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- Easily erasable paper ...608.01 , 714.05 , 714.07 , 714.19
- Effective date
- Declassified matter ...707.05(f)
- Reference patent ...706.02 , 706.02(a) , 707.05(e) 707.05(f) , 715 , 901.05(b)
- Effective filing date
- Continuing application ...201.11 , 706.02 , 708
- Continuation-in-part ...2133.01
- Foreign priority effect ...201.15 , 706.02
- International convention (See also Foreign application ; Treaties ) ...201.13
- Provisional application ...706.02
- Publication ...715.01(c)
- Eighteen-month publication (See Pre-Grant Publication (PG-Pub) )
- Election (See also Restriction ; Election of species ) ...Chapter 800
- Action on nonelected claims ...819
- After multiplicity rejection ...2173.05(n)
- After restriction ...818
- Applicant must make ...818.03
- Between applications, Conflicting claims ...804 822 , 822.01
- Constructive ...818.02(a) , 818.02(c)
- Fixed by action on merits ...818.01 , 818.02(a)
- Implied ...818.02(a) , 818.02(c)
- Interference ...819
- Optional cancellation ...818.02(c)
- Original presentation ...818.02(a)
- Shift ...819
- Treatment of nonelected claims ...706.03(m) , 821 to 821.03
- With traverse ...818 , 818.03 818.03(b) , 818.03(c) , 821.01
- Without traverse ...821.02
- Election of species
- Allowable generic claim lacking ...809.02(a)
- Basis ...806.04 , 808.01(a)
- Canceling species claims ...818.02(c) , 821.01 , 821.02
- Design application ...1504.05
- Implied ...818.02(a) , 818.02(c)
- Reissue application ...1450
- Requirement ...806.01 , 809.02(a)
- Requirement, prior to search ...808.01(a)
- Species claims lacking ...806.01 , 818.02(b)
- Electronic access to published applications ...1128
- Electronic databases (See also PALM ; PAIR ) ...706.02(e) , 719.05 , 901.06(a) , 902.03(e) , 1730
- Cassis DVD-ROM ...902.03(d)
- Chemical abstracts services ...905.06
- Derwent’s World Patents Index (WPI) ...905.06
- Dialog ...905.06
- e-
Official Gazette - Patents (eOG:P) ...1703- EAST ...719.05 , 902.03(e)
- Full-text and full-page images of U.S. patent related databases ...1730
- INPADOC ...905.06
- Lexis-Nexis ...719.05
Official Gazette Notices ...1703- Patent Grants Database ...1703 , 1730
- Questel-Orbit ...719.05 , 905.06
- TESS (Trademark Electronic Search System) ...1703 , 1730
- WEST ...719.05 , 902.03(e)
- Electronic Business Center (EBC) ...302.10 , 1730
- Electronic document ...707.05(e)
- Electronic filing system (EFS) ...503 , 507 , 511 , 608.01 609.07 , 1121 , 1132 , 1133 , 1730
- Electronic funds transfer to replenish deposit account
- ...509.01
- Electronic Information Disclosure Statement (e-IDS) ...609.07
- Electronic mail ...502.03 , 713 , 713.01 , 713.04 , 713.05
- Electronic patent assignment system (EPAS) ...302.10
- Electronic Processing of Information Disclosure Statement ...609.08
- Electronic publications
- Availability as prior art ...2128
- Citation of ...608.01 , 707.05(e)
- Hyperlinks to ...608.01 , 608.01(p)
- Search for ...904.02(c)
- Employee number ...711.04(b) , 905.03
- Employees of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,property interest in patent ...309
- Enablement ...706.03(c) , 2164
- Burden on the examiner ...2164.04
- Commensurate in scope with claims ...2164.08
- Critical feature not claimed ...2164.08(c)
- Inoperative subject matter ...2164.08(b)
- Single means claim ...2164.08(a)
- Compared to utility ...2164.07
- Design patent application ...1503.02 , 1504.04
- Duty or disclosure of information relevant to ...2001.04
- Evidence of ...2164.05
- Examples of enablement issues ...2164.06
- Form paragraphs used to reject ...706.03(c)
