MPEP Key Word Index - P
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MPEP Key Word Index - P
- P.O. Box (See Mail stop )
- PAIR ...102 , 104 , 203.08 , 1121 , 1128 , 1730 , 2232 , 2632
- PALM ...101 , 102 , 508.01 , 508.03 , 711.04(b) 1845.02 , 1893 , 1893.03(a) , 1893.03(b) 1895.01 , 2232 , 2233 , 2235 , 2237 2289 , 2629 , 2632 , 2633 , 2635 , 2647.02 2648 , 2660 , 2664 , 2670 , 2687 , 2689
- Application location ...2635
- Application records and report s ...1704
- Application status ...102
- Examiner Docket, Time, and Activity Reports ...1705
- ‘Flag’ in reissue application ...1456
- Panel Review in ex parte Reexamination ...2271 , 2271.01 , 2287
- Paper Correlating Office ...508.03
- Paper, easily erasable ...608.01 , 714.05 , 714.07 , 714.19
- Paper number ...714.18 , 714.21
- Paper number of print ...719.01(b)
- Paper size (See also A4 size paper )
- Application papers ...608.01
- Drawings ...608.02
- Photographs ...608.02
- Substitute drawings ...608.02(h)
- Papers (See also Return of Papers )
- Delivered to wrong Technology Center ...508.01
- Depositing ...502
- Distribution ...508
- File wrapper ...719.01 , 719.01(a)
- Identification ...502 , 503
- Receipt and handling ...Chapter 500
- Received after patenting or abandonment ...508.02
- Signature required ...402
- Submitted in reissue litigation ...1404
- Unmatched ...508.03
- Parent application ...201.04
- Parent application data, Cross-noting ...201.11 202.02
- Parent application carries assignment
- to some continuing applications ...201.12
- Parent application review ...707.05 , 719.05 904 , 2001.06(b)
- Paris Convention (See also Treaties ) ...201.13 ,App. P
- Partial signatory authority ...1005
- Patent
- 1836 (present) series ...901.04
- A.I. series ...901.04
- Allowance and issue ...Chapter 1300
- Application publication ...1120 to 1135
- Arrangement in Examiner’s Search Files ...901.07
- Assignment ...301
- Borrowing from Examiner’s Search Files ...901.08
- Citation handling ...1920
- Citation of prior art in ...1920 , 2202
- Claim copied (See Claim presented corresponding to claim of patent )
- Classification change ...903.05
- Classification indices ...902.03 , 902.03(a)
- Classification Home Page on the Internet ...902.03(a)
- Classification Home Page on the USPTO Intranet ...902.03(b)
- Classification Insight on USPTO LAN ...902.03(c)
- Copy in ex parte reexamination request ...2219
- Copy in inter partes reexamination request ...2619
- Copy Orders ...1730
- Correction of ...Chapter 1400
- Definition ...Introduction , 2135.01
- Design ...Chapter 1500
- Design series ...901.04
- Design vs. Utility ...1502.01
- Effective date ...706.02(a) , 715 , 715.01 , 2133.01
- Extension (See Term, Patent )
- File reconstruction ...508.04
- Files ...905.03
- Foreign (See Foreign patent )
- General Information About, booklet ...703
- Issue ...Chapter 1300
- Issue Notification form ...1306.03
- Index ...902.03(b)
- Interference ...2304 to 2304.05
- Inventorship ...2137.01
- Jurisdiction ...1305
- Law, opinions not given ...713.02
- Laws (See Statutes )
- Licensing ...301
- Litigation relating to reissue ...1442.04
- Ordering soft copy ...905.02
- Owner, appeal by ...1204
- Owner, service of citation on ...2208
- Owner’s address in reexamination ...2222 , 2622
- Ownership ...301
- Plant series ...901.04 , Chapter 1600
- Post-issuance information updating ...2501
- Prior art citation in ...2003.01
- Printing priority ...1309
- Publication of application ...1120 to 1135
- Reconstruction of file ...508.04
- Reference (See Reference )
- Reissue series ...901.04
- Reissued, effect of ...1460
- Right to exclude others ...509.02 , 1111 1601 , 2162
- Rules (See Rules, Patent (Code of Federal Regulations) )
- Simultaneous issue ...1306.02
- Statutory subject matter ...706.03(a) , 2107 , 1601
- Surrender of original in reissue (not required) ...1416
- Statutes (See Statutes )
- System, Constitutional basis for ...Introduction
- Term adjustment ...2710 to 2736
- Terms (See Term, Patent )
- Transfer ...903.05
- Transfer of rights in ...509.02
- Type, Design vs. utility ...1502.01
- Utility series ...901.04 , 1502.01
- Utility vs. design ...1502.01
- X series ...901.04
- Patent and Trademark Assignment System ...302.09
- Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO)
- Address ...501 , 502
- Business hours ...510
- Employees, property interest in patent ...309
- Employees, unavailable to sign oath or declaration as inventors ...409
- Matters decided by various officials ...Chapter 1000
- Publications ...Introduction
- Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office ...401 , 902.03(d) , 1706
- Development and Use of Patent Classification
- Systems ...903.02
- Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (See Official Gazette (O.G.) )
- Receipt and handling of mail ...Chapter 500
- Telephone numbers ...1730
- Web site ...1730
- Patent application publication (See Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub) )
- Patent Assistance Center (See Inventors Assistance Center )
- Patent attorney or agent (See Attorney or agent )
- Patent classification (See also Classification ; Prior Art ) ...Chapter 900
- Classes ...707.05(e) , 902.01 902.02 , 903.02(a) , 903.02(b)
- Cross references ...903.07 , 903.07(a)
- Digests ...903.07
- Issue slip ...903.07
- Manual of Classification ...Introduction , 902.01
- Master classification file (MCF) ...902.03(a)
- Orders ...902.04
