INDEX
A
Abandonment:
Withdrawing the Holding ............................................ 73,74
Affidavits under 37 CFR 1.131 .......................................... 11
Address:
Office mailing ........................................................ 1
American Type Culture Collection ....................................... 2
Amino Acid Disclosures .............................................. 81,82
Appeals ................................................................ 41
Applicant Aid for Biotechnology ....................................... 100
Application:
Canceling All Claims ............................................... 103
Paper Size/Margin Requirements ...................................... 70
Receipt Acknowledgment .............................................. 14
Arbitration of Patent Interference cases .............................. 123
Assignments:
"At Cost" Recordation ............................................... 50
"At Cost" Services .................................................. 48
Indexing ............................................................ 52
Recording Foreclosures .............................................. 53
Rules ............................................................... 43
Temporary Suspension ................................................ 51
Authorization, Deposit Accounts .................................... 66, 67
B
Batch Number Identifying Application ................................... 12
Biotechnology, Computer Readable Form
Sequence Listing ................................................... 100
Box Numbers ....................................................... 3, 6, 8
C
Canceling All Claims in an Applications ............................... 103
CD-Rom, GLOBALPat & USAMark ........................................... 139
Certificate of Correction, Perfect Claim for
Priority under 35 USC 119 ............................................ 85
Certificate of Mailing, Waiver Under 37 CFR 1.10 ....................... 16
Certified Copies, Change in Practice .................................. 107
Certified Copies, termination of services .............................. 51
Changes of Address ................................................... 1, 2
Changes of Patent Practice of Procedure ............................... 123
Claims, Separate Patentability of ..................................... 132
Client/Patent Applicant .......................................... 131, 132
Closing of PTO ...................................................... 24-32
Comments, Request for:
CPA (Cont'd Prosecution Application
Practice (Proposed) .............................................. 109
Changes to CPA (Cont'd Prosecution
Application Practice ............................................. 110
Changes to CPA Cont'd Prosecution
Application Practice (Interim) ................................... 111
In re Portola Packaging, Inc. ....................................... 79
Patent Formalities Treaty ........................................... 84
Recording Patent File Histories ..................................... 83
"Written Description" Requirement Cancellation ...................... 80
"Written Description" Requirement ................................... 78
Computer Readable Form ................................................ 100
Computer Programs, Guidelines ....................................... 92-94
Communications with PTO ................................................ 11
Conduct on PTO Premises ............................................ 39, 40
Conference Center Video ................................................ 75
Consolidation of Technology Center ..................................... 11
Continuation Application Under 37 CFR 1.60 ............................. 46
Continuing Application Procedure ....................................... 46
Correspondence:
Identify with Issue Batch No......................................... 12
Post Card Receipts .............................................. 13, 14
With Solicitor ...................................................... 42
Court Papers Served on Commissioner ................................ 41, 42
Customer Numbers ........................................................ 4
Customer Feedback Card ................................................ 136
D
Declarations, 37 CFR 1.63 .............................................. 20
Deposit Accounts:
General Authorizations .............................................. 66
Issue Fee Charges ................................................... 67
Design Application Drawings ........................................... 102
Design Application with Computer Generated ICONs ....................... 94
Design/Utility Application; Interim Waiver ............................. 18
DH Technology, Fee Deficiency .......................................... 54
Diligence in Petitions to Revive ....................................... 73
Disclosure Document Program ...................................... 124, 125
Disciplinary Proceedings .............................................. 130
Dissemination of PTO on WebSite ....................................... 142
Double Patenting Rejections ........................................... 97
Drawings:
37 CFR 1.163 (Two Copies) ........................................... 17
37 CFR 1.84(b)(1) Petition/Fee ..................................... 18
37 CFR 1.84(b)(1) (One Set) ........................................ 19
Removal of Surface Treatment ....................................... 102
E
Electronic Records in Interferences ................................... 119
Emergency, U.S. Postal Services ..................................... 35-37
Eurasian Patent Convention ............................................ 129
Examination of Patent Application,
Interim Guidelines .................................................. 80
Examiner Training .................................................... 137
"Expedited Local" Services ............................................. 48
Express Mail, Waiver ................................................... 16
Extraordinary Situation, Relief ....................................... 10
F
F
Facilities Use Regulations ............................................. 39
Fastener Quality Act .................................................. 135
Fee Deficiency under 37 CFR 1.28 ....................................... 54
Fees Information .................................................... 55-64
Filing Receipts, Change in Practice ................................... 106
Filewrapper Continuing Application Procedure ........................... 46
Final Utility Examination ............................................. 137
First Class Mail, Returned ............................................. 15
Foreclosures, Recordability ............................................ 53
Form; PTOL-85 .......................................................... 47
G
GATT ................................................................... 96
Genus-Species Guidelines ............................................... 91
GLOBALPat & USAMark CD-Rom ............................................ 139
Guidelines:
Claims Directed to Species of
Chemical Compositions ............................................. 77
Computer-Implemented Inventions ............................. 91, 92, 94
Design Application for Computer-Generated ICONs ......................94
Interim; Examination of Patent Application
under 35 USC 112 ...............................................78, 80
Means or Step Plus Function Limitation under
35 USC 112 ........................................................ 89
Reexamination of Cases in In re Portola Packing ................ 79
Training for Changes to Patent Practice ............................ 108
Utility Examination ................................................. 90
H
Holidays ............................................................... 23
I
Identifying Information on Papers ...................................... 12
Implementation Guide for Patent Practice .............................. 108
Indexing Assignments ................................................... 52
Interim Guidelines:
Claims Directed to Species of Chemical
Compositions ...................................................... 91
Examination of Patent Application under
35 USC 112 ............................... 78, 80
Reexamination of Case in In re Portola Packaging..................... 79
Interim Waiver:
37 CFR 1.63 for Two Copies .......................................... 17
37 CFR 1.84(b)(1) Accept Black and White
Photographs ...................................................... 18
37 CFR 1.84(b)(1) for One Set ....................................... 19
Interference:
Admissibility of Electronic Records ................................ 119
Obtaining Copies .................................................... 49
Opinions & Orders .................................................. 116
Practice ........................................................... 122
Practice (New Procedures) .......................................... 117
"Show the Patentability" of a Claim ................................ 118
International Classification Designation for
Availability of Interference Files ................................... 115
Internet Usage Policy ............................................ 144, 145
Invalidate Patents .................................................... 146
Inventor's name, Procedures ............................................ 71
Iraqi Sanctions Regulations ............................................ 33
Issuance of a Patent to Assignee ....................................... 44
Issue Fee Form ......................................................... 47
J
K
L
License for Foreign Filing ............................................ 101
List of Patent with 37 CFR 1.607(d) ................................... 141
M
Mail: Delays ........................................................ 34-38
Mail, returned ......................................................... 15
Mailing address, PTO .................................................. 1-8
Metric equivalents ..................................................... 69
Miscellaneous Patent Changes .......................................... 114
Move of the Technology Center .......................................... 11
N
Notice of Examination for Registration ................................ 138
Notice of Hearings:
Recording File Histories ............................................ 82
"Written Description" Requirement (Interim) ......................... 80
Nucleotide Sequence ............................................ 81, 82, 99
O
Oath, Information necessary to Identify Specification .................. 20
P
Passes to enter PTO ................................................ 39, 40
Patent Assistance Center ............................................... 22
Patent Business Goals (proposed) ...................................... 105
Patent Cooperation Treaty:
Certain of the Regulation under PCT ................................ 134
Member states ...................................................... 133
Patent Formalities Treaty .............................................. 84
Patent Practice Changes ............................................... 106
Patent Term Extension .................................................. 98
Patent Term Extension (20-Year Term) ................................... 96
Payor Numbers ........................................................... 4
Performance Review Board .............................................. 140
Petitions:
Extraordinary Situations ............................................ 10
Plant Patents .................................................... 127, 128
Plant Patents, Interim Waiver .......................................... 17
Policy; Internet Usage ........................................... 144, 145
Post Card Receipt .................................................. 13, 14
Practitioners Before the PTO ..................................... 131, 132
Priority:
Right of priority in India .......................................... 87
Right of priority in Taiwan ......................................... 86
Right of priority in Thailand ....................................... 88
Using certificate of correction to perfect
35 USC 119 claim ................................................. 85
Provisional Applications ............................................... 96
PTO Closings ........................................................ 24-32
Public Hearings:
"Written Description" Requirement (Cancellation) .................... 78
"Written Description" Requirement ................................... 80
Reexamination of Cases in view of
In re Portola Packaging, Inc. ..................................... 79
Publications, Current Patent Rules .................................... 143
Publications, 18-Month ................................................ 114
Publication of Opinions/Order Entered by the BPAI ..................... 116
Q
R
Receipts, Postcard ................................................. 13, 14
Recordation of Assignments ............................................. 50
Reexamination:
In view of In re Portola Packaging, Inc. ............................. 9
Registration Before the PTO ........................................... 138
Rejections under 35 USC 102(f) or (g)/103 ............................. 104
Representing Clients .................................................. 132
Restarting Response Periods ............................................ 76
Revival of Abandoned Applications ...................................... 73
Rule Changes:
Arbitration of Patent Interference Cases,
Effective May 27 , 1987 .......................................... 123
Assignment Practice ............................................. 43, 44
Automated Search System Fees,
Effective November 13, 1990 ...................................... 65
Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals (Proposed) .............. 105
Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure ........................... 106
Change in Procedure Relating to Filing Date,
Effective July 22, 1996 .......................................... 72
Changes to Implement 20-Year Term and
Provisional Applications, Effective June 8, 1995 ................. 96
Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice ................... 109
Changes to CPA Practice ......................................... 110
Changes to CPA Practice (Interim) ............................... 111
Cross Appeals in Patent and Trademark
Disciplinary Proceedings, Effective January 16, 1996 ............ 130
Fees:
Effective October 1, 1997 ........................................... 63
Effective October 1, 1996 ........................................... 64
Partial Payment of Patent Fees Oct. 10 - 20, 1998 ................... 56
Partial Payment of Patent Fees Oct. 1 - 9, 1998 ..................... 57
Revisions of Patent Fees, Fiscal Year 99 ............................ 58
Revisions of Patent Fees, Fiscal Year 99, Corrections ............... 59
Reduced Patent Fee Schedule ......................................... 60
Revisions of Patent Fees. Fiscal Year 99 ............................ 61
Foreign Filing Amendments .......................................... 101
Interference Proceeding, Effective September 27, 1991 .............. 120
Miscellaneous Changes in Patent Practice
Effective September 23, 1996 .................................... 114
Patent Application Containing Nucleotide Sequence
And/or Amino Acid ................................................. 82
Patent Interference, Burden of Proof,
Effective October 25, 1993 ...................................... 121
Provisional Applications, Effective June 8, 1995 .................... 96
Reengineering Efforts .............................................. 136
Special Mail Box ............................................... 3, 5, 6
S
Sanction, Iraqi ........................................................ 33
Search Facilities in PTO:
Public User Passes ..................................................... 40
Regulations ........................................................ 39, 40
Violations ..............................................................39
Search Fees, PTO Automated ............................................. 65
Sequence Listing ...................................................... 100
Service of Court Papers ............................................ 41, 42
Services, "At Cost" .................................................... 48
Sheet Size/Margin Requirements ......................................... 70
"Show the Patentability" of a Claim ................................... 118
Special Box Numbers ................................................... 3-8
Status Inquiries ....................................................... 21
T
Technology Centers ..................................................... 11
Terminal Disclaimers Required .......................................... 97
Trademark:
Address for Trademark Applications and
Trademark Related Papers .......................................... 172
Advisory Committee for Trademark Affairs,
Public ........................................................ 227-231
Application Filing Requirements, Questions and
Answers .............................................................. 157
Assignment ....................................................... 223-226
Belarus, Industrial Property Protection in ........................... 216
Boxes, Special, and "Fee/No Fee" Indicators for
Trademark-Related Mail and Guidelines for
Filing Requests to Extend Time to Oppose
with the TTAB ..................................................... 171
CD-ROM Products Now Available from Patent and
Trademark Office ............................................. 177, 178
Certificate of Mailing ..................................... 170, 171, 175
Certificate of Mailing or Transmission, Removal of ................... 171
Certain Trademark Exclusions ......................................... 270
Certificate of Mailing Requirement under
C.F.R. 1.10, Deletion of ............................................. 171
Certification Services, Requests for ............................. 185-186
Change of Address for Trademark Applications and
Trademark Related Papers .......................................... 172
Changes in Format for Publishing Trademarks for
Opposition ........................................................ 207
Classification, International .................................... 152-154
Croatia, Regarding Industrial Property Rights
in the Republic of ................................................. 219
Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, Industrial
Property Protection in ............................................ 214
Diligence, Responsibility to Monitor Status of
Trademark Applications and Registrations
with .......................................................... 209-210
Electronic Filing of Trademark Applications ...................... 168-169
Elimination of Requirement for Proof of Service in
Consented Requests for Extensions of Time to File
a Notice of Opposition ............................................ 197
Express Mail, Changes in procedures for filing by .................... 171
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,
Effect of December 1, 1993 Amendments on
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Inter Partes Proceedings 199
"Fee/No Fee" Indicators for Trademark-
Related Mail ...................................................... 172
Fees, Renewal, Late-Filed ............................................ 162
Filing of Papers During Unscheduled
Closings of the Patent and Trademark Office ....................... 171
Filing Receipt for Application ....................................... 173
Inadvertently Issued Registration Numbers ............................ 204
Indexing Against a Recorded Assignment ............................... 223
Interlocutory Decisions by the Trademark Trial
and Appeal Board ............................................. 196, 201
International Protection of Government
Emblems and Seals ................................................. 222
International Trademark Classification ........................... 152-154
Kazakhstan, Industrial Property Protection in ........................ 215
Kyrgyz, Regarding Industrial Property in ............................. 221
Letters of Protest ................................................... 155
Lithuania, Patent and Trademark Rights in the
Republic of ....................................................... 217
Macedonia, Patent and Trademark Rights in the
Former Yugoslav Republic of ....................................... 220
NAFTA Implementation Act, Amendment of
Trademark Act by .................................................. 156
Nonregistrability of Misleading Geographic
Indications-Amendment of the Trademark
Act by the North American Free Trade
Agreement Implementation Act ...................................... 156
Notices of Abandonment ............................................... 182
Petition to Make Applications Special ................................ 160
Printing of Use in Another Form Claims ............................... 203
Proposed Records Control Schedule .................................... 192
Public Advisory Committee for Trademark
Affairs ....................................................... 228-231
Recording of "Territorial Assignments" ............................... 226
Registration Numbers, Method of Assigning ............................ 232
Renewal of Trademark Registrations .................... 162, 163, 165, 167
Retention Schedule for Trademark Records ............................. 191
Rule 2.165 Requirements for Section 8 ................................ 163
Russian Federation, Patent and Trademark Rights in ................... 212
Section 8 Requirements for
Trademark Registrations ............................ 161, 163, 165, 166
Section 7 Requests ................................................... 164
Separation of the Patent and Trademark Sections of the
Official Gazette .................................................. 208
Single Copies of the Trademark Official Gazette ...................... 205
Slovak Republic and Czech Republic, Industrial
Property Protection in ............................................ 214
Slovenia, Industrial Property Rights in the
Republic of ....................................................... 218
Status Line, Trademark ........................................... 180-181
Status of Trademark Applications and Registrations,
Responsibility to Diligently Monitor .......................... 209-210
T-Search Printouts as Section 2(d) References ........................ 158
Trademark Assistance Center .......................................... 179
Trademark Mail ............................................. 171, 172, 175
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board,
Changes to Rules .............................................. 193-195
Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First Class Mail
Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.8 and Returned by the U.S. Postal Service ...... 15
Treatment of Non-Conforming Revoke or Invalidate Patents .............. 146
U
United States Postal Service Emergency in the State of
California Terminated ............................................... 37
United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail ...................... 38
Unpaid Fee Check ....................................................... 68
UPOV Convention .................................................. 128, 129
Use of Facilities Regulations .......................................... 39
User Passes ........................................................ 39, 40
Utility Examination ............................................... 90, 137
Utility/Design Application, Interim Waiver ............................. 18
V
Video Conference Center ................................................ 75
W
Waiver of Certificate of Mailing Requirement under
37 CFR 1.10 ......................................................... 16
Website:
Dissemination of PTO Information ...................................... 142
List of Patents 37 CFR 1.607(d) ....................................... 141
Publication of Current Patent Rules ................................... 143
Withdrawal of Abandonments ............................................. 74
"Written Description" Requirements ..................................... 78