MPEP

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP

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Ranges

Anticipation of 2131.03
Obviousness of 2144.05

Ratification of papers filed

Death of attorney 406
Death of inventor 409.01
Signature improper or lacking 714.01(a)

Real party in interest 1205 , 1207.02

in inter partes reexamination 2612 , 2614 , 2677

Reasons for allowance 1302.14

Amendments after final rejection 714.13
Appeal record 1213.02
Applicant' s comments on 1302.14
Claim narrowing 1302.14
Comments on, ex parte reexamination 2287
Comments on,inter partes reexamination 2687.01
Estoppel effect 1302.14
Failure of applicant to comment on 1302.14
Patent Cooperation Treaty application 1845.01 , 1878.01
Presumption of acquiescence by applicant 1302.14
Public use proceedings 720.05
Reexamination

Ex parte 2262 , 2287
Inter partes 2687

Rebuttal brief in inter partes reexamination appeal 2678 , 2679

Refused entry 2679

Recapture

Claimed subject matter 706.02(l)(1) , 1412.02
Matter in reissue 1412.02
Of patent rights

Disclaimed by filing a disclaimer 1490
Waived when SIR published 1111

Receipt of mail and papers Chapter 500

Arrangement of papers in file wrapper 719.01(a)
Depositing correspondence 502
Entry of amendments 714.18
Filing receipt 503
Office date stamp 505
Period for reply 710.01(a)

Receiving Office PCT procedure 1801

International Bureau 1805

Reciprocal privileges, foreign priority 201.13
Reciprocal security agreements 120
Reclassification

Recombinant DNA(See also DNA ; Biotechnology )

Special status 708.02

Reconsideration in ex parte reexamination 2269
Reconsideration of abandonment 711.03 , 711.03(c)

Based on insufficient reply 711.03(a)
Based on failure to reply within period 711.03(b)

Record of interview 713.01 , 713.04
Record room(See File Information Unit (Record Room) )
Record system for reexamination

Ex parte 2235
Inter partes 2635

Recording assignment 301 , 302 , 317
Recording change of business name 314
Recording government interests 302 , 302.07
Recording of joint research agreement 302 , 302.07
Recording license agreement 313
Recording of other documents 313 to 317
Recording security interest 313
Redacted publication of an application 1132
Reduction to practice 715.07 , 2133.03(c) 2138.01 , 2138.05
Reexamination, Ex parte Chapter 2200

Access to file 103 , 724.04(c) , 2209 , 2232
Action following Board decision 2278
Address of patent owner 2222
Admissions 2217 , 2258
Affidavits 2216 , 2217 , 2258 , 2265
After final practice 2272
Amendment 714 , 2234 , 2250 , 2295

Abstract 2287
After final rejection 2272
Examiner's 2287
Filed with request 2221
Improper 2250
In a merged reissue/ ex parte reexamination 2285
Prior reexamination certificate issued 2250 , 2295
Provisions of Rule 1.312 do not apply 2287
Reissue patent issued 2250

Ancillary issues 2217 , 2258
Appeal 2273
Appeal brief 2274
Appeals to courts 1216 , 1216.01 , 2279
Application file location 2635
Assignment 301

To an examiner 2236 , 2248 , 2255 , 2285

Attorney or agent 2213

Name on certificate 2287

Basic characteristics 2209
Certificate of 2288 , 2294

Reissue patent as 2290 , 2294

Certificate attached to patent copy 2292
Certificate distribution 2292
Certificate format 2290
Certificate of mailing or transmission 2224
Certificate of prior reexamination in later request 2214 , 2219 , 2619
Certificate of service 2220
Certified copy 2232
Citation of prior art 2202

After first office action 2271

Claim forOfficial Gazette 2287
Claim, multiple dependent, preparation for publishing 2287
Claim numbering 2250
Claims considered 2243 , 2258
Claims invalid/unenforceable 2286
Claims presented for interference 2283 , 2304.02
Clerical handling 2270
Collateral estoppel 2259
Comments on 'Statement of Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation' 2287
Conclusion 2287
Concurrent proceedings 2282 to 2686
Conduct of proceedings 2254
Consideration of responses 2252 , 2253
Consolidated proceedings 2283
Constructive notice to patent owner 2230
Content of request 2214
Copending proceedings 2283 to 2686
Copy of patent in request 2219

Double column format 2214 , 2219

Copying of file 2232
Correction of inventorship 2250.02 , 2258
Correction of request 2231
Correspondence 2224
Criteria for deciding request 2242
Decision of Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 2277
Decision on request 2240
Decision ordering reexamination 2246
Decision processing 2245
Defective submission 2266.02
Denied 2240 , 2247 , 2247.01
Dependent claim treatment 2260.01
Director' s initiative 2239
Domestic priority 2258
Double correspondence 2224
Double patenting 804 , 2258
Drawing correction 2250.01
Duty of disclosure 2003.01 , 2280
Electronic copy 2209 , 2232
Entry of amendments 2234 , 2270
Entry of court decisions in patent file 2207
Examiner 2236 , 2248 , 2255

Deposition 1701.01

Examiner's amendment 2287
Examiner's answer 2275
Expiration of patent 2211 , 2250
Explanation of prior art 2217
Extension of time 2265
Failure to timely reply to Office action 2266
Fees 2215 , 2233 , 2283 , 2285
Final action 706.07(a) , 2265 , 2271
Flowchart 2201
Foreign priority 2258
Forms 2296
Granted 2246 , 2247.01
Grounds of rejection 2217
Identity of requester 2212
Inappropriate papers 2267

