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# Index

A

Sec. No.

A.I. series of patents
901.04
Abandoned Application (see also Abandon-
ment).

Accessibility to public.

103

Counting

711.04 (a)

Definition

203.05

Disposal

103, 711.04

Issue fee, failure to pay

203.07, 712

Listed

711.04 (a)

Matter reproduced in substitute

201.09

Ordering

711.04 (b), 905.03

Petition, Period for response after

1002

Reference use

901.02

Retention label

1302.07

Revival

711.03 (c), 1002.02

Revival, Examiner's statement.

711.03 (d)

Stored

711.04 (a)

Abandoned file. (See Abandoned application ;

Abandonment.)

Abandonment (see also Abandoned applica- tion)

711

After allowance

711.05

Amendment late

711, 711.02,

714.17

Appeal dismissal

1215.04

Appeal withdrawal

1215.01 to

1215.03

Assignee must consent

711.01

Court case

1215.05

Destroys continuity

201.11

Express

711,

711.01

Counted as action

1705

Issue fee not paid.

711.05, 712

Failure to pay Issue fee.

712

Following forfeiture.

712

Forwarding

711.04(a)

Incomplete response.

711.03 (a)

Incomplete response, Review by

Primary

707.02

No response

711,

711.02

Notification of

711.02

Of Invention

708.03 (s)

Petition to revive

711.03(€),

1002.02

Examiner's statement

711.03(đ)

Pulling

711.04(a)

Reconsideration

711.03 (a),

711.03 (b)

Reissue

1401.04

Revival

711.03 (c)

Shortened statutory period expired

710.02 (đ)

Undelivered action

707.13

Abbreviation, Periodical citation

707.05(e)

Abbreviature and Abstract publication.

711.06

Citation

711.06 (a)

Ordering copies

901.06 (d)

Publication opens flie to inspection

103

Sec. No.

Abstract for Defensive Publication

711.06

Abstract of the disclosure

608.01 (b)

Abstract publication

711.08

Accelerated Examination

708.02

Access (sce also Inspection ; Power of attor-

ney).

Authorized by Commissioner

104

Disbarred attorney

105

Pending application

101, 106

Petition

103, 1002.02

Accident or inadvertence (sce also

Reissue ap-

plication )
1401, 1401.08
Act. (See Statutes; Statutes, revised.)

Action (sce also Letter, Examiner's).

After Board decision
1214.01 to 1214.07

After Board decision reversing Examiner __ 1214.04

After Board decision sustaining Examiner __ 1214.06

After correspondence under Rule 202
1101.01 (1)

Amendment-after final rejection
714.13

Claim summary

707.07 (1)

Claims In excess of filing fee.

714.10

Completeness

707.07

Correction, Period for response.

710.06

Correspondence under Rule 202 not counted

1101.01 (f)

Counted

1705

Crosses amendment.

714.05

Date

707.11

Examiner's

707

File wrapper endorsement

707.10,

717.01

Final action

705.01 (a),

706.07,

713.09

Fourth or subsequent.

1005

Incorrect citation

710.08

Informal application

702.01

Patentability report not counted

705.01 (c)

Piecemeal

707.07 (a)

Primary Examiner's personal attention

707.02

Priority determination

201.15

Reopening prosecution

1005

Response time computation

710.01 (a)

Restriction requirement.

Chapter 800

Returned

707.13

Review

Introduction

Shortened time limit

710.02

Supplemental

710.06.

714.05

Suspension

700

Suspension, Primary's attention

707.02

Suspension. Group Director's

attention

100%

Third, SPE reviews

702.02(a)

Additional improvement series

of patents.

001.04

Address of applicant

605.03

Administration, Letters of

409.01 (b),

400.01 (c), 400.01 (e)

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PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE

No.

Administration of oath

3cc. 604

Administrator or executor.

400.01

Allowance and issue

108.01 (f)

Application by. After discharge.

409.01 (c)

Assigned application, Inventor dies

409.01 (e)

Authority

409.01 (b)

Consular certificate

409.01 (d)

Foreign country

409.01 (4)

Heir 409.01, 409.01 (a ),

409.01 (d)

Prosecution by

409.01 (a)

Signature

805.05 (a)

Specification form

605.05

Advantages over prior art

707.07 (f)

Adverse recommendation under Rule 312 __

714.16(d)

Affidavit. (See Oath.)

Affidavit, Antedating reference. Rule 131

715

Acts in this country

715.07 (c)

After appeal

1212

Assignee

715.04

Chemical case

715.08

Conception

715.07

Constructive reduction

715.07

Dates to be overcome

715, 715.01

Diligence 715.07,

715.07 (a)

Exhibit

715, 715.07

Exhibit, Disposition

715.07 (d)

Facts and evidence

715.07

Foreign filing date

715.01

Generic claim

715.02

Generic claim, Chemical case

715.03

Interference, Oath sealed

715.06

Interference testimony equivalent to.

715.07 (b)

Joint inventor makes.

715.04

New matter in reference

715

Patent claims same invention ___ 715.05. 1101.02 (a)

Patent shows single species

715.03

Primary decides sufficiency

707.02. 715.08

Reduction to practice.

715.07

Sealing prior to interference

715.06

Sealing requires Primary's attention

707.02

Seasonable presentation

715.09

When used

715

Who may make

715.04

Affidavit, Traversing rejection. Rule 132.

716

Affirmation. (See Oath.)

Agent. (See Attorney ; Power of attorney.)

Aggregation

708.03 (1)

Aggregation, Design application

1504

Aggregation and subcombination

806.05 (a).

809.03 (a)

Agricultural Research Service.

1002

Alien Property Custodian publication

901.06 (c)

Allowance and issue face also Allowed appli-

cation )

1300

Abandonment after

711.05

Administrator's signature amended

605.05 (a )

All claims allowed, Shortened period.

710.02 (b)

Amendment, Examiner's

1302.04

Allowance and issne Continued
Sec. No.
Amendment, Examiner's, Case in issue __ 714.16, 1805
Amendment, Examiner's, "Printer Waiting" __ 1309.01
Amendment after. (See Amendment: After
allowance.)

Amendment after allowance of all claims.

714.14,

1303.01

Amendment after D-10 notice 107.02,

1904.01

Amendment at time of

714.15

Amendment crossing

714.15

Assigned application

306, 308

Assignment Branch 306, 409.01 (b),

1302.11

1401.11

Blue Slip

908.07, 903.07 (b)

Cancel nonelected

claim

by

Examiner's

amendment

821.01. 821.02

Cancelation of claims

after

appeal

1302.04(e)

Cancelation of claim

lost in

interference

__ 1302.04 (d)

Cancelation of non-statutory

claim

1302.04(b)

Claim copied from patent

1101.02 (g)

Claim for Official Gazette

1802.09

Claim renumbering

608.01 (1)

Claim renumbering.

Dependent

claim 608.01 (n).

1802.01

Classification

903.07. 903.07 (b)

Classification change after allowance

003.07

Classification in other Group.

903.07 (b)

Classification stip notation

1302.10

Companion application referred to.

1302.07

Copending Application :

File wrapper notations.

202.02. 1802.09

Parent case data

1302.04 (f)

1302.11

Refer to Assignment Branch.

Retention label

1802.07

Correction of error after allowance.

714.16

Cross reference

903.07 (a)

D-10 notice.

107.02. 1304

D-10 notice. Amendment after.

1304.01

Deceased inventor. Notice of allowance.

1303.03

Design application

1505

Disclosure restriction

1302.01

608.02

Drawing, Draftsman's stamp

Drawing correction

608.02 (s), 1302.04

Drawing correction, Examiner's amend-

ment

608.02 (w)

Drawing correction. "Special" slip.

608.02 (x),

1802.05

Drawing in patented file

608.02 (1), 905.03

1802.10

Drawing notations

Erasure of markings

1302.01

Examiner's amendment. (Sec Examiner's

amendment. )

Fee exempt application, statement required by

applicant

607.01

Fee exempt application, Status of in-

607.01 (a)

ventor

File wrapper notation.

1302.00

Final review

1302

First action-cite pertinent art.

1302.12

Foreign application

1302.06

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Allowance and issue-Continued
Bee. No.

Forfeited application

712

Formal matters

714.16. 1502.01

Formal matters, Examiner's amendment and

changes

714.16. 1902.04

Formal matters, Specification rewritten

1802.02

Full first name required.

605.04 (b)

General review

1302.01

Interference

1101.01 (c)

Interference, Notation

1101.01 (c)

Interference search

1302.08

Intervention by executor

409.01 (f)

Issue and Gazette Branch

1309

Issue and Gazette Branch, Jurisdiction of case 1305

Issue in another Group without transfer __ 903.07 (b)
Junior party, Correspondence Rule 202 __ 1101.01 (1)
Jurisdiction of case
1305

Listing of references.

1302.12

Motion to add to interference.

1105.03

Nonelected claims. Canceled by Examiner's

amendment

821.02

Notice of allowance. (See also Notice

of

al-

lowance.)

1303

Patentability report, Print disposal

.(מ) 608.02

705.01 (đ)

Plant application

1611

"Printer Waiting"

1809.01

Print replaces drawing in Group.

608.02 (c)

Protest against issue

1809.02

Record room

905.03

Reference listing

1302.12

Reissue application

1401.11

Rejectior after allowance 1101.01

(1),

1808.01

Related applications. File wrapper notations

202.02.

1802.09

Related applications, Parent case data __

1802.04 (f)

Related applications, Referred Assignment

Branch

1302.11

Related applications, Retention label

1302.07

Reopening prosecution 1303.01,

1308.01

Retention labels

1302.07

Darlew by Examiner 1302.01.

1302.13

Review by Primary

903.07

Rewritten specification requirement

1302.02

Secret case.

107.02.

1304

Senior party in correspondence under Rule

202

1101.01 (1)

Signatures Inconsistent

605.04 (b)

Signing file wrapper

1802.13

Silp

903.07

Special 708.01, 710.02(b).

1301

Specification, Clean copy required.

608.01

(g).

1802.02

Statement of invention

1302.01

Status letter of allowability

1302.03

Suggestion of claims

1101.01 (0)

Supplemental oath after

603.01

Terminology correspondence of specification

and claims

1302.01

Title of invention. 1802.01. 1302.04 ( a )

Allowance and issue Continued

Et No.

Title change by Examiner

006.01, 1802.04 (1 )

Title search, Continuing application

202.02

Transfer

903.08

Undelivered notice of allowance.

1308.02

Withdrawal from issue. (See Withdrawal
from issue.)

Withholding from issue, "Secrecy order"

case

1304

Allowed application (sec also Allowance and

issue).

Custody of Issue and Gazette Branch

203.04

Definition

203.04

File wrapper data

1302.09

Rejection 1101.01

(1), 1308.01

Suggesting claim for interference_ 1005,

1101.01 (0)

Allowed claim, Rejection

708.04

Alteration of application before execution

608.01

Alternative phrase in claim

706.03 (d)

Amended application

203.03

Amended application, Inspection for

trans-

fer

903.08 (c)

Amendment (sce also Response)

714

Accidental entry

714.21

After abandonment

711.02, 714.17

After all claims allowed.

714.14

After allowance:

Canceling claim

714.16

Claim copied from patent __ 714.16

(a). 1101.02(g)

Commissioner's approval

714.16, 1005

Entry In part

714.16(e)

Examiner's action 714.16,

714.16(d),714.16(e)

Excess claims

714.16 (c)

Formal matters

714.16.

714.16(d)

Handling

714.16 (d)

Mailed before allowance

714.15

Motion under Rule 231

714.16(b). 1105.03

Order 3311

714.16(d)

Patentability pointed out

714.16

Reason for adverse action

₹14.16

Renumbering claims

714.16(e)

"Secrecy order" case.

107.02

Supplemental oath

603.01, 714.16

After appeal, After Examiner's

answer

1210

After appeal, Before Examiner's answer

1207

After Board decision

1214.01, 1214.07

After death of attorney

408

After final rejection

714.12. 714.13

After final rejection, Entered in

part.

714.20

Amendment of

714.24

Appeal. After Examiner's answer

1210

Appeal before or with

1207

At allowance

714.15

Attorney not of record.

405. 714.01 (c)

Basis in disclosure,

608

Before first action 608.04 (b), 707.04, 714.00

Before first action, Adding excess

claims

707.04.

714.10

Board rejection avoided

1214.01

Brackets required.

714.22

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Amendment -Continued

Canceled matter restored,

008.01 (s)

Canceling all claims

711.01

Canceling appealed claims

608.01 (0)

Claim added, Terminology basis

608.01 (1)

1215.01 to 1215.03

Claim numbering

Claims added in excess of filing fee.

714.10

714.02, 714.04

Complete response required

Copying patent claim. (See Claim copied
from patent.)

714.15

Crossing allowance

107.02

D-10 notice preceding

Date of receipt

710.01 (a), 714.18

Date stamp, Group receipt

714.18

Date stamp, Mail Branch

505\. 710.01 (a), 714.18

714.23

Defective directions for entry

Denied entry, Petition

1002.02

502

Depositing

714.22, 714.23

Direction for entry

714.19, 714.25

Discourteous

Drawing

608.02 (p), 608.02 (q)

608.02 (x)

Drawing, Disposition

Drawing, New matter

717.01 (a)

Duplicate

714.07

Easily erasable paper forbidden

714.20

Entered In part

714.18. 717.01 (a)

Entry

714.17, 714.19

Entry denied

1207, 1214.07

Entry denied, Appeal case

714.23

Entry denied, Defective directions,

608.02 (x)

Entry denied, Drawing correction.

Entry denied, Drawing new matter

714.19

Entry denied, List

Entry denied, Paper number

Entry denied, Period for response expired.

Entry denied, Substitute specification un-

necessary

714.19, 714.20

Entry

directions

714.22, 714.23

Entry

inadvertent

714.21

Entry of amendment filed in connection with motions in interference 1108

Examiner's ment.)

(See

also

Examiner's

amend-

1802.04

Excess claims

added

707.04,

714.10

File wrapper

endorsement

714.18,

717.01

Formal matters

714.02

Fully responsive.

714.02

Immediate

inspection

714.05

Improper signature

714.01 (a) to 714.01 (d)

711

Improper signature, Ratification
711.02 (a). 714.02 to 714.04
Incomplete response

Incomplete response, Time for complet-

710.02(c), 711, 714.03
ing

Increasing claims in excess of fee under Rule

714.16(c)

312

714.07

Ink, Not permanent

714.05

Inspection

Interference

714.11, 1111.05

Joint to sole

201.03

Amendment-Continued

Bre. NO.

Joint to sole, Interference.

1111.07

Jurisdiction of case not with Examiner.

714.19

Late. 710.02(d),

711,

714.17

Law Examiner has application

714.18

Literature citation in specification

608.01

(p)

Motion under Rule 231, Case in issue.

714.16(b)

Name change on file wrapper

717.02

(b)

New matter

608.04

Nonentry. (Sce also Amendment,

entry

denied. )

714.19

Nonresponsive

714.02 to

714.04

Nonresponsive, Time to perfect response __ 710.02(c),

714.03

"Not entered"

714.21

Oath, Original

802.01

Objectionable remarks

714.19,

714.25

Office date stamp 505, 710.01

(a),

714.18

Paper number

714.18

Patentability pointed out

714.02,

714.04

Period for response ends Sunday or

holiday_

710.0

Permanent ink required

714.07

Petition in application

601.01

Plant application

1610

Post Office address, Applicant.

605.03

Preliminary

714.09

Preliminary, Excess claims

714.10

Preliminary, New matter

608.04 (h)

Purpose of appeal

714.12

Ratification, Death of attorney

406

Ratification, Death of inventor

409.01

Ratification, Signature defective

711.

714.01 (a)

Ratification, Telegram

714.08

Receipt

501

to 505

Received after allowance

714.15

Recommendation by Board

1218.01

Reinstatement of canceled matter

714.24

Requirements of

714.02

Residence change.

717.02(b)

Responsive

714.02,

714.04

Return, After entry on file wrapper

717.01

Rule 312. (See also Amendment after

allow-

ance.)

714.16

Several same day

714.18

Signature improper 711, 714.01 (a) to

714.01 (d)

Signature missing.

711.

714.01 (a)

Signature required.

402.04,

714.01

Signed by applicant. Not by attorney

of

record

714.01 (d )

Signed by attorney not of record.

714.01 (c)

Support by original claim

608.01 (1)

Telegram

714.08

Telephone number.

714.01

Unsigned

714.01 (a)

Unsigned, Ratification of.

711.

714.01 (a)

Wrong Group

508.01

Analogous art

904.01 (c)

Analysis of claims.

904.01

Answer all matters traversed.

707.07 (f)

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608.04

714.21

714.17

Entered in part, After allowance. Rule 312_714.16(e)

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Bec. No.
Apparatus, Process or product and

806.05 (e)

to 806.05 (g)

Appeal

Chapter 1200

Actions subsequent to Examiner's answer

1210

Administrative handling

1204

Affidavit after appeal

1212

Amendment after Board decision

1218.01.

1214.01,

1214.07

Amendment after Examiner's answer.

1210.

1211

Amendment before Examiner's answer.

1207

Amendment for purpose of

714.12,

714.13

Amendment makes case allowable

1206

Answer, Examiner's

1208

Better reference before brief

1207

Board remands case to Examiner

1208.

1210

Brief. Time for filing.

1206

Cancellation of withdrawn claims

1214.05

Civil Suits.

1216.02

Claims copied from patent, Time limit

__

710.02(c)

Claims included

1205

Concurrently with Interference

1210

Conference

1208

Constitution of the Board.

1203

Court

1214.01,

1216

Court. C.C.P.A.

1216.01

Decision by Board

1213

Dismissal

1215.04

Examiner reversed

1214.04

Examiner sustained

1214.08

Examiner's answer

1208

Ex parte review of merits.

1202

Failure to prosecute appeal

1215.04

From Board of Appeals 1214.01, 1216

to

1216.02

Hearing

1209

Introduction

1201

Jurisdiction

1210

Matter subject to Introduction,

706.01

Multiplicity rejection

706.03

(1)

New ground of rejection by Board.

1214.01

New ground of rejection by Examiner

in Ex-

aminer's answer.

1208.01

New matter affecting claim

608.04

(c)

New reference before brief

1207

New rejection by Board

1214.01

Oral hearing

1200

Patentability report case

705.01

(a)

Prerequisite

1205

Primary Examiner's attention

707.02

Procedure after decision

1214.02

Prosecution after appeal

1214

Recommendation of Board

1218.01

Reconsideration by Board 1212.

1214.01.

