Code of Federal Regulations · Subpart

Subpart B — National Processing Provisions

37 C.F.R. pt. 1, subpt. B

• § 1.31 Applicant May Be Represented By One Or More Patent Practitioners Or Joint Inventors
• § 1.32 Power Of Attorney
• § 1.33 Correspondence Respecting Patent Applications, Patent Reexamination Proceedings, And Other Proceedings
• § 1.34 Acting In A Representative Capacity
• § 1.36 Revocation Of Power Of Attorney; Withdrawal Of Patent Attorney Or Agent
• § 1.41 Inventorship
• § 1.42 Applicant For Patent
• § 1.43 Application For Patent By A Legal Representative Of A Deceased Or Legally Incapacitated Inventor
• § 1.44 [reserved]
• § 1.45 Application For Patent By Joint Inventors
• § 1.46 Application For Patent By An Assignee, Obligated Assignee, Or A Person Who Otherwise Shows Sufficient Proprietary Interest In The Matter
• § 1.47 [reserved]
• § 1.48 Correction Of Inventorship Pursuant To 35 U.s.c. 116 Or Correction Of The Name Or Order Of Names In A Patent Application, Other Than A Reissue Application
• § 1.51 General Requisites Of An Application
• § 1.52 Language, Paper, Writing, Margins, Read-only Optical Disc Specifications
• § 1.53 Application Number, Filing Date, And Completion Of Application
• § 1.54 Parts Of Application To Be Filed Together; Filing Receipt
• § 1.55 Claim For Foreign Priority
• § 1.56 Duty To Disclose Information Material To Patentability
• § 1.57 Incorporation By Reference
• § 1.58 Chemical And Mathematical Formulae And Tables
• § 1.59 Expungement Of Information Or Copy Of Papers In Application File
• § 1.63 Inventor's Oath Or Declaration
• § 1.64 Substitute Statement In Lieu Of An Oath Or Declaration
• § 1.66 Statements Under Oath
• § 1.67 Supplemental Oath Or Declaration
• § 1.68 Declaration In Lieu Of Oath
• § 1.69 Foreign Language Oaths And Declarations
• § 1.70 [reserved]
• § 1.71 Detailed Description And Specification Of The Invention
• § 1.72 Title And Abstract
• § 1.73 Summary Of The Invention
• § 1.74 Reference To Drawings
• § 1.75 Claim(s)
• § 1.76 Application Data Sheet
• § 1.77 Arrangement Of Application Elements
• § 1.78 Claiming Benefit Of Earlier Filing Date And Cross-references To Other Applications
• § 1.79 [reserved]
• § 1.81 Drawings Required In Patent Application
• § 1.83 Content Of Drawing
• § 1.84 Standards For Drawings
• § 1.85 Corrections To Drawings
• § 1.88 [reserved]
• § 1.91 Models Or Exhibits Not Generally Admitted As Part Of Application Or Patent
• § 1.92 [reserved]
• § 1.93 Specimens
• § 1.94 Return Of Models, Exhibits Or Specimens
• § 1.95 Copies Of Exhibits
• § 1.96 Submission Of Computer Program Listings
• § 1.97 Filing Of Information Disclosure Statement
• § 1.98 Content Of Information Disclosure Statement
• § 1.99 [reserved]
• § 1.101 [reserved]
• § 1.102 Advancement Of Examination
• § 1.103 Suspension Of Action By The Office
• § 1.104 Nature Of Examination
• § 1.105 Requirements For Information
• § 1.109 Effective Filing Date Of A Claimed Invention Under The Leahy-smith America Invents Act
• § 1.110 Inventorship And Ownership Of The Subject Matter Of Individual Claims
• § 1.111 Reply By Applicant Or Patent Owner To A Non-final Office Action
• § 1.112 Reconsideration Before Final Action
• § 1.113 Final Rejection Or Action
• § 1.114 Request For Continued Examination
• § 1.115 Preliminary Amendments
• § 1.116 Amendments And Affidavits Or Other Evidence After Final Action And Prior To Appeal
• § 1.121 Manner Of Making Amendments In Applications
• § 1.125 Substitute Specification
• § 1.126 Numbering Of Claims
• § 1.127 [reserved]
• § 1.129 Transitional Procedures For Limited Examination After Final Rejection And Restriction Practice
• § 1.130 Affidavit Or Declaration Of Attribution Or Prior Public Disclosure Under The Leahy-smith America Invents Act
