Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP

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200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application

200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
-    201 Types of Applications
-    -    201.01 Sole
-    -    201.02 Joint
-    -    201.03 Correction of Inventorship in an Application
-    -    201.04 Parent Application
-    -    -    201.04(a) Original Application
-    -    -    201.04(b) Provisional Application
-    -    201.05 Reissue Application
-    -    201.06 Divisional Application
-    -    -    201.06(a) Former 37 CFR 1.60 Divisional-Continuation Procedure
-    -    -    201.06(b) Former 37 CFR 1.62 File Wrapper Continuing Procedure
-    -    -    201.06(c) 37 CFR 1.53(b) and 37 CFR 1.63(d) Divisional-Continuation Procedure
-    -    -    201.06(d) 37 CFR 1.53(d) Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
-    -    201.07 Continuation Application
-    -    201.08 Continuation-in-Part Application
-    -    201.09 Substitute Application
-    -    201.10 Refile
-    -    201.11 Claiming the Benefit of an Earlier Filing Date Under 35 U.S.C. 120 and 119(e)
-    -    -    201.11(a) Filing of Continuation or Continuation-in-Part Application During Pendency of International Application Designating the United States
-    -    201.12 Title to an Application Claiming Benefit of an Earlier Application
-    -    201.13 Right of Priority of Foreign Application
-    -    -    201.13(a) Right of Priority Based Upon an Application for an Inventor's Certificate
-    -    -    201.13(b) Right of Priority Based Upon an International Application  Filed Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
-    -    201.14 Right of Priority, Formal Requirements
-    -    -    201.14(a) Right of Priority, Time for Filing Papers
-    -    -    201.14(b) Right of Priority, Papers Required
-    -    -    201.14(c) Right of Priority, Practice
-    -    -    201.14(d) Proper Identification of Priority Application
-    -    201.15 Right of Priority, Overcoming a Reference
-    -    201.16 Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim for Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) or (f)
-    -    201.17 Incorporation by Reference Under 37 CFR 1.57(a)
-    202 Cross-Noting
-    -    202.02 Notation in File History Regarding Prior U.S. Applications, Including Provisional Applications
-    -    202.03 Notation on File Wrapper When Priority Is Claimed for Foreign Application
-    -    202.04 In Oath or Declaration
-    203 Status of Applications
-    -    203.01 New
-    -    203.02 Rejected
-    -    203.03 Amended
-    -    203.04 Allowed or in Issue
-    -    203.05 Abandoned
-    -    203.06 Incomplete
-    -    203.08 Status Inquiries
-    -    -    203.08(a) Congressional and Other Official Inquiries

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