A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
- Sale, On ( See On sale)
- Sample letter on citation of prior art in patent— 2205
- Sanctions— 410
- Saturday, effect on time for reply— 502 ; 505 ; 513 ; 710.05 ; 2504 ; 2506
- Scanning inter partes reexamination papers— 2632
- Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC)—
901.06(a)
- Biotechnology sequence listings— 2421.03 ; 2427.01 ; 2427.02 ; 2429
- Foreign patents— 706.02(e) ; 901.05 ; 901.05(c) ; 903.03 ; 905.06
- Hours— 1730
- Litigation search— 2240 ; 2287 ; 2640 ; 2686.04
- Literature collection— 719.05
- Location and telephone number— 1730
- Translation assistance— 901.05(d) ; 901.06(a)
- Scientific principle not patentable— 706.03(a)
- Scope of claims— 904.01(a) ; 2163.05 ; 2164.08
- Scope of class— 903.02(b)
- Scope of reexamination
- Screening new application for security review— 115 ; 706.03(b)
- Seal— 604.01
- Search—
900
- After reversal by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences— 1214.04
- Aids in Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC)— 901.06(a)
- Analogous art areas— 904.01(c)
- Claim analysis— 904.01
- Computer— 719.05
- Databases ( See Electronic databases)
- Electronic documents— 707.05(e) ; 904.02(c)
- Fee, PCT— 1827
- Field of—
904.02
;
904.02(a)
- Not to be given for patented inventions— 1701
- File wrapper notation— 705.01(a) ; 719.05 ; 904
- Incomprehensible disclosure— 702.01
- In Technology Center, by member of public— 713.02
- Informal application— 702.01 ; 704.01
- INPADOC— 901.06(a)
- Interference— 2304.01(a)
- Internet— 707.05(e) ; 904.02(c)
- Mechanized— 719.05
- Notes in classification definitions— 902.02(a)
- Notes in file wrapper— 705.01(a) ; 719.05 ; 903.07(a)
- Online database ( See also Electronic databases)— 901.06(a) ; 902.03(e)
- Outlining— 904.02(a)
- Patentability report— 705.01(a) ; 705.01(b)
- Prior examiner’s— 704.01
- Procedure— 704.01 ; 904
- Requirements for information— 704.11 ; 704.11(a)
- Restriction requirement— 808.02
- Scope— 2112
- Selecting pertinent references— 904.03
- Title— 306
- Unduly extensive and burdensome— 806.01 ; 808.01(a) ; 818.02(b)
- Search exchange, United States-Philippines— 1711
- Search notes box entries— 719.05
- Search facility hours— 510 ; 1730
- Search tools, automated— 902.03(e)
- Searched box entries— 719.05
- Secrecy, in general— 101
- Secrecy of international applications— 120
- “Secrecy Order” application—
115
;
120
;
130
- After declassification— 130
- Allowance— 130
- Commodity Control List— 120
- Correspondence— 120
- Facsimile transmission of correspondence not permitted— 120
- Final rejection— 130
- Interference— 130 ; 2306
- Petition for rescission or modification— 120
- Prosecution— 130
- Review— 115 ; 140
- Security, Application affecting— 120 ; 121 ; 130 ; 140
- Secret sale ( See On sale)
- Security interest in patent, recording ( See also Assignment)— 313
- Security markings— 121 ; 130 ; 140 ; 724
- Security screening of new applications— 115 ; 140
- Security Working Group 3640, applications submitted— 121 ; 130 ; 706.03(b) ; 1002.02(c)(1)
- Self-addressed postcard ( See also Postcard, self-addressed)— 503
