Subject Matter Index R

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Ranges
- Anticipation of— 2131.03
- Obviousness of— 2144.05
Ratification of papers filed
- Death of attorney— 406
- Death of inventor— 409.01(a) ; 409.01(b)
- Signature improper or lacking— 714.01(a)
Real party in interest— 1205 ; 1207.02
- In ex parte reexamination— 2202
Read-only optical disc submissions— 608.05 ; 708.02(a) ; 714.13 ; 2413.03 ; 2414.02 ; 2414.03 ; 2421.01 ; 2422.03 ; 2422.03(a) ; 2422.04 ; 2422.06 ; 2424 ; 2425 ; 2426
- Amendments to— 608.05 ; 2414.03 ; 2426
- Computer programs— 608.05 ; 608.05(a) ; 2425
- Requirements— 608.05
- Sequence Listings— 215.02(b) ; 708.02(a) ; 2413.03 ; 2413.04 ; 2414.02 ; 2414.03 ; 2422.03 ; 2424.01
- Tables— 608.05 ; 608.05(b) ; 708.02(a) ; 2424.01
Reasons for allowance— 1302.14
- Amendments after final rejection— 714.13
- Appeal record— 1213
- Applicant’s comments on— 1302.14
- Claim narrowing— 1302.14
- Comments on, ex parte reexamination— 2287
- Estoppel effect— 1302.14
- Failure of applicant to comment on— 1302.14
- Patent Cooperation Treaty application— 1845.01
- Presumption of acquiescence by applicant— 1302.14
- Reexamination
  - Ex parte— 2262 ; 2287
Recapture
- Claimed subject matter— 1412.02 ; 2146.01
- Matter in reissue— 1412.02
- Of patent rights
  - Disclaimed by filing a disclaimer— 1490
  - Waived when SIR published— 1111
Receipt of mail and papers— 500
- Depositing correspondence— 502
- Entry of amendments— 714.18
- Filing receipt— 503
- Office date stamp— 505
- Period for reply— 710.01(a)
Receiving Office PCT procedure— 1801
- International Bureau— 1805
Reciprocal security agreements— 120
Reclassification
- Patents— 905.01(a)(3)
Reconsideration in ex parte reexamination— 2269
Reconsideration of abandonment— 711.03 ; 711.03(c)
- Based on insufficient reply— 711.03(a)
- Based on failure to reply within period— 711.03(b)
Record of interview— 713.01 ; 713.04
Record system for reexamination
- Ex parte— 2235
Recording assignment— 301 ; 302 ; 317
Recording change of business name— 314
Recording government interests— 302 ; 302.07
Recording of joint research agreement— 302 ; 302.07
Recording license agreement— 302.07 ; 313
Recording of other documents— 313 – 317
Recording security interest— 313
Redacted publication of an application— 502.05 ; 1132
Reduction to practice— 715.07 ; 2133.03(c) ; 2133.03(e)(3) ; 2138.01 ; 2138.05 ; 2163
Reexamination, Ex parte— 2200
- Access to file— 103 ; 724.04(c) ; 2209 ; 2232
- Action following Board decision— 2278
- Address of patent owner— 2222
- Admissions— 2217 ; 2258
- Affidavits— 2205 ; 2216 ; 2217 ; 2258 ; 2265
- After final practice— 2272
- Amendment— 714 ; 2234 ; 2250 ; 2295
  - Abstract— 2287
  - After final rejection— 2272
  - Examiner’s— 2287
  - Filed with request— 2221
  - Improper— 2250
  - In a merged reissue/ ex parte reexamination— 2285
  - Prior reexamination certificate issued— 2250 ; 2295
  - Provisions of Rule 1.312 do not apply— 2287
  - Reissue patent issued— 2250
- Ancillary issues— 2217 ; 2258
- Appeal— 2273
- Appeal brief— 2274
- Appeals to courts— 1216 ; 1216.01 ; 2279
- Application data sheet— 2214 ; 2258.02 ; 2266
- Application file location— 2235
- Assignment— 301
  - To an examiner— 2236 ; 2248 ; 2255 ; 2285
- Attorney or agent— 2213 ; 2222
  - Name on certificate— 2287
- Basic characteristics— 2209
- Certificate of— 2288 ; 2294
  - Reissue patent as— 2290 ; 2294
- Certificate attached to patent copy— 2292
- Certificate distribution— 2292
- Certificate format— 2290
- Certificate of mailing or transmission— 2224
- Certificate of prior reexamination in later request— 2214 ; 2219
- Certificate of service— 2220
- Certified copy— 2232
- Citation of prior art— 2202
  - After first office action— 2271
- Claim for Official Gazette— 2287
- Claim, multiple dependent, preparation for publishing— 2287
- Claim numbering— 2250
- Claims considered— 2243 ; 2258
- Claims invalid/unenforceable— 2286
- Claims presented for interference— 2284 ; 2304.02
- Clerical handling— 2270
- Collateral estoppel— 2259
- Comments on “Statement of Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation”— 2287
- Conclusion— 2287
- Concurrent proceedings— 2282 – 2286
- Conduct of proceedings— 2254
- Consideration of responses— 2252 ; 2253 ; 2271 ; 2272
- Consolidated proceedings— 2283
- Constructive notice to patent owner— 2230
- Content of request— 2214
- Copending proceedings— 2283 – 2286
- Copy of patent in request— 2219
  - Double column format— 2214 ; 2219
- Copying of file— 2232
- Correction of inventorship— 2250.02 ; 2258
- Correction of request— 2231
- Correspondence— 2224
- Criteria for deciding request— 2242
- Decision of Patent Trial and Appeal Board— 2277
- Decision on request— 2240
- Decision ordering reexamination— 2246
- Decision processing— 2245
- Defective submission— 2266.02
- Denied— 2240 ; 2247 ; 2247.01
- Dependent claim treatment— 2260.01
- Director’s initiative— 2212 ; 2239
- Domestic benefit— 2258.02
- Double correspondence— 2224
- Double patenting— 804 ; 2217 ; 2258
- Drawing correction— 2250.01
- Duty of candor and good faith— 2001.04 ; 2280
- Duty of disclosure— 2001.04 ; 2003.01 ; 2014 ; 2280
- Electronic copy— 2209 ; 2232
- Entry of amendments— 2234 ; 2270
- Entry of court decisions in patent file— 2207
- Examiner— 2236 ; 2248 ; 2255
  - Deposition— 1701.01
- Examiner’s amendment— 2234 ; 2250 ; 2262 ; 2287
- Examiner’s answer— 2275
- Expiration of patent— 2211 ; 2250
- Explanation of prior art— 2217
- Extension of time— 2265
  - After final rejection— 2272
  - For filing appeal brief— 2274
- Failure to timely reply to Office action— 2266
- Fees— 2215 ; 2233 ; 2250.03 ; 2283 ; 2285
- Final action— 706.07(a) ; 2265 ; 2271
- Flowchart— 2201
- Following supplemental examination— 2201 ; 2818.01
- Foreign priority— 2258.02
- Forms— 2296
- Granted— 2246 ; 2247.01
- Grounds of rejection— 2217
- Identity of requester— 2212
- Inappropriate papers— 2267
  - Return of papers— 2267
- Incomplete request— 2227
- Informal submission— 2266.02
- Initial processing— 2226
- Inquiries from persons other than the Patent Owner— 2212.01
- Interference copending— 2284
- Intervening rights— 2293
- Interviews in— 2281
- Introduction— 2201
- Listing of prior art— 2257
- Litigation copending— 2286
- Litigation review— 2240 ; 2287
- Mailing of Office actions— 2264
- Merger— 2236 ; 2237 ; 2241 ; 2250 ; 2283 ; 2285
