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Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP
Table of Contents
600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
- 601 Content of Provisional and Nonprovisional Applications
- - 601.01 Complete Application
- - - 601.01(a) Nonprovisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(a)
- - - 601.01(b) Provisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(b)
- - - 601.01(c) Conversion to or From a Provisional Application
- - - 601.01(d) Application Filed Without All Pages of Specification
- - - 601.01(e) Nonprovisional Application Filed Without At Least One Claim
- - - 601.01(f) Applications Filed Without Drawings
- - - 601.01(g) Applications Filed Without All Figures of Drawings
- - - 601.01(h) Forms
- - 601.02 Power of Attorney
- - 601.03 Change of Correspondence Address
- - 601.04 National Stage Requirements of the United States as a Designated Office
- - 601.05 Bibliographic Information - Application Data Sheet (ADS)
- 602 Original Oath or Declaration
- - 602.01 Oath Cannot Be Amended
- - 602.02 New Oath or Substitute for Original
- - 602.03 Defective Oath or Declaration
- - 602.04 Foreign Executed Oath
- - - 602.04(a) Foreign Executed Oath Is Ribboned to Other Application Papers
- - 602.05 Oath or Declaration - Date of Execution
- - - 602.05(a) Oath or Declaration in Continuation and Divisional Applications
- - 602.06 Non-English Oath or Declaration
- - 602.07 Oath or Declaration Filed in United States as a Designated Office
- 603 Supplemental Oath or Declaration
- - 603.01 Supplemental Oath or Declaration Filed After Allowance
- 604 Administration or Execution of Oath
- - 604.01 Seal
- - 604.02 Venue
- - - 604.03(a) Notarial Powers of Some Military Officers
- - 604.04 Consul
- - - 604.04(a) Consul - Omission of Certificate
- - 604.06 By Attorney in Application
- 605 Applicant
- - 605.01 Applicant's Citizenship
- - 605.02 Applicant's Residence
- - 605.03 Applicant's Mailing or Post Office Address
- - - 605.04(a) Applicant's Signature and Name
- - - 605.04(b) One Full Given Name Required
- - - 605.04(c) Inventor Changes Name
- - - 605.04(d) Applicant Unable to Write
- - - 605.04(e) May Use Title With Signature
- - - 605.04(f) Signature on Joint Applications - Order of Names
- - - 605.04(g) Correction of Inventorship
- - 605.05 Administrator, Executor, or Other Legal Representative
- - 605.07 Joint Inventors
- 606 Title of Invention
- - 606.01 Examiner May Require Change in Title
- 607 Filing Fee
- - 607.02 Returnability of Fees
- 608 Disclosure
- - 608.01 Specification
- - - 608.01(a) Arrangement of Application
- - - 608.01(b) Abstract of the Disclosure
- - - 608.01(c) Background of the Invention
- - - 608.01(d) Brief Summary of Invention
- - - 608.01(e) Reservation Clauses Not Permitted
- - - 608.01(f) Brief Description of Drawings
- - - 608.01(g) Detailed Description of Invention
- - - 608.01(h) Mode of Operation of Invention
- - - 608.01(i) Claims
- - - 608.01(j) Numbering of Claims
- - - 608.01(k) Statutory Requirement of Claims
- - - 608.01(l) Original Claims
- - - 608.01(m) Form of Claims
- - - 608.01(n) Dependent Claims
- - - 608.01(o) Basis for Claim Terminology in Description
- - - 608.01(p) Completeness
- - - 608.01(q) Substitute or Rewritten Specification
- - - 608.01(r) Derogatory Remarks About Prior Art in Specification
- - - 608.01(s) Restoration of Canceled Matter
- - - 608.01(t) Use in Subsequent Application
- - - 608.01(u) Use of Formerly Filed Incomplete Application
- - - 608.01(v) Trademarks and Names Used in Trade
- - 608.02 Drawing
- - - 608.02(a) New Drawing - When Replacement is Required Before Examination
- - - 608.02(b) Informal Drawings
- - - 608.02(c) Drawing Print Kept in File Wrapper
- - - 608.02(d) Complete Illustration in Drawings
- - - 608.02(e) Examiner Determines Completeness and Consistency of Drawings
- - - 608.02(f) Modifications in Drawings
- - - 608.02(g) Illustration of Prior Art
- - - 608.02(h) Replacement Drawings
- - - 608.02(i) Transfer of Drawings From Prior Applications
- - - 608.02(m) Drawing Prints
- - - 608.02(n) Duplicate Prints in Patentability Report Applications
- - - 608.02(o) Notations Entered on Drawing
- - - 608.02(p) Correction of Drawings
- - - 608.02(q) Conditions Precedent to Amendment of Drawing
- - - 608.02(t) Cancelation of Figures
- - - 608.02(v) Drawing Changes Which Require Annotated Sheets
- - - 608.02(w) Drawing Changes Which May Be Made Without Applicant's Annotated Sheets
- - - 608.02(x) Drawing Corrections or Changes Accepted Unless Notified Otherwise
- - - 608.02(y) Return of Drawing
- - - 608.02(z) Allowable Applications Needing Drawing Corrections or Corrected Drawings
- - 608.03 Models, Exhibits, Specimens
- - - 608.03(a) Handling of Models, Exhibits, and Specimens
- - 608.04 New Matter
- - - 608.04(a) Matter Not in Original Specification, Claims, or Drawings
- - - 608.04(b) New Matter by Preliminary Amendment
- - - 608.04(c) Review of Examiner's Holding of New Matter
- - 608.05 Sequence Listing Table, or Computer Program Listing Appendix Submitted on a Compact Disc
- - - 608.05(a) Deposit of Computer Program Listings
- - - 608.05(b) Compact Disc Submissions of Large Tables
- - - 608.05(c) Compact Disc Submissions of Biosequences
- 609 Information Disclosure Statement
- - 609.01 Examiner Checklist for Information Disclosure Statements
- - 609.02 Information Disclosure Statements in Continued Examinations or Continuing Applications
- - 609.03 Information Disclosure Statements in National Stage Applications
- - - 609.04(a) Content Requirements for an Information Disclosure Statement
- - 609.04(b) Timing Requirements for an Information Disclosure Statement
- - 609.05 Examiner Handling of Information Disclosure Statements
- - - 609.05(a) Noncomplying Information Disclosure Statements
- - - 609.05(b) Complying Information Disclosure Statements
- - - 609.05(c) Documents Submitted as Part of Applicant's Reply to Office Action
- - 609.06 Information Printed on Patent
- - 609.07 IDSs Electronically Submitted (e-IDS) Using EFS
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