- Sequence listing ( See also Sequence rules)— 2422.03
- Sequence rules (
See also
Biotechnology)—
2400
- Amendments to sequence listing and computer readable form— 2426
- Amino acid definition— 2422.01
- Applications affected, new applications— 2421.01
- Background information— 2401 ; 2420
- Bona fide reply— 2421.03
- Changes to rules— 2421.04
- Coding regions, depiction of— 2423.02
- Compliance requirement— 2422.07 ; 2429
- Computer readable format requirement— 502.05 ; 2422.04 ; 2425
- Database— 2421.01 ; 2421.02 ; 2421.04 ; 2422.01 ; 2422.03 ; 2422.04 ; 2423.02 ; 2424.02 ; 2424.02 ; 2425 ; 2429 ; 2430
- Definitions for nucleotides/amino acids— 2422.01
- Effective date— 2401 ; 2420
- Exclusive conformance requirement— 2422.02
- Extensions of time— 2421.03
- Format and symbols— 2423 ; 2423.01
- Form paragraphs— 2427.01
- Hand-delivery of sequence listings and computer readable forms— 2422.09
- Helpful hints for compliance— 2429
- Informational requirements for sequence listings— 2424 ; 2424.01 ; 2424.02
- Mandatory information items— 2424 ; 2424.02
- Miscellaneous requirements, information— 2424.03
- New applications— 2421.01
- Notice to comply— 2421.03 ; 2427.02
- Nucleotide definition— 2422.01
- Numbering of sequences— 2423.02
- Numeric identifiers— 2424 ; 2424.02
- Official copy of sequence listing— 2422.04
- PatentIn information— 1730 ; 2430
- Presumptions regarding compliance— 2422.08
- Previously filed identical computer readable form, reference to— 2422.05
- Replacement of sequence listing and computer readable form— 2426
- Sample sequence listing— 2431
- Sample statements— 2428
- Sanctions for failure to comply— 2422.07
- Sequence identifier requirement— 2422.03
- Sequence listing requirement— 2422.03
- Sequence presentation— 2423.03
- Sequences embedded in application text— 2422.03
- Sequences in drawings— 2422.02
- Statement regarding content of paper and computer readable copies— 502.05 ; 2422.06 ; 2428
- Statement regarding new matter— 2422.07 ; 2428
- Summary of requirements— 2421.02
- Variants of a presented sequence— 2422.03
- Voluntary compliance— 2421.01
- WIPO Standard ST. 25, Appendix 2 Tables
- Sequences, restriction— 803.04 ; 2434
- Series codes— 503
- Series of dependent claims— 608.01(n)
- Series, Patent ( See Patent)
- Service, proof of, in a petition for access— 103
- Service of citation in patent— 1901
- Service of court papers on Director— 1216
- Service of patent owner statement on requestor in ex parte reexamination— 2242 ; 2266.03
- Service of papers in inter partes reexamination— 2666.06
- Shift of election— 819
- Shoes ( See also Search)— 901.07
- Shortened statutory period (
See also
Period for reply and
Statutory period)—
710.02
;
710.02(b)
- Appeal— 1205 ; 1214.06 ; 1215.04
- Date of abandonment— 711.04(a)
- Drawings— 608.02(b)
- Extension of time— 710.02(e) ; 1002.02(c)
- Final rejection— 706.07 ; 706.07(b) ; 706.07(f) ; 706.07(g) ; 714.13
- Informal application— 702.01
- Information disclosure statement— 609.04(b)
- Oath— 602.03
- Quayle— 714.14
- Reexamination, ex parte— 2250.01 ; 2263 ; 2265 ; 2273 ; 2285 ; 2286
- Statutory Invention Registration (SIR)— 1103 ; 1107
- Time limits compared— 710.02(d)
