MPEP Chapter 1300 — Allowance, issue

Chapter 1300 of the USPTO Manual of Patent Examining Procedure covers allowance, issue. It runs to 9 file-level sections and 34 subsections, of which 8 carry substantive text and 1 is marked [Reserved]. 1 of its sections are annotated as structured data, exposing 0 statutes and regulations and 0 cited decisions.

Sections in this chapter

§ 1301Substantially Allowable Application, Special
§ 1302Preparation of an Application for Allowance
- § 1302.01General Review of Disclosure
- § 1302.02Requirement for a Rewritten Specification
- § 1302.03Notice of Allowability
- § 1302.04Examiner’s Amendments and Changes
- § 1302.04(a)Title of Invention
- § 1302.04(b)[Reserved]
- § 1302.04(c)Cancellation of Claims to Nonelected Invention
- § 1302.04(d)Cancellation of Claim Lost in Interference
- § 1302.04(e)Cancellation of Rejected Claims Following Appeal
- § 1302.04(f)[Reserved]
- § 1302.04(g)Identification of Claims
- § 1302.04(h)Rejoinder of Claims
- § 1302.05Correction of Drawing
- § 1302.06Prior Foreign Application
- § 1302.07[Reserved]
- § 1302.08Interference Search
- § 1302.09Classification, Print Figure, and Other Notations
- § 1302.10Issue Classification Notations
- § 1302.11[Reserved]
- § 1302.12Listing of References
- § 1302.13Signing
- § 1302.14Reasons for Allowance
§ 1303Notice of Allowance
- § 1303.01Amendment Received After Allowance
- § 1303.02Undelivered
- § 1303.03Not Withheld Due to Death of Inventor
§ 1304Amendments After D-10 Notice
- § 1304.01Withholding From Issue of “Secrecy Order” Applications
§ 1305Jurisdiction
§ 1306Issue Fee
- § 1306.01Deferring Issuance of a Patent
- § 1306.02Simultaneous Issuance of Patents
- § 1306.03Practice After Payment of Issue Fee; Receipt of Issue Notification
§ 1307[Reserved]
§ 1308Withdrawal From Issue
- § 1308.01Rejection After Allowance
- § 1308.02For Interference or Derivation Purposes
- § 1308.03Quality Review for Examined Patent Applications
§ 1309Issue of Patent
- § 1309.01[Reserved]
- § 1309.02“Printer Rush” Cases