- Post classifier (See Post classifier )
- Shoes ...510 , 901.05(c) , 901.07 , 905.04
- Statutory authority ...903.01
- Subclasses ...707.05(e) , 902.01 902.02 , 903.02(a) , 903.02(c)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (See also International application ; Treaties ) ...Chapter 1800 , App. T
- Administrative Instructions ...App. AI
- Agent ...1807
- Amendment before the designated office ...1893.01(a)(2) 1893.01(a)(3)
- Amendment of claims before the International Bureau ...1853
- Applicant ...1810 , 1817.01 , 1817.01(a)
- Applicant for United States Receiving Office ...1805 1810 , 1820
- Basic flow timeline ...1842
- Classification of application ...903.08(b)
- Classification of subject matter ...1844.01 , 1879
- Common representative ...1807
- Concepts, major ...1801
- Country codes ...1851
- Definitions ...1802
- Design patents ...1501.01 , 1503.01
- Designated office ...1893.01(a)
- Designation of states ...1817.01 , 1817.01(a)
- Fees ...1827 , 1893.01(c)
- Filing date requirements ...1810
- Foreign filing license ...1832
- Foreign patent citation codes ...1851
- Forms
- Compact Disc Transmittal Sheet For Submission of Sequence Listing and/or Tables To The United States Receiving Office Under Pct Administrative Instructions-Part 8 ...1823.02
- IB/307 ...1893.03(e)
- IB/308 ...1893.01(a)(1)
- PCT/DO/EO/903 ...1893.01(a)(3) , 1893.03(a) 1893.03(b) , 1893.03(e) 1893.03(g) , 1895.01
- PCT/DO/EO/905 ...1893.01(a)(1) , 1893.01(d) 1893.01(e) , 1893.03(b)
- PCT/ISA/201 ...1852
- PCT/ISA/203 ...1843.04
- PCT/ISA/206 ...1850
- PCT/ISA/210 ...1843.04 , 1844 , 1844.01 1845.02 , 1893.03(e)
- PCT/ISA/217 ...1836
- PCT/ISA/220 ...1844 , 1845.02
- PCT/ISA/237 ...1845.01
- PCT/IPEA/401 ...1864 , 1865 , 1866
- PCT/IPEA/405 ...1875 , 1875.01
- PCT/IPEA/408 ...1860 , 1860.01 , 1874 , 1876 , 1878 , 1878.01 , 1879
- PCT/IPEA/409 ...1871 , 1871.01 , 1874 , 1878 1878.01 , 1878.01(a) , 1879 , 1893.03(e)
- PCT/IPEA/410 ...1864.04
- PCT/IPEA/411 ...1876
- PCT/IPEA/412 ...1836 , 1876.01
- PCT/IPEA/416 ...1879 , 1879.02
- PCT/IPEA/420 ...1875.02
- PCT/IPEA/428 ...1878.02
- PCT/RO/101 ...1801 , 1812 , 1817.01(a) 1821 , 1844 , 1844.01
- PCT/RO/117 ...1893.03(e)
- PCT/RO/136 ...1893.03(e)
- PTO-1382 ...1830 , 1832
- PTO-1390 ...1893.03(a)
- USPTO/299 ...1850
- USPTO/499 ...1850 , 1875 , 1875.01
- Gazette ...1801 , 1823.01 , 1857
- Guidelines on qualifying for reduced basic fee by filing sequence listing on compact disc ...1823.02
- Help Desk ...1730
- Information sources ...1730
- International Bureau ...1801
- International preliminary examination ...1860 , 1860.01
- International preliminary examination report ...1879
- International preliminary report on patentability ...1801
- ...1845 , 1879.03 , 1893.03(e)
- International publication ...1857
- International search report ...1844
- International searching authority ...1840
- Member countries ...1817
- National procedure ...1893
- National stage (See National stage application (35 U.S.C. 371) )
- Numbering of sheets ...1812
- Office of PCT Legal Administration ...103 , 1730
- Priority ...201.13(b) , 1828 , 1893.03(c) , 1895
- Priority document ...201.13(b) , 1828
- Publication ...1857
- Receiving office ...1801
- Receiving office procedure ...1801
- Record copy transmittal ...1801
- Reply to invitation concerning lack of unity of invention ...1850 , 1875.02 , 1893.03(d)
- Reply to written opinion ...1878.02
- Representation before the designated office ...402
- Revocation of agent ...1808
- Schedule of fees ...1827
- Search report ...707.05 , 1302.14 , 1844
- Secrecy order ...120
- Sequence listings ...1823.02 , 1848
- Signature missing ...1820
- Unity of invention ...823 , 1850 , 1875 , 1893.03(d)
- Written opinion, preparation ...1845 , 1878 , 1878.01
- Written opinion, time to reply to ...1845.01 , 1878 , 1878.01
- Patent Cooperation Treaty Administrative Instructions ...App. AI
- 105 Reproduced ...1834
- 204 Reproduced ...1823
- 205 Reproduced ...1824
- 208 Reproduced ...1823.02
- 209 Reproduced ...1823
- 404 Reproduced ...1857
- 502 Reproduced ...1850
- 513 Reproduced ...1848
- 603 Reproduced ...1875.02
- 604 Reproduced ...1879
- 605 Reproduced ...1872
- 606 Reproduced ...1880
- 607 Reproduced ...1876
- 801 Reproduced ...1823.02
- 803 Reproduced ...1823.02
- Patent Cooperation Treaty Articles ...App. T
- 3 Reproduced ...1812
- 5 Reproduced ...1823
- 6 Reproduced ...1824
- 7 Reproduced ...1825
- 11 Reproduced ...1810 , 1896
- 17 Reproduced ...1843
- 18 Reproduced ...1844
- 19 Reproduced ...1853
- 21 Reproduced ...1857
- 29 Reproduced ...1857
- 30 Reproduced ...110
- 31 Reproduced ...1864.02 , 1864.03 , 1865 , 1869
- 32 Reproduced ...1862
- 33 Reproduced ...1878.01(a) 1878.01(a)(1) , 1878.01(a)(3)
- 34 Reproduced ...1862 , 1864.01 , 1874 1875
- , ...1878 , 1878.01 , 1878.02
- 35 Reproduced ...1879
- 36 Reproduced ...1879.02 , 1879.03
- 37 Reproduced ...1880
- 38 Reproduced ...1879.04
- Patent Cooperation Treaty Rules
- 4.3. Reproduced ...1844.01
- 4.9. Reproduced ...1817.01
- 4.11. Reproduced ...1817.02 , 1819
- 4.15. Reproduced ...1820
- 5.1. Reproduced ...1823
- 5.2. Reproduced ...1823.02
- 6 Reproduced ...1824
- 6.1. Reproduced ...1824
- 6.2. Reproduced ...1824
- 6.3. Reproduced ...1824
- 6.4. Reproduced ...1824
- 6.5. Reproduced ...1824
- 7 Reproduced ...1825
- 7.1. Reproduced ...1825
- 7.2. Reproduced ...1825
- 8 Reproduced ...1826
- 8.1. Reproduced ...1826 , 1844.01
- 8.2. Reproduced ...1826 , 1844.01
