General Information and Correspondence

1. All communications to be addressed to Commissioner of Patents .

2. Business to be transacted in writing . .

3. Business to be conducted with decorum and courtesy

4. Nature of correspondence

5. Identification of application, patent or registration.

6. Receipt of letters and papers

7. Times for taking action; expiration on Saturday, Sunday or holiday.

Records and Files of the Patent Office

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Fees and Payment of Money

21. Patent and miscellaneous fees and charges

22. Fees payable in advance

23. Method of payment

24. Coupons

25. Deposit accounts

26. Refunds

Prosecution of Application and Appointment of Attorney or Agent

31. Applicants may be represented by an attorney or agent

32. Prosecution by assignee

33. Correspondence when no attorney or agent.

34. Power of attorney or authorization

35. Correspondence held with attorney

36. Revocation of power of attorney or authorization; withdrawal of

attorney or agent

Who May Apply for a Patent

41. Applicant for patent.

42. When the inventor is dead

43. When the inventor is insane or legally incapacitated

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54. Parts of application to be filed together

55. Serial number and filing date of application

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67. Supplemental oath for matter not originally claimed.

Specification

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71. Detailed description and specification of the invention

72. Title of the invention

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91. Models not generally required as part of application or patent

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131. Affidavit of prior invention to overcome cited patent or publication

132. Affidavits traversing grounds of rejection

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Interviews

133. Interviews. .

Time for Response by Applicant; Abandonment of Application

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135. Abandonment for failure to respond within time limit.

136. Time less than six months.

137. Revival of abandoned application

138. Express abandonment

145. Subsequent presentation of claims for different inventions

146. Election of species.

147. Separate application for invention not elected

Reissues-Continued

175. Reissue oath.

176. Examination of reissue

177. Reissue in divisions.

178. Original patent.

179. Notice of reissue application.

Petitions and Action by the Commissioner

181. Petition to the Commissioner

182. Questions not specifically provided for

183. Suspension of rules .

184. Reconsideration of cases decided by former Commissioners

Appeal to the Board of Appeals

193. Examiner's answer

194. Hearing. .

195. Affidavits after appeal

196. Decision by the Board of Appeals

197. Action following decision

198. Reopening after decision

Interferences: Definition, Preparation, Declaration

201. Definition; when declared . .

202. Preparation for interference between applications; preliminary in-

quiry of junior applicant

203. Preparation for interference between applications; suggestion of

claims for interference

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204. Interference with a patent; affidavit by junior applicant.

205. Interference with a patent; copying claims from patent

206. Interference with a patent; claims improperly copied

207. Preparation of interference notices and statements

208. Conflicting parties having same attorney

209. Declaration of interference; mailing of notices

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217. Contents of the preliminary statement; invention made abroad

218. Time for filing preliminary statement

225. Failure of junior party to file statement or to overcome filing date

of senior party.

226. Notice and access to applications.

227. Access to preliminary statements.

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Interferences: Motion Period, Dissolution, Reformation

231. Motion period . .

232. Motions to dissolve.

Interferences: Motion Period, Dissolution, Reformation-Continued

233. Motions to amend .

234. Motion to include another application. 235. Motions relating to burden of proof.

236. Hearing and determination of motions

237. Dissolution on motion of examiner.

238. Addition of new party by examiner.

Interferences: Miscellaneous Provisions

241. Copies of part of application

242. Prosecution by assignee .

243. Motions before the Examiners of Interference

244. Motions; miscellaneous provisions

245. Extensions of time

246. Stay of proceedings.

247. Service of papers.

248. Service of papers; manner of service

Interferences: Trial

257. Burden of proof

254. Briefs at final hearing.

255. Requests for findings of fact and conclusions of law 256. Final hearing.

258. Matters considered in determining priority

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259. Recommendation by Board of Patent Interferences

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Interferences: Termination

261. Termination of interference

262. Disclaimer, concession, abandonment

263. Statutory disclaimer by patentee.

264. Reissue filed by patentee .' .

265. Status of claims of defeated applicant after interference 266. Action after interference

267. Second interference.

Testimony in Interferences and Other Contested Cases

271. Evidence must comply with rules . .

283. Testimony taken in another interference or action
284. Testimony taken in foreign countries .
285. Effect of errors and irregularities in depositions
286. Objections to admissibility

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