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- Sale, On(See On sale )
- Sample letter on citation of prior art in patent 2205
- Sanctions 410
- Saturday, effect on time for reply 502 , 505 , 513 710.05 , 2504 , 2506
- Scanning inter partes reexamination papers 2632
- Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC) 901.06(a)
- Biotechnology sequence listings 2421.03 , 2427.01 2427.02 , 2429
- Foreign patents 706.02(e) , 901.05 , 901.05(c) 903.03 , 905.06
- Hours 1730
- Litigation search 2240 , 2287 , 2640 , 2686.04
- Literature collection 719.05
- Location and telephone number 1730
- Translation assistance 901.05(d) , 901.06(a)
- Scientific principle not patentable 706.03(a)
- Scope of claims 904.01(a) , 2163.05 , 2164.08
- Scope of class 903.02(b)
- Scope of reexamination
- Screening new application for security review 115 706.03(b)
- Seal 604.01
- Search Chapter 900
- After reversal by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 1214.04
- Aids in Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC) 901.06(a)
- Analogous art areas 904.01(c)
- Cards, subclass definitions 902.02(b)
- Claim analysis 904.01
- Computer 719.05
- Databases(See Electronic databases )
- Electronic documents 707.05(e) , 904.02(c)
- Fee, PCT 1827
- Field of 904.02 , 904.02(a)
- File wrapper notation 705.01(a) , 719.05 , 904
- Incomprehensible disclosure 702.01
- In Technology Center, by member of public 713.02
- Informal application 702.01 , 704.01
- INPADOC 901.06(a)
- Interference 2304.01(a)
- Internet 707.05(e) , 904.02(c)
- Mechanized 719.05
- Notes in classification definitions 902.02(a)
- Notes in file wrapper 705.01(a) , 719.05 , 903.07(a)
- Online database(See also Electronic databases ) 901.06(a) , 902.03(e)
- Outlining 904.02(a)
- Patentability report 705.01(a) , 705.01(b)
- Prior Examiner's 704.01
- Procedure 704.01 , 904
- Requirements for information 704.11 , 704.11(a)
- Restriction requirement 808.02
- Scope 2112
- Selecting pertinent references 904.03
- Title 306
- Unduly extensive and burdensome 806.01 808.01(a) , 818.02(b)
- Search exchange, United States-Philippines 1711
- Search notes box entries 719.05
- Search room, Examiner's use 510
- Search facility hours 510 , 1730
- Search tools, automated 902.03(e)
- Searched box entries 719.05
- Secrecy, in general 101
- Secrecy of international applications 120
- 'Secrecy Order' application 115 , 120 , 130
- After declassification 130
- Allowance 130
- Commodity Control List 120
- Correspondence 120
- Facsimile transmission of correspondence not permitted 120
- Final rejection 130
- Interference 130 , 2306
- Petition for rescission or modification 120
- Prosecution 130
- Review 115 , 140
- Security, Application affecting 120 , 121 , 130 , 140
- Secret sale(See On sale )
- Security interest in patent, recording(See also Assignment ) 313
- Security markings 121 , 130 , 140 , 724
- Security screening of new applications 115 , 140
- Security Working Group 3640, applications submitted 121 , 130 , 706.03(b) , 1002.02(c)(1)
- Self-addressed postcard(See also Postcard, self-addressed ) 503
- Sequence listing(See also Sequence rules ) 2422.03
- Database(See Sequence rules )
- Hand delivery 2422.09
- Mail Stop(See also Mail Stop ) 2422.09
- Pre-GrantPublications (PG-Pub) 1121
- Statements 2422.06 , 2422.07
- Sequence rules(See also Biotechnology ) Chapter 2400
- Amendments to sequence listing and computerreadable form 2426
