MPEP Subject Matter Index - O
Index from the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 07.2015, Last Revised in November 2015
MPEP Chapter Index | Subject Matter (Key Word) Index:
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- Oath (See also Declaration)
- Antedating reference (See Affidavit, of prior invention to overcome a pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 or 103 rejection(37 CFR 1.131))
- Non-English 602.06
- Original (See also Oath, Original, Rule 1.63) 602.01(a); 602.01(b); 602.01(c)
- Plant application (Rule 1.162) 1604
- Reissue (Rule 1.175) 706.03(x); 1414; 1444
- Supplemental 1414.02
- Substitute 602.02
- Supplemental 601.05(b); 603
- Supplemental and allowance 603.01
- Traversing rejection (Rule 1.132) 716
- Oath, Antedating reference (See also Affidavit, of prior invention to overcome a pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 or 103 rejection (37 CFR 1.131)) 715
- Oath, International application 1893.01(e)
- Oath, Original, Rule 1.63 602.01(a); 602.01(b); 602.01(c)
- Administering 602
- Amendment 602.01(c)
- Attorney administers 602
- Consular certificate 602.04
- Continuing application 602.01(c); 602.05
- Copies, filing of 602
- Date of execution 602.05
- Declaration in lieu of, Rule 1.68 602; 602.01
- Defective 602; 602.01(b); 602.02; 602.03
- Delayed filing 506
- Divisional application 602.05(a); 602.05(b)
- Executed before alteration of specification 602.02
- Execution 602
- Facsimile 602
- Foreign execution 602.04
- Foreign-filed applications listed 214; 214.03; 602.01(b)
- Invalid, By attorney in case 602
- Jurisdiction of notary 602; 602.03
- New required 602.01; 602.02
- Notary 602; 602.03; 602.04; 602.08(b)
- Notary certificate 602; 602.03
- Notary jurisdiction 602
- Refers to preliminary amendment 602.01(c)
- Seal 602
- Seal, Foreign application 602.04
- Seal, Not required 602
- Signed before alteration of specification 602.08(b)
- Substitute 602.02; 604
- Venue 602
- Oath, Supplemental, Rule 1.67 603
- Oaths, Conflicting 201.03; 602.01(c)
- Object of invention 608.01(d)
- Objection contrasted with rejection 706.01
- Objection, Dependent claims 608.01(n)
- Objection to formal matters, When made 707.07(a); 707.07(j); 710.02(b); 714.14
- Obvious error, correction 1302.04; 1305
- Obviously informal application 702.01
- Obviousness 706.02; 706.02(j); 2141 - 2146; 2158
- Age of reference 2145
- Analogous prior art 1504.03; 2141.01(a); 2145
- Design applications 1504.03
- Form paragraphs used for rejection 706.02(m)
- Number of references 2145
- Ordinary skill, level of 2141.03
- Prima facie case 2142 - 2143.03; 2144; 2158
- Process claims, nonobvious product 2116.01
- Provisional rejection 706.02(k)
- Ranges 2144.05
- Rationale for 2144 - 2144.09
- Adjustable, making 2144.04
- Aesthetic design changes 2144.04
- Automating manual activity 2144.04
- Duplication of parts 2144.04
- Elimination of element or step 2144.04
- Equivalence, art-recognized 2144.06
- Genus-species 2144.08
- Integral, making 2144.04
- Omission of element or step 2144.04
- Portable, making 2144.04
- Proportion changes 2144.04
- Purifying old product 2144.04
- Ranges 2144.05
- Rearrangement of parts 2144.04
- Reversal of parts 2144.04
- Separable, making 2144.04
- Sequence, change in 2144.04
- Shape changes 2144.04
- Size changes 2144.04
- Species-genus 2144.08
- Rebuttal arguments by applicant 2145
- Teaching away in prior art 2141.02; 2145
- Offenlegungsshriften 901.05(b)
- Offensive language 608; 1504.01(e)
- Redacted in Pre-Grant Publication 1132
