MPEP Chapter 600 — Specification, claims

Chapter 600 of the USPTO Manual of Patent Examining Procedure covers specification, claims. It runs to 9 file-level sections and 109 subsections. 9 of its sections are annotated as structured data, exposing 144 statutes and regulations and 32 cited decisions.

Sections in this chapter

§ 601Content of Provisional and Nonprovisional Applications
- § 601.01Complete Application
- § 601.01(a)Nonprovisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(a)
- § 601.01(b)Provisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(b)
- § 601.01(c)Conversion to or from a Provisional Application
- § 601.01(d)Application Filed Without All Pages of Specification
- § 601.01(e)Nonprovisional Application Filed Without at Least One Claim
- § 601.01(f)Applications Filed Without Drawings
- § 601.01(g)Applications Filed Without All Figures of Drawings
- § 601.02Power of Attorney
- § 601.03Correspondence Address
- § 601.03(a)Change of Correspondence Address in Applications Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- § 601.03(b)Change of Correspondence Address in Applications Filed Before September 16, 2012
- § 601.04National Stage Requirements of the United States as a Designated Office
- § 601.05Bibliographic Information - Application Data Sheet (ADS)
- § 601.05(a)Application Data Sheet (ADS) -- Application Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- § 601.05(b)Application Data Sheet (ADS) in Application Filed Before September 16, 2012
§ 602Oaths and Declarations
- § 602.01Naming the Inventor; Inventor's Oath or Declaration
- § 602.01(a)Inventor’s Oath or Declaration in Application Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- § 602.01(b)Inventor’s Oath or Declaration in Application Filed Before September 16, 2012
- § 602.01(c)Correction of Inventorship, Name of Inventor, and Order of Names in an Application
- § 602.01(c)(1)Correction of Inventorship in an Application – Request Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- § 602.01(c)(2)Correcting or Updating Inventor Name 37 CFR 1.48(f) – Request Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- § 602.01(c)(3)[Reserved]
- § 602.02New Oath or Substitute for Original
- § 602.03Office Finds the Inventor’s Oath or Declaration Defective
- § 602.04Foreign Executed Oath
- § 602.05Oath or Declaration in Continuing Applications
- § 602.05(a)Oath or Declaration in Continuing Applications Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- § 602.05(b)Oath or Declaration in Continuing Applications Filed Before September 16, 2012
- § 602.06Non-English Oath or Declaration
- § 602.07Oath or Declaration Filed in United States as a Designated Office
- § 602.08Inventor and Application Information
- § 602.08(a)Inventor Bibliographic Information
- § 602.08(b)Inventor Signature and Name
- § 602.08(c)Identification of Application
- § 602.09Joint Inventors
§ 603Supplemental Oath or Declaration
- § 603.01Supplemental Oath or Declaration Filed After Allowance
§ 604Substitute Statements
§ 605Applicant
- § 605.01Applicant for Application filed on or after September 16, 2012
- § 605.02Applicant for Application Filed Before September 16, 2012
§ 606Title of Invention
- § 606.01Examiner May Require Change in Title
§ 607Filing Fee
- § 607.01[Reserved]
- § 607.02Returnability of Fees
§ 608Disclosure
- § 608.01Specification
- § 608.01(a)Arrangement of Application
- § 608.01(b)Abstract of the Disclosure
- § 608.01(c)Background of the Invention
- § 608.01(d)Brief Summary of Invention
- § 608.01(e)[Reserved]
- § 608.01(f)Brief Description of Drawings
- § 608.01(g)Detailed Description of Invention
- § 608.01(h)Mode of Operation of Invention
- § 608.01(i)Claims
- § 608.01(j)Numbering of Claims
- § 608.01(k)Statutory Requirement of Claims
- § 608.01(l)Claims Present on the Application Filing Date
- § 608.01(m)Form of Claims
- § 608.01(n)Dependent Claims
- § 608.01(o)Basis for Claim Terminology in Description
- § 608.01(p)Completeness of Specification
- § 608.01(q)Substitute or Rewritten Specification
- § 608.01(r)Derogatory Remarks About Prior Art in Specification
- § 608.01(s)Restoration of Canceled Matter
- § 608.01(t)Use in Subsequent Application
- § 608.01(u)[Reserved]
- § 608.01(v)Marks Used in Commerce and Trade Names
- § 608.01(w)Copyright and Mask Work Notices
- § 608.02Drawing
- § 608.02(a)New Drawing — When Replacement is Required Before Examination
- § 608.02(b)Acceptability of Drawings
- § 608.02(c)Location of Drawings
- § 608.02(d)Complete Illustration in Drawings
- § 608.02(e)Examiner Determines Completeness and Consistency of Drawings
- § 608.02(f)Modifications in Drawings
- § 608.02(g)Illustration of Prior Art
- § 608.02(h)Replacement Drawings
- § 608.02(i)Transfer of Drawings From Prior Applications
- § 608.02(j)- 608.02(o) [Reserved]
- § 608.02(p)Correction of Drawings
- § 608.02(q)- 608.02(s) [Reserved]
- § 608.02(t)Cancelation of Figures
- § 608.02(u)[Reserved]
- § 608.02(v)Drawing Changes Which Require Annotated Sheets
- § 608.02(w)Drawing Changes Which May Be Made Without Applicant’s Annotated Sheets
- § 608.02(x)Drawing Corrections or Changes Accepted Unless Notified Otherwise
- § 608.02(y)Return of Drawing
- § 608.02(z)Allowable Applications Needing Drawing Corrections or Corrected Drawings
- § 608.03Models, Exhibits, Specimens
- § 608.03(a)Handling of Models, Exhibits, and Specimens
- § 608.04New Matter
- § 608.04(a)Matter Not Present in Specification, Claims, or Drawings on the Application Filing Date
- § 608.04(b)New Matter by Preliminary Amendment
- § 608.04(c)Review of Examiner’s Holding of New Matter
- § 608.05“Sequence Listing,” “Large Tables,” or “Computer Program Listing Appendix” Submitted in ASCII Plain Text or a “Sequence Listing XML” Submitted as XML File Text
- § 608.05(a)Submission of a “Computer Program Listing Appendix”
- § 608.05(b)ASCII Plain Text Submissions of “Large Tables” and Treatment of Lengthy Tables in a Specification for Patents and Patent Application Publications
- § 608.05(c)Submissions of Biological Sequence Listings
§ 609Information Disclosure Statement
- § 609.01Examiner Checklist for Information Disclosure Statements
- § 609.02Information Disclosure Statements in Continued Examinations or Continuing Applications
- § 609.03Information Disclosure Statements in National Stage Applications
- § 609.04Content and Timing Requirements for an Information Disclosure Statement
- § 609.04(a)Content Requirements for an Information Disclosure Statement
- § 609.04(b)Timing Requirements for an Information Disclosure Statement
- § 609.05Examiner Handling of Information Disclosure Statements
- § 609.05(a)Noncomplying Information Disclosure Statements
- § 609.05(b)Complying Information Disclosure Statements
- § 609.05(c)Documents Submitted as Part of Applicant’s Reply to Office Action
- § 609.06Information Printed on Patent
- § 609.07IDSs Electronically Submitted (eIDS) Using Patent Center
- § 609.08Electronic Processing of Information Disclosure Statement