[Reserved]

§§ 5.31–5.33 [Reserved] PART 6—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES UNDER THE TRADEMARK ACT Editorial Note: Part 6 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to trademarks regulations. PART 7—RULES OF PRACTICE IN FILINGS PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS Editorial Note: Part 7 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to trademarks regulations. 37 CFR Ch. I (7–1–22 Edition) Index I INDEX I—RULES RELATING TO PATENTS Editorial Note: This listing is provided for information purposes only. It is compiled and kept up-to-date by the Department of Commerce. This index is updated as of July 1, 2023. Section A Abandoned applications: Abandonment by failure to prosecute 1.135 Abandonment during interference 41.127(b) Abandonment for failure to pay issue fee 1.316 Express abandonment 1.138 To avoid publication 1.138(c) Referred to in issued patents 1.14 Revival of 1.137 When open for public inspection 1.14 Abandonment of application. (See Abandoned applications) Abstract of the disclosure.(content, physical requirements) 1.72(b) Separate sheet required for commencement of 1.52(b)(4), 1.72(b) Arrangement in overall application 1.77, 1.163 Access to pending applications (limited) 1.14 Action by applicant 1.111-1.116, 1.121-1.138 Address, Correspondence, only one recognized by Office 1.33(c) Address for notice to Director of appeal to Fed. Cir 90.2 Address of Solicitor's Office 1.1(a)(3) Address of the Patent and Trademark Office 1.1 Mail Stop Assignment Recordation Services 1.1(a)(4), 3.27 Mail Stop Document Services 1.1(a)(4) Mail Stop Ex Parte Reexam 1.1(c)(1), 1.1(c)(4) Mail Stop Inter Partes Reexam 1.1(c)(2) Mail Stop Interference 41.10(b) Mail Stop OED 1.1(a)(5), 4.6 Mail Stop Patent Ext 1.1(e) Mail Stop PCT 1.1(b) Mail Stop Supplemental Examination 1.1(c)(3) Adjustment of patent term. (See Patent term adjustment) Administrator, executor, or other legal representative may make application and receive patent 1.42, 1.43 In an international application 1.422 Oath or declaration 1.64 Admission to practice. (See Attorneys and agents) Affidavit (see also Oath in patent application): After appeal 41.33(d) In support of application for reissue 1.175 To disqualify commonly owned patent as prior art 1.131(c) To overcome cited patent or publication 1.131 Traversing grounds of rejection 1.132 Agents. (See Attorneys and agents) Allowance and issue of patent: Amendment after allowance (before or with issue fee) 1.312 Deferral of issuance 1.314 Failure to pay issue fee 1.137(c), 1.316 Issuance of patent 1.314 Notice of allowance 1.311 Patent to issue upon payment of issue fee 1.314 Reasons for 1.104(e) Withdrawal from issue 1.313 Amendment: Adding or substituting claims 1.111, 1.121 After appeal 1.116, 41.33, 41.63 After decision on appeal, based on new rejection of Patent Trial and Appeal Board 41.50(b) After final action 1.116, 41.33 After final action (transitional procedures) 1.129 After notice of allowance 1.312 By patent owner 1.530 Copying claim of another application for interference 41.202 Copying claim of issued patent 41.202 Deletions and insertions 1.121 Drawings 1.84, 1.85, 1.121(d) Manner of making 1.121 May be required 1.121 New matter prohibited 1.121(f), 1.173(a) Numbering of claims 1.126 Of amendments 1.121 Of claims 1.111, 1.121 Of computer program listing appendix 1.96(c)(5) Of disclosure 1.121 Of drawing 1.121(d) Of large tables 1.58(g) Of sequence listing 1.825 Of sequence listing XML 1.835 Of specification 1.121 Paper and writing 1.52 Preliminary 1.115 Proposed during interference 41.121, 41.208 Provisional application 1.53(c), 1.121(k) Reexamination proceedings 1.121(j), 1.530, 1.941 Reissue 1.121(i), 1.173(b) Requisites of 1.33(b), 1.111, 1.116, 1.121, 1.125 Right to amend 1.111, 1.114, 1.116, 1.121 Signature to 1.33(b) Substitute specification 1.125 Time for 1.134 To applications in interference 41.121, 41.208 To correct inaccuracies 1.121(e) To correspond to original drawing or specification 1.121(e) To reissues 1.121(i), 1.173 To save from abandonment 1.135 America Invents Act Post-Grant Proceedings (See Inter partes review, post-grant review, covered business method review, and derivation proceeding) Amino Acid Sequences. (See Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequences) Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Fee provided by rules of court 90.2 From Patent Trial and Appeal Board 90.1-90.3 Notice and reasons of appeal 90.2 Reexamination, inter partes proceeding 1.983 Time for 90.3 Appeal to Patent Trial and Appeal Board: Action following decision 41.54 Affidavits after appeal 41.33(d) Brief 41.37 Decision by Board 41.50(b) Examiner's answer 41.39 Fees 41.20, 41.45 Hearing of 41.47 New grounds for rejecting a claim 41.50(b) Notice of appeal 41.31 Reexamination, inter partes proceeding 1.959 Rehearing 41.52 Reopening after decision 1.198 Reply brief 41.41 Statement of grounds for rejecting, by Patent Trial and Appeal Board 41.50 Applicant for patent 1.42, 1.421 Change 1.46, 1.472 Deceased or legally incapacitated inventor 1.43, 1.422 Executor or administrator 1.43 Informed of application number 1.54(b) Letters for, sent to attorney or agent 1.33(a) May be represented by patent practitioner 1.31 Must be represented by patent practitioner if juristic entity 1.31 Personal attendance unnecessary 1.2 Required to conduct business with decorum and courtesy 1.3 Required to report assistance received 1.4(g) Application data sheet 1.76 Application for patent (see also Abandoned applications, Claims, Drawing, Examination of application Reissues, Provisional applications, Specification): Access to 1.14 Acknowledgement of filing 1.54(b) Alteration after execution 1.52(c) Alteration before execution 1.52(c) Applicant 1.42 Application number and filing date 1.54 Arrangement 1.77, 1.154, 1.163 Continuation or division, reexecution not required 1.63(d) Continued Prosecution Application (CPA), Design 1.53(d) Copies of, furnished to applicants 1.59(c) Cross-references to related applications 1.78 Deceased or legally incapacitated inventor 1.43, 1.64 International phase 1.422 Declaration in lieu of oath 1.68 Duty of disclosure 1.56 Elements of, order and arrangement of 1.77, 1.154, 1.163 Filed apparently without all figures of drawing: Petition and filing of missing figures seeking new filing date 1.182 Petition asserting all figures of drawing were filed 1.53(e) Filed apparently without all pages of specification, petition asserting all pages were filed 1.53(e) Filed apparently without any drawing, petition asserting drawing was filed, or