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

• Sale, On ( See On sale)
• Sample letter on submission of prior art in patent— 2205
• Sanctions— 410
• Saturday, effect on time for reply— 502 ; 502.01 ; 502.05 ; 505 ; 506.02 ; 510 ; 513 ; 710.05 ; 2504 ; 2506
• Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC)— 901.06(a)
  • Biotechnology sequence listings— 2421.03 ; 2429
  • Foreign patents— 901.05 ; 901.05(c) ; 903.03 ; 901.07 ; 2135
  • Hours— 1730
  • Litigation search— 2240 ; 2287
  • Literature collection— 719.05 ; 901.06(a)
  • Location and telephone number— 1730
  • Translation assistance— 901.05(d) ; 901.06(a)
• Scientific principle not patentable— 2106.04 ; 2107.02 ; 2164.07
• Scope of claims— 904.01(a) ; 2163.05 ; 2164.08
  • Design application— 1503.01 ; 1504.04 ; 1504.05 ; 1504.06
• Scope of class— 903.02(b)
• Scope of reexamination
  • Ex parte— 2258
• Screening new application for security review— 115 ; 2104.01
• Seal— 602
  • Not required— 602
  • Venue— 602
• Search— 900
  • After reversal by Patent Trial and Appeal Board — 1214.04
  • Aids in Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC)— 901.06(a)
  • Analogous art areas— 904.01(c) ; 2141
  • Claim analysis— 904.01
  • Computer— 719.05
  • Databases ( See Electronic databases)
  • Electronic documents— 707.05(e) ; 904.02(c)
  • Fee, PCT— 1827
  • Field of— 904.02 ; 904.02(a)
    • Not to be given for patented inventions— 1701
  • File wrapper notation— 719.05 ; 904
  • Incomprehensible disclosure— 702.01
  • In Technology Center, by member of public— 713.02
  • Informal application— 702.01 ; 704.01
  • INPADOC— 901.06(a)
  • Interference— 2304.01(a)
  • Internet— 707.05(e) ; 904.02(c)
  • Notes in classification definitions— 902.02(a) ; 905.01(a)(2)
  • Notes in file wrapper— 705.01(a) ; 719.05 ; 903.07(a)
  • Online database ( See also Electronic databases)— 901.06(a) ; 902.03(e)
  • Outlining— 904.02(a)
  • Patentability report— 705.01(a) ; 705.01(b)
  • Prior examiner’s— 704.01
  • Procedure— 704.01 ; 904
  • References in classification definition— 905.01(a)(1)
  • Related applications— 904.04
  • Requirements for information— 704.11 ; 704.11(a) ; 2005
  • Restriction requirement— 808.02
  • Scope— 2103 ; 2141
  • Selecting pertinent references— 904.03
  • Title— 306
  • Unduly extensive and burdensome— 806.01 ; 808.01(a) ; 818.02(b)
• Search notes form (PE2E-OC)— 704.14(b) ; 705.01(a) ; 719.05 ; 904
• Search facility hours— 510 ; 1730
• Search tools, automated— 902.03(e)
• Searched box entries— 719.05
• Secrecy, in general— 101
• Secrecy of international applications— 120
• “Secrecy Order” application— 115 ; 120 ; 130
  • After declassification— 130
  • Allowance— 130
  • Commodity Control List— 120
  • Correspondence— 120
  • Facsimile transmission of correspondence not permitted— 120
  • Final rejection— 130
  • Interference— 130 ; 2304.01(a) ; 2306
  • Petition for rescission or modification— 120
  • Prosecution— 130
  • Review— 115 ; 140
  • Security, Application affecting— 120 ; 121 ; 130 ; 140
• Secret sale ( See On sale)
• Security interest in patent, recording ( See also Assignment)— 313
• Security markings— 121 ; 130 ; 140 ; 724
• Security screening of new applications— 115 ; 140
• Security, Licensing and Review, applications submitted— 121 ; 130 ; 709 ; 710 ; 1002.02(c)(1) ; 2304.01(a)
• Self-addressed postcard ( See also Postcard, self-addressed)— 503
• Sequence listing ( See also Sequence rules)— 601 ; 608.05 ; 608.05(c) ; 708.02(a) ; 714 ; 1823.02 ; 1848 ; 2412 – 2416 ; 2418 – 2419.03 ; 2422 – 2422.04 ; 2422.06 ; 2422.07 ; 2422.08 ; 2423 – 2431 ; 2433 ; 2434 ; 2435