- Merger with reissue proceedings— 1449.01 ; 2285
- Multiple dependent claim handling, preparation for publishing— 2287
- New matter— 2250 ; 2258 ; 2270
- NIRC ( See Form letters and forms: Notice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) PTOL-469)
- Notification of Concurrent Proceedings— 2282 ; 2286.01
- Of a reexamination— 2295
- Office action— 2260 ; 2262
- Official Gazette
  - Notice of certificate— 2291
  - Notice of request— 2229
- “Old art” (i.e., previously considered/cited)— 2242 ; 2258.01
- Oral hearing— 2276
- Orders for copies of— 2232
- Ordered after supplemental examination— 2201 ; 2265 ; 2268 ; 2280 ; 2290 ; 2291 ; 2818.01 ; 2823
- Patent copy in request— 2219
  - Double column format— 2214 ; 2219
- Patent owner’s address— 2222
- Patent owner’s statement— 2249
- Patent owner’s statement of interview— 2281
- Patentability review conference— 2236 ; 2246 ; 2247 ; 2262 ; 2271 ; 2271.01 ; 2287
- Petition— 1002.02(b) ; 1002.02(c) ; 1002.02(c)(4) ; 1002.02(f)
  - Correct inventorship— 2250.02
  - Denial of request— 1002.02(c) ; 2248 ; 2265
  - For entry of late papers (revival of terminated proceedings)— 2268
  - Merge proceedings— 2283 ; 2285
  - Reconsideration of refusal to revive— 2268
  - Stay proceedings pending interference— 2284
  - Stay proceedings pending reissue— 2285
  - Unintentional delay— 2268
  - Vacate order granting request— 2246
  - Waive time provisions— 2265
- Power of attorney, withdrawal— 2223
- Preprocessing staff— 2226 ; 2229 ; 2239
- Printing of certificate— 2288
- Prior art copies— 2218
- Prior art considered— 2244 ; 2256
- Prior art previously cited/considered— 2242 ; 2258.01
- Prior art, statement applying— 2217
- Proceedings— 2209
- Processing in Central Reexamination Unit and Technology Center— 2233 ; 2245
  - Clerical handling— 2270
- Project code— 2238
- Public access— 103 ; 2232
- Quality Assurance Specialist (QAS)— 2212.01 ; 2233 ; 2270 ; 2281 ; 2285 ; 2286 ; 2287 ; 2289 ; 2294 ; 2295
- Quality review— 2289
- Real party in interest— 2202
- Reasons for patentability and/or confirmation— 2262 ; 2287
- Reconsideration of Office action— 2269
- Record system— 2235
- Refund if request denied— 2215 ; 2247 ; 2248 ; 2294
- Reissue copending— 1449.01 ; 2285
- Rejections— 2242 ; 2258 ; 2259 ; 2260 ; 2262 ; 2271
  - Using “old art”— 2258.01
- Reminders— 2287
- Reply by third party requester— 2251 ; 2253
  - Period for reply cannot be extended— 2265
- Reports— 2235
- Representative of requester— 2213
- Request— 2210
  - After reissue patent issues— 2240 ; 2242 ; 2243 ; 2258 ; 2285
  - After first reexamination certificate issues— 2294
  - Content— 2214
  - Correction processing— 2231
  - Decision— 2240 ; 2247.01
  - Decision criteria— 2242
  - Denied— 2247 ; 2247.01
    - After reissue patent issues— 2240
  - During interference— 2284
  - Facsimile submission not permitted— 502.01 ; 2224
  - Filing of— 2210
  - Filing address— 2224
  - Granted— 2246 ; 2247.01
  - Guidelines— 2242
  - “Old art” (previously considered art) involved— 2242 ; 2258.01
  - Streamlined— 2214
- Response to Office action— 2266
- Restriction improper— 2258
- Review— 2289
- Sample letter requesting reexamination— 2214
- Scope— 2258
- Search— 2244 ; 2258.01
- Second or subsequent request— 2240 ; 2283
  - Prior art considered— 2240 ; 2242
- Service by patent owner on requestor of patent owner statement— 2249
- Service of papers— 2220 ; 2266 ; 2266.02 ; 2266.03
- Special status for action— 2261
- Statement applying prior art— 2217
- Statement by owner— 2249
- Statement of Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation— 2262 ; 2287
- Statutory basis— 2201
- Stay— 2283 ; 2284 ; 2285 ; 2286
- Submission defective or informal— 2266.02
  - After final— 2272
- Submission not fully responsive— 2266.01
  - After final— 2272
- Substantial new question of patentability— 2201 ; 2214 ; 2216 ; 2240 ; 2242 ; 2244 ; 2246 ; 2247 ; 2258 ; 2816 ; 2816.01 ; 2816.02 ; 2816.03 ; 2818 ; 2818.01 ; 2818.02
  - Using “old art”— 2242 ; 2258.01
- “Sufficient cause” for extension of time— 2265
- Suspension— 2283 ; 2285
- Terminated— 2294
- Terminated files— 2294
- Tickler reports— 2235
- Time for request decision— 2241
- Time for requesting— 2211
- Time for response to actions— 2263
- Time reporting— 2238
- Title report— 320 ; 2287
- Transfer— 2237
- Translation required— 2205 ; 2214 ; 2218
- Untimely filed paper prior to order— 2225
- Untimely filed papers— 2267
- Untimely replies— 2252
- Use of transmittal form (PTOL-465)— 2246 ; 2247 ; 2262 ; 2264
- Vacated— 2210 ; 2215 ; 2242 ; 2246 ; 2250.02 ; 2286 ; 2294
- Vacated, claims invalid/unenforceable— 2210 ; 2286
- Who may file request for— 2212
- Withdrawal of attorney during— 402.06 ; 2223
- Withdrawal of power of attorney— 2223
Reexamination, Inter partes ( See also Reexamination, Ex Parte )— 2600
- Petition— 1002.02(b) ; 1002.02(c)(4) ; 1002.02(f)
- Prior art citation— 2602
- Reissue copending— 1449.01
- Request for inter partes reexamination
  - Facsimile transmission not permitted— 502.01
Reference ( See also Prior art)
- A.I. Series patent— 901.04
- A.P.C. publication— 901.06(c)
- Abandoned application— 901.02 ; 2127 ; 2134
- Abbreviatures— 901.06(d)
- Abstracts— 901.06(d) ; 2120
- Additional— 707.05(d)
- Admissions— 2129
- Analogous art— 904.01(c) ; 2141.01(a) ; 2143 ; 2143.01 ; 2145
- Antedating ( See Affidavit of prior invention to overcome a pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 or 103 rejection (37 CFR 1.131))
- Applications, domestic and foreign— 2127
- Applying reference under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a) and (b)— 2152
- Applying reference under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(e)— 2136
- Arrangement in Examiner’s Search files— 901.07
- As evidence of inherency— 2131.01
- As evidence in multiple reference, pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 rejection— 2131.01
- Assigned application as— 804.03
- Availability— 2128
- Between applicant’s priority date and U.S. filing date— 216 ; 2121.01 ; 2132.01 ; 2133.02(a) ; 2136.05 ; 2152.06
- Citation— 707.05 – 707.05(g) ; 901.04 ; 901.05(a)
  - After allowance— 1302.12 ; 1308.01
  - After appeal— 1207.02 ; 1207.03 ; 1207.04
  - By applicant— 707.05(b) ; 707.05(c) ; 1302.12
  - Correction— 707.05(g)
    - Period for reply— 710.06
- Claims foreign date— 715.01
- Combination of references— 707.07(f) ; 2142