Return of papers 2267

Incomplete reques

t 2227

Informal request 2228
Informal submission 2266.02
Initial processing 2226
Interference copending 2284
Intervening rights 2293
Interviews in 2281
Introduction 2201
Listing of prior art 2257
Litigation copending 2286
Litigation review 2240 , 2287
Mailing of Office actions 2264
Merger 2283 , 2686.01
Merger with reissue proceedings 1449.01
Multiple dependent claim handling, preparation for publishing 2287
New matter 2270
NIRC(See Form letters and forms: Notice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-469 )
Notification of Concurrent Proceedings 2285
Of a reexamination 2295
Office action 2260 , 2262
Official Gazette

Notice of certificate 2291
Notice of request 2229

'Old art' (i.e., previously considered/cited) 2242 , 2258.01
Oral hearing 2276
Orders for copies of

2232

Patent copy in request 2219

Double column format 2214 , 2219

Patent owner' s address 2222
Patent owner' s statement 2249
Patent owner' s statement of interview 2281
Patentability review conference 2271 , 2271.01 , 2287
Petition 1002.02(b)

Correct inventorship 2250.02
Denial of request 1002.02(c) , 2246 , 2265
For entry of late papers (revival of terminated proceedings) 2268
Merge proceedings 2283 , 2285
Reconsideration 2268
Stay proceedings pending interference 2284
Stay proceedings pending reissue 2285
Unavoidable delay 2268
Unintentional delay 2268
Vacate order granting request 2246
Waive time provisions 2265

Power of attorney, withdrawal 2223
Preprocessing staff 2226 , 2228 2229 , 2232 , 2239
Printing of certificate 2288
Prior art 2218
Prior art considered 2244 , 2256
Prior art previously cited/considered 2242 , 2258.01
Proceedings 2209
Processing in Technology Center 2233 , 2245

Clerical handling 2270

Project code 2238
Public access 103 , 2232
Quality Assurance Specialist (QAS) 2289
Quality review 2289
Reasons for patentability and/or confirmation 2262 , 2287
Reconsideration of Office action 2269
Record system 2235
Refund if request denied 2247 , 2248
Reissue copending 1449.01 , 2285
Rejections 2242 , 2258

Using 'old art' 2258.01

Reminders 2287
Reply by third party requester 2251 , 2253

Period for reply cannot be extended 2265

Reports 2235
Representative of requester 2213
Request 2210

After reissue patent issues 2240 , 2258 , 2285
After first reexamination certificate issues 2294
Content 2214
Correction processing 2231
Decision 2240 , 2244
Decision criteria 2242
Denied 2247 , 2247.01

After reissue patent issues 2240

During interference 2284
Facsimile submission not permitted 502.01
Filing address 2224
Granted 2246 , 2247.01
Guidelines 2242
'Old art' (previously considered art) involved 2242 , 2258.01

Response to Office action 2266
Restriction improper 2258
Review 2289
Sample letter requesting reexamination 2214
Scope 2258
Search 2244 , 2258.01
Second or subsequent request 2240 , 2283

Prior art considered 2240 , 2242

Service by patent owner on requestor of patent owner statement 2249
Service of papers 2220 , 2266 , 2266.02 , 2266.03
Special status for action 2261
Statement applying prior art 2217
Statement by owner 2249
Statement of Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation 2287
Statutory basis 2201
Stay 2283
Submission defective or informal 2266.02

After final 2272

Submission not fully responsive 2266.01

After final 2272

Substantial new question of patentability 2201 , 2216 2240 , 2242 , 2244 , 2246

Using 'old art' 2242 , 2258.01

'Sufficient cause' for extension of time 2265
Suspension 2283
Terminated 2294
Terminated files 2294
Tickler reports 2235
Time for request decision 2241
Time for requesting 2211
Time for response to actions 2263
Time reporting 2238
Title report 320 , 2287
Transfer 2237
Translation required 2218
Untimely filed paper prior to order 2225
Untimely filed papers 2267
Untimely responses 2252
Use of transmittal form (PTOL-465) 2264
Vacated 2294
Vacated, claims invalid/unenforceable 2286
Who may file request for 2212
Withdrawal of attorney during 402.06 , 2223
Withdrawal of power of attorney 2223

Reexamination, Inter partes (See also Reexamination, Ex Parte ) Chapter 2600

Access by public 103 , 724.04(c) , 2609 , 2632
Action closing prosecution (ACP) 2660 , 2666.05 2666.10 , 2667 , 2660 , 2666.05 2671.03 , 2673.02 , 2682

Content 2671.02
Premature 2672
Response to 2672

Admissions 2617
Affidavits 2616 , 2617 , 2658 , 2666 , 2675 , 2677
Amendment by patent owner

After a new ground of rejection is issued by the Board 2682
After Action Closing Prosecution (ACP) 2671 2672 , 2673
After expiration of the patent 2666.01
After Notice of Intent to Issue Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) 2687.01
After Right of Appeal Notice (RAN) 2673 2673.02 , 2675
Claims 2666.01
Defective 2666.50 , 2666.60 , 2667
Dependent claim 2660.03
Drawings 2666.02
Entry 2670
In a merged reexamination proceedings 2670 , 2686.01 , 2686.03
Of a reissued patent 2686.03
Title 2660.02
To provoke an interference 2686.02
Unsigned 2666.50

Appeal (i.e., Appellant) Brief 2675

Defective 2675 , 2675.02

Appeal Conference 2676 , 2677
Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 2674 to 2680

Flowchart 2601.01

Appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2682 , 2683
Appeal to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia not available 2683
Appellant defined 2674
Assignment to examiner 2636 , 2648 , 2655
Certificate of inter partes reexamination 2688 2690 , 2694