- Signature
- Alteration in specification signed— 608.01
- Amendment— 714.01
- Applicant— 605.04(a) ; 605.04(d) ; 605.04(e)
- Applicant changes name— 201.03 ; 605.04(c) ; 719.02(b)
- Applicant, international application— 1820
- Applicant unable to write— 605.04(d)
- Application papers— 605.04(a)
- Attorney or agent not of record— 405
- Certification, effect of— 401 ; 410
- Continued prosecution application— 201.06(d)
- Correction of name— 605.04(c)
- Express abandonment— 711 ; 711.01
- Facsimile— 502.01 ; 502.02
- Full, first or middle name— 605.04(b)
- Required on every paper— 402
- Title with— 605.04(e)
- Uniformity with name— 605.04(b)
- Signing, continued prosecution application— 201.06(d)
- Signing examiner’s letter— 706.07 ; 707.08 ; 707.09
- Signing file wrapper— 1302.13
- Simulated tests in the specification— 608.01(p)
- Simultaneous issue of patents— 1306.02
- Single means claim— 2164.08(a) ; 2181
- Size of paper ( See A4 size paper and Paper size)
- Sketch of subject matter of claims— 904.01(a)
- Small Business Act— 509.02
- Small Business Administration— 509.02
- Small entity status (
See also
Fee)
- Change of status— 509.03
- Claiming status— 509.03
- Correcting status— 509.03
- Definition— 509.02
- Established in parent application— 201.06(c)
- Fees— 509.02
- Government organizations— 509.02
- Improper payment— 509.03
- Independent inventor— 509.02
- Maintenance fees— 509.03 ; 2515 ; 2550
- Nonprofit organization— 509.02 ; 509.03
- Refund— 509.03 ; 607.02
- Small business concern— 509.02
- Statement verified— 509.03
- Transfer of invention rights— 509.02
- Solicitor’s Office ( See Office of Solicitor)
- Sources of information to disclose— 2001.06
- Special application—
708
–
708.03
- Accelerated examination— 708.02
- Allowable application, except for form— 707.07(j) ; 710.02(b) ; 714.14 ; 1301
- Appealed application— 1204
- Applicant’s age, health— 708.02 ; 1002.02(s)
- Biotechnology case, small entity— 708.02
- Cancer— 708.02 ; 1002.02(s)
- Counter-terrorism inventions— 708.02 ; 1002.02(s)
- DNA— 708.02
- Energy— 708.02
- Environmental Quality Program— 1002.02(s)
- Five year pendency— 707.02
- HIV/AIDS— 708.02 ; 1002.02(s)
- Infringement— 708.02 ; 1002.02(s)
- List— 708.01
- Manufacture— 708.02 ; 1002.02(s)
- Patent printing priority— 1309
- Petition to make— 708.02 ; 1002.02(s)
- Reexamination
- Reissue application— 706.03(x) ; 1442
- Remanded by Board— 708.01
- Revived applications— 711.03(c)
- Superconductivity— 708.02
- Special examining procedure— 708.02
- Special Program Examiner (SPRE)—
103
;
706.02(l)(1)
;
1415.01
;
1442.02
;
1442.03
;
1443
;
1448
;
1449.01
;
1455
;
1456
;
1825
;
1845.01
;
1851
;
1896
;
2633
;
2641
- Petitions decided— 1002.02(s)
- Species—
806.01
;
806.04
;
806.04(b)
;
806.04(d)
;
806.04(e)
;
806.04(f)
;
806.04(h)
;
806.04(i)
;
808.01(a)
;
809.02(a)
- Anticipation by a generic chemical formula— 2131.02
- Anticipation of a genus by the species— 2131.02
- Cancellation of species claims— 821.01 ; 821.02
- Claims restricted to— 806.04(e)
- Election of ( See Election of species)
- How recognized— 806.04(f)
- Independent inventions— 802.01 ; 808.01(a)
- Mutually exclusive characteristics— 806.04(f)