  • WIPO Standard ST.25— 1823.02 ; 1848 ; 2422 – 2422.04 ; 2422.06 ; 2422.07 ; 2422.08 ; 2423 – 2431 ; 2433 ; 2434 ; 2435
  • WIPO Standard ST.26 ( See also Sequence Listing XML)— 1823.02 ; 1848 ; 2412 – 2419.03
  • EFS-Web submission— 502.05
  • Hand delivery— 2413.03 ; 2422.03(a) ; 2433
  • Pre-Grant Publications (PG-Pub)— 1121
  • Publication— 2419 ; 2419.01 ; 2419.02 ; 2419.03
  • Statements— 2414.02 ; 2414.03 ; 2422.06
  • With Interim Copy of Foreign Application— 215.02(b)
• Sequence rules ( See also Biotechnology)— 2400
  • Amendments to sequence listing and computer readable form
    • Initial Add— 2412.02
    • Previously existing— 714 ; 2414.03 ; 2422.07 ; 2426
  • Amino acid definition— 2412.03(b) ; 2412.03(c) ; 2422.01
  • AuthorIn— 2430
  • Coding regions, depiction of— 2413.01(e) ; 2413.01(g) ; 2422 ; 2423 ; 2423.02
  • Compliance requirement— 2413.05 ; 2414 ; 2414.01 ; 2417 ; 2422.07 ; 2429
  • Computer readable format requirement— 502.05 ; 2412.02 ; 2416 ; 2421.01 ; 2422.03 ; 2422.03(a) ; 2422.04 ; 2422.06 ; 2425 ; 2426 ; 2433
  • Definitions for nucleotides/amino acids— 2412.03 ; 2412.03(a) ; 2412.03(b) ; 2412.03(c) ; 2412.03(d) ; 2412.03(e) ; 2422.01
  • Definition of sequence listing and CRF— 2412.02 ; 2421.01
  • Exclusive conformance requirement— 2412.06 ; 2422.02
  • Extensions of time— 2414 ; 2421.03
  • Format and symbols— 2412.05(d) ; 2423 ; 2423.01
  • Form paragraphs— 2416 ; 2427
  • Hand-delivery of sequence listings and computer readable forms— 2413.03 ; 2422.03(a) ; 2433
  • Helpful hints for compliance— 2429
  • Incorporation by reference— 601 ; 2412 ; 2413.04 ; 2415.03 ; 2422.03
  • Informational requirements for sequence listings— 2424 ; 2424.01 ; 2424.02
  • Mandatory information items— 2412 ; 2413.01(f) ; 2424 ; 2424.02
  • Miscellaneous requirements, information— 2424.03
  • Notice to comply— 2414.01 ; 2421.03
  • Nucleotide definition— 2412.03 ; 2412.05(b) ; 2422.01
  • Numbering of sequences— 2412.05(a) ; 2423.02
  • Numeric identifiers— 2412.05(a) ; 2424 ; 2424.02
  • Oversized Submission Fee— 608.05 ; 2422.03
  • PatentIn information— 1730 ; 2429 ; 2430
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)— 1823.02 ; 1844.01 ; 1848 ; 1893.01(d) ; 2422 ; 2414.05 ; 2422.03(a) ; 2430
  • Presumptions regarding compliance— 2413.05 ; 2422.08
  • Replacement of sequence listing and computer readable form— 2414.03 ; 2426
  • Sample sequence listing— 2431
  • Sanctions for failure to comply— 2414.05 ; 2422.07
  • Sequence identifier requirement— 2412.04 – 2413.01(g) ; 2422.01
  • Sequence presentation— 2412.05(e) ; 2423.03
  • Sequences in drawings— 2412.04 ; 2412.06 ; 2422.02
  • Statement regarding content of paper and computer readable copies— 502.05 ; 608.05 ; 2422 – 2422.04 ; 2422.06 ; 2426
  • Statement samples under WIPO ST.25— 2428
  • Summary of requirements— 2412 ; 2421.02
  • Variants of a presented sequence— 2413.01(g) ; 2422.01
  • WIPO Standard ST. 25— 1823.02 ; 1848 ; 2422 – 2422.04 ; 2422.07 ; 2422.08 ; 2423 – 2431 ; 2433 ; 2434 ; 2435
  • WIPO Standard ST. 26 ( See also Sequence Listing XML)— 1823.02 ; 1848 ; 2412 – 2419.03
• Sequences, restriction— 803.04 ; 2412.07 ; 2434
• Sequence Listing XML ( See also Sequence Listing and WIPO Standard ST.26)— 601 ; 608.05 ; 608.05(c) ; 706.02(a) ; 2412 – 2419.03
• Series codes— 503
• Series of dependent claims— 608.01(n)
• Series, Patent ( See Patent)
• Service, proof of, in a petition for access— 103