- 8.3. Reproduced ...1826
- 11 Reproduced ...1825
- 11.5. Reproduced ...1825
- 11.6. Reproduced ...1825
- 11.11. Reproduced ...1825
- 11.13. Reproduced ...1825
- 13 Reproduced ...1850
- 13.1 Reproduced ...1850
- 13.2 Reproduced ...1850
- 13.3 Reproduced ...1850
- 13.4 Reproduced ...1850
- 13.5 Reproduced ...1850
- 13bis Reproduced ...1823.01
- 13bis.1. Reproduced ...1823.01
- 13bis.2. Reproduced ...1823.01
- 13bis.3. Reproduced ...1823.01
- 13bis.4. Reproduced ...1823.01
- 13bis.5. Reproduced ...1823.01
- 13bis.6. Reproduced ...1823.01
- 13bis.7. Reproduced ...1823.01
- 13ter Reproduced ...1823.02
- 13ter .1 Reproduced ...1823.02 , 1848
- 13ter .2 Reproduced ...1823.02
- 17 Reproduced ...201.13(b)
- 17.1. Reproduced ...201.13(b)
- 17.2 Reproduced ...201.13(b)
- 33 Reproduced ...1843
- 33.1. Reproduced ...1843
- 33.2. Reproduced ...1843
- 33.3. Reproduced ...1843
- 37.1 Reproduced ...1844.01
- 37.2 Reproduced ...1844.01
- 38 Reproduced ...110 , 1844.01
- 38.1 Reproduced ...1844.01
- 38.2 Reproduced ...1844.01
- 39 Reproduced ...1843.02
- 39.1. Reproduced ...1843.02
- 40 Reproduced ...1850
- 40.1. Reproduced ...1850
- 40.2. Reproduced ...1850
- 41 Reproduced ...1852
- 41.1. Reproduced ...1852
- 43bis Reproduced ...1845
- 43bis.1. Reproduced ...1845
- 44ter. Reproduced ...1879.04
- 46 Reproduced ...1853
- 46.1. Reproduced ...1853
- 46.2. Reproduced ...1853
- 46.3. Reproduced ...1853
- 46.4. Reproduced ...1853
- 46.5. Reproduced ...1853
- 54 Reproduced ...1864.02
- 54.1. Reproduced ...1864.02
- 54.2. Reproduced ...1864.02
- 54.3 Reproduced ...1864.02
- 54.4. Reproduced ...1864.02
- 60 Reproduced ...1868
- 60.1. Reproduced ...1868
- 61 Reproduced ...1881
- 61.2. Reproduced ...1881
- 61.3. Reproduced ...1881
- 62 Reproduced ...1871 , 1871.01
- 62.1. Reproduced ...1871 , 1871.01
- 62.2. Reproduced ...1871 , 1871.01
- 62bis Reproduced ...1871
- 62bis.1 Reproduced ...1871
- 64 Reproduced ...1878.01(a)
- 64.1. Reproduced ...1878.01(a)
- 64.2. Reproduced ...1878.01(a)
- 64.3. Reproduced ...1878.01(a)
- 65 Reproduced ...1878.01(a)(2)
- 65.1. Reproduced ...1878.01(a)(2)
- 65.2. Reproduced ...1878.01(a)(2)
- 66 Reproduced ...1843.02 , 1864.01 , 1870 , 1878 , 1878.02
- 66.1. Reproduced ...1843.02
- 66.1bis. Reproduced ...1878
- 66.3. Reproduced ...1878.02
- 66.4. Reproduced ...1878
- 66.5. Reproduced ...1878.02
- 66.6. Reproduced ...1878.02
- 66.7. Reproduced ...1870
- 66.8. Reproduced ...1864.01 , 1878.02
- 66.9. Reproduced ...1878.02
- 69 Reproduced ...1879.01
- 69.1. Reproduced ...1879.01 , 1879.01(a)
- 69.2. Reproduced ...1879.01 , 1879.01(a)
- 70 Reproduced ...1879.03
- 70.17 Reproduced ...1879.03
- 71 Reproduced ...1879.02
- 71.1. Reproduced ...1879.02
- 71.2. Reproduced ...1879.02
- 72 Reproduced ...1879.03
- 72.1. Reproduced ...1879.03
- 72.2. Reproduced ...1879.03
- 72.2bis. Reproduced ...1879.03
- 72.3. Reproduced ...1879.03
- 82 Reproduced ...1834.02
- 82.1. Reproduced ...1834.02
- 82.2. Reproduced ...1834.02
- 90.4. Reproduced ...1807
- 90.5. Reproduced ...1807
- 90.6. Reproduced ...1808
- 90bis Reproduced ...1859 , 1880
- 90bis.1 Reproduced ...1859
- 90bis.2 Reproduced ...1859
- 90bis.3 Reproduced ...1859
- 90bis.4 Reproduced ...1880
- 90bis.5 Reproduced ...1859
- 90bis.6 Reproduced ...1859
- 90bis.7 Reproduced ...1859
- 91 Reproduced ...1836
- 91.1. Reproduced ...1836
- 92 Reproduced ...1834
- 92.1. Reproduced ...1834
- 92.2. Reproduced ...1834
- Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs)
- Patent application publication (See Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub) )
- Patent pending (See Statutes : 35 U.S.C. 292 )
- Patent search facility ...103 , 2232 , 2629 , 2632
- Patent term extension/adjustments ...1303 , 2211 , 2250 2611 , 2666.01
- Patentability (See also Reasons for Allowance; Rejection )
- ...Chapter 2100
- Patentability report ...705
- Appeal ...705.01(a) , 1207
- Count ...705.01(c)
- Date status ...705.01(c)
- Dispute between examiners ...705.01(a)
- Drawing ...608.02(n) , 705.01(d)
- Final action ...705.01(a)
- Improper ...705.01(e)
- Initiate ...705.01
- Interviews ...705.01(f) , 713.01
- Limitation as to use ...705.01(e)
- Practice used only in extraordinary situations ...705
- Primary decides propriety ...1004
- Print of drawing ...608.02(n) , 705.01(d)
- Purpose ...705.01(e)
- Request for ...1003
- Recording ...705.01(c)
- Restriction, Effect on ...807
- Search ...705.01(a) , 705.01(b)
- Sequence of examination ...705.01(b)
- Transfer of appeal ...705.01(a)
- Panel review in inter partes reexamination ...2671.03
- Patentability statement ...1302.14
- Patentable novelty, pointed out ...714.04
- Patentable subject matter
- Computer programs ...2106
- Disclosed but not claimed ...706
- Living subject matter ...1601 , 2105
- Mathematical algorithms ...2106 , 2106.02
- Plants ...1601 , 2105
- Patented file ...905.03
- Patented file, ordering ...711.04(b)
- ‘Patent In’ computer program (See also Sequence rules ) ...1730 , 2430
- Patents of addition, foreign ...901.05(b)
- Payment of fees ...509
- Payor number (See Customer numbers )
- PCT (See Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) )
- Pencil notations, erased at allowance ...1302.01
- Pending application as prior art (See also Application publication ) ...706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) , 901.03
- Pending application preserved in confidence ...101