Distribution 2692
Format 2690
Reissue patent as 2688 , 2694

Certificate of service 2620 , 2666.06
Certificate of mailing or transmission 2624 2665 , 2666 , 2666.05
Certificate of prior reexamination in later request 2214 , 2219 , 2619
Certification as to statutory estoppel 2612 , 2614
Clerical handling 2670
Collateral estoppel 2659
Comments on Statement of Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation 2687.01
Comments by third party(See Reexamination, Inter partes : Response by third party )
Concurrent proceedings 2282 , 2686
Constructive notice of 2630 , 2654
Copending proceedings 2282 , 2686
Copies of the prior art with request 2618
Copy of printed patent with request 2619

Double column format 2614

Copying of the file by the public 2632
Correction of inventorship 2658 , 2666.03
Correspondence 2624
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2682 , 2683
Court ordered 2686.04
Cross appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals 2674
Cross appeal to the Federal Circuit 2683
Decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 2681 , 2682
Decision on the request for inter partes reexamination 2640 , 2641

After Court decision 2686.04
Content 2646
Criteria for deciding 2642
Deadline for mailing 2641
Denial 2640 , 2647 , 2647.01 2648 , 2694
Grant 2640
'Old art' (previously considered art) used 2642
Processing 2647 , 2647.01 , 2648
Prior art available 2644
Reissue about to issue 2686.03

Dependent claim treatment 2660.03
Design applications 2611
Domestic priority 2658
Drawings 2666.02
Duty of disclosure 2003.01 , 2684
Electronic copy 2609 , 2632
Enlarging claim scope prohibited 2658 , 2666.01
Estoppel, Collateral 2659
Estoppel, Statutory 2601 , 2612 , 2614
Examination scope 2658 , 2671.01 , 2671.02
Examiner consultation with a Reexamination Legal Advisor (RLA)

After response by parties 2671
Before appeal 2676
Before the decision on the Request 2633
In merged reexamination proceedings 2686.01
Regarding multiple reexamination requests 2686.01
Review of Rebuttal Briefs 2679

Examiner's Amendment

Canceling rejected claims 2671 , 2687
Correcting formal matters 2687 , 2687.01
In merged reissue/reexamination 2686.03
Not permitted if approval required 2687.01
To the Title 2660.02 , 2686.03 , 2687

Examiner's Answer 2677
Expedited Right of Appeal Notice 2671 , 2673.02

'Express Mail' procedure 2624 , 2665 2666 , 2666.05

Extensions of time 2665

After Action Closing Prosecution 2672
To amend the claims after a Board decision containing a new ground of rejection 2682
To appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2682
To complete a reply held non-responsive2660.30
To petition denial of the Request 2648 , 2665

Facsimile transmission, correspondence by 2624
Fees 2634

For a copy of the file on CD 2632
Refund 2615 , 2647 , 2648

Final Board decision 2681 , 2682
Filing date 2627 , 2628
Flowcharts 2601.01
Foreign priority 2658
Forms listed 2696
Fraud 2684
Improper comments 2667
Inappropriate papers 2667
Incorporation by reference in Examiner's Answer 2677
Interference copending 2686 , 2686.02
Intervening rights 2693
Interviews in a merged reexamination/reissue 2686.03
Interviews not permitted 2666.30 , 2685 , 2687
Litigation concurrent 2640 , 2681 , 2686 , 2686.04
Litigation search 2686.04
Litigation stayed 2686.04
Merger of multiple requests for reexamination 2686.01
Merger of reissue andinter partes reexamination 2686.03
Multiple requests for reexamination filed 2640 , 2686 , 2686.01 , 2695
New grounds for rejection 2671.01

By the Board of Appeals 2681 , 2682

New matter 2671.01 , 2671.02
NIRC(See Form letters and forms: Notice of Intent to Issue Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-2068 )
Non-final Board decision 2681
Non-responsive reply by patent owner/third party 2666.30 , 2666.50
Notice of appeal 2662 , 2674 , 2674.01

Premature 2667

Notice of cross appeal 2662 , 2674 , 2674.01
Notice of inter Partes Request for Reexamination in the Official Gazette 2627 , 2629
Notice of inter Partes Reexamination Certificate Issuance in the Official Gazette 2688 , 2691
Office action 2660 , 2671

Not closing prosecution 2671.01
Reopening prosecution after ACP 2673 , 2673.01
Reopening prosecution after Examiner's Answer 2679
Reopening prosecution after RAN 2676 , 2677

Oral hearing 2662 , 2675 , 2677 , 2680

Open to public 2680

Order grantinginter partes reexamination 2646 , 2660

Returned as undelivered 2654

Oversight 2689
Patent copy with request 2619

Double column format 2614

Patentability Review Conference 2671.03
Petition 1002.02(b)

Board decision 2681
Consideration of submissions after NIRC 2687.01
Correct inventorship 2658 , 2666.03
Denial of request for inter partes reexamination 1002.02(c) , 2647 , 2648
Entry of late papers for revival of reexamination proceeding 2668
Enter an amendment after RAN 2672 , 2673.02 , 2675
For an interview in a merged reexamination/reissue 2686.03
Merge inter partes reexamination and reissue 1002.02(b) , 2667 , 2686.03
Premature Action Closing Prosecution 2672
Reopen prosecution after Board decision 2682
Suspend second or subsequent requests 2640
Stay reexamination 2667 , 2686.02 , 2686.03
Unavoidable delay 2668
Unintentional delay 2668
Vacate order granting inter partes reexamination 2646
Waive time provisions 2648 , 2668 , 2672

Premature response/comments 2625 , 2667
Prior art citation 2602 , 2646 , 2654 , 2656 , 2657

After the order to reexamine 2602 , 2667
After a Notice of Intent to Issue Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate issues 2687.01
Before the first Office action 2625
Before the order to reexamine 2602 , 2654
By another requestor 2656
By the patent owner 2656
Storage area 2667
With the Request 2656
With third party' s comments 2666.05 , 2667