- Copending— 709.01 ; 2136.01 ; 2138 ; 2139.03 ; 2146.03(a) ; 2148 ; 2152.07 ; 2154.01(d)
- Copies— 707.05(a)
- Cross, how cited— 707.05(e)
- Cross reference addition— 905.02
- Date, determination of— 2124 ; 2126 ; 2128 – 2128.02 ; 2152 ; 2154.01(b)
- Date, exception to the rule— 2124
- Defensive publications— 901.06(d)
- Design application— 707.05(a)
- Disclosure, broad— 2123
- Disqualification under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(c)— 2146.01 – 2146.03(a)
- Drawings as prior art— 2125
- Effects of international application publication— 1857
- Effective date
  - Patent— 707.05(e) ; 715 ; 2120.01 ; 2139.01 ; 2139.02 ; 2152 ; 2152.01 ; 2152.05 ; 2154.01(b)
  - Publication— 715.01(c) ; 2120.01 ; 2128.02 ; 2139.02 ; 2152 ; 2152.05
- Electronic publications— 707.05(e) ; 904.02(c) ; 2128
- Enabled disclosure— 2131.01
- Enabling, plant genetics— 2121.03
- Enabling, compounds and compositions— 2121.02
- Enabling, apparatus and articles— 2121.04
- Equivalents— 904.01(b)
- Every element rule for anticipation— 2131 ; 2150
- Evidencing the meaning of a term used in the primary reference— 2131.01
- Foreign patent— 707.05(e) ; 901.05(a) ; 901.05(b) ; 2120
- Forfeited application— 901.02
- From derivation— 1302.12
- From interference— 1302.12
- Incorrect citation— 707.05(g) ; 710.06 ; 1302.12
- Inoperability— 716 ; 716.07
- Internal documents, confidential— 2128.01
- Intervening— 216 ; 2132.01 ; 2133.02(a) ; 2136.05 ; 2152.06
- Joint patent to applicant and another— 715.01(a) ; 715.01(c)
- Listing at allowance— 1302.12 ; 1455
- Lost counts in interference— 2138.01
- Multiple reference rejections under 35 USC 102— 2131.01
- Newly discovered after allowance— 1308.01
- Nonanalogous art ( See also Reference: Analogous art)— 2131.05 ; 2141.01(a) ; 2143 ; 2143.01
- None cited by examiner— 707.05 ; 707.05(a)
- Operability— 2121
- Ordering official cross— 903.06
- Overcome
  - Under Rule 1.130— 717.01 – 717.01(f) ; 2155 – 2155.06
  - Under Rule 1.131 ( See also Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131))— 715 ; 1302.14 ; 2120 ; 2132.01 ; 2133.02(a) ; 2133.03(c) ; 2136.01 ; 2136.05 ; 2136.05(a) ; 2138.01 ; 2141.01 ; 2145 ; 2146.03(a) ; 2148 ; 2152.01 ; 2158
  - Under Rule 1.131(c)— 718
  - Under Rule 1.132— 716 ; 2106.05(a) ; 2106.07(b) ; 2107 ; 2107.02 ; 2128 ; 2132.01 ; 2136.01 ; 2136.05 ; 2136.05(a) ; 2136.05(b) ; 2137 ; 2139.03 ; 2141 ; 2145 ; 2146.03(a) ; 2148 ; 2152.07 ; 2154.01(d) ; 2155.01 ; 2158.01 ; 2164.05 ; 2164.06(c) ; 2172 ; 2173.05(b) ; 2184
- Overcoming under 35 U.S.C. 119— 216
- Paper, orally presented— 2128.01 ; 2152.02(e)
- Patent— 901.04 ; 2126
- Patent, date available— 2126.01
- Patent, Foreign ( See Foreign patent)
- Patent, official number lacking— 901.04
- Patent claiming same invention— 715.05 ; 2301.03
- Pending application ( See also Application)— 901.03
- Publication of applicant’s invention— 715.01(a) ; 715.01(c) ; 2132.01 ; 2133.01 ; 2153 ; 2154.02
- Publication, date available— 2128.02
- Publication, printed— 2128
- Publications— 707.05(e) ; 901.06 ; 2120 ; 2131.01 ; 2132.01 ; 2133.01 ; 2152.02(b)
- Published abstracts of application— 711.06(a) ; 2120 ; 2131.01 ; 2133.01
- Rejection over broad disclosure instead of preferred embodiments— 2123
- Replacement of missing— 901.09
- Same assignee— 709.01 ; 715.01(b) ; 2136.01 ; 2141.01 ; 2146 – 2146.03(a) ; 2148 ; 2152.06 ; 2154.01(d) ; 2154.02(c) ; 2158 ; 2158.01
- Selection of pertinent— 904.02
- Statutory bar— 2133.02 ; 2139.02 ; 2152 ; 2152.05
- Statutory section to use— 2139.02
- Supply procedure— 707.05(a) ; 707.05(g) ; 710.06
- Swearing back ( See also Affidavit of prior invention to overcome a pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 or 103 rejection (37 CFR 1.131))— 715 ; 2132.01 ; 2133.02 ; 2141.01 ; 2146.03(a)
- Thesis— 2128.01 ; 2152.02(e)
- Utility— 2122
- “Well known in the art,” supported by— 2144.03
Reference characters— 608.01(g)
Reference to foreign application— 202 ; 901.03
Reference to prior patent— 608.01(p) ; 608.01(r) ; 901.03
Reference to related application ( See Cross-noting)
Reference to related application for disclosure— 608.01(p)
Refile application ( See Application and Substitute application)
Refunds ( See also Fee and Deposit account)— 502 ; 502.05 ; 503 ; 506 ; 506.02 ; 509 ; 509.01 ; 509.03 ; 509.03(b) ; 607.02
- Additional invention or species— 803.03(a) ; 803.03(b)
- Canceled claims— 506
- Correspondence address— 502 ; 502.05 ; 503 ; 506 ; 506.02 ; 511 ; 512 ; 513 ; 2540 ; 2542
- Filing fee— 201.04 ; 503 ; 506 ; 601.01(a)
- International applications— 1002.02(p) ; 1827.01 ; 1850 ; 1864
- International search fee— 707 ; 1827.01 ; 1852
- Issue fee— 1308.01 ; 1308.03
- Maintenance fee— 2504 ; 2520 ; 2540 ; 2550 ; 2580 ; 2590
- Oral hearing— 1209
- Publication fee— 1126
- Reexamination
  - Ex parte— 2215 ; 2247 ; 2248
- Refund Section, Office of Finance— 509.03 ; 607.02
- Petition fee— 506.02 ; 711.03(c)
- Small entity fee— 509.03(b) ; 2550
Registration, Attorney or agent— 402 ; 1702
Regulations, Technology Center (TC) facilities— 510
Regulations, office premises— 510
Regulatory review— 2001.06(e) ; 2004 ; 2015
Rehearing by Patent Trial and Appeal Board— 1002.02(j) ; 1214.01 ; 1214.03 ; 1214.04
Reissue application— 1401 – 1470
- Absolute intervening rights— 1460
- Access to— 103 ; 724.04(b) ; 1430 ; 1470
- Acknowledgment of protest— 1901.05
- Additional information required— 1442.01 ; 1442.04
- Adjudication of original patent— 1442.01 ; 1442.04
- Allowance— 1455
- Amendment— 714 ; 1410 ; 1411 ; 1453 ; 1455
  - Examiner’s— 1455
  - Of drawings— 1413 ; 1453
  - So that reissue can be merged with ex parte reexamination— 2285
- Amends or corrects original patent— 1400.01 ; 1402
- Appeal brief— 1454
- Assignee consent— 1410.02 ; 1443 ; 1451
- Broadened— 1412.03
- Cannot be used to remove terminal disclaimer— 1490
- Certificate of correction— 1400.01 ; 1402 ; 1410 ; 1411.01 ; 1412.04 ; 1443 ; 1451 ; 1453
- Claim
  - Broadening— 1412.02 ; 1412.03
  - Dependent— 1402 ; 1412.03 ; 1455
  - Format— 1411 ; 1453
  - Numbering— 1451 ; 1453 ; 1455
  - Oath requirement— 1414
  - Printed in Official Gazette— 1455
  - Same invention as original patent— 1412.01
  - Too narrow— 1402
- Collateral estoppel— 2012.01 ; 2138.01 ; 2138.02
- Consent by assignee— 1410.02 ; 1443 ; 1451
- Content— 1410
- Continuation— 1410.02 ; 1414 ; 1451 ; 1460