was not necessary, or adding drawing and seeking new filing date 1.53(e) Filed by other than inventor 1.42, 1.43, 1.46 Filed by reference 1.57(a) International phase 1.421(c), 1.422 Filing and national fees 1.16, 1.445, 1.492 Filing date 1.53 International application 1.431(b) Foreign language oath or declaration 1.69 Formulas and tables 1.58 General requisites 1.51 Identification required in letters concerning 1.5 Incomplete application not forwarded for examination 1.53 Language, paper, writing, margin 1.52 Later completion of nonprovisional application 1.53(f) Must be made by actual inventor, with exceptions 1.42, 1.46, 1.64 Names of all inventors required 1.41, 1.53 Non-English language 1.52(b)(1)(ii) Nonprovisional application forwarded for examination only when complete 1.53 Nonprovisional filing of petition to convert to a provisional application 1.53(c)(2) Owned by Government 1.103(f) Papers forming part of original disclosure not to be expunged 1.59(a)(2) Parts filed separately 1.54 Parts of application desirably filed together 1.54 Parts of complete application 1.51 Processing fees 1.17 Provisional application 1.9(a)(2), 1.51(c), 1.53(c), 1.121(k) Publication. (See Publication of applications) Relating to atomic energy 1.14(d) Reservation for future application not permitted 1.79 Secrecy order 5.1-5.5 Tables and formulas 1.58 To be made to Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 1.51 To claim one independent and distinct invention 1.141 Two or more by same party with patentably indistinct claims 1.78(f), (g) Application number 1.5(a), 1.53(a), 1.54(b) Application size fee 1.16(s), 1.52(f) Arbitration award filing 1.335 Arbitration in interference 41.126 Assertion of micro entity status 1.29 Assertion of small entity status 1.27(c) Assignee: Correspondence held with assignee of entire interest 3.71, 3.73 Establishing ownership 3.73(b) If of entire interest, patent may issue to 1.46, 3.81 If of undivided part interest, correspondence will be held with inventor 1.33 If of undivided part interest, must assent to application for reissue of patent 1.172 If of undivided part interest, patent may issue jointly 1.46, 3.81 May conduct prosecution of application 3.71, 3.73 May take action in interference 41.9 Assignments and recording: Abstracts of title, fee for 1.19(b) Conditional assignments 3.56 Correction of Cover Sheet errors 3.34 Cover Sheet required 3.28, 3.31 Date of receipt is date of record 3.51 Effect of recording 3.54 Fees 1.21(h), 3.41 If recorded before payment of issue fee, patent may issue to assignee 3.81 Impact on entitlement to micro entity status 1.29 Impact on entitlement to small entity status 1.27 May serve as inventor's oath or declaration 1.63(e) Must be recorded in Patent and Trademark Office to issue patent to assignee 3.81 Must identify patent or application 3.21 Orders for copies of 1.12 Patent may issue to assignee 3.81 Recording of assignments 3.11 Records open to public inspection 1.12 Requirements for recording 3.21-3.41 What will be accepted for recording 3.11 Atomic energy applications reported to Department of Energy 1.14 Attorneys and agents: Acting in a representative capacity 1.33, 1.34 Assignment will not operate as a revocation of power 1.36 Certificate of good standing 1.21(a)(4) Office cannot aid in selection of 1.31 Personal interviews with examiners 1.133 Power of attorney 1.32 Privileged communications 42.57 Registration fees 1.21(a) Representation in international application 1.455 Representative capacity 1.33, 1.34 Required to conduct business with decorum and courtesy 1.3 Revocation of power 1.36(a) Withdrawal of 1.36(b), 41.5 Authorization of agents. (See Attorneys and agents) Award in arbitration 1.335 B Balance in deposit account 1.25 Basic filing fee 1.16 Basic national fee 1.492 Benefit of earlier application 1.78 Bill in equity. (See Civil action) Biological material. (See Deposit of Biological material) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (renamed as Patent Trial and Appeal Board). (See Appeal to Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Inter Partes Review, Post-Grant Review, Derivation Proceeding, Patent Trial Practice and Procedure, and Interferences) Briefs: In petitions to Director 1.181 On appeal to Patent Trial and Appeal Board 41.37 Business to be conducted with decorum and courtesy 1.3 Business to be transacted in writing 1.2 C Certificate of correction 1.322, 1.323 Fee 1.20(a) Mistakes not corrected 1.325 Certificate of mailing (as first class mail) or transmission 1.8 Certificate, reexamination 1.570 Certified copies of records, papers, etc 1.4(f), 1.13 Chemical and mathematical formulas and tables 1.58 Citation of prior art in patent 1.501 Citation of references by examiner 1.104(d) Civil action 90.1-90.3 Claims (see also Examination of applications): Amendment of 1.121 Dependent 1.75 Design patent 1.153 International 1.1025 May be in dependent form 1.75 More than one permitted 1.75 Multiple dependent 1.75 Must conform to invention and specification 1.75 Notice of rejection of 1.104 Numbering of 1.126 Part of complete application 1.51 Patentably indistinct, same applicant or owner 1.78(f), (g) Plant patent 1.164 Rejection of 1.104(c) Required 1.75 Separate Sheet required for commencement of claim(s) 1.52(b), 1.75(h) Twice or finally rejected before appeal 41.31(a) Color drawing 1.84(a)(2) Color photographs 1.84(b)(2) Common Ownership, statement by assignee may be required 1.104(c) Compact disc submissions (See Optical disc.) Complaints against examiners, how presented 1.3 Composition of matter, specimens of ingredients may be required 1.93 Computer program listings 1.96 Concurrent office proceedings 1.565 Conduct of ex parte reexamination proceedings 1.550 Continued examination, request for 1.114 Continued Prosecution Application (CPA), Design 1.53(d) Continuing application for invention disclosed and claimed in prior application 1.53(b) Copies of patents, published applications, records, etc. 1.11, 1.12, 1.13 Copies of records, fees 1.19(b), 1.59 Copyright notice in drawings 1.84(s) Copyright notice in specification 1.71(d) Corrected publication of application 1.221 Correction, certificate of 1.322, 1.323 Correction of inventorship 1.48, 1.324 Correspondence: Address, only one recognized 1.33(c) Addresses for non-trademark correspondence 1.1 Business with the Office to be transacted by 1.2 Discourteous communications not entered 1.3 Double, with different parties in interest not allowed 1.33 Facsimile transmissions 1.6(d) Held with attorney or agent 1.33 Identification of application or patent in letter relating to 