Prior art copies with request 2618
Processing 2670

After a decision by the Board 2682
Amendment 2666.01 , 2670 , 2687
Clerical 2670
Examiner's Answer 2677
Inappropriate papers 2667
Merger of multiple reexamination requests 2686.01
Merger of reissue and inter partes reexamination 2686.03
Terminated inter partes reexamination 2694

Proof of service

(See Reexamination, Inter partes : Service of papers )

Public access 103 , 2609 , 2632
Publication 2687
Publication of Board decision 2681
RAN(See Reexamination, Inter partes : Right of Appeal Notice (RAN) )
Real party in interest identification 2612 , 2614 , 2677
Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation 2687
Rebuttal Brief 2678 , 2679

Refused entry 2679

Records 2635
Reissue copending 1449.01 , 2643 , 2686 2686.03
Reissue previously issued 2640 , 2686
Remand by the Board of Appeals 2681 , 2682
Reopening prosecution after an Action Closing Prosecution (ACP) 2673 , 2673.01
Reopening prosecution after a Board decision 2682
Representative of requestor 2613
Request for extension of time 2665
Request for reconsideration by patent owner 2666
Request for inter partes reexamination

Claims considered 2643
Content 2614
Denied 2640 , 2647
Facsimile transmission not permitted 502.01 , 2624
Filed after reissue issued 2658
Filed while interference pending 2686.02
Filing address 2624
Granted 2640
Incomplete 2627
Informal 2628
Prior art cited with 2618
Second or subsequent filed 2640 , 2686.01
Statement applying the prior art 2617
Time for filing 2611
Vacated 2628

Request for Rehearing by the Board 2682 , 2683
Res judicata 2659
Respondent Brief 2675.01

Defective 2675.01 , 2675.02

Respondent defined 2674
Response by patent owner 2666

After Action Closing Prosecution 2671 , 2672
Defective 2666.30 , 2666.40 , 2667
Improper comments 2667
Late (See also Reexamination, Inter partes : Time periods for response ) 2667 , 2668
No proof of service 2667
No response filed. 2666.10 , 2671 2671.01 , 2671.02
Not fully responsive 2666.30 , 2671
Person not of record 2666.50
Premature 2625 , 2667
To Notice of Defective Paper 2666.40 , 2666.60
To Office action 2666 , 2666.30
Too long 2667
Unsigned 2666.50 , 2667

Response by third party

After Action Closing Prosecution 2671 , 2672
After patent owner corrects defect 2666.40
Comments regarding response by patent owner 2666.05 , 2666.20 , 2666.30
Defective 2666.50 , 2667
Improper comments 2666.05 , 2667 , 2671
Late(See also Reexamination, Inter partes : Time periods for response ) 2667 , 2668
No proof of service 2667
No response filed 2666.20 , 2671
Other than third party requester 2667
Period for response 2666.05 , 2666.20
Person not of record 2666.50
Premature comments 2625 , 2667
Premature appeal 2667
Prior art submission with 2666.05 , 2667
Too long 2667
Unsigned 2666.50 , 2667

Review 2689
Right of Appeal Notice (RAN) 2666.05 , 2666.10 2667 , 2671 to 2674 , 2677

Content 2673.02

Scanning 2632
Scope of examination 2658 , 2671.01 , 2671.02
Service of papers 2666.06

Certificate of 2620 , 2666.06
Proof of service 2666.06 , 2666.50 , 2667
To patent owner 2620 , 2654 , 2666.05
To third party requestor 2654 , 2666 , 2666.05

Special Status 2661
Statement applying the prior art 2617
Statutory estoppel 2601 , 2612 , 2614
Stayed pending litigation outcome 2686.04
Stayed pending reissue outcome 2686.03
Submissions prior to the first Office action 2625
Substantial new question of patentability 2614 , 2616 , 2617 , 2640 , 2246 2642 to 2647 , 2648 , 2658 , 2686.01 , 2686.04
'Sufficient cause' for extension of time 2665
Suspension of requests for inter partes reexamination 2640 , 2686.01
Terminated 2694
Third party requestor

(See Reexamination, Inter partes : Response by third party )

Time for requestinginter partes reexamination 2611
Time periods after appeal for filing:

Amendment after Board decision containing a new ground for rejection 2682
Notice of Appeal in the Federal Circuit 2682
Notice of Cross Appeal in the Federal Circuit 2683
Request for Rehearing 2682

Time periods during appeal for filing:

Appeal (i.e., Appellant) Brief 2675
Corrected/Supplemental Appellant Brief 2675 , 2675.02
Corrected/Supplemental Respondent Brief 2675.01 , 2675.02
Corrected/Supplemental Rebuttal Brief 2679
Notice of Appeal 2674
Notice of Cross Appeal 2674 , 2674.01
Rebuttal Brief 2678
Request for Oral Hearing 2680
Respondent Brief 2675.01

Time periods for response 2662

After Action Closing Prosecution 2672
After defective submission 2666.30 2666.50 , 2666.60
After Office action 2662 , 2665 , 2667
To make claims the same in each concurrent reexamination 2686.01

Time reporting by Office personnel 2638

For a Patentability Review Conference 2671.03

Title 2660.02
Transfer 2637
Unpublished legal opinions 2677

Reexamination Legal Advisor (RLA) 2632 , 2633 2640 , 2641 , 2647.02 , 2664 , 2670 2675 , 2679 , 2686.01 , 2686.04 , 2689
Reexamination Processing System (REPS) 103 , 2632
Reference(See also Prior art )

