Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP

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2000 Duty of Disclosure

2000 Duty of Disclosure
-    2000 [No Text]
-    -    2000.01 Introduction
-    2001 Duty of Disclosure, Candor, and Good Faith
-    -    2001.01 Who Has Duty To Disclose
-    -    2001.03 To Whom Duty of Disclosure Is Owed
-    -    2001.04 Information Under 37 CFR 1.56(a)
-    -    2001.05 Materiality Under 37 CFR 1.56(b)
-    -    2001.06 Sources of Information
-    -    -    2001.06(a) Prior Art Cited in Related Foreign Applications
-    -    -    2001.06(b) Information Relating to or From Copending United States Patent Applications
-    -    -    2001.06(c) Information From Related Litigation
-    -    -    2001.06(d) Information Relating to Claims Copied From a Patent
-    2002 Disclosure - By Whom and How Made
-    -    2002.01 By Whom Made
-    -    2002.02 Must be in Writing
-    2003 Disclosure - When Made
-    -    2003.01 Disclosure After Patent Is Granted
-    2004 Aids to Compliance With Duty of Disclosure
-    2005 Comparison to Requirement for Information
-    2010 Office Handling of Duty of Disclosure/Inequitable Conduct Issues
-    2012 Reissue Applications Involving Issues of Fraud, Inequitable Conduct, and/or Violation of Duty of Disclosure
-    -    2012.01 Collateral Estoppel
-    2013 Protests Involving Issues of Fraud, Inequitable Conduct, and/or Violation of Duty of Disclosure
-    2014 Duty of Disclosure in Reexamination Proceedings
-    2016 Fraud, Inequitable Conduct, or Violation of Duty of Disclosure Affects All Claims
-    -    2022.05 Determination of "Error Without Any Deceptive Intention"

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