• Service of applicant in a protest— 1901 ; 1901.03
• Service of citation in patent— 2208
• Service of court papers on Director— 1216
• Service of patent owner statement on requestor in ex parte reexamination— 2249 ; 2266.03
• Shift of election— 819
  • Design patent application— 1504.05
• Shortened statutory period ( See also Period for reply and Statutory period)— 710.02 ; 710.02(b)
  • Appeal— 1205 ; 1214.06 ; 1215.04
  • Date of abandonment— 711.04(a)
  • Drawings— 608.02(p) ; 608.02(x)
  • Extension of time— 710.02(e) ; 1002.02(c)
  • Final rejection— 706.07 ; 706.07(b) ; 706.07(f) ; 706.07(g) ; 714.13
  • Informal application— 702.01
  • Information disclosure statement— 609.04(b)
  • Quayle— 714.14
  • Reexamination, ex parte— 2250.01 ; 2263 ; 2265 ; 2272 ; 2273 ; 2285 ; 2286
  • Time limits compared— 710.02(d)
• Signatory Authority, Full— 1004
• Signatory Authority, Partial— 1005
• Signature
  • Alteration in specification signed— 608.01
  • Amendment— 714.01
    • Signature improper— 714.01(a) ; 714.01(c) ; 714.01(d)
    • Signature missing— 714.01(a)
    • Signed by applicant, not by attorney of record— 714.01(d)
    • Signed by attorney not of record— 403.01(b)
  • Applicant— 602.08(b)
  • Applicant changes name— 201.03 ; 605.01
  • Applicant, international application— 1820
  • Applicant unable to write— 602.08(b)
  • Application papers— 602.08(b)
  • Attorney or agent not of record— 402.03
  • Certification, effect of— 401 ; 402.03 ; 410
  • Continued prosecution application— 201.06(d)
  • Correction of name— 602.08(b)
  • Express abandonment— 711 ; 711.01
  • Facsimile— 502.01 ; 502.02 ; 505 ; 511 ; 512
  • Full, first or middle name— 602.08(b)
  • Required on every paper— 402 ; 402.03
  • Title with— 602.08(b)
  • Uniformity with name— 602.08(b)
• Signing, continued prosecution application— 201.06(d)
• Signing examiner’s letter— 706.07 ; 707.08 ; 707.09
• Signing file wrapper— 1302.13
• Simulated tests in the specification— 608.01(p)
• Simultaneous issue of patents— 1306.02
• Single means claim— 2164.08(a) ; 2173.05(g) ; 2181
• Size of paper ( See A4 size paper and Paper size)
• Sketch of subject matter of claims— 904.01(a)
• Small Business Act— 509.02
• Small Business Administration— 509.02
• Small entity status ( See also Fee)
  • Change of status— 509.03 ; 509.03(b)
  • Claiming status— 509.03
  • Correcting status— 509.03 ; 509.03(b)
  • Definition— 509.02
  • Established in parent application— 201.06(c)
  • Fees— 509.02
  • Government organizations— 509.02
  • Improper payment— 509.03
  • Independent inventor— 509.02
  • Maintenance fees— 509.03 ; 2515 ; 2531 ; 2550
  • Nonprofit organization— 509.02 ; 509.03
  • Refund— 509.03(b) ; 607.02
  • Small business concern— 509.02
  • Statement verified— 509.03
  • Transfer of invention rights— 509.02 ; 509.04(a) ; 509.04(b)
• Solicitor’s Office ( See Office of Solicitor)
• Sources of information to disclose— 2001.06
• Special application— 708 – 708.03
  • Accelerated examination— 708.02
  • Allowable application, except for form— 707.07(j) ; 710.02(b) ; 714.14 ; 1301
  • Appealed application— 1204
  • Applicant’s age, health— 708.02 ; 1002.02(b)
  • Counter terrorism inventions— 708.02 ; 1002.02(s)
  • Energy— 708.02
  • Environmental Quality Program— 1002.02(s)
  • Five year pendency— 707.02
  • List— 708.01
  • Patent printing priority— 1309
  • Petition to make— 708.02 ; 1002.02(s)
  • Reexamination
    • Ex parte— 2261
  • Reissue application— 1442
  • Remanded by Board— 708.01
  • Revived applications— 711.03(c)