- Obviousness of— 2144.08
- Patentably distinct— 806.04(h)
- Patentability over genus— 806.04(h)
- Plural— 706.03(k) ; 806.04 ; 808.01(a)
- Reissue— 1450
- Rejection— 806.04(h) ; 2131.02
- Withdrawal of species claim— 821.01 ; 821.02
- Specification (
See also
Disclosure)—
608.01
;
2161
- Amendment, manner of making— 714
- Arrangement— 608.01(a)
- Background of the invention— 608.01(c)
- Best mode ( See also Best mode)— 2165
- Brief description of drawings— 608.01(f)
- Brief summary of invention— 608.01(d)
- British English spellings in— 608.01
- British provisional and complete— 201.15
- Changes prior to filing— 601.01(a) ; 608.01
- Completeness— 608.01(p) ; 2161 ; 2163 – 2165
- Computer lists— 608.05
- Confused by amendments— 608.01(q) ; 1302.02
- Content of— 608.01(a)
- Continued prosecution application— 201.06(d)
- Copyrights in— 1512
- Correction by examiner’s amendment— 1302.04 – 1302.04(g)
- Correction by initialing— 1302.04
- Defines claim term— 2111.01
- Derogatory remarks prohibited— 608.01(r)
- Description— 608.01(g) ; 2163 ; 2163.02
- Design application— 1503.01
- Detailed description of invention— 608.01(g)
- Enablement ( See also Enablement)— 2164
- English language— 608.01
- Facsimile transmission— 608.01
- Font— 608.01
- Format— 608.01
- Illustrations in— 608.01
- Incorporation by reference— 2163.07
- Interlineation prior to filing— 608.01
- Language faulty— 608.01
- Missing pages— 601.01(d)
- New matter— 608.04 ; 706.03(o) ; 2163.06
- Omitted pages— 201.17 ; 601.01(d)
- Paragraph numbering— 608.01 ; 714
- Parts— 608.01(a)
- Provisional application— 601.01(b)
- Reference characters corrected— 1302.04
- Reissue application— 1411
- Requirements for— 2161
- Return— 608.01
- Rewritten— 608.01(q) ; 1302.02
- Signature— 605.04(a)
- Substitute, amendment including— 714.19 ; 714.20
- Substitute specification— 608.01(q) ; 714.19 ; 714.20
- Summary of invention— 608.01(d)
- Table submission on compact disc— 608.05(b)
- Terminology basis for claims— 608.01(o) ; 2163.07
- Title of invention— 606
- Title of invention changed— 606.01
- Trademarks in— 1512
- Transfer to another application— 608.01(t)
- Written description ( See also Written description)— 2163
- Specimen, Composition of matter— 608.03
- Specimen, Handling— 608.03(a)
- Specimen, Plant application— 1607
- Stamp
- Statement applying the prior art in an ex parte reexamination— 2217
- Statement applying the prior art in an inter partes reexamination— 2617
- Statement, Examiner’s ( See Action)
- Statement by inventors when changing inventorship— 201.03
- Statement by owner in ex parte reexamination— 2249
- Statement of allowability by Board— 1213.01
- Statement of invention, coextensive with claims— 608.01(d)
- Statement of invention, reviewed on allowance— 1302.01
- Statement, Prior art ( See also Prior art)— 201.06(d) ; 609
- Status inquiries— 102 ; 203.08
- Status letter— 203.08
- Status letter database— 203.08
- Status of application— 102 ; 203
- Statute, citation—
- Statute of limitations
- Statutes
- Atomic Energy Act Cited— 120 ; 140 ; 150 ; 706.03 ; 706.03(a) – 706.03(b)
- Freedom of Information Act— 1002.02(k)(2)
- Public Law 87-333 Cited— 201.13
