Subpart B. Subpart B—National Processing Provisions

• Review of Patent and Trademark Office Decisions by Court

  • SECTION §§ 1.301-1.304 - §[Reserved]

• Allowance and Issue of Patent

  • SECTION § 1.311 - Notice of allowance.
  • SECTION § 1.312 - Amendments after allowance.
  • SECTION § 1.313 - Withdrawal from issue.
  • SECTION § 1.314 - Issuance of patent.
  • SECTION § 1.315 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.316 - Application abandoned for failure to pay issue fee.
  • SECTION §§ 1.317-1.318 - §[Reserved]

• Disclaimer

  • SECTION § 1.321 - Statutory disclaimers, including terminal disclaimers.

• Correction of Errors in Patent

  • SECTION § 1.322 - Certificate of correction of Office mistake.
  • SECTION § 1.323 - Certificate of correction of applicant's mistake.
  • SECTION § 1.324 - Correction of inventorship in patent, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 256.
  • SECTION § 1.325 - Other mistakes not corrected.

• Arbitration Awards

  • SECTION §§ 1.331-1.334 - §[Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.335 - Filing of notice of arbitration awards.
  • SECTION §§ 1.351-1.352 - §[Reserved]

• Maintenance Fees

  • SECTION § 1.362 - Time for payment of maintenance fees.
  • SECTION § 1.363 - Fee address for maintenance fee purposes.
  • SECTION § 1.366 - Submission of maintenance fees.
  • SECTION § 1.377 - Review of decision refusing to accept and record payment of a maintenance fee filed prior to expiration of patent.
  • SECTION § 1.378 - Acceptance of delayed payment of maintenance fee in expired patent to reinstate patent.

• Prosecution of Application and Appointment of Attorney or Agent

  • SECTION § 1.31 - Applicant may be represented by one or more patent practitioners or joint inventors.
  • SECTION § 1.32 - Power of attorney.
  • SECTION § 1.33 - Correspondence respecting patent applications, patent reexamination proceedings, and other proceedings.
  • SECTION § 1.34 - Acting in a representative capacity.
  • SECTION § 1.36 - Revocation of power of attorney; withdrawal of patent attorney or agent.

• Who May Apply for a Patent

  • SECTION § 1.41 - Inventorship.
  • SECTION § 1.42 - Applicant for patent.
  • SECTION § 1.43 - Application for patent by a legal representative of a deceased or legally incapacitated inventor.
  • SECTION § 1.44 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.45 - Application for patent by joint inventors.
  • SECTION § 1.46 - Application for patent by an assignee, obligated assignee, or a person who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary interest in the matter.
  • SECTION § 1.47 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.48 - Correction of inventorship pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 116 or correction of the name or order of names in a patent application, other than a reissue application.

• The Application

  • SECTION § 1.51 - General requisites of an application.
  • SECTION § 1.52 - Language, paper, writing, margins, read-only optical disc specifications.
  • SECTION § 1.53 - Application number, filing date, and completion of application.
  • SECTION § 1.54 - Parts of application to be filed together; filing receipt.
  • SECTION § 1.55 - Claim for foreign priority.
  • SECTION § 1.56 - Duty to disclose information material to patentability.
  • SECTION § 1.57 - Incorporation by reference.
  • SECTION § 1.58 - Chemical and mathematical formulae and tables.
  • SECTION § 1.59 - Expungement of information or copy of papers in application file.
  • SECTION §§ 1.60-1.62 - §[Reserved]

• Oath or Declaration

  • SECTION § 1.63 - Inventor's oath or declaration.
  • SECTION § 1.64 - Substitute statement in lieu of an oath or declaration.
  • SECTION § 1.66 - Statements under oath.
  • SECTION § 1.67 - Supplemental oath or declaration.
  • SECTION § 1.68 - Declaration in lieu of oath.
  • SECTION § 1.69 - Foreign language oaths and declarations.
  • SECTION § 1.70 - [Reserved]

• Specification

  • SECTION § 1.71 - Detailed description and specification of the invention.
  • SECTION § 1.72 - Title and abstract.
  • SECTION § 1.73 - Summary of the invention.
  • SECTION § 1.74 - Reference to drawings.
  • SECTION § 1.75 - Claim(s).
  • SECTION § 1.76 - Application data sheet.
  • SECTION § 1.77 - Arrangement of application elements.
  • SECTION § 1.78 - Claiming benefit of earlier filing date and cross-references to other applications.
  • SECTION § 1.79 - [Reserved]

• The Drawings

  • SECTION § 1.81 - Drawings required in patent application.
  • SECTION § 1.83 - Content of drawing.
  • SECTION § 1.84 - Standards for drawings.
  • SECTION § 1.85 - Corrections to drawings.
  • SECTION § 1.88 - [Reserved]

• Models, Exhibits, Specimens

  • SECTION § 1.91 - Models or exhibits not generally admitted as part of application or patent.
  • SECTION § 1.92 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.93 - Specimens.
  • SECTION § 1.94 - Return of models, exhibits or specimens.
  • SECTION § 1.95 - Copies of exhibits.
  • SECTION § 1.96 - Submission of computer program listings.