• Special examining procedure— 708.02
• Special Program Examiner (SPRE)— 103 ; 1415.01 ; 1825 ; 1845.01 ; 1851
  • Petitions decided— 1002.02(s)
• Species— 806.01 ; 806.04 ; 806.04(b) ; 806.04(d) ; 806.04(e) ; 806.04(f) ; 806.04(h) ; 806.04(i) ; 808.01(a) ; 809.02(a)
  • Anticipation by a generic chemical formula— 2131.02
  • Anticipation of a genus by the species— 2131.02
  • Cancellation of species claims— 821.01 ; 821.02
  • Claims restricted to— 806.04(e)
  • Election of ( See Election of species)
  • How recognized— 806.04(f)
  • Independent inventions— 802.01 ; 808.01(a)
  • Mutually exclusive characteristics— 806.04(f)
  • Obviousness of— 2144.08
  • Patentably distinct— 806.04(h)
  • Patentability over genus— 806.04(h)
  • Plural— 608.01(m) ; 806.04 ; 808.01(a)
  • Reissue— 1450
  • Rejection— 806.04(h) ; 2131.02
  • Related— 806.04(b)
  • Withdrawal of species claim— 821.01 ; 821.02
• Specification ( See also Disclosure)— 608.01 ; 2161
  • Amendment, manner of making— 714
  • Arrangement— 608.01(a)
  • Background of the invention— 608.01(c)
  • Best mode ( See also Best mode)— 2165
  • Brief description of drawings— 608.01(f)
  • Brief summary of invention— 608.01(d)
  • British English spellings in— 608.01
  • British provisional and complete— 214.03
  • Changes prior to filing— 601.01 ; 608.01
  • Completeness— 608.01(p) ; 2161 ; 2163 – 2165
  • Computer lists— 608.05
  • Confused by amendments— 608.01(q) ; 1302.02
  • Content of— 608.01(a)
  • Continued prosecution application— 201.06(d)
  • Copyrights in— 1512
  • Correction by examiner’s amendment— 1302.04 – 1302.04(g)
  • Correction by initialing— 1302.04
  • Cross-noting of related applications— 1302.04
  • Defines claim term— 2111.01
  • Derogatory remarks prohibited— 608.01(r)
  • Description— 608.01(g) ; 2163 ; 2163.02
  • Design application— 1503.01
  • Detailed description of invention— 608.01(g)
  • Enablement ( See also Enablement)— 2164
  • English language— 608.01
  • Facsimile transmission— 608.01
  • Font— 608.01
  • Format— 608.01(a)
  • Illustrations in— 608.01
  • Incorporation by reference— 601 ; 2163.07 ; 2163.07(b) ; 2412 ; 2413.04 ; 2415.03 ; 2422.03
  • Interlineation prior to filing— 608.01
  • Language faulty— 608.01 ; 608.01(g)
  • Missing pages— 601.01(d)
  • New matter— 608.04 ; 608.04(a) ; 2163.06
  • Omitted pages— 217 ; 601.01(d)
  • Paragraph numbering— 608.01 ; 608.01(g) ; 714
  • Parts— 608.01(a)
  • Provisional application— 601.01(b)
  • Reference characters corrected— 1302.04
  • Reissue application— 1411
  • Requirements for— 2161
  • Return— 608.01
  • Rewritten— 608.01(q) ; 1302.02
  • Signature— 602.08(b)
  • Substitute, amendment including— 714.19 ; 714.20
  • Substitute specification— 608.01(q) ; 714.19 ; 714.20
    • Pre-Grant Publication— 502.05 ; 1120
  • Summary of invention— 608.01(d)
  • Table submission on compact disc or via the USPTO patent electronic system as ASCII text file— 608.05(b) ; 2422.03(a)
  • Terminology basis for claims— 608.01(o) ; 2163.07
  • Title of invention— 606
  • Title of invention changed— 606.01
  • Trademarks in— 1512
  • Transfer to another application— 608.01(t)
  • Written description ( See also Written description)— 2163
• Specimen, Composition of matter— 608.03
• Specimen, Handling— 608.03(a)
• Specimen, Plant application— 1607
• Stamp
  • Office date— 502 ; 505 ; 506 ; 710.01(a) ; 714.18
• Statement applying the prior art in an ex parte reexamination— 2217
• Statement, Examiner’s ( See Action)
• Statement by inventors when changing inventorship— 201.03