- Amino acid definition 2422.01
- Applications affected, new applications 2421.01
- AuthorIn 2430
- Background information 2401 , 2420
- Bona fide reply 2421.03
- Changes to rules 2421.04
- Coding regions, depiction of 2423.02
- Compliance requirement 2422.07 , 2429
- Computer readable form requirement 2422.04 , 2425
- Database 2421.01 , 2421.02 , 2421.04 , 2422.01 2422.03 , 2422.04 , 2423.02 , 2424.02 2424.02 , 2425 , 2429 , 2430
- Definitions for nucleotides/amino acids 2422.01
- Effective date 2401 , 2420
- Exclusive conformance requirement 2422.02
- Extensions of time 2421.03
- Format and symbols 2423 , 2423.01
- Form paragraphs 2427.01
- Hand-delivery of sequence listings andcomputer readable forms 2422.09
- Helpful hints for compliance 2429
- Informational requirements for sequence listings 2424 , 2424.01 , 2424.02
- Mandatory information items 2424 , 2424.02
- Miscellaneous requirements, information 2424.03
- New applications 2421.01
- Notice to comply 2421.03 , 2427.02
- Nucleotide definition 2422.01
- Numbering of sequences 2423.02
- Numeric identifiers 2424 , 2424.02
- Official copy of sequence listing 2422.04
- PatentIn information 1730 , 2430
- Presumptions regarding compliance 2422.08
- Previously filed identical computer readableform, reference to 2422.05
- Replacement of sequence listing and computer readable form 2426
- Sample sequence listing 2431
- Sample statements 2428
- Sanctions for failure to comply 2422.07
- Sequence identifier requirement 2422.03
- Sequence listing requirement 2422.03
- Sequence presentation 2423.03
- Sequences embedded in application text 2422.03
- Sequences in drawings 2422.02
- Statement regarding content of paper and computer readable copies 2422.06 , 2428
- Statement regarding new matter 2422.07 , 2428
- Summary of requirements 2421.02
- Variants of a presented sequence 2422.03
- Voluntary compliance 2421.01
- WIPO Standard ST. 25, Appendix 2 Tables
- Sequences, restriction 803.04 , 2434
- Series codes 503
- Series of dependent claims 608.01(n)
- Series, Patent(See Patent )
- Service, proof of, in a petition for access 103
- Service of citation in patent 1901
- Service of court papers on Director 1216
- Service of patent owner statement on requestor in ex parte reexamination 2242 , 2266.03
- Service of papers in inter partes reexamination 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
- Shift of election 819
- Shoes(See also Search ) 901.07
- Shortened statutory period(See also Period for reply ; Statutory period ) 710.02 , 710.02(b)
- Appeal 1205 , 1214.06 , 1215.04
- Date of abandonment 711.04(a)
- Drawings 608.02(b)
- Extension of time 710.02(e) , 1002.02(c)
- Final rejection 706.07 , 706.07(b) 706.07(f) , 706.07(g) , 714.13
- Informal application 702.01
- Information disclosure statement 609.04(b)
- Oath 602.03
- Quayle 714.14
- Reexamination, ex parte 2250.01 , 2263 2265 , 2273 , 2285 , 2286
- Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) 1103 , 1107
- Time limits compared 710.02(d)
- Signatory Authority, Full 1004
- Signatory Authority, Partial 1005
- Signature
- Alteration in specification signed 608.01
- Amendment 714.01
- Signature improper 714.01(a) , 714.01(c) 714.01(d)
- Signature missing 714.01(a)
- Signed by applicant, not by attorney of
- record 714.01(d)
- Signed by attorney not of record 405
- Applicant 605.04(a) , 605.04(d) , 605.04(e)
- Applicant changes name 201.03 , 605.04(c) , 719.02(b)