1214.03

Reference, newly discovered, before brief.

1207

Remand by Board. 1208. 1210,

1211,

1212

Remand by C.C.P.A

1216.01

Remanded case special

708.01

Reopening of prosecution 706.03(1),

1207,

1214.07

Reply brief to Examiner's answer

1208

"Secrecy order" case

107.02

Appeal- Continued

Buc. No.

Time for filling brief.

1206

Withdrawal

1215.01,

1215.02

Withdrawal of final rejection

1208.02

Withdrawal, Partial

1214.05,

1215.03

Appealable matter not petitionable

1002

Applicant (see also Inventor)

605

Citizenship

605.01

Discourtesy

714.25

Heir 409.01

(a),

409.01 (d)

Joint

201.02,

201.03, 605

Leaves service of United States

G07.01 (a)

Other than inventor

409.03

Post Office address

605.03

Power to inspect

104

Residence

605.02

Signature

605.04

Applicants, Card index

504

Application

Abandoned. (See Abandoned application.)

Abstract of the disclosure.

608.01 (b)

Act of 1883

201.17

Allowable except as to form

710.02(b)

Allowed :

Custody of Issue and Gazette Branch

203.04

Definition

203.04

File wrapper data

1802.09

Rejection 1101.01

(1),

1308.01

Suggesting claim for interference

1101.01 (0)

Amended

203.03

Arrangement

608.01 (a )

Assigned. (See also Assignee ; Assignment.)

Access

106

Allowance

308

Conflicting subject matter

304,

305. 706.03 (k), 822, 1101.01

(b)

Inventor applies for

605

Inventor deceased

409.01 (e)

Rejection of other application

304

Assignment to Group for examination

903.08,

903.08

(e)

Assignment to Examiner for examination_

903.08(b)

Background of the invention

608.01 (e)

Best mode

608.01

(h )

Brief summary of the invention.

608.01

( d )

Claim terminology

608.01(0)

Claims

808.01 (1)

Clarity and completeness.

707.07

Classification in examining Group.

903.05(b)

Common ownership

305.

706.03 (k), 709.01,

822,

1101.01 (b)

Complete

506. 600

Conflicting. same applicant

304.

706.03

(k).

709.01.

804.

822.

822.01

Content

Chapter

(M)

Continuation. "(See alan Continuation.)

201.07

Continuation-in-part. i See also

Continuation-

in-part )

201.08

Continuing

201.11

Convertibility

201.03

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Application Continued

Bec. No.

Copendency

201.11

Copending, Design

1504

Copy furnished

Chapter

600

Cross-noting:

Data of parent application on file wrapper_202.02,

1802.09

Data of related application brought up to

date 1302.04 (f)

Data of related application in specification 201.11,

202.01

Foreign application, Application oath

202.04

Foreign application, File wrapper

202.03

In original patent file of reissue application

202.05

Depositing

502

Description of the prior art.

608.01 (c)

Design. (See also Design application.)

1503

Detailed description.

608.01 (g)

Distribution

508

Division. (See also Divisional application.

) _

201.06

English language

608.01

Fee exempt 201.17,

607.01

Fee exempt to fee filed.

607.01

(b)

Fee filed

607

Field of the invention

608.01 (c)

Filing receipt

503

Filing date

503, 505

Five year pendency

707.02 (a)

Five year pendency, Shortened statutory

period 710.02(b)

Foreign. (See also Foreign application. )

____

201.14

Form Chapter 600

Government-owned :

"Act of 1883"

201.17,

607.01

Changed from fee filed.

1002.02

Changed to fee filed

1002.02

Inventor leaves government

607.01

(a)

Special

708.01

35 U.S.C. 266

607.01

Incomplete

506

Completed

506.01

Drawing

507

Invalid oath

604.06

Return

506.01

Return of filing fee

506.01

Using again

608.01 (u)

Informal

506,

702.01

Informal, Primary's attention required

707.02

Informal, Search

704

Informal, Special

708.01

Inspection

101, 103

International Convention

201.13

Issue. Definition

203.04

Issue fre not paid.

203.07.

712

Joint

201.02

Joint to sole

201.03

Joint to sole. Interference.

1111.07

"Mechanical"

201

Mode of operation

608.01 (h)

New

203.01

Old

203.03

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Application -- Continued
Original

Sec. No.
201.04, 506

Overlapping, Same applicant.

706.03 (k).

709.01, 804, 822, 822.01, 1101.01 (b)

305,

Overlapping, Common ownership.
706.03 (k), 709.01, 822, 1101.01 (b)

Papers.

Arrangement

717.01 (a)

Parent

201.04

Parts

Chapter

600

Pending

five years

707.02

(a)

Plant.

(See also Plant application.) __

Chapter 1600

Public

inspection

103

Publication

of abstract 711.06,

711.06

(a)

Receipt and handling.

Chapter 500

Recording

in examining Group.

1704

Referred

to in Patent, Information

as to

status

102

Refle

201.10

Register.

Application Branch

504

Reissue.

(See also Reissue application.)

Chapter

1400

Rejected

203.02

Relating to atomic energy

108

Requisites

702

Returning

Chapter

600

Right to Inspect

101,

103

"Secrecy order"

107,

107.02

Serial number

503

Sole

201.01

Sole to joint

201.03

Special

708

to

708.03

Special, List

708.01

Status

203

Substitute :

Carries ownership from parent.

201.12

Copendency lacking

201.11

Definition

201.09

File wrapper notation

202.02

Reference to parent application

201.11

Refile

201.10

Terminology, Claim

608.01

(0)

Title of invention

6OG

Title of invention, Change

606.01

Types

201

Unclaimed subject matter

305.01

"Utility"

201

Wrong Group.

508.01

Application Branch

503

to

506,

508

Argument in amendment

714.04

Arrangement of art in examining groups

$01.07

Arrangement of application

608.01

( a )

Arrangement. Papers in file wrapper

717.01

(a )

Assigned application :

Access

106

Allowance

308

Conflicting subject matter

304.

305. 706.03 (k).

822. 1101.01 (b)

Endorsing assignments.

303

Inventor applies for

6OR

Inventor deceased

409.01

(e)

Rejection of other application

804

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Bec. No.

Assignee (see also Assigned application, Assign-

ment. )

Affidavits under Rule 131.

715.04

Certificate of correction

1402

Common 105, 706.03 (k), 709.01, 822, 1101.01 (b)

Conflicting

306

Double patenting, Same assignee. 706.03 (k), 822

Entire interest, Control

106

Interfering cases, Same assignee_ 709.01, 1101.01 (b)

Intervention 106,

409.01 (e)

Part interest

106.01

Patent issues to.

307

Power to inspect

101, 104

Reissue application

1401.02

Revocation of power of attorney

402.07

Assignment

301

Allowance of application

308

Conflicting

306

Conveys ownership

201.12

Continuing application

306

Date of recording

307

Effect of recording.

302

File wrapper endorsement

303

"One of several overlapping applications 706.03 (t)

Parent application

306

Part interest

106.01

Patent

301

Pending applications.

301. 303

Recording

302

Assignment branch :

Administrator and executor authority

checked

409.01 (b)

Allowance and issue 306. 1302.11

File wrapper endorsement.

303

Title search

202.02

Assignment to Examiner for examination __

903.08(b)

Associate attorney

402.02, 406

Associate attorney, Correspondence with

403.01

Associate of unregistered attorney

402

Atomic Energy Act of 1954. 108.

706.03 (b)

Atomic energy application

108

Atomic Energy Commission documents

901.06 (a)

Attorney :

Appointment by assignee of entire interest.

106

Associate

402.02, 406

Associate of unregistered

402

Change in firm name

402.04 (a)

Changed, Drawing unchanged

608.02 (u)

Conflicting parties have same

404

Correspondence with associate

403.01

Death

406

Disbarred, Inspection by

105

Disbarred, Interview 105.

713.05

Discourtesy

714.25

Excluded from practice

105

Inspection

101. 104

Interfering cases 402.08. 1101.01 (k). 1102.01 (a)

Interview

713

Limited recognition

402.01

More than one for same applicant

403.02

Attorney-Continued

Sec. No.

Name on drawing

605.04 (h)

Not of record

714.01 (c)

Notarizing oath

604.06

Patent Office cannot aid in selection

401

Post Office address

601.02

Power. (See also Power of attorney.)

402

Registration

402

Roster of attorneys

408

Same in conflicting cases. 1101.01 (k),

1102.01 (a)

Selection

401

Substitute

402.03

Suspended

105

Telephoned by Examiner

408, 713.01

Telephone number on letters.

713.01

Washington representative

408

Withdrawal

402.06

Authentication of oath

604.04(a)

Authority of Administrator or Executor.

409.01 (b)

Authority of Commissioner. Delegation

1001.01

to 1004

Authority of Commissioner. Statutory

1001

Authority to inspect pending application.

101

Authorization

402

B

Background of the invention

608.01 (c)

Bacteria

1601

Bar, Statutory

201.13,

706.03 (s)

Base claim canceled

608.01 (h)

Base claim rejected

608.01 (n)

B.I.R.P.I.

201.13

Blue slip

902.03(b), 903.07

Blue slip. Signatures

903

77 (b)

Blueprint. Correction of drawing.

608.02(v)

Board of Appeals (scc also Appeal).

Appeal from 1214.01.

1216 to 1216.02

Constitution and duties.

1203

Decision

1213

Hearing

1209

Jurisdiction

1210

New ground of rejection by

1214.01

Petition to amend after decision

1002.02

Recommendation

1213.01

Reconsideration and rehearing by __

1214.01,

1214.03

Remand to Examiner.

1208,

1210, 1211

Books in library.

901.08 (a)

Borderline classification.

903.08 (a)

Borrowed publications

001.06 (b)

Borrowing references from Examining

Group

__ 901.08

Box at Patent Office for depositing

papers

502

Branch :

Application. 543 to

506.01. 508,

508.01

Drafting

507

Matt

501

Breadth. I'ndue.

706.03 (%)

Brief, Filed on appeal

1206

Extension of time

1215.04

Brief on motion

1105.01

Brief summary of invention

608.01 (d)

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# MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE

British

patent with exponent, Citing.

Bec. No. 901.05(b)

British

specification,

"Provisional,"

"Com-

plete"

201.15

Bulletin,

Classification

902.04

Business,

Method of doing

.06.03 (a)

C

C. C. P. A., Appeal to.
1214.01, 1216, 1216.01

Cancellation of drawing figures.

608.02(t)

Canceled matter, Before papers executed 608.01

Canceled matter, Restoring 608.01

(s), 714.24

Canceled matter in patented file

901.01

Canceling claim after issue.

714.16

Canceling claim withdrawn after appeal

1214.05

Canceling drawing

608.02(1)

Carbon copy, Application papers

608.01

Carbon copy of amendment

714.07

Card catalog in library

901.06(a)

Card system summarized.

1704

Catalogs and circulars

901.06 (a)

Certificate of correction

1402

Applicant's mistake

1402.01

Handling

1402.02

Petition

1002.02

Report by Examiner.

1402.02

Certified copy of foreign application.

201.14

Certiorari

1202

Changing joint to sole.

201.03

In interference.

1111.07

Reissue

1401.02

Changing name of attorney's frm.

402.04 (a)

Changing sole to joint.

201.03

Charge for pending applications.

905.05

Checklist of pages.

vi

Chemical compound.

608.01 (p)

Chemical practice.

715.03

Circulars, Purpose.

Introduction

Citation :

Abstract

711.06(a)

A. P. C. publication

901.06 (c)

Allowance, Listing at.

1302.12

Applicant's 707.05(d), 1302.12

Correction

707.05(g)

Correction, Period for response.

710.06

Cross references.

707.05(e)

Decisions, Orders, Notices.

707.06

Defensive publications 711.06,

711.06(a)

English language patent corresponding

to

foreign

707.05 (e)

Examiner's answer.

1205

Foreign patent data

901.05 (a)

Foreign printed applications.

001.05 (b)

Incorrect 707.05(g),

710.06

Literature, In specification

608.01 (p)

Memorandum

707.06

Notices

707.06

Orders

707.08

Publications

707.05 (e)

Periodical 707.05(e),

301.06

Citation-Continued

Sec. No.

References

707.05

Allowance in Arst action

1302.12

By applicant

707.05(d),

1302.12

Restriction requirement, Art.

813, 817

Statutes

Introduction

Unofficial cross references.

707.05(e)

U.S. patent data

901.04

Citizenship of applicant.

805.01

Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 145.

1214.01,

1215.05,

1216.02

Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 146.

1109,

1109.01, 1109.02,

1111.09

Claim

608.01 (1),

608.01 (k)

Added by amendment.

608.01 (0)

Added by preliminary amendment

in excess

of filing fee

714.10

After prosecution closed.

714.19

After prosecution closed, Near

end of time

period

714.20

Aggregative

706.03(1)

All allowed

710.02(b)

All canceled

711.01

Allowable except as to form

707.07(1)

Allowed, Rejection of

706.04

Allowed, Withdrawn appeal

1215.02

Alternative phrase

706.03 (d)

Analysis

904.01

Basis in description

608.01 (g)

Basis in disclosure

808

Breadth

(ת) 708.03

Cancellation by Examiner after

appeal

1214.05

Change, After Board recommendation

1213.01

Combination

708.03 (1),

706.03 (1)

Combination and subcombination

806.04(c)

Construed in light of specification

608.01 (0)

Copied from Patent. (See Claim copied from patent.)

Correspondence with disclosure.

706.03 (n)

Dependent

608.01 (n)

Dependent. Objected to when improper.

706.01

Dependent on canceled or rejected claim __

707.07(1)

Design application

1503.01

Differing only by functional

statement __

706.03(c)

Duplicate

706.03(k)

Each mentioned in letter.

707.07(1)

Excess over fee added by preliminary

amend-

ment

714.10

Excess over fee after notice of allowance

..

714.16(c)

Fees, dependent

608.01 (n)

File wrapper notation

1302.09

Filing fee insumcient

506

Form

608.01 (m)

Functional.

706.03(c)

Generic. ( Sec also Generic claim.)

806.04 (đ)

Illustrated by drawing.

608.02(e),

706.03(n)

Inaccurate.

706.03 (n)

Incomplete

706.03 (f).

707.07(1)

Indefinite

706.03 (d)

Independent

608.01 (n)

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INDEX

Claim-Continued

Bec.

No.

Index.

717.04

Indirect limitation

708.03

(đ)

Interference, Construed

1101

Linking

809, 809.03,

808.04

Linking, Traverse of rejection

813.03(d)

"Markust"

706.03

(y)

"Markush," Support.

608.01

(p)

Multiplied

706.03(k),

706.03(1)

Negative limitation

706.08

(d)

New matter

608.04,

706.03(0)

Nonelected invention

809.04, 821.01,

821.02

Nonelected invention, Added

821.03

Nonstatutory

708.03

(b)

Nonstatutory, Cancellation

1302.04

(b)

Numbering

608.01

(J)

"O.G."

1302.09

Original

608.01 (1),

706.03

(n)

Patentably distinct

706.03(k)

Plant application

1605,

1610

Product, Functional

706.03(c)

Product by process.

706.03

(e)

Prolix

706.03(g)

Reference numerals included __

608.01 (m),

706.03

(d)

Reissue application :

Canceled from original

application.

1401.08

Numbering

1401.06

Oath requirement.

1401.08

Original claim subject to

reexamination.

1401.09

Same invention as original

patent.

1401.07

Rejection

706

Renumbering at issue.

608.01

(1),

1302.01

Renumbering dependent.

608.01

(n)

Rewritten

608.01

(q)

Single means.

706.03(c)

Single sentence.

608.01

(m)

Species, How recognized.

806.04

(f)

Species (plural) added

808.02

(đ)

Subgenus ("Markush" type)

708.03(y)

Statutory requirement.

608.01

(k)

Suggested for interference.

1003,

1101.01

(j)

to

1101.01(0),

1101.02(b)

Suggested for interference,

Failure to

make

706.03(u)

Suggested for interference, Time

limit.

710.02

(c)

Summary of invention, consistent.

608.01

(đ)

Terminology basis in description.

€08.01(0)

Unsupported

706.03

(n)

With motion granted in part.

714.20

Withdrawal of appealed claim

1214.05,

1215.03

Claim copied from patent.

710.04(a),

1101.02

to

1101.02(g)

After allowance

1101.02(g)

Appeal of rejection

1205,

1210

Commissioner's approval if outside

time

limit_

1003

Denied admission. Time limit

for re-

sponse

710.02(c),

710.04(a)

Disclaimer rejection

706.03

(11)

Interference pending.

1111.05

Late amendment.

714.19

Claim copied from patent -- Continued
Bec. No.
Not a response to Office action.
711.02(b),

1101.02(e)

Origin must be stated
1101.02, 1101.02(d)
Patent filing date later than that of applica-

tion
1101.02(b)

Patent in different Group.

1101.02

Period for response.

T10.02(c), 710.04 (a)

Prosecution closed.

714.19, 1101.02(g)

Rejection

1101.02(f)

Rejection, Failure to respond to.
708.03 (u)

Rejection, Primary's attention.

707.02

Special

708.01

Class, Scope.

903.02(b)

Class, Transfer

903.05

Class definitions

902.02

Classification :

Application. (See Classification of application.)

Basis

903.02

Bulletin

902.04

Definitions

902.02

Examiner. ( Scc Classification examiner.)
Foreign patents.
Indices

902.08

Manual

802.01

Non-patent literature.

901.06 (b)

Numerical index

902.03(c)

902.04

Orders

Patent, Change of

808.05

Patent index

$02.08 (a)

Principles

808.02

Revision

003.02 (a)

Rules governing applications.

903.08(e)
Slip

908.07

Statutory authority

903.01

Subclass lists.

902.08(c)

Classification examiner :

Decision on classification

903.06(d) to 903.08(f)

Patentability report

705.01(a)

Classification of application :

Allowed application

707.02, 903.07 to 903.07 (b)

Amendment affecting.

908.08(c)

Borderline

903.08 (a)

Cross-referencing

903.07 (a)

Decision of classification Examiner.

903.08(f)

Disputed

903.08 (a),

903.08(d), 903.08(f), 903.08(g)

File wrapper data

717.03

Improperly classified.

903.08 (a)

In another Group at allowance.

003.07 (b)

New application, By Application Branch

903.08,

903.08 (e)

New application, By Primary.

808.08(b)

Rules governing.

903.08 (e)

Transfer to another Group.

903.08(a),

903.08 (d) , 903.08(g)

Classification on patent copies.

