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Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP
Table of Contents
900 Prior Art, Classification, and Search
900 Prior Art, Classification, and Search
- 901 Prior Art
- - 901.01 Canceled Matter in U.S. Patent Files
- - 901.02 Abandoned Applications
- - 901.03 Pending Applications
- - 901.04 U.S. Patents
- - - 901.04(a) Kind Codes
- - 901.05 Foreign Patent Documents
- - - 901.05(a) Citation Data
- - - 901.05(b) Other Significant Data
- - - 901.05(c) Obtaining Copies
- - - 901.05(d) Translation
- - 901.06 Nonpatent Publications
- - - 901.06(a) Scientific and Technical Infor-mation Center (STIC)
- - - 901.06(b) Borrowed Publications
- - - 901.06(c) Alien Property Custodian Publications
- - - 901.06(d) Abstracts, Abbreviatures, and Defensive Publications
- - 901.07 Arrangement of Art in Technology Centers
- - 901.08 Borrowing References
- 902 Search Tools and Classification Information
- - 902.01 Manual of Classification
- - - 902.01(a) Index to the U.S. Patent Classification System
- - 902.02 Class and Subclass Definitions
- - - 902.02(a) Definition Notes
- - - 902.02(b) Search Cards
- - 902.03 Classification Information
- - - 902.03(a) Patent Classification Home Page on the Internet
- - - 902.03(b) Patent Classification Home Page on the USPTO Intranet
- - - 902.03(c) Classification Insight on USPTO Local Area Network (LAN)
- - - 902.03(d) Patent Information and Search Tools: the Cassis CD-ROM Series
- - - 902.03(e) Automated Search Tools: EAST and WEST
- - 902.04 Classification Orders
- - - 902.04(a) Reclassification Alert Report
- 903 Classification
- - 903.01 Statutory Authority
- - 903.02 Basis and Principles of Classification
- - - 903.02(a) New and Revised Classes
- - - 903.02(b) Scope of a Class
- - - 903.02(c) Establishing Subclasses and Cross-Reference Art Col-lections
- - 903.03 Availability of Foreign Patents
- - 903.04 Classifying Applications for Publication as a Patent App-lication Publication
- - 903.05 Addition, Deletion, or Transfer of U.S. Patents and U.S. Patent Application Publications
- - 903.07 Classifying and Cross-Referencing at Allowance
- - - 903.07(a) Cross-Referencing - Keep Systematic Notes During Prosecution
- - - 903.07(b) Issuing in Another Technology Center Without Transfer
- - 903.08 Applications: Assignment and Transfer
- - - 903.08(a) New Applications
- - - 903.08(b) Classification and Assignment to Examiner
- - - 903.08(c) Immediate Inspection of Amendments
- - - 903.08(d) Transfer Procedure
- - - 903.08(e) General Guidelines Governing the Assignment of Non-provisional Applications for Examination
- - 903.09 International Classification of Patents for Inventions
- - - 903.09(a) Locarno Classification Desig-nations
- 904 How to Search
- - 904.01 Analysis of Claims
- - - 904.01(a) Variant Embodiments Within Scope of Claim
- - - 904.01(b) Equivalents
- - - 904.01(c) Analogous Arts
- - 904.02 General Search Guidelines
- - - 904.02(a) Classified Search
- - - 904.02(b) Search Tool Selection
- - - 904.02(c) Internet Searching
- - 904.03 Conducting the Search
- 905 Miscellaneous
- - 905.03 Ordering of Patented and Abandoned Provisional and Nonprovisional Application Files
- - 905.06 Patent Family Information
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