1.5 Involving national security 5.1 May be held exclusively with assignee of entire interest 3.71 Nature of 1.4 Patent owners in reexamination 1.33(c) Receipt of letters and papers 1.6 Rules for conducting in general 1.1-1.8 Separate letter for each subject or inquiry 1.4(c) Signature requirements 1.4(d) When no attorney or agent 1.33 With attorney or agent after power or authorization is filed 1.33 Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, appeal to. (See Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) CPA (Continued Prosecution Application), Design 1.53(d) Credit card payment 1.23 Covered Business Method Patent Review. (See also Patent Trial Practice and Procedure; Post-Grant Review): General 42.300-42.304 Procedure; pendency 42.300 Definitions 42.301 Content of petition 42.304 Time for filing 42.303 Who may petition 42.302 Customer Number: Defined 1.32(a)(5) Required to establish a Fee Address 1.363(c) D Date of invention of subject matter of individual claims 1.110 Day for taking any action or paying any fee falling on Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday 1.7, 1.9(h) Daytime telephone number 1.33(a) Death or legal incapacitation of inventor 1.43 In an international application 1.422 Decision on appeal by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board 41.50 Action following decision 41.54 Declaration (See also Oath in patent application). Foreign language 1.69 In lieu of oath 1.68 In patent application 1.68 Requirements to enter the U.S. national phase 1.497 Deferral of examination 1.103 Definitions: Applicant 1.42 Assignment 3.1 Customer Number 1.32(a)(5) Document 3.1 Effective filing date of a claimed invention 1.109 Federal holiday within the District of Columbia 1.9(h) Inventorship 1.9(d), 1.41 Joint Research Agreement 1.9(e) Micro entity 1.29 National and international applications 1.9 National security classified 1.9(i) Nonprofit organization(for small entity purposes) 1.27(a)(3) Nonprovisional application 1.9(a)(3) Paper 1.9(k) Person (for small entity purposes) 1.27(a)(1) Power of attorney 1.32(a)(2) Principal 1.32(a)(3) Provisional application 1.9(a)(2) Published application 1.9(c) Recorded document 3.1 Revocation 1.32(a)(4) Service of process 15 C.F.R. Part 15 Small business concern (for small entity purposes) 1.27(a)(2) Small entity 1.27(a) Terms under Patent Cooperation Treaty 1.401 Deposit accounts 1.25 Fees 1.21(b) Deposit of computer program listings 1.96 Deposit of biological material: Acceptable depository 1.803 Biological material 1.801 Examination procedures 1.809 Furnishing of samples 1.808 Need or Opportunity to make a deposit 1.802 Replacement or supplemental deposit 1.805 Term of deposit 1.806 Time of making original deposit 1.804 Viability of deposit 1.807 Depositions (See also Testimony in interferences): Certificate of officer to accompany 41.157(e) Formalities to be observed in preparing 41.157 Person before whom taken 41.157 Description of invention. (See Specification) Design Patent Applications: Arrangement of specification 1.154 Claim 1.153(a) Description 1.153(a) Drawing 1.152 Expedited Examination 1.155 Filing fee 1.16(b) International. (See Hague Agreement) Issue fee 1.18(b) Oath 1.153(b) Rules applicable 1.151 Title 1.153(a) Determination of request for ex parte reexamination 1.515 Derivation Proceeding (See also Patent Trial Practice and Procedure) General 42.400-42.407 Procedure; pendency 42.400 Definitions 42.401 Who may petition 42.402 Time for filing 42.403 Derivation Fee 42.15, 42.404 Content of petition 42.405 Service of petition 42.406 Filing date 42.407 Institution of derivation proceeding 42.408 After Institution 42.409-42.412 Settlement agreement 42.409 Arbitration 42.410 Common interests in the invention 42.411 Public availability of Board records 42.412 Director of the USPTO (See also Petition to the Director): Address of 1.1 Availability of decisions by 1.14 Cases decided by Board reopened only by 1.198 Initiates ex parte reexamination 1.520 Disclaimer, statutory: During interference 41.127(b) Fee 1.20(d) Requirements of 1.321 Terminal 1.321 Discovery in interferences 41.150 Division. (See Restriction of application) Division of patent on reissue 1.177 Document supply fees 1.19 Drawing: Amendment of 1.121(d) Annotated drawings 1.121(d) Arrangement of views 1.84(i) Arrows 1.84(r) Character of lines 1.84(l) Color 1.84(a)(2) Content of drawing 1.83 Conventional features 1.83(a) Copyright notice 1.84(s) Correction 1.84(w), 1.85(c), 1.121(d) Cost of copies of 1.19 Description, brief and detailed 1.74 Design application 1.152 Figure for front page 1.76(b)(3), 1.84(j) Filed with application 1.81 Graphics 1.84(d) Hatching and shading 1.84(m) Holes 1.84(x) Identification 1.84(c) If of an improvement, must show connection with old structure 1.83(b) Incorporation by reference to prior application 1.57 In international applications 1.437 Ink 1.84(a)(1) Lead lines 1.84(q) Legends 1.84(o) Letters 1.84(p) Location of names 1.84(c) Margin 1.84(g) Mask work notice 1.84(s) Must show every feature of the invention 1.83(a) No return or release 1.85(b) Numbering of sheets 1.84(t) Numbering of views 1.84(u) Numbers 1.84(p) Original should be retained by applicant 1.81(a) Paper 1.84(e) Part of application papers 1.52(b) Photographs 1.84(b) Plant patent application 1.81, 1.165 Printed and published by the Office when patented 1.84 Reference letters, numerals, and characters 1.74, 1.84(p) Reissue 1.173(a)(2) Release not permitted 1.85(b) Replacement drawings 1.121(d) Required by law when necessary for understanding 1.81 Scale 1.84(k) Security markings 1.84(v) Shading 1.84(m) Size of sheet 1.84(f) Standards for drawings 1.84 Symbols 1.84(n) Views 1.84(h) When necessary, part of complete application 1.51 Duplicate copies 1.4(b) Duty of disclosure 1.56, 1.555, 1.933 Patent term extension 1.765 E Early publication of application 1.219 Eighteen-month publication of applications. (See Publication of applications) Election of species 1.146 Electronic documents 1.52(e) Application size fee 1.16(s), 1.52(f) Optical disc submissions: Amino acid sequences 1.821, 1.823, 1.825, 1.831, 1.833, 1.834 Computer program listing appendix 1.96 Incorporation by reference in specification 1.52(e) Large tables 1.58 Nucleotide sequences 1.821, 1.823, 1.825, 1.831, 1.833, 1.834 Requirements 1.52(e) Submitted as part of permanent record 1.52(e), 1.58, 1.96, 1.821, 1.823, 1.825, 1.831, 1.832, 1.833, 1.834 Non-electronic filing fee 1.16(t) Electronic filing of application 1.6(a)(4), 1.52(a)(5) Establishing micro entity status 1.29 Establishing small entity status 1.27, 1.28 