- Copending application reference— 1402 ; 1405
- Copending ex parte reexamination proceedings— 1449.01 ; 2285
- Copending inter partes reexamination proceedings— 1449.01
- Correct inadequacies— 1402
- Court decision involving original patent— 1412.01 ; 1418 ; 1442.01
- Court ordered— 1442.05
- Cross noting— 1451 ; 1455
- Deceptive intention— 1401 ; 1412.02 ; 1412.03 ; 1412.04 ; 1414 ; 1414.02 ; 1414.03 ; 1444 ; 1448 ; 1451 ; 1457 ; 1481.02 ; 1490
- Declaration— 1410.01 ; 1412.05 ; 1414 ; 1414.01 ; 1444 ; 1451
  - Supplemental— 1414.03 ; 1444 ; 1455
- Defective oath, ground for rejection— 1414 – 1414.03
- Dependent claim— 1402 ; 1412.03 ; 1455
- Design— 1457
- Diligence— 1403
- Disclaimer— 1400.01 ; 1402 ; 1405 ; 1410 ; 1411.01 ; 1450 ; 1451 ; 1490
- Divisional— 1410.01 ; 1412.01 ; 1414 ; 1450 ; 1451 ; 1457
- Domestic benefit, delayed claim— 211.04 ; 1402 ; 1405
- Double patenting— 1451 ; 1490
- Drawings— 1413 ; 1414 ; 1453
- Duty of disclosure— 1406 ; 1418 ; 1448 ; 2001.04 ; 2001.06(c) ; 2003
- Effect of reissue— 1460
- Effective date of claims— 1440
- EFS-Web filing of— 502.05 ; 1410
- Election of species— 1450
- Equitable intervening rights— 1460
- Error correction after allowance— 1414.01 ; 1414.03 ; 1444
- Error in original patent— 1401 ; 1402 ; 1412.01 ; 1414 ; 1414.01
- Examination— 1440 ; 1443 ; 1445
  - Review of Oath/Declaration— 1444
- Examiner Reissue Guide and Checklist— 1443
- Expedited examination— 708.01 ; 1410 ; 1441 ; 1442 ; 1442.03
  - Design— 1457
- Expired patent— 1415.01 ; 1443
- Filing fee— 1415
- Final Office action— 1444
- Flowchart on recapture— 1412.02
- Foreign priority claim— 214 ; 215 ; 216.01 ; 1402 ; 1417
- Format— 1410 ; 1411 ; 1411.01
- Fraud— 1448 ; 2012
- Grounds for filing— 1402
- Inequitable conduct— 1448 ; 2010
- Information disclosure statement— 1406 ; 1418 ; 1455 ; 2003
- Initial examiner review— 1443
- Inoperative or invalid, Oath requirement— 1414 – 1414.03
- Inspection— 103 ; 1430 ; 1470
- Interference— 1449.02
- Interference on original patent concurrent with— 1449.01
- Intervening rights— 1460
- Inventorship error— 1402 ; 1410.01 ; 1412.04 ; 1412.05
- List of references— 1406 ; 1418 ; 1455
- Litigation or PTAB trial involved— 1404 ; 1442.01 – 1442.05 ; 1443 ; 1449.01 ; 1449.03
  - Marking envelope— 1404
- Litigation protest— 1901.03
- Maintenance fees on original patent— 1415.01
- Merger of reissue applications after restriction— 1450
- Merger of reissue application with ex parte reexamination— 2285
- Multiple filings— 1450 ; 1451
- New matter— 1411.02
- Numbering of claims— 1451 ; 1453 ; 1455
- Notice in original file— 202.05
- Oath— 1414 – 1414.03 ; 1444
  - Primary examiner’s decision— 1004
  - Supplemental— 1414.03 ; 1444 ; 1455
- Offer to surrender patent (not required)— 1416
- Official Gazette
  - Claim to be printed in— 1455
  - Filing notice in— 1430 ; 1441 ; 1441.01 ; 1443 ; 1452 ; 1457 ; 1470
- Omission of feature— 1411.02
- Open to public— 103 ; 1430 ; 1470
- Ordering copies of papers in file— 1430
- Overlooked aspects— 1412.01 ; 1412.02
- Ownership— 1410.01 ; 1443
- Patent series— 901.04
- Patent term, affect on— 1405
- Petition to merge reissue and ex parte reexamination— 1002.02(b) ; 2285
- Petition to stay reissue pending ex parte reexamination— 2285
- Print of drawing— 608.02
- Prior art consideration— 1402
- Prior art statement— 1406 ; 1418 ; 1455
- Priority correction— 214 ; 216.01 ; 1402 ; 1405 ; 1417
- Protest— 1404 ; 1441 ; 1441.01 ; 1443 ; 1901
- Protest filed in reissue where patent is in interference— 1443 ; 1449
- Public access— 103 ; 1430 ; 1470
- Recapture of matter— 1412.02 ; 2146.01
- Reexamination proceedings copending— 1449.01
  - Ex parte— 2285
- Rejection— 1444 ; 1445
- Request for Continued Examination (RCE)— 1452
- Requirement for information— 1442.04
- Restriction— 1450 ; 1451
  - Design— 1457
- Return of original patent— 1416
- Review— 1456
- Same invention as original patent— 1412.01
- Special for examination— 708.01 ; 1441 ; 1442 ; 1442.03
  - Design— 1457
- Specification— 1410 ; 1411 ; 1411.01 ; 1453 ; 1455
- Status— 1430 ; 1470
- Statutory basis— 1401
- Statutory disclaimer— 1490
- Stayed pending ex parte reexamination— 2285
- Submission of papers in— 1404
- Suit on original patent— 1442.01
- Surrendered patent returned to applicant— 1416
- Surrender generating limitation— 1412.02
- Suspension— 1450
- Terminal disclaimer— 1402 ; 1410.01 ; 1411 ; 1451 ; 1490
- Transfer of original drawing (prior practice)— 608.02(i) ; 1413
- Treatment of protest— 1901.06
- Twice reissued— 1411
- Two month delay period— 1441 ; 1441.01
Rejected application— 203.02
Rejection ( See also Anticipation rejection, Indefinite claim, and Obviousness)— 706
- Abandonment of invention— 140 ; 2134
- Admission by applicant— 2103 ; 2109 ; 2120.02 ; 2129 ; 2133.03(c) ; 2145 ; 2146.02 ; 2152.03 ; 2172
- After allowance of application— 706.04 ; 706.05 ; 1308.01
- After allowance of claim— 706.04
- After allowance, primary examiner review of— 1004
- After appeal, new rejection— 1207.03 ; 1207.04
- After termination of interference— 2308
- Against public policy— 2104
- Aggregation— 2173.05(k)
- All valid grounds— 707.07(g)
- Allowed claim by Patent Trial and Appeal Board— 1213.02
- Alternative phrases— 2173.05(h)
- Anticipation ( See also Anticipation rejection)— 2120.01 ; 2131 ; 2132 ; 2133 ; 2136 ; 2152 ; 2154
- Art ( See also Prior art)— 2120
- Assigned applications, Same applicant— 804.03
- Atomic Energy Act— 2104.01
- Authorship— 2132.01 ; 2137 ; 2155.01
- Backup rejections— 2120
- Bar, Statutory— 2120.01 ; 2133 – 2133.03(e)(7) ; 2139.02 ; 2152.05
  - Overcoming— 2133.02(a) ; 2152.06
- Board introduces— 1214.01
- Board statement on allowed claim— 1213.02
- Breadth— 2173.04
- Broadening in reissue application— 1412.03
- Broader than the disclosure— 2173.03
- Chemical practice
  - Markush— 803.02 ; 2117
  - Undue breadth— 2163.05 ; 2173.04 ; 2173.05(h)
- Claim presented corresponding to claim of patent— 706.06
- Claim presented corresponding to claim of patent, failure to reply— 2304.04(c)
- Claims— 706
- Combination of references— 2131.01 ; 2142
- Common knowledge— 2144.03
- Commonly assigned— 2146 ; 2146.01 ; 2154.02(c)
- Computer programming cases— 2106 ; 2161.01 ; 2164.06(c) ; 2181
- Conflicting applications— 709.01 ; 715.01(b) ; 804 ; 804.01 ; 804.02 ; 822 ; 2136.01 ; 2141.01 ; 2146 – 2146.03(a) ; 2148 ; 2152.06 ; 2154.01(d) ; 2154.02(c) ; 2158 ; 2158.01
