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Oath ( See also Declaration)
- After appeal— 1212.02
- Antedating reference ( See Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131))
- Minor, by— 409
- Non-English— 602.06
- Original ( See also Oath, Original, Rule 1.63)— 602
- Plant application (Rule 1.162)— 1604
- Reissue (Rule 1.175)— 706.03(x) ; 1414 ; 1444
  - Supplemental— 1414.01
- Supplemental— 602.02 ; 603
- Supplemental and allowance— 603.01
- Traversing rejection (Rule 1.132)— 716
Oath, Antedating reference ( See also Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131))— 715
Oath, International application— 1893.01(e)
Oath, Original, Rule 1.63— 602
- Administering— 604
- Amendment— 602.01
- Attorney administers— 604.06
- Consular certificate— 604.04
- Continuing application— 201.06(c)
- Copies, filing of— 602
- Date of execution— 602.05
- Declaration in lieu of, Rule 1.68— 602
- Defective— 602.01 ; 602.02 ; 602.03
- Delayed filing— 506
- Divisional application— 602.05(a)
- Executed before alteration of specification— 605.04(a)
- Execution— 604
- Facsimile— 602
- Foreign execution— 602.04
- Foreign-filed applications listed— 201.14 ; 201.14(c) ; 202.04
- Invalid, By attorney in case— 604.06
- Jurisdiction of notary— 604.02 ; 604.03(a)
- New required— 602.01 ; 602.02
- Notary— 602 ; 602.01 ; 602.04(a) ; 604.01 ; 604.02 ; 604.03(a) ; 604.06
- Notary certificate— 602.01
- Notary jurisdiction— 604.02 ; 604.03(a)
- Refers to preliminary amendment— 601.01(a) ; 602
- Seal— 604.01
- Seal, Foreign application— 602.04(a)
- Seal, Not required— 604.01 ; 604.03(a)
- Signed before alteration of specification— 605.04(a)
- Substitute— 602.02
- Venue— 604.02
Oath, Supplemental, Rule 1.67— 603
- After allowance— 603.01 ; 714.16
- Change of inventorship— 201.03
Oaths, Conflicting— 201.03
Object of invention— 608.01(d)
Objection contrasted with rejection— 706.01
Objection, Dependent claims— 608.01(n)
Objection to formal matters, When made— 707.07(a) ; 707.07(j) ; 710.02(b) ; 714.14
Obvious error, correction— 1302.04 ; 1305
Obviously informal application— 702.01
Obviousness— 706.02 ; 706.02(j) ; 2141 – 2146
- Age of reference— 2145
- Analogous prior art— 1504.03 ; 2141.01(a) ; 2145
- Design applications— 1504.03
- Form paragraphs used for rejection— 706.02(m)
- Number of references— 2145
- Ordinary skill, level of— 2141.03
- Prima facie case— 2142 – 2143.03 ; 2144.02
  - Predictability— 2143.02
  - Rebuttal against— 2145
- Process claims, nonobvious product— 2116.01
- Provisional rejection— 706.02(k)
- Ranges— 2144.05
- Rationale for— 2144 – 2144.09
  - Adjustable, making— 2144.04
  - Aesthetic design changes— 2144.04
  - Automating manual activity— 2144.04
  - Duplication of parts— 2144.04
  - Elimination of element or step— 2144.04
  - Equivalence, art-recognized— 2144.06
  - Genus-species— 2144.08
  - Integral, making— 2144.04
  - Omission of element or step— 2144.04
  - Portable, making— 2144.04
  - Proportion changes— 2144.04
  - Purifying old product— 2144.04
  - Ranges— 2144.05
  - Rearrangement of parts— 2144.04
  - Reversal of parts— 2144.04
  - Separable, making— 2144.04
  - Sequence, change in— 2144.04
  - Shape changes— 2144.04
  - Size changes— 2144.04
  - Species-genus— 2144.08
- Rebuttal arguments by applicant— 2145
- Teaching away in prior art— 2141.02 ; 2145
Offenlegungsshriften— 901.05(b)
Offensive language— 608 ; 1504.01(e)
- Redacted in Pre-Grant Publication— 1120
Offensive subject matter— 1003 ; 1504.01(e)
Offer to sell— 706.02(c) ; 2133.03(b)
Offer to surrender original patent (not required)— 1416
Office action ( See Action)
Office action in ex parte reexamination— 2260 ; 2262
Office action in inter partes reexamination— 2660 ; 2671
- Not closing prosecution— 2671.01
- Reopening prosecution after ACP— 2673 ; 2673.01
- Reopening prosecution after Examiner’s Answer— 2679
