior art 2202 , 2203
- Confidential material 121 , 724 to 724.05
- Confidential material submission 121 , 724.02
- Confidential party of interest 2202 , 2203
- Confidential status of application 101 , 706.02(f)(2)
- Confidentiality, pending applications Chapter 100
- Confidentiality of international applications 110
- Confirmation number 503
- Conflicting applications, same assignee 303, 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) , 709.01, 715.01(b), 804.03, 822
- Conflicting oaths or declarations 201.03
- Congress, Inquiry on status of application by member of 203.08(a)
- Conservator, Authority recorded 409.02
- Conservator, Legally incapacitated inventor 409.02
- "Consisting essentially of" as transitional phrase 2111.03
- "Consisting of" as transitional phrase 2111.03
- "Consisting of" in Markush claim 2173.05(h)
- Constitutional basis for patents Introduction
- Constructive election (See also Election of species ) 818.02(a), 818.02(c)
- Constructive notice to patent owner of request for reexamination 2230 , 2630 , 2654
- Constructive reduction to practice 715.07
- Consular certificate 604.04
- Consular certificate, Foreign executor or administrator 409.01(b), 409.01(d)
- Consular certificate, Omission of 604.04(a)
- Consular officer 604.04
- Content of ex-parte reexamination request 2214
- Content of inter partes reexamination request 2614
- Continuation 201.06(c) , 201.07 , 601.01(a)
- Assignment carried from parent 201.12, 306
- Continued prosecution application (CPA) 201.06(d)
- Copendency 201.11
- Cross-reference to prior application 201.11
- Definition 201.07
- Design 1504.20
- Effective filing date 201.11
- File wrapper continuing (FWC) 201.06(b)
- File wrapper/history notation 202.02
- Final rejection on first action 706.07(b)
- Identification on letter of transmittal 506
- Inspection of parent 103
Inter partes reexamination of 2611- International application 1817.02
- International application as parent 201.11(a), 1895
- Inventor, at least one in common 201.11
- New matter 201.07, 608.04(b)
- Oath 602.05(a)
- Ownership 201.12
- Parent application data in specification 201.11
- Parent application data noted in file history/wrapper 202.02, 1302.04
- Reference to parent application 201.11
- Reference to parent application inadvertently omitted 1302.04
- Reissue 1414, 1441, 1451
- Restriction 819
- Rule 1.53(b) 201.06(c)
- Rule 1.53(d 201.06(d)
- Rule 1.60 application, Former 201.06(a)
- Rule 1.62 application, Former 201.06(b)
- Terminal disclaimer, effect in 1490
- Time for filing 201.11
- When patented, opens parent application to public inspection 103
- Written description requirement 201.11
- Continuation-in-part 201.08 , 601.01(a)
- Assignment from parent does not apply 306
- Copendency 201.11
- Cross reference to parent application 201.11
- Definition 201.08
- Design application 1504.20
- Effective date 201.11, 706.02, 2133.01
- File wrapper continuing procedure 201.06(b)
- File wrapper/history notation 202.02
- Filed by assignee 324
- Identification on letter of transmittal 506
- Inspection of parent 103
Inter partes reexamination of 2611- International application 1817.02
- International application as parent 201.11(a)
- Inventor, at least one in common 201.11
- Ownership 306
- Reference to parent application 201.11
- Rejection over published priority document 2133.01
- Rule 1.53(b) 201.06(c)
- Rule 1.62, Former 201.06(b)
- Time for filing 201.11
- When patented, opens parent application to public inspection 103
- Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) 201 , 201.06, 201.06(d)
- Amendments before first Office action 714.01(e)
- Application number 503
- Assignee right to take action 324
- Certificate of mailing or transmission 512
- Complete non-provisional application 601.01, 601.01(a)
- Continuation-in-part not permitted 201.08
- Continuity with parent 201.11
- Correspondence 502, 502.01
- Cross reference to previous application 202.02
- Design application 201.06(d), 1502.01
- Eliminated for utility and plant applications 201.06(d)
- Express abandonment of prior application 711.01, 711.02(b)
- Fees
- Foreign priority 201.14
- Improper CPA treated as RCE201.6(d), 706.07(h)
- Information disclosure statement in parent 609.02, 707.05
Inter partes reexamination of 2611- Patent term 1303, 2701
- Plant application, no longer available 201.06(d)
- Priority 1302.04
- Published as PG-Pub 1120
- Reissue 1430
- Restriction requirement in prior application 819
- Suspension of action 709
- Terminal disclaimer, effect in 1490
- Utility application, no longer available 201.06(d)
- Continuing application 201.11 , 1302.12 , 1302.04
- Continuing data (See also Cross-noting ) 202.02
- Continuity between applications 201.11
- Control of inspection by assignee 106