A.I. Series patent 901.04
A.P.C. publication 901.06(c)
Abandoned application 901.02 , 2127
Abbreviatures 901.06(d)
Abstracts 706.02 , 901.06(d)
Additional 707.05(d)
Admissions 2129
Analogous art 904.01(c) , 2141.01(a) 2143.01 , 2145
Antedating(See Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131) )
Applications, domestic and foreign 2127
Applying reference under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) 706.02(f)(1)
Arrangement in Examiner's Search files 901.07
As evidence of inherency 2131.01
As evidence in multiple reference, 35 U.S.C. 102 rejection 2131.01
Assigned application as 804.03
Availability 2128
Between applicant' s priority date andU.S. filing date 201.15 , 706.02(b)
Borrowing from Technology Center 901.08
Citation 707.05 to 707.05(g) , 901.04 , 901.05(a)

Period for reply 710.06

Claims foreign date 715.01
Combination of references 706.02(j)
Copending 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) , 709.01
Copies 707.05(a)
Cross, how cited 707.05(e)
Cross reference addition905.02
Date, determination of 707.05(f) , 2124 2126 , 2128 to 2128.02
Date, exception to the rule 2124
Declassified printed matter 707.05(f)
Defensive publications 901.06(d)
Design application 707.05(a)
Disclosure, broad 2123
Disqualification under 35 U.S.C. 103(c) 706.02(l)(1) , 706.02(l)(3)
Drawings as prior art 2125
Effects of international application publication 1857 1857.01
Effective date

Patent 706.02 , 706.02(a) , 707.05(e) , 707.05(f) , 715
Publication 706.02(a) , 715.01(c) , 1857.01 , 2128.02

Electronic publications 707.05(e) , 904.02(c) , 2128
Enabled disclosure 2131.01
Enabling, plant genetics 2121.03
Enabling, compounds and compositions 2121.02
Enabling, apparatus and articles 2121.04
Equivalents 904.01(b)
Every element rule for anticipation 2131
Evidencing the meaning of a termused in the primary reference 2131.01
Foreign patent 706.02 , 707.05(e) , 901.05(a) , 901.05(b)
Forfeited application 901.02
From interference 1302.12
Incorrect citation 707.05(g) , 710.06 , 1302.12
Inoperability 716
Internal documents, confidential 2128.01
Intervening 201.15 , 706.02(b)
Joint patent to applicant and another 715.01(a) 715.01(c)
Listing at allowance 1302.12 , 1455
Lost counts in interference 2138.01
Multiple reference rejections under35 USC 102 2131.01
Newly discovered after allowance 1308.01
Nonanalogous art(See also Reference: Analogous art ) 2131.05 2141.01(a)
None cited by examiner 707.05 , 707.05(a)
Operability 2121
Ordering official cross903.06
Overcome

Under Rule 1.130 718
Under Rule 1.131(See also Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131) ) 706.02(a) 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) , 715 1302.14 , 2132.01 , 2133.02
Under Rule 1.132 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 716 , 2132.01

Overcoming under 35 U.S.C. 119 201.15
Paper, orally presented 2128.01
Patent 901.04 , 2126
Patent, date available 2126.01
Patent, Foreign(See Foreign patent )
Patent, official number lacking 901.04
Patent claiming same invention 715.05 , 2301.03
Pending application(See also Application ) 901.03
Publication of applicant' s invention 715.01(a) 715.01(c) , 2132.01 , 2133.01
Publication, date available 2128.02
Publication, printed 2128
Publications 706.02 , 707.05(e) , 901.06 2131.01 , 2132.01 , 2133.01
Published abstracts of application 706.02 , 711.06(a) 2131.01 , 2133.01
Rejection over broad disclosure instead of preferred embodiments 2123
Replacement of missing901.09
Same assignee 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) , 709.01 , 715.01(b)
Selection of pertinent 904.02
Statutory bar 706.02(a) , 201.13 , 2133.02
Statutory section to use 706.02(a)
Supply procedure 707.05(a) , 707.05(g) , 710.06
Swearing back(See also Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131) ) 706.02(k) 715 , 2132.01 , 2133.02
Thesis 2128.01
Utility 2122
'Well known in the art,' supported by 2144.03

Reference characters 608.01(g)
Reference to foreign application 202.03 , 202.04 , 901.03
Reference to prior patent 608.01(p) 608.01(r) , 901.03
Reference to related application(See Cross-noting )
Reference to related applicationfor disclosure 608.01(p)
Refile application(See also Application ; Substitute application ) 201.10
Refunds(See also Fee ; Deposit account ) 509 , 607.02

Additional invention or species 803.03(a) , 803.03(b)
Canceled claims 506
Correspondence address 509.03 , 2540 , 2542
Filing fee 201.04(b) , 503 , 506 , 601.01(a)
International applications 1002.02(p) , 1819 , 1847 1850 , 1864
International search fee 707 , 1819 , 1847 1852 , 1859
Issue fee 1308.01 , 1308.03
Maintenance fee 2520 , 2540 , 2542 , 2550 , 2590
Oral hearing 1209
Publication fee 1126
Reexamination

Ex parte 2215 , 2247 , 2248
Inter partes 2615 , 2647 , 2648

Refund Section, Office of Finance 509.03 , 607.02
Petition fee 506.02
Small entity fee 509.03 , 2550
Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) 1109

Refusal to publish SIR 1105
Registration, Attorney or agent 402 , 1702
Regulations, Examiner's search facilities 510
Regulations, public search room 510
Rehearing by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 1002.02(j) , 1214.01 , 1214.03 , 1214.04
Rehearing by C.A.F.C. 1216.01
Reissue application 1401 to 1470

Absolute intervening rights 1460
Access to 103 , 724.04(b) , 1430 , 1470
Acknowledgment of protest 1901.05
Additional information required 1442.01 , 1442.04
Adjudication of original patent 1442.01
Allowance 1455
Amendment 714 , 1411 , 1453

Examiner's 1455
Of drawings 1413 , 1453
So that reissue can be merged with ex parte reexamination 2285
So that reissue can be merged with inter partes reexamination 2686.03

