MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE (MPEP)
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Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)

Eighth Edition, August 2001

Latest Revision August 2006

Blue Blue Pages
Title Title Page
FWD Foreword
TOC Table of Contents
Intro Introduction
0100 100 Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing
0200 200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
0300 300 Ownership and Assignment
0400 400 Representative of Inventor or Owner
0500 500 Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers
0600 600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
0700 700 Examination of Applications
0800 800 Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting
0900 900 Prior Art, Classification, and Search
1000 1000 Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials
1100 1100 Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) and Pre-Grant Publication (PG Pub)
1200 1200 Appeal
1300 1300 Allowance and Issue
1400 1400 Correction of Patents
1500 1500 Design Patents
1600 1600 Plant Patents
1700 1700 Miscellaneous
1800 1800 Patent Cooperation Treaty
1900 1900 Protest
2000 2000 Duty of Disclosure
2100 2100 Patentability
2200 2200 Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents
2300 2300 Interference Proceedings
2400 2400 Biotechnology
2500 2500 Maintenance Fees
2600 2600 Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
2700 2700 Patent Terms and Extensions
Ap I Appendix I - Partial List of Trademarks
Ap II Appendix II - List of Decisions Cited
Ap L Appendix L - Patent Laws
Ap R Appendix R - Patent Rules
Ap T Appendix T - Patent Cooperation Treaty
Ap AI Appendix AI - Administrative Instructions Under The PCT
Ap P Appendix P - Paris Convention
Index Index - Subject Matter Index