MPEP 1300
Allowance and Issue
This is the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 10.2019, Last Revised in June 2020
Chapter 1300: Allowance and Issue
1301: Substantially Allowable Application, Special
1302: Reserved
1302.01: General Review of Disclosure
1302.02: Requirement for a Rewritten Specification
1302.03: Notice of Allowability
1302.04: Examiner’s Amendments and Changes
1302.04(a): Title of Invention
1302.04(b): Reserved
1302.04(c): Cancellation of Claims to Nonelected Invention
1302.04(d): Cancellation of Claim Lost in Interference
1302.04(e): Cancellation of Rejected Claims Following Appeal
1302.04(f): Reserved
1302.04(g): Identification of Claims
1302.04(h): Rejoinder of Claims
1302.05: Correction of Drawing
1302.06: Prior Foreign Application
1302.07: Reserved
1302.08: Interference Search
1302.09: Classification, Print Figure, and Other Notations
1302.10: Issue Classification Notations
1302.11: Reserved
1302.12: Listing of References
1302.13: Signing
1302.14: Reasons for Allowance
1303: Notice of Allowance
1303.01: Amendment Received After Allowance
1303.02: Undelivered
1303.03: Not Withheld Due to Death of Inventor
1304: Amendments After D-10 Notice
1304.01: Withholding From Issue of "Secrecy Order" Applications
1305: Jurisdiction
1306: Issue Fee
1306.01: Deferring Issuance of a Patent
1306.02: Simultaneous Issuance of Patents
1306.03: Practice After Payment of Issue Fee; Receipt of Issue Notification
1307: Change in Classification of Cases Which Are in Issue
1308: Withdrawal From Issue
1308.01: Rejection After Allowance
1308.02: For Interference or Derivation Purposes
1308.03: Quality Review Program for Examined Patent Applications
1309: Issue of Patent
1309.01: Reserved
1309.02: "Printer Rush" Cases