Authorities

Scope of license

Reproductions

Procedures for transmittal of international design application to the International Bureau

Rules applicable

Design drawings

Early publication

Fees payable in advance

Issuance of patent

Application abandoned for failure to pay issue fee

The United States International Preliminary Examining Authority

Submission of translation of international publication

Applicant for international application

International application requirements

The drawings

The priority claim and priority document in an international application

Determination of unity of invention before the International Searching Authority

Protest to lack of unity of invention before the International Searching Authority

Filing of papers in supplemental examination

Foreign language oaths and declarations

Extension of patent term due to examination delay under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (original applications, other than designs, filed on or after June 8, 1995, and before May 29, 2000)

Period of adjustment of patent term due to examination delay

Time of making an original deposit

Content of drawing

Corrections to drawings

Order for inter partes reexamination

Notification of prior or concurrent proceedings in inter partes reexamination

37 CFR Part 104, Subpart C

Definitions

Address for mail and service; telephone number

Scope and purpose

Definitions

Motions

Judgment

Definitions

Who may file a petition for a derivation proceeding

Certificate

Petition for retroactive license

21 CFR 314.95(c)(7)

Inventorship and ownership of the subject matter of individual claims

Numbering of claims

[Reserved]

Rules applicable

Arrangement of application elements in a design application

Plant Drawings

Specimens

[Reserved]

Methods of payment

[Reserved]

Fee address for maintenance fee purposes

Submission of maintenance fees

Definitions of terms under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

The United States International Searching Authority

Legal representative as applicant in an international application

Designation of States by filing an international application

Physical requirements of international application

The claims

Timing of application processing based on the priority date

Amendments by applicant during international preliminary examination

[Reserved]

Examination of international applications in the national stage

Scope of reexamination in ex parte reexamination proceedings

Content of request for supplemental examination

Conduct of supplemental examination proceeding

Summary of the invention

Examination procedures

Incorporation by reference

Processing of prior art citations during an inter partes reexamination proceeding

Conduct of inter partes reexamination

Return of models, exhibits or specimens

Response to Office action by patent owner in inter partes reexamination

Examiner’s Office action closing prosecution in inter partes reexamination

Examiner’s Right of Appeal Notice in inter partes reexamination

Patent owner extensions of time in inter partes reexamination

Merger of concurrent reissue application and inter partes reexamination proceeding

Issuance and publication of inter partes reexamination certificate concludes inter partes reexamination proceeding

Expert or opinion testimony

Restrictions on practice in patent matters; former and current Office employees; government employees

Competence

Diligence

Register of attorneys and agents in patent matters; practice before the Office

Unauthorized practice of law

Oath and registration fee

Misconduct

Limited recognition in patent matters

Definitions

Identification of patents and patent applications

Correction of cover sheet errors

Effect of recording

Conditional assignments

Definitions

Correspondence addresses

Completion of examination

Sanctions

Definitions

Common interests in the invention

Presumptions

Content of substantive and responsive motions

Timeliness

Action following decision

Public availability of Board records