- Applicant, international application 1820
- Applicant unable to write 605.04(d)
- Application papers 605.04(a)
- Attorney or agent not of record 405
- Certification, effect of 401 , 410
- Continued prosecution application 201.06(d)
- Correction of name 605.04(c)
- Express abandonment 711 , 711.01
- Facsimile 502.01 , 502.02
- Full, first or middle name 605.04(b)
- Required on every paper 402
- Title with 605.04(e)
- Uniformity with name 605.04(b
- Signing, continued prosecution application 201.06(d)
- Signing Examiner's letter 706.07 , 707.08 , 707.09
- Signing file wrapper 1302.13
- Simulated tests in the specification 608.01(p)
- Simultaneous issue of patents 1306.02
- Single means claim 2164.08(a) , 2181
- Size of paper(See A4 size paper ; Paper size )
- Sketch of subject matter of claims 904.01(a)
- Small Business Act 509.02
- Small Business Administration 509.02
- Small entity status(See also Fee )
- Change of status 509.03
- Claiming status 509.03
- Correcting status 509.03
- Definition 509.02
- Established in parent application 201.06(c)
- Fees 509.02
- Government organizations 509.02
- Improper payment 509.03
- Independent inventor 509.02
- Maintenance fees 509.03 , 2515 , 2550
- Nonprofit organization 509.02 , 509.03
- Refund 509.03 , 607.02
- Small business concern 509.02
- Statement verified 509.03
- Transfer of invention rights 509.02
- Solicitor' s Office(See Office of Solicitor )
- Sources of information to disclose 2001.06
- Special application 708 to 708.03
- Accelerated examination 708.02
- Allowable application, except for form 707.07(j) 710.02(b) , 714.14 , 1301
- Appealed application 1204
- Applicant' s age, health 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
- Biotechnology case, small entity 708.02
- Cancer 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
- Counter-terrorism inventions 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
- DNA 708.02
- Energy 708.02
- Environmental Quality Program 1002.02(s)
- Five year pendency 707.02
- HIV/AIDS 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
- Infringement 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
- List 708.01
- Manufacture 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
- Patent printing priority 1309
- Petition to make 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
- Reexamination
- Reissue application 706.03(x) , 1442
- Remanded by Board 708.01
- Revived applications 711.03(c)
- Superconductivity 708.02
- Special examining procedure 708.02
- Special Program Examiner (SPRE) 103 , 706.02(l)(1) 1456 , 1825 , 1845.01 , 1851 , 2238 1896 , 2233 , 2237 , 2246 , 2283 , 2286 2287 , 2289 , 2294 , 2295 , 2633 , 2638 2647.02 , 2664 , 2670 , 2671 , 2686.01 2687 , 2687.01 , 2689
- Species 806.01 , 806.04 , 806.04(b) , 806.04(d) 806.04(e) , 806.04(f) , 806.04(h) 806.04(i) , 808.01(a) , 809.02(a)
- Anticipation by a generic chemical formula 2131.02
- Anticipation of a genus by the species 2131.02
- Cancellation of species claims 821.01 , 821.02
- Claims restricted to 806.04(e)
- Election of(See Election of species )
- How recognized 806.04(f)
- Independent inventions 802.01 , 808.01(a)
- Mutually exclusive characteristics 806.04(f)
- Obviousness of 2144.08
- Patentably distinct 806.04(h)
- Patentability over genus 806.04(h)
- Plural 706.03(k) , 806.04 , 808.01(a)
- Reissue 1450
- Rejection 806.04(h) , 2131.02
- Related 806.04(b)
- Withdrawal of species claim 821.01 , 821.02