- Pending applications as references (See also Application Publication ) ...706.02(f)(1) , 706.02(f)(2) 706.02(k) , 901.03
- Period for reply ...710
- After Board decision ...1214.01
- After final ...706.07(f)
- After interference ...710.02(b)
- Amendment after ...714.17
- Claim copied from patent ...710.04(a)
- Claims all allowed ...707.07(a) , 710.02(b) , 714.14
- Computed ...710.01(a) , 710.05
- Copying claim from patent does not extend statutory period ...710.04(a)
- Correction of citation ...707.05(g) , 710.06
- Date of receipt of amendment ...710.01(a) , 710.05
- Defective Office action ...707.05(g) , 710.06
- Difference between shortened statutory period and time limit ...710.02(d)
- Extension ...710.02(d) , 710.02(e)
- Extension of time to commence civil action ...1002.02(k)(1)
- Extension of time to file notice of appeal at CAFC ...1002.02(k)(1)
- Full statutory period for reply ...130
- Holiday, Saturday, or Sunday expiration of time ...505 , 513 , 710.05 , 710.01(a)
- Incomplete reply ...710.02(c) , 711.02(a) 714.03 , 2266.01 , 2666.30
- Less than six months ...710.02 , 710.02(b) , 710.02(c) 710.02(d) , 710.02(e)
- Miscellaneous factors ...710.06
- Petition ...1002
- Property rights under AEC and NASA Acts ...150
- Remailing ...707.13 , 710.06
- Restarting ...710.06
- Saturday, Expiration of time ...505 , 710.01(a) , 710.05
- Secrecy order application ...130
- Shortened, Extension ...710.02(d) , 710.02(e)
- Shortened statutory period ...710.02 , 710.02(b) 710.02(e)
- Shortened statutory period, Distinguished from time limit ...710.02(d)
- Shortened statutory period, When used ...710.02(b)
- Statutory period ...710.01
- Suggesting claims ...710.02(c)
- Sunday, Expiration of time ...505 , 710.01(a) , 710.05
- Supplemental action ...710.06
- Time computation ...710.01(a) , 710.05
- Time limit action ...710.02
- Time limit action, When used ...710.02(c)
- Two periods running ...710.04 , 710.04(a)
- Withdrawal of attorney or agent during ...402.06
- Periodicals ...901.06 , 901.06(a)
- Period of enforceability ...2204 , 2211 , 2610 , 2611 , 2686.02
- Permanent ink ...608.01 , 714.07 , 714.19
- Perpetual motion ...506 , 608.03 , 706.03(a) 707.07(g) , 2107.01
- Persons who may cite prior art relating to an issued patent ...2203
- Pertinent prior art ...904.02
- Petition
- Abandonment holding ...711.02 , 711.03(c) , 711.03(d) 1002.02(c) , 1002.02(p) , 1002.02(q) , 1002.02(r)
- Abandonment holding, examiner’s statement ...711.03(d)
- Abandonment holding for failure to provide timely notice of foreign filing ...1124
- Accept color drawings or photographs ...507 1002.02(d) , 1503.02
- Accepting late issue fee ...711.03(c)
- Accept omitted pages ...1002.02(p)
- Access to application ...103 , 1002.02(b) , 1002.02(p)
- Access to interference agreement ...1002.02(f)
- Access to interference application ...1002.02(f)
- Access to unopened preliminary statements ...1002.02(g)
- Add inventor in provisional application ...1002.02(q)
- Admit model ...1002.02(c)
- Attorney withdrawal ...1002.02(b) , 1002.02(c) 1002.02(p)
- Biotechnology processes under 35 U.S.C. 103(b) ...706.02(n)
- Board decision in inter partes reexamination ...2681
- Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences involved ...1002.02(f) , 1002.02(g) , 1002.02(j)
- Certificate of Correction ...1002.02(d) , 1002.02(g) 1002.02(l)
- Change in inventorship ...1002.02(d) , 1002.02(e) 1002.02(l) , 1002.02(p) , 1002.02(q) , 1481
- Change inventor’s name ...605.04(c)
- Change in order of inventors names ...605.04(f)
- Color drawings or photographs ...507 1002.02(d) , 1503.02
- Common ownership situation ...706.02(k)
- Concurrent ex parte and inter partes prosecution ...1002.02(g)
- Consideration of submission after NIRC in inter partes reexamination ...2687.01
- Converting a 111(a) application to a 371 application ...1002.02(p)
- Converting a 371 application to 111(a) application ...1002.02(p)
- Converting a nonprovisional to provisional ...1002.02(b) 1002.02(c) , 1002.02(p) , 1002.02(q)
- Correct filing date ...506.02 , 513 601.01(b) , 1002.02(b)
- Correction of inventorship ...201.03 , 1002.02(d) 1002.02(e) , 1002.02(l) 1002.02(p) , 1002.02(q)
- Counter-terrorism inventions ...708.02 , 1002.02(s)
- Defer issuance ...1002.02(b) , 1306.01
- Delegation of Director’s authority ...1001.01
- Denial ...1002.02
- Denial of request for reexamination ...1002.02(c)
- Director’s duties ...Introduction , 1002
- Dismissed ...1002.02
- Dismissed without prejudice ...1002.02
- Divisional reissue ...1002.02(b)
- Entry of amendment ...1002.02(d) , 1206
- Entry of amendment after RAN in inter partes reexamination ...2672 , 2673.02 , 2675
- Entry of late paper for revival of ex parte reexamination ...1002.02(b) , 2268
- Entry of late papers for revival of inter partes reexamination proceeding ...1002.02(b) , 2668
- Expedited examination of design applications ...502 , 1002.02(c)(3)
- Express abandonment after payment of issue fee ...1002.02(b)
- Express abandonment to avoid pre-grant publication ...502 , 1125 , 1135
- Expunge papers from file ...1002.02(b) , 1002.02(c)
- Expunge information ...724.05 , 1002.02(c)
- Extension of time ...710.02(e) , 714.17 , 1002.02(q)
- Application before Office of Patent Legal Administration ...1002.02(b)
- Application before Office of Petition ...1002.02(b)
- Filing date ...506.02 , 513 601.01(b) , 601.01(c) , 601.01(f) 601.01(g) , 1002.02(b)
- Final rejection ...1002.02(c)
- Foreign filing license ...140 , 1002.02(c)(1)