Evidence. (See Testimony in interferences) Ex parte reexamination. ( See Reexamination) Examination of applications: Advancement of examination 1.102 As to form 1.104(a)(1) Citation of references 1.104(d) Completeness of examiner's action 1.104(b) Deferral of 1.103 Examiner's action 1.104(a) International-type search 1.104(a)(3) Nature of examination 1.104(a) Prioritized examination 1.102(e) Reasons for allowance 1.104(e) Reconsideration after rejection if requested 1.111 Reissue 1.176 Rejection of claims 1.104(c) Request for continued examination(RCE) 1.114 Requirement for information by examiner 1.105 Suspension of action by the Office 1.103 Examiners: Answers on appeal 41.39 Complaints against 1.3 Interviews with 1.133, 1.560 Executors 1.42, 1.64, 1.422 Exhibits. (See Models and exhibits) Expedited examination of design applications 1.155 Export of technical data 5.11, 5.15, 5.19, 5.20 Express abandonment 1.138 To avoid publication 1.138(c) Priority Mail Express® 1.10 Date of receipt of 1.6 Petition in regard to 1.10 Expungement of information 1.59 Extension of patent term. (See also Patent term adjustment): Due to examination delay under the URAA (35 U.S.C. 154) 1.701 Due to regulatory review period (35 U.S.C. 156): Applicant for 1.730 Application for 1.740 Calculation of term: Animal Drug Product 1.778 Food or color additive 1.776 Human drug product 1.775 Medical device 1.777 Veterinary biological product 1.779 Certificate 1.780 Conditions for 1.720 Determination of eligibility 1.750 Duty of disclosure 1.765 Filing date of application 1.741 Formal requirements 1.740 Incomplete application 1.741 Interim extension 1.760, 1.790 Multiple applications 1.785 Patents subject to 1.710 Signature requirements for application 1.730 Withdrawal of application 1.770 Extension of time 1.136 Fees 1.17(a) Interference proceedings 41.4 Reexamination proceedings 1.550(c) F Facsimile transmissions 1.6(d), 1.8 Federal Holiday, time for taking action 1.7, 1.9(h) Fees and payment of money: Application size 1.16(s), 1.52(f), 1.492(j) *Credit card 1.23(b) Deposit account 1.25 Document supply fees 1.19 Extension of time 1.17(a) Fee on appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit provided by rules of court 90.2 Fees payable in advance 1.22(a) For international-type search report 1.21(e) Foreign filing license petition 1.17(g) Itemization required 1.22(b) Method of payment 1.23 Money by mail at risk of sender 1.23(a) Money paid by mistake or in excess 1.26 Necessary for application to be complete 1.51 Petition fees 1.17(f), 1.17(g), 1.17(h), 41.20(a) Prioritized examination 1.17(c) Processing fees 1.17(i) Publication of application 1.18(d), 1.211(e) Reexamination request 1.20(c) Refunds 1.26, 1.28 Relating to international applications 1.445, 1.492 Schedule of fees and charges 1.16-1.21 Files open to the public 1.11, 1.14 Filing, search and examination fees 1.16 Filing date of application 1.53 Filing of interference settlement agreements 41.205 Final rejection: Appeal from 41.31 Response to 1.113, 1.114, 1.116, 1.129 When and how given 1.113 First Class Mail 1.8 Foreign application 1.55 License to file 5.11-5.25 Foreign country: Taking oath in 1.66 Taking testimony in 41.156, 41.157 Foreign mask work protection Part 150 Evaluation of request 150.4 Definition 150.1 Duration of proclamation 150.5 Initiation of evaluation 150.2 Mailing address 150.6 Submission of requests 150.3 Formulas and tables in patent applications 1.58 Fraud practiced or attempted on Office 1.27(h), 1.56, 1.555, 1.765 Freedom of Information Act Part 102 G Gazette. (See Official Gazette ) General authorization to charge deposit account 1.25 General information and correspondence 1.1-1.8, 1.10 Government acquisition of foreign patent rights Part 501 Government employee invention Part 501 Government interest in patent, recording of 3.11, 3.31, 3.41, 3.58 Governmental registers 3.58 H Hague Agreement: International design applications 1.1001-1.1071 Access to 1.14(j) Applied for by person/entity other than inventor 1.46(b) Benefit claim in 1.78(d), 1.78(e) Definition of 1.9(n) Deposit account usage in 1.25 Drawing corrections in 1.121(d) Expedited examination of 1.155 Incorporation by reference as to inadvertently omitted portion of specification or drawing(s) 1.57(b) Inventorship in 1.41(f) Priority claim in 1.55(m) Hearings: Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board 41.47 Fee for appeal hearing 41.20 In disciplinary proceedings 11. 44 Of motions in interferences 41.124 Holiday, time for action expiring on 1.6, 1.7 I Identification of application, patent or registration 1.5 Incorporation by Reference 1.57 Information disclosure statement: At time of filing application 1.51(d) Content of 1.98 Not permitted in provisional applications 1.51(d) Reexamination 1.555, 1.902 To comply with duty of disclosure 1.97 Information, Public Part 102 Inter partes reexamination. ( See Reexamination) Interferences. (See also Depositions, Notice, Statement in interferences, Testimony in interferences): Abandonment of the contest 41.127(b) Access to applications 41.109 Action by examiner after interference 41.127 Addition of new party by judge 41.203 Amendment during 41.121, 41.208 Appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 90.1-90.3 Applicant requests 41.202 Arbitration 41.126 Burden of proof 41.121(b) Civil action 90.1-90.3 Concession of priority 41.127(b) Correspondence 41.10 Decision on motions 41.125 Declaration of interference 41.203 Definition 41.100, 41.201 Disclaimer to avoid interference 41.127(b) Discovery 41.150 Extensions of time 41.4 Identifying claim from patent 41.202 In what cases declared 41.203 Inspection of cases of opposing parties 41.109 Interference with a patent 41.202 Judgment 41.127 Junior party fails to overcome filing date of senior party 41.204 Jurisdiction of interference 41.103 Manner of service of papers 41.106 Motions 41.121, 41.155, 41.208 Notice and access to applications of opposing parties 41.109 Notice of basis for relief 41.120, 41.204 Notice of reexamination, reissue, protest or litigation 41.8 Notice to file civil action 90.2 Oral argument 41.124 Ownership of applications or patents involved 41.206 Petitions 41.3 Preparation for 41.202 Priority statement 41.204 Prosecution by assignee 41.9 Recommendation by Patent Trial and Appeal Board 41.127 Record and exhibits 41.106, 41.154 Records of, when open to public 1.11, 41.6 Reissue filed by patentee during 41.203 Request by applicant 41.202 Return of unauthorized papers 41.128 Review of decision by civil action 90.1-90.3 Same party 41.206 Sanctions for failure to comply with