Amends or corrects original patent 1400.01 , 1402
Appeal brief 1454
Assignee consent 1410.01 , 1443 , 1451
Broadened 706.03(x) , 1412.03
Cannot be used to remove terminal disclaimer 1490
Certificate of correction 1411.01 , 1412.04 , 1443 1480 to 1485
Claim

Broadening 1412.02 , 1412.03
Dependent 1412.03
Format 1411 , 1453
Numbering 1451 , 1455
Oath requirement 1414
Printed in Official Gazette 1455
Same invention as original patent 1412.01
Too narrow 1402

Collateral estoppel 2112.01
Consent by assignee 1410.01 , 1443 , 1451
Content 1410
Continuation 1410.01 , 1414 , 1451
Copending application reference 1402
Copending ex parte reexamination proceedings 2285
Copendinginter partes reexamination proceedings 2686.03
Correct inadequacies 1402
Court decision involving original patent 1442.01
Court ordered 1442.05
Cross noting 1451 , 1455
Deceptive intention 1414
Declaration 1410.01 , 1414 , 1414.01 , 1444

Supplemental 1414.01 , 1444 , 1455

Defective oath, ground for rejection 706.03(x) 1414
Dependent claim 1455
Design 1457
Diligence 1403
Disclaimer 1411.01 , 1450
Divisional 1002.02(b) , 1410.01 1412.01 , 1414 , 1450 , 1451 , 1457
Domestic priority, delayed claim 201.11
Double patenting 1451
Drawings 1413 , 1414 , 1453
Duty of disclosure 1406 , 1418 , 1448 2001.06(c) , 2003
Election of species 1450
Equitable intervening rights 1460
Error correction after allowance 1414.01 , 1444
Error in original patent 1401 , 1402 , 1414 , 1414.01
Examination 1440 , 1443 , 1445

Review of Oath/Declaration 1444

Examiner Reissue Guide and Checklist 1443
Expedited examination 708.01 , 1441 , 1442 , 1442.03

Design 1457

Expired patent 1415.01
Filing fee 1415
Final Office action 1443
Foreign priority claim 201.14 , 201.16 , 201.14(b) 1402 , 1417
Format 1410 , 1411 , 1411.01
Fraud 1448 , 2012
Grounds for filing 1402
Inequitable conduct 1448 , 2010
Information disclosure statement 2003
Initial examiner review 1443
Inoperative or invalid, Oath requirement 1414
Inspection 103
Interference 1449.02
Interference on original patent concurrent with 1449.01
Intervening rights 1460
Inventorship error 1402 , 1412.04
List of references 1455
Litigation involved 1404 , 1442.01 to 1442.05 , 1443

Marking envelope 1404

Litigation protest 1901.03
Maintenance fees on original patent 1415.01
Merger of reissue applications after restriction 1450
Merger of reissue application with ex parte reexamination 2285
Merger of reissue application withinter partes reexamination 2686.03
Multiple filings 1451
New matter 1411.02
Numbering of claims 1451 , 1453
Notice in original file202.05
Oath 1414 , 1414.01 , 1444

Primary Examiner's decision 1004
Supplemental 1414.01 , 1444 , 1455

Offer to surrender patent (not required) 1416
Official Gazette

Claim to be printed in 1455
Filing notice in 1430 , 1441 , 1441.01 1443 , 1452 , 1457 , 1470

Omission of feature 1411.02
Open to public 103 , 1430 , 1470
Ordering copies of papers in file 1430
Ownership 201.12 , 1410.01 , 1443
Patent series 901.04
Patent term, affect on 1405
Petition to merge reissue and ex parte reexamination 1002.02(b) , 2285
Petition to merge reissue andinter partes reexamination 1002.02(b) , 2686.03
Petition to stay reissue pending ex parte reexamination 2285
Petition to stay reissue pendinginter partes reexamination 2686.03
Print of drawing 608.02 , 608.02(m)
Prior art consideration 1402
Prior art statement 1418
Priority correction 201.14(b) , 201.16 1402 , 1405 , 1417
Protest 1441.01 , 1443 , 1901
Protest filed in reissue where patentis in interference 1443 , 1449
Public access 103 , 1430 , 1470
Recapture of matter 706.02(l)(1) , 1412.02
Reexamination proceedings copending 1449.01

Ex parte 2285
Inter partes 2643 , 2686 , 2686.03 , 2695

Rejection 706.03(x)
Request for Continued Examination (RCE) 1451
Requirement for information 1442.04
Restriction 1450 , 1451

Design 1457

Return of original patent 1416
Review 1456
Same invention as original patent 1412.01
Special for examination 708.01 , 1441 , 1442 , 1442.03

Design1557

Specification 1410 , 1411 , 1411.01 , 1453 , 1455
Statutory basis 1401
Statutory disclaimer 1490
Stayed pending ex parte reexamination 2686.03
Stayed pendinginter partes reexamination 2686.03
Submission of papers in 1404
Suit on original patent 1442.01
Surrendered patent returned to applicant 1416
Suspension 1450
Terminal disclaimer 1410.01 , 1411 , 1451 , 1490
Transfer of original drawing
(prior practice) 608.02(i) , 1413
Treatment of protest 1901.06
Twice reissued 1411
Two month delay period 1441 , 1441.01

Rejected application 203.02
Rejection(See also Anticipation rejection ; Indefinite claim ; Obviousness ) 706

