Table of Contents
Training and Implementation Guide
Publication and Effective Dates
Information Contacts:
Information Contacts cont.
Changes to Patent Related Forms
Changes to Patent Related Forms (cont.)
§ 1.4(b) - Correspondence
§ 1.14 - Patent Applications Preserved In Confidence
§ 1.14(d)(4) - Power to Inspect
§ 1.14(e) - Access To Applications
§ 1.17 - Application Processing Fees (1.17(h) and (i)) - $130.00
§ 1.17 - Application Processing Fees - IDS (1.17(p))
§ 1.19 - Fees
§1.22(b) - Fee Itemization
§1.26(a) - Refunds
§1.26(b) - Refunds
§1.27 - Establishing Small Entity
Status
§ 1.27(c)(1) - Assertion by Writing
§ 1.27(c)(2) - Parties Who Can Sign and File Assertion
§ 1.27(c)(3) - Assertion by Fee Payment
§ 1.33(a) - Correspondence Address
§ 1.44 - Proof of Authority of Legal Representative (rule deleted)
§ 1.47 - Notice to Non-signing Inventor
§ 1.52(b)(6) - Optional Paragraph Numbering
Example of Optional Paragraph Numbering
Compact Disc Specifications Added to § 1.52
§ 1.52(e) - Disc Requirements
§ 1.52(e) - Disc Requirements (cont.)
§ 1.52(e) - Application Parts
§ 1.53(c) - Application Filing Requirements Provisional Application
§ 1.53(e) - Failure to Meet Filing Date Requirements
§ 1.53(f) - Completion of Nonprovisional Application Subsequent to Filing
§ 1.53(g) - Completion of Provisional Application Subsequent to Filing
§ 1.55(a) - Foreign Priority Data
§ 1.58 - Tables on Compact Disc
§ 1.63 - Oath or Declaration
§ 1.63(c) - Oath or Declaration
§ 1.64(b) - Legal Representative
§1.67(a) - Supplemental Oath or
Declaration
§1.72 - Title and Abstract
§1.76 - Application Data Sheet
§ 1.78(a) - Priority Reference Under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) & 120
§ 1.84 - Standards for Drawings
§ 1.85 - Corrections to Drawings
§ 1.96(c) - Computer Listings on Compact Disc
§ 1.97(b) - Filing Information Disclosure Statement (IDS)
§ 1.97(c) - Filing IDS Before Close of Prosecution
§ 1.97(d) - Filing an IDS After Close of Prosecution & Before Payment of Issue Fee
§ 1.97(e)(1) - Statement for Filing IDS under §§ 1.97(c) and (d)
§ 1.98 - Content of IDS
§1.103 - Suspension of Action Requested by the Applicant
§ 1.103(d) - Suspension of Action Deferral of Examination
§ 1.105 - Requirement for Information
§ 1.105 - Requirement for Information
§ 1.105 - Requirement for Information
§ 1.105 - Requirement for Information
§ 1.105 - Requirement for Information Example Requirements
§ 1.105 - Requirement for Information Examiner’s Response
§ 1.105 - Requirement for Information Implementation
§ 1.105 - Requirement for Information Relation to Rule § 1.56
§ 1.111 - Reply to Non-Final Office Action
Factors to be Considered under § 1.111(a)(2)
When Denial of Entry under § 1.111(a)(2) is not OK
When Denial of Entry under § 1.111(a)(2) is OK
§ 1.115 - Preliminary Amendments
§ 1.121 - Amendment by Replacement Paragraph/Section/Claim
§ 1.121 - Amendment by Replacement Paragraph/Section/Claim (cont.)
§ 1.121(b) - Amendment by Replacement Paragraph/Section
§ 1.121(b) - Amendment by Replacement Paragraph/Section
§ 1.121(c) - Amendment by Replacement Claims
§1.121(c)(3) - Amendment by Replacement Claims
§ 1.121(c) - Amendment by Replacement Claims
FORMAT SLIDE Recommended Format for Submitting Amendments with Replacement Paragraphs/Sections/Claims
Sample Amendment Format Slide 1
Sample Amendment Format Slide 2
Sample Amendment Format Slide 3
Amendment by Replacement Paragraphs/Claims 37 CFR 1.121(g) Examiner’s Amendment Practice
Amendment by Replacement Paragraphs/Claims 37 CFR 1.121(g) Examiner’s Amendment Practice (cont.)
Amendment Practice 37 CFR 1.121
§1.125 Substitute Specification
§§1.131 & 1.132 - Affidavits or Declarations
§ 1.136(c) - Extensions of Time
§ 1.155 - Design Rocket Docket
§ 1.163 - Plant Applications
§ 1.173 - Reissue Specification, Drawings & Amendments
§ 1.173 - Reissue Specification, Drawings & Amendments (cont.)
§ 1.176 - Examination of Reissue
§ 1.176 - Examination of Reissue (cont.)
§ 1.177 - Issuance of Multiple Reissue Patents
§ 1.178 - Original Patent; Continuing Duty of Applicant
§ 1.311(b) - Authorization to Charge Issue Fee
§1.322 - Certificate of Correction Office Mistake
§1.323 - Certificate of Correction Applicant's Mistake
§ 1.366(c) - Maintenance Fees Patent and Application Nos. Required
§ 1.510 - Request for Reexamination Format
§ 1.530 (l) - Change of Inventorship
§§ 1.730 & 1.740 - Patent Term Extension
§ 1.821(c) - Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequences
§ 3.71 - Prosecution by Assignee
§ 3.73 - Establishing Right of Assignee to Take Action
§ 3.81 - Issue of Patent to Assignee
§ 10.23(c)(11) - Permitted Alterations are not Misconduct
Compact Disc Submission
Compact Disc (CD) Submission
Create ASCII Files
Create CD Submission
Create CD Submission (cont.)
Create CD Submission (cont.)
Create CD Submission (cont.)
Create CD Submission (cont.)
Create CD Submission (cont.)
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