- Public Law 94-131— 608.01(n)
- Public Law 96-517— 509.02 ; 2201 ; 2209 ; 2501
- Public Law 97-247— 509.02 ; 509.03 ; 511 ; 711.03(c) ; 2501
- Public Law 98-622— 605.07 ; 706.02(k) ; 804 ; 2501
- Public Law 100-418, Section 9101(c), (d)— 140
- Public Law 102-204— 2501
- Public Law 102-444— 2501
- Public Law 103-465— 201.03 ; 201.11 ; 601.01(d) ; 706.07(g) ; 707.05 ; 715 ; 715.07(c) ; 803.03 ; 804.02 ; 2132 ; 2138.02
- Public Law 105-358— 2501
- Public Law 106-113— 201.04(b) ; 201.11 ; 201.14(b) ; 505 ; 510 ; 512 ; 706.02(a) ; 706.02(k) ; 706.02(l)(1) ; 715 ; 1402 ; 2201 ; 2273 ; 2279 ; 2501 ; 2601 ; 2602 ; 2611 ; 2642
- Public Law 107-273 Cited— 706.02(a) ; 706.02(k) ; 706.07(a) ; 2201 ; 2242 ; 2258.01 ; 2273 ; 2279 ; 2601 ; 2612 ; 2683
- Public Law 108-453 Cited— 706.02(k) ; 706.02(l)(1) ; 706.02(l)(3) ; 804 ; 804.03 ; 2136.01 ; 2146
- Public Law 506 (81st Cong.) Article 136 Cited— 604.03(a)
- Revised Statute of— 1874 ;
- 5 U.S.C. 552(a)— 2422 ; 2423
- 5 U.S.C. 6103 Cited— 710.05
- 7 U.S.C. 2321— 1612
- 10 U.S.C. 140(c) Cited— 120
- 15 U.S.C. 15(b) Cited— 101
- 15 U.S.C. 1062 Cited— 513
- 17 U.S.C. 401 Cited— 1512
- 17 U.S.C. 909 Cited— 608.01 ; 608.01(v)
- 18 U.S.C. 1001
- 18 U.S.C. 1905 Cited— 101
- 18 U.S.C. 2071 Reproduced— 101
- 18 U.S.C. 2331— 708.02
- 20 U.S.C. 1000 Cited— 509.02
- 26 U.S.C. 501 Cited— 509.02
- 28 U.S.C. 1745 Cited— 901.05
- 28 U.S.C. 1746
- 35 U.S.C. 2 Reproduced— 1001
- 35 U.S.C. 3 Reproduced— 1001
- 35 U.S.C. 4 Reproduced— 309
- 35 U.S.C. 6 Reproduced— 1202
- 35 U.S.C. 7 Reproduced— 901.06(a)
- 35 U.S.C. 8 Reproduced— 903.01
- 35 U.S.C. 21 Reproduced— 511 ; 513 ; 710.05
- 35 U.S.C. 22 Reproduced— 608.01
- 35 U.S.C. 25 Reproduced— 602
- 35 U.S.C. 26 Reproduced— 602
- 35 U.S.C. 41 Reproduced— 2268 ; 2501 ; 2668
- 35 U.S.C. 42 Reproduced— 607.02
- 35 U.S.C. 100 Reproduced— 701
- 35 U.S.C. 101 Reproduced— 701 ; 804 ; 2107.01
- 35 U.S.C. 102 Reproduced— 706.02 ; 706.02(a) ; 1504.02 ; 1857.01 ; 2131 ; 2132 ; 2133 ; 2133.03(c) ; 2134 ; 2135 ; 2136 ; 2137 ; 2138 ; 2217 ; 2258 ; 2301.01 ; 2617
- 35 U.S.C. 102(e), former Reproduced— 2136
- 35 U.S.C. 103 Reproduced— 706.02 ; 706.02(l) ; 706.02(l)(1) ; 706.02(n) ; 804.03 ; 1504.03 ; 2141 ; 2146
- 35 U.S.C. 104 Reproduced— 715.07(c) ; 2301.01
- 35 U.S.C. 111 Reproduced— 201 ; 201.04(b) ; 601
- 35 U.S.C. 112 Reproduced— 1504.04
- 35 U.S.C. 113 Reproduced— 608.02
- 35 U.S.C. 114 Reproduced— 608.03
- 35 U.S.C. 115 Reproduced— 602
- 35 U.S.C. 116 Reproduced— 409.03 ; 605.07
- 35 U.S.C. 117 Reproduced— 409.01(a)
- 35 U.S.C. 118 Reproduced— 409.03
- 35 U.S.C. 119 Reproduced— 201.11 ; 201.13
- 35 U.S.C. 120 Reproduced— 201.11 ; 1504.20
- 35 U.S.C. 121 Reproduced— 802 ; 804
- 35 U.S.C. 122 Reproduced— 101 ; 1120 ; 1122 ; 1123 ; 1124 ; 1132 ; 1134
- 35 U.S.C. 131 Reproduced— 701
- 35 U.S.C. 132 Reproduced— 706.03(o) ; 706.07(h) ; 2304.04(b)
- 35 U.S.C. 133 Reproduced— 710 ; 2268 ; 2668
- 35 U.S.C. 134 Reproduced— 1204
- 35 U.S.C. 135 Reproduced— 2301.01
- 35 U.S.C. 141 Reproduced— 1216 ; 2683
- 35 U.S.C. 142 Reproduced— 1216.01
- 35 U.S.C. 143 Reproduced— 1216.01
- 35 U.S.C. 144 Reproduced— 1216.01
- 35 U.S.C. 145 Reproduced— 1216
- 35 U.S.C. 146 Reproduced— 1216