• Statement by owner in ex parte reexamination— 2249
• Statement of allowability by Board— 1213.01
• Statement of invention, coextensive with claims— 608.01(d)
• Statement of invention, reviewed on allowance— 1302.01
• Statement, Prior art ( See also Prior art)— 201.06(d) ; 609
• Status inquiries— 102 ; 203.08
  • Congressional— 203.08(a)
  • Maintenance fees— 2570
  • White House— 203.08(a)
• Status letter— 203.08
• Status letter database— 203.08
• Status of application— 102 ; 203
  • Abandoned— 203.05
  • Allowed or in issue— 203.04
  • Amended— 203.03
  • Incomplete— 203.06
  • International— 1809
  • New— 203.01
  • Parent patent application— 102 ; 211.01(b)
  • Priority claims— 102
  • Published application— 1128
  • Referred to in foreign patent— 102
  • Rejected— 203.02
• Statute of limitations
  • Citation of prior art— 2204
  • Term of biological material deposit— 2408
  • Time for requesting ex parte reexamination— 2211
• Statutes
  • Atomic Energy Act Cited— 120 ; 140 ; 150 ; 2104 ; 2104.01
  • Freedom of Information Act— 1002.02(k)(2)
  • Public Law 96-517— 509.02 ; 2201 ; 2209
  • Public Law 97-247— 509.02 ; 509.03 ; 711.03(c) ; 2265 ; 2268
  • Public Law 98-622— 804 ; 2109
  • Public Law 103-182— 715 ; 2132 ; 2138.02
  • Public Law 103-465— 706.07(g) ; 707.05 ; 715 ; 715.07(c) ; 803.03 ; 804.02 ; 2132 ; 2138.02
  • Public Law 106-113— 2146 ; 2146.01 ; 2201 ; 2273 ; 2279 ; 2601
  • Public Law 107-273 Cited— 706.07(a) ; 2136 ; 2136.01 ; 2146 ; 2201 ; 2242 ; 2258.01 ; 2273 ; 2279 ; 2601
  • Public Law 108-199 Cited— 2105
  • Public Law 108-453 Cited— 804.03 ; 2136.01 ; 2146 ; 2146.01 ; 2146.03
  • Public Law 112-29 Cited— 210 ; 509.02 ; 509.04 ; 607 ; 1401 ; 1440 ; 1481.02 ; 1490 ; 2105 ; 2106.03 ; 2124.01 ; 2150 ; 2151 ; 2165 ; 2201 ; 2279 ; 2601 ; 2801
  • Public Law 112-211— 702 ; 711.03(c) ; 1402
  • Revised Statute of— 1874 ;
  • 5 U.S.C. 552(a)— 2412
  • 5 U.S.C. 6103(a) Cited— 710.05
  • 7 U.S.C. 2321— 1601
  • 10 U.S.C. 140(c) Cited— 120
  • 15 U.S.C. 15(b) Cited— 101
  • 15 U.S.C. 1127 Cited— 608.01(v)
  • 17 U.S.C. 401 Cited— 1512
  • 17 U.S.C. 909 Cited— 608.01 ; 608.01(w)
  • 18 U.S.C. 1001
    • Cited— 402.03 ; 410 ; 602.01 ; 602.01(a) ; 604 ; 715.04 ; 716
    • Reproduced— 602
  • 18 U.S.C. 1905 Cited— 101
  • 18 U.S.C. 2071 Reproduced— 101
  • 18 U.S.C. 2331— 708.02
  • 20 U.S.C. 1000 Cited— 509.02
  • 26 U.S.C. 501 Cited— 509.02
  • 28 U.S.C. 1745 Cited— 901.05
  • 28 U.S.C. 1746
    • Cited— 602
  • 35 U.S.C. 2 Reproduced— 1001
  • 35 U.S.C. 3 Reproduced— 1001
  • 35 U.S.C. 4 Reproduced— 1702
  • 35 U.S.C. 6 Reproduced— 1202
  • 35 U.S.C. 7 Reproduced— 901.06(a)
  • 35 U.S.C. 8 Reproduced— 903.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 21 Reproduced— 511 ; 513 ; 710.05
  • 35 U.S.C. 22 Reproduced— 608.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 25 Reproduced— 602
  • 35 U.S.C. 26 Reproduced— 602
  • 35 U.S.C. 27 Reproduced— 711.03(c) ; 2268
  • 35 U.S.C. 41 Reproduced— 2268 ; 2501
  • 35 U.S.C. 42 Reproduced— 607.02
  • 35 U.S.C. 100 Reproduced— 701
  • 35 U.S.C. 101 Reproduced— 201 ; 701 ; 804 ; 2104 ; 2107.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 102 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 1504.02 ; 2120 ; 2132 ; 2133 ; 2133.03(c) ; 2134 ; 2135 ; 2136 ; 2137 ; 2138 ; 2217 ; 2258 ; 2301.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 102 Reproduced— 2152 ; 2156
  • 35 U.S.C. 102(e), former (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 2136.03
