MPEP Key Word Index - N
Executive summary:
This document contains a portion of the key word index for the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (the "M.P.E.P."), Eighth Edition, Fifth Revision (August 2006). This page was last updated in July 2007. You may also use the Section index to find a particular section of the MPEP. A full text search of the MPEP is available using the search box that appears on the bottom of every page of BitLaw--be sure to restrict your search to the MPEP in the pop-up list. Other portions of the key word index can be accessed through the following list:
A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • X
For more information on patent law, please see the Patent Section of BitLaw. For patent services, see the Beck & Tysver pages.
MPEP Key Word Index - N
- NAFTA ...715.07(c)
- Name (See also Applicant ; Inventor )
- Change ...605.04(c) , 719.02(b)
- Correction ...201.03
- Order ...605.04(f)
- Petition ...605.04(c)
- Translation, typographical error ...201.03
- Change, file sent to Office of Initial Patent Examination ...605.04(c)
- Full first or middle required ...605.04(b)
- Order ...605.04(f)
- Signature (See Signature )
- Uniformity with signature ...605.04(b)
- Names used in trade ...608.01(v)
- National Aeronautics and Space
- Administration (NASA) ...115 , 150 , 151
- National application ...201
- National security, application affecting ...115 , 120 , 121 130 , 140
- National stage application (35 U.S.C. 371) ...201 1893.03 to 1896
- Compared with national application ...1896
- Continuation or continuation-in-part ...1895 1895.01 , 1896
- Drawings ...1893.03(f)
- Filing date ...1893.03(b)
- Information disclosure statement ...609.03 , 1893.03(g)
- Inter partes reexamination of ...2611
- Order of examination ...708 , 1893.03
- Petitions related to ...1002.02(p)
- Priority ...1893.03(c)
- Unity of invention ...1893.03(d)
- Naturally occurring article ...706.03(a)
- Negative limitation ...2173.05(i)
- Negotiation authority ...713.05
- New application (definition) ...203.01
- Assignment to examiner for examination ...903.08(b)
- Assignment to examiner in TC for examination ...903.08 , 903.08(a) , 903.08(e)
- Classification by primary examiner ...903.08(b)
- Examiner review for completeness ...702
- Inspection ...903.08(a)
- Transfer ...903.08(a)
- Transfer refused ...903.08(d)
- New examiner, action by ...707.01
- New ground of rejection by the Board of Patent Appeals
- and Interferences ...1214.01
- New ground of rejection in inter partes reexamination
- ...2671.01
- New ground of rejection on appeal ...1207.03
- New matter ...706.03(o) , 2163.06
- Amendment of disclosure ...608.04 , 2163.03 , 2163.04
- Claim ...608.04 , 706.03(o) , 2163.03
- Claim terminology ...608.01(o)
- Continued prosecution application (CPA) ...201.06(d)
- Continuing application ...201.07 , 2163.03
- Design application ...1503.01 , 1503.02 1504.01(a) , 1504.04
- Disclosure ...608.04 , 2163.06
- Divisional application ...201.06
- Drawing ...608.04 , 706.03(o)
- Inherent characteristics ...608.04(a) , 2163.07(a)
- Objection ...706.03(o) , 2163.07
- Petitionable ...608.04(c) , 2163.06
- Preliminary amendment ...608.04(b) , 714.01(e)
- Priority ...2163.03 , 2163.05
- Reexamination,inter partes ...2671.01 , 2671.02
- Reissue application ...1411.02
- Rejection ...608.04 , 706.03(o) , 2163.06
- Specification, petitionable ...608.04(c)
- Substitute specification ...608.01(q)
- Trademark definition ...608.01(v)
- When entered ...714.19 , 714.20
- NIRC (See Notice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate ; Notice of Intent to Issue Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate )
- Nonanalogous art ...904.01(c) , 1302.14 , 2131.05
- Nonelected invention
- Nonelected species
- Non-English oath or declaration ...602.06
- Nonnaturally occurring manufacture or composition of matter ...2105
- Nonpatent literature ...901.06
- Nonprofit organization, claiming status as ...509.03
- Nonprofit organizations ...509.02
- Nonprovisional application (See also Application ) ...201.04(a) , 506 , 601
- Nonpublication request, Application ...1122
- Nonpublication Request Under 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(i), form PTO/SB/35
- Nonreceipt of Office letter ...711.03(c)
- Nonsigning inventor’s rights ...409.03(i)
- Nonstatutory claim ...706.03(a) , 2107.01
- Nonstatutory claim, canceled ...1302.04(b)
- Nonstatutory subject matter ...706.03(a) 2105 to 2107.01
- Not fully responsive amendment ...714.02 , 2266.01
- ...2666.30 , 2671
- Notary jurisdiction ...604.02
- Notary jurisdiction, military officer ...604.03(a)
- Notary jurisdiction, venue agreement ...604.02
- Notary seal ...604.01
- Notation on file wrapper/history
- Notice, citation ...707.06
- Notice of allowability ...1302.03
- Notice of allowance (See also Allowance and issue ; Form letters and forms : Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due PTOL-85 ) ...1303
- Assigned application ...308
- Deceased inventor ...1303.03
- Reissue application ...1444
- Secrecy order application ...115 , 130
- Undelivered ...1303.02
- Notice of appeal ...1204
- Notice of cross appeal ...2662 , 2674 , 2674.01
- Notice of Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate Issuance in the Official Gazette ...2291
- Notice of Ex Parte Request for Reexamination in the Official Gazette ...2227
- Notice of foreign filing after nonpublication request ...1124
- Notice of informal patent application form ...707.07(a)
- Notice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-469 ...2235 , 2250 2250.01 , 2271 , 2271.01 2273 , 2287 , 2288 , 2296
- Notice of Intent to Issue Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-2068 ...2666.10 , 2666.20 2671 , 2671.01 , 2673.01 2674 , 2675 , 2682 , 2686.01 2687 , 2696
- Notice of Intent to Publish Statutory Invention Registration, SIR-L ...1107
- Notice of Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate Issuance in the Official Gazette ...2688 , 2691
- Notice of Inter Partes Request for Reexamination in the Official Gazette ...2627 , 2629
- Notice of New or Revised Pre-Grant Publication ...1127
- Notice of Non-Compliant amendment ...714 , 714.01(e) , 714.03
- Notice of Pre-Grant Publication ...1127
- Notice of references cited form (PTO-892) ...609.02 , 609.03 , 609.04(a) , 609.05(a) , 609.05(c) , 609.06 , 707.05 707.05(a) to 707.05(e) , 2687
- Notices (See also Publication ) ...Introduction , 707.06
- Notices, maintenance fees ...2575
- Nuclear material application ...706.03(b)
- Nucleotide sequences (See also Biotechnology ; Sequence rules ) ...803.04 , 1823.02 , 1848 1850 , 1877 , Chapter 2400
- Nullification of double patenting rejection ...804.01
- Number, Application ...503 , 506
- Number, Drawing reference character ...608.01(g)
- Number, Serial ...503 , 506
- Numbering of papers in file wrapper ...719.01(a)
- Numbering paragraphs of letter ...707.07(k)
© 1996-2007 Daniel A. Tysver (Beck & Tysver)
All Rights Reserved.
IMPORTANT: Please review the
legal disclaimer and feedback page