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Parts, Form, and Content of Application
Table of Contents
- Section 601 Content of Provisional and Nonprovisional Applications
- Section 601.01 Complete Application
- Section 601.01(a) Nonprovisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(a)
- Section 601.01(b) Provisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(b)
- Section 601.01(c) Conversion to or from a Provisional Application
- Section 601.01(d) Application Filed Without All Pages of Specification
- Section 601.01(e) Nonprovisional Application Filed Without at Least One Claim
- Section 601.01(f) Applications Filed Without Drawings
- Section 601.01(g) Applications Filed Without All Figures of Drawings
- Section 601.02 Power of Attorney
- Section 601.03 Correspondence Address
- Section 601.03(a) Change of Correspondence Address in Applications Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- Section 601.03(b) Change of Correspondence Address in Applications Filed Before September 16, 2012
- Section 601.04 National Stage Requirements of the United States as a Designated Office
- Section 601.05 Bibliographic Information – Application Data Sheet (ADS)
- Section 601.05(a) Application Data Sheet (ADS) — Application Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- Section 601.05(b) Application Data Sheet (ADS) in Application Filed Before September 16, 2012
- Section 602 Oaths and Declarations
- Section 602.01 Inventorship
- Section 602.01(a) Inventor’s Oath or Declaration in Application Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- Section 602.01(b) Inventor’s Oath or Declaration in Application Filed Before September 16, 2012
- Section 602.01(c) Correction of Inventorship, Name of Inventor, and Order of Names in an Application
- Section 602.01(c)(1) Correction of Inventorship in an Application – Request Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- Section 602.01(c)(2) Correcting or Updating Inventor Name 37 CFR 1.48(f) – Request Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- Section 602.01(c)(3) Correction of Inventorship in an Application – Request Under 37 CFR 1.48 Filed Prior to September 16, 2012
- Section 602.02 New Oath or Substitute for Original
- Section 602.03 Office Finds the Inventor’s Oath or Declaration Defective
- Section 602.04 Foreign Executed Oath
- Section 602.05(a) Oath or Declaration in Continuing Applications Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- Section 602.05(b) Oath or Declaration in Continuing Applications Filed Before September 16, 2012
- Section 602.06 Non-English Oath or Declaration
- Section 602.07 Oath or Declaration Filed in United States as a Designated Office
- Section 602.08 Inventor and Application Information
- Section 602.08(a) Inventor Bibliographic Information
- Section 602.08(b) Inventor Signature and Name
- Section 602.08(c) Identification of Application
- Section 602.09 Joint Inventors
- Section 603 Supplemental Oath or Declaration
- Section 603.01 Supplemental Oath or Declaration Filed After Allowance
- Section 604 Substitute Statements
- Section 605 Applicant
- Section 605.01 Applicant for Application filed on or after September 16, 2012
- Section 605.02 Applicant for Application Filed Before September 16, 2012
- Section 606 Title of Invention
- Section 606.01 Examiner May Require Change in Title
- Section 607 Filing Fee
- Section 607.01 [Reserved]
- