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• Oath ( See also Declaration)
  • Antedating reference ( See Affidavit, of prior invention to overcome a pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 or 103 rejection(37 CFR 1.131))
  • Non-English— 602.06
  • Original ( See also Oath, Original, Rule 1.63)— 602.01(a) ; 602.01(b) ; 602.01(c)
  • Plant application (Rule 1.162)— 1604
  • Reissue (Rule 1.175)— 1410.01 ; 1412.04 ; 1412.05 ; 1414 – 1414.03 ; 1444 ; 1451 ; 1455
    • Supplemental— 1412.03 ; 1414 ; 1414.02 ; 1414.03 ; 1444
  • Substitute— 602.02
  • Supplemental— 601.05(b) ; 603
  • Supplemental and allowance— 603.01
  • Traversing rejection (Rule 1.132)— 716
• Oath, Antedating reference ( See also Affidavit, of prior invention to overcome a pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 or 103 rejection (37 CFR 1.131))— 715
• Oath, International application— 1893.01(e)
• Oath, Original, Rule 1.63— 602.01(a) ; 602.01(b) ; 602.01(c)
  • Administering— 602
  • Amendment— 602.01(c)
  • Attorney administers— 602
  • Consular certificate— 602.04
  • Continuing application— 602.01(c) ; 602.05
  • Copies, filing of— 602
  • Date of execution— 602.05
  • Declaration in lieu of, Rule 1.68— 602 ; 602.01
  • Defective— 602 ; 602.01(b) ; 602.02 ; 602.03
  • Delayed filing— 506
  • Divisional application— 602.05(a) ; 602.05(b)
  • Executed before alteration of specification— 602.02
  • Execution— 602
  • Facsimile— 602
  • Foreign execution— 602.04
  • Foreign-filed applications listed— 214 ; 214.03 ; 602.01(b)
  • Invalid, By attorney in case— 602
  • Jurisdiction of notary— 602 ; 602.03
  • New required— 602.01 ; 602.02
  • Notary— 602 ; 602.03 ; 602.04 ; 602.08(b)
  • Notary certificate— 602 ; 602.03
  • Notary jurisdiction— 602
  • Refers to preliminary amendment— 602.01(c)
  • Seal— 602
  • Seal, Foreign application— 602.04
  • Seal, Not required— 602
  • Signed before alteration of specification— 602.08(b)
  • Substitute— 602.02 ; 604
  • Venue— 602
• Oath, Supplemental, Rule 1.67— 603
  • After allowance— 603.01 ; 714.16
  • Change of inventorship— 602 ; 602.01(c)
• Oaths, Conflicting— 201.03 ; 602.01(c)
• Object of invention— 608.01(d)
• Objection contrasted with rejection— 706.01
• Objection, Dependent claims— 608.01(n)
• Objection to formal matters, When made— 707.07(a) ; 707.07(j) ; 710.02(b) ; 714.14
• Obvious error, correction— 1302.04 ; 1305
• Obviously informal application— 702.01
• Obviousness— 2120 ; 2141 – 2146 ; 2158
  • Age of reference— 2145
  • Analogous prior art— 1504.03 ; 2141.01(a) ; 2145
  • Chemical compounds— 2144 ; 2144.02 – 2144.04 ; 2144.08 ; 2144.09
  • Design applications— 1504.03
  • Examplary rationales and examples— 2143
  • Form paragraphs used for rejection— 2148 ; 2158.01
  • Number of references— 2145
  • Ordinary skill, level of— 2141 ; 2141.03
  • Parameter— 2144.05
  • Prima facie case— 2142 – 2143.03 ; 2144 ; 2158
    • Predictability— 2143.02
    • Rebuttal against— 2145
  • Process claims, nonobvious product— 2116.01
  • Provisional rejection— 2136.01 ; 2146.03 ; 2146.03(a) ; 2148 ; 2152.07 ; 2154.01(d) ; 2158.01
  • Ranges— 2144.05
  • Rationale for— 2144 – 2144.09
    • Adjustable, making— 2144.04
    • Aesthetic design changes— 2144.04
    • Automating manual activity— 2144.04
    • Duplication of parts— 2144.04
    • Elimination of element or step— 2144.04
    • Equivalence, art-recognized— 2144.06
    • Genus-species— 2144.08
    • Integral, making— 2144.04
    • Omission of element or step— 2144.04
    • Portable, making— 2144.04
    • Proportion changes— 2144.04
    • Purifying old product— 2144.04
    • Ranges— 2144.05
    • Rearrangement of parts— 2144.04
    • Reversal of parts— 2144.04
    • Separable, making— 2144.04
    • Sequence, change in— 2144.04
    • Shape changes— 2144.04
    • Size changes— 2144.04
    • Species-genus— 2144.08
  • Rebuttal arguments by applicant— 2144.05 ; 2145
  • Reliance on scientific theory— 2144.02
  • Teaching away in prior art— 2141.02 ; 2145
• Offenlegungsshriften— 901.05(b)
• Offensive language— 608 ; 1504.01(e)
  • Redacted in Pre-Grant Publication— 1132
• Offensive subject matter— 1504.01(e)
• Offer to sell— 2120.02 ; 2133.03(b) ; 2139.02 ; 2152.02(d)
• Offer to surrender original patent (not required)— 1416
• Office action ( See Action)
• Office action in ex parte reexamination— 2260 ; 2262
• Office date stamp— 505 ; 506 ; 710.01(a) ; 714.18
• Office hours— 510
• Office of Data Management— 104 ; 502 ; 502.01 ; 603.01 ; 608.01(m) ; 608.02(z) ; 711.01 ; 714.16 ; 714.16(d) ; 724.05 ; 903.07 ; 1125 ; 1302.05 ; 1302.12 ; 1303.01 ; 1308 ; 1309 ; 1309.02 ; 2229 ; 2283 ; 2287 ; 2295
  • Hand-delivery of papers to— 502
  • Petitions decided— 1002.02(r)
  • Pre-Grant Publications Division— 502 ; 502.01 ; 1125 ; 1126 ; 1730
    • Telephone number— 1730
• Office of Electronic Information Products— ; 1730
• Office of Enrollment and Discipline— 401 ; 402 ; 402.01 ; 407 ; 410 ; 502 ; 510 ; 601.03 ; 602 ; 714.01(a) ; 1002.02(k)(1) ; 1002.02(m)
  • Mailing address— 501
• Office of General Law— 1002.02(k)(2)
• Office of Governmental Affairs— 203.08(a)
• Office of Patent Application Processing ( See also Incoming-Mail Section)— 201.03 ; 201.06(c) ; 201.06(d) ; 202 ; 203.08 ; 402 ; 402.01 ; 409.03 ; 501 ; 502 ; 503 ; 506 ; 601 ; 601.01(d) ; 601.01(f) ; 601.01(g) ; 602.01 ; 602.01(c) ; 602.01(c)(1) ; 602.01(c)(3) ; 602.03 ; 602.05(b) ; 602.08(b) ; 608.01 ; 608.01(b) ; 608.01(f) ; 608.01(n) ; 608.02 ; 608.02(a) ; 608.02(b) ; 608.05 ; 609.07 ; 714.16(d) ; 903.08(a) ; 1306 ; 1410 ; 1410.02 ; 1414 ; 1414.02 ; 1451 ; 1457 ; 2501 ; 2542
  • Application Assistance Unit— 102 ; 1730
  • Contact information— 1730
  • Petitions handled— 1002.02(q)
• Office of Patent Classification— 903 ; 903.05 ; 906
• Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA) ( See also Central Reexamination Unit (CRU))— 103 ; 506.02 ; 1002.02(b) ; 1415.01 ; 1449.01 ; 1457 ; 2227 ; 2236 ; 2239 ; 2284 ; 2285 ; 2287
• Office of Patent Quality Assurance— 1302.04 ; 1308.03
• Office of Petitions— 106 ; 201.03 ; 201.06(c) ; 211.04 ; 410 ; 502 ; 601.01(d) ; 601.01(g) ; 601.02 ; 602.01(c)(3) ; 609.04(b) ; 1002.02(b) ; 1308
  • Location and phone number— 1730
• Office of Policy and External Affairs— 213.01
• Office of Solicitor— 311 ; 1002.02(k)(3) ; 1216.01 ; 1216.02 ; 1701.01 ; 1720 ; 1721 ; 2207 ; 2240
  • Mailing address— 501
• Office of the Commissioner for Patents— 1721 ; 1901.03 ; 1902.01
  • Duty of disclosure to— 2001.03
• Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patents who oversees the Office of Petitions or Assigned Staff in the Office of Petitions, the Office of Patent Legal Administration, and the MPEP Staff Office — 410 ; 502.03 ; 714.19 ; 714.25 ; 1721 ; 2239
  • Petitions and requests decided by— 1002.02(b)
• Official action— 707
• Official Correspondence (OC)— 707.05(a) ; 719.05 ; 1879
• Official Gazette(O.G.)— ; 403 ; 409.03 ; 409.03(h) ; 1703
  • Claim published— 1302.09
    • Reissue application— 1455
    • From ex parte reexamination certificate— 2287
  • Copies and Subscriptions— 1703
  • Defensive publications— 711.06(a)
  • Designating classification— 1302.09
  • Drawing figure— 1302.09
  • eOG:P— 1703
  • Issuing as U.S. patent— 901.05
  • Notice of ex parte reexamination certificate— 2288 ; 2291
  • Notice of Certificate of Correction— 1480 ; 1485
  • Notices— 1703
  • Notices of maintenance fees due— 2501 ; 2575
  • Notice of ex parte reexamination request— 2229
  • Online— 1703
  • Patents— 1703
  • Published electronically— 1703
  • Publishing disclaimers— 1490
  • Reissue application filing notice— 1430 ; 1441 ; 1441.01 ; 1443 ; 1452 ; 1457 ; 1470 ; 1703
  • Statutory Invention Registration (SIR)— 1111
  • Trademarks— 1703
• Official inquiries— 203.08(a)
• Official Notice— 2144.03
• OIPE ( See Office of Initial Patent Examination (Office of Patent Application Processing))
• “Old art” use in deciding request for reexamination— 2242
• Old combination— 2173.05(j)
• Omission in reply, inadvertent— 710.02(c) ; 714.03 ; 804 ; 2266.01
• Omnibus claim— 2173.05(r) ; 2175
• On-line search ( See also Electronic databases)— 901.06(a) ; 902.03(e) ; 2135
• On sale ( See also Public Use)— 2120.02 ; 2133.03 ; 2133.03(b) ; 2139.02 ; 2152.02(c) ; 2152.02(d)
  • Affidavit or declaration— 715.10
  • Anticipation rejection— 2133.03(b) ; 2152.02(d)
  • Buyer— 2133.03(b)
  • Commercial activities— 2133.03 ; 2133.03(c) ; 2133.03(e) ; 2133.03(e)(1) ; 2152.02(d)
  • Completion of the invention— 2133.03 ; 2133.03(b) ; 2133.03(c) ; 2133.03(e)(1) ; 2133.03(e)(3)
    • Admission of completion by 37 CFR 1.131 affidavit— 2133.03(c)
  • Definition of— 2133.03(b) ; 2152.02(d)
    • Conditional sale— 2133.03(b)
    • Nonprofit sale— 2133.03(b)
    • Sale of rights— 2133.03(b)
    • Single sale— 2133.03(b)
  • Delivery of offered goods— 2133.03(b)
  • Device embodying process— 2111.02
  • Evidence of (prior art publications)— 2133.03(b)
  • Experimental use ( See also Experimental use)— 2133.03 ; 2133.03(e) – 2133.03(e)(7) ; 2152.02(d)
  • Goods “on hand”— 2133.03(b)
  • “In this country”— 2133.03(d)
  • Invention— 2133.03(c)
  • Intent to sell— 2133.03(b) ; 2133.03(e)(2)
  • Offer for sale— 2133.03(b)
  • Policy considerations— 2133.03
  • “Ready for patenting”— 2133.03(c)
  • Reduction to practice— 2133.03(c) ; 2133.03(e)
  • Sale by inventor or associate— 2133.03(b)
  • Sale by third party— 2133.03(b)
    • Testing by third party— 2133.03(e)(5) ; 2133.03(e)(7)
  • Sale of a process— 2133.03(c)
  • Sale of “rights”— 2133.03(b)
  • Secrecy— 2133.03 ; 2133.03(b)
  • Supervision and control over invention— 2133.03(e)(5) ; 2133.03(e)(7)
  • Test for determining if impermissible sale occurred— 2133.03(b)
• One Patent Service Gateway (OPSG)— 711.01 ; 711.03(c)
• Operating hours ( See Hours of operation)
• Operative— 2164.07 ; 2164.08(b)
• Operative example— 608.01(p)
• Operative, Showing— 608.03 ; 716
• Opposition to issue of patent ( See Protest)
• Oral hearing in reexamination
  • Ex parte— 2276
• Oral hearing on appeal— 1209
• Order, citation of— 707.06
• Order granting ex parte reexamination— 2246
• Order of examination— 708 – 708.03
  • Patentability report— 705.01(b)
• Order for compliance— 1210.01
• Ordering
  • Abandoned file— 711.04(b) ; 901.01(a)
  • Foreign patent— 901.05(c)
  • Patented file— 711.04(b) ; 901.01(a)
  • Publication— 901.06(b)
  • Reexamination, decision
    • Ex parte— 2246 ; 2247 ; 2247.01
• Orders ( See also Publication)— ; 707.06
• Ordinary and customary meaning of claim term— 2106 ; 2111 ; 2111.01 ; 2173.01
  • Evidence of— 2111.01
• Original application ( See Nonprovisional application)
• Original disclosure, inherent characteristics— 608.04(a) ; 716.02(f)
• Ornamentality lacking in design applications— 1504.01(c)
• Outstanding requirements— 707.07(e)
• Overcoming a reference, Right of priority— 216 ; 2136.05(a) ; 2152.06
• Overlapping applications
  • Same applicant— 709.01 ; 715.01(a) ; 804 ; 804.02 ; 822
  • Same assignee— 709.01 ; 715.01(b) ; 822 ; 2136.01 ; 2146 – 2146.03(a) ; 2148 ; 2152.06 ; 2154.01(d) ; 2154.02(c) ; 2158 ; 2158.01
  • Subject to joint research agreement— 804 ; 804.02 ; 804.03 ; 2136.01 ; 2137 ; 2141.01 ; 2146.01 – 2146.03(a) ; 2151 ; 2152.07 ; 2154.02(c) ; 2156 ; 2158 ; 2158.01
• Overlapping claims— 804.02
• Owner’s representative— 400
• Ownership and assignment— 300 ; 717.02(a) ; 2146.02 ; 2146.03 ; 2154.02(c)
• Ownership at time invention made— 717.02(a) ; 2146 ; 2146.02
• Ownership of applications filed subsequent to recording of assignment— 306

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