- Contrasted to objection— 706.01
- Copending applications, different inventive entities— 2109 ; 2136.01 ; 2136.04 ; 2146 – 2146.03(a) ; 2152.07 ; 2154.01(d)
- Cumulative— 706.07(e) ; 2120
- Dedication— 715 ; 1490
- Defective reissue oath— 1414.03 ; 1444
- Dependent claim— 608.01(n)
- Derivation of invention— 2137
- Disclaimer— 710.02(d) ; 2304.04(c)
- Double patenting ( See Double patenting)
- Duplicate claims— 608.01(m)
- Estoppel, defensive publication— 711.06
- Estoppel, interference— 2308.03
- Final ( See also Final rejection)— 706.07 – 706.07(h)
- Foreign application, statutory bar— 2135
- Form paragraphs used— 2106.07(a)(1) ; 2107.02 ; 2139.03 ; 2148 ; 2152.07 ; 2157 ; 2158.01 ; 2175 ; 2187
- Form used— 707
- Fraud upon public— 2104
- Frivolous invention— 2104
- Function of machine— 2173.05(v)
- Functional claim— 2114 ; 2173.05(g)
- Functional equivalents— 2144.06
- Generic claim— 715.02 ; 806.04 ; 809.02(a)
- Genus and species— 806.04(h) ; 806.04(i) ; 2131.02 ; 2144.08
- Ground clearly stated— 707.07(d) ; 2142
- Inaccurate— 2173.03
- Incomplete— 707.07(g) ; 2175
- Indefinite— 2175
- Inoperativeness— 2164.08(b)
- Insufficient disclosure— 2166
- Insufficient disclosure, trademark— 608.01(v)
- Interference, estoppel— 2308.03
- Interference terminated— 710.02(b) ; 2308
- International publication as prior art— 2136.03 ; 2139.02 ; 2152.05 ; 2154.01(a)
- Judicial notice— 2144.03
- Language used— 707.07(d) ; 2142
- Linking claim— 806.04 ; 806.05(c) ; 809 ; 809.03
- Markush, improper— 2117
- Multiplicity— 2173.05(n)
- Negative limitation— 2173.05(i)
- New, after appeal— 1207.03
- New, after final rejection— 706.07(e)
- New matter— 608.04(a) ; 2163.06
- Nonelected invention— 803.02
- Nonstatutory claim— 2104 – 2107.03
- Nonstatutory subject matter— 2104 – 2107.03
- Not based on prior art— 706.03
- Not inventor— 2137
- Not readable on disclosure— 2173.03
- Oath, defective reissue— 1414.03 ; 1444
- Objection distinguished— 706.01
- Obviousness ( See also Obviousness)— 2120 ; 2142
- Official notice— 2144.03
- Old combination— 2173.05(j)
- Omnibus claim— 2173.05(r) ; 2175
- Overcoming pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 rejection— 2132.01 ; 2133.02(a) ; 2136.05
- Overlapping applications— 709.01 ; 715.01(b) ; 804 ; 804.01 ; 804.02 ; 822 ; 2136.01 ; 2141.01 ; 2146 – 2146.03(a) ; 2148 ; 2152.06 ; 2154.01(d) ; 2154.02(c) ; 2158 ; 2158.01
- Perpetual motion— 2104 ; 2107.01
- Personal remarks avoided— 707.07(d)
- Previously allowed claim— 706.04 ; 1004
- Prima facie case of obviousness— 2142
- Printed matter— 2111.05 ; 2112.01
- Prior art— 2120
- Prior art between applicant’s foreign priority date and U.S. filing date— 216 ; 2121.01 ; 2132.01 ; 2136.05 ; 2152.06
- Product by process— 2113 ; 2173.05(p)
- Product of nature— 2104 ; 2105 ; 2106 ; 2106.04(b) ; 2106.04(c)
- Prolix— 2173.05(m)
- Provisional rejection— 2127 ; 2136.01 ; 2139.03 ; 2146.03 ; 2146.03(a) ; 2154.01(d) ; 2158.01
- Public sale ( See also On sale)— 2120.02 ; 2133.03 ; 2133.03(b) – 2133.03(e)(7) ; 2139.03 ; 2151 ; 2152 ; 2152.02 ; 2152.02(d) ; 2152.05 ; 2152.07
- Public use ( See also Public use)— 2120.02 ; 2133.03(a) ; 2151 ; 2152 ; 2152.02 ; 2152.02(c) ; 2152.05 ; 2152.07
- Ranges— 2131.03 ; 2144.05 ; 2148 ; 2158.01
- Recapture in reissue application— 1412.02
- Reissue application
  - Broadened claims— 1412.03 ; 2163.05
  - Defective oath— 1414.03 ; 1444
  - Recapture— 1412.02
- Res judicata— 2138.02 ; 2190
- Scientific principle— 2106.04 ; 2106.04(b) ; 2107.02 ; 2164.07
- Secondary considerations— 2131.04 ; 2145
- Single means claim— 2164.08(a) ; 2173.05(g) ; 2181
- Species and genus— 806.04(h) ; 806.04(i) ; 2131.02 ; 2144.08
- Statement of— 707.07(d)
- Statutory bar— 2120.01 ; 2133 – 2133.03(e)(7) ; 2139.02 ; 2152.05
- Suggested claims not made— 2304.04(c)
- Technical— 706.03
- Trademark or trade name— 608.01(v)
- Undue breadth— 2163.05 ; 2173.04
- Utility— 2104 ; 2107
- Vague— 2175
- Well known in the art— 2144.03
Rejoinder— 706.07(a) ; 806.05(c) ; 806.05(f) ; 806.05(h) ; 806.05(i) ; 809 ; 812.01 ; 821 ; 821.01 ; 821.02 ; 821.04 ; 821.04(a) ; 821.04(b) ; 1302.04(h)
Related inventions— 802.01 ; 806.04(b) ; 806.05 ; 806.05(j) ; 808.02 ; 809.03
- Rejoinder of, generic or linking claim allowable— 821.04(a)
- Rejoinder of, product claim allowable— 821.04(b)
Related inventions, species— 806.04(b)
Remailing Office action— 707.13 ; 710.06
Remand by Board
- Affidavit— 1211.03
- Amendment— 1211.01
- Further search— 1211.04
- In general— 1211
- Special— 708.01
Removal of application from Office— 101
Renumbering claims— 1302.01
Reopening after allowance— 1308.01
Reopening after court decision— 1216.01
Replenishment of deposit accounts ( See Deposit account: Replenishment)
Reply ( See also Amendment and Period for reply)
- After abandonment— 714.17
- After Board decision— 1214.01 ; 1214.06
- After final rejection— 714.12 ; 714.13
  - By filing RCE— 706.07(h)
  - Within 2 months— 706.07(f)
- Attorney arguments— 716.01(c) ; 2145
- Complete— 714.02 – 714.04
- Copying claim from patent not a reply— 711.02(b)
- Election requirement— 809.02(a)
- Formal matters— 714.02
- Incomplete— 710.02(c) ; 711.02 ; 711.02(a) ; 711.03(a) ; 714.02 – 714.05 ; 2266.01
- In ex parte reexamination— 2266
- Incomplete, election of species lacking— 809.02(a)
- Incomplete, proceedings not stayed by petition— 1002
- Incomplete, time for completing— 710.02(c) ; 711 ; 714.03 ; 2266.01
- Late— 711 ; 711.02
- Late, excused— 710.02(d)
- Patentability pointed out— 714.02 ; 714.04 ; 2132.01 ; 2133.02(a) ; 2136.05 ; 2152.06
- Restart period for— 710.06
- Restoration of canceled matter— 608.01(s)
- Restriction requirement— 818 – 819
- Signed by all applicants— 714.01(a)
- Statutory period— 710.01
Reply brief— 1208
Representative capacity— 402.04 ; 405 ; 714.01(c)
- Cannot expressly abandon— 711 ; 711.01
- Cannot sign terminal disclaimer— 1490
- Design patent practitioner— 402.04 ; 405 ; 713.05
- Interviews— 405
Representative of foreign assignee— 302.04
Representative of inventor or owner— 400
Representative of requester— 2213
Representatives of out-of-town attorneys— 408
Republication of PG-Pub— 502.05 ; 1130
Request for Continued Examination (RCE)— 706.07(h)
- After allowance— 1308
- Conditions for filing— 706.07(h)
- Design application— 1502.01
- Improper CPA treated as— 201.06(d)