  • 35 U.S.C. 102(g) (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 2301.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 103 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 2141 ; 2146
  • 35 U.S.C. 103 Reproduced— 804.03 ; 2120 ; 2141 ; 2146 ; 2146.01 ; 2147
  • 35 U.S.C. 104 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 715.07(c) ; 2301.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 111 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 201.04
  • 35 U.S.C. 111 pre-PLT (AIA) Reproduced— 601
  • 35 U.S.C. 111 Reproduced— 201 ; 201.04 ; 601
  • 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 2161 ; 2171
  • 35 U.S.C. 112 Reproduced— 1504.04 ; 2161 ; 2171
  • 35 U.S.C. 113 Reproduced— 608.02
  • 35 U.S.C. 114 Reproduced— 608.03
  • 35 U.S.C. 115 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 602.01(b)
  • 35 U.S.C. 115 Reproduced— 602.01(a)
  • 35 U.S.C. 116 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 409.03 ; 602.09
  • 35 U.S.C. 116 Reproduced— 602.09
  • 35 U.S.C. 117 Reproduced— 409.01(a) ; 409.01(b)
  • 35 U.S.C. 118 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 409.03
  • 35 U.S.C. 118 Reproduced— 308
  • 35 U.S.C. 119 Reproduced— 211 ; 213
  • 35 U.S.C. 120 Reproduced— 211
  • 35 U.S.C. 121 Reproduced— 802 ; 804
  • 35 U.S.C. 122 Reproduced— 101 ; 1120 ; 1122 ; 1123 ; 1124 ; 1132 ; 1134
  • 35 U.S.C. 131 Reproduced— 701
  • 35 U.S.C. 132 Reproduced— 608.04 ; 706.07(h) ; 2304.04(b)
  • 35 U.S.C. 133 Reproduced— 710 ; 2268
  • 35 U.S.C. 134 Reproduced— 1204
  • 35 U.S.C. 135 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 2301.01 ; 2304.02(c) ; 2310.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 141 Reproduced— 1216
  • 35 U.S.C. 142 Reproduced— 1216.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 143 Reproduced— 1216.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 144 Reproduced— 1216.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 145 Reproduced— 1216
  • 35 U.S.C. 146 Reproduced— 1216
  • 35 U.S.C. 152 Reproduced— 307
  • 35 U.S.C. 153 Reproduced— 1309
  • 35 U.S.C. 154 Reproduced— 2701 ; 2730
  • 35 U.S.C. 154, former, Reproduced— 2720
  • 35 U.S.C. 156 Reproduced— 2751 ; 2752 ; 2755.01 ; 2755.02 ; 2758 ; 2759 ; 2761
  • 35 U.S.C. 161 Reproduced— 201 ; 1601
  • 35 U.S.C. 162 Reproduced— 804 ; 1605
  • 35 U.S.C. 163 Reproduced— 1601
  • 35 U.S.C. 164 Reproduced— 1609
  • 35 U.S.C. 171 Reproduced— 201 ; 1501 ; 1504.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 172 Reproduced— 1504.02 ; 1504.10
  • 35 U.S.C. 173 Reproduced— 1505 ; 2950
  • 35 U.S.C. 181 Reproduced— 115
  • 35 U.S.C. 182 Reproduced— 140
  • 35 U.S.C. 184 Reproduced— 140
  • 35 U.S.C. 185 Reproduced— 140
  • 35 U.S.C. 186 Reproduced— 140
  • 35 U.S.C. 187 Reproduced— 140
  • 35 U.S.C. 188 Reproduced— 140
  • 35 U.S.C. 251 Reproduced— 1401 ; 1403 ; 1410.01 ; 1412.03 ; 1451 ; 2766
  • 35 U.S.C. 251 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 1401 ; 1410.01 ; 2766
  • 35 U.S.C. 252 Reproduced— 1460 ; 2766
  • 35 U.S.C. 253 Reproduced— 1490
  • 35 U.S.C. 254 Reproduced— 1480
  • 35 U.S.C. 255 Reproduced— 1481
  • 35 U.S.C. 256 Reproduced— 1481.02
  • 35 U.S.C. 256 (pre-AIA) Reproduced— 1481.02
  • 35 U.S.C. 257 Reproduced— 2802 ; 2816.03
  • 35 U.S.C. 261 Reproduced— 301
  • 35 U.S.C. 262 Reproduced— 301
  • 35 U.S.C. 267 Reproduced— 710
  • 35 U.S.C. 293 Reproduced— 302.04
  • 35 U.S.C. 294 Reproduced— 311
  • 35 U.S.C. 301 Reproduced— 2202
  • 35 U.S.C. 302 Reproduced— 2210
  • 35 U.S.C. 303 Reproduced— 2240