- Offensive subject matter 1003; 1504.01(e)
- Offer to sell 706.02(c); 2133.03(b); 2152.02(d)
- Offer to surrender original patent (not required) 1416
- Office action (See Action)
- Office action in ex parte reexamination 2260; 2262
- Office action in inter partes reexamination 2660; 2671
- Office date stamp 505; 506; 710.01(a); 714.18
- Office hours 510
- Office of Congressional Relations 203.08(a)
- Office of Electronic Information Products ; 1730
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline 402; 402.01; 407; 410; 502; 510; 601.03; 602; 714.01(a); 1002.02(k)(1); 1002.02(m)
- Mailing address 501
- Office of General Law 1002.02(k)(2)
- Office of Initial Patent Examination (See also Office of Patent Application Processing)
- Office of Patent Application Processing (See also Incoming-Mail Section) 201.03; 201.06(c); 201.06(d); 202; 203.08; 402; 402.01; 409.03; 501; 502; 503; 506; 601; 601.01(d); 601.01(f); 601.01(g); 602.01; 602.01(c); 602.01(c)(1); 602.01(c)(3); 602.03; 602.05(b); 602.08(b); 608.01; 608.01(b); 608.01(f); 608.01(n); 608.02; 608.02(a); 608.02(b); 608.05; 609.07; 714.16(d); 903.08(a); 1306; 1414; 2501
- Application Assistance Unit 1730
- Contact information 1730
- Petitions handled 1002.02(q)
- Office of Patent Application Processing (See also Incoming-Mail Section) 201.03; 201.06(c); 201.06(d); 202; 203.08; 402; 402.01; 409.03; 501; 502; 503; 506; 601; 601.01(d); 601.01(f); 601.01(g); 602.01; 602.01(c); 602.01(c)(1); 602.01(c)(3); 602.03; 602.05(b); 602.08(b); 608.01; 608.01(b); 608.01(f); 608.01(n); 608.02; 608.02(a); 608.02(b); 608.05; 609.07; 714.16(d); 903.08(a); 1306; 1414; 2501
- Office of Patent Classification 903; 903.05; 906
- Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA) (See also Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)) 103; 506.02; 1002.02(b); 1449.01; 1457; 2227; 2236; 2239; 2284; 2285; 2287; 2642; 2667; 2668; 2686.01 - 2687
- Office of Patent Publications (Office of Data Management) 104; 502; 502.01; 603.01; 608.01(m); 608.02(z); 711.01; 714.16(d); 724.05; 903.07; 1120; 1121; 1122; 1125; 1126; 1302.05; 1302.12; 1303.01; 1308; 1309; 1309.02; 1611; 2229; 2283; 2287; 2295; 2686.01; 2687
- Office of Patent Quality Assurance 1302.04; 1308.03
- Office of Petitions 106; 201.03; 201.06(c); 211.04; 502; 601.01(d); 601.01(g); 601.02; 602.01(c)(3); 609.04(b); 1002.02(b); 1308
- Location and phone number 1730
- Office of Policy and External Affairs 213.01
- Office of Public Records 103; 104; 711.03(d); 1128; 1309; 1730
- Hand-delivery of papers to 502
- Office of Solicitor 311; 1002.02(k)(3); 1216.01; 1216.02; 1701.01; 1720; 1721; 2207; 2240; 2681
- Mailing address 501
- Office of the Commissioner for Patents 1721; 1901.03; 1902.01
- Duty of disclosure to 2001.03
- Office of the Deputy Commissioner (Associate Commissioner) for Patent
Examination Policy 502.03; 1002.02(b); 1721; 2677
- Petitions decided by 1002.02(b)
- Official action 707
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Official Gazette(O.G.) ; 403; 409.03; 409.03(h); 1703
- Claim published 1302.09
- Copies and Subscriptions 1703
- Defensive publications 711.06(a)
- Designating classification 1302.09
- Drawing figure 1302.09
- eOG:P 1703
- Issuing as U.S. patent 901.05
- Notice of ex parte reexamination certificate 2288; 2291
- Notice of inter partes reexamination certificate 2688; 2691
- Notice of Certificate of Correction 1480; 1485
- Notices 1703
- Notices of maintenance fees due 2501; 2575
- Notice of ex parte reexamination request 2229
- Online 1703
- Patents 1703