- Submission requirement— 706.07(h)
- Suspension of action in— 709
- Terminal disclaimer, effect in— 1490
Request for ex parte reexamination ( See Reexamination, Ex Parte)
Request for inter partes reexamination ( See Reexamination, Inter partes: Request for inter partes reexamination)
Request form (PCT/RO/101)— 1801 ; 1812 ; 1821 ; 1828 ; 1844.01
Request for reconsideration of patent term adjustment— 1002.02(b)
Request for rehearing of Board decision— 1002.02(b) ; 1214.01 ; 1214.03 ; 1214.04
Request for reinstatement of period of patent term adjustment— 1002.02(b)
Request to convert provisional application to nonprovisional application— 1002.02(b)
Request to issue patent in name of assignee after issue fee paid— 1002.02(b)
Request for supplemental examination— 2811 – 2811.02
Requirement for information— 704.10 – 704.14(d) ; 1901.06 ; 2120.02 ; 2135 ; 2173.02 ; 2181
- After the first action on the merits— 704.11(b)
- Authority for requirement— 704.10
- Consideration of information submitted— 704.14(b) ; 707.05(b)
- Format of requirement— 704.14(a)
- Relation to duty of disclosure— 704.12(a) ; 2001.04 ; 2005
- Relationship to information disclosure statements …— 704.14(d)
- Reply to— 704.12
  - Elements of a complete reply— 704.12(b)
  - Time periods for— 704.13
  - Treatment of an incomplete reply— 704.12(c)
- What information may be required— 704.11 ; 704.11(a)
- When requirement may be made— 704.11(b)
Requirements must be repeated— 707.07(e)
Requisites of the application— 702
Res judicata— 2138.02 ; 2190 ; 2259
Rescission of nonpublication request— 1123 ; 1124
Rescission of Previous Nonpublication Request (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)) and if Applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C. (b)(B)(iii)) form PTO/SB/36
- Cited— 1123 ; 1124
- Reproduced— 1135
Residence, Applicant’s— 602.08(a) ; 719.02
Resignation of examiner, old cases special— 708.03
Response ( See Reply)
Restriction ( See also Election and Election of species)— 800
- Action, examiner’s— 814 – 817
- Action after, special— 708.01
- Action on the merits— 810
- Apparatus and process or product— 806.05(e) – 806.05(g)
- Application referred to second examiner— 815
- Basis— 802
- Burden— 803 ; 803.02 ; 806.05(c) ; 806.05(d) ; 806.06 ; 808 ; 808.01(a) ; 808.02 ; 811
- Claimed subject matter— 806.01
- Claims to divisible inventions added before action— 818.02(a)
- Combination and subcombination— 806.05(a) ; 806.05(c)
- Continuation— 819
- Design application— 1504.05
- Definition— 802.02
- Distinct invention— 802.01 ; 806 ; 806.05
- Distinct processes— 806.05(j)
- Distinct products— 806.05(j)
- Election other than express— 818.02
- Election fixed by action on claim— 818.01
- Final requirement— 821.01
- Grouped in parent application— 811.04
- Improper— 803 ; 806 ; 808.02
- Independent embodiments— 802.01 ; 806.04(b) ; 806.06
- Independent inventions— 802.01 ; 803 ; 806 ; 806.06 ; 808.01(a)
- Intermediate-final product— 806.04(b) ; 806.05(j)
- Introduction— 801
- Linking claim— 806.04 ; 806.05(c) ; 809 ; 809.03 ; 821.04(a)
- Markush claims— 803 ; 803.02
- Nonelected claims, treatment of— 821 – 821.03
  - Eligible for rejoinder— 821
  - Reissue application— 1450
- Nonelected invention— 803.02 ; 821.04(a)
- Nucleotide sequences— 803.04 ; 2412.07 ; 2434
- Patentability over prior art— 809 ; 809.03
- Patentability report, effect— 807
- Process and product or apparatus— 806.05(e) ; 806.05(g)
- Product and process of using— 806.05(h)
- Product, process of making and using— 806.05(i)
- Reasons for holding of independence or distinctness— 808.01
- Reissue application— 1450 ; 1451
- Rejection of nonelected claims— 821 – 821.03
- Rejoinder— 806.05(c) ; 806.05(f) ; 806.05(h) ; 806.05(i) ; 809 ; 812.01 ; 821 ; 821.01 ; 821.02 ; 821.04 ; 821.04(a) ; 821.04(b) ; 1302.04(h)
- Related inventions— 802.01 ; 803 ; 806 ; 806.04(b) ; 806.05 ; 808.02 ; 809.03
  - Rejoinder of, generic or linking claim allowable— 821.04(a)
  - Rejoinder of, product claim allowable— 821.04(b)
- Requirement— 812 ; 814 – 817
  - Additional— 811.02
  - After election— 818
    - With traverse— 821.01
    - Without traverse— 821.02
  - By group where examinable— 812
  - Clear and detailed record— 814
  - Completeness— 815
  - Concluding paragraph— 817
  - Consult other group— 812.01 ; 815
  - Final— 810
  - First action— 811
  - Patentability— 810
  - Reasons for insisting upon— 808 ; 808.02
  - Rejection on double patenting following— 804.01
  - Repeated after withdrawal— 811.03
  - Reply to— 818 – 818.02(d)
  - Review by examiner with at least partial signatory authority— 803.01
  - Submission to TC director— 804.04
  - Second requirement— 811.02
  - Sequences— 803.04 ; 2434
  - Single claim— 803
  - Single embodiment— 806.03
  - Species may be independent or related inventions— 806.04(b)
  - Species of unclaimed genus— 808.01(a)
  - Subcombination, Combination— 806.05(a) ; 806.05(c)
  - When made— 811 ; 811.02
  - Withdrawal— 819
- Subcombinations usable together— 806.05(d) ; 806.05(j)
- Telephone— 812.01
- Transitional application— 803.03
- Traverse of requirement— 818 ; 821.01
Restrictions on employees of Office— 309 ; 1702
Restrictions on former employees of Office— 1702
Restoration of Priority— 213.03
Restoration of right to priority claim benefit of provisional application— 211.01(a)
Retroactive foreign filing license— 140
Return of Papers
- Discourteous matter— 714.19 ; 714.25 ; 1002.02(b)
- Entered in the file— 214.03 ; 719.01
- Return of drawing— 608.02(y)
- Return of filing fee— 607.02
- Return of patent— 1416
- Return of post card (sometimes postcard or post-card)— 503 ; 1901.05
Returned Office action— 707.13
Review at allowance— 1302.01
Review for national security— 115
Review for Government property rights— 115
Revised statutes ( See Statutes)
Revival of abandoned application— 711.03 ; 711.03(c) ; 1002.02(b) ; 1002.02(f)
Revocation of agent under PCT— 1808
Revocation of power of attorney— 402.05 ; 402.07
- After Allowance— 2501
Rewritten specification— 608.01(q)
Right of domestic benefit— 210 – 211.05
Right of priority ( See also Foreign application)
- Foreign application— 210 ; 213 – 217
- Form paragraphs— 213
- Formal requirements— 214
- Overcoming a reference— 213 ; 213.04 ; 215 ; 216 ; 2132.01 ; 2133.02(a) ; 2136.05 ; 2152.06
- Papers required— 215
- Time for filing papers— 215.03
Right to exclude others— 509.02 ; 1111 ; 1601 ; 2162
