Authorities

Citation of prior art and written statements in patent files

Issue of patent to assignee

Different inventions in one national application

Petition from requirement for restriction

Patent post allowance (including issue) fees

Unity of invention before the International Searching Authority, the International Preliminary Examining Authority and during the national stage

National stage commencement, entry, and fulfillment

Declaration

Examination of reissue

Drawings required in patent application

Models or exhibits not generally admitted as part of application or patent

Notice of Allowance

Conduct of ex parte reexamination proceedings

Reply brief

International design application fees

Requirement for restriction

Declaration in lieu of oath

Definitions

Addresses for non-trademark correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Reduction of period of adjustment of patent term

Issuance of multiple reissue patents

Deposit accounts

Declining or terminating representation

Reconsideration of requirement

Original patent; continuing duty of applicant

Publication of applications

Revocation of power of attorney; withdrawal of patent attorney or agent

International application filing, processing and search fees

Suggesting an interference

Expedited examination of design applications

Voluntary publication or republication of patent application publication

Applicant may be represented by one or more patent practitioners or joint inventors

Certificate of correction of Office mistake

Time for payment of maintenance fees

Identification of patent, patent application, or patent-related proceeding

[Reserved]

Tolling of time period to file a reply brief

Oral hearing

Applicant, oath or declaration

Business to be transacted in writing

Business to be conducted with decorum and courtesy

Acceptance of delayed payment of maintenance fee in expired patent to reinstate patent

Payment of international preliminary examination fees

Request for ex parte reexamination

Issuance and publication of ex parte reexamination certificate concludes ex parte reexamination proceeding

[Reserved]

Statements under oath

Title and abstract

Registration of attorneys and agents

Recording fees

Rehearing

License for filing in, or exporting to, a foreign country an application on an invention made in the United States or technical data relating thereto

Filing date of an international design application in the United States

Reconsideration before final action

Time period for reply to an Office action

Subsequent presentation of claims for different invention

Election of species

Patent application publication

37 CFR Part 3

Cover sheet content

Appeal forwarding fee

Secrecy order

Notice; service

Contents of the international design application

Interviews

Title, description and claim, oath or declaration

Reopening after a final decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Publication of a redacted copy of an application

Service of papers; manner of service; proof of service in cases other than interferences and trials

Refund of international application filing and processing fees

International preliminary examination and processing fees

Statement by patent owner in ex parte reexamination; amendment by patent owner in ex parte or inter partes reexamination; inventorship change in ex parte or inter partes reexamination

Form and format for nucleotide and/ or amino acid sequence submissions as the ‘‘Sequence Listing XML’’ in patent applications filed on or after July 1, 2022

37 CFR 2.190

Petitions

Filing of documents, including exhibits; service

Applications and correspondence involving national security

Assignment records open to public inspection

Application for reissue

Termination of proceedings

Nonpublication request

The United States Receiving Office

Conduct of international preliminary examination

Determination of unity of invention before the International Preliminary Examining Authority

Unity of invention during the national stage

Order for ex parte reexamination

Parts of application to be filed together; filing receipt

Concurrent office proceedings which include an ex parte reexamination proceeding

Conclusion of supplemental examination; publication of supplemental examination certificate; procedure after conclusion

Biological material

Form and format for a nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence submissions as an ASCII plain text file

Demand for testimony or production of documents

Confidentiality of information

Administrative suspension, inactivation, resignation, reinstatement, and revocation

Mailing address for submitting documents to be recorded

Requests for recording

Recording date

Definitions

Content of petitions and motions

Petition for license