Abandonment of invention706.02(d) , 706.03(s)
Admission by applicant 706.02(c) , 2133.03(c)
After allowance of application 706.04 , 706.05 1308.01
After allowance of claim 706.04
After allowance, primary examiner review of 1004
After appeal, New rejection 1207.03
After termination of interference 2308
Against public policy 706.03(a)
Aggregation 2173.05(k)
All valid grounds 707.07(g)
Allowed claim by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 1213.02
Alternative phrases 2173.05(h)
Anticipation(See also Anticipation rejection ) 706.02(a) 707.07(d) , 2131 , 2132 , 2133 , 2136
Art(See also Prior art ) 706.02
Assigned applications, Same applicant 804.03
Atomic Energy Act 706.03(b)
Authorship 2137
Backup rejections 706.02
Bar, Statutory 706.02(a) , 2133 to 2133.03(e)(7)

Overcoming 706.02(b)

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences introduces 1214.01
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences statement on allowed claim 1213.02
Breadth 2173.04
Broadening in reissue application 1412.03
Broader than the disclosure 2173.03
Chemical practice

Markush 2173.05(h) , 2173.05(o)
Undue breadth 2163.05 , 2173.04 , 2173.05(h)

Claim presented corresponding toclaim of patent 706.06
Claim presented corresponding toclaim of patent, failure to reply 706.03(u)
Claims 706
Combination of references 706.02(j) , 707.07(d) 2131.01
Common knowledge 2144.03
Commonly assigned 2146
Computer programming cases 2106 , 2106.01
Conflicting applications 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3) , 709.01 715.01(b) , 804 , 804.01 , 804.02 822 , 822.01
Contrasted to objection 706.01
Copending applications, different inventive entities 706.02(k) , 706.02(l) to 706.02(l)(3)
Cumulative 706.02 , 707.07(d)
Dedication 715 , 1490
Defective reissue oath 706.03(x) , 1444
Dependent claim 608.01(n)
Derivation of invention 2137
Disclaimer 706.02(k) , 710.02(d)
Double patenting(See Double patenting )
Duplicate claims 706.03(k)
Estoppel, defensive publication 711.06
Estoppel, interference 2308.03
Final(See also Final rejection ) 706.07 to 706.07(f)
Foreign application, statutory bar 706.02(e)
Form paragraphs used 706.02(i) , 706.02(m)
Form used 707
Fraud upon public 706.03(a)
Frivolous invention 706.03(a)
Full anticipation, expression recommended 706.02(i) 707.07(d)
Function of machine 2173.05(v)
Functional claim 2114 , 2173.05(g)
Functional equivalents 2144.06
Generic claim 715.02 , 806.04 , 809.02(a)
Genus and species 806.04(h) , 806.04(i) 2131.02 , 2144.08
Ground clearly stated 706.02(j) , 707.07(d)
Inaccurate 2173.03
Incomplete 706.03(c) , 707.07(j)
Indefinite 706.03(d)
Inoperativeness 2164.08(b)
Insufficient disclosure 706.03(c)
Insufficient disclosure, trademark 608.01(v)
Interference, estoppel 2308.03
Interference terminated 706.03(v) , 2308
International publication as prior art 706.02(a) , 1857.01
, 2136.03
Judicial notice 2144.03
Language used 706.02(j) , 707.07(d)
Linking claim 806.04 , 806.05(c) , 809 , 809.03
Markush, improper 2173.05(h) , 2173.05(o)
Multiplicity 2173.05(n)
Negative limitation 2173.05(i)
New, after appeal 1207.03
New, after final rejection 706.07(e)
New matter 706.03(o) , 2163.06
Nonelected invention 706.03(m)
Nonstatutory claim 706.03(a) , 2107
Nonstatutory subject matter 706.03(a)
Not based on prior art 706.03
Not inventor 706.02(g)
Not readable on disclosure 2173.03
Oath, defective reissue 706.03(x) , 1444
Objection distinguished 706.01
Obviousness(See also Obviousness ) 706.02 706.02(j) , 707.07(d)
Official notice 2144.03
Old combination 2173.05(j)
Omnibus claim 706.03(d) , 2173.05(r)
Omnibus rejection 707.07(d)
Overcoming 35 U.S.C. 102 rejection 706.02(b)
Overlapping applications 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 709.01 , 715.01(b) , 804 804.01 , 804.02 , 822 , 822.01
Perpetual motion 706.03(a)
Personal remarks avoided 707.07(d)
Previously allowed claim 706.04 , 1004
Prima facie case of obviousness 706.02(j)
Printed matter 706.03(a)
Prior art 706.02
Prior art between applicant' s foreign priority date and U.S. filing date 201.15 , 706.02(b)
Product by process 2113 , 2173.05(p)
Product of nature 706.03(a)
Prolix 2173.05(m)
Provisional rejection 706.02(f)(2) , 706.02(k) 706.02(l)(3)
Public sale(See also On sale and Public use ) 706.02(c)
Public use(See also Public use ) 706.02(c)
Public use proceeding 706.03(v) , 720.05
Ranges 706.03(c) , 2131.03 , 2144.05
Recapture in reissue application 1412.02
Reissue application

Broadened claims 706.03(x) , 1412.03 , 2163.05
Defective oath 706.03(x) , 1444
Recapture 1412.02
Repeated 707.07(f)

Res judicata 706.03(w)
Scientific principle 706.03(a)
Secondary considerations 2131.04
Single means claim 2164.08(a)
Species and genus 806.04(h) , 806.04(i) 2131.02 , 2144.08
Statement of 707.07(d)
Statutory bar 706.02(a) , 2133 to 2133.03(e)(7)
Suggested claims not made 706.03(u)
Technical 706.03
Trademark or trade name 608.01(v)
Undue breadth 2163.05 , 2173.04
Utility 706.03(a) , 2107
Vague 706.03(d)
Well known in the art 2144.03

Rejoinder 806.05(c) , 806.05(f) , 806.05(h) , 806.05(i) , 809 , 812.01 , 821 , 821.01 , 821.02 , 821.04 , 821.04(a) , 821.04(b) , 1302.04(h)
Related inventions 802.01 , 806.04(b) , 806.05 806.05(j) , 808.02 , 809.03