- 35 U.S.C. 152 Reproduced— 307
- 35 U.S.C. 153 Reproduced— 1309
- 35 U.S.C. 154 Reproduced— 2701
- 35 U.S.C. 154, former, Reproduced— 2720
- 35 U.S.C. 156 Reproduced— 2751 ; 2752 ; 2755.01 ; 2758 ; 2759
- 35 U.S.C. 157 Reproduced— 1101
- 35 U.S.C. 161 Reproduced— 1601
- 35 U.S.C. 162 Reproduced— 804 ; 1605 ; 2105 ; 2403.02
- 35 U.S.C. 163 Reproduced— 1601
- 35 U.S.C. 164 Reproduced— 1608
- 35 U.S.C. 171 Reproduced— 1501 ; 1504.01
- 35 U.S.C. 172 Reproduced— 1504.02 ; 1504.10
- 35 U.S.C. 173 Reproduced— 1505
- 35 U.S.C. 181 Reproduced— 115
- 35 U.S.C. 182 Reproduced— 706.03(s)
- 35 U.S.C. 184 Reproduced— 140 ; 706.03(s)
- 35 U.S.C. 185 Reproduced— 140 ; 706.03(s)
- 35 U.S.C. 186 Reproduced— 140
- 35 U.S.C. 187 Reproduced— 140
- 35 U.S.C. 188 Reproduced— 140
- 35 U.S.C. 251 Reproduced— 1401 ; 1412.03
- 35 U.S.C. 252 Reproduced— 1460
- 35 U.S.C. 253 Reproduced— 1490
- 35 U.S.C. 254 Reproduced— 1480
- 35 U.S.C. 255 Reproduced— 1481
- 35 U.S.C. 256 Reproduced— 1481.02
- 35 U.S.C. 261 Reproduced— 301
- 35 U.S.C. 262 Reproduced— 301
- 35 U.S.C. 267 Reproduced— 710
- 35 U.S.C. 293 Reproduced— 302.04
- 35 U.S.C. 294 Reproduced— 311
- 35 U.S.C. 301 Reproduced— 2202 ; 2602
- 35 U.S.C. 302 Reproduced— 2210
- 35 U.S.C. 303 Reproduced— 2240
- 35 U.S.C. 304 Reproduced— 2246
- 35 U.S.C. 305 Reproduced— 2254 ; 2261
- 35 U.S.C. 306 Reproduced— 1216 ; 2273
- 35 U.S.C. 307 Reproduced— 2288 ; 2293
- 35 U.S.C. 311 Reproduced— 2610
- 35 U.S.C. 312 Reproduced— 2640
- 35 U.S.C. 313 Reproduced— 2646
- 35 U.S.C. 314 Reproduced— 2654 ; 2661 ; 2686.04
- 35 U.S.C. 315 Reproduced— 2674
- 35 U.S.C. 316 Reproduced— 2688 ; 2693
- 35 U.S.C. 317 Reproduced— 2686.04
- 35 U.S.C. 318 Reproduced— 2686.04
- 35 U.S.C. 361 Reproduced— 1805
- 35 U.S.C. 362 Reproduced— 1840
- 35 U.S.C. 363 Reproduced— 1810
- 35 U.S.C. 365 Reproduced— 201.13(b)
- 35 U.S.C. 371 Reproduced— 1893.01
- 35 U.S.C. 373 Reproduced— 1810
- 35 U.S.C. 374 Reproduced— 1857 ; 1857.01
- 42 U.S.C. 141 Cited— 120
- 42 U.S.C. 181 Cited— 120
- 42 U.S.C. 2182 Reproduced— 150
- 42 U.S.C. 2457 Reproduced— 150
- Statutory bar— 706.02(a) ; 2133 – 2133.03(e)(7)
- Statutory classes of invention, utility— 706.03(a)
- Statutory disclaimer ( See Disclaimer and Terminal disclaimer)
- Statutory estoppel in inter partes reexamination— 2601 ; 2612 ; 2614
- Statutory Invention Registration (SIR)— 409.03(j) ; 1100
- Statutory period (
See also
Period for reply: Shortened statutory period)—
710.01
;
710.01(a)
- Abandonment for failure to reply— 711.02 ; 711.02(a)
- Appeal— 1205
- Broadening claims in a reissue application— 1412.03
- Computed— 710.01(a)
- Date from which period runs— 710.06
- Date of abandonment— 711.04(a)
- Full statutory period— 130
- Not extendible— 710.02(e)
- Postal service emergency— 511
- Property rights statement— 150
- Reexamination, ex parte— 2265 ; 2272
- Reexamination, inter partes— 2662 ; 2665
- Secrecy order application— 130
- Shortened statutory period ( See Shortened statutory period)
- Two periods for reply set— 710.04 ; 710.04(a)
- Stay of reexamination
- Stay of reissue— 1442.02 ; 2285
- Stockholm Revision, Paris Convention ( See also Treaties)— 201.13
- Strasbourg Agreement ( See also Treaties)— 903.09