- Inspection ...103
- Interference ...1002.02(c) , 1002.02(f) , 1002.02(g)
- Interview in merged reissue/inter partes reexamination ...2686.03
- Late foreign priority claim ...1002.02(b)
- Maintenance fees, accept and record ...1002.02(b) 2580
- Maintenance fees, delayed payment/reinstatement ...1002.02(b) , 2515 , 2531 , 2590
- Make special (See also Special application ) ...708.02 , 1002.02(s) , 1504.30
- Matter subject to ...Introduction , 706.01 , 1002
- Merge reexaminations ...1002.02(b) , 2283
- Merge reissue and ex parte reexamination ...1002.02(b) , 2285
- Merge reissue andinter partes reexamination ...1002.02(b) , 2667 , 2686.03
- Modification of secrecy order ...120
- New matter ...608.04(c) , 1002.02(c)
- Nonsigning inventor ...409.03 , 1002.02(b) 1002.02(p)
- Objection by examiner ...1002.02(c)
- Patent term extension ...1002.02(b)
- Period for filing ...1002
- Premature Action Closing Prosecution (ACP) in inter partes reexamination ...2672
- Premature final rejection ...706.07(c) , 1002.02(c)
- Preliminary amendment as part oforiginal disclosure ...608.04(b)
- Procedure ...1002.01
- Public use proceedings ...1002.02(b)
- Publication Division ...1002.02(r)
- Reconsideration of denied petition ( ex parte reexamination) ...2268
- Rescission of secrecy order ...1002.02(c)(1)
- Refused assignment ...313 , 317
- Refusal to enter amendment ...1002.02(c)
- Refusal to initiate interference ...1002.02(c)
- Refusal to issue Certificate of Correction ...1002.02(c)
- Registration to practice ...1002.02(m)
- Reinstate rejection after Board decision ...1002.02(c)
- Reinstatement ...1002.02(m)
- Relating to PCT international application and/ornational stage application ...1002.02(p)
- Relating to reexamination or reissue ...1002.02(b)
- Reopen prosecution after Board decision ...1002.02(c)
- Reopen prosecution after Board decision in inter partes reexamination ...2682
- Requirement for information ...1002.02(c)
- Rescission of secrecy order ...120
- Resetting period for reply ...1002.02(c)
- Restriction requirement holding ...821.01 , 1002.02(c)
- Retroactive foreign filing license ...140
- Return model ...1002.02(c)
- Return original oath ...1002.02(c)
- Revival ...711.03(c) , 1002.02(b) , 1124
- Revive PCT application ...1002.02(p)
- Rule 1.48 (inventorship) ...201.03
- Secrecy order ...1002.02(c)(1)
- Sequence rules ...1002.02(c)(2)
- Special status ...708.02 , 1002.02(s) , 1504.30
- Stay ex parte reexamination proceedings ...2284 , 2285
- Stayinter partes reexamination proceedings ...2667 2686.02 , 2686.03
- Sufficiency of an affidavit ...1002.02(c)
- Supervisory authority of Director of the USPTO ...1002.02(b) , 1002.02(c)
- Suspend action - public safety or defense ...1002.02(c)(1)
- Suspend rules ...1002.02(b)
- Suspension of second or subsequentinter partes reexamination requests ...2640
- Time for filing ...1002
- Trademark related ...1002.02(i)
- Transfer from another application ...608.02(i)
- Unavoidable delay, withdraw abandonment ...711.03(c) 1002.02(b) , 1002.02(c)(3) , 1306
- Unintentional delay, withdraw abandonment ...711.03(c) 1002.02(b) , 1002.02(c)(3) , 1306
- Unintentionally delayed claim for foreign priority ...201.14 , 201.14(a) , 201.16 1002.02(b) , 1402 , 2258 , 2658
- Unintentionally delayed claim for priority to a U.S. application ...201.06(c) , 201.11 , 201.11(a) 1002.02(b) , 2258 , 2658
- Vacate order granting request for ex parte reexamination ...2246
- Vacate an order grantinginter partesreexamination ...2646
- Waive rules ...1002.02(b)
- Waive time provisions in ex parte reexamination ...2265
- Waive time provisions in inter partes reexamination ...2648 , 2668 , 2672
- Withdrawal of lapsed patent ...1002.02(r)
- Withdrawal from issue, after issue fee paid ...502 , 1002.02(b) , 1308
- Withdrawal from issue, issue fee not paid ...1002.02(c) , 1308
- Withdrawal of a terminal disclaimer ...1490
- Withdrawal of abandonment ...1002.02(b)
- Withdrawal of attorney ...1002.02(s)
- Withhold from issue, before issue fee paid ...1002.02(c)
- Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(a) PTO/SB/24A
- Petition for Revival of an Application For Patent Abandoned for Failure to Notify the Office of a Foreign or International Filing PTO/SB/64a
- Petitionable matter ...706.01
- PG-Pub (See Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub) )
- Pharmaceutical subject matter
- Phi, Greek letter usage ...608.01(g)
- Philippines-United States search exchange ...1711
- Photograph as drawing ...507 , 608.02 , 1503.02
- Piecemeal prosecution ...707.07(g)
- Plant Breeder’s Rights ...1613
- Plant Convention, UPOV ...1612
- Plant patent ...Chapter 1600
- Action ...1610
- Advertising ...1610
- Affidavit ...1610
- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...1608 , 1609
- Allowance ...1611
- Application publication ...1120 to 1135
- Asexual reproduction ...1601 , 1605
- Bacteria ...1601
- Claim ...1605 , 1610
- Color drawing ...1603 , 1606
- Color identified ...1605
- Declaration ...1604
- Definitions ...1601
- Department of Agriculture ...1608
- Deposit ...1605
- Duplicate papers ...1603 , 1605 , 1609
- Elements of application ...1603
- Examination ...1608
- Examiner’s amendment ...1610
- Executive Order ...1608
- Issue ...1611
- Laudatory expressions ...1610
- Method claim improper ...1605
- Oath ...1604
- Parts ...1603
- Plant varieties excluded ...1601
- Priority claim ...1613
- Publication of application ...1120 to 1135