008.04

Clean copy

608.01 (q), 1302.02

Clerk, Duties. (Scc the Manual of Clerical

Procedure.)

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Sec. No.

Cloned prosecution except for formal mat-

ters
710.02(b)
Combination, Old Restriction
806.05(b), 820.01

Combination and aggregation ___ 706.03(1), 708.03(1)

Combination and subcombination

802.01.

806.04(c), 806.05(a) to 806.05(c)

Commercial success of invention, Affidavit

alleging

716

Commissioner, action requiring attention of :

Failure to identify claim as copied from a
patent
1101.02 (d)

List

1003

Petition for access

103

Reissue application of patent in interfer-

ence

1401.12

Commissioner's

104

Approval of power to inspect

700,
Authority and functions,
714.16, 717.01, 1001. 1002. 1003

Decisions

Introduction

Notices, Purpose.

Introduction

Orders, Purpose

Introduction

Common disclosure, Parent and continuing

applications

201.11

Common ownership, Conflicting applications ..

305\.

706.03(k), 709.01, 822. 1101.01(b)

Communication with disbarred attorney

105

Companion case, Retention label

1302.07

201.15

"Complete" specification, British

Conception

715.07

Conflicting applications, Same applicant.

304\.

708.03(k). 709.01, 804. 822, 822.01

Conflicting applications, Same assignee

805\.

706.03(k), 709.01. 822. 1101.01 (b)

Conflicting applications, Same attorney __ 1101.01 (k).

1102.01 (a)

Congress, Inquiry on status of application

by

member of.

203.08 (b)

Conservator, Authority recorded

409.02

Conservator. Insane inventor.

400.02

Constitutional basis for patenta. Introduction

Constructive election $18.02(a).

818.02(c)

Constructive reduction to practice.

715.07

Consular certificate.

604.04

Consular certificate, Executor or administrator,

Foreign

409.01 (đ)

Consular certificate, Omission

604.04 (a)

Consular fee stamp.

604.05

Consular fee stamp. Omission.

604.05 (a)

Consular officer.

604.04

Continuation

201.07

Assignment carried from parent.

201.12

Assignment check

308

Copendency

201.11

Definition

201.07

Effective date

201.11

File wrapper notation.

202.02

Final rejection on first action.

706.07 (b)

Continuation-Continued

Sec.

No.

Inspection of parent

103

New matter

201.07

Oath. Delayed fling

602.05

(2)

Ownership

201.12

Parent case data noted on file wrapper.

202.02

Petition to make special.

708.C.2,

1002.02

Reference to parent case

201.11

Res judicata rejection

706.07

(b)

Sole from joint

201.07

Streamlined

201.07

Time for filing.

201.11

When patented, Opens parent application

to

public inspection

103

Continuation-in-part

201.08

Assignment check

306

Copendency

201.11

Definition

201.08

Effective date.

201.11

File wrapper notation

202.02

Inspection of parent.

103

Ownership

306

Petition to make special.

708.02,

1002.02

Reference to parent case

201.11

Sole from joint.

201.08

Time for filling.

201.11

When patented, Opens parent

application

to

public inspection

103

Continuing application

201.11

Continuity between applications.

201.11

Controller General's Opinion B .- 111.648.

607.01

Control of inspection by assignee

106

Convention, International.

201.13

Converting joint to sole __ 201.03. 201.06.

201.07,

201.08

Converting sole to joint.

201.03

Copendency

201.11

Copending application. Reference brought

up

to

date

1302.04

(f)

Copied patent claim. (Scc Claim

copied

from

patent.)

"Copier" copies.

714.07

Copy of foreign application, Certified.

201.14

Correction of drawing.

608.02

(p)

Approval by Examiner

608.02

(x)

Blueprint

608.02

(v)

"Corrected" stamp.

608.02(0)

Cost

608.02(#)

Deferrable 608.02(b),

608.02(p),

608.02(s)

Estimate of cost.

608.02

( %)

Examiner's amendment.

608.02

(w)

New matter.

606.04

Not approved

608.02

(x)

Order for.

608.02

(x)

Required

707.07

(c)

Sketch

608.02(v)

Separate letter

608.02

(r)

Signature, By Examiner's amendment

605.04

(b)

"Special" tag

608.02

(x)

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Sec. No.

Correction of patent
Chapter 1400
Certificate of correction
1002.02, 1402
Reissue. ( Sec Reissue application.)
1401
Statutory disclaimer.
1403

Correction of printer's proof

1309.01

Collection of reference citation

707.05 (g), 710.06

Correspondence :

Associate attorney

403.01

Crossing

714.05

Double

403

Law Examiner. (See also Correspondence

under Rule 202.)

1101.01 (e)

Receipt and handling

Chapter 500

With whom held

403

Correspondence and Mail Branch
501

Correspondence under rule 202
1101.01 (d)

to 1101.01 (1)

Action following
1101.01 (h), 1101.01 (i)
Cases not requiring.
1101.01 (g)

Difference in dates necessitating

1101.01 (g)

"Junior party fails to make date

1101.01 (1)

Not an action on the case.

1101.01 (f)

Statutory period not initiated by
1101.01 (f)

Counting actions

1705

"Count" of subclass.

902.03 (đ)

Court decision, certificate of
1216.01

Court decision, Citation
707.06

Cross-noting :

Data of parent application on file wrapper __ 202.02.

1302.09

Data of related application brought up to

date

1802.04 (f)

Data of related application in specification_

201.11.

202.01

Foreign application, Application oath. 202.04

Foreign application, File wrapper.

202.03

In original patent file of reissue application __

202.05

Cross-reference :

Another application
202.01, 608.01 (p)

At allowance

903.07

Citing

707.05 (e)

Establish new

303.06 (a)

Noted during examination

903.07 (a)

Ordering

903.06

Required for all claimed disclosure.

903.07 (a)

D

D-10 Notice.

107.02, 1804. 1804.01

Date :

Amendment

710.01(a), 714.18

Citation of foreign patent

901.05 (a )

Convention

201.13. 201.14

Filing.

201.11. 503, 505, 1002.02

Foreign application

201.13. 201.14, 201.15

Group stamp.

714.18

Office action

707.11

Office stamp

502. 505, 714.18

Reference. 708.02.

707.05(e), 707.05(f)

Date entered on drawing

608.02(0)

Sec. No.

Date of execution of oath

602.05

Date stamp, Examining Group.

714.18

Death of attorney

408

Death uf inventor (scc also Administrator or

executor)

409

to 409.01

(f)

Decision :

By Board of Appeals.

1213

By Classification Examiner

903.08

(f)

By Primary on interference motion.

707.02

Citation

707.06

Governs Examiner's action

Introduction

Listed

Appendix II

Publication of

707.06

Declaration

602

Declassified matter

707.05 (1)

Dedication

715, 1403

Defective oath.

602.03

Defense, Applications affecting.

107, 108

Defensive publication citation

711.06

(a)

Defensive publication program

711.06

Definition of class

903.02

Delayed filing of original oath.

602.05

Delayed filing of reissue application

706.03 (x)

Delegation of Commissioner's authority.

1001.01,

1002,

1002.02.

1003

Demonstration at interview

713.08

Dependent claim

608.01 (n)

Rejected when base claim is canceled.

608.01 (n),

707.07 (j)

Dependent claim, objected to when improper

706.01

Dependent counts in interference.

1102.01 (a)

Depositing paper.

502

Derogatory remark regarding prior art.

608.01 (r)

Description, Basis for claim

608.01 (0)

Description, Detailed

608.01 (g)

Design.

Chapter 1500

Aggregation

1504

Allowance

1505

Appearance of object.

1502

Application

1503

Claim

1503.01

Convention date.

201.13

Copending applications.

1504

Definition

1502

Delay of issuance

1505

Description

1503.01

Disclaimer

1503.01

Disclosure

1504

Dominant feature

1503.01

Double patenting

1504

Drawing

1503.02

Election of application

1504

Election of species

1504

Examination

1504

Feature emphasized

1503.01

Fee

1505

Foreign priority

1506

Invention

1501,

1504

Modification

1503.01

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Design -- Continued

Sec. No.

New matter

1503.02

Notice before allowance

1505

Novelty

1504

Object, Design for.

1502

Patentabilits

1501

Photograph

1503.02

Preamble

1503

Priority

1506

Reissue

1505

Requirement for restriction

1504

Reproducible

1502

Rules applicable

1501

Sample

1503.02

Search

1504

Segregable parts

1504.01

Simulation

1504

Single signature form

1503

Specification

1503.01

Species election.

1504

Statutory bar, Foreign application

201.13

Subject matter.

1502

Suspension of action.

1505

Term of.

1305

Title

1503.01

Visual characteristics

1502

Withholding from allowance.

1505

Design patent series

901.04

Difference between shortened statutory period

and time limit.

710.02(d)

Diligence in converting application.

201.03

Diligence, Shown in Rule 131 oath __ 715.07. 715.07 (a)

Disbarred attorney 105. 407,

714.01 (a)

Disclaimer :

Co-author of publication.

715.01 (c)

Converting joint to sole 201.03.

201.06

Interference 1108,

1100.02

Rejection 706.03 (u),

710.02(d), 1101.01 (m), 1101.02(f)

Statutory

1403

Disclosure

808

Amendment

608.04

Amendment, Preliminary

608.04(b)

Chemical compound

608.01 (p)

Claimed

901.03

Common, Parent and continuing application

__ 201.11

Completeness

608.01 (p)

Correspondence with claims

706.03 (n)

Detailed description

608.01 (g)

Foreign application.

201.15

Insufficient 201.11,

608.01 (p)

Later filed application

608.01 (p)

Original claim 608.01 (1),

708.03 (n)

Preliminary amendment

608.04 (b)

Related applications.

608.01 (p)

Reservation clause

608.01 (e )

Restricted to claimed subject matter.

1302.01

Specification ( See also Specification)

608.01

Sufficiency of, Affidavit.

716

Disclosure -- Continued

Sec. No.

Support for claims

706.03

(2)

Trademark

608.01 (v)

Trade name

608.01 (₸)

Utility

608.01 (p)

Discourtesy

714.19,

714.25, 1003

"Distinct", Definition

802.01

"Distinct" inventions.

802.

802.01, 803,

806, 806.05

Distinctness

Apparatus and product made.

806.05

(g)

Process and apparatus for its

practice.

806.05(e)

Process and product made

806.05 (f)

Distribution of mail

501

Distribution of papers

508

Division ( scc Restriction Election ; Election of

species)

Chapter 800

Divisional Application

201.06

Assignment carried from parent.

201.12

Assignment .check.

306

Copendency

201.11

Delayed filing of oath

602.05 (a)

Drawing, Transfer to

608.02(5)

Effective date.

201.11

File wrapper notation

202.02

Inspection of parent application

103

New matter.

201.06

Oath

201.06,

602.05 (a)

Ownership carried from parent.

201.12

Parent case data notation in

specification.

202.02

Patented. Opens parent to

inspection

103

Petition to make special.

708.02,

1002.02

Reference to parent application

201.11

Reissue

1401.10(a)

Reissue, Refer to Group Director

1005

Rule 147 application

201.06

Signature omitted

201.06

Sole from joint

201.06

Time for filing

201.11

Double correspondence.

403

Double patenting :

Basis

802

Claimed subject matter.

806.01

Design application

1504

Definition

804

Distinct and independent

inventions.

804,

804.01,

806.05

Rejection

706.08 (k),

804,

804.01. 804.02

Rejection nullification

804.01

Same assignee

305-305.02(a). 706.03 (k), 822

Same inventor.

706.03

(k),

806.04 (h) to 808.04

(1), 806.05,

822, 822.01

Species and genus

806.04 (h) to

806.04 (1)

Submission to Group Director

804.04

Terminal disclaimer effect

804.02

Draftsman

507

Draftsman's notation

507,

608.02(a)

Draftsman's stamp

608.02(a),

608.02(o)

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Bec. No.

Drawing

507, 008.02

Additional

608.02 (h)

Allowance, Notation on

1802.09

Amendment

808.02 (p)

Amendment, Direction for

608.02(q)

Amendment, Disposition

608.02(x)

Amendment support by original claim

808.01 (1)

Approval stamp.

608.02

Attorney's name

605.04 (h)

Attorney's name, Change

608.02 ( 0)

Brief desrciption

€08.01 ( f)

Canceled figure

608.02 (t)

Canceled sheet.

608.02 (t)

Canceled sheet, Patent.

608.02 (1)

Canceled sheet, Transfer

608.02(j)

Changing name of attorney

608.02 (u)

Colored plant

1606

Complete illustration 608.02 (d).

706.03 (n)

Completeness

608.02 (e)

Content of.

608.02 (d)

Continuation application

608.02(1)

Correction. (See also Correction of Draw-

ing.)

608.02(p)

Corresponds with description

608.02 (f)

Cost of correction

608.02(s)

Date entered on back

608.02(0)

Denied admission

608.02 (E)

Design application. 1503.01,

1503.02

Disclosure

608

Divisional application

608.02(1)

Draftsman's criticism included in first Office

action

707.07 (c)

Draftsman's notation 507,

608.02 (a)

Draftsman's stamp. 608.02(a),

608.02(0)

Duplicate

608.02 (h)

Estimate of cost of correction

608.02 (s)

Examiner determines completeness.

608.02 (e)

Examiner's amendment

808 02 ( w)

Illustrates claim

608.02 (e)

Inartistic arrangement.

608.02(t)

"Inf. A.F.E.," Reissue application.

1401.05

Informal 507,

608.02(b)

Informality, Determined by draftsman.

608.02 (a)

"Inventor"

605.04 (h)

Kept in Examining Group.

608.02(c)

Mail Branch stamp.

608.02(0)

Modification illustrated

608.02(f)

Name of applicant.

605.04 (h)

Name of attorney changed.

608.02 (u)

Necessary for filling date.

506. 608.02

"New drawings required"

608.02 (a)

New matter

608.04

New, When required 608.02(a). 608.02(x)

Not received

608.02 (h)

Not returned

608.02(y)

Objection

507

"O.G."

1302.09

Patented case.

905.03

Drawing-Continued

Bec. No.

Photographs

608.02

Photoprint

608.02 (a)

Plant application

1606

Prepared by Patent Office.

606.02 (x)

Print. (Sce Print of drawing.)

608.02 (m)

Prior art.

608.02 (g)

Reference characters

608.02 (e)

Reference characters. Change.

608.02(w)

Reissue application 608.02 (k), 1401.05

Removal from Group

608.02(c)

Required by Examiner

608.02

Return

608.02(5)

Section lines

608.01 (f)

Signature

605.04 (h)

Signature, Administrator or executor.

605.05 (a)

Signature correction, Examiner's amend-

ment

605.04 (b)

Sketch for correction

808.02(v)

Substitute

608.02 (h)

Substitute application

608.02 (1)

Sufficiency, Determined by Examiner.

608.02(e)

Transfer

608.02 (i)

Transfer to continuation

608.02 (1)

Transfer to reissue. 608.02(k),

1401.05

Transfer to substitute application

608.02(1)

Use in Reissue 608.02 (k),

1401.05

View

608.01 (f)

Drawing correction

608.02 (p)

Approval by Examiner 608.02(x),

608.02(q)

Blueprint

608.02 (v)

Cost

608.02(s)

Deferrable 608.02(b),

608.02(s)

Examiner's amendment

608.02 (w)

New matter.

608.04

Only by Office Draftsman

608.02(q)

Order for

608.02 (x)

Required

707.07 (c)

Sketch

608.02 (v)

Separate letter

608.02 (r)

Signature, By Examiner's amendment.

605.04 (b)

"Special" tag.

608.02 (x)

Duplicate amendments.

717.01 (a)

Duplicate claims

706.03 (k)

Duplicate foreign patents

903.03

Duplicate papers, Plant application __ 1603, 1609, 1610

E

"Easily Erasable" paper 608.01,

714.07

Effective date. Declassified matter.

707.05 (f)

Effective date, Reference patent.

706.02,

707.05(e), 715, 715.01

Effective filing date, Continuing application

.. 201.11,

708

Effective filing date, International Conven-
tion.
201.13. 201.14, 201.15
Election. ( Scc also Restriction ; Election of spe-
cies. )
Chapter 800

Action on nonelected claims, Election not

waived

810

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Election Continued
Bec. No.
Sec. No.

After multiplicity rejection

706.03(1)

After restriction.

818

After restriction, Treatment of nonelected

claims.

821 to 821.03

Applicant must make
818.03, e)
Between applications, Conflicting claims.
804.

822 to 822.01

Constructive

818.02(a), 818.02(c)

Fixed by action on merits

818.02(a)

Implied

818.02(a), 818.02(c)

Interference

820.02

Old combination, Election waived

820.01

Optional cancellation

818.02(c)

Original presentation

818.02(a)

Shift

819.01

Traverse

818,

818.03, 818.03(b), 818.03 (c). 821.01

Election of species:

Action after.

809.02(c)

Allowable generic claim lacking.

800.02 (a)

Basis

809.02

Canceling species claims

818.02(c)

Design application

1504

Implied

818.02 (a), 818.02(c)

Reissue application

1401.10

Requirement

809.02(a), 809.02(b)

Species claims lacking

809.02(d), 818.02(b)

Withdrawal of nonelected species.

800.02(c)

Employees of Patent Office. Property interest in

patent

300

English language faulty, New specification_ 608.01 (q)

English language required.

608.01

English language patent corresponding to

foreign

707.05(e)

Entry of amendment. ( Sce also Amendment.) __ 714.18

Entry of "Contents" of file wrapper

717.01

Entry on Face of file wrapper

717.02, 717.02(b)

Equity (civil action) :
Under 35 U.S.C. 145.
1214.01. 1215.05, 1216.02
1109,

Under 35 U.S.C. 146.

1109.01, 1109.02. 1111.09

Equivalents in art

904.01 (b)

Erasable (specially coated) paper.

608.01

Erasure in specification, Before allowance

1302.01

Erasure in specification. Before Execution

608.01

Estimate of cost of correcting drawings

608.02 ( %)

Estoppel, Defensive publication

711.06

Estoppel, Interference.

1109.02. 1110. 1110.02

Examination of application :

Order of.

708 to 708.03

Piecemeal

707.07 (g)

Purpose

701

Reissue

1401.00

Secrecy during

101

"Secrecy order" case.

107

Statutory authority

701

Examiner :

Assignment of application for examination

008.08 (b)

Classification. (Sce also Classification ex-

aminer.)

903

Expressing Opinion on Validity

1701

Law:

Authority 1002,

1002.02

Correspondence under Rule 202

1101.01

(d)

to

1101.01

(1)

Has application, Amendment filed

714.18

Petition for access.