- Convention, International (See also Treaties ) 201.13
- Converting nonprovisional and provisional applications 201.04(b), 601.01(c)
- Copendency 201.11
- Copending U.S. application
- Common ownership 706.02(k), 706.02(l)(2)
- Design application 1504.20
- Different inventive entities 706.02(f)(2), 706.02(k), 706.02(l)(3)
- Duty of disclosure in 2001.06(b)
- Terminal disclaimer practice 1490
- Copied patent claim (See Claim presented corresponding to claim of patent )
- Copier copies 714.07
- Copies of prior art with reexamination request
- Copies of published applications 1128
- Copy of foreign application, certified 201.14
- Copy of printed patent in reexamination
- Copying ex-parte reexamination file by public 2232
- Copying inter partes reexamination file by public 2632
- Copyrights 608.01(v)
- Correction of drawing 608.02(p) , 1302.05
- Annotated sheets 608.02(v)
- Approval by examiner 608.02(x)
- Corrected stamp no longer required 608.02(o)
- Deferrable 608.02(b), 608.02(p)
- Marked-up copy 608.02(v)
- New matter 608.04
- Not approved 608.02(x)
- Order for 608.02(x)
- Replacement sheets 1302.05, 1303.01
- Required by drafting 707.07(c)
- Correction of inventorship
- Application 201.03, 605.04(g)
- Consent of assignee 201.03
- Continuing application 201.03
- During
ex parte reexamination 2250.02 - During inter partes reexamination 2658, 2666.03
- In a patent
- Misjoinder 1412.04
- PTO procedure 605.04(g)
- Correction of name 201.03 , 605.04(b) , 605.04(c)
- Correction of patent Chapter 1400
- By reexamination (See Reexamination,
Ex parte Reexamination,Inter partes ) - By reissue (See Reissue application) 1401, 1470
- Certificate of correction 1480 to 1485
- Statutory disclaimer (See DisclaimerTerminal disclaimer) 1490
- Correction of PG-Pub. 1130
- Correction of reference citation 707.05(g) , 710.06
- Correspondence (See also Mail stop )
- Address of PTO 501, 502
- Address in secrecy order applications 120
- Address of patent owner 2622
- Address, official mailing 501
- Address of a law firm 403
- Associate attorney 403.01
- Boxes (See Mail stop)
- Continuing application 201.06(c)
- Crossing in mail 714.05
- Duplicate filings 403, 502.04, 714.01(a)
- Electronic mail 502.03, 713, 713.01, 713.04, 713.05
- Facsimile transmission 502.01, 2515
- Identifying with issue batch number (no longer required) 1303.01
- Maintenance fee 2515, 2542
- Plural attorneys 403.02
- Post Allowance 502, 1306
- Published application 1134
- Receipt and handling Chapter 500
- Reexamination,
ex parte 2224 - Reexamination, inter partes 2624
- Signature requirements 502.02
- Third party, application published 1134
- With whom held 403
- Counter-terrorism inventions, special status 708.02
- Counting actions 1705
- Countries for foreign priority 201.13
- Country codes 1851
- Coupons Introduction
- Court decision
- Citation of 707.06
- Dissemination of 1720
- Entry in patent file 2207
- Treatment of 1721
- Unpublished decisions 2677
- Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) 711.02(b) , 1002.02(k)(1) , 1002.02(k)(3), 1214.06, 1216, 1216.01
- Appeal to, from an
ex parte reexamination 2279 - Appeal to, in an inter partes reexamination 2682, 2683
- Court ordered inter partes reexamination 2686.04
- ourt papers, service on Director 1216
- Cover sheet - provisional application 201.04(b)
- CREATE Act (See Joint Research Agreement )
- Credit Card Payment Form PTO-2038 reproduced 509
- Criteria for deciding
ex parte reexamination request 2242 - Criteria for deciding inter partes reexamination request 2642
- Cross appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals in inter partes reexamination 2674
- Cross appeal to the Federal Circuit in inter partes reexamination 2683
- Cross-noting
- Data of parent application on file wrapper/history 202.02, 1302.09
- Data of provisional application in specification 1302.04
- Data of provisional application on file wrapper/history 202.02
- Data of related application in specification 201.11, 1302.04
- Foreign application cited in an application oath 201.14, 202.04
- Foreign application, file wrapper/history 202.03
- In original patent file of reissue application202.05
- Reissue applications 1451, 1455
- Specific reference 201.11
- Cross-reference
- Another application (See Cross-noting) 608.01(p), 1302.04
- Art collection 903.02(c)
- At allowance 903.07, 1302.04
- Citing 707.05(e)
- Noted during examination 903.07(a)
- Required for all claimed disclosure 903.07(a)
- Crossed mailings 714.05
- Customary meaning of claim term 2106 , 2111.01
- Customer Numbers 402 , 403 , 711.04(c) , 1807 , 2515 , 2540
- Customer Service Center 104 , 508.04 , 608.02(z), 714.13 , 1430 , 1470 , 1730
- Customer Service Window 103 , 501 , 502 , 505 , 710.02(e) , 714.13 1430, 1470, 2422.09