- Report of Agricultural Research Service ...1608 , 1609
- Rules applicable ...1602
- Signature ...1603
- Specification ...1605 , 1610
- Specimens ...1607
- Statutory basis ...1601
- Term ...2701
- Tubers ...1601
- UPOV Convention ...1612
- Plant patent series ...901.04
- PO Box (See Mail stop )
- Post classifier ...902.04 , 903.02(c) , 903.07(b) 903.08(d) , 903.08(e) 903.09 , 903.10
- Post employment agreement of former Office employee ...1702
- Post Office, Depositing papers in ...502
- Post Office address (See also Correspondence ; Mail Stop )
- Postal Service interruptions and emergencies ...511
- Postcard, self-addressed ...203.08 , 503 601.01(d) , 601.01(f) , 601.01(g) 719.01(a) , 1204 , 1901 , 1901.05
- Power of attorney ...402
- Application in interference ...402.08
- Application oath or declaration includes ...601.02
- Assignee appoints ...402.07
- Assignee revokes ...402.07
- Associate attorney ...402.02 , 406
- Attorney not of record ...714.01(c)
- Canadian patent agent ...402
- Change in plurality of applications or patents ...402
- Coinventor ...402.01 , 402.10
- Customer Number ...402
- Death of applicant ...409 to 409.01(f)
- Death of principal attorney ...406
- Exception as to registration ...402.01
- General, for international application ...1807
- Invalid ...402
- Joint applicant ...402.01
- Limited recognition ...402.01
- Notice of revocation ...402.05
- Post Office address ...601.02
- Provisional application ...103
- Reexamination,inter partes ...2613 , 2622
- Revocation ...402.05 , 402.07 , 402.08 , 402.10
- Secrecy order applications ...120
- Unregistered attorney or agent ...402 , 402.01
- Withdrawal of attorney or agent ...402.06 , 2501
- Withdrawn in patent ...2223 , 2501
- Power to inspect ...103 , 104 , 324 , 402 , 713.05
- Power to inspect, approval ...104
- Power to inspect, suspended attorney ...105
- Practitioner (See Attorney or agent )
- Practitioner’s names on patents ...1309
- Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub) ...1120 to 1135
- Amendments prior to publication ...1121
- Appendices not published ...1121
- Application in a foreign language ...608.01
- Assignee information published ...1121
- Certification as to intent to file counterpart applications ...1122
- Claim sets, multiple ...1121
- Computer programs ...1121
- Content ...1120 , 1121
- Conversion to provisional to avoid publication ...601.01(c)
- Complete application required ...1120
- Copies of published application files ...1128
- Correction of errors in the PG-Pub ...1130
- Correspondence address ...1121
- Correspondence regarding published application ...1134
- ...1120
- Disparaging prior art ...2131.05
- Drawings ...507 , 1120 , 1121
- Early publication ...1129
- Express abandonment to avoid publication ...502 1125 , 1135
- Fee, publication ...1126 , 1133 , 1303 , 1306 , 1306.03
- Forms ...1135
- Inappropriate nonpublication request ...1122
- Material mistake by the Office ...1130
- Nonpublication request ...1122
- Notice of foreign filing ...1124
- Notice of Publication ...1127
- Notice of New or Revised Publication ...1127
- Offensive language not published ...1120
- Public access to published application ...1128 , 1132
- Publication date, projected ...1120 , 1122
- Publication fee ...1126 , 1133 , 1303
- RCE’s not published ...1120
- Redacted publication ...1132
- Refund of publication fee ...1126
- Replacement drawings prior to publication ...507 1120 , 1121
- Republication ...1130
- Request for early publication ...1129
- Request for nonpublication ...1122
- Request for redacted publication ...1132
- Rescission of nonpublication request ...1123 , 1124
- Residence changed ...719.02(b)
- Sequences published on Internet ...1121
- Status information of published application ...1128
- Substitute specification required ...1120
- Tables, large ...608.05(b)
- Third party inquiries ...1134
- Voluntary publication ...1133
- When published ...1120
- Which applications ...1120
- Pre-Grant Publication Division ...502 , 1120 1122 , 1125 , 1126
- Preamble, design application ...1503.01
- Preamble, effect of ...2111.02
- Preamble, Jepson claim ...2129
- Predicted tests in specification ...608.01(p)
- Preliminary amendment ...506 , 714.01(e)
- Preliminary amendment
- Entry denied ...714.01(e)
- Excess claims ...506 , 714.01(e) , 714.10
- New matter ...608.04(b) , 714.01(e)
- Non-compliant amendment, treatment of ...714
- Preliminary handling of public use or on sale ...2122
- Preliminary hearing, public use proceeding ...720.03
- Premature final rejection ...706.07(c)
- Premature response in inter partes reexamination ...2667
- Prima facie showing, public use proceeding ...720.02
- Primary examiner ...705.01(a) , 706.04 , 706.07(c) 706.07(d) , 707.01 , 710.02(b) , 710.02(e) 711.03(a) , 713.01 , 713.02 , 713.10 , 714.16 714.16(d) , 714.19 , 715.08 , 716 , 2271 2633 , 2636 , 2648 , 2660 , 2671.01 to 2671.03
- Actions requiring personal attention ...705.01(a) 707.01 , 707.09 , 710.02(b) 713.02 , 714.16(d) , 1004
- Name on file wrapper ...1302.13
- Print of drawing (See also Drawings ) ...608.02(m)
- Additional ...608.02(m)
- Alteration ...608.02(m)
- Colored ...608.02(m)
- Examiner’s notation on ...608.02(m)
- File wrapper ...719.01(b)
- Kept in Technology Center ...608.02(c)
- Marked-up ...608.02(v)
- Marking ...608.02(m)
- Patentability report ...608.02(n) , 705.01(d)
- Returned drawing ...608.02(y)