• Information Disclosure Statement

  • SECTION § 1.97 - Filing of information disclosure statement.
  • SECTION § 1.98 - Content of information disclosure statement.
  • SECTION § 1.99 - [Reserved]

• Examination of Applications

  • SECTION § 1.101 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.102 - Advancement of examination.
  • SECTION § 1.103 - Suspension of action by the Office.
  • SECTION § 1.104 - Nature of examination.
  • SECTION § 1.105 - Requirements for information.
  • SECTION §§ 1.106-1.108 - §[Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.109 - Effective filing date of a claimed invention under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.
  • SECTION § 1.110 - Inventorship and ownership of the subject matter of individual claims.

• Action by Applicant and Further Consideration

  • SECTION § 1.111 - Reply by applicant or patent owner to a non-final Office action.
  • SECTION § 1.112 - Reconsideration before final action.
  • SECTION § 1.113 - Final rejection or action.
  • SECTION § 1.114 - Request for continued examination.

• Amendments

  • SECTION § 1.115 - Preliminary amendments.
  • SECTION § 1.116 - Amendments and affidavits or other evidence after final action and prior to appeal.
  • SECTION §§ 1.117-1.119 - §[Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.121 - Manner of making amendments in applications.
  • SECTION §§ 1.122-1.224 - §[Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.125 - Substitute specification.
  • SECTION § 1.126 - Numbering of claims.
  • SECTION § 1.127 - [Reserved]

• Transitional Provisions

  • SECTION § 1.129 - Transitional procedures for limited examination after final rejection and restriction practice.

• Affidavits Overcoming Rejections

  • SECTION § 1.130 - Affidavit or declaration of attribution or prior public disclosure under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.
  • SECTION § 1.131 - Affidavit or declaration of prior invention or to disqualify commonly owned patent or published application as prior art.
  • SECTION § 1.132 - Affidavits or declarations traversing rejections or objections.

• Interviews

  • SECTION § 1.133 - Interviews.

• Time for Reply by Applicant; Abandonment of Application

  • SECTION § 1.134 - Time period for reply to an Office action.
  • SECTION § 1.135 - Abandonment for failure to reply within time period.
  • SECTION § 1.136 - Extensions of time.
  • SECTION § 1.137 - Revival of abandoned application, or terminated or limited reexamination prosecution.
  • SECTION § 1.138 - Express abandonment.
  • SECTION § 1.139 - [Reserved]

• Joinder of Inventions in One Application; Restriction

  • SECTION § 1.141 - Different inventions in one national application.
  • SECTION § 1.142 - Requirement for restriction.
  • SECTION § 1.143 - Reconsideration of requirement.
  • SECTION § 1.144 - Petition from requirement for restriction.
  • SECTION § 1.145 - Subsequent presentation of claims for different invention.
  • SECTION § 1.146 - Election of species.

• Design Patents

  • SECTION § 1.151 - Rules applicable.
  • SECTION § 1.152 - Design drawings.
  • SECTION § 1.153 - Title, description and claim, oath or declaration.
  • SECTION § 1.154 - Arrangement of application elements in a design application.
  • SECTION § 1.155 - Expedited examination of design applications.

• Plant Patents

  • SECTION § 1.165 - Plant drawings.
  • SECTION § 1.166 - Specimens.
  • SECTION § 1.167 - Examination.
  • SECTION § 1.161 - Rules applicable.
  • SECTION § 1.162 - Applicant, oath or declaration.
  • SECTION § 1.163 - Specification and arrangement of application elements in a plant application.
  • SECTION § 1.164 - Claim.

• Reissues

  • SECTION § 1.171 - Application for reissue.
  • SECTION § 1.172 - Reissue applicant.
  • SECTION § 1.173 - Reissue specification, drawings, and amendments.
  • SECTION § 1.174 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.175 - Inventor's oath or declaration for a reissue application.
  • SECTION § 1.176 - Examination of reissue.
  • SECTION § 1.177 - Issuance of multiple reissue patents.
  • SECTION § 1.178 - Original patent; continuing duty of applicant.
  • SECTION § 1.179 - [Reserved]

• Petitions and Action by the Director

  • SECTION § 1.181 - Petition to the Director.
  • SECTION § 1.182 - Questions not specifically provided for.
  • SECTION § 1.183 - Suspension of rules.
  • SECTION § 1.184 - [Reserved]

• Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

  • SECTION § 1.191 - Appeal to Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
  • SECTION §§ 1.192-1.196 - §[Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.197 - Termination of proceedings.
  • SECTION § 1.198 - Reopening after a final decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

• Publication of Applications

  • SECTION § 1.211 - Publication of applications.
  • SECTION § 1.213 - Nonpublication request.
  • SECTION § 1.215 - Patent application publication.
  • SECTION § 1.217 - Publication of a redacted copy of an application.
  • SECTION § 1.219 - Early publication.
  • SECTION § 1.221 - Voluntary publication or republication of patent application publication.

• Miscellaneous Provisions

  • SECTION § 1.248 - Service of papers; manner of service; proof of service in cases other than interferences and trials.
  • SECTION § 1.251 - Unlocatable file.

• Preissuance Submissions and Protests by Third Parties

  • SECTION § 1.290 - Submissions by third parties in applications.
  • SECTION § 1.291 - Protests by the public against pending applications.
  • SECTION §§ 1.292-1.297 - §[Reserved]