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Chapter 0200
Section 204‑209
204‑209 [Reserved] [R-]
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201-Types of Applications
201.01-National Applications
201.02-General Terms Used to Describe Applications
201.03-[Reserved]
201.04-Provisional Application
201.05-Reissue Application
201.06-Divisional Application
201.06(a)-Former 37 CFR 1.60 Divisional Continuation Procedure
201.06(b)-Former 37 CFR 1.62 File Wrapper Continuing Procedure
201.06(c)-37 CFR 1.53(b) and 37 CFR 1.63(d) Divisional-Continuation Procedure
201.06(d)-37 CFR 1.53(d) Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
201.07-Continuation Application
201.08-Continuation-in-Part Application
202-Cross-Noting
203-Status of Applications
203.01-New
203.02-Rejected
203.03-Amended
203.04-Allowed or in Issue
203.05-Abandoned
203.06-Incomplete
203.07-[Reserved]
203.08-Status Inquiries
203.08(a)-Congressional and Other Official Inquiries
204‑209-[Reserved]
210-Priority to, or the Benefit of, the Filing Date of a Prior-Filed Application
211-Claiming the Benefit of an Earlier Filing Date Under 35 U.S.C. 120 and 119(e)
211.01-Requirements Related to the Prior-Filed Application
211.01(a)-Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application
211.01(b)-Claiming the Benefit of a Nonprovisional Application
211.01(c)-Claiming the Benefit of an International Application Designating the United States
211.01(d)-Claiming the Benefit of an International Design Application Designating the United States
211.02-Reference to Prior Application(s)
211.02(a)-Correcting or Adding a Benefit Claim After Filing
211.03-Time Period for Making a Claim for Benefit Under 37 CFR 1.78
211.04-Delayed Benefit Claims
211.05-Sufficiency of Disclosure in Prior-Filed Application
212-[Reserved]
213-Right of Priority of Foreign Application
213.01-Recognized Countries and Regional Patent Offices of Foreign Filing
213.02-Formal Requirements Relating to Foreign Priority Application
213.03-Time for Filing U.S. Nonprovisional Application
213.04-Requirement to File Priority Claim and Certified Copy During Pendency of Application
213.05-Right of Priority Based Upon an Application for an Inventor’s Certificate
213.06-Claiming Priority and Filing a Certified Copy in a National Stage Application (35 U.S.C. 371)
213.07-Claiming Priority and Filing a Certified Copy in a Nonprovisional International Design Application
214-Formal Requirements of Claim for Foreign Priority
214.01-Time for Filing Priority Claim
214.02-Unintentionally Delayed Priority Claims
214.03-Office Acknowledgement of Priority Claims
214.04-Proper Identification of Priority Application in Foreign Priority Claim
215-Certified Copy of Foreign Application
215.01-Electronic Priority Document Exchange
215.02-Time For Filing Certified Copy – Application Filed On or After March 16, 2013
215.02(a)-Timeliness Requirement – Met By Priority Document Exchange
215.02(b)-Timeliness Requirement – Met By Interim Copy of Foreign Application
215.03-Time For Filing Certified Copy – Application Filed Before March 16, 2013
216-Entitlement to Priority
216.01-Perfecting Claim for Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) or (f) After Issuance of a Patent
217-Incorporation by Reference Under 37 CFR 1.57(b)
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