- Printed matter nonstatutory ...706.03(a)
- Printer waiting ...708.01 , 1305 , 1309.02
- Printing date, declassified material ...707.05(f)
- Printing practitioners names on patents ...1309
- Printing priority ...1309
- Prior art (See also Reference ) ...Chapter 900
- Admissions as ...2129
- Analogous ...2141.01(a)
- Disqualification under 35 U.S.C. 103(c) ...706.02(l)(1) , 706.02(l)(2)
- ...706.02(l)(3) , 2136.01 , 2141.01
- Duty of disclosure of ...2001.04
- Effects of international application publication ...1857 1857.01 , 1895.01
- Equivalents ...2144.06
- Electronic Information Disclosure Statement ...609.07
- Filed on Saturday Sunday or a Federal holiday ...609.04(b)
- Foreign application as ...2135.01
- Information reasonably necessary for finding ...704.11
- International application publication ...706.02(a) 1857.01 , 2163 , 2163.03
- Kind codes ...901.04(a)
- Level of ordinary skill ...2141.03
- Patents as ...706.02(a) , 2126 , 2132 , 2136
- Publications under 35 U.S.C. 122(b) ...1895.01 1896 , 2136 , 2136.03
- Scope and content of ...2141.01
- Search (See also Search ) ...Chapter 900
- Statutory Invention Registrations as ...901.02 , 2136
- Suitability of ...2144.07
- Third party submissions ...609 , 1134.01
- Used in deciding request for reexamination ...2242 , 2642
- Well-known in the art ...2144.03
- Prior art citations in reexamination proceedings
- Ex parte ...2202
- Content ...2205
- Copies of prior art ...2205
- English translations ...2205
- Explanation of pertinence ...2205
- Flowcharts ...2206
- Handling ...2206
- Sample letter ...2205
- Service on patent owner ...2208
- Time for filing ...2204
- Inter partes ...2602 , 2646 2654 , 2656 , 2657
- After the order to reexamine ...2602 , 2667
- After a Notice of Intent to Issue Inter Partes reexamination Certificate issues ...2687.01
- Before the first Office action ...2625
- Before the order to reexamine ...2602 , 2654
- By another requestor ...2656
- By the patent owner ...2656
- Storage area ...2667
- With the Request ...2656
- With third party’s comments ...2666.05 , 2667
- Prior art copies in reexamination
- Prior art filed by protestor ...1901.02 , 1901.03
- Prior art on drawing ...608.02(g) , 2125
- Prior art statement ...609 , 1893.03(g)
- Prior art, statement applying (reexamination) ...2217 , 2617
- Prior art used in determining reexamination request
- Prior examiner’s action ...704.01 , 706.04 , 713.01
- Priority
- Claiming in continued prosecution
- application ...201.06(d) , 1302.04
- Claiming in ex parte reexamination ...2258
- Claiming in inter partes reexamination ...2658
- Claiming in reissue application ...1402 , 1405 , 1417
- Foreign application (See also Foreign application ) ...201.13
- Corrected by Certificate of Correction ...1481
- Design applications ...1504.02 , 1504.10
- Ex parte reexamination ...2258
- Incorporation by reference ...201.13 , 201.17 , 608.01(p)
- Inter partes reexamination ...2658
- Proper identification ...201.14(d)
- Formal requirements ...201.11 , 201.14 , 706.02(f)(1)
- Incorporation by reference to earlier application ...201.06(c) , 201.17 , 608.01(p)
- International application ...201.11(a) , 1828 , 1893.03(c)
- Inventor’s certificate ...201.13(a)
- Overcoming reference ...201.15
- Patent printing ...1309
- Petition for unintentionally delayed claim to benefit of prior U.S. application ...201.11 , 201.11(a)
- Prior U.S. application ...201.11
- Corrected by Certificate of Correction ...201.11 , 1481
- Design application ...1504.20
- In ex parte reexamination ...2258
- In inter partes reexamination ...2658
- Provisional application ...706.02
- Time charts ...2138.01
- Time for filing ...201.13
- Priority document (See Foreign application )
- Priority practice (See Foreign application )
- Private use (See also Public use ) ...2133.03(a)
- Proceedings, Termination of ...201.11 , 711.02(c)
- Process of making and product made ...806.05(f)
- Processing and retention fee ...601.01(a)
- Processing of reexamination in Technology Center
- Product and process of using ...806.05(h) , 2173.05(p)
- Product by process ...2113 , 2173.05(p)
- Product of human ingenuity ...2105
- Product of nature ...706.03(a)
- Program Management System (PMS) ...2238 , 2638
- Programs, Computer (See Computer programs or software )
- Prolix claim ...2173.05(m)
- Proof, burden of ...2112 , 2112.01 , 2113
- Proof of authority of administrator or executor ...409.01(b)
- Proof of foreign filing ...201.14
- Proof of irreparable damage ...409.03(g)
- Proof of ownership, reissue application ...1410.01
- Proof of unavailability or refusal to sign ...409.03(d)
- Proofreading of action ...707.08
- Proper multiple dependent claim ...608.01(n)
- Property rights statement ...150
- Property rights under AEC and NASA Acts ...115 , 150 , 151
- Prophetic examples in the specification ...608.01(p)
- Proprietary interest, Proof of ...409.03(f)
- Proprietary materials (See Protective order material ; Trade secret material )
- Pro se applicant (See also Applicant ; Inventor )
- Appeal brief ...1205
- Certificate of mailing ...512
- Change of address ...601.03 , 719.02(b)
- Death ...409.01(f)
- Duty of disclosure ...2002.01
- Examination of application ...707.07(j)
- Examiner’s action ...707
- Interview ...713.01
- Legal representation ...401
- Telephone restriction practice ...812.01
- Prosecution
- Closed, application allowable except for formal matters ...707.07(j) , 710.02(b) , 714.14