- Specification(See also Disclosure ) 608.01 , 2161
- Amendment, manner of making 714
- Arrangement 608.01(a)
- Background of the invention 608.01(c)
- Best mode(See also Best mode ) 2165
- Brief description of drawings 608.01(f)
- Brief summary of invention 608.01(d)
- British English spellings in 608.01
- British provisional and complete 201.15
- Changes prior to filing 601.01(a) , 608.01
- Completeness 608.01(p) , 2161 , 2163 to 2165
- Computer lists 608.05
- Confused by amendments 608.01(q) , 1302.02
- Content of 608.01(a)
- Continued prosecution application 201.06(d)
- Copyrights in 1512
- Correction by Examiner's amendment 1302.04 to 1302.04(g)
- Correction by initialing 1302.04
- Cross-noting of related applications 1302.04
- Defines claim term 2111.01
- Derogatory remarks prohibited 608.01(r)
- Description 608.01(g) , 2163 , 2163.02
- Design application 1503.01
- Detailed description of invention 608.01(g)
- Enablement(See also Enablement ) 2164
- English language 608.01
- Facsimile transmission 608.01
- Font 608.01
- Format 608.01
- Illustrations in 608.01
- Incorporation by reference 2163.07
- Interlineation prior to filing 608.01
- Language faulty 608.01
- Missing pages 601.01(d)
- New matter 608.04 , 706.03(o) , 2163.06
- Omitted pages 201.17 , 601.01(d)
- Paragraph numbering 608.01
- , 714
- Parts 608.01(a)
- Provisional application 601.01(b)
- Reference characters corrected 1302.04
- Reissue application 1411
- Requirements for 2161
- Return 608.01
- Rewritten 608.01(q) , 1302.02
- Signature 605.04(a)
- Substitute, amendment including 714.19 , 714.20
- Substitute specification 608.01(q) , 714.19 , 714.20
- Summary of invention 608.01(d)
- Table submission on compact disc 608.05(b)
- Terminology basis for claims 608.01(o) , 2163.07
- Title of invention 606
- Title of invention changed 606.01
- Trademarks in 1512
- Transfer to another application 608.01(t)
- Written description(See also Written description ) 2163
- Specimen, Composition of matter 608.03
- Specimen, Handling 608.03(a)
- Specimen, Plant application 1607
- Stamp
- Drafting, no longer required 608.02(o)
- Technology Center date 714.18
- Office date 502 , 505 , 506 , 710.01(a) , 714.18
- Standards of review by the Federal Circuit 1216.01
- Statement applying the prior art in an ex parte reexamination 2217
- Statement applying the prior art in an inter partes reexamination 2617
- Statement, Examiner's(See also Action )
- Statement by inventors when changing inventorship 201.03
- Statement by owner in ex parte reexamination 2249
- Statement of allowability by Board 1213.01
- Statement of invention, coextensivewith claims 608.01(d)
- Statement of invention, reviewed on allowance 1302.01
- Statement, Prior art(See also Prior art ) 201.06(d) , 609
- Status inquiries 102 , 203.08
- Status letter 203.08
- Status letter database 203.08
- Status of application 102 , 203
- Abandoned 203.05
- Allowed or in issue 203.04
- Amended 203.03
- Incomplete 203.06
- New 203.01
- Parent patent application 102 , 201.11
- Priority claims 102
- Published application 1128
- Referred to in foreign patent 102
- Rejected 203.02
- Statute, citation Introduction
- Statute of limitations
- Citation of prior art 2204
- Term of biological material deposit 2408
- Time for requesting ex parte reexamination 2210 , 2211
- Time for requestinginter partes reexamination 2611
- Statutes
- Atomic Energy Act Cited 120 , 140 , 150 706.03 , 706.03(a) to 706.03(b)
