Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP

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1400 Correction of Patents

1400 Correction of Patents
-    1400 [No Text]
-    -    1400.01 Introduction
-    1401 Reissue
-    1402 Grounds for Filing
-    1403 Diligence in Filing
-    1404 Submission of Papers Where Reissue Patent Is in Litigation
-    1405 Reissue and Patent Term
-    1406 Citation and Consideration of References Cited in Original Patent
-    1410 Content of Reissue Application
-    -    1410.01 Reissue Applicant, Oath or Declaration, and Consent of all Assignees
-    1411 Form of Specification
-    -    1411.01 Certificate of Correction or Disclaimer in Original Patent
-    -    1411.02 New Matter
-    1412 Content of Claims
-    -    1412.01 Reissue Claims Must Be for Same General Invention
-    -    1412.02 Recapture of Canceled Subject Matter
-    -    1412.03 Broadening Reissue Claims
-    -    1412.04 Correction of Inventorship
-    1413 Drawings
-    1414 Content of Reissue Oath/Declaration
-    -    1414.01 Supplemental Reissue Oath/ Declaration
-    1415 Reissue Application and Issue Fees
-    -    1415.01 Maintenance Fees on the Original Patent
-    1416 No Physical Surrender of Original Patent
-    1417 Claim for Benefit Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d)
-    1418 Notification of Prior/Concurrent Proceedings and Decisions There- on, and of Information Known to be Material to Patentability
-    1430 Reissue Files Open to the Public and, Notice of Filing Reissue Announced in, Official Gazette
-    1440 Examination of Reissue Application
-    1441 Two-Month Delay Period
-    -    1441.01 Protest in Reissue Applications
-    1442 Special Status
-    -    1442.01 Litigation-Related Reissues
-    -    1442.02 Concurrent Litigation
-    -    1442.03 Litigation Stayed
-    -    1442.04 Litigation Involving Patent
-    -    1442.05 Court Ordered Filing of Reissue Application
-    1443 Initial Examiner Review
-    1444 Review of Reissue Oath/Declaration
-    1445 Reissue Application Examined in Same Manner as Original Application
-    1448 Fraud, Inequitable Conduct, or Duty of Disclosure Issues
-    1449 Protest Filed in Reissue Where Patent Is in Interference
-    -    1449.01 Concurrent Office Proceedings
-    -    1449.02 Interference in Reissue
-    1450 Restriction and Election of Species Made in Reissue Application
-    1451 Divisional Reissue Applications; Continuation Reissue Applications Where the Parent is Pending
-    1452 Request for Continued Examination of Reissue Application
-    1453 Amendments to Reissue Applications
-    1454 Appeal Brief
-    1455 Allowance and Issue
-    1456 Reissue Review
-    1457 Design Reissue Applications and Patents
-    1460 Effect of Reissue
-    1470 Public Access of Reissue Applications
-    1480 Certificates of Correction - Office Mistake
-    -    1480.01 Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction - Error Attributable to Office
-    1481 Certificates of Correction - Applicant's Mistake
-    -    1481.01 Correction of Assignees' Names
-    -    1481.02 Correction of Inventors' Names
-    -    1481.03 Correction of 35 U.S.C. 119 and 35 U.S.C. 120 Benefits
-    1485 Handling of Request for Certificates of Correction
-    1490 Disclaimers

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