Rejoinder of, generic or linking claim allowable 821.04(a)
Rejoinder of, product claim allowable 821.04(b)

Related inventions, species 806.04(b)
Remailing Office action 707.13 , 710.06
Remand by Board

Affidavit 1211.02
Amendment 1211.01
Further search1211.03
In general 1211
Ex parte reexamination 2274 , 2275
Inter partes reexamination 2675 , 2675.01 2677 , 2681 , 2682
Special 708.01

Removal of application from Office 101
Renumbering claims 1302.01
Reopening after allowance 1308.01
Reopening after court decision 1216.01
Reopening prosecution after Action Closing Prosecution in inter partes reexamination 2673 , 2673.01
Reopening prosecution after Board decision in inter partes reexamination 2682
Replenishment of deposit accounts(See Deposit account: Replenishment )
Reply(See also Amendment ; Period for reply )

By filing RCE 706.07(h)
Within 2 months 706.07(f)

Reply brief 1208
Representative capacity 402 , 405 , 714.01(c)

Cannot expressly abandon 711 , 711.01
Cannot sign terminal disclaimer 1490
Interviews 405

Representative of foreign assignee 302.04
Representative of inventor or owner Chapter 400
Representative of requester 2213
Representatives of out-of-town attorneys 408
Republication of PG-Pub 1130
Request for Continued Examination (RCE) 706.07(h)

After allowance 1308
Conditions for filing 706.07(h)
Design application 1502.01
Improper CPA treated as 201.06(d)
Inter partes reexamination of 2611
Submission requirement 706.07(h)
Suspension of action in 709
Terminal disclaimer, effect in 1490

Request for ex parte reexamination

Decision criteria 2242
Facsimile submission not permitted 502.01
Notice of request inOfficial Gazette 2229
Requester' s representative 2213
Time for filing 2210 , 2211
Time to decide 2241

Request for inter partes reexamination(See Reexamination, Inter partes : Request ; Reexamination, Inter partes : Decision on the request for reexamination )
Request form (PCT/RO/101) 1812 , 1821 , 1844 , 1844.01
Request for patentability report 705.01(e) , 1003
Request for reconsideration of patent term adjustment 1002.02(b)
Request for rehearing of Board decision 1002.02(b) 1214.01 , 1214.03 , 1214.04

Inter partes reexamination 2682 , 2683

Request for reinstatement of period of patent term adjustment 1002.02(b)
Request for Statutory Invention Registration (PTO/SB/94) reproduced 1101
Request to convert provisional application to nonprovisional application 1002.02(b)
Request to issue patent in name of assignee after issue fee paid 1002.02(r)
Requirement for information 704.10 to 704.14(d) 706.02(c) , 710.02(d) 1901.06 , 2122 , 2123

After the first action on the merits 704.11(b)
Authority for requirement 704.10
Consideration of information submitted 704.14(b) 707.05(b)
Format of requirement 704.14(a)
Relation to duty of disclosure704.12(a) , 2005
Relationship to information disclosure statements… 704.14(d)
Reply to 704.12

Elements of a complete reply 704.12(b)
Time periods for 704.13
Treatment of an incomplete reply 704.12(c)

Scope of requirement 704.11 , 704.11(a)
What information may be required 704.11 , 704.11(a)
When requirement may be made 704.11(b)

Requirements must be repeated 707.07(e)
Requisites of the application 702
Res judicata 706.03(w) , 707.07(g) , 2259 , 2659
Rescission of nonpublication request 1123 , 1124
Rescission of Previous Nonpublication Request (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)) and if Applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C. (b)(B)(iii)) form PTO/SB/36
Cited 1123 , 1124
Reproduced 1135

Reservation clause in application 608.01(e) , 608.01(t)

Residence, Applicant' s 605.02 , 719.02(b)

Resignation of examiner, old cases special 708.03

Respondent Brief in appeal of inter partes reexamination

2675.01 , 2675.02

Response(See Reply )

Restriction(See also Election ; Election of species ) Chapter 800

Action, Examiner's 814 to 817
Action after, special 708.01
Action on the merits 810
Apparatus and process or product 806.05(e) to 806.05(g)
Application referred to second examiner 815
Basis 802
Burden, without serious 803
Claimed subject matter 806.01
Claims to divisible inventions addedbefore action 818.02(a)
Combination and subcombination 806.05(a) , 806.05(c)
Continuation 819
Design application 1504.05
Definition 802.02
Distinct invention 802.01 , 806 , 806.05
Distinct processes 806.05(j)
Distinct products 806.05(j)
Election other than express 818.02
Election fixed by action on claim 818.01
Final requirement 821.01
Grouped in parent application 811.04
Improper 803 , 806 , 808.02
Independent embodiments 802.01 , 806.04(b) , 806.06
Independent inventions 802.01 , 803 , 806 806.06 , 808.01(a)
Intermediate-final product 806.04(b) , 806.05(j)
Introduction 801
Linking claim 806.04 , 806.05(c) , 809 , 809.03 , 821.04(a)
Linking claim, traverse of rejection 818.03(d)
Markush type claims 803 , 803.02
Nonelected claims, treatment of 821 to 821.03

Eligible for rejoinder 821
Reissue application 1450

Nonelected invention 706.03(m) , 821.04(a)
Nucleotide sequences 803.04 , 2434
Patentability over prior art 809 , 809.03
Patentability report, effect 807
Petition from requirement 818.03(c)
Process and product or apparatus 806.05(e) 806.05(g)
Product and process of using 806.05(h)
Product, process of making and using 806.05(i)
Reasons for holding of independence or distinctness 808.01
Reissue application 1450 , 1451
Rejecti