- STIC ( See Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC))
- Subclass, list of patent numbers— 902.03(c)
- Subcombination
- Subgeneric Markush claims— 2173.05(h)
- Subject matter, design patent— 1502 ; 1504.01
- Subject matter, nonstatutory— 706.03(a)
- Subject matter combinations— 903.02(b)
- Submission of amendment or showing of facts after Board decision— 1214.01
- Submission of patents or publications, third party— 1134.01
- Submission to classification unit
- Submission of prior art by applicant— 707.05(b)
- Submission of information by applicant— 704.12(b) ; 704.14(b) ; 707.05(b)
- Subpoena by court, Application file— 1216.02
- Subpoena of examiner— 1701.01
- Subscription correspondence address—
- Substantial new question of patentability
- Substitute application ( See also Application)— 201.09 ; 201.10
- Substitute attorney or agent— 406
- Substitute oath— 602.02
- Substitute page— 714.20
- Substitute specification— 608.01 ; 608.01(q) ; 714.19 ; 714.20
- Sufficiency of disclosure affidavit— 716
- ‘Sufficient cause’ for extension of time in ex parte reexamination— 2265
- ‘Sufficient cause’ for extension of time in inter partes reexamination— 2665
- Suggested claims, Failure to make— 706.03(u)
- Suggestion of allowable claims by examiner— 707.07(j) ; 713.01
- Suggestion of claims for interference— 2304.03 – 2304.04(b)
- Suggestion of claims for interference, time limit— 710.02(c)
- Summary of action PTOL-326— 707
- Summary of interview— 713.01 ; 713.04
- Summary of invention— 608.01(d)
- Sunday or holiday, effect on time for reply— 502 ; 505 ; 513 ; 710.05
- Sunday or holiday, effect on reference— 706.02(a)
- Supervisory applications examiner— 714.13
- Supervisory patent examiner—
705.01
;
707
;
707.02
;
708.03
;
713.01
;
713.08
;
714.05
;
714.13
;
714.16
;
714.16(d)
;
714.18
;
812.01
;
903.08(b)
;
1207
;
1207.01
;
1207.02
;
1207.03
;
1211.01
;
1214.07
;
2233
;
2236
;
2237
;
2238
;
2248
;
2271.01
;
2287
;
2633
;
2636
;
2637
;
2638
;
2641
;
2648
;
2671
;
2671.03
;
2676
- Petitions decided by— 1002.02(d)
- Supervisory review, Rule 1.817— 711.03(d)
- Supplemental action— 710.06 ; 714.05
- Supplemental Amendment— 714.03(a)
- Supplemental Application Data Sheet (ADS)— 601.05
- Supplemental examiner’s answer— 1207.05 ; 1211
- Supplemental oath or declaration— 603
- Surcharge for late payment of fees in international application— 1827
- Surface ornamentation— 1502 ; 1502.01 ; 1503.02 ; 1504.01 ; 1504.01(a) ; 1504.01(c) ; 1504.03
- Surrender of patent (not required)— 1416
- Suspension
- Applicant’s request for— 709
- Decided by— 709 ; 1002.02(c) ; 1004
- Deferral of examination— 709
- Ex parte prosecution during interference— 2307.03
- Not permitted if outstanding Office action— 709
- Of action, because of litigation— 1213
- Of action, by Office— 709
- Overlapping application— 709.01
- Reexamination
- Request for, in CPA— 709
- Request for, in RCE— 709
- Rules— 1002
- Secrecy order application— 2306
- Supplemental Reply— 709
- Swearing back of reference ( See Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131))
- Symbols, Drawing— 608.02
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