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§ 1.112
Reconsideration before final action
§ 1.134
Time period for reply to an Office action
§ 1.145
Subsequent presentation of claims for different invention
§ 1.215
Patent application publication
§ 1.445
International application filing, processing and search fees
§ 1.72
Title and abstract
§ 3
37 CFR Part 3
§ 3.31
Cover sheet content
§ 41.45
Appeal forwarding fee
§ 90.2
Notice; service
§ 1001
18 U.S.C. 1001
§ 181
Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent
§ 42
Patent and Trademark Office funding
§ 49.5
PCT Rule 49.5(k)
§ 64
PCT Article 64(1)
§ 80.5
PCT Rule 80.5
§ 1.1021
Contents of the international design application
§ 1.133
Interviews
§ 1.153
Title, description and claim, oath or declaration
§ 1.198
Reopening after a final decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
§ 1.217
Publication of a redacted copy of an application
§ 1.248
Service of papers; manner of service; proof of service in cases other than interferences and trials
§ 1.530
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
§ 2.190
37 CFR 2.190
§ 41.3
Petitions
§ 42.6
Filing of documents, including exhibits; service
§ 146
Civil action in case of derivation proceeding
§ 202
Disposition of rights
§ 6
Patent Trial and Appeal Board
§ 2181
42 U.S.C. 2181(a)
§ 13
Hague Rule 13
§ 8
Hague Article 8
§ 13ter.1
PCT Rule 13ter.1(a)
§ 19.1
PCT Rule 19.1
§ 26bis.3
PCT Rule 26bis.3
§ 1.12
Assignment records open to public inspection
§ 1.146
Election of species
§ 1.171
Application for reissue
§ 1.197
Termination of proceedings
§ 1.213
Nonpublication request
§ 1.525
Order for ex parte reexamination
§ 1.54
Parts of application to be filed together; filing receipt
§ 1.565
Concurrent office proceedings which include an ex parte reexamination proceeding
§ 1.625
Conclusion of supplemental examination; publication of supplemental examination certificate; procedure after conclusion
§ 1.801
Biological material
§ 1.824
Form and format for a nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence submissions as an ASCII plain text file
§ 1.834
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
§ 104.22
Demand for testimony or production of documents
§ 11.106
Confidentiality of information
§ 11.11
Administrative suspension, inactivation, resignation, reinstatement, and revocation
§ 3.27
Mailing address for submitting documents to be recorded
§ 3.28
Requests for recording
§ 3.51
Recording date
§ 41.30
Definitions
§ 42.22
Content of petitions and motions
§ 5.1
Applications and correspondence involving national security
§ 5.2
Secrecy order
§ 117
Death or incapacity of inventor
§ 134
Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
§ 157
[Repealed.]
§ 2
Powers and duties
§ 252
Effect of reissue
§ 254
Certificate of correction of Patent and Trademark Office mistake
§ 302
Request for reexamination
§ 305
Conduct of reexamination proceedings
§ 306
Appeal
§ 315
Relation to other proceedings or actions
§ 316
Conduct of inter partes review
§ 374
Publication of international application
§ 382
Filing international design applications
§ 4
Hague Rule 4(4)
§ 4
Paris Convention Article 4
§ 19
PCT Article 19
§ 23
PCT Rule 23
§ 33
PCT Article 33
§ 5.2
PCT Rule 5.2
§ 8
PCT Article 8(1)
§ 9
PCT Article 9
§ 92bis
PCT Rule 92bis
§ 1.1026
Reproductions
§ 1.1045
Procedures for transmittal of international design application to the International Bureau
§ 1.1061
Rules applicable
§ 1.152
Design drawings
§ 1.219
Early publication
§ 1.22
Fees payable in advance
§ 1.314
Issuance of patent
§ 1.316
Application abandoned for failure to pay issue fee
§ 1.412
The United States Receiving Office
§ 1.421
Applicant for international application
§ 1.482
International preliminary examination and processing fees
§ 1.497
Inventor’s oath or declaration under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(4)
§ 1.601
Filing of papers in supplemental examination
§ 1.69
Foreign language oaths and declarations
§ 1.701
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)
§ 1.703
Period of adjustment of patent term due to examination delay
§ 1.804
Time of making an original deposit
§ 1.83
Content of drawing
§ 1.85
Corrections to drawings
§ 1.931
Order for inter partes reexamination
§ 1.985
Notification of prior or concurrent proceedings in inter partes reexamination