103

Petitions handled, List

1002.02

Requests payment of final fee by

senior

party

1101.01

(1)

New, Action indicated by Primary

707.01

Primary, Actions requiring personal

atten-

tion

707.02

Primary, Name on file wrapper

1302.13

Resigns

1702

Resigns, old cases special

708.03

Telephoning attorney

408

Testimony as patent expert

1701

Examiner's action. (See also Action; Letter,

Examiner's. )

707

Examiner's amendment

1302.04

Abstract changed by

608.01

(b)

By initialing

1302.04

Claims, Nonelected invention, Canceled.

821.01,

821.02

Claim, Nonstatutory, Canceled,

1302.04

(b)

Claim, Numbers identifying.

1302.04

(g)

Claim lost in interference, Canceled

1109.02

Copending application data brought up

to

date 201.11,

1302.01

Drawing correction 608.02(w), 1302.04,

1302.05

Formal matters

1302.04

Name on drawing

605.04

(b)

Patented copending application data

1302.04

(f)

Plant patent practice

1610

"Printer Waiting" 714.16,

1309.01

Reference citation corrected.

707.05(g)

Signature of administrator

605.05

(a)

Title of application 606.01, 1302.04

(a)

Examiner's answer :

Appeal brief

1208

New ground of rejection

1208.01

Petition

1002

Petition for abandonment

711.03

(d)

Petition to make special, Continuing applica- tion

708.02

Petition to revive

711.03 (d)

Print of drawing

1204

Reply brief

1208

Special status

708.01

Status letter

203.08

Examiner's letter. (Sce also Action; Letter,

Examiner's.)

707

Examiner's statement. (Scc Examiner's

an-

swer.)

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Sec. No.

Eixample, Operative

608.01 (p)

Excess number of claims for fee, After notice of

allowance

714.16(c)

Excess number of claims for mi'ng fee

714.10

Execution of oath

604

Executor or Administrator

409.01

Allowance and Issue.

409.01 (f)

Application by, After discharge.

409.01 (c)

Assigned application, Inventor dies

409.01 (e)

Authority

409.01 (b)

Consular certificate.

409.01 (b)

Foreign country

400.01 (b)

Heir 409.01. 409.01 (a),

409.01 (d)

Signature

605.05

(a)

Specification form

605.05

(a)

Exhausted Combination 706.03 (1),

706.03 (J)

Exhibit

.808.03

Exhibit, Affidavit under Rule 131 __ 715.07,

715.07

(a)

Exhibit at interview

713.08

Exhibit, Handling.

608.03

(a)

Ex parte questions

713.06

Experimentation, Disclosure requiring.

608.01

(g)

Exposure of papers during interviews

101,

713.07

Expounding patent law

713.02

Express abandonment.

711,

711.01

Extension of shortened response period.

710.02 (e),

1004

Extension of time.

710.02(e)

Extension of time. First request.

707.02

Extension of time for filing brief.

1215.04

F

Fee exempt application

607.01

Fee exempt application, Changed to fee

filed

607.01

(b),

1002.02

Fee exempt application, Inventor leaves

gov-

ernment

607.01

(a)

Fee filed application

607

Fee filed application. Change to fee exempt.

1002.02

Fee, Filing

607

Claims in excess of

506,

714.10

Dependent claims.

608.01

(n)

Design application

1505

Fee exempt application

607.01

Inadequate

506

Petition for fee exemption

1002.02

Return 508.01,

607.02

Fee, Issue :

Failure to pay

712

Interfering case, Not applied

1101.01

(0)

Petition to accept 712,

1002.02

Fee stamp :

Consular

604.05

Consular, Omission

604.05

(a)

Field of search 708.03,

904.01 (d)

Field of search, Notation by Examiner

705.01

(a).

717.05,

904.01

(d)

File wrapper

717

Action entered

707.10

Allowed case data entered

1302.09

File wrapper-Continued

Bec. No.

Amendment endorsed

714.18

Arrangement of papers.

717.01 (a)

Assignment endorsement

813

Classification data

717.03

"Contents", Entry in

717.01

Correction of error

317.02

Data entered on 710.05,

717.02,

1302.09

Equity suit

1216.02

Field of search

717.05

Field of search, Patentability report.

705.01 (a)

Foreign application cross-noting

202.03

Foreign filing date entered on

1302.06

Index of claims

717.04

Interference notation

1101.01 (c)

"Licensing and Review" stamp

107.01

Name of applicant changed

717.02 (b)

Notation for continuing application.

202.02

Notes to application of another party.

101

Papers in

717.01

"P.R." Group noted.

705.01 (c)

Parent case notation on

202.02,

1302.09

Print of drawing

717.01 (b)

Relation of application noted on

202.02

Residence changed

717.02(b)

Return of paper entered on

717.01

Signing and dating by Primary

1302.13

Statutory period ends on nonworking

day

710.05

Filing date

503, 505

Effective

201.11

Foreign application, Convention date.

201.13,

201.14,

201.15

Later filed application as disclosure.

608.01 (p)

Petition

1002.02

Subsequent publication as disclosure.

608.01 (p)

Filing fee

607

Claims in excess of

506,

714.10

Design application

1505

Fee exempt application

607.01

Inadequate

506

Petition for fee exemption

1002.02

Return

506.01,

607.02

Filing receipt

503

Final action. (See Allowance and issue; Final rejection.)

Final action, Special nature of.

708.01

Final fee : (scc Issue fee)

Final rejection

706.07

Amendment after

714.12,

714.13

Amendment after, Entered in part.

714.20

First action

708.07 (b)

Interview

713.09

Letter

706.07

Patentability report

705.01 (a)

Petition to vacate.

1002,1002.02

Premature

708.07 (c)

Premature, Withdrawal

708.07

(d)

Primary's attention required

707.02

"Secrecy order" application

107.02

Special

708.01

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Final rejection-Continued

Bec.

No.

When proper 706.07, 706.07 (a),

706.07

(b)

Withdrawal

706.07

(e)

Withdrawal, Primary's attention

707.02

Withdrawal of premature

708.07

(d)

Withdrawal prior to hearing on appeal

1208.02

Final restriction requirement.

818.03

Firm of attorneys changes name.

402.04

(a)

Firma name-Form of-in power of attorney

402.05

First action final rejection

706.07

(b)

Fissionable material

706.03

(b)

Five year pendency

707.02

(a)

Five year pendency, Shortened period for

re-

sponse

710.02(b)

Flow sheet

608.02

Foreign application :

Certified copy to avoid reference

201.14 .-

Cross-noting on file wrapper

202.03

Date, Entitled to. 201.13.

201.14,

201.15

Determination of priority . 201.14.

201.15

Disclosure

201.15

English language translation for benefit

of

date

201.15

Filing in foreign country

107

First

201.13

Great Britain

201.15

License to file. 107.

706.03(s)

Listed in oath

201.14,

602

More than one.

201.14

Noting earliest date on file wrapper. 202.03,

1302.06

Overcoming reference by

201.15,

715

Priority

201.13

Ribboned

602.04

(a)

Same invention

201.15

Seal.

602.04(a)

Statutory bar. 201.13.

706.03 (s)

Foreign countries recognized for priority

201.13

Foreign filing. Proving for priority

201.14

Foreign filing date. Entitled to.

201.13

Foreign filing date on file wrapper.

202.03

1302.06

Foreign language application.

608.01

Foreign language names.

901.05

(a)

Foreign oath

602.04

Foreign patent :

Citation 707.05

(e),901.05(b)

Citation dates and information

901.05

(a).

301.05(b)

Duplicates

803.03

Journals

901.06

(a)

Library

901.06(a)

Listing at allowance

1802.12

Ordering

901.05

(c)

Print of, Where obtained

901.05

(c)

Reference

901.05

Statutory bar 201.13,

706.03

(s)

Transfer

903.03

Translation of

901.05

(đ)

Unlicensed, Same applicant.

706.03 (s)

Bec.

No.

Foreign priority

201.18

Foreword

III

Forfeited application

263.07,

712

Prior art

801.02

Retention label

1802.07

Forfeiture (failure to pay issue

fee)

712

Formal matter :

Allowance and issue.

1502.01,

1802.02,

1802.04

Amendment of case in issue

714.16

Claim allowable excent for

707.07(1)

Response to objection

714.02

Review of actions involving

Introduction

Right of priority

201.14

Specification format

608.01

When taken up 707.07

(a),

707.07(e), 707.07

(1),

714.02

Forms and form letters:

Amendment after Board decision,

Refused_

1214.07

Decision on Motion

1105.06

Examiner's answer

1208

Examiner's Statement on

appeal

1208

Final rejection

708.07

Interference

1105.06,

1112 to

1112.10

Notice of allowance, Assigned application

308

Notice of references cited.

707.05(a)

Rejection of claim copied

from patent.

1101.02

(f)

Restriction requirement

817

Fourth or subsequent action

1005

Frivolous invention

706.03(p)

Full faith and credit in prior Examiner's

ac-

tion

704,

706.04

Full signatory authority

707.02

Functional claim, Rejection

706.03

(c)

Function of machine rejection.

706.03

(r)

G

"General Information Concerning Patents".
703

Generic claim :
Definition

806.04 (d)
Election of application in which presented

806.04 (1)

Informal

809.02 (e)

Patentability over species

808.04 (h)

Presented after issue of patent

806.04 (1)

Rejection

806.04(1). 809.02 (a), 809.02 (c)

Species claims lacking
809.02 (d), 818.02 (b)

Subcombination
806.04 (c)

Traverse of rejection in lieu of election __ 809.02 (a)

Genus and species.

808.04 (a)

to 808.04(1), 808.01 (a ) , 800.02

Government-owned application :

"Act of 1883"

201.17, 607.01

Changed

from fee filed.

1002.02

Changed

to fee filed

607.01

(b),

1002.02

Inventor

leaves government

607.01 (a)

Special

708.01

35 U.S.C. 266.

607.01

Great Britain, "Complete" specification

201.15,

901.05 (a)

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Sec. No.
Great Britain, "Provisional" specification
201.15
Group date case held up in Patent Security
Group
107.01

Group date receipt and stamp.

714.18

Group Director's functions ___ 1002.02, 1003. 1004. 1005

Guardian, Authority recorded

409.02

Guardian of insane inventor.

409.02

H

Handling of legal representative papers.

410

Handling of power of attorney papers.

410

Hearing on appeal

1209

Heir as applicant (see also Administrator or

executor )

409.01 (a ), 409.01 (d)

Holiday, Papers not received.

502

Holiday,.Period. for response ending on

710.05

Holiday in District of Columbia

710.05

I

Identity of inventors

201.13

Idiomatic English

608.01

(q)

Implied election

818.02 (a),

818.02(c)

Improper joinder, Effect on patent.

805

Inaccurate claim

708.03 (n)

Incomplete amendment, Time

for complet-

ing

710.02

(c),

714.03

Incomplete application

506

Completed

506.01

Definition

203.06

Drawing

507

Invalid oath

604.06

Return

506.01

Return of filing fee

508.01

Using again

506.01,

608.01

(u)

Incomplete claim, Rejection

706.03

(f)

Incomplete response.

711.03(a)

Incomplete response, Time for completing_

710.02(c),

711,

714.03

Incorrect citation of reference.

707.05

(g)

Indefinite claim

706.03

(d)

Independent claim

608.01

(n)

"Independent". definition

802.01

"Independent" inventions.

802.

802.01, 803, 806, 806.04, 808.01, 808.01 (a)

Index of claims

717.04

Index of patents. Numerical

902.03

(a)

Informal application

702.01

Primary's attention required

707.02

Search

704

Special

708.01

Informal drawing

507

Informality, Action calling attention to ___ 707.07(a),

707.07(1)

Information on status of application referred to

in patent

102

Information sent to applicant for

his guidance_

703

Initial sentence

707.04

Ink, Permanent

608.01.

714.07

Inoperativeness

708.03

(p)

Inoperativeness, Affidavit

716

Inquiry as to status of application

Sec.

No. 208.08

Insane applicant

409,

409.02

Inspection :

Amendment

714.05

Application

101,

102,

104

Approval of power

104

Authorization

402

By assignee.

104,

106,

106.01

By disbarred attorney

105

By inventor

108

By licensee

106.01

Control of, By assignee.

106

Patent file

103

Petition

103,

1002.02

Right of

103,

104,

106

Insufficient disclosure.

Continuation-in-part filed.

608.01

(p) 201.11

Insufficient response.

711.02(a)

Inter-American Convention.

201.18

Interference

Chapter

1110

Abandonment of contest. 1108, 1110, 1110.01

Abstract of title in patented file.

1101.02

Action after award of priority

1107,

1109 to

1109.02

Action after award of priority, Losing party_ 1109.02

Action after award of priority,

Winning

party

1109.01

Action after dissolution

1110

Action suggesting claims

1101.01

(1)

Addition of new party.

1108.02

Additional interferences 1106, 1106.01, 1106.02

Admission of patent claims denied

1101.02,

1101.02 (f)

Affidavit :

Oath under Rule 202 sealed and forwarded

with interference record. 1101.01

(h)

Oath under Rules 131, and 204 opened with

preliminary statements. 1101.03

Oath under Rules 131 and 204

removed and

sealed 715.06,

1101.03

After decision on motion

1106.01

All parties claiming invention

to be

in- 1101.01 (h)

cluded

Amendment filed during.

1111.05

Amendment in connection with

motion

1108

Appeal to Court of Customs

and

Patent

Appeals

1109

Application and patent in different

Groups.

1101.01

(a)

Applications in different groups.

1101.01

(a)

Attorney, Parties have same.

1101.01 (k),

1102.01

(a)

Between applications

1101.01

Briefs on motion

1105.01

Cancellation of losing party's claim

1109.02

Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 146

1100,

1109.01,

1100.02,

1111.09

Claim copied from a patent (sec also Claim copied from patent) 1101.02 to 1101.02(g)

Claim interpretation

1101

278

Rev. 19,

Jan.

1009

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Interference -Continued

Sec. No.

Claim "modified"

1102.01

(a)

Claiming of same subject matter necessary_

1161.01

Claims, Same in two

applications of

same

party

1102.01

Claims, Suggesting.

1101.01 (j), to

1101.01 (G)

Claims, Suggesting from patent

1101.02 (b)

Claims not patentable

over issue noted

in

memorandum

1102.01

(a)

Claims of application not

identical with

pat-

ent claims, Rule 205

1101.02,

1101.02

(c).

1102.01 (a)

Claims of patent, All

interfering to

be

counts

1101.02(c)

Claims of patent, Rejection

1101.02

(f)

Common ownership.

305- 305.02,-1101:011b)

Concession of priority

1108, 1109.02

Conflicting parties, Same

attorney.

1101.01

(k)

Consultation with Interference Examiner Continuation of earlier application

__

1111.13

1101.01 (e).

1102.01

(a)

Continuation-in-part of

earlier

applica-

tion

1101.01 (e).

1102.01

(a)

Conversion of joint application

to sole.

1111.07

Conversion of sole application

to joint

1111.07

Copied patent claim, Not

identified

1101.02

(d)

Copying of patent claims

1101.02 to

1101.02 (z)

Within one year.

1101.02

(f)

Correction of error in joining

inventor.

1111.14

Correspondence under Rule

202.

1101.01

(d) to

1101.01

(1)

Counts, Dependent

1102.01

(a)

Counts, Must be made by

all parties

1102.01

Counts, Patentably distinct 1101.01

(1),

1105.03

Dates, Difference

1101.01

(g)

"Decision Noted"

1107

Decision on motion. Approved

by Board

Mem-

ber

1105.01

Decision on motion, Letter.

1105.06

Decision on motion, Primary's

attention

707.02

Declaration of interference.

1102.02

Deferment of application of

issue fee.

(0)

Dependent counts

1101.01 1102.01 (a)

Different groups have

applications.

1101.01

(a)

Different groups have patent and

applica-

tion

1101.02

Disclaimer

1108.

1109.02

Disclaimer, Rejection

706.03

(u),

710.02(4)

1101.01 (m),

1101.02 (1)

Dissolution on motion of examiner

1105.05

Dissolution on motion of

examiner,

Requires

attention of primary

707.02

Divisional application referred to In

papers

1101.01 (e),

1102.01

(a)

Divisional applications,

Prosecution

1111.03

Docket Branch procedure

1102.02

Drawing, Losing party

obtaining copy

of op-

ponent's

1100.02

Elections not affected,

820.02

Interference-Continued Bec.

No.

Entry of amendment filed in connection with

motion

1108

Estoppel rejection 1109.02,

1110

Examiner's entry on interference file

1107

Ex parte consideration not given on Inter

partes proceedings 1105,

1111.07

Failure to identify patent from which claims

were copied 1101.02, 1101.02 (d)

File wrapper notation 1101.01

(c)

Filing date not overcome. 1101.01

(1)

Foreign application relied on :

Correspondence under Rule 202 1101.01 (g)

Not referred to in preparation of papers

1102.01

(a)

Papers filed 201.14(b)

Shifting burden of proof

1105.04

Form for decision letter on motion

1105.06

Forms used in Interferences.

1112

Declaration

1112.05

Initial Memorandum 1112.05(a)

Denying Entry of Amendment Seeking Fur-

ther Interference.

1112.10

Primary Examiner Initiates Dissolution

1112.08

Redeclaration

1112.09

Requesting Withdrawal From Issue

1112.04

Requests for Jurisdiction

1112.06

Requesting Jurisdiction of Application_ 1112.06(a)

Same Attorney or Agent

1112.03

Suggesting Claims

1112.02

To Law Examiner

1112.01

Index sheet, Interference file

1107

Initial Memorandum 1102. 01. 1102.01 (a)

Initiating 1112.05 (a)

Inspection of oaths under Rules 131, 202, and

204

1101.03

Interference number

1102.02

Interpretation of claims

1101

Interview prohibited 1105,

1111.01

Joint to sole

1111.07

Junior application in issue. 1101.01

(1)

Jurisdiction of application 1101.01

(0)

Request form 1112.06 (a)

Jurisdiction of application restored to Ex-

aminer

1109

Jurisdiction of interference

1104

Jurisdiction of patent.

1104

Law Examiner may he consulted 1101.01 (c)

Letter to Examiner of Interferences. 1102.01

(a)

Losing party, treatment of claims.

1109.02

Losing party may obtain copy of opponent's

application

1109.02

Memorandum initiating. 1112.05

(a)

"Modified" claim 1102.01

(a)

Motion :

Add or substitute application

1105.03

Amend

1105.03

Burden of proof.