• § 1.131 Affidavit Or Declaration Of Prior Invention Or To Disqualify Commonly Owned Patent Or Published Application As Prior Art
• § 1.132 Affidavits Or Declarations Traversing Rejections Or Objections
• § 1.133 Interviews
• § 1.134 Time Period For Reply To An Office Action
• § 1.135 Abandonment For Failure To Reply Within Time Period
• § 1.136 Extensions Of Time
• § 1.137 Revival Of Abandoned Application, Or Terminated Or Limited Reexamination Prosecution
• § 1.138 Express Abandonment
• § 1.139 [reserved]
• § 1.141 Different Inventions In One National Application
• § 1.142 Requirement For Restriction
• § 1.143 Reconsideration Of Requirement
• § 1.144 Petition From Requirement For Restriction
• § 1.145 Subsequent Presentation Of Claims For Different Invention
• § 1.146 Election Of Species
• § 1.151 Rules Applicable
• § 1.152 Design Drawings
• § 1.153 Title, Description And Claim, Oath Or Declaration
• § 1.154 Arrangement Of Application Elements In A Design Application
• § 1.155 [reserved]
• § 1.161 Rules Applicable
• § 1.162 Applicant, Oath Or Declaration
• § 1.163 Specification And Arrangement Of Application Elements In A Plant Application
• § 1.164 Claim
• § 1.165 Plant Drawings
• § 1.166 Specimens
• § 1.167 Examination
• § 1.171 Application For Reissue
• § 1.172 Reissue Applicant
• § 1.173 Reissue Specification, Drawings, And Amendments
• § 1.174 [reserved]
• § 1.175 Inventor's Oath Or Declaration For A Reissue Application
• § 1.176 Examination Of Reissue
• § 1.177 Issuance Of Multiple Reissue Patents
• § 1.178 Original Patent; Continuing Duty Of Applicant
• § 1.179 [reserved]
• § 1.181 Petition To The Director
• § 1.182 Questions Not Specifically Provided For
• § 1.183 Suspension Of Rules
• § 1.184 [reserved]
• § 1.191 Appeal To Patent Trial And Appeal Board
• § 1.197 Termination Of Proceedings
• § 1.198 Reopening After A Final Decision Of The Patent Trial And Appeal Board
• § 1.211 Publication Of Applications
• § 1.213 Nonpublication Request
• § 1.215 Patent Application Publication
• § 1.217 Publication Of A Redacted Copy Of An Application
• § 1.219 Early Publication
• § 1.221 Voluntary Publication Or Republication Of Patent Application Publication
• § 1.248 Service Of Papers; Manner Of Service; Proof Of Service In Cases Other Than Interferences And Trials
• § 1.251 Unlocatable File
• § 1.290 Submissions By Third Parties In Applications
• § 1.291 Protests By The Public Against Pending Applications
• § 1.311 Notice Of Allowance
• § 1.312 Amendments After Allowance
• § 1.313 Withdrawal From Issue
• § 1.314 Issuance Of Patent
• § 1.315 [reserved]
• § 1.316 Application Abandoned For Failure To Pay Issue Fee
• § 1.321 Statutory Disclaimers, Including Terminal Disclaimers
• § 1.322 Certificate Of Correction Of Office Mistake
• § 1.323 Certificate Of Correction Of Applicant's Mistake
• § 1.324 Correction Of Inventorship In Patent, Pursuant To 35 U.s.c. 256
• § 1.325 Other Mistakes Not Corrected
• § 1.335 Filing Of Notice Of Arbitration Awards
• § 1.362 Time For Payment Of Maintenance Fees
• § 1.363 Fee Address For Maintenance Fee Purposes
• § 1.366 Submission Of Maintenance Fees
• § 1.377 Review Of Decision Refusing To Accept And Record Payment Of A Maintenance Fee Filed Prior To Expiration Of Patent
• § 1.378 Acceptance Of Delayed Payment Of Maintenance Fee In Expired Patent To Reinstate Patent
• § 1.106-1.108 §§ 1.106-1.108 [reserved]
• § 1.117-1.119 §§ 1.117-1.119 [reserved]
• § 1.122-1.124 §§ 1.122-1.124 [reserved]
• § 1.122-1.224 §§ 1.122-1.224 [reserved]
• § 1.192-1.196 §§ 1.192-1.196 [reserved]
• § 1.292-1.297 §§ 1.292-1.297 [reserved]
• § 1.301-1.304 §§ 1.301-1.304 [reserved]
• § 1.317-1.318 §§ 1.317-1.318 [reserved]
• § 1.331-1.334 §§ 1.331-1.334 [reserved]
• § 1.351-1.352 §§ 1.351-1.352 [reserved]
• § 1.60-1.62 §§ 1.60-1.62 [reserved]