Rights, Transfer of patent or application— 509.02
RNA ( See Biotechnology and Nucleotide sequences)
Roster of attorneys or agents— 601.03 ; 1730
Rules, Patent (Code of Federal Regulations)— ; R
- 10 CFR 810 Cited— 140
- 21 CFR 60.10 Cited— 2756
- 21 CFR 60.3(b) Cited— 2751
- 21 CFR Ch.1 Cited— 2757 ; 2757.01
- 21 CFR 312.80-312.88 Cited— 2107.03
- 37 CFR:
  - 1.1 Reproduced— 501
  - 1.2 Reproduced— 713.04 ; 2002.02
  - 1.3 Reproduced— 714.25
  - 1.4 Reproduced— 501 ; 502.02 ; 502.04 ; 509.03 ; 2002.02
  - 1.5 Reproduced— 502
  - 1.6 Reproduced— 502 ; 502.01 ; 505 ; 513
  - 1.7 Reproduced— 710.05
  - 1.8 Reproduced— 512
  - 1.9 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 201 ; 201.04
  - 1.9 Reproduced— 201.01 ; 201.04 ; 1893 ; 2920
  - 1.10 Reproduced— 511 ; 513
  - 1.11 Reproduced— 103 ; 1430 ; 1879.04
  - 1.12 Reproduced— 301.01
  - 1.14 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 104
  - 1.14 Reproduced— 101 ; 102 ; 103 ; 104 ; 110 ; 150 ; 1128 ; 1879.04
  - 1.20 Reproduced— 2666.04
  - 1.22 Reproduced— 509
  - 1.23 Reproduced— 509
  - 1.25 Reproduced— 509.01
  - 1.26 Reproduced— 509 ; 607.02
  - 1.27 Reproduced— 509.02 ; 509.03
  - 1.28 Reproduced— 509.03
  - 1.29 Reproduced— 509.04(a) ; 509.04(b) ; 509.04(d) ; 509.04(e) ; 509.04(f)
  - 1.31 Reproduced— 401
  - 1.32 Reproduced— 402 ; 402.02(a)
  - 1.32 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 402.02(b)
  - 1.33 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 403.01(b) ; 601.03 ; 714.01(a)
  - 1.33 Reproduced— 403.01 ; 601.03 ; 714.01(a) ; 2222
  - 1.34 Reproduced— 402.03
  - 1.36 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 402.05(b)
  - 1.36 Reproduced— 402.05(a) ; 402.06
  - 1.41 Reproduced— 605.02 ; 2920.01
  - 1.42 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 409.01(b)
  - 1.42 Reproduced— 409.01(a)
  - 1.43 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 409.01(b)
  - 1.43 Reproduced— 409.01(a)
  - 1.45 Reproduced— 409.02
  - 1.46 Reproduced— 308 ; 409.05
  - 1.47 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 409.03
  - 1.48 Reproduced— 201.03
  - 1.51 Reproduced— 601
  - 1.52 Reproduced— 608.01 ; 608.05 ; 2250
  - 1.53 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 201.04 ; 201.06(d) ; 601.01
  - 1.53 pre-PLT (AIA) Reproduce— 601.01
  - 1.53 Reproduced— 201.04 ; 201.06(c) ; 201.06(d) ; 506 ; 601.01 ; 601.01(c) ; 2415.02
  - 1.54 Reproduced— 503
  - 1.55 Reproduced— 213 ; 213.04 ; 213.05 ; 215.02 ; 2920.05(d)
  - 1.56 Reproduced— 2001 ; 2001.01 ; 2001.04 ; 2001.05 ; 2002
  - 1.57 Reproduced— 217 ; 608.01(p)
  - 1.58 Reproduced— 608.01 ; 608.05(b)
  - 1.59 Reproduced— 724.06
  - 1.63 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 201.06(c)
  - 1.63 Reproduced— 201.06(c) ; 602.01(a)
  - 1.64 Reproduced— 409.05 ; 604
  - 1.66 Reproduced— 602 ; 602.04
  - 1.67 Reproduced— 603
  - 1.69 Reproduced— 602.06 ; 2004
  - 1.71 Reproduced— 608.01 ; 608.01(w) ; 717.02(b) ; 2146.02
  - 1.72 Reproduced— 606 ; 608.01(b)
  - 1.73 Reproduced— 608.01(d)
  - 1.74 Reproduced— 608.01(f)
  - 1.75 Reproduced— 608.01(i) ; 608.01(n) ; 2173.05(n)
  - 1.76 Reproduced— 601.05(a) ; 601.05(b)
  - 1.77 Reproduced— 608.01(a) ; 608.05
  - 1.78 Reproduced— 1481.03 ; 2920.05(e)
  - 1.78 in effect on November 29, 2000, Reproduced— 804.03
  - 1.81 (pre-PLT) Reproduced— 608.02
  - 1.81 Reproduced— 608.02
  - 1.83 Reproduced— 608.02(d)
  - 1.84 Reproduced— 608.01(f) ; 608.01(w) ; 608.02 ; 1606
  - 1.85 Reproduced— 608.02(b) ; 608.02(p)
  - 1.91 Reproduced— 608.03
  - 1.93 Reproduced— 608.03
  - 1.94 Reproduced— 608.03(a)
  - 1.95 Reproduced— 608.03(a)
  - 1.96 Reproduced— 608.05(a)
  - 1.97 Reproduced— 609
  - 1.98 Reproduced— 609
  - 1.102 Reproduced— 708.01 ; 708.02 ; 708.02(b)
  - 1.103 Reproduced— 709
  - 1.104 Reproduced— 706 ; 707 ; 707.05 ; 707.07 ; 717.02(b) ; 1302.14 ; 1852 ; 2146.02
  - 1.105 Reproduced— 704.10
  - 1.111 Reproduced— 201.04 ; 714.02 ; 714.03(a) ; 2266
  - 1.112 Reproduced— 706
  - 1.113 Reproduced— 706.07
  - 1.114 Reproduced— 706.07(h)
  - 1.115 Reproduced— 714.01(e)
  - 1.116 Reproduced— 714.12
  - 1.121 Reproduced— 608.02(p) ; 608.04 ; 714 ; 1453 ; 2234 ; 2250
  - 1.125 Reproduced— 608.01(q)
  - 1.126 Reproduced— 608.01(j)
  - 1.129 Reproduced— 706.07(g) ; 803.03
  - 1.130 Reproduced— 717.01 ; 804.03 ; 2155
  - 1.131 Reproduced— 715 ; 718
  - 1.132 Reproduced— 716
  - 1.133 Reproduced— 713.01 ; 713.04
  - 1.135 Reproduced— 710.01 ; 711 ; 711.03(c) ; 714.03
  - 1.136 Reproduced— 710.02 ; 710.02(e)
  - 1.137 Reproduced— 711.03(c) ; 1124 ; 2268
  - 1.138 Reproduced— 711 ; 711.01 ; 1125
  - 1.141 Reproduced— 802 ; 806.05(i)
  - 1.142 Reproduced— 802
  - 1.143 Reproduced— 818.01
  - 1.144 Reproduced— 818.01(c)
  - 1.145 Reproduced— 821.03
  - 1.146 Reproduced— 806.04
  - 1.151 Reproduced— 1501
  - 1.152 Reproduced— 1503.02
  - 1.153 Reproduced— 1503.01
  - 1.154 Reproduced— 1503.01
  - 1.155 Reproduced— 1504.30
  - 1.161 Reproduced— 1602
  - 1.162 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 1604
  - 1.162 Reproduced— 1604
  - 1.163 Reproduced— 1603 ; 1605
  - 1.164 Reproduced— 1605
  - 1.165 Reproduced— 1606
  - 1.166 Reproduced— 1607
  - 1.167 Reproduced— 1609
  - 1.171 Reproduced— 1410
  - 1.172 Reproduced— 1410.01
  - 1.172 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 1410.01
  - 1.173 Reproduced— 1410 ; 1411 ; 1413 ; 1453
  - 1.175 Reproduced— 1410.01 ; 1414.01
  - 1.175 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 1414.02
  - 1.176 Reproduced— 1440 ; 1450
  - 1.177 Reproduced— 1451
  - 1.178 Reproduced— 1416 ; 1418 ; 1442.04
  - 1.181 Reproduced— 711.03(c) ; 1002
  - 1.182 Reproduced— 1002
  - 1.183 Reproduced— 1002
  - 1.197 Reproduced— 1214.06
  - 1.198 Reproduced— 1214.07
  - 1.211 Reproduced— 1120 ; 1126
  - 1.213 Reproduced— 1122 ; 1123 ; 1124
  - 1.215 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 1121
  - 1.215 Reproduced— 1121
  - 1.217 Reproduced— 1132
  - 1.219 Reproduced— 1129
  - 1.221 Reproduced— 1130 ; 1133
  - 1.248 Reproduced— 1901
  - 1.251 Reproduced— 508.04
  - 1.290 Reproduced— 1134.01
  - 1.291 Reproduced— 1901
  - 1.297 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 1111
  - 1.301 Reproduced— 1216
  - 1.302 Reproduced— 1216.01
  - 1.303 Reproduced— 1216
  - 1.304 Reproduced— 1216
  - 1.311 Reproduced— 1303
  - 1.312 Reproduced— 714.16
  - 1.313 Reproduced— 1308