rules or order 41.128 Sanctions for taking and maintaining a frivolous position 41.128 Secrecy order cases 5.3(b) Service of papers 41.106 Status of claims of defeated applicant after interference 41.127 Statutory disclaimer by patentee during 41.127(b) Suggestion of claims for interference 41.202 Suspension of other proceedings 41.103 Testimony copies 41.157 Time period for completion 41.200 Times for discovery and taking testimony 41.150, 41.156, 41.157 Translation of document in foreign language 41.154 International application. (See Patent Cooperation Treaty) International Bureau 1.415 International design application. (See Hague Agreement) International Preliminary Examining Authority, United States as 1.416 International Searching Authority, United States as 1.413 Interview summary 1.133 Interviews with examiner 1.133, 1.560 Inter Partes Review. (See also Patent Trial Practice and Procedure): General 42.100-42.107 Procedure; pendency 42.100 Who may petition 42.101 Time for filing 42.102 Fee 42.15, 42.103 Content of petition 42.104 Service of petition 42.105 Filing date 42.106 Preliminary response 42.107 Instituting a review 42.108 After Institution 42.120-42.123 Patent owner response 42.120 Motion to amend 42.121 Multiple proceedings; joinder 42.122 Supplemental information 42.123 Invention promoters: Complaints regarding 4.1-4.6 Publication of 4.1, 4.3, 4.5 Reply to 4.4 Submission of 4.3 Withdrawal of 4.4 Definition 4.2 Inventor (see also Oath in patent application): Death or legal incapacity of 1.43 In international application 1.422, May apply for patent 1.42 Unavailable or refuses to sign application 1.64 Inventor's certificate priority benefit 1.55 Inventorship and date of invention of the subject matter of individual claims 1.110 Issue fee 1.18 Issue of patent. (See Allowance and issue of patent) J Joinder of inventions in one application 1.141-1.146 Joint inventors 1.45, 1.47, 1.48, 1.324, 1.421(b) Joint patent to inventor and assignee 1.46, 3.81 Jurisdiction: After decision by Patent Trial and Appeal Board 1.197, 1.198 After notice of allowance 1.312, 1.313 Of involved files in contested case 41.103 L Law School Clinic Certification Program 11.16-11.17 Legal representative of deceased or incapacitated inventor 1.42, 1.43, 1.64 In international application 1.422 Legal Processes Part 104 Legibility of papers which are to become part of the permanent Office records 1.52(a) Letters to the Office. (See Correspondence) Library service fee 1.19(c) License and assignment of government interest in patent 3.11, 3.31, 3.41 License for foreign filing 5.11-5.15 Lost files 1.251 M Mail Stops Mail Stop Assignment Recordation Services 1.1(a)(4), 3.27 Mail Stop Document Services 1.1(a)(4) Mail Stop Ex parte Reexam 1.1(c)(1), 1.1(c)(4) Mail Stop Inter partes Reexam 1.1(c)(2) Mail Stop Interference 41.10(b) Mail Stop OED 1.1(a)(5), 4.6 Mail Stop Patent Ext 1.1(e) Mail Stop PCT 1.1(b), 1.417, 1.434(a), 1.480(b) Mail Stop Supplemental Examination 1.1(c)(3) Maintenance fees 1.20(e)-(h) Acceptance of delayed payment of 1.378 Address for payments and correspondence 1.1(d) Fee address for 1.363 Review of decision refusing to accept 1.377 Submission of 1.366 Time for payment of 1.362 Mask work notice in specification 1.71(d) Mask work notice on drawing 1.84(s) Mask work protection, foreign Part 150 Microorganisms. (See Deposit of Biological Material) Minimum balance in deposit accounts 1.25 Misjoinder of inventor 1.48, 1.324, 1.497(d) Missing pages when application filed Petition alleging there were no missing pages 1.53(e) Petition with new oath or declaration and later submission of missing pages seeking new filing date 1.182 Mistake in patent, certificate thereof issued 1.322, 1.323 Models and exhibits: Copies of 1.95 Disposal unless return arrangements made 1.94 In contested cases 41.154 May be required if deemed necessary in examination of application 1.91(b) Model not generally admitted as part of application or patent 1.91 Not to be taken from the Office except in custody of sworn employee 1.95 Return of 1.94 Working model may be required 1.91(b) Money. (See Fees and payment of money) Motions in interference 41.121, 41.155, 41.208 To take testimony in foreign country 41.156, 41.157 N Name of applicant 1.41 New matter inadmissible in application 1.53(b), 1.121(f) New matter inadmissible in reexamination 1.530(d), 1.552(b) New matter inadmissible in reissue 1.173 Non-English language specification fee 1.17(i) Nonprofit organization: Definition (for small entity purposes) 1.27(a)(3) Nonpublication request 1.213 Notice: Of allowance of application 1.311 Of appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 90.1-90.3 Of arbitration award 1.335 Of defective reexamination request 1.510(c) Of interference 41.101, 41.203 Of oral hearings on appeals before Patent Trial and Appeal Board 41.47 Of rejection of an application 1.104(a) Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequences: Amendments to 1.825, 1.835 Disclosure in patent application 1.821, 1.831 Fee amounts for submitting very lengthy sequence listings 1.21(o) Form and format for computer readable form 1.824, 1.834 Format for sequence data 1.822, 1.832 Replacement of 1.825, 1.835 Requirements 1.823, 1.833 Submission on optical disc 1.52, 1.821, 1.823,1.825, 1.831, 1.833, 1.835 Symbols 1.822, 1.832 O Oath or declaration (inventor's) in patent application: Assignment may serve as 1.63(e) Apostilles 1.66 Before whom taken in foreign countries 1.66 Before whom taken in the United States 1.66 By administrator or executor 1.42, 1.63, 1.64, 1.497(b) Certificate of Officer administering 1.66 Continuation-in-part 1.63(e) Declaration in lieu of oath 1.68 Foreign language 1.69 Identification of specification to which it is directed 1.63 International application, National Stage 1.497 Inventor's Certificate 1.63 Made by inventor 1.41, 1.63, 1.64 Officers authorized to administer oaths 1.66 Part of complete application 1.51 Person making 1.63, 1.64 Plant patent application 1.162 Requirements of 1.63 Sealed 1.66 Signature to 1.4, 1.63, 1.64, 1.67 Substitute Statement 1.64 Supplemental 1.67 To acknowledge duty of disclosure 1.63 When taken abroad to seal all papers 1.66 Oath or declaration in reissue application 1.172, 1.175 Object of the invention 1.73 Office action time for reply 1.134 Office fees. (See Fees and payment of money) Official action, based exclusively upon the written record 1.2 Official business, should be transacted in writing 1.2 Official Gazette: Announces request for reexamination 1.11(c), 1.525, 1.904 Notice of filing application to nonsigning inventor 1.47 