- Freedom of Information Act 1002.02(k)(2)
- Public Law 87-333 Cited 201.13
- Public Law 94-131 608.01(n)
- Public Law 96-517 509.02 , 2201 , 2209 , 2501
- Public Law 97-247 509.02 , 511 711.03(c) , 2501
- Public Law 98-622 605.07 706.02(k) , 804 , 2501
- Public Law 100-418, Section 9101(c), (d) 140
- Public Law 102-204 2501
- Public Law 102-444 2501
- Public Law 103-465 201.03 , 201.11 , 601.01(d) 706.07(g) , 707.05 , 715 , 715.07(c) 803.03 , 804.02 , 2132 , 2138.02
- Public Law 105-358 2501
- Public Law 106-113 201.04(b) , 201.11 , 201.14(b) 505 , 510 , 512 , 706.02(a) , 706.02(k) , 706.02(l)(1) , 715 , 1402 2201 , 2273 , 2279 , 2501 , 2601 , 2602 , 2611 , 2642
- Public Law 107-273 Cited 706.02(a) , 706.02(k) , 706.07(a) , 2201 , 2242 , 2258.01 , 2273 , 2279 , 2601 , 2612 , 2683
- Public Law 108-453 Cited 706.02(k) , 706.02(l)(1) , 706.02(l)(3) , 804 , 804.03 2136.01 , 2146
- Public Law 506 (81st Cong.) Article 136 Cited 604.03(a)
- Revised Statute of 1874 Introduction
- 5 U.S.C. 552(a) 2422 , 2423
- 5 U.S.C. 6103Cited 710.05
- 7 U.S.C. 2321 1612
- 10 U.S.C. 140(c)Cited 120
- 15 U.S.C. 15(b)Cited 101
- 15 U.S.C. 1062Cited 513
- 17 U.S.C. 401Cited 1512
- 17 U.S.C. 909Cited 608.01 , 608.01(v)
- 18 U.S.C. 1001
- 18 U.S.C. 1905Cited 101
- 18 U.S.C. 2071Reproduced 101
- 18 U.S.C. 2331 708.02
- 20 U.S.C. 1000Cited 509.02
- 26 U.S.C. 501Cited 509.02
- 28 U.S.C. 1745Cited 901.05
- 28 U.S.C. 1746
- 35 U.S.C. 2Reproduced 1001
- 35 U.S.C. 3Reproduced 1001
- 35 U.S.C. 4Reproduced 309
- 35 U.S.C. 6Reproduced 1202
- 35 U.S.C. 7Reproduced 901.06(a)
- 35 U.S.C. 8Reproduced 903.01
- 35 U.S.C. 21Reproduced 511 , 513 , 710.05
- 35 U.S.C. 22Reproduced 608.01
- 35 U.S.C. 25Reproduced 602
- 35 U.S.C. 26Reproduced 602
- 35 U.S.C. 41Reproduced 2268 , 2501 , 2668
- 35 U.S.C. 41.31Reproduced 1204
- 35 U.S.C. 41.33Reproduced 1206
- 35 U.S.C. 41.37Reproduced 1205
- 35 U.S.C. 41.39Reproduced 1207
- 35 U.S.C. 41.41Reproduced 1208
- 35 U.S.C. 41.43Reproduced 1207.05 , 1208
- 35 U.S.C. 41.50Reproduced 1207.05
- 35 U.S.C. 41.52Reproduced 1214.03
- 35 U.S.C. 41.54Reproduced 1214
- 35 U.S.C. 41.6Reproduced 1213.03
- 35 U.S.C. 42Reproduced 607.02
- 35 U.S.C. 100Reproduced 701
- 35 U.S.C. 101Reproduced 701 , 804 , 2107.01
- 35 U.S.C. 102Reproduced 706.02 , 706.02(a), 1504.02 1857.01 , 2131 , 2132 , 2133 2133.03(c) , 2134 , 2135 , 2136 2137 , 2138 , 2217 , 2258 , 2301.01 , 2617
- 35 U.S.C. 102(e), formerReproduced 2136
- 35 U.S.C. 103Reproduced 706.02 , 706.02(l) 706.02(l)(1) , 706.02(n) , 804.03 1504.03 , 2141 , 2146
- 35 U.S.C. 104Reproduced 715.07(c) , 2301.01
- 35 U.S.C. 111Reproduced 201 , 201.04(b) , 601
- 35 U.S.C. 112Reproduced 1504.04
- 35 U.S.C. 113Reproduced 608.02
- 35 U.S.C. 114Reproduced 608.03
- 35 U.S.C. 115Reproduced 602
- 35 U.S.C. 116Reproduced 409.03 , 605.07
- 35 U.S.C. 117Reproduced 409.01(a)
- 35 U.S.C. 118Reproduced 409.03
- 35 U.S.C. 119Reproduced 201.11 , 201.13 , 201.16
- 35 U.S.C. 120Reproduced 201.11 , 1504.20
- 35 U.S.C. 121Reproduced 802 , 804
- 35 U.S.C. 122Reproduced 101 , 1120 , 1122 1123 , 1124 , 1132 , 1134
- 35 U.S.C. 131Reproduced 701
- 35 U.S.C. 132Reproduced 706.03(o) , 2304.04(b)
- 35 U.S.C. 133Reproduced 710 , 2268 , 2668
- 35 U.S.C. 134Reproduced 1204
- 35 U.S.C. 135Reproduced 2301.01
- 35 U.S.C. 141Reproduced 1216 , 2683
- 35 U.S.C. 142Reproduced 1216.01
- 35 U.S.C. 143Reproduced 1216.01
- 35 U.S.C. 144Reproduced 1216.01
- 35 U.S.C. 145Reproduced 1214.07
- 35 U.S.C. 146Reproduced 1216