- Reopening prosecution after RAN— 2676 ; 2677
Office date stamp— 505 ; 506 ; 710.01(a) ; 714.18
Office hours— 510
Office of Congressional Relations— 203.08(a)
Office of Electronic Information Products— ; 1730
Office of Enrollment and Discipline— 406 ; 407 ; 410 ; 502 ; 510 ; 601.03 ; 604.06 ; 714.01(a) ; 714.13 ; 1002.02(k)(1) ; 1002.02(m) ; 2205 ; 2220 ; 2620
- Mailing address— 501
Office of General Law— 1002.02(k)(2)
Office of Initial Patent Examination (Office of Patent Application Processing) ( See also Incoming-Mail Section)— 201.03 ; 201.06(c) ; 201.06(d) ; 202.02 ; 202.03 ; 203.08 ; 501 ; 502 ; 503 ; 506 ; 601 ; 601.01(d) ; 601.01(f) ; 601.01(g) ; 601.01(h) ; 602.05(a) ; 605.04(c) ; 605.04(f) ; 605.04(g) ; 607 ; 608.01 ; 608.02(a) ; 608.02(z) ; 609.07 ; 707.07(a) ; 714.16(d) ; 719.01(b) ; 719.02 ; 719.02(b) ; 903.08(a) ; 1306 ; 1414 ; 2501 ; 2560
- Application Assistance Unit— 1730
- Contact information— 1730
- Petitions handled— 1002.02(q)
Office of International Relations— 201.13 ; 203.08(a)
Office of Patent Classification— 903 ; 903.05 ; 903.09
Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA) ( See also Central Reexamination Unit (CRU))— 103 ; 409.03 ; 409.03(h) ; 409.03(j) ; 506.02 ; 706.02(l)(2) ; 720 ; 720.01 ; 720.03 ; 720.04 ; 1002.02(b) ; 1430 ; 1449 ; 1449.01 ; 1451 ; 1456 ; 1457 ; 2227 ; 2236 ; 2237 ; 2239 ; 2285 ; 2289 ; 2294 ; 2626 ; 2642 ; 2666.50 ; 2667 ; 2668 ; 2686.01 – 2687 ; 2694
Office of Patent Publications (Office of Data Management)— 104 ; 201.14(c) ; 203.04 ; 502 ; 502.01 ; 603.01 ; 608.01(m) ; 608.02(z) ; 711.01 ; 711.05 ; 714.16(d) ; 724.05 ; 903.07 ; 1302.05 ; 1302.05(a) ; 1302.12 ; 1303.01 ; 1308 ; 1309 ; 1309.02 ; 1611 ; 2229 ; 2235 ; 2283 ; 2287 ; 2289 ; 2635 ; 2686.01 ; 2687
- Hand-delivery of papers to— 502
- Petitions decided— 1002.02(r)
- Pre-Grant Publications Division— 502 ; 502.01 ; 1120 ; 1122 ; 1125 ; 1126 ; 1730
  - Telephone number— 1730
Office of Patent Quality Review— 1302.04 ; 1308.03
Office of Patent Training— ; 713.01
Office of PCT Legal Administration— 103 ; 1730
Office of Petitions— 106 ; 201.03 ; 502 ; 605.04(c) ; 605.04(f) ; 605.04(g) ; 609.04(b) ; 1002.02(b) ; 1308
- Location and phone number— 1730
Office of Public Records— 103 ; 104 ; 711.04 ; 1128 ; 1309 ; 1730
- Hand-delivery of papers to— 502
Office of Solicitor— 302.04 ; 311 ; 1002.02(k)(3) ; 1216.01 ; 1216.02 ; 1701.01 ; 1720 ; 1721 ; 2207 ; 2240 ; 2681
- Mailing address— 501
Office of the Commissioner for Patents— 409.03 ; 1721 ; 1901.03 ; 1902.01
- Duty of disclosure to— 2001.03
Office of the Deputy Commissioner (Associate Commissioner) for Patent Examination Policy— 502.03 ; 720 ; 720.01 ; 720.03 ; 1002.02(b) ; 1721 ; 2677
- Petitions decided by— 1002.02(b)
Official action— 707
Official Gazette(O.G.)— ; 409.03 ; 1703
- Claim published— 1302.09
  - Reissue application— 1455
  - From ex parte reexamination certificate— 2287
  - From inter partes reexamination certificate— 2691
- Copies and Subscriptions— 1703
- Defensive publications— 711.06(a)
- Designating classification— 1302.09
- Drawing figure— 1302.09
- eOG:P— 1703
- Issuing as U.S. patent— 901.05
- Notice of ex parte reexamination certificate— 2288 ; 2291
- Notice of inter partes reexamination certificate— 2688 ; 2691
- Notice of Certificate of Correction— 1480 ; 1485
- Notices— 1703
- Notices of maintenance fees due— 2501 ; 2575
- Notice of ex parte reexamination request— 2229
- Notice of inter partes reexamination request— 2627 ; 2629 – 2631
- Online— 1703
- Patents— 1703
- Published electronically— 1703
- Publishing disclaimers— 1490
- Reissue application filing notice— 1430 ; 1441 ; 1441.01 ; 1443 ; 1453 ; 1457 ; 1470 ; 1703
- Statutory Invention Registration (SIR)— 1111
- Trademarks— 1703
Official inquiries— 203.08(a)
Official Notice— 2144.03