1105.04

Decision requires Primary's attention 707.02,

1105

Decisions requiring Board Member ap-

proval

1105.01

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Interference-Continued

Motion-Continued

Sec. No.

Dissolve

1105.02

Dissolve, Examiner's

1105.05

Notice in application, Rule 231

1111.06

Reconsideration

1105.07

Substitute sole for joint.

1111.07

New reference found.

1105.05

Non-elected invention.

1101.01

Noting of possible interference

1101.01 (c)

Oath under Rule 202 sealed and forwarded

with interference record

1101.01 (h)

Oath under Rules 131 and 204 opened with

preliminary statements.

1101.03

Oath under Rules 131 and 204 removed and

sealed

715.06.1101.03

Open to public inspection if patent involved

__ 103

Overlapping application 700.01.

1111.03

Parties, All claiming invention to be in-

cluded 1101.01 (h)

Patent and application in different Groups __

1101.02

Patentability reports.

1111.11

Petition for reconsideration of decision on

motion

1105.07

Plural interferences.

1102.01

Power of attorney filed.

402.08

Primary Examiner initiates

1101.01 (e)

Preliminaries

1101

Preliminary statement.

1102.02

Preparation of papers. 1102 to

1102.02

Primary Examiner, Matters requiring deci-

sion by. 1101.01

(c). 1105

Prosecution closed before interference, Re- opened only as to interference subject

matter 1109.01. 1109.02

Reconsideration of decision on motion

1105.07

Record in each interference complete

1111.02

Redeclaration

1106

Reference found after declaration

1105.05

Referred to Primary for question of patent-

ability

1105.05

Reforming

1106.01

Reissue application 1102.01 (a).

1111.08

Rejection of copied patent claim

1101.02(f)

Rejection on estoppel. 1109.02,

1110

Requesting jurisdiction of interference

1104

Response to suggestion of claims.

710.02 (c),

1101.01 (3), 1101.01 (m), 1101.01 (n)

Sealing of oaths 715.06, 1101.01 (h),

1101.03

Sealing of oaths, Attention of Primary

re-

quired

707.02

Search 1101.01 (€).

1802.08

"Secrecy Order" case

1111.04

Separate papers in each application

1111.02

Service Branch procedure.

1102.02

Setting up. Primary's attention required_ 1101.01 (c)

Soie to joint.

1111.07

Special 708.01.

1102.02

Statutory basis.

1100

### Interference Continued

Bec. No.

Substitute attorney appointed.

402.03

Suggestion of claims.

1101.01 (1) to

1101.01 (0), 1101.02 (b)

Suggestion of claims, Time limit.

710.02(c),

1101.01 (m), 1101.01 (n)

Suggestion of claims from a patent.

1101.02(b)

Suspension of action, Junior party fails to
make date.
1101.01 (1)

Suspension of ex parte prosecution

709.01, 1108

Terminated, Right to inspect.

108

Termination

1107

Termination, Cancel claim

1109.02

Testimony equivalent to Rule 131 am-

davit

715.07 (b)

Title search of patent.
1101.02
Winning party, Unanswered action
710.02(b)
With a patent ____ 1101.02 to 1101.02(g), 1102.01 (a)
Withdrawal of application from issue __ 1101.01 (1),
1101.01(0), 1101.02(g), 1105.03

Withdrawal of interference by Examiner.
1105.05
Interlineation in specification before execution_ 608.01
International Convention
201.13

International Convention date.

201.14

Inter parte questions.

713.06

Intervention by assignee.

106

Interviews

713

Allowed application

713.10

Appointment in advance.

713.01

Authority

718.05

Before filing

713.02

Before filing amendment under Rule 312.

718.10

Before first action

713.01, 713.02

Demonstration

718.08

Disbarred attorney

105, 713.05

During interference, Refused

1111.01

Exhibit

713.08

Exposure of other cases during.

101, 713.07

Field of search

713.02

Finally rejected application

718.09

How conducted

713.01

Inter partes questions

713.06, 1111.01

Local attorney

713.03, 713.05

Model

713.08

Oral agreement not binding

713.04

Patentability report cases

705.01 (f)

Prior to first Office action

713.02

Record of

718.04

Refused

713.01. 713.02, 713.05. 713.10, 1111.01

Sounding out

718.03

Special situations

713.05

Substance made of record

713.04

Telephone

408\. 513.01. 713.05, 812.01

Time allowed.

713.01

Where held.

718.01

Invention. ( Scc Patent ; Rejection. )

Invention, Brief summary.

608.01 (d)

Invention, Not originally claimed.

603

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Bec. No.

Inventor (see also Applicant).

605

Deceased

400 to

400.01 (f)

Heira.

409.01 (a),

409.01(a)

Insane.

409, 40€.02

Representative

400, 401

Residence

605.02

Unavailable.

409, 409.03

Inventive entity

804, 804.03,

822, 822.01

Issue. (Sce Allowance and issue.)

Issue and Gazette Branch

1309

Jurisdiction of allowed case

1305

"Printer waiting" case

1309.01

Issue fee :

Failure to pay

712

Interfering case, Not applied.

1101.01 (0)

Petition to accept

712, 1002.02

Reissue

1401.11

Issue of patent.

1309

Issue of patent to assignee.

307

Issue slip.

902.03

(b), 903.07

Issuing in another Group without transfer __ 903.07(b)

J

Jacket. (Scc also File wrapper.)
717
Joinder, Linking claim allowed.
809.04

Joint application, Definition.
201.02

Joint application, Original oath.
602

Joint application, Signatures.

605.04 (f)
Joint inventor :

Oath
602

Power of attorney to.
402.01

Refuses to sign application.
409.03

Joint inventors.
201.02, 201.03, 605

Change in order of names
605.04(1)

Joint owners
605
Joint to sole
201.03. 201.06. 201.07. 201.08. 1402.01

File forwarded to Application

Branch

201.03

Interference pending.

1111.07

Judicial notice

706.02 (a)

Jurisdiction :

Allowed application.

714.16. 1305

Appealed application

1210

Application before court

1216

Application in interference.

1101.01(0)

Interference

1104

Jurisdiction of notary

604.03

K

Kinds of applications.

201

L

Lack of utility

706.03 (p)

Language of papers

608.01

Lapsed patents

712

Law examiner :

Authority

1002, 1002.02

Correspondence under Rule 202

1101.01 (d)

to 1101.01 (1)

Has application, Amendment filed

714.18

Law examiner-Continued

Sec.

No.

Petition for access.

103

Petitions handled, List.

1002.02

Laws, Patent (scc also Statutes)

Introduction

Legal representative's signature on drawing_

605.05

(a)

Letter (acc also Action; Forms and form letters ;

Letter, Examiner's).

Abandonment after allowance.

711.05

Drawing correction, Approval by Examiner_

608.02(q)

Drawing correction. Separate letter.

608.02

(r)

Drawing transfer.

608.02(1)

Status

203.08

Letter, Examiner's (scc also Action ; Forms

and

form letters)

707

Abandonment

711.02

Amendment after final rejection

714.13

Arguments answered

707.07

(f)

Cancellation of nonelected claim

821.02

Claim allowable except as to form

707.0%

(j)

Claim summary

707.07

(1)

Complete and clear

707.07

Correction, Period for response.

710.06

Correction of citation

707.05(g)

Date stamped.

707.11

Decision on motion

1105.06

Decisions cited

707.06

Dictated by Primary Examiner.

707.01

Draftsman's criticism included in first

Office

action

707.07

(c)

Election of species required, Concluding

paragraph 809.02 (a),

809.02(b)

"Examiner" or "Acting Examiner" at

end

of

letter

707.09

File wrapper entry

707.10.

717.01

Final rejection, Clearly stated.

706.07

Final rejection, Concluding statement.

708.07

Final rejection. Patentability report

_____

705.01

(a)

First action. Includes Draftsman's

com-

ments 608.02 (a

),

707.07

(c)

Formal drawing required.

608.02

(b)

Formal matters. 707.07(a),

707.07(j)

Full anticipation. Expressions used

707.07

(d)

Informal application

702.01

Initial sentence.

707.04

Initialed by Examiner

707.08

Interference forms. 1105.06,

1112

to

1112.10

Language in rejecting

707.07

(d)

Mailing

707.12

Memorandum cited

707.06

New Examiner, Primary dictates.

707.01

Notices cited

707.06

Numbering of paragraphs

707.07

(k)

Omnibus rejection.

707.07

(đ)

Orders cited.

707.00

Personal matter excluded

707.07

(d)

Piecemeal prosecution.

707.07(g)

Power of attorney invalid or lacking.

402

Preliminary amendment in new case

707.04

Primary signs

707.00

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Letter, Examiner's- Continued
Bee. No.
Primary's attention required, List.
707.02

References, Citation
707.05 to 507.05(s),

901.04, 001.08 (a )

Refusing

entry of amen tment after

Board

decision

1214.07

Rejection

of claim copied from patent

__ 1101.02 (f)

Remailing

707.13. 710.06

Restriction

requirement

817

Returned

707.13

Reviewed

by Examiner

707.08

Revocation

of power of associate

402.05(a)

Shortened time for reply

$10.02

Signature

507.00

Statement

_. of ... rejection

707.07(d)

Status letter reply

203.08

Substantial

anticipation, Expressions

used

707.07(d)

Summary

707.07(1)

Supplemental

710.06

Undelivered

707.13

Letters, Receipt and handling.

Chapter 500

409.01 (b), 409.01 (c),
Letters of administration

409.01 (e)

Letters testamentary.

400.01 (b)

Library, Scientific

901.08(a)

License to file Foreign Application.

107, 706.03 (s)

Licensee, Access

106.01

Licensing and Review

107.01

Limited time for reply

1101.02(f)

Linking claim

809, 809.03, 809.04

Traverse of rejection

818.03 (d)

List of countries giving right of priority.

201.13

Appendix 11

List of decisions

List of forms. (Sec Forms and form letters.)

Literature citation in specification

608.01 (p)

Local representatives of attorney's

408

M

Machine, Process or product and_ 806.05(e), 806.05(1),
806.05 (g)

Mail :

Depositing papers

502

Receipt and handling.

Chapter

500

Undelivered

707.13

Mail Branch

Chapter

500

Mailing action

707.12

Manual of Classification

902.01

Manuscript decision

707.06

Margin, Application papers

608.01

Mark of applicant

605.04

(d)

Marking in application. Erasure at allowance_

1302.01

Marking patent copy

905.04

Marking, Security

100

Markush claim

708.03 (x)

Markush claim, Antedating reference for

715.03

Markush claim, Supporting disclosure.

608.01

(p)

Matter not in original disclosure

608.04

(a)

Matter not originally claimed

603

"Mechanical" patent

201

Memorandum, Citation

707.06

Sec. No.

Merits, Appeal to Board of Appeals.
Introduction

Merits, Question of, Given precedence

707.07 (a)

Method, Obvious

706.03 (a)

802.01,
Method and apparatus or product.
806.05 (e), 806.05(f), 820

Method of doing business

706.03 (a)

Misjoinder, Effect on patent

805

Misjoinder of Inventors.

201.03, 1401, 1402.01

Missing patent copy, Replacement

801.09

Mode of operation

608.01 (h)

Model

608.03

Model, Return

608.03 (a)

Model at interview

713.08

Model Room

608.03 (a)

"Months", Foreign language names.

901.05 (a)

Motion ( Interference) :

Add or substitute application.

1105.03

Amend

1105.03

Burden of proof.

1105.04

Decision requires Primary's attention __

707.02, 1105

Dissolve

1105.02

Dissolve, Examiner'

1105.05

Notice in application, Rule 231

1111.06

Reconsideration

1105.07

Substitute sole for joint

1111.07

Multiplied claims, Rejection.

706.03 (1)

N

Name :

605.04 (c), Change

717.02 (b)

Change, File sent to Application Branch

605.04 (c)

Corrected by amendment

605.04 (g)

Drawing. Applicant's

605.04 (h)

Drawing, Applicant changes name.

605.04 (c)

Drawing, Attorney's

605.04 (h)

Drawing, Change of Attorney's Name

Pro-

hibited

608.02 (u)

Full first 605.04,

605.04 (b)

Mark

605.04 (d)

Signature. (See Signature.) Uniformity with signature.

605.04 (b)

Names used in trade

608.01 (v)

National security, Application affecting

107, 108

Naturally occurring article.

713.05

Negative limitation

706.03 (d)

Negotiation authority

713.05

New application

203.01

Assignment to assistant Examiner for exami-

nation

003.08 (b)

Assignment to Examining Group for exami-

nation 003.08, 903.08 (a),

903.08(e)

Classification by Primary

903.08(b)

Inspection

908.08 (a)

Transfer before entry

003.08 (a)

Transfer refused

003.08 (a)

New Examiner, Letters of,

707.01

New matter :

Amendment of disclosure

608.04

Appealable

608.04 (c)

Claim

706.03 (0)

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OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE

New matter -- Continued

Sec.

No

Claim, Appealable

608.04

(c)

Claim terminology

608.01 (o)

Continuation application

201.07

Design application

1508.02

Disclosure

008.04

Divisional application

201.06

Drawing

808.04

Inherent characteristics

608.04

(a)

Petitionable

608.04 (c)

Preliminary amendment

608.04

(b)

Rejection

706.03(0)

Reissue application

1401.06.

1401.07

Specification, Petitieneble·

608:04

(c)

Substitute specification

714.20

Supplemental oath

603

Trademark definition

608.01

(v)

When entered

714.19, 714.20

Non-elected invention, Interference

1101.01

Non-elected invention :

Claims to-Added

821.03

Claims to-Canceled

821.02

Claims to-Withdrawn

821.01, 821.02

Non-elected species :

Claims to-Canceled

821.01

Claims to-Withdrawn

809.02(c)

Non-statutory claim

706.03 (h)

Non-statutory claim, Canceled

1302.04 (b)

Non-statutory subject matter

706.03 (a)

Notary jurisdiction

604.03

Notary jurisdiction, Military officer

604.03 (a)

Notary jurisdiction, Venue agreement

604.02

Notary seal.

604.01

Notation of possible interference.

1101.01 (c)

Notation on file wrapper of parent

application

__ 202.02

Notice, Citation

707.06

Notice of allowability

1302.03

Notice of allowance (see also

Allowance

and

issue)

1303

Assigned application

308

Deceased inventor

1803.03

Reissue application

1401.11

"Secrecy order" application

107.02, 1304

Undelivered

1803.02

"Notice of informal patent application"

form,

(PO-152)

707.07 (a)

"Notice of references cited"

form.

(PO-

892)

707.05 (a)

Notice of reissue application

1401.03

Notices, Purpose

Introduction

Nuclear material.

506.03(b)

Nullification of double patenting

rejection

804.01

Number, Drawing reference character

608.01 (g)

Numbering of claims

601.01 (1)

Numbering of papers in file wrapper

717.01

Numbering paragraphs of letter.

707.07(k)

0

Oath :

After appeal

1212

Rev. 19, Jan. 1869

Oath-Coutinned
Sec. No.
Antedating patent for interference (Rule
201)
1101.02, 1101.02 (a), 1101.03
Antedating reference. (See also Affidavit,
Antedating reference, Rule 131.)
715
Inspection during interference (Rules 131,
202. 204)
1101.03

Junior party, Part of interference file (Rule
202)
1101.03

Junior party to possible interference (Rule

202\)
1101.01 (d) to 1101.01 (1)
Original. (Sec also Oath. Original, Rule
65.)
602

Plant application (Rule 162)

1604

Reissue (Rule 175)

1401.08

Sealing for interference (Rules 131, 202,
204)
715.06, 1101.01 (h), 1101.03

Supplemental

803

Supplemental after allowance.

603.01

Traversing rejection (Rule 132)

716

Oath, Antedating reference (See also

Affidavit.

Antedating reference, Rule 131)

715

Oath, Original, Rule 65

602

Administering

604

Amendment

602.01

Attorney administers

604.06

Consular certificate

804.04

Date of execution

602.05

Declaration, Rule 68

602

Defective 602.01,

602.02,

602.03

Delayed filing

602.05

Divisional application

602.05

(a)

Execution

604

Foreign execution

602.04

Foreign filed applications listed

201.14,

202.04

Invalid, By attorney in case.

604.06

"Joint"

602

New required. 602.01,

602.02, 707.07 (b)

Notary

604.03

Notary certificate

602.01

Old at time of filing.

602.05

Seal

604.01

Seal. Foreign application

602.04

(a)

Seal, Not required. 604.01, 604.03 (a)

"Sole"

602

Stale

602.05

Substitute

602.02

Venue

604.02

Oath, Supplemental, Rule 67.

603

After allowance

603.01.

714.16

New matter

608.04

Object of invention

608.01

(4)

Objection contrasted with rejection

706.01

Objection, Dependent claims

608.01

(n)

Objection to formal matters, When made

__ 707.07 (a),

707.07(J)

Obvious error, Corrertion.

1302.04, 1305

Obvious method

706.03 (q)

Obviously Informal application

702.01

Offer to surrender original patent

1401.01.

1401.04

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Sec. No.

Office date stamp.

505, 710.01 (a), 714.18
Official cross reference, Order of.

903.06

Official Gazette.

1703

Official Gazette, Abstract
608.01 (b)

1302.09
Official Gazette, Claim

Official Gazette, Drawing figure.
1302.10

Old application

203.03

Old combination
706.03(1), 706.03(j)

Old combination, Division
806.05 (b), 820.01

706.03 (h)

Omnibus claim

Cancellation

1302.04 (b)

Operative example.

608.01 ( p)

Operativeness, Showing.

608.03, 716

Opposition to issue of patent

1309.02

Oral hearing on appeal.

1209

Order 3311 amendments
714.16(d)
Order, Citation

707.06

Order, Classification

902.04

Order of examination

708 to 708.03

Order of examination, Patentability report __ 705.01 (c)

717.01 (a)

Order of papers in file wrapper.

Ordering :

Abandoned file

711.04 (h), 905.03

Cross-references

903.06

Foreign patent

901.05 (c)

Patented file

905.03

Photocopy

905.01

Publication

901.06(b)

Soft copy

905.02

Sub-class list.

902.03 (€)

Orders, Purpose.

Introduction

Original application

201.04

Original carries title to continuing application __ 201.12

Original
disclosure,
Inherent
characteris-

tics

608.04 (a)

Outstanding requirements.
707.07 (e)
Overcoming a reference, Right of priority
201.15

Overlapping applications. Same applicant.

304,

709.01, 804. 804.02. 822, 822.01, 1111.03

patent

309

Overlapping applications, Same assignee

305\.