- 35 U.S.C. 152Reproduced 307
- 35 U.S.C. 153Reproduced 1309
- 35 U.S.C. 154Reproduced 2701
- 35 U.S.C. 154, former,Reproduced 2720
- 35 U.S.C. 156Reproduced 2751 2752 , 2755.01 , 2758 , 2759
- 35 U.S.C. 157Reproduced 1101
- 35 U.S.C. 161Reproduced 1601
- 35 U.S.C. 162Reproduced 804 , 1605 , 2105 , 2403.02
- 35 U.S.C. 163Reproduced 1601
- 35 U.S.C. 164Reproduced 1608
- 35 U.S.C. 171Reproduced 1501 , 1504.01
- 35 U.S.C. 172Reproduced 1504.02 , 1504.10
- 35 U.S.C. 173Reproduced 1505
- 35 U.S.C. 181Reproduced 115
- 35 U.S.C. 182Reproduced 706.03(s)
- 35 U.S.C. 184Reproduced 140 , 706.03(s)
- 35 U.S.C. 185Reproduced 140 , 706.03(s)
- 35 U.S.C. 186Reproduced 140
- 35 U.S.C. 187Reproduced 140
- 35 U.S.C. 188Reproduced 140
- 35 U.S.C. 251Reproduced 1401 , 1412.03
- 35 U.S.C. 252Reproduced 1460
- 35 U.S.C. 253Reproduced 1490
- 35 U.S.C. 254Reproduced 1480
- 35 U.S.C. 255Reproduced 1481
- 35 U.S.C. 256Reproduced 1481.02
- 35 U.S.C. 261Reproduced 301
- 35 U.S.C. 262Reproduced 301
- 35 U.S.C. 267Reproduced 710
- 35 U.S.C. 293Reproduced 302.04
- 35 U.S.C. 294Reproduced 311
- 35 U.S.C. 301Reproduced 2202 , 2602
- 35 U.S.C. 302Reproduced 2210
- 35 U.S.C. 303Reproduced 2240
- 35 U.S.C. 304Reproduced 2246
- 35 U.S.C. 305Reproduced 2254 , 2261
- 35 U.S.C. 306Reproduced 1216 , 2273
- 35 U.S.C. 307Reproduced 2288 , 2293
- 35 U.S.C. 311Reproduced 2610
- 35 U.S.C. 312Reproduced 2640
- 35 U.S.C. 313Reproduced 2646
- 35 U.S.C. 314Reproduced 2654 , 2661 , 2686.04
- 35 U.S.C. 315Reproduced 2674
- 35 U.S.C. 316Reproduced 2688 , 2693
- 35 U.S.C. 317Reproduced 2686.04
- 35 U.S.C. 318Reproduced 2686.04
- 35 U.S.C. 361Reproduced 1805
- 35 U.S.C. 362Reproduced 1840
- 35 U.S.C. 363Reproduced 1810
- 35 U.S.C. 365Reproduced 201.13(b)
- 35 U.S.C. 371Reproduced 1893.01
- 35 U.S.C. 373Reproduced 1810
- 35 U.S.C. 374Reproduced 1857 , 1857.01
- 42 U.S.C. 141Cited 120
- 42 U.S.C. 181Cited 120
- 42 U.S.C. 2182Reproduced 150
- 42 U.S.C. 2457Reproduced 150
- Statutory authority of Director 1001
- Statutory bar 706.02(a) , 2133 to 2133.03(e)(7)
- Foreign application 201.13 , 1504.02
- Overcoming 706.02(b)
- Rule 1.130 not available 718
- Rule 1.131 not available 715
- Statutory classes of invention, utility 706.03(a)
- Statutory disclaimer(See Disclaimer ; Terminal disclaimer )
- Statutory estoppel in inter partes reexamination 2601 2612 , 2614
- Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) 409.03(j) Chapter 1100
- Defensive publication compared 711.06
- Effect of 1111
- Examination 1101 , 1103
- Provisional application 1101
- Publication of 1111
- Refund of fee 1109
- Rejections using 706.02(a) , 901.02 , 2136
- Request for 1101
- Secrecy order application 1103
- Statutory period(See also Period for reply: Shortened statutory period ) 710.01 , 710.01(a)
- Abandonment for failure to reply 711.02 , 711.02(a)
- Appeal 1205
- Broadening claims in a reissue application 1412.03
- Computed 710.01(a)
- Date from which period runs 710.06
- Date of abandonment 711.04(a)
- Full statutory period 130
- Not extendible 710.02(e)
- Postal service emergency 511
- Property rights statement 150
- Reexamination, ex parte 2265 , 2272
- Reexamination,inter partes 2662 , 2665
- Secrecy order application 130
- Shortened statutory period(See Shortened statutory period )
- Two periods for reply set 710.04 , 710.04(a)
- Stay of reexamination
- Stay of reissue 1442.02 , 2285
- Stockholm Revision, Paris Convention(See also Treaties ) 201.13