  - 1.314 Reproduced— 1306.01
  - 1.321 Reproduced— 1490
  - 1.321 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 1490
  - 1.322 Reproduced— 1480
  - 1.323 Reproduced— 1481
  - 1.324 Reproduced— 1481.02
  - 1.324 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 1481.02
  - 1.335 Reproduced— 311
  - 1.362 Reproduced— 2504
  - 1.363 Reproduced— 2540
  - 1.366 Reproduced— 2515
  - 1.377 Reproduced— 2580
  - 1.378 Reproduced— 2590
  - 1.413 Reproduced— 1840
  - 1.414 Reproduced— 1893.01(a)
  - 1.416 Reproduced— 1862
  - 1.422 Reproduced— 1806
  - 1.431 Reproduced— 1810
  - 1.432 Reproduced— 1821
  - 1.434 Reproduced— 1821
  - 1.435 Reproduced— 1823
  - 1.436 Reproduced— 1824
  - 1.437 Reproduced— 1825
  - 1.438 Reproduced— 1826
  - 1.446 Reproduced— 1827.01
  - 1.451 Reproduced— 213.06
  - 1.455 Reproduced— 402.09 ; 1807 ; 1808
  - 1.475 Reproduced— 1850
  - 1.477 Reproduced— 1850
  - 1.480 Reproduced— 1864
  - 1.481 Reproduced— 1867
  - 1.484 Reproduced— 1878
  - 1.485 Reproduced— 1864.01 ; 1878.02
  - 1.488 Reproduced— 1875
  - 1.489 Reproduced— 1875.02
  - 1.491 Reproduced— 1893.01
  - 1.495 Reproduced— 1893.01(a)(1)
  - 1.496 Reproduced— 1893.03
  - 1.497 Reproduced— 1893.01(e)
  - 1.499 Reproduced— 1893.03(d)
  - 1.501 Reproduced— 2202
  - 1.502 Reproduced— 2202
  - 1.510 Reproduced— 2210 ; 2212 ; 2213 ; 2214 ; 2215 ; 2227 ; 2266.03
  - 1.515 Reproduced— 2240 ; 2248
  - 1.520 Reproduced— 2239
  - 1.525 Reproduced— 2246
  - 1.530 Reproduced— 2234 ; 2249 ; 2250 ; 2250.01 ; 2250.02
  - 1.535 Reproduced— 2251
  - 1.540 Reproduced— 2252
  - 1.550 Reproduced— 2254 ; 2265 ; 2266 ; 2266.03
  - 1.552 Reproduced— 2258
  - 1.555 Reproduced— 2280
  - 1.560 Reproduced— 2281
  - 1.565 Reproduced— 2282 ; 2283 ; 2284 ; 2285 ; 2286
  - 1.570 Reproduced— 2288
  - 1.601 Reproduced— 2803 ; 2803.01 ; 2808 ; 2812.02
  - 1.605 Reproduced— 2809
  - 1.610 Reproduced— 2810 ; 2811 ; 2811.01 ; 2811.02 ; 2812.01 ; 2812.02
  - 1.615 Reproduced— 2807
  - 1.620 Reproduced— 2813 ; 2813.01 ; 2814 ; 2815 ; 2816 ; 2816.03 ; 2819 ; 2820
  - 1.625 Reproduced— 2258 ; 2817 ; 2818
  - 1.701 Reproduced— 2720
  - 1.702 Reproduced— 2730
  - 1.703 Reproduced— 2730 ; 2731
  - 1.704 Reproduced— 2730 ; 2732
  - 1.705 Reproduced— 2730 ; 2733 ; 2734 ; 2736
  - 1.710 Reproduced— 2751
  - 1.720 Reproduced— 2751
  - 1.730 Reproduced— 2752
  - 1.740 Reproduced— 2753 ; 2754
  - 1.741 Reproduced— 2754
  - 1.750 Reproduced— 2755
  - 1.760 Reproduced— 2755.01
  - 1.765 Reproduced— 2762 ; 2763
  - 1.770 Reproduced— 2764
  - 1.780 Reproduced— 2759
  - 1.785 Reproduced— 2761
  - 1.790 Reproduced— 2755.02
  - 1.791 Reproduced— 2755.02
  - 1.801 Reproduced— 2402
  - 1.802 Reproduced— 2404
  - 1.803 Reproduced— 2405
  - 1.804 Reproduced— 2406
  - 1.805 Reproduced— 2407
  - 1.806 Reproduced— 2408
  - 1.807 Reproduced— 2409
  - 1.808 Reproduced— 2410
  - 1.809 Reproduced— 2411
  - 1.821 Reproduced— 2422
  - 1.822 Reproduced— 2423
  - 1.823 Reproduced— 2424
  - 1.824 Reproduced— 2425
  - 1.825 Reproduced— 2426
  - 1.831 Reproduced— 2412.02 ; 2412.02(a) ; 2412.03 ; 2412.03(a) ; 2412.03(b) ; 2412.03(c) ; 2412.03(d) ; 2412.03(e) ; 2412.04
  - 1.832 Reproduced— 2412.05(a) ; 2412.05(b) ; 2412.05(d) ; 2412.05(e)
  - 1.833 Reproduced— 2413.01(a) ; 2413.01(b) ; 2413.01(c) ; 2413.01(d) ; 2413.01(e) ; 2413.01(f) ; 2413.01(g) ; 2413.01(h)
  - 1.834 Reproduced— 2413.02 ; 2413.03 ; 2413.04
  - 1.835 Reproduced— 2413.04 ; 2414.01 ; 2414.02 ; 2414.03 ; 2414.04 ; 2414.05 ; 2414.06
  - 1.839 Reproduced— 2412
  - 1.902 Reproduced— 2202
  - 1.1061 Reproduced— 1501
  - 1.1002 Reproduced— 2905.01
  - 1.1011 Reproduced— 2905.01
  - 1.1012 Reproduced— 2905.01
  - 1.1021 Reproduced— 2909 ; 2920.04(c)
  - 1.1022 Reproduced— 2909.01
  - 1.1023 Reproduced— 2908
  - 1.1025 Reproduced— 2920.04(a)
  - 1.1026 Reproduced— 2909.02 ; 2920.04(b)
  - 1.1031 Reproduced— 2910 ; 2950
  - 1.1041 Reproduced— 2911
  - 1.1042 Reproduced— 2912
  - 1.1045 Reproduced— 2905.01
  - 1.1051 Reproduced— 2913
  - 1.1052 Reproduced— 2914
  - 1.1062 Reproduced— 2920.05
  - 1.1063 Reproduced— 2920.05 ; 2920.05(a)
  - 1.1064 Reproduced— 2920.05(b)
  - 1.1065 Reproduced— 2930
  - 1.1066 Reproduced— 2920.03
  - 1.1067 Reproduced— 2920.04(a) ; 2920.04(c)
  - 1.1068 Reproduced— 2940
  - 1.1071 Reproduced— 2950
  - 2.190 Reproduced— 501
  - 3.1 Reproduced— 301
  - 3.11 Reproduced— 302
  - 3.21 Reproduced— 302.03
  - 3.24 Reproduced— 302.01
  - 3.26 Reproduced— 302.02
  - 3.27 Reproduced— 302.08
  - 3.28 Reproduced— 302.07
  - 3.31 Reproduced— 302.07 ; 302.10
  - 3.34 Reproduced— 323.01
  - 3.41 Reproduced— 302.06
  - 3.51 Reproduced— 317.01
  - 3.54 Reproduced— 317.03
  - 3.56 Reproduced— 317.03
  - 3.58 Reproduced— 302
  - 3.61 Reproduced— 302.04
  - 3.71 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 324 ; 402.07
  - 3.71 Reproduced— 325
  - 3.73 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 324
  - 3.73 Reproduced— 325
  - 3.81 Reproduced— 307
  - 5.1 Reproduced— 120
  - 5.2 Reproduced— 120
  - 5.3 Reproduced— 120 ; 2306
  - 5.4 Reproduced— 120
  - 5.5 Reproduced— 120
  - 5.11 Reproduced— 140
  - 5.12 Reproduced— 140
  - 5.13 Reproduced— 140
  - 5.14 Reproduced— 140
  - 5.15 Reproduced— 140
  - 5.18 Reproduced— 140
  - 5.19 Reproduced— 140
  - 5.20 Reproduced— 140
  - 5.25 Reproduced— 140
  - 11.9 Reproduced— 402.01 ; 402.09
  - 11.10 Reproduced— 402.01 ; 1702
  - 11.18 Reproduced— 402.03 ; 410 ; 509.03 ; 2203
  - 11.116 Reproduced— 402.06
  - 41.2 Reproduced— 2301.02
  - 41.6 Reproduced— 1213.03
  - 41.11 Reproduced— 2307.01
  - 41.31 Reproduced— 1204
  - 41.33 Reproduced— 1206
  - 41.37 Reproduced— 1205
  - 41.39 Reproduced— 1207 ; 2275
  - 41.41 Reproduced— 1208
  - 41.43 Reproduced— 1207.05 ; 1208
  - 41.50 Reproduced— 1207.05
  - 41.52 Reproduced— 1214.03
  - 41.54 Reproduced— 1214
  - 41.8 Reproduced— 1449.02 ; 2284
  - 41.100 Reproduced— 2301.02
  - 41.102 Reproduced— 2284 ; 2303
  - 41.103 Reproduced— 2284 ; 2307
  - 41.109 Reproduced— 2307.02
  - 41.127 Reproduced— 2308
  - 41.200 Reproduced— 2301.02
  - 41.201 Reproduced— 2301.02 ; 2304.02(d)
  - 41.202 Reproduced— 1449.02 ; 2304.02 ; 2304.02(a) ; 2304.02(b) ; 2304.02(c) ; 2304.02(d) ; 2304.03 ; 2305
  - 41.203 Reproduced— 2301.03
  - 41.206 Reproduced— 2304.05
  - 42.2 Reproduced— 2310.02
  - 42.3 Reproduced— 2313
  - 102.4 Reproduced— 103

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