- Reduction to practice ...2164.02
- Relationship of predictability ...2164.03
- Specification must be enabling
- Test of enablement ...2164.01
- 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph limitations ...2181 , 2185
- Energy, Department of ...115 , 706.03(b)
- Energy, related applications, special status ...708.02
- English language faulty, new specification ...608.01(q)
- English language required ...302.02 , 608.01
- Enrollment and Discipline, Office of (See Office of Enrollment and Discipline )
- Entity, small, claiming status as (See Small entity status )
- Entry of amendment (See also Amendment ) ...714.18
- Entry of ‘Contents’ of file wrapper ...719.01
- Entry on face of file wrapper ...719.02 , 719.02(b)
- Environmental Quality Program ...708.02
- Equity (civil action)
- Equivalents in art ...904.01(b) , 2144.06
- Erasable (specially coated) paper ...608.01
- Erasure in specification, before allowance ...1302.01
- Erasure in specification, before execution ...608.01
- Errors (See also Correction of patent )
- Correction of patents ...Chapter 1400
- Deceptive intent ...140 , 2022.05
- Reissue ...1401 to 1470
- Title documents ...323
- Withdrawal from issue ...1308
- Essential material ...608.01(p)
- Establishing subclasses ...903.02(c)
- Estoppel
- Abandonment ...711.03(c)
- Collateral ...2012.01
- Defensive publications ...711.06
- Different inventive entities and commonly owned applications ...804.03
- Interference ...715 , 2138.01
- Reasons for allowance ...1302.14
- Reissue proceedings ...2012.01
- Statutory,inter partes reexamination ...2601 2612 , 2614
- Terminal disclaimer ...804 , 804.02
- European Community Design treaty (See Treaties )
- European Patent Convention (See Treaties )
- European Patent Office (EPO) ...120 , 609 , 901.05 , 905.06 1801 , 1819 , 1823.02 , 1827.01 , 1840 , 1840.01 1843.02 , 1850 , 1851 , 1857 , 1860 1865 , 1865.01 , 1893.03(g) , 2422.04
- Address ...1865
- As a PCT Chapter I international searching authority ...1840.01
- As a PCT Chapter II International Preliminary Examining Authority ...1865.01
- Evidence, of public use or on sale ...2133.03 to 2133.03(b)
- Evidence submitted with protest ...1901.02
- Examination guidelines for applying reference
- under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) ...706.02(f)(1)
- Examination of application ...Chapter 700
- Accelerated Examination ...708.02(a)
- Confidentiality during ...101
- Deferral of ...709 , 1002.02(d)
- Order of ...707.02 , 708 to 708.03
- Piecemeal ...707.07(a) , 707.07(g)
- Purpose ...701
- Reissue ...1440 , 1443 , 1445
- Request for SIR ...1103
- Secrecy order application ...130
- Statutory authority ...701
- Suspension of ...709
- Examiner
- Action ...707
- Action counted ...1705
- Affidavit ...2144.03
- Assignment of application for examination ...903.08(b)
- Assignment of
ex parte reexamination ...2236- Assignment ofinter partes reexamination ...2636
- Assistant ...707.01 , 707.02
- Citing prior art in an issued patent inappropriate ...2203
- Classification (See also Classification examiner ) ...903
- Consultation with Reexamination Legal Advisor (RLA) ...2633 , 2671 , 2676 , 2679 , 2686.01
- Disposals ...1705
- Duty of candor and good faith to ...2001.03
- Employee number ...711.04(b) , 905.03 , 905.05
- Expressing opinion of validity ...1701
- Name ...502 , 707.09 , 1302.13
- New action indicated by primary ...707.01
- Previous action by another examiner
- Primary
- Actions requiring personal attention ...707.01 , 714.16 715.08 , 1004
- Name on file wrapper ...1302.13
- Pursuit of bounties prohibited ...1701