709.01, 822, 1101.01 (b), 1111.03

Owner's representative.

Chapter 400

Ownership and assignment.

Chapter 300

Ownership carried over by assignment

201.12

P

Paper, "Easily Erasable".

714.07, 714.19

Paper number

714.18, 714.21

Paper number of print.

717.01 (b)

Papers :

Depositing

502

Distribution

508

File wrapper.

717.01, 717.01 (a)

Receipt and handling.

Chapter 500

Received after patenting or

abandonment 508.02

Wrong Group

508.01

Parent application

201.04

Parent application data, Cross-noting.

201.11

Sec. No.

Parent carries assignment to continuing appli-

cation

201.12

Partial signatory authority

707.01 (a)

Patent :

1836 (present ) series

001.04

A.I. series.

001.04

Arrangement in Group

901.07

Assignment

301

Borrowing from Group

901.08

Claim copied. (Sce Claim copied from patent.) Classification change

903.05

Classification indicies

902.03

Cost of copy

905.02

Design series

901.04

Effective date 706.02,

715,

715.01

Files

905.03

Foreign. ( Sec Foreign patent.)

Index

902.03

(a)

Interference 1101.02 to

1101.02

(g)

Joint to sole.

1402.01

Jurisdiction

1305

Laws (soc also Statutes: Statutes Revised.)

Introduction

Marking Examiner's copy

905.04

Missing copy

901.09

Ordering soft copy

905.02

Plant

901.04, Chapter 1600

Reference. ( Sce Reference.)

Reissue series

901.04

Soft copy

Sole to joint.

1402.01

Statutory types of subject matter.

706.03 (a)

Introduction

System, Constitutional basis for.

Transfer

903.05

"Utility" series.

901.04

X series

901.04

Patent claim, Rejection, in interference.

1101.02 (f)

Patent Classifier's decision

903.08 (f )

Patent Office employees. Property interest in

Patent Statutes face also Statutes; Statutes,

Revised)

Introduction

Patentability. ( Scc Rejection.)

Patentability report.

705

Action not counted.

705. 705.01 (c)

Allowance

705.01 (₫)

Appeal

705.01 (a)

Date status.

705.01 (c)

Dispute between Examinar-

705.01 (0)

Drawing

008.02 (h )

File wrapper notation

705.01(c)

Final action

705.01 (a)

Forms for action.

705.01 (a)

Improper

705.01 (e)

Initiated

705.01

Interference motion

1111.11

Interviews

705.01 (f)

Limitation ax to use

705.01 (e)

Practice suspended

705.01 (e)

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Patentability report-Continued

Bec. No.

Primary decides propriety

707.02

Print of drawing

705.01

(d)

Procedure

705.01 (a)

Purpose

705.01 (e)

Recording

705.01 (c)

Restriction, Effect on

807

Search 705.01 (a),

705.01 (b)

Sequence of examination

705.01 (b)

Transfer for appeal

705.01

(a)

"Patentanmeldung"

901.05

(b)

Patented file

905.03

Patented file, Reissue application notice.

1401.03

Patent Office publications :

"Development and Use of Patent Classification

Systems"

003.02

"Official Gazette"

1703

"Patent Laws"

Introduction

"Rules of Practice of the United States Patent

Office in Patent Cases".

Introduction

"The Patent Office Scientific Library"

001.06

(a)

Patents of addition

$01.05 (b)

Pencil notations, Erased at allowance.

1302.01

Pending applications as references.

901.03

Pending application charge

905.05

Pending application preserved in secrecy.

101

Period for response

710

After Board decision.

1214.01

After interference. 710.02(b),

1109,

1109.01

Amendment after.

714.17

Claim copied from patent.

710.02

(c),

710.04 (a).

1101.02 (e)

Claims all allowed.

710.02

(b)

Computed

710.01

(a)

Copying claim from patent does not

extend

statutory period. 710.04(a).

1101.02

(e)

Correction of citation

710.06

Date of receipt of amendment.

710.01

(a)

Defective Office action.

710.06

Difference between shortened statutory

pe-

riod and time limit

710.02

(d)

Extension 710.02(d),

710.02(e),

1005

Five year pendency

710.02

(b)

Holiday. Saturday, or Sunday expiration

of

time

710.05

Incomplete response 710.02(c),

714.03

Less than six months

710.02

Miscellaneous factors

710.06

Non-statutory shortened period.

710.02

Non-statutory shortened period, When

used

710.02

(c)

Petition

1002

Remailing

707.18,

710.06

Shortened, Approval

1005

Shortened, Extension 710.02 (d),

710.02(e)

Shortened statutory period. 710.02.

710.02(e)

Shortened statutory period, Distinguished

from time limit.

710.02

( d)

Shortened statutory period, When used __

710.02(b)

Period for response Continued

Sec. No.

Statutory period.

710.01

How computed.

710.01 (a)

Suggesting claims.

710.02 (c),

1101.01

(m), 1101.01 (n)

Saturday, Expiration of time

710.05

Sunday. Expiration of time.

710.05

Supplemental action.

710.06

Time computation

710.01 (a)

Time limit action

710.02

Time limit action, When used

710.02 (c)

Two periods running

710.04, 710.04 (a)

Periodicals

901.06, 901.06 (a)

Permanent ink

608.01, 714.07

Perpetual motion

608.03, 706.03 (p)

Petition :

Abandonment holding.

711.03

(e), 711.03 (d)

Abandonment holding, Examiner's

state-

ment

711.03 (d)

Accept final fee

712, 1002.02

Access to parent application

103, 1002.02

After forfeiture.

712

Amend after appeal decision

1002.02

Amend with appeal

1207

Application

601

Application, Amendment of.

601.01

Application, Including power of attorney_

402, 601.02

Certificate of Correction

1002.02

Commissioner's duties.

Introduction, 1002

Delegation of Commissioner's authority

1001.01

Entry of Amendment

1002.02, 1207

Examiner's statement.

1002

Examiner's statement, Revival.

711.03 (d)

Fee-exempt, To or from fee-filed.

1002.02

Filing date

1002.02

Final rejection

1002.02

Inspection

103

Make special.

708.02, 1002.02

Matter subject to.

Introduction,

706.01, 1002

Matter subject to, Listed.

1002.02

New matter

608.04 (c)

Period for response.

1002

Power of attorney included.

402

Premature final rejection.

706.07 (c)

Procedure

1002.01

Reconsideration of decision on motion

1105.07

Revival

711.03

(c), 1002.02

Revival. appealed Case

1215.04

Revival, Examiner's statement.

711.03 (d)

Special status.

708.02

Suspend rules.

1002

Withdrawal from issue

1308

"Petition to make special" publication

708.02

Photograph as drawing

608.02

Photoprint as drawing

608.02 (a)

Photoprint, Ordering

005.01

Piecemeal prosecution

707.07(g)

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Bec. No.

Plant patent application

Chapter 1600

Action

1610

Advertising

1610

Affidavit

1610

Agricultural Research Service

1608,

1609

Allowance

1611

Bacteria

1601

Claim

1605

Color drawing

1606

Color identified

1605

Definitions

1601

Department of Agriculture

1608

Description

1605

Drawing

1606

Duplicate papers

1603,

1610

Elements of application

1603

Examination

1608

Examiner's amendment.

1610

Executive Order.

1608

Issue

1611

Laudatory expressions

1610

Letter of transmittal.

1608

Method claim

1605

Oath

1604

Original and duplicate files

1603,

1610

Parts

1603

Plant varieties excluded.

1601

Report of Agricultural Research Service.

1600

Rules applicable

1602

Signature

1603

Specification

1605,

1610

Specimens

1607

Statutory basis.

1601

Plant patent series

901.04

Post Office, Depositing papers in

502

Post Office address, Applicant

605.03

Post Office address, Attorney

601.02

Post Office address, Petitioner

103

Power of attorney

402

After filing application

410

Application in interference.

402.08

Application petition includes.

601.02

Assignee gives.

402.07

Associate attorney

402.02,

406

Death of applicant. 400

to 409.01 (f)

Death of principal attorney

406

Exception as to registration

402.01

Firm

402.04

Firm changes name

402.04(a)

Incorporated in the petition.

601

Invalid

402

Joint applicant

402.01

Limited recognition

402.01

Not of record.

406, 714.01

(c)

Notice of revocation

402.05

Post Office address.

601.02

Revocation 402.05. 402.05

(a) ,

402.07

Single signature form

001.02

Substitute

402.03

Power of attorney-Continued
Unregistered attorney

Sec. No.

402, 402.01

Withdrawal of attorney
402.06

Power to inspect. 101, 104, 402, 713.05

Power to inspect, Disbarred attorney

105

Preamble, Design application

1503

Preliminary amendment.

714.09

Preliminary amendment, Excessive claims 714.10

Preliminary amendment, Initial sentence.

707.04

Preliminary amendment, New matter.

608.04 (b)

Premature final rejection 706.07 (c)

Primary Examiner, Actions requiring personal

attention

707.02

Primary Examiner, name on file wrapper.

1302.13

Print of drawing

608.02 (m)

Additional

608.02 (m)

Alteration

608.02 (m)

Appeal

1204

Examiner's notation on

608.02 (m)

File wrapper.

717.01 (b)

Kept in examining group

608.02 (c)

Marking

608.02 ( m)

New application

506

Patentability report

705.01 (d)

Reissue application

608.02(k)

Returned drawing

608.02 (7)

Sketch

608.02(r)

Printed matter nonstatutory

706.03 (a)

"Printer waiting"

1309.01

Printer's Proof, Correction

1309.01

Prior art. (Sce also Reference.)

901

"Prior Art' on drawing.

608.02 (g)

Prior Examiner's action

704

Priority. Foreign application

201.13

Priority, Formal requirements.

201.14

Priority, Overcoming reference

201.15

Priority practice

201.14(c)

Priority right

201.13

Priority. Time for filing

201.13

Product by process.

706.03 (e)

Product of nature

706.03 (a)

Prolix claim

706.03 ( g)

Proof. "Printer waiting"

1309.01

Proof of authority of Administrator

or

Executor

409.01 (b,

Proof of foreign filing, "Normal" priority.

201.14

Prosecution, Plecemeal

707.07 (g)

Prosecution, Reopening after appeal decision

__ 1214.07

Prosecution closed. Application allowable cept for form

ex- 710.02 (b)

Proseention of "Secrecy Order" application

107.02

Protest against issuance of patent.

1300.02

Public inspection. Application file.

103

Public Law 506.

604.03 (a)

Public Law 585

706.03 (b)

Public policy

706.03 (p)

Public right to inspect files.

103

Public sale.

708.03 (s)

Public use, Statutory bar 201.13. 706.03 (*)

Public use proceeding, Rejection on.

706.03 ( v )

Publication. Defensive. 711.06,

711.06 (a )

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Sec. No.

Publications of abstracts

711.06, 711.06(a)

Publications :

Citing

707.05(e), 901.t

Declassified

707.05(1)

Own, as reference

715.01 (c)

Q

Quayle practice.

710.02 (b), 714.14

R

Ratification of papers filed :

Death of attorney

406

Death of inventor.

409.01

Signature improper or lacking.

711, 714.01 ( a )

Telegram amendment

714.08

Receipt, Office date stamp __ 502, 505, 710.01 (a ), 714.15

Receipt for papers filed.

503, 717.01 (a ).

Receipt of mail and papers.

Chapter 500

Reciprocal legislation

201.13

Reclassification of classes.

$03.02(a)

Recognized countries for foreign priority

201.13

Recommendation by Board of Appeals.

1213.01

Reconsideration by Board of Appeals_

1214.01. 1214.03

Reconsideration of holdings.

711.03

Based on insufficient response.

711.03(a)

Based on failure to respond within

period_ 711.03(b)

Record books, Examining Group.

1704

Recording assignment

302

Reduction to practice.

715.07

Reference:

A.I. patent

001.04

A.P.C. publication.

901.06 (c)

Abandoned application.

201.02

Abbreviatures

901.06(đ)

Abstracts

001.06 (d)

Additional

707.05 (đ)

After allowance

1308.01

After appeal.

1208.01

Analogous art

904.01 (c)

Antedating. (See also Affidavit,

Antedating

reference, Rule 131.

715

Arrangement in examining Group.

901.07

Assigned application as

304

Borrowing from Group.

001.08

Citation 707.05 to 707.05(g),

901.04, 901.05 (a)

Citation correction.

707.05 (2)

Citation correction. Period for

response. 710.08

Cited by applicant 707.05(b),

707.05(đ), 1302.12

Claims foreign date

715.01

Combination of references

708.02

Copending

706.02

Cross. How cited

707.05 (e)

Declassified printed matter

707.05 (1)

Defensive publications

901.0% (đ)

Effective date, Patent __ 706.02, 707.05

(e) , 715. 715.01

Equivalents

904.01 (b)

Foreign patent. 707.05

(e), 901.05 (a)

Forfeited application

901.02

Incorrect citation

707.05(g), 1302.12

Rev. 19. Jan. 1969

Reference -Continued

Sec. No.

Joint patent to applicant and another.
715.01 (a)

Listing at allowance.
1302.12, 1401.11

Newly discovered after allowance.
1303.01

Ordering official cross.
903.06

Overcome under Rule 131. (See also Affidavit.
Antedating reference. Rule 131.)

715

Patent

901.04

Patent. Foreign

901.04

Patent claiming same invention __ 715.05, 1101.02 (a)

901.03

Pending application

Publications

707.05(e), 901.06

Publication of applicant's invention
715.01 (c)

Published abstracts of application.
711.06 (1)

901.09

Replacement of missing

715.01(b)

Same assignee.

904.02

Selection of pertinent

201.13

Statutory bar

707.05 (a)

Supply procedure.

Swearing back. ( Sce also Affidavit, Antedating
reference, Rule 131.)

715

Voided by proof of foreign filing.
201.14

"Well known in the art." Supported by ___ 706.02 (a)

Reference characters
608.01 (g)

Reference Order Service
707.05 (a), 707.05(b)

Reference to foreign application.
202.03. 202.04

608.01 (r)

Reference to prior patent.

Reference to related application. (Sce Cross-

noting.)

Reference to related application for disclo-

sure

608.01 (D)

Re-file application

201.10

Refund of fees.

607.02

Refusal to enter amendment, Petition

1002.02

Register of appeals.

1204

Register of applications. Application Branch

504

Register of applications. Examining Group

1704

Registration, Attorney or agent.

402

Rehearing by Board of Appeals. 1214.01.

1214.03

Rehearing by C.C.P.A

1216.01

Reissue application

1401

Abstract of title

1401.01

Additions underlined.

1401.06

Adjudication of Original Patent.

1401.09 (a )

Affidavit

1401.08

Affidavit. Patent not available.

1401.04

Allowance

1401.11

Allowance, Drawing transfer

1401.05

Applicant

1401.02

Application

1401.01

Assignee

1401.02

Broadened

1401.08

Claim. Canceled from original application.

1401.08

Claim, Numbering

1401.06

Claim, Oath requirement

1401.08

Claim, Original claim subject to re-examina-

tion

1401.00

Claim, Same invention as original patent.

1401.07

901.05
Patent, Official number lacking

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Reissue application-Continued

Sec. No.

Claiming foreign priority.

201.14,

1401

Court decision involving original patent_

1401.09 (a)

Deceased inventor.

1401.02

Defective oath, Ground for

rejection

706.03 (x),

1401.08

Definition

201.05,

1401

Design patent

1505

Divisional application

1005, 1401.10 (a)

Drawing

608.02(k).

1401.05

Effective date

1401.09

Election of species.

1401.10

Error in original patent.

1401,

1401.08

Examination

1401.04.

1401.09

Filed during interference.

1111.08.

1401.12

Foreign priority claim

1401

Inoperative, Oath requirement

1401.08

Interference of original patent

involved.

1111.08,

1401.12

Inventor

1401.02

Laches

1401

List of references

1401.11

Misjoinder of inventors.

1401

Narrowed

1401.08

New matter.

1401.07

Notice in original file

202.05.

1401.03

Notice of allowance

1401.11

Numbering of claims

1401.06

Oath

1401.08

Oath, Primary's decision

707.02

Offer to surrender patent

1401.01.

1401.04

Omission of feature

1401.07

Omissions bracketed.

1401.06

Ownership

201.12

Patent returned.

1401.04

Parts

1401.01

Print of drawing.

608.02 (k)

Rejection

706.03 (x)

Requisites

1401.01

Restriction

1410.10

Return of original patent.

1401.04

Same invention as original patent

1401.07

"Special" for examination.

1401.09

Specification

1401.06. 1401.10

(a)

Statutory basis

1401

Statutory disclaimer

1403

Suit on original patent

1401.00

(a)

Title abstract.

1401.01,

1401.02

Transfer of original drawing.

608.02 ( k).

1401.05

Twice reissued.

1401.06

Reissue patent series.

001.04

Rejection

706

After allowance of application.

706.05,

1101.01 (1),

1308.01

After allowance of claim

706.04

After allowance of claim, Primary reviews

707.02

After appeal, New rejection.

1208.01

After correspondence under Rule

202. 1101.01

(1)

After termination of interference.

1109.02.

1110

Against public policy

706.03(D))

Rejection-Continued

Sec. No.

Aggregation

706.03 (1)

All valid grounds.

707.07 (g)

Alternative phrases

706.03

(d)

Anticipation, Full.

707.07(d)

Anticipation, Substantial

707.07

(d)

Art

706.02

Assigned application, Same applicant

304

Assigned application, Common ownership.

305

Atomic Energy Act.

706.03 (b )

Bar, Statutory

706.03(s)

Board of Appeals introduces

1214.01

Breadth

706.03

( 1 )

Business method.

706.03 ( a )

Chemical practice

715.03

Claim copied from patent. 706.06,

1101.02 (f)

Claim copied from patent, Failure to

re-

spond

706.03 (u)

Claim copied from patent, Primary's atten-

tion

707.02

Claims

706

Combination of references 706.02,

707.07 (d)

Common knowledge

706.02 (a)

Conflicting applications.

304,

305, 706.03 (k). 709.01. 804. 804.01,

804.02,

822,

822.01

Conflicting applications, One assigned

304

Contrasted to objection.

706.01

Cumulative

707.07(d)

Dedication

715

Defective reissue onth. 706.03(x).

1401.08

Dependent claim.

608.01 (n )

Directly met

707.07 (d)

Disclaimer 706.03 ( u),

710.02 (d)

Double patenting. (Sec Double patenting.)

Duplicate claims

706.03

(k)

Estoppel. Defensive publication

711.06

Estoppel. Interference 1109.02. 1110,

1110.02

Final. ( See also Final rejection.)

