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Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP
Table of Contents
2400 Biotechnology
2400 Biotechnology
- 2401 Introduction
- 2402 The Deposit Rules
- 2403 Deposit of Biological Material
- - 2403.01 Material Capable of Self- Replication
- - 2403.02 Plant Material
- 2404 Need or Opportunity to Make a Deposit
- - 2404.01 Biological Material That Is Known and Readily Available to the Public
- - 2404.02 Biological Material That Can Be Made or Isolated Without Undue Experimentation
- - 2404.03 Reference to a Deposit in the Specification
- 2405 Acceptable Depository
- 2406 Time of Making an Original Deposit
- - 2406.01 Description in Application Specification
- - 2406.02 Deposit After Filing Date - Corroboration
- - 2406.03 Possible Loss of U.S. Filing Date in Other Countries
- 2407 Replacement or Supplement of Deposit
- - 2407.01 In a Pending Application
- - 2407.02 After a Patent Has Issued
- - 2407.03 Failure to Replace
- - 2407.04 Treatment of Replacement
- - 2407.05 Exemption From Replacement
- - 2407.06 Replacement May Not Be Recognized
- 2408 Term of Deposit
- 2409 Viability of Deposit
- 2410 Furnishing of Samples
- - 2410.01 Conditions of Deposit
- - 2410.02 Certification of Statement of Availability of Deposit
- 2411 Examination Procedures
- - 2411.01 Rejections Based on Deposit Issue
- - 2411.02 Replies to Rejections Based on Deposit Issue
- - 2411.03 Application in Condition for Allowance Except for Deposit
- - 2411.04 After a Patent Has Been Granted
- - 2411.05 Content of Application with Respect to Deposited Material
- 2420 The Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures - the Sequence Rules
- 2421 Overview of the Sequence Rules
- - 2421.01 Applications Affected
- - 2421.02 Summary of the Requirements of the Sequence Rules
- - 2421.03 Notification of a Failure to Comply
- - 2421.04 Future Changes to the Sequence Rules
- 2422 Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures in Patent Applications
- - 2422.01 Definitions of Nucleotide and/or Amino Acids for Purpose of Sequence Rules
- - 2422.02 The Requirement for Exclusive Conformance; Sequences Presented in Drawing Figures
- - 2422.03 The Requirements for a Sequence Listing and Sequence Identifiers; Sequences Embedded in Application Text; Variants of a Presented Sequence
- - 2422.04 The Requirement for a Computer Readable Copy of the Official Copy of the Sequence Listing
- - 2422.05 Reference to Previously Filed Identical Computer Readable Form; Continuing or Derivative Applications; Request for Transfer of Computer Readable Form
- - 2422.06 Requirement for Statement Regarding Content of Official and Computer Readable Copies of Sequence Listing
- - 2422.07 Requirements for Compliance, Statements Regarding New Matter, and Sanctions for Failure to Comply
- - 2422.08 Presumptions Regarding Compliance
- - 2422.09 Box Sequence; Hand Delivery of Sequence Listings and Computer Readable Forms
- 2423 Symbols and Format To Be Used for Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Data
- - 2423.01 Format and Symbols To Be Used in Sequence Listings
- - 2423.02 Depiction of Coding Regions
- - 2423.03 Presentation and Enumeration of Sequences
- 2424 Requirements for Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequences as Part of the Application Papers
- - 2424.01 Informational Requirements for the Sequence Listing
- - 2424.02 Sequence Listing Numeric Identifiers
- - 2424.03 Additional Miscellaneous Requirements
- 2425 Form and Format for Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submissions in Computer Readable Form
- 2426 Amendments to or Replacement of Sequence Listing and Computer Readable Copy Thereof
- 2427 Form Paragraphs and Notice to Comply
- - 2427.01 Form Paragraphs
- - 2427.02 Notice To Comply
- 2428 Sample Statements
- 2429 Helpful Hints for Compliance
- 2430 PatentIn Information; Utilities Programs; Training
- 2431 Sample Sequence Listing
- 2434 Examination of Patent Applications Claiming Large Numbers of Nucleotide Sequences
- 2435 Publishing of Patents and Patent Application Publications with Lengthy Sequence Listings
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