- Reasons for allowance ...1302.14
- Resigns, old cases special ...708.03
- Suggestion of allowable claims ...707.07(j)
- Supervisory (See Supervisory patent examiner )
- Telephoning attorney ...408 , 1302.14
- Testimony as patent expert ...1701.01
- Time and Activity Report ...1704 , 1705
- Time reporting for
ex parte reexamination ...2238- Time reporting forinter partes reexamination ...2638
- Treatment of protest ...1901.06
- Examiner docket, time, and activity recording ...1704 , 1705
- Examiner Reissue Guide and Checklist ...1443
- Examiner’s action (See also Action ; Letter, Examiner’s ) ...707
- Examiner’s amendment ...1302.04
- Abstract changed by ...608.01(b) , 1302.01 , 1302.04
- By initialing ...1302.04
- Claim, antecedent basis in description ...608.01(o)
- Claim lost in interference ...2308
- Claim, nonstatutory, canceled ...1302.04(b)
- Claim, numbers identifying ...1302.01 , 1302.04(g)
- Claims, nonelected invention, canceled ...821.01 , 821.02
- Copending application data brought up to date ...201.11
- Defensive publication ...711.06
- Deposit account charge ...1302.04
- Drawing correction ...608.02(w) , 1302.04
- Extension of time required for ...706.07(f)
- Formal matters ...1302.01 , 1302.04
- IFW applications ...1302.04
- Informalities corrected ...1302.04
- Non-compliant amendment, treatment of ...714 , 1302.04
- No new matter ...608.01(o)
- Plant patent application practice ...1610
- Reexamination
- Reference citation corrected ...707.05(g)
- Title of application ...606.01
- Examiner’s Answer
- Appeal brief ...1208
- Appeal conference not held ...1003 , 1208
- Counted as a disposal ...1705
- New ground of rejection ...1208
- New interpretation of law ...1208
- Print of drawing ...1204
- Reexamination
- Reply brief ...1208
- Special status ...708.01
- Examiner’s letter (See also Action ) ...707
- Abandonment ...711.02
- Advisory action ...706.07(f) , 714.13
- Amendment after final rejection ...714.13
- Arguments answered ...707.07(f)
- Cancellation of nonelected claim ...821.01 , 821.02
- Claim allowable except as to form ...707.07(a) 707.07(j) , 710.02(b) , 714.15
- Claim summary ...707.07(i)
- Complete and clear ...707.07
- Copies of references ...707.05(a)
- Copy to applicant ...707.12
- Correction, period for reply ...707.05(g) , 710.06
- Correction of citation ...707.05(g)
- Date stamped ...707.11
- Decisions, cited ...707.06
- Drafting criticism in first Office action ...608.02(a) 707.07(c)
- Election of species required, concluding paragraph ...809.02(a)
- Examiner signature at end of letter ...707.09
- Examiner’s amendments ...706.07(f) , 1302.04
- File wrapper entry ...707.10 , 719.01
- Final rejection, clearly stated ...706.07
- Final rejection, concluding statement ...706.07
- Final rejection, patentability report ...705.01(a)
- First action, includes drafting comments ...608.02(a) 707.07(c)
- Formal matters ...707.07(a) , 707.07(e) , 707.07(j) , 714.02
- Full anticipation, expressions used ...706.02(c) , 706.07(d)
- Informal application ...702.01
- Initialed by examiner ...707.08
- Language in rejecting ...707.07(d)
- Mailing ...707.12
- Memorandum cited ...707.06
- New drawing required ...608.02(b)
- New examiner, primary examiner indicates ...707.01
- Notices cited ...707.06
- Numbering of paragraphs ...707.07(k)
- Omnibus rejection ...707.07(d)
- Orders cited ...707.06
- Outstanding requirements ...707.07(e)
- Personal matter excluded ...707.07(d)
- Piecemeal prosecution ...707.07(g)
- Power of attorney invalid or lacking ...402
- Preliminary amendment in new case ...709 , 714.01(e)
- Primary examiner signs ...706.07 , 707.01 , 707.09
