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§ 66.4bis
PCT Rule 66.4bis
§ 66.5
PCT Rule 66.5
§ 67.1
PCT Rule 67.1
§ 68
PCT Rule 68
§ 68.3
PCT Rule 68.3(e)
§ 70.10
PCT Rule 70.10
§ 70.13
PCT Rule 70.13
§ 70.14
PCT Rule 70.14
§ 70.17
PCT Rule 70.17
§ 77.1
PCT Rule 77.1(a)
§ 78
PCT Rule 78
§ 82
PCT Rule 82
§ 82quater
PCT Rule 82quater
§ 83
PCT Rule 83
§ 86
PCT Rule 86
§ 90.2
PCT Rule 90.2
§ 90.6
PCT Rule 90.6(e)
§ 90bis.1
PCT Rule 90bis.1
§ 90bis.2
PCT Rule 90bis.2
§ 91.1
PCT Rule 91.1(b)(iii)
§ 92bis.1
PCT Rule 92bis.1
§ 93bis
PCT Rule 93bis(b)
§ 93bis.1
PCT Rule 93bis.1
§ 94.1
PCT Rule 94.1
§ Article 2
PCT Article 2
§ Rule 2
PCT Rule 2
§ 314.95
21 CFR 314.95(c)(7)
§ 1.110
Inventorship and ownership of the subject matter of individual claims
§ 1.126
Numbering of claims
§ 1.139
[Reserved]
§ 1.151
Rules applicable
§ 1.154
Arrangement of application elements in a design application
§ 1.165
Plant Drawings
§ 1.166
Specimens
§ 1.196
[Reserved]
§ 1.23
Methods of payment
§ 1.292
[Reserved]
§ 1.363
Fee address for maintenance fee purposes
§ 1.366
Submission of maintenance fees
§ 1.401
Definitions of terms under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
§ 1.413
The United States International Searching Authority
§ 1.422
Legal representative as applicant in an international application
§ 1.432
Designation of States by filing an international application
§ 1.433
Physical requirements of international application
§ 1.436
The claims
§ 1.465
Timing of application processing based on the priority date
§ 1.485
Amendments by applicant during international preliminary examination
§ 1.494
[Reserved]
§ 1.496
Examination of international applications in the national stage
§ 1.552
Scope of reexamination in ex parte reexamination proceedings
§ 1.610
Content of request for supplemental examination
§ 1.620
Conduct of supplemental examination proceeding
§ 1.73
Summary of the invention
§ 1.809
Examination procedures
§ 1.839
Incorporation by reference
§ 1.902
Processing of prior art citations during an inter partes reexamination proceeding
§ 1.937
Conduct of inter partes reexamination
§ 1.94
Return of models, exhibits or specimens
§ 1.945
Response to Office action by patent owner in inter partes reexamination
§ 1.949
Examiner’s Office action closing prosecution in inter partes reexamination
§ 1.953
Examiner’s Right of Appeal Notice in inter partes reexamination
§ 1.956
Patent owner extensions of time in inter partes reexamination
§ 1.991
Merger of concurrent reissue application and inter partes reexamination proceeding
§ 1.997
Issuance and publication of inter partes reexamination certificate concludes inter partes reexamination proceeding
§ 104.23
Expert or opinion testimony
§ 11.10
Restrictions on practice in patent matters; former and current Office employees; government employees
§ 11.101
Competence
§ 11.103
Diligence
§ 11.5
Register of attorneys and agents in patent matters; practice before the Office
§ 11.505
Unauthorized practice of law
§ 11.8
Oath and registration fee
§ 11.804
Misconduct
§ 11.9
Limited recognition in patent matters
§ 3.1
Definitions
§ 3.21
Identification of patents and patent applications
§ 3.34
Correction of cover sheet errors
§ 3.54
Effect of recording
§ 3.56
Conditional assignments
§ 4.2
Definitions
§ 41.10
Correspondence addresses
§ 41.102
Completion of examination
§ 41.128
Sanctions
§ 41.2
Definitions
§ 41.206
Common interests in the invention
§ 41.207
Presumptions
§ 41.208
Content of substantive and responsive motions
§ 41.4
Timeliness
§ 41.54
Action following decision
§ 41.6
Public availability of Board records
§ 41.60
Definitions
§ 41.73
Oral hearing
§ 41.8
Mandatory notices
§ 41.81
Action following decision
§ 42.11
Duty of candor; signing papers; representations to the Board; sanctions
§ 42.122
Multiple proceedings and Joinder
§ 42.2
Definitions
§ 42.20
Generally
§ 42.222
Multiple proceedings and Joinder
§ 42.73
Judgment
§ 5.13
Petition for license; no corresponding application