OIPE ( See Office of Initial Patent Examination (Office of Patent Application Processing))
“Old art” use in deciding request for reexamination— 2242 ; 2642
Old combination— 2173.05(j)
Omission in reply, inadvertent— 710.02(c) ; 2266.01 ; 2666.30
Omnibus claim— 706.03(d) ; 2173.05(r)
- Cancellation— 1302.04(b)
On-line search ( See also Electronic databases)— 706.02(e) ; 901.06(a) ; 902.03(e)
On sale ( See also Public Use)— 706.02(c) ; 2133.03 ; 2133.03(b)
- Affidavit or declaration— 715.10
- Anticipation rejection— 2133.03(b)
- Buyer— 2133.03(b)
- Commercial activities— 2133.03 ; 2133.03(c) ; 2133.03(e) ; 2133.03(e)(1)
- Completion of the invention— 2133.03 ; 2133.03(b) ; 2133.03(c) ; 2133.03(e)(1) ; 2133.03(e)(3)
  - Admission of completion by 37 CFR 1.131 affidavit— 2133.03(c)
- Definition of— 2133.03(b)
  - Conditional sale— 2133.03(b)
  - Nonprofit sale— 2133.03(b)
  - Sale of rights— 2133.03(b)
  - Single sale— 2133.03(b)
- Delivery of offered goods— 2133.03(b)
- Device embodying process— 2111.03(c)
- Evidence of (prior art publications)— 2133.03(b)
- Experimental use ( See also Experimental use)— 2133.03 ; 2133.03(e)
- Goods “on hand”— 2133.03(b)
- “In this country”— 2133.03(d)
- Invention— 2133.03(c)
- Intent to sell— 2133.03(b) ; 2133.03(e)(2)
- Offer for sale— 2133.03(b)
- Policy considerations— 2133.03
- “Ready for patenting”— 2111.03(c)
- Reduction to practice— 2133.03(c) ; 2133.03(e)
- Sale by inventor or associate— 2133.03(b)
- Sale by third party— 2133.03(b)
  - Testing by third party— 2133.03(e)(5) ; 2133.03(e)(7)
- Sale of a process— 2133.03(c)
- Sale of “rights”— 2133.03(b)
- Secrecy— 2133.03 ; 2133.03(b)
- Supervision and control over invention— 2133.03(e)(5) ; 2133.03(e)(7)
- Test for determining if impermissible sale occurred— 2133.03(b)
Operating hours ( See Hours of operation)
Operative— 2164.07 ; 2164.08(b)
Operative example— 608.01(p)
Operative, Showing— 608.03 ; 716
Opposition to issue of patent ( See Protest)
Oral hearing in reexamination
- Ex parte— 2276
- Inter partes— 2662 ; 2675 ; 2677 ; 2680
  - Open to public— 2680
Oral hearing on appeal— 1209
Order, citation of— 707.06
Order, Classification— 902.04
Order granting ex parte reexamination— 2246
Order granting inter partes reexamination— 2646 ; 2660
- Returned as undelivered— 2654
Order of examination— 707.02 ; 708 – 708.03
- Patentability report— 705.01(b)
Order of papers in file wrapper— 719.01(a)
Order for compliance— 1210.01
Ordering
- Abandoned file— 711.04(b) ; 905.03
- Allowed applications— 1306.03
- Foreign patent— 901.05(c)
- Patented file— 711.04(b) ; 905.03
- Publication— 901.06(b)
- Reexamination, decision
  - Ex parte— 2246 ; 2247 ; 2247.01
  - Inter partes— 2646
- Subclass list— 902.03(c)
Orders ( See also Publication)— ; 707.06
Ordinary and customary meaning of claim term— 2106 ; 2111.01
- Evidence of— 2111.01
Original application ( See Nonprovisional application)
Original carries title to some continuing applications— 201.12
Original disclosure, inherent characteristics— 608.04(a) ; 714.01(e)
Ornamentality lacking in design applications— 1504.01(c)
Outstanding requirements— 707.07(e)
Overcoming a reference, Right of priority— 201.15 ; 706.02(b)
Overlapping applications
- Same applicant— 709.01 ; 715.01(a) ; 804 ; 804.02 ; 822 ; 822.01
- Same assignee— 706.02(f)(2) ; 706.02(k) ; 706.02(l) – 706.02(l)(3) ; 709.01 ; 715.01(b) ; 822
- Subject to joint research agreement— 706.02(l)(1) – 706.02(l)(3) ; 804 ; 804.02 ; 804.03 ; 2136.01 ; 2141.01
Overlapping claims— 804.02
Oversight of inter partes reexamination— 2689
Owner’s representative— 400
Ownership and assignment— 300 ; 706.02(l)(2) ; 706.02(l)(3)
Ownership at time invention made— 706.02(k) ; 706.02(l) – 706.02(l)(3)
Ownership of applications filed subsequent to recording of assignment— 201.12 ; 306

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