- Primary examiner’s attention required, list ...1004
- References, citation ...707.05 to 707.05(g) 901.04 , 901.05(a)
- Refusing entry of amendment after Board decision ...1214.07
- Rejection of claim corresponding to claim of patent ...2302
- Remailing ...707.13 , 710.06
- Requirement for information ...706.02(c)
- Restriction requirement ...803 , 817
- Returned ...707.13
- Reviewed by examiner ...707.08
- Shortened time for reply ...710.02
- Signature ...707.09 , 707.10 , 1302.13
- Statement of rejection ...707.07(d)
- Status letter reply ...203.08
- Statutory basis ...707.07(d)
- Summary ...707.07(i)
- Supplemental ...710.06
- Undelivered ...707.13
- Examiner’s search facilities, use regulations ...510
- Example, Comments on ...707.07(l)
- Example, Operative ...608.01(p) , 2164.02
- Example, Prophetic, simulated or predicted ...608.01(p)
- Excess number of claims for fee, after notice of allowance ...714.16(c)
- Excess number of claims over number of claims previously paid for ...714.01(e) , 714.10
- Excluded attorney or agent ...105 , 407 , 713.05 , 714.19
- Execution of oath ...604 , 605.04(a)
- Executive Order
- No. 5464 ...1608
- No. 9424 ...302 , 302.06 , 302.08
- No 10,096 ...509.02
- No. 10,358 ...710.05
- No. 12,598 ...115 , 120 , 121
- No. 13,292 ...115 , 121
- Executor or administrator ...409.01 , 605.05
- Allowance and issue ...409.01(f)
- Application by, after discharge ...409.01(c)
- Assigned application, inventor dies ...409.01(e)
- Authority ...409.01(b)
- Consular certificate ...409.01(b)
- Foreign country ...409.01(b) , 409.01(d)
- Heir ...409.01 , 409.01(a) , 409.01(b) , 409.01(d)
- Intervention not required ...409.01(f)
- Joint inventors, inventor dies ...409.01(f)
- Specification form ...605.05
- Exhibit ...608.03
- Exhibit, Affidavit under 37 CFR 1.131 ...715.07 , 715.07(d)
- Exhibit at interview ...713.08
- Exhibit, handling ...608.03(a)
Ex parte questions ...713.06- Expedited Right of Appeal Notice ...2671 , 2673.02
- Experimental use (See also Public use ) ...2133.03 2133.03(e)
- Commercial exploitation ...2133.03(e)(1)
- Completeness of the invention ...2133.03(e)(3)
- Factors indicative of ...2133.03(e)(4) , 2133.03(e)(5)
- Intent to experiment ...2133.03(e)(2)
- Reduction to practice ...2133.03(e)(3)
- Testing by third party ...2133.03(e)(5) , 2133.03(e)(7)
- Testing, developmental ...2133.03(e)(6)
- When experimental use ends ...2133.03(e)(3)
- Expert testimony ...1504.03
- Expiration date of patent (See also Term, Patent )
- Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 ...2710
- , ...2720 , 2730
- Design ...1502.01 , 1505
- Extension under 35 U.S.C. 156 ...2750 to 2764
- Plant ...2701
- Utility ...2701
- Export control of patent applications ...120
- Exposure of papers during interviews ...101 , 713.07
- Expounding patent law ...713.02
- Express abandonment ...711 , 711.01
- Express Mail deposit ...513
- Express Mail Procedure in
ex parte reexamination ...2224- Express Mail Procedure in inter partes reexamination ...2624 , 2665 , 2666 , 2666.05
- Express Mail service ...502 , 506.02 , 511 , 513 , 711.03(c) 1216.01 , 2510
- Expunge information in application file ...724.05 724.06 , 1002.02(b) , 1002.02(c)
- Extension of shortened reply period ...710.02(e)
- Extension of time ...706.07(f) , 710.02(e) 1002.02(c)
- For filing brief ...1206 , 1208 , 1215.04
- For filing continuing application ...201.06(c)
- General fee authorization ...710.02(e)
- Reexamination
- Request ...710.02(e) , 1002.02(c)
- Extension, patent term (See Term, Patent )
- Extraordinary situations
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