MPEP Key Word Index - U
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- Unavailable inventor 409 , 409.03
- Unavoidable abandonment (See Abandonment )
- Unclaimed disclosure, reservation 608.01(e)
- Undelivered mail 707.13 , 1303.02
- Undue breadth rejection 706.03 , 707.07(g) , 2164.08(a) , 2173.04 , 2173.05(h)
- Unexpected results (See also Affidavits, traversing rejections (37 CFR 1.132) ) 716.02 to 716.02(g)
- Unintentional abandonment (See Abandonment )
- United Kingdom priority document 201.15
- United States Code (See also Statutes )
- United States of America, Foreign language names for 901.05(a)
- Unity of invention 803 , 823 , 1850 , 1875 , 1893.03(d)
- University or other institution of higher learning 509.02
- Unlocatable Patent or Application Files 508.04
- Unmatched papers 508.03
- Unofficial subclasses and digests 903.02(c)
- Unscheduled closing 201.13
- Unsigned amendment 711 , 714.01(a)
- Untimely filed (premature) paper prior to orderfor
ex parte reexamination 2225 - Untimely filed (premature) paper prior to orderfor inter partes reexamination 2625
- Untimely response to
ex parte reexamination 2267 - Untimely response to inter partes reexamination 2667
- UPOV Convention (See also Plant patent ; Treaties ) 1612, 1613
- Uruguay Round Agreements Act (See also Treaties ) 201.04(b) , 715 , 715.07(c) , 2701 , 2132
- Use claims 2173.05(q)
- Use, Public (See Public use )
- User pass 510
- USPTO Contact Center 1730
- Utility classes 902.02
- Utility, disclosure in drug cases 2164.06 , 2164.07
- Utility requirement guidelines 2107
- Utility lacking, rejection 706.03(a) , 2107
- Utility model 901.05(b)
- Utility patent (See also Design application ; Patent ; Plant patent ) 901.04 , 1502.01
- Application publication 1120 to 1135
- Copies of 707.05(a)
- Copyrighted material in 608.01(v)
- Design patent compared to 1502.01
- Double patenting 804
- Drawings / Photographs 608.01(f) , 608.02
- Elements of Chapter 600
- Expiration date or term 2211 , 2250 , 2611
- Maintenance fees 2506
- Period of enforceability 2204 , 2211 , 2611
- Specification 608.01
- Utility required 608.01(p) , 706.03(a) , 2107 , 2164.07