706.07

Foreign application. Statutory bar.

706.03 ( s)

Fraud upon public.

708.03 ()

Frivolous invention.

706.03 (D)

Full anticipation Expression recommended.

707.07

(đ)

Function of machine

706.03 (r)

Functional

706.03 (c)

Generic claim. 715.02. 809.02,

809.02 (a )

Genus and species ~06.04 (h) to

806.04(j)

Ground clearly stated.

707.07 (d )

Inaccurate

706.03 (1)

Incomplete

706.03 (f)

Indefinite

706.03 (d)

Inoperativeness

706.03 ( p)

Insufficient disclosure

706.03 (n)

Insufficient disclosure, Trademark

608.01 (v)

Interference. Estoppel.

1109.02. 1110

Interference terminated. 706.03(v),

1109.02,

1110

Language used

707.07 (0)

Linking claim 809

to $09.04

Markush, Improper

706.03 (y)

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Rejection-Continued

Bec. No.

Method of doing business.

706.03 (a)

Multiplicity

706.03 (1)

Negative limitation

706.03(1)

New, After appeal

1208.01

New, After final rejection

706.07(e)

New matter

706.03(0)

Nonelected invention.

706.03 (m)

Non-statutory claim

706.03 (b)

Non-statutory subject matter.

706.03 (a)

Not based on prior art

706.03

Not readable on disclosure

706.03 (n)

Oath, Defective reissue

706.03 (x)

Objection distinguished

706.01

Obvious method.

706.03 (g)

Obviousness

707.07 (d)

Old combination 706.03 (!),

706.03 (j)

Omnibus rejection

707.07 (₫)

Over another application

305.02(a)

Overlapping applications.

304,

305, 706.03(k). 709.01, 804, 804.01, 804.02, 822,

822.01

Perpetual motion

706.03 (p)

Personal remarks avoided.

707.07 (đ)

Previously allowed claim.

706.04, 707.02

Printed matter.

106.03 (a)

Prior art.

706.02

Product by process.

706.03 (e)

Product of nature

706.03 (a)

Prolix

708.03(g)

Public sale

706.03 (s)

Public use

706.03 (s)

Public use proceeding.

706.03 (v)

Reissue application, Defective oath.

706.03 (x)

"Rejected"

707.07 (d)

Repeated

707.07 (f)

Res judicata

706.03 (₩)

Scientific principle

706.03 (a)

Single means claim

706.03 (c)

Species and genus 806.04 (h) to

806.04(j)

Statement of. :

707.07 (đ)

Statutory bar

706.03 (s)

Substantially met

707.07 (d)

Suggested claims not made.

706.03 ( u)

Technical

706.03

Trademark or trade name

608.01 (v)

Undue breadth

706.03(z)

Unpatentable over other claim

706.03 (k)

U'tility

706.03 (p)

Vague

706.03 (d)

"Well known in the art".

706.02 (a)

Related inventions

802.01,

806.04 (b). 806.05, 808.02, 809.03

Related inventions, Species.

806.04 (b)

Remailing Office action 707.13,

710.06

Remand by Board, Affidavit

1212

Remand by Board, Amendment.

1211

Renumbering claims.

1302.01

Reopening proseention, Submit to Group

Director

1005

Boc. No.

Reopening prosecution after Board decision
1004,

1214.07

Reply brief.
1208

Representative of inventor or owner.
Chapter 400

Representatives of out-of-town attorneys
408
Requirements must be repeated.
707.07 (e)

Request or petition for patent.
601
Requests for identifiable records.
103

Requisites of the application
Res judicata
706.03 (w)

702

Reservation clause in application_ 608.01(e), 608.01 (t)
Residence, Applicant's.
605.02

Residence, Applicant's, Change.

717.02 (b)

Resignation of Examiner.
1702

Resignation of Examiner, Old cases special.
708.03

Response (see also Amendment; Period for re-
sponse).

After abandonment

714.17

After Board decision

1214.01, 1214.06

After final rejection

714.12, 714.13

Complete

714.02 to 714.04

Copying claim from patent not a response

711.02(b), 1101.02(e)

Election requirement.
809.02(a),

809.02(b), 818.03 (b)

Formal matters

714.02

Incomplete ___ 711.02 (a), 711.03 (a), 714.02 to 714.04

Incomplete, Election of species lacking __ 809.02 (a),

818.03 (b)

Incomplete, Proceedings not stayed by peti-

tion

1002

Incomplete. Time for completing.

710.02 (c),

711,

714.03

Late

711,

711.02

Late, Excused

710.02(d)

Patentability pointed out

714.02,

714.04

Restriction requirement.

818 to

820.02

Statutory period

710.01

Restoration of canceled matter
608.01 (s), 714.24
Restricting statements.
608.01 (b), 608.01(g)
Restriction (sce also Election; Election of

species)

Chapter

800

Action, Examiner's.

818 to

817

Action after, Special.

708.01

Action on novelty

810-810.03

Aggregation

806.05

(a)

Apparatus and process or product.

806.05

(e)

to 806.05 (g)

Basis

802

Case referred to second Examiner

815

Claimed subject matter.

806.01

Claims to divisible inventions added before

action

818.02(a)

Combination and subcombination

806.05 (a)

to 806.05 (c), 809.03 (a )

Definition

802.02

"Distinct" invention. 802.01,

806,

800.05

Election fixed by action on claims

818.01

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Restriction-Continued

Sec. No.
818.02
Election other than express

Final requirement.
819

Grouped in parent case
811.04

Improper.

803, 806, 808.02

Independent embodiments.

808.04, 806.05

Independent inventions
802.01,
803, 806, 806.04, 808.01, 808.01 (a ), 818.03

Linking claim 809,

808.03,

809.04

Linking claim, Traverse of rejection

818.03(d)

Nonelected claims, Treatment of.

821 to

821.03

Nonelected invention.

809.04

Old combination and subcombination.

806.05

(b).

820.01

Patentability over prior art 806.02,

809,

809.03

Patentability report, Effect.

807

Petition from requirement. 809.04, 818.03 (c)

Process or product and apparatus.

806.05

(e)

to 806.05

(g), 820

Reissue application. 1401.10.

1401.10

(a)

Rejection of nonelected claims.

821 to

821.03

Related inventions

802.01,

803, 806, 806.04 (b), 808.02,

809.03

Requirement

812

to 817

Additional

811.02

By Group where examinable.

812

Citation of art.

813

Completeness

815

Concluding paragraph.

817.

818.03(b)

Election after

818

Election after, Shift of.

819.01

Election after, With traverse. 818.03

(b),

821.01

Election after, Without traverse.

821.02

Final

810.03,

818.03

First action

811

Patentability

810 to

810.03

Petition from 809.04. 818.03

(c)

Primary Examiner's attention

707.02

Reasons for insisting upon

808

Rejection on double patenting following.

804.02

Repeated after withdrawal.

811.03

Response to. 818

to

818.03(e)

Review by Primary Examiner.

803.01

When made.

811,

811.02

Withdrawal

819

Single embodiment

806.03

Species-Genus

808.04(a)

Species may be related inventions.

808.04(b)

Species of unclaimed genus.

808.01

(a)

Subcombination, Combination and.

806.05

(a)

to 806.05

(c)

Subsequently presented to invention

not pre-

viously claimed.

818.02,

821.03

Telephone

812.01

Traverse of requirement 818, 818.03(c).

821.01

Restrictions upon employees of Patent Office.

309

Retention label.

1302.07

Return of complete application

Chapter

600

Return of drawing

608.02

(y )

Return of filing fee.

508.01,

607.02

Bec. No.

Return

of incomplete application.

506.01

Return

of papers, Discourteons matter.

714.25

Return

of papers entered on file wrapper.

201.14(c),

717.01

Returned

Office action

707.13

Review

at allowance.

1302.01

Revised

Statutes. (Sce Statutes.)

Revival

of abandoned application.

711.03,

711.03

(c),

1002.02

Revival of abandoned application,

Examiner's

statement

711.03

(d)

Revocation of power of attorney

402.05,

402.05 (a),

402.07

Rewritten

specification

608.01

(q)

Revocation of power of attorney.

402.05

Ribboned application

602.04

(a)

Right

of priority

201.13

Form

paragraphs

201.14(c)

Formal requirements.

201.14

Overcoming a reference.

201.15

Papers required.

201.14

(b)

Practice

201.14(c)

Time for filing papers.

201.14(a)

Right

of priority, Determination by Examiner_

201.15

Roster of attorneys

408

Rules

of practice :

2

Reproduced

713.04

3

Reproduced

714.25

Cited

714.19,

714.21

6

Reproduced

502

7

Reproduced

710.05

11

Reproduced

103

Cited

104,

901.03

14

Cited 101, 103, 108, 203.08,

706.03

(b)

711.04. 713.05, 901.02,

901.03.

1302.07

15

Reproduced

103

31

Reproduced

401

32

Reproduced

402.07

Cited

106

34

Reproduced

402

Cited

402.02

35

Cited

403, 714.01

(d)

36

Cited 402.05, 402.06,

402.07

41

Reproduced

605

42

Reproduced

409.01

(a)

Cited

400.03

43

Reproduced

409.02

44

Reproduced

400

Cited 409.01

(b)

45

Cited 201.03, 201.06, 201.07,

605,

1004

46

Reproduced

605

47

Reproduced

400.03

51

Reproduced

600

Cited. 409.01 (a), 506,

608.02

52

Reproduced

608.01

Cited

600,

714.07

53

Cited 409.01(A),

506.01

55

Cited .. 201.13, 201.14(a), 505,

1101.02(a),

1401,

1506

Rev.

19, Jan.

1009

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Rules

of

practice-Continued

Sec.

No.

57

Reproduced

605.04

Cited

605,04(b)

59

Reproduced

600

61

Reproduced

601

Cited

605.03

65

Reproduced

602

Cited

.201.14. 201.14 (c),

202.04,

409.03,

602.05.

603,

1402.01

66

Cited

602,

602.04.

602.04(a). 604.

604.04.

604.04(a).

604.08

67

Reproduced

603

Cited

602

68

Reproduced

602

Cited

602.04

(a)

71

Reproduced

608.01

Cited.

608.01

(g),

1302.01

72

Cited.

606.

608.01(b),

711.06

73

Reproduced

608.01

( d )

74

Reproduced

608.01

(f)

75

Reproduced

608.01

(1)

Cited.

608.01 (g).

608.01

(m),

608.01

(n),

608.01 (0),

706.03 (1)

76

Reproduced

605.04

Cited

605.04

(b)

77

Reproduced

608.01

( a)

78

Cited

201.11.

202.01, 608.01,

822.

822.01.

1101.01

(b)

79

Reproduced

608.01

(e)

Cited.

202.01.

608.01

(t )

81

Reproduced

008.02

82

Reproduced

605.04

(h)

83

Reproduced

608.02(d)

84

Cited.

605.04

(h).

608.02.

605.02(a)

85

Reproduced

608.02

(b)

86

Reproduced

608.02

87

Reproduced

608.02(3)

88

Reproduced

608.02/1)

Cited

608.02(1),

711.02(0)

91

Reproduced

608.03

Cited

90

92

Reproduced

008.00

Cited

CHI

03

Reproduced

609.03

Cited

e00

34

Reproduced

608.03

(a)

95

Reproduced

608.03

(a )

101

Reproduced

,08

102

Reproduced

705.01

103

Reproduced

709

Cited

707.02.

1005.

1505

104

Cited.

707.

707.07.

901

105

Reproduced

705.07

106

Reproduced

706

Cited

904.02

107

Reproduced

707.05

Cited

707.05(e).

1610

108

Reproduced

001.02

Rev.

19, Jan. 1969

Rules

of practice Continued

Sec. No.

111

Reproduced

714.02

Cited €08.01 (b), 608.02 (h), 707.05(b), 707.07(a),

708.02, 714.04, 714.16, 818,

818.03(a), 1002

112

Reproduced

706

Cited

714.02

113

Reproduced

706.07

115

Reproduced

714

116

Reproduced

₹14.12

Cited. 706.07 (e),

714.13,

1207, 1212

117

Reproduced

706.03 (n)

118

Reproduced

608.04

Cited 608,

608.02,

706.03 (n)

119

Reproduced

714.02

121

Reproduced

714.22

Cited 714.02.

717.04.

1302.04

123

Reproduced

608.02 (p)

124

Reproduced

714.24

Cited

608.01 (s)

125

Reproduced

608.01 (g)

Cited 714.19.

714.20.

1302.02

126

Reproduced

608.01 (j)

Cited

608.01

(n). 1502.01

127

Cited

1002.02

131

Reproduced

715

Cited .06.02. 707.01 (a),

707.02.

707.05(f).

708.02. 715.01 to 715.09, 904.02, 1101.01
(h).
1101.02(a .,
1101.03.
1105.03.
1111.06.

132 Reproduced

516

Cited
707.01 (a). 707.02, 1105.02. 1105.03

133 Cited
713.01. 713.04

135 Reproduced

711

Cited

710.01. 710.02 (c) . 710.02(e).

711.02. 712, 714.01 : a ) . 714.03

136 Cited
709. 710.02.

710.02 (d). ; 10.02(e), 512. 714.13, 1005. 1101.02 (f)
137 Reproduced
¥11.03 (c)

Cited

711.03, 712

138 Reproduced

711

Cited

608.02(i). 711.01. 1215.01

139 Reproduced

711.06

Cited

705, 901.03

141 Reproduced

806.04

Cited
710.02 ( c), 802. 802.01. 806. 806.04(a).
806.04 (10). 808.01 (a ), 809.02, 809.02 (a),
$09.02 (b), 809.02 . €), 820.

142 Cited
707.07(1), 802.

803.02 (c). $11. 818, 818.03(e), 21-821.03

143 Reproduced

$18.03

Cited

802, 810.03. 818.03(a).

818.03(b). $18.03(*)

$18.03(c)

144 Reproduced

Cited
¥10.02(c). 802. 809.02+~1. 809.04.

812.01. 818.03(4). 821. 821.01. 821.02. 1002.02

145 Reproduced

821.03

Cited

802

146 Reproduced

809.02

Cited

707.07(1), 802

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Rules

of practice

Continued

Sec. No.

147

Reproduced

201.06

Cited

201.11, 602.05 (a),

625.04.

608.02.

T14.09,

1302.04

151

Reproduced

1501

152

Reproduced

1503.02

Cited

608.02

153

Reproduced

1503.01

154

Reproduced

1503.01

Cited

1503

155

Reproduced

1505

161

Reproduced

1602

Cited

1610,

1611

162

Reproduced

1604

163

Reproduced

1605

164

Reproduced

1605

165

Reproduced

1606

Cited

608.02

166

Reproduced

1607

Cited

608.03

(a)

167

Reproduced

1608

Cited

1610

171

Reproduced

1401.01

172

Reproduced

1401.02

Cited

1401.11

173

Reproduced

1401.06

Cited

1401.11

174

Cited

608.02(i).

608.02(k),

1401.05

175

Reproduced

1401.08

176

Reproduced

1401.09

Cited

708.01,

1401.10

177

Reproduced

1401.10(a)

Cited

1004

178

Reproduced

1401.04

179

Reproduced

1401.03

Cited

202.05

181

Reproduced

1002

Cited.

Introduction, 608.04(c),

711.03(c))

711.03(d). 714.13.

1002.01.

1209

183

Reproduced

1002

Cited

506.

711.01.

711.05

191

Reproduced

1205

Cited

Introduction.

608.04(c).

1103

192

Reproduced

1206

Cited.

1204. 1208,

1215.01.

1215.04

193

Reproduced

1208

Cited

707.02. 710.02(b),

1204.

1207,

1208.01.1211

194

Reproduced

1200

195

Reproduced

1212

Cited

715.09.

716.

1207.

1208

106

Cited

1213,

1213.01,

1214.01.

1214.06

197

Cited __ 1214.01.

1214.02, 1214.03.

1214.08.

1215.04

198

Reproduced

1214.07

Cited

1002.02. 1008. 1004.

1214.04.

1216

201

Reproduced

1100

Cited

708. 708.01,

804.03,

1101.01.

1101:01(b), 1102.01

(a)

Rules of practice-Continued
202 Reproduced

Sec. No.

1101.01 (d)

Cited
706.05, 1101.01 (a),

1101.01 (c), 1101.01 (e) to 1101.01(1), 1101.02
(c), 1101.03, 1102.01

1101.01(1)

203 Reproduced
Cited
706.03 (u).

710.02(c), 804.03, 1101.01 (n), 1101.02(a).
1102.01 (a), 1112.02. 1112.04

204 Reproduced

1101.02

Cited

715.05, 1101.01 (h), 1101.02(a).

1101.02(e). 1101.03, 1102.01 (a)

205

Reproduced

1101.02

Cited

1003. 1101.02 (c), 1101.02(d)

206

Reproduced

1101.02

Cited

706.03 (11). 710.02(c),

710.04 (a) . 1101.02(f), 1205

207 Reproduced

1102

Cited

1101.01 (j)

208

Reproduced

1101.01 (k)

Cited

404, 804.03. 1102.01 (a )

211

Reproduced

1104

212

Reproduced

1103

Cited

1205

215

Cited

1102, 1105.06

226

Cited

1104

227

Cited

1105.05

231

Reproduced

1105

Cited
707.02. 714.16(h), 1101.01 (1).

1101.02(f). 1102.01(a), 1105.01 to
1105.07. 1106. 1108. 1109.02, 1110.02.

1111.00. 1111.07. 1111.10. 1112.04

237 Reproduced

1105.05

Cited.
507.02. 1101.02(f), 1105,

1105.03. 1105.05. 1105.07, 1110.02, 1112.08

23S Cited

1106.02

244 Cited

1105.05, 1105.07

257 Cited
1109.02. 1110.02

256 Cited

1105.04

202 Cited
1108, 1109.02, 1110.01

265 Cited

1109.02

266 Cited

1108, 1112.05 (a)

291 Reproduced

1309.02

Cited
711.06
202 Cited
706.03 (¥)

304 Cited

1214.00

312 Reproduced

714.16

Cited
201.03. 603.01. 707.01 (a).

713.10, 714.15. 714.16:a) to 714.10(c),
714.20, 1005, 1101.02(€). 1303.01. 1305.
1308.01, 1300.01. 1705.

313 Reproduced
1308

Cited
608.02(1), 711.01. 711.05

314 Cited
1505

316 Reproduced

712

Cited
203.04. 203.07

317 Reproduced
712

321 Reproduced

1403

322 Reproduced

1402

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Rules of practice -Continued

Bec. No.

