Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
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2009-11-15 18:01
Section
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 100 | Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing |
| 200 | Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application |
| 300 | Ownership and Assignment |
| 400 | Representative of Inventor or Owner |
| 500 | Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers |
| 600 | Parts, Form, and Content of Application |
| 700 | Examination of Applications |
| 800 | Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C 111; Double Patenting |
| 900 | Prior Art, Classification, and Search |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1000 | Matters Decided by Various U.S Patent and Trademark Office Officials |
| 1100 | Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) and Pre-Grant Publication (PG Pub) |
| 1200 | Appeal |
| 1300 | Allowance and Issue |
| 1400 | Correction of Patents |
| 1500 | Design Patents |
| 1600 | Plant Patents |
| 1700 | Miscellaneous |
| 1800 | Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Protest |
| 2000 | Duty of Disclosure |
| 2100 | Patentability |
| 2200 | Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents |
| 2300 | Interference Proceedings |
| 2400 | Biotechnology |
| 2500 | Maintenance Fees |
| 2600 | Optional Inter Partes Reexamination |
| 2700 | Patent Terms and Extensions |
