MPEP / Manual / Chapter 1400 MPEP Chapter 1400 — Correction Chapter 1400 of the USPTO Manual of Patent Examining Procedure covers correction. It runs to 38 file-level sections and 26 subsections. 37 of its sections are annotated as structured data, exposing 123 statutes and regulations and 99 cited decisions.
Sections in this chapter § 1401 Reissue § 1402 Grounds for Filing § 1403 Diligence in Filing § 1404 Submission of Papers Where Reissue Patent Is in Litigation § 1405 Reissue and Patent Term § 1406 Citation and Consideration of References Cited in Original Patent § 1410 Content of Reissue Application § 1410.01 Reissue Applicant and Inventor's Oath or Declaration § 1410.02 Assignee Consent to the Reissue § 1411 Form of Specification § 1412 Content of Claims § 1412.01 Reissue Claims Must Be for Same General Invention § 1412.02 Recapture of Canceled Subject Matter § 1412.03 Broadening Reissue Claims § 1412.04 Correction of Inventorship By Reissue § 1412.05 Correction of Inventorship in a Broadening Reissue Application § 1413 Drawings § 1414 Content of Reissue Oath/Declaration § 1414.01 Reissue Oath or Declaration in Reissue Application Filed On or After September 16, 2012 § 1414.02 Reissue Oath or Declaration in Reissue Application Filed Before September 16, 2012 § 1414.03 Supplemental Reissue Oath/Declaration § 1415 Reissue Application and Issue Fees § 1415.01 Maintenance Fees on the Original Patent § 1416 No Physical Surrender of Original Patent § 1417 Claim for Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) § 1418 Notification of Prior/Concurrent Proceedings and Decisions Thereon, and of Information Known To Be Material to Patentability § 1430 Reissue Files Open to the Public and, Notice of Filing Reissue Announced in, Official Gazette § 1440 Examination of Reissue Application § 1441 Two-Month Delay Period § 1441.01 Protest and Pre-issuance Submission in Reissue Applications § 1442 Special Status § 1442.01 Litigation-Related or PTAB Trial-Related Reissues § 1442.02 Concurrent Litigation or Trial Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board § 1442.03 Litigation Stayed § 1442.04 Litigation Involving Patent § 1442.05 Court Ordered Filing of Reissue Application § 1443 Initial Examiner Review § 1444 Review of Reissue Oath/Declaration § 1445 Reissue Application Examined in Same Manner as Original Application § 1448 Fraud, Inequitable Conduct, or Duty of Disclosure Issues § 1449 Protest Filed in Reissue Where Patent Is in Interference or Contested Case § 1450 Restriction and Election of Species Made in Reissue Application § 1451 Divisional Reissue Applications; Continuation Reissue Applications Where the Parent is Pending § 1452 Request for Continued Examination of Reissue Application § 1453 Amendments to Reissue Applications § 1454 Appeal Brief § 1455 Allowance and Issue § 1456 Reissue Review § 1457 Design Reissue Applications and Patents § 1460 Effect of Reissue § 1470 Public Access to Reissue Applications § 1480 Certificates of Correction — Office Mistake § 1480.01 Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction - Error Attributable to Office § 1481 Certificates of Correction - Applicant’s Mistake § 1481.01 Correction of Assignees’ Names § 1481.02 Correction of Named Inventor § 1481.03 Correction of 35 U.S.C. 119 and 35 U.S.C. 120 Benefits § 1485 Handling of Request for Certificates of Correction § 1490 Disclaimers Statutes and rules this chapter relies on + 113 more Decisions this chapter relies on + 89 more In re Fotland 2 sections In re Hayes 2 sections In re Morgan 2 sections In re Orita 2 sections In re Tanaka 2 sections In re Watkinson 2 sections In re Wilder 2 sections Switzer v. Sockman 2 sections A.F. Stoddard & Co. v. Dann 1 section Altoona Publix Theatres v. American Tri-Ergon Corp. 1 section Amgen v. Hoffman-La Roche 1 section Antares Pharma Inc., v. Medac Pharma Inc. and Medac GMBH 1 section B.E. Meyers & Co. v. United States 1 section BIC Leisure Prods., Inc., v. Windsurfing Int’l, Inc. 1 section Boehringer Ingelheim Int’l v. Barr Laboratories 1 section Conover v. Downs 1 section Egenera, Inc. v. Cisco Sys., Inc. 1 section Eli Lilly & Co. v. Barr Labs., Inc. 1 section Ethicon v. Quigg 1 section Ex parte Anthony 1 section Ex parte Bayles 1 section Ex parte Lafferty 1 section Ex parte Lawrence 1 section Ex parte Sandwick 1 section Ex parte Wikdahl 1 section Ex parte Yamaguchi 1 section Ex parte Yeo 1 section Forum US, Inc. v. Flow Valve, LLC 1 section Grant v. Raymond 1 section Green v. The Rich Iron Co. 1 section Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Xicor LLC 1 section Hallmark Cards, Inc. v. Lehman 1 section Hester Industries, Inc. v. Stein, Inc. 1 section In re Amos 1 section In re Bauman 1 section In re Berg 1 section In re Bostwick 1 section In re Cellect, LLC 1 section In re Clement 1 section In re Dien 1 section In re Doll 1 section In re Doyle 1 section In re Doyle 1 section In re General Electric Co. 1 section In re Guastavino 1 section In re Janssen Biotech, Inc. 1 section In re Jentoft 1 section In re Keil 1 section In re McDonald 1 section In re Mead 1 section In re Molins 1 section In re Mostafazadeh 1 section In re Patent No 6550701 1 section In re Richman 1 section In re Rogoff 1 section In re Rosuvastatin Calcium Patent Litigation 1 section In re Rowand 1 section In re Ruth 1 section In re Sneed 1 section In re Spencer 1 section In re Staats 1 section In re Van Ornum 1 section In re Wadlinger 1 section In re Weiler 1 section In re Willingham 1 section In re Yamazaki 1 section In re Youman 1 section In the matter of James D. Wright 1 section In the matter of N. B. Fassett 1 section Leggett v. Avery 1 section MBO Laboratories, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co. 1 section McCormick Harvesting Mach. Co. v. C. Aultman & Co. 1 section Medrad, Inc. v. Tyco Healthcare Group LP 1 section Mentor Corp. v. Coloplast, Inc. 1 section North American Container, Inc. v. Plastipak Packaging, Inc. 1 section Novo Industries, L.P. v. Micro Molds Corporation 1 section Pannu v. Storz Instruments Inc. 1 section Peck v. Collins 1 section Pfizer Inc. v. Apotex Inc. 1 section Pfizer, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. 1 section President and Fellows of Harvard College v. Rea 1 section Rembrandt Wireless Techs., LP v. Samsung Elecs. Co. 1 section Rohm & Haas Co. v. Roberts Chemical Inc. 1 section Sampson v. Comm’r Pat. 1 section Slip Track Systems, Inc. v. Metal Lite, Inc. 1 section Superior Fireplace Co. v. The Majestic Products Co. 1 section Tillotson, Ltd. v. Walbro Corp. 1 section United States Industrial Chemicals, Inc. v. Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp. 1 section Vectra Fitness Inc. v. 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