- Published electronically 1703
- Publishing disclaimers 1490
- Reissue application filing notice 1430; 1441; 1441.01; 1443; 1457; 1470; 1703
- Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) 1111
- Trademarks 1703
- Official inquiries 203.08(a)
- Official Notice 2144.03
- OIPE (See Office of Initial Patent Examination (Office of Patent Application Processing))
- “Old art” use in deciding request for reexamination 2242; 2642
- Old combination 2173.05(j)
- Omission in reply, inadvertent 710.02(c); 2266.01; 2666.30
- Omnibus claim 706.03(d); 2173.05(r)
- On-line search (See also Electronic databases) 706.02(e); 901.06(a); 902.03(e)
- On sale (See also Public Use) 706.02(c); 2133.03; 2133.03(b); 2152.02(d)
- Affidavit or declaration 715.10
- Anticipation rejection 2133.03(b); 2152.02(d)
- Buyer 2133.03(b)
- Commercial activities 2133.03; 2133.03(c); 2133.03(e); 2133.03(e)(1); 2152.02(d)
- Completion of the invention 2133.03; 2133.03(b); 2133.03(c); 2133.03(e)(1); 2133.03(e)(3)
- Admission of completion by 37 CFR 1.131 affidavit 2133.03(c)
- Definition of 2133.03(b); 2152.02(d)
- Conditional sale 2133.03(b)
- Nonprofit sale 2133.03(b)
- Sale of rights 2133.03(b)
- Single sale 2133.03(b)
- Delivery of offered goods 2133.03(b)
- Device embodying process 2111.02
- Evidence of (prior art publications) 2133.03(b)
- Experimental use (See also Experimental use) 2133.03; 2133.03(e); 2152.02(d)
- Goods “on hand” 2133.03(b)
- “In this country” 2133.03(d)
- Invention 2133.03(c)
- Intent to sell 2133.03(b); 2133.03(e)(2)
- Offer for sale 2133.03(b)
- Policy considerations 2133.03
- “Ready for patenting” 2111.03(c)
- Reduction to practice 2133.03(c); 2133.03(e)
- Sale by inventor or associate 2133.03(b)
- Sale by third party 2133.03(b)
- Testing by third party 2133.03(e)(5); 2133.03(e)(7)
- Sale of a process 2133.03(c)
- Sale of “rights” 2133.03(b)
- Secrecy 2133.03; 2133.03(b)
- Supervision and control over invention 2133.03(e)(5); 2133.03(e)(7)
- Test for determining if impermissible sale occurred 2133.03(b)
- Operating hours (See Hours of operation)
- Operative 2164.07; 2164.08(b)
- Operative example 608.01(p)
- Operative, Showing 608.03; 716
- Opposition to issue of patent (See Protest)
- Oral hearing in reexamination
- Oral hearing on appeal 1209
- Order, citation of 707.06
- Order granting ex parte reexamination 2246
- Order granting inter partes reexamination 2646; 2660
- Returned as undelivered 2654
- Order of examination 708 - 708.03
- Patentability report 705.01(b)
- Order for compliance 1210.01
- Ordering
- Orders (See also Publication) ; 707.06
- Ordinary and customary meaning of claim term 2106; 2111.01
- Evidence of 2111.01
- Original application (See Nonprovisional application)
- Original disclosure, inherent characteristics 608.04(a); 716.02(f)
- Ornamentality lacking in design applications 1504.01(c)
- Outstanding requirements 707.07(e)
- Overcoming a reference, Right of priority 216; 706.02(b)(1)
- Overlapping applications
- Same applicant 709.01; 715.01(a); 804; 804.02; 822
- Same assignee 706.02(f)(2); 706.02(k); 706.02(l) - 706.02(l)(3); 709.01; 715.01(b); 822
- Subject to joint research agreement 706.02(l)(1) - 706.02(l)(3); 804; 804.02; 804.03; 2136.01; 2141.01; 2156
- Overlapping claims 804.02
- Oversight of inter partes reexamination 2689
- Owner’s representative 400
- Ownership and assignment 300; 706.02(l)(2); 706.02(l)(3); 717.02(a)
- Ownership at time invention made 706.02(k); 706.02(l) - 706.02(l)(3); 717.02(a)
- Ownership of applications filed subsequent to recording of assignment 306