- Strasbourg Agreement(See also Treaties ) 903.09
- STIC(See Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC) )
- Subclass, list of patent numbers 902.03(c)
- Subcombination
- Subgeneric Markush claims 2173.05(h)
- Subject matter, design patent 1502 , 1504.01
- Subject matter, nonstatutory 706.03(a)
- Subject matter combinations 903.02(b)
- Submission of amendment or showing of facts after Board decision 1214.01
- Submission of patents or publications, third party610
- Submission to classification unit
- Submission of prior art by applicant 707.05(b)
- Submission of information by applicant 704.12(b) 704.14(b) , 707.05(b)
- Subpoena by court, Application file 1216.02
- Subpoena of examiner 1701.01
- Subscription correspondence address title page
- Substantial new question of patentability
- In ex parte reexamination 2216 , 2242 , 2258.01
- in inter partes reexamination 2614 , 2616 2617 , 2640 , 2642
- Substitute application(See also Application ) 201.09 , 201.10
- Assignment 306
- Copendency lacking 201.11
- Definition 201.09
- Does not carry ownership from parent 306
- File wrapper/history notation 202.02
- Reference to parent application 201.09 , 201.11
- Substitute attorney or agent 406
- Substitute oath 602.02
- Substitute page 714.20
- Substitute specification 608.01 , 608.01(q) , 714.19 , 714.20
- Sufficiency of disclosure affidavit 716
- 'Sufficient cause'for extension of time in ex parte reexamination 2265
- 'Sufficient cause' for extension of time in inter partes reexamination 2665
- Suggested claims, Failure to make 706.03(u)
- Suggestion of allowable claimsby examiner 707.07(j) , 713.01
- Suggestion of claims for interference 2304.03 to 2304.04(b)
- Suggestion of claims for interference,time limit 710.02(c)
- Summary of action PTOL-326 707
- Summary of interview 713.01 , 713.04
- Summary of invention 608.01(d)
- Sunday or holiday, effect on time for reply 502 505 , 513 , 710.05
- Sunday or holiday, effect on reference 706.02(a)
- Supervisory applications examiner 714.13
- Supervisory patent examiner 705.01 , 707 , 707.02 708.03 , 713.01 , 713.08 , 714.05 714.13 , 714.16 , 714.16(d) , 714.18 812.01 , 903.08(b) , 1207 , 1207.01 , 1207.01 , 1207.02 , 1207.03 , 1207.05 , 1208 , 1211.01 , 1214.07 2233 , 2236 , 2237 , 2238 , 2248 2271.01 , 2287 2633 , 2636 , 2637 , 2638 , 2641 , 2648 2671 , 2671.03 , 2676
- Supervisory review, Rule 1.817 711.03(d)
- Supplemental action 710.06 , 714.05
- Supplemental Amendment 714.03(a)
- Supplemental Application Data Sheet (ADS) 601.05
- Supplemental Examiner's answer 1207.04 , 1211
- Supplemental oath or declaration 603
- Surcharge for late payment of feesin international application 1827
- Surface ornamentation 1502 , 1502.01 , 1503.02 1504.01 , 1504.01(a) 1504.01(c) , 1504.03
- Surrender of patent (not required) 1416
- Suspension
- Applicant' s request for 709
- Decided by 709 , 1002.02(c) , 1004
- Deferral of examination 709
- Ex parte prosecution during interference2307.03
- Not permitted if outstanding Office action 709
- Of action, because of litigation 1213
- Of action, by Office 709
- Overlapping application 709.01
- Reexamination
- Request for, in CPA 709
- Request for, in RCE 709
- Rules 1002
- Secrecy order application 2306
- Supplemental Reply 709
- Swearing back of reference(See Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131) )
- Symbols, Drawing 608.02
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