323 Reproduced

1402.01

324 Reproduced

1402.01

341 Cited

1702

342 Reproduced

402.01

346 Reproduced

402.04

347 Cited

714.01 (a)

348

Cited

714.01 (a)

Rules of practice

Introduction

8

Same attorney, Interfering applications.

1101.01 (k),

1102.01 (a)

Same invention, Comparing foreign application_ 201.15

Saturday, Effect on time for response

710.05

Scientific Library

901.06 (a)

Scientific principle not patentable

706.03 (a)

Scope of claims

904.01 (a)

Scope of class.

903.02 (b)

Screening new applications for security re-
view

107.01

Seal

604.01

Foreign application
602.04 (a)

Not required
604.01, 604.03 (a)

Venue

604.02

Sealing oaths for interference, Primary's atten-

tion

707.02

Sealing oaths for interference, Under Rules 131.

202,204

715.08, 1101.01 (b), 1101.03

Search :

After reversal by Board of Appeals.
1214.04

Aids in library

901.06(a)

Cards, Subclass definitions.

902.02 (b)

Claim analysis

904.01

Field of

904.01 (d)

File wrapper notation __ 705.01 (a), 717.05, 904.01 (d)
In Group, by member of public.
713.02

Informal application

704

Interference

1101.01 (c)

Notes in class definitions
902.02 (a)
Notes in file wrapper
717.05

Outlining

904.01 (d)

Patentability report

705.01 (a), 705.01 (b)

Prior examiner's

704

Procedure

704, 904

Restriction requirement

808.02

Selecting pertinent references

904.02

Title

202.02, 306

Unduly extensive and burdensome.

808.01 (a),

809.02(đ), 818.02(b)

Search exchange, United States-German __ 1710-1710,02
Secrecy, Pending applications.
Chapter 100
"Secrecy Order" application
107

Allowance

107.02, 1304

Final rejection

107.02

Interference
107.02, 1111.04

Prosecution

107.02

Review for Secrecy Order

107.01

Security, Application affecting

107,108

Security screening of new applications.

107.01

Sec. No.
Security Group, Cases submitted.
107.01,

109, 706.03 (b), 706.03 (s)

Security markings

100

Serial Number

503

Series of dependent claims

008.01 (n)

Shift of election

819

Shortened statutory period

710.02 to 710.02 (e)

Approval

1005

Distinction from limited time for reply __ 1101.02(f)

Signatory Authority, Full

707.02

Signatory Authority, Partial.

707.01 (a)

Signature:

Administrator or executor.

605.05 (a)

Alteration in specification signed

608.01

Amendment

714.01

Signature improper 714.01 (a) to

714.01 (d)

Signature missing

714.01 (a)

Signed by applicant, Not by attorney

of

record

714.01 (d)

Signed by attorney not of record

714.01 (c)

Applicant

605.04

Applicant changes name. 605.04 (c), 717.02 (b)

Applicant unable to write.

605.04 (d)

Application completeness

508

Application papers

605.04

Attorney deceased

406

Attorney not of record

714.01 (c)

Attorney, On each paper filed.

402.04

Correction of name.

605.04 (c)

Divisional application, Omitted

201.08

Drawing

605.04 (h)

Drawing, Correction on 608.02 (u),

608.02 (w)

Express abandonment

711, 711.01

Firm, Proper form of

402.04

Full first name 605.04,

605.04 (b)

Joint applicants

605.04 (f)

Legal representative.

605.05 (a)

Omitted from divisional application

201.06

Single signature form

605.04 (a)

Title with

605.04 (e)

Uniformity with name 605.04 (b), 1503

Signing Examiner's letter

707.00

Single means claim

706.03 (c)

Single signature form

605.04 (a)

Single signature form, Design application

1503

Sketch of proposed drawing change.

608.02 (v)

Sketch of subject matter of claims.

804.01 (a)

Soft copy, Appeal application 1208,

1214.03

Soft copy, Ordering.

905.02

Sole application

201.01

Continuation of joint

201.07

Continuation-in-part of joint

201.08

Converted from joint.

201.03

Converted to joint.

201.03

Division of joint

201.06

Reissue application, Joint to sole,

1402.01

"Sole" in original oath

602

Sole patent to joint patent.

1402.01

Solicitor, Duties 1002,

1002.02

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Special case

708 to 708.03 Bec. No.

Allowable application, Except for form

.__

710.02(b),

1301

Appealed case.

1204

Examiner resigns.

708.08

Five year pendency

707.02(a)

List

708.01

Petition to make

708.02, 1002.02

Reissue application 706.03

(x),1401.09

Rejected patent claim

1101.02(f)

Remanded

708.01

"Special", Correction of drawing.

608.02 (x)

Special examining procedure.

708.02

Species 802.01, 806.04 (a)

to

806.04 (j)

Cancellation of Species claims

821.02

Claims restricted to.

806.04 (e)

Election. (See Election of species.)

How recognized

808.04 (f)

Independent Inventions

802.01.

808.01 (a)

Mutually exclusive characteristics

806.04 (f)

Patentability over genus.

806.04 (h)

Patentably distinct.

806.04 (b)

Plural 706.03(k). 808.01

(a), 809.02

Rejection

806.04 (h)

Related

806.04 (b)

With allowable generic claim

809.02 (b)

Withdrawal of species claims.

800.02 (c)

Specification

608.01

Amendment, Instructions for entry

714.22, 714.23

Arrangement

608.01 (a)

British "provisional" and "complete".

201.15

Changes prior to filing

608.01

Confused by amendments.

608.01 (q)

Correction by Examiner's amendment.

1802.04

to

1302.04 (g)

Correction by initialing.

1802.04

Cross-noting of related applications

202.01

Derogatory remarks prohibited.

608.01 (r)

Description

608.01 (g)

Design application

1503.01

English language

608.01

Format

608.01

Interlineation prior to filing

608.01

Language faulty

608.01

New matter

608.04

Parts

608.01 (a)

Reference to copending application

brought

up to date.

1802.04 (f)

Reference to prior patent or applicat

202.01

Reissue application

1401.08

Return

608.01

Rewritten

608.01 (q)

Signature

605.04

Statement of invention

608.01 (d)

Substitute 608.01

(q), 714.19

Substitute, Amendment including

714.19

Substitute, New matter.

714.20

Terminology basis for claims

608.01(0)

Specification-Continued

See. No.

Title of invention

006

Title of invention, Changed

606.01

Transfer

608.01 (t)

Specimen, Composition of matter

608.05 -

Specimen, Handling.

808.03 (a)

Specimen, Plant application

1607

Stale oath

602.05

Stamp:

Consular fee

604.05

Consular fee, Omission

604.05 (a)

Group date

714.18

Draftsman's 608.02 (a), 608.02 (0)

Office date 502, 505. 710.01

(a), 714.18

Seal

604.01

Starting material, Chemical compound

608.01 (p)

Statement, Examiner's :

Appeal brief

1208

New ground of rejection

1208.01

Petition

1002

Petition from abandonment

711.03 (d)

Petition to make special, Continuing applica-

tion

708.02

Petition to revive.

711.03 (d)

Print of drawing

1204

Reply brief

1208

Special status

708.01

Statement of invention, Coextensive

with

claims

608.01 (d)

Statement of Invention, Review on allowance

__ 1302.01

Status letter 203.08, 1705

Status of applications

102, 203

Abandoned

203.05

Abandoned for failure to pay issue fee.

203.07

Allowed or in issue

203.04

Amended

203.03

Incomplete

203.06

New

203.01

Rejected

203.02

Statute, Citation

Introduction

Statutes :

Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

706.03 (b)

Public Law 506 (81st Cong. ) 136. Cited

604.03 (a)

Public Law 585, (Atomic Energy Act), 590

O.G. 195, Cited.

706.03 (b)

Public Law 86-362, 73 Stat. 643

710.05

Revised Statute of 1874. Introduction

35 U.S.C. 4 Reproduced

300

35 U.S.C. 6 Reproduced

1001

Cited Introduction. 710.02. 710.02(c)

85 U.S.C. 7 Reproduced

1203

35 U.S.C. 9 Reproduced

903.01

85 U.S.C. 21 Cited

201.13

35 U.S.C. 25 Cited

602

35 U.S.C. 41 Cited. 714.16(c),

1401.11

35 U.S.C. 100 Cited

706.03 (a)

35 U.S.C. 101 Cited. 201, 701. 706, 706.03(a),

706.03 (p)

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Statutes -- Continued

Sec. No.

35 U.S.C. 102 Cited

201.13.

305.01, 701. 706. 706.02. 706.03(s),
707.05(f). 711.06(a), 715.01. 804.03.

901 01, 901.04. 901.05(b) .- 901.06 (s)
35 U.S.C. 103 Cited
701.

706, 706.02, 711.06 (a ). 715.01, 804.03, 901.06 (a)

715.07 (c)

35 U.S.C. 101 Cited.

35 U.S.C. 112 Reproduced.
706.03 (c)

Cited
201.11.

201.15, 608.01. 608.01 (g), 608.01 (k).
608.01 (n). 702.01. 706.03 (h), 706.03 (j)
706.07 (e). 707.02.

35 U.S.C. 115 Cited
604.06. 605.01

35 U.S.C. 116 Cited.
201.03. 201.11, 402.03

35 U.S.C. 118 Cited.
409.03

35 U.S.C. 119 Cited.
201.13,

201.14, 201.14(b). 201.14(c). 202.03.
715.01. 1111.10. 1401. 1506.

35 U.S.C. 120 Reproduced
201.11

Cited

201.07, 711.02(c).

711.06, 1302.04. 1503.01

35 U.S.C. 121 Reproduced
802

201.06. 201.07.

Cited
706.03 (k). 802.01. 803.01. 804.01. 805

701

35 U.S.C. 131 Reproduced

35 U.S.C. 132 Cited.

201.07, 706.03 (0)

35 U.S.C. 133 Cited.
710.01. 710.02, 710.02(b)

35 U.S.C. 135 Reproduced
1100

Cited
715.05. 804.03, 1101.02(a).

1101.02 (f).1109, 1305

35 U.S.C. 145 Cited

1214.01, 1215.05, 1216.02

35 U.S.C. 146 Cited
1102. 1100.01. 1109.02, 1111.09

35 U.S.C. 153 Reproduced

1300
1601
35 U.S.C. 161 Reproduced.

Cited

201

35 U.S.C. 163 Reproduced

1601

35 U.S.C. 164 Reproduced

1608

35 U.S.C. 171 Reproduced

1500

Cited

201

35 U.S.C. 172 Reproduced

1506

Cited

201.13

35 U.S.C. 181 Cited

107, 107.01

35 U.S.C. 184 Reproduced 107,

706.03()

35 U.S.C. 185 Reproduced.

706.03 (s)

35 U.S.C. 251 Reproduced

1401

Cited 706.03(x), 1305

35 U.S.C. 252 Cited

1805

35 U.S.C. 253 Cited.

711.06, 1305

35 U.S.C. 254 Cited

1305

35 U.S.C. 255 Cited

1305

35 U.S.C. 256 Cited

1305

35 U.S.C. 261 Cited

301, 302

35 U.S.C. 266 (Repealed ) Reproduced.

607.01

Cited

201.17.

607.01 (a) . 607.01 (b)

35 U.S.C. 282 Cited.
716, 1701
Statutory authority of Commissioner.
1001
Statutory bar
201.13, 706.03 (s)

Statutory bar, Foreign patent __ 201.13, 706.03(s), 715

Sec. No.

Statutory bar, Rule 131 not available.

715

Statutory classes of invention

706.03 (a)

Statutory disclaimer

1403

Statutory period ( See also Period for response)

110

Streamlined continuation application.

201.07

Initial review by Primary Examiner.

707.02

New oath not required.

602.05 (a)

Time to correct defect.

710.02(c)

Subclass count.

902.03 (d)

Subclass, List of patent numbers

902.03 (€)

Subcombination :

Aggregation and

806.05 (a)

Combination and 802.01, 806.04(c),

806.05 (a)

Not generic

806.04 (c)

Species

806.04 (b)

Subgeneric "Markush" claims

706.03 (y)

Subject matter, Non-statutory

706.03 (a)

Submission to Classification Group :

Classification of application ___ 903.08 (d),

903.08 (e)

Patentability report

705.01 (a)

Submission to Commissioner :

Types of action listed

1008

Submission to Patent Security Group :

Atomic Energy, security review

108

"Confidential" application or papers.

109

Defense invention, security review

107.01

"Secrecy Order" case

107.01

"Secret" application or papers

107.01

Security determination

107.01

Submission to Drafting Branch :

Estimating cost of correction

608.02 (s)

Rearrangement of Figures

608.02 (t)

Return of drawing

608.02 (y)

Transfer of Figures

608.02(t)

Submission to Group Director :

Types of action listed. 1003,

1004. 1005

Subpoena by court, Application file

1216.02

Substitute application :

Assignment

306

Carries ownership from parent

201.12

Copendency lacking

201.11

Definition

201.09

File wrapper notation

202.02

Reference to parent application

201.11

Refile

201.10

Substitute attorney

402.03

Substitute for missing hard copy

001.00

Substitute oath

602.02

Substitute specification 608.01

(q),

714.10

Substitute specification. Amendment Incorporat-

ing

714.20

Substitute specification, New matter

714.20

Sufficiency of disclosure affidavit.

716

Suggested claims, Failure to make

708.03

(u)

Suggested claim made after end of statutory

period

1101.01

(n)

Suggestion of claims for interference.

1005,

1101.01(3) to 1101.01(0), 1101.02 (b)

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Sec. No.

Suggestion of claims for interference, Time limit

710.02 (c)

Suit, Copy of decision in reissue.

1401.09

(a)

Summary of action

707.07 (1)

Summary of Interview

713.04

Summary of invention

608.01

(d)

Sunday or holiday, Effect on time for response.

710.05

Supplemental action

710.06

Supplemental oath

603

After allowance

603.01,

714.16

New matter

608.04

Suspension :

Action, By Office

709

Design application

1505

Ex parte prosecution during interference.

1103

Junior application

1101.01

(1)

Overlapping applications. 709.01,

1111.03

Primary decides

707.02,

709

Rules

1002

Swearing back of reference.

715

T

Technical rejections

708.03

Technical documents.

901.06(a)

Telegraphic amendment

714.08

Telephone call, Multiplicity rejection.

706.03

(1)

Telephone number of attorney

713.01,

714.01

Telephone number of Examiner.

707.08

Not on motion decision.

713.06

Telephoning of attorney by Examiner.

408,

713.01

Terminal disclaimer

1403

Avoiding double patenting rejection

804.02

Routing

508.01

Situations where not applicable.

804.03

Termination of proceedings 201.11, 711.02(c),

712

Terminology in application. 608.01

(o),

1302.01

Testamentary, Letters

409.01

(b)

Third action cases.

707.02(a)

Time for filing papers, Right of priority

201.14

(a)

Time for response. (Scc also Period

for

response.)

710

Time limit action 710.02,

710.02(c)

Time limit for making suggested claims

1101.01

(m)

Title abstract, Interference.

1101.02

Title abstract, Reissue application. 1401,

1401.11

Title (ownership) conveyed by assignment.

201.12

Title of design application.

1503.01

Title of invention.

606

Title of invention, Plant patent application.

1610

Title of invention, Reviewed at issue __ 60601,

1802.01

Title report, Interference.

1101.02

Title report, Reisme application 1401,

1401.11

Titie search.

202.02

Title with signature

605.04

(e)

Trademark and trade name

608.01

(v)

Transfer of application :

After amendment.

003.08(c)

After Classification decision.

003.08(g)

Transfer of application-Continued

Bec. No.

Allowable application

903.07 (b)

Decision of Classification Framiner

______

903.08(f)

Divisible inventions

812

Interference 1101.01

(a), 1101.02

New

903.08 (a)

Primary Examiner's authority

903.08

Procedure 903.08(a), 903.08

(d),

903.08 (g)

Submitted to Classification Examiner.

903.08(d)

Transfer of class or subclass.

903.05

Transfer of drawing.

608.02 (i)

Canceled sheet

608.02 (j)

Continuation application.

608.02 (1)

Reissue application

608.02 (k)

Substitute application

608.02(1)

Transfer of U.S. patent

903.05

Transfer of specification

608.01 (t)

Transit time.

602.05

Translation, Foreign application

201.15

Translator, Patent Office. 901.05

(d),

901.06 (a)

Translations available, index.

901.06 (a)

Traverse-Answer all matters.

707.07 (f)

Traverse, Division or species requirement

818

818.03 to 818.03 (d),

821.01,

821.02

Traverse, Rejection of linking claim

818.03(d)

Two periods for response running.

710.04

Types of applications.

201

U

U.S.C.

Introduction

Unavailable inventor.

409.409.03

Unclaimed disclosure, Reservation

608.01 (e)

Unclaimed subject matter.

305.01

Undelivered mail.

707.13

Underwood card digest

001.06 (a)

Undue breadth rejection

706.03(z)

"United States of America", Foreign language

names

901.05 (a)

Unofficial digests

903.02

Unsigned amendment.

711,

714.01(a)

Unsigned drawing.

605.04 (h)

Utility, Asbtract, Statement of the.

608.01 (b)

Utility Jacking, Rejection

706.03 (p)

Utility patent

201, 001.04

Utility required.

608.01 (p)

V

Vague and indefinite rejection

706.03 (đ)

Venue

604.02

W

Waived patent rights-defensive publication.

711.06

Waiver of rejection.

707.07(()

Washington representatives of attorneys.

408

Withdrawal from issue.

1308

Amendment crossing allowance.

714.15

Claim copied from patent

1101.02(g)

Commissioner's approval.

1003, 1308

Rev.

10,

Jan.

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Withdrawal from issue -Continued
Bec. No.

Junior party, Correspondence under Rule 202

1101.01(1)

Interference purposes

1308.02

Motion under Rule 231

1105.03

Petition for

1308

Rejection

1101.01 (1), 1308.01

Suggesting claims for interference

1101.01 (0)

Withdrawal of appealed claim

1214.05, 1215.03

Withdrawal of attorney

402.05, 402.06

Withdrawal of claims:

To species.

809.02(c)

To non-elected invention

821.01, 821.02, 821.03

Bee. No.

Withdrawal of final rejection
708.07 (e)

Before appeal hearing.
1208:82

Premature final.
708.07 (d)

Primary decides.

707.02

Withholding from allowance, Design application_ 150
Wrapper. (See also File wrapper.)
717

Wrong Group, Papers sent to

508.01

X

X-series of patents

901.04

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