  • 35 U.S.C. 304 Reproduced— 2246
  • 35 U.S.C. 305 Reproduced— 2254 ; 2261
  • 35 U.S.C. 306 Reproduced— 1216 ; 2273
  • 35 U.S.C. 307 Reproduced— 2288 ; 2293
  • 35 U.S.C. 361 Reproduced— 1805
  • 35 U.S.C. 362 Reproduced— 1840
  • 35 U.S.C. 363 Reproduced— 201.01 ; 1810
  • 35 U.S.C. 365 Reproduced— 213.06
  • 35 U.S.C. 371 Reproduced— 1893.01
  • 35 U.S.C. 373 Reproduced— 1810
  • 35 U.S.C. 374 Reproduced— 1857
  • 35 U.S.C. 381 reproduced— 2908
  • 35 U.S.C. 382, reproduced— 2905.01
  • 35 U.S.C 383 Reproduced— 2909
  • 35 U.S.C. 384, reproduced— 2908 ; 2914
  • 35 U.S.C. 386 Reproduced— 2920.05(d) ; 2920.05(e)
  • 35 U.S.C. 387 Reproduced— 2913
  • 35 U.S.C. 389 Reproduced— 2920 ; 2920.05 ; 2950
  • 42 U.S.C. 141 Cited— 120
  • 42 U.S.C. 181 Cited— 120
  • 42 U.S.C. 2182 Reproduced— 150
  • 51 U.S.C. 20135 Reproduced— 150
• Statutory authority of Director— 1001
• Statutory bar— 2120.01 ; 2133 – 2133.03(e)(7) ; 2139.02 ; 2152 ; 2152.05
  • Foreign application— 1504.02
  • Overcoming— 2133.02(a) ; 2152.06
  • Rule 1.131 not available— 715 ; 718
• Statutory classes of invention, utility— 2104 ; 2106.03 ; 2107
• Statutory disclaimer ( See Disclaimer and Terminal disclaimer)
• Statutory Invention Registration (SIR)— 409.03(j) ; 1100
  • Defensive publication compared— 711.06
  • Effect of— 1111
  • Publication of— 1111
  • Rejections using— 901.02 ; 2136
• Statutory period ( See also Period for reply: Shortened statutory period)— 710.01 ; 710.01(a)
  • Abandonment for failure to reply— 711.02 ; 711.02(a)
  • Appeal— 1205
  • Broadening claims in a reissue application— 1412.03
  • Computed— 710.01(a)
  • Date from which period runs— 710.06
  • Date of abandonment— 711.04(a)
  • Full statutory period— 130
  • Not extendible— 710.02(e)
  • Postal service emergency— 511
  • Property rights statement— 150
  • Reexamination, ex parte— 2265 ; 2272
  • Secrecy order application— 130
  • Shortened statutory period ( See Shortened statutory period)
  • Two periods for reply set— 710.04 ; 710.04(a)
• Stay of reexamination
  • Ex parte— 2283 ; 2284 ; 2285 ; 2286 ; 2286.01
• Stay of reissue— 1442.02 ; 2285
• Stockholm Revision, Paris Convention ( See also Treaties)— 213 ; 213.01 ; 213.05
• Strasbourg Agreement ( See also Treaties)— 906
• STIC ( See also Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC))— 1730
• Subcombination
  • Aggregation and— 806.05(a)
  • Combination and— 802.01
  • Species— 806.04(b)
• Subgeneric Markush claims— 803.02 ; 2173.05(h)
• Subject matter, design patent— 1502 ; 1504.01
• Subject matter, nonstatutory— 2104 ; 2106.07(c)
• Subject matter combinations— 903.02(b)
• Submission of amendment or showing of facts after Board decision— 1214.01
• Submission of patents or publications, third party— 1134.01
• Submission to classification unit
  • Classification of application— 909.01(d) ; 909.02(d)
  • Patentability report— 705.01(a)
• Submission of prior art by applicant— 707.05(b)
• Submission of information by applicant— 704.12(b) ; 704.14(b) ; 707.05(b)
• Subpoena by court, Application file— 1216.02
• Subpoena of examiner— 1701.01
• Substantial new question of patentability
  • In ex parte reexamination— 2201 ; 2214 ; 2216 ; 2240 ; 2242 ; 2244 ; 2246 ; 2247 ; 2258 ; 2258.01 ; 2802 ; 2809.01 ; 2811.02 ; 2816 ; 2816.01 ; 2816.02 ; 2816.03 ; 2817 ; 2818 ; 2818.01 ; 2818.02 ; 2821
• Substitute application ( See also Application)
  • Assignment— 306
  • Does not carry ownership from parent— 306
  • File wrapper/history notation— 202
• Substitute attorney or agent— 406