- Closed, secrecy order cases ...130
- Prosecution after appeal ...1207.04
- Piecemeal ...707.07(g)
- Reopening after allowance ...1308.01
- Reopening after Board decision ...1214.07
- Prosecution laches ...2190
- Prosecution of Secrecy Order application ...130
- Prosecution reopened after court decision ...1216.01
- Protective order material ( See also Trade secret material ) ...724 to 724.06
- Protest ...Chapter 1900
- Access by protestor ...1901.05 , 1901.07
- Acknowledgment of protest ...1901.05
- Certificate of service ...1901.03
- Comments of applicant ...1901.06
- Complete ...1901.03
- Copies of documents ...1901.03
- Express consent of applicant required ...1134
- Filed in reissue where patent is ininterference ...1449 , 1901.06
- Handling ...1901.05
- Improper protest ...1134 , 1901.03
- Information which can be relied on ...1901.02
- Involving fraud, lack of good faith or candor, orviolation of duty of disclosure ...1901.06 , 2013
- Multiple papers on same issue ...1901.07(a)
- Reissue application ...1441.01 , 1901.04
- Reissue litigation ...1901.03 , 1901.04
- Requirement for information ...1901
- Review of adverse decision ...1906
- Service on patentee or applicant ...1901.03
- TC Director’s attention required ...1003
- Timeliness of protest ...1901.04
- Trade secret information ...724 , 1901.02
- Treatment by examiner ...1901.06
- Under Rule 1.291 ...1901
- Who can file ...1901.01
- Protestor participation ...1901.07
- Provisional application ...201.04(b) , 1706
- Abandonment ...201.04(b) , 201.11 , 711.03(c)
- Access ...103 , 104
- Assignment of ...302.03
- Assignment of application claiming benefits of ...306.01
- Completeness ...506 , 601.01(b)
- Conversion to ...201.04(b) , 601.01(c)
- Correction of inventorship ...201.03
- Cover sheet for ...201.04(b)
- Data, on file wrapper/history of ...202.02 , 1302.09
- Data, in specification of ...1302.04
- Drawing ...608.02
- Effective filing date ...601.01(b) , 706.02
- English language translation for benefit of date ...201.11
- Filing receipt ...503
- Guidelines for drafting ...601
- Information disclosure statement ...609
- Joint inventors in ...605.07
- Last day of pendency ...201.04(b)
- Ordering of abandoned ...905.03
- Priority ...201.04(b) , 201.11
- Request to convert to nonprovisional ...1002.02(b) 1002.02(q)
- Revival ...711.03(c)
- Statutory Invention Registration ...1101
- Small entity status ...509.03
- Specification ...601.01
- PTO employee restrictions, assignment ...309
- PTO employee restrictions, unavailable to sign oath or declaration as inventor ...409
- Public access to ex parte reexamination file ...2232
- Public access to inter partes reexamination file ...2632
- Public domain (See also Public use ; On sale ; and Disclaimer ) ...2121.03 , 2133.03 2133.03(a) , 2145
- Public inspection, Application file ...103 , 1128
- Ex parte reexamination ...103 , 2232
- Inter partes reexamination ...103 , 2609 , 2632
- Redacted application publication ...103 , 1132
- Reissue ...103 , 1430 , 1470
- Public inspection of assignments ...301.01
- Public Law (See Statutes )
- Public policy ...706.03(a)
- Public right to inspect files ...103 , 1128
- Public sale (See also On sale ; Public use ) ...2133.03
- Public search facility (See Patent search facility )
- Public searchers ...101
- Public use (See also On sale ) ...706.02(c) 2133.03 , 2133.03(a)
- Affidavit or declaration ...715.10
- Anticipation ...2133.03(a)
- Commercial exploitation ...2133.03(e)(1)
- Commercial use ...2133.03(a)
- Completion of the invention ...2133.03 2133.03(c) , 2133.03(e)(1)
- Definition of ...2133.03(a)
- Evidence ...706.02(c)
- Experimental use (See also Experimental use ) ...2133.03 , 2133.03(e)
- In this country ...706.02(c) , 2133.03(d)
- Intent to experiment ...2133.03(e)(2) , 2133.03(e)(3)
- Invention ...2133.03(c)
- Policy considerations ...2133.03
- Public knowledge or on display ...2133.03(a)
- Secrecy ...2133.03(a)
- Single use ...2133.03(a)
- Testing by third party ...2133.03(e)(5) , 2133.03(e)(7)
- Use with expectation of privacy ...2133.03(a)
- Use by inventor or associates ...2133.03(a)
- Use by independent third parties ...2133.03(a)
- Public use proceedings ...720
- Affidavits ...720.01
- Final decision ...720.05
- Oral argument ...720.04
- Petitions ...1134 , 1002.02(b)
- Preliminary handling ...720.01
- Preliminary hearing ...720.03
- Prima facie showing ...720.02
- Rejections after ...706.03(v)
- Rejections on ...706.03(v) , 720.05
- Testimony ...720.04
- Publication, Defensive ...711.06 , 711.06(a) , 1111
- Publication of Statutory Invention Registration ...1111
- Publication date ...706.02(a) , 707.05(f)
- Publication fee ...1126 , 1133 , 1303 , 1306 , 1306.03
- Publication of abstracts ...711.06 , 711.06(a)
- Publication
- Board decisions ...1213.03
- Citing ...706.02 , 707.05(e) , 901.06
- Date of ...706.02(a)
- Declassified ...707.05(f)
- Notices ...Introduction , 707.06 , 1703
- Official Gazette (O.G.) ...1703
- Orders ...Introduction , 707.06 , 1703
- Own, as reference ...715.01(c) , 2132.01
- Patent and Trademark Office ...Introduction
- Pre-Grant (See Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub) )
- Prior art effect of international ...706.02(a) , 1857.01 2136.03
- Rules changes ...1703
- Under 35 U.S.C. 122(b) as references ...1857.01 , 1896 , 2136 , 2136.03
- Voluntary ...1133
- Publishing Division (See Office of Patent Publications )
- Pulling abandonments ...711.04(a)