Notice of issuance of ex parte reexamination certificate 1.570(f) Notice of issuance of inter partes reexamination certificate 1.997 Service of notices in 41.101 Optical disc submission (See Electronic documents) Oral statements 1.2 Order to reexamine 1.525 Ownership, statement establishing by assignee 3.73(b) P Paper, definition of 1.9(k) Papers (requirements to become part of Office permanent records) 1.52 Handwritten, not permitted 1.52(a) Papers not received on Saturday, Sunday or holidays 1.6 Patent application. (See Application for patent and Provisional patent applications) Patent application publication. (See Published application) Patent attorneys and agents. (See Attorneys and agents) Patent Cooperation Treaty: Amendments and corrections during international processing 1.471 Amendments during international preliminary examination 1.485 Applicant for international application 1.421 Changes in person, name and address, where filed 1.421(f), 1.472 Claim content and format in an international application 1.436 Commencement of the national stage 1.491(a) Conduct of international preliminary examination 1.484 Definition of terms 1.401 Delays in meeting time limits 1.468 Demand for international preliminary examination 1.480 Designation of States 1.432 Election of States 1.480(d) Entry into national stage 1.491(b), 1.495 Examination at national stage 1.496 Fees: Due within one month of filing international application 1.431(c) Failure to pay results in withdrawal of application 1.431(d), 1.432 Filing and processing fees 1.445 International preliminary examination 1.481, 1.482 National stage 1.492 Refunds 1.26, 1.446, 1.480(c) Filing by other than inventor 1.421(c), 1.422 International application requirements 1.431 Abstract 1.438 Claims 1.436 Description 1.435 Drawings 1.437 Physical requirements 1.433 Request 1.434 International Bureau 1.415 Inventor deceased 1.422, 1.497 Inventor insane or legally incapacitated 1.497 Inventors, joint 1.421(b), 1.497 National stage examination 1.496 Oath or declaration at national stage 1.497 Priority, claim for 1.451, 1.452 Record copy to International Bureau, Transmittal procedures 1.461 Representation by attorney or agent 1.455 Time limits for processing applications 1.465, 1.468 Translation: Of international application for U.S. national phase 1.495 Of publication of international application for provisional rights 1.417 United States as: Designated or Elected Office 1.414 International Preliminary Examining Authority 1.416 International Searching Authority 1.413 Receiving Office 1.412 Unity of invention: Before International Searching Authority 1.475, 1.476 Before International Preliminary Examining Authority 1.488 National stage 1.475, 1.499 Protest to lack of 1.477, 1.489 Withdrawal of international application, designations, priority claims, demands and elections 1.421(g), 1.431(d) Patent Law Treaty: Model International Forms 1.76, 3.31(h) Patent term adjustment due to examination delay 1.702-1.705 Application for 1.705 Determination 1.705 Grounds for 1.702 Period of adjustment 1.703 Reduction of period of adjustment 1.704 Patent term extension due to examination delay 1.701 Patent term extension due to regulatory review period. (See Extension of patent term due to regulatory review period (35 U.S.C. 156)) Patentee notified of interference 41.101, 41.203 Patents. (see also Allowance and issue of Patent): Available for license or sale, publication of notice 1.21(i) Certified copies of 1.13 Correction of errors in 1.171, 1.322, 1.323, 1.324 Disclaimer 1.321 Identification required in letters concerning 1.5 Obtainable by civil action 90.1-90.3 Price of copies 1.19 Records of, open to public 1.11 Reissuing of, when defective 1.171-1.178 Payment of fees 1.23 Person, definition for small entity purposes 1.27(a)(1) Personal attendance unnecessary 1.2 Petition for reissue 1.171, 1.172 Patent Trial and Appeal Board. (See Appeal to Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Inter Partes Review, Post-Grant Review, Derivation Proceeding, Patent Trial Practice and Procedure, and Interferences) Patent Trial Practice and Procedure (see also inter partes review, post-grant review, covered business method patent review, and derivation proceeding) General 42.1-42.14 Policy 42.1 Definitions 42.2 Jurisdiction 42.3 Notice of trial 42.4 Conduct of the proceeding 42.5 Filing of documents, including exhibits; service 42.6 Management of the record 42.7 Mandatory notices 42.8 Action by patent owner 42.9 Counsel 42.10 Duty of candor; signing papers; representations to the Board; sanctions 42.11 Sanctions 42.12 Citation of authority 42.13 Public availability 42.14 Fees 42.15 Petition and Motion Practice 42.20-42.25 General 42.20 Notice of basis for relief 42.21 Content of petitions and motions 42.22 Oppositions and replies 42.23 Type-volume or page and word count limits for petitions, motions, oppositions and replies 42.24 Default filing times 42.25 Testimony and Production 42.51-42.65 Discovery 42.51 Compelling testimony and production 42.52 Taking testimony 42.53 Protective order 42.54 Confidential information in a petition 42.55 Expungement of confidential information 42.56 Admissibility 42.61 Applicability of the Federal Rules of Evidence 42.62 Form of evidence 42.63 Objection; motion to exclude 42.64 Expert testimony; tests and data 42.65 Oral Argument, Decision, and Settlement 42.70-74 Oral argument 42.70 Decision on petitions or motions 42.71 Termination of trial 42.72 Judgment 42.73 Settlement 42.74 Certificate 42.80 Petition to the Director: Fees 1.17 For delayed payment of issue fee 1.137 For license for foreign filing 5.12 For the revival of an abandoned application 1.137 From formal objections or requirements 1.113, 1.181 From requirement for restriction 1.129, 1.144 General requirements 1.181 In interferences 41.3 In reexamination 1.515(c) Petition to accept an unintentionally delayed claim for domestic benefit 1.78 Petition to accept an unintentionally delayed claim for foreign priority 1.55 Questions not specifically provided for 1.182 Suspension of rules 1.183 To exercise supervisory authority 1.181 To make special 1.102 Plant patent applications: Applicant 1.42, 1.162 Claim 1.164 Declaration 1.162 Description 1.162 Drawings 1.165 Examination 1.167 Fee for copies 1.19 Filing fee 1.16(c) Issue fee 1.18(c) Latin named genus and species 1.76(b)(3), 1.163(c)(4) Oath 1.162 Rules applicable 1.161 Specification 1.163 Specimens 1.166 Post issuance fees 1.20 Post Office receipt as filing date 1.10 Postal emergency or interruption 1.10(g)-(i) Post-Grant Review. (See also Patent Trial Practice and Procedure): General 42.200-42.207 Procedure; pendency 42.200 Who may petition 42.201 Time for filing 42.202 Fee 42.15, 42.203 Content of petition 42.204 Service of petition 42.205 Filing date 42.206 Preliminary response 42.207 Instituting a review 42.208 After Institution 42.220-42.224 Patent owner response 42.220 Motion to amend 42.221 Multiple proceedings; joinder 42.222 Supplemental information 42.223 Discovery 42.224 Power of attorney. (See Attorneys and agents) Preliminary amendments 1.115 Preserved in confidence, applications 1.12, 1.14 Exceptions (status, access or copies available) 1.14 Prior art citation in patent files 1.501 Prior art statement: Content of 1.98 In reexamination 1.555, 1.933 To comply with duty of disclosure 1.97 Prior art submission by third party: In patent application 1.290 In patent file 1.501 In protest against pending unpublished application 1.291 Prior Invention, affidavit or declaration of, to overcome rejection 1.131 Prior public disclosure, affidavit or declaration of, to overcome rejection 1.130 Prioritized examination 1.102(e) Priority, international applications 1.451 Priority, right of, under treaty or law 1.55 Priority statement in interferences: Contents of 41.204 Correction of statement on motion 41.120 Effect of statement 41.204 Failure to file 41.204 In case of motion to amend interference 41.208 May be amended if defective 41.120 Reliance on prior application 41.204 Requirement for 41.204 Service on opposing parties 41.204 When opened to inspection 41.204 Proclamation as to protection of foreign mask works Part 150 Protests to grant of patent 1.291 Provisional patent applications: Claiming the benefit of 1.78 Converting a nonprovisional to a provisional 1.53(c)(2) Converting a provisional to a nonprovisional 1.53(c)(3) Filing date 1.53 Filing fee 1.16(d) General requisites 1.51(c) Later filing of filing fee and cover sheet 1.53(g) Names of all inventors required 1.41, 1.53(c) No right of priority 1.53(c)(4) No examination 1.53(i) Papers concerning, must identify provisional applications as such, and by application number 1.5(f) Parts of complete provisional application 1.51(c) Processing fees 1.17(i) Revival of 1.137 When abandoned 1.53(i) Public information Part 102 Fee 1.17(j) Publication: Of reexamination certificate 1.570(f), 1.997(f) Publication of application 1.211 Early publication 1.219 Express abandonment to avoid publication 1.138(c) Fee 1.18 Nonpublication request 1.213 Publication of redacted copy 1.217 Republication 1.221 Voluntary publication 1.221 Published application Access to 1.11, 1.14 Certified copies 1.13 Contents 1.215 Definition of published application 1.9(c) Records of, open to public 1.11, 1.12 Republication of 1.221 Third party submission in 1.290 R RCE (Request for continued examination) 1.114 Reasons for allowance 1.104(e) Reconsideration of Office action 1.112 Reconstruction of lost files 1.251 Recording of assignments. (See Assignments and recording) Records of the Patent and Trademark Office 1.11-1.15 Redacted publication of application 1.217 Reexamination: Amendments, manner of making 1.121(c) Announcement in Official Gazette 1.11(c) Correction of inventorship 1.530 Correspondence address 1.33(c) Ex parte proceedings Amendments, manner of making 1.121(j), 1.530 Appeal to Board 41.31 Appeal to C.A.F.C. 90.1-90.3 Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 145 90.1-90.3 Concurrent with interference, reissue, other reexamination, litigation or office proceedings(s) 1.565 Conduct of 1.550 Duty of disclosure in 1.555 Examiner's determination to grant or refuse request for 1.515 Extensions of time 1.550(c) Fees 1.20(c) Initiated by the Director 1.520 Interviews in 1.560 Issuance of certificate at conclusion of 1.570 Order for reexamination by examiner 1.525 Patent owner's statement 1.530, 1.540 Processing of prior art citations during 1.502 Reply to patent owner's statement to third party requester 1.535, 1.540 Request for 1.510 Scope of 1.552 Service of papers 1.248 Examiner's action 1.104 Fee charged to deposit account 1.25 Identification in letter 1.5(d) Inter partes proceedings 1.902-907 Amendments, manner of making 1.121(j), 1.530, 1.941 Appeal to Board 41.61 Appeal to C.A.F.C. 1.983 Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 145 not available 90.1-90.3 Concurrent with interference, reissue, other reexamination, litigation or office proceedings(s) 1.565, 1.985 Conduct of 1.937 Duty of disclosure in 1.555, 1.933 Examiner's determination to grant or refuse request for 1.923-1.927 Extensions of time 1.956 Filing date of request for 1.919 Issuance of certificate at conclusion of 1.997 Merged with concurrent reexamination proceedings 1.989 Merged with reissue application 1.991 Notice of, in the Official Gazette 1.904 Persons eligible to file request for 1.903 Processing of prior art citations during 1.902 Scope of 1.906 Service of papers 1.248, 1.903 Submission of papers by the public 1.905 Subsequent requests for 1.907 Suspension due to concurrent interference 1.993 Suspension due to litigation 1.987 Information Disclosure Statements 1.98, 1.555 Open to public 1.11(d) Reconsideration before final action 1.112 Refund of fee 1.26 Reply to action 1.111 Revival of termination examination 1.137 Reference characters in drawings 1.74, 1.84(p) References cited on examination 1.104(d) Refund of international application filing and processing fees 1.446 Refund of money paid by mistake 1.26 Register of Government interest in patents 3.58 Rehearing: Of appeal decisions by Patent Trial and Appeal Board 41.52 Request for, time for appeal after action on 90.3 Reissues: Amendments 1.173 Applicants, assignees 1.172 Application for reissue 1.171 Application made and sworn to by inventor, if living 1.172 Declaration 1.175 Drawings 1.173(a)(2), 1.173(b)(3) Examination of reissue 1.176 Filed during interference 41.202, 41.203 Filing during reexamination 1.565, 1.985 Filing fee 1.16 Filing of announced in Official Gazette 1.11(b) Grounds for and requirements 1.171-1.173, 1.175-1.178 Issue fee 1.18(a) Oath 1.175 Open to public 1.11 Original claims subject to reexamination 1.176 Original patent surrendered 1.178 Reissue in divisions 1.177 Restriction 1.176 Specification 1.173 Take precedence in order of examination 1.176 To contain no new matter 1.173(a) What must accompany application 1.171, 1.172 Rejection: After two rejections appeal may be taken from examiner to Board of Appeals 1.191, 41.31 Applicant will be notified of rejection with reasons and references 1.104(a)(2) Examiner may rely on admissions by applicant or patent owner, or facts within examiner's knowledge 1.104(c)(3) Final 1.113 Formal objections 1.104 On account of invention shown by others but not claimed, how overcome 1.131 References will be cited 1.104(c) Requisites of notice of 1.104 Reply brief 41.41 Reply by applicant or patent owner 1.111 Reply by requester 1.535, 1.947 Representative capacity 1.34(a) Request for continued examination(RCE) 1.114 Request for reconsideration 1.112 Request for ex parte reexamination 1.510 Request for inter partes reexamination 1.913-1.927 Requirement for information 1.105 Response time to Office action 1.134 Restriction of application 1.141-1.146 Claims to nonelected invention withdrawn 1.142 Constructive election 1.145 Petition from requirements for 1.129, 1.144 Provisional election 1.143 Reconsideration of requirement 1.143 Reissue 1.176 Requirement for 1.142 Subsequent presentation of claims for different invention 1.145 Transitional procedures 1.129 Return of correspondence 1.5(a) Revival of abandoned application or terminated or limited reexamination proceeding 1.137 Unintentional abandonment fee 1.17(m) Revocation of power of attorney or authorization of agent 1.36(a) Rules of Practice: S Saturday, when last day falls on 1.7, 1.9(h) Scope of reexamination proceedings 1.552, 1.906 Secrecy order 5.1-5.5 Sequences: Amendments to sequence listing and computer readable copy 1.825, 1.835 Disclosure requirements 1.821, 1.823, 1.831, 1.833 Sequence data, symbols and format 1.822 Submissions in ASCII plain text file 1.824, 1.834 Submissions on optical disc in lieu of paper 1.52(e)(1)(ii), 1.821, 1.823, 1.831, 1.833 Serial number of application (see also Application Number) 1.5, 1.53, 1.54(b) Service of notices: For taking testimony 41.157 In contested cases 41.101 Of appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 90.1-90.3 Service of papers 1.248 Shortened period for reply 1.134 Signature: Handwritten 1.4(d)(1) Implicit certifications 1.4(d), 11.18 To a written assertion of small entity status 1.27(c)(2) To amendments and other papers 1.33(b) To an application for extension of patent term 1.730 To express abandonment 1.138 To oath 1.63 To reissue oath or declaration 1.172 When copy is acceptable 1.4 S-Signature 1.4(d)(2) Small business concern: Definition (for small entity purposes) 1.27(a)(2) Small entity: Definition 1.27(a) Federal Government Use License Exceptions 1.27(a)(4) Status establishment 1.27, 1.28 Status update 1.27(g), 1.28 Written assertion 1.27(c) Solicitor's address 1.1(a)(3) Species of invention claimed 1.141, 1.146 Specification (see also Application for patent, Claims): Abstract 1.72 Amendments to 1.121, 1.125 Arrangement of 1.77, 1.154, 1.163 Best mode 1.71 Claim 1.75 Contents of 1.71-1.75 Copyright notice 1.71(d) Cross-references to other applications 1.78 Description of the invention 1.71 Filed by reference 1.57(a) If defective, reissue to correct 1.171-1.178 Incorporation by reference of prior filed application 1.57(b) Mask work notice 1.71(d) Must conclude with specific and distinct claim 1.75 Must point out new improvements specifically 1.71 Must refer by figures to drawings 1.74 Must set forth the precise invention 1.71 Object of the invention 1.73 Order of arrangement in framing 1.77 Paper, writing, margins 1.52 Paragraph numbering 1.52(b)(6) Part of complete application 1.51 Reference to drawings 1.74 Requirements of 1.71-1.75 Substitute 1.125 Summary of the invention 1.73 Title of the invention 1.72(a) To be rewritten, if necessary 1.125 Specimens. (See Models and exhibits) Specimens of composition of matter to be furnished when required 1.93 Specimens of plants 1.166 Statutory disclaimer fee 1.20(d) Sufficient funds in deposit account 1.25 Suit in equity. (See Civil action) Summary of invention 1.73 Sunday, when last day falls on 1.7. 1.9(h) Supervisory authority, petition to Director to exercise 1.181 Supplemental oath/declaration 1.67 Supplemental Examination of Patents: Conclusion of 1.625 Conduct of 1.620 Content of request 1.610 Filing of papers in supplemental examination 1.601 Format of papers filed 1.615 Procedure after conclusion 1.625 Publication of certificate 1.625 Surcharge for completion of nonprovisional application after filing date 1.16(f), 1.53(f) Suspension of action by Office 1.103 CPA, Design 1.103(b) Deferral of examination 1.103(d) For cause 1.103(a) RCE 1.103(c) Suspension of ex parte prosecution during interference 41.103 Suspension of rules 1.183 Symbols for drawings 1.84(n) Symbols for nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence data 1.822 T Tables in patent applications 1.58 Technological Invention 42.301 Terminal disclaimer 1.321 Testimony by Office employees 15 C.F.R. Part 15a Testimony in interferences: Additional time for taking 41.4 Assignment of times for taking 41.157 Certification and filing by officer 41.157 Copies of 41.157 Depositions must be filed 41.157 Discovery 41.150 Effect of errors and irregularities in deposition 41.155, 41.157 Evidence must comply with rules 41.152 Examination of witnesses 41.157 Form of deposition 41.157 Formal objections to 41.155, 41.157 Formalities in preparing depositions 41.157 In foreign countries 41.156, 41.157 Manner of taking testimony of witnesses 41.157 Notice of examination of witnesses 41.157 Objections noted in depositions 41.155, 41.157 Objections to formal matters 41.155, 41.157 Officer's certificate 41.157 Persons before whom depositions may be taken 41.157 Service of notice 41.157 Stipulations or agreements concerning 41.157 Taken by depositions 41.157 Time for taking 41.157 Third-party submission in published application 1.290 Time expiring on Saturday, Sunday, or holiday 1.7, 1.9(h) Time for payment of issue fee 1.311 Time for reply by applicant 1.134, 1.136 Time for reply by patent owner 1.530, 1.945 Time for reply by requester 1.535, 1.947 Time for reply to Office action 1.134, 1.136 Time, periods of 1.7 Timely filing of correspondence 1.8, 1.10 Title of invention 1.72(a) Title reports, fee for 1.19(b)(4) Transitional procedures 1.129 U Unintentional abandonment 1.137 Unintentional delay in reexamination 1.550(e), 1.958 United States as: Designated Office 1.414 Elected Office 1.414 International Preliminary Examining Authority 1.416 International Searching Authority 1.413 Receiving Office 1.412 Unlocatable files 1.251 Unsigned continuation or divisional application 1.53, 1.63 Use of file of parent application 1.53(d) V Voluntary publication of application 1.221 W Waiver of confidentiality 1.53(d)(6) Withdrawal from issue 1.313 Withdrawal of attorney or agent 1.36 37 CFR Ch. 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