• Substitute oath— 602.02
• Substitute page— 714.20
• Substitute specification— 608.01 ; 608.01(q) ; 714.19 ; 714.20
  • Amendment incorporating— 714 ; 714.19 ; 714.20
  • New matter— 608.01(q)
• Sufficiency of disclosure affidavit— 716 ; 716.09
• ‘Sufficient cause’ for extension of time in ex parte reexamination— 2265
• Suggested claims, Failure to make— 2304.04(c)
• Suggestion of allowable claims by examiner— 707.07(j) ; 713.01
• Suggestion of claims for interference— 2304.03 – 2304.04(b)
• Suggestion of claims for interference, time limit— 710.02(c)
• Summary of action PTOL-326— 707
• Summary of interview— 713.01 ; 713.04
• Summary of invention— 608.01(d)
• Sunday or holiday, effect on time for reply— 502 ; 502.01 ; 502.05 ; 505 ; 506.02 ; 510 ; 513 ; 710.05
• Sunday or holiday, effect on reference— 2133.01 ; 2135.01 ; 2139.02
• Supervisory applications examiner— 714.13
• Supervisory patent examiner— 705.01 ; 707 ; 707.02 ; 708.03 ; 713.08 ; 714.05 ; 714.13 ; 714.16 ; 714.16(d) ; 714.16(e) ; 812.01 ; 1207 ; 1207.01 ; 1207.02 ; 1207.03 ; 1211.01 ; 1214.07
  • Petitions decided by— 1002.02(d)
• Supervisory patent reexamination specialist— 2212.01 ; 2227 ; 2233 ; 2236 ; 2237 ; 2240 ; 2246 ; 2248 ; 2265 ; 2267 ; 2270 ; 2274 ; 2281 ; 2283 ; 2285 ; 2286 ; 2286.01 ; 2287 ; 2289 ; 2294 ; 2295
• Supervisory review, Rule 1 181— 711.03(d)
• Supplemental action— 710.06 ; 714.05
• Supplemental Amendment— 714.03(a)
• Supplemental Application Data Sheet (ADS)— 601.05
• Supplemental Examination— 2800
  • Assignment of— 2822
  • Consideration of request— 2816.01 ; 2816.02
  • Contents of determination— 2816.03
  • Contents of request— 2811 – 2811.02
  • Correspondence address— 502 ; 502.05 ; 2805
  • Ex parte reexamination ordered— 2816.04 ; 2818.01
  • Duty of Disclosure— 2014
  • Fees— 509.01 ; 2810 ; 2810.01
  • Filing date— 2812.01
  • Format of papers— 2807
  • Handling of papers other than a request— 2813
  • How to file— 2806
  • Inquiries from persons other than patent owner— 2803.01 ; 2813
  • Item of information relied upon in the request— 2809
  • Merger— 2821
  • Multiple— 2821
  • Procedures after conclusion— 2818 ; 2818.01 ; 2818.02
  • Public access to— 2803.02
  • Representative of patent owner— 2804 ; 2804.01
  • Time for filing— 2808
  • Who may file— 2803
• Supplemental Examination Certificate— 2802 ; 2806 ; 2809.01 ; 2810 ; 2813 ; 2815 ; 2816 ; 2816.02 ; 2816.03 ; 2816.04 ; 2817 ; 2817.01 ; 2818 ; 2818.01 ; 2818.02
• Substitute examiner’s answer— 1207.05 ; 1211 ; 1211.01
• Supplemental oath or declaration— 603
  • After allowance— 603.01 ; 714.16
  • Reissue— 1414.03 ; 1451
• Surface ornamentation— 1502 ; 1502.01 ; 1503.02 ; 1504.01 ; 1504.01(a) ; 1504.01(c) ; 1504.03
• Surrender of patent (not required)— 1416
• Suspension
  • Applicant’s request for— 709
  • Decided by— 709 ; 1002.02(c) ; 1003 ; 1004
  • Deferral of examination— 709
  • Ex parte prosecution during interference— 2307.03
  • Not permitted if outstanding Office action— 709
  • Of action, because of litigation— 1213
  • Of action, by Office— 709
  • Overlapping application— 709.01
  • Reexamination
    • Ex parte— 2283 ; 2284 ; 2285
  • Request for, in CPA— 709
  • Request for, in RCE— 709
  • Rules— 1002
  • Secrecy order application— 2306
  • Supplemental Reply— 709
• Swearing back of reference ( See Affidavit or prior invention to overcome a pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 or 103 rejection(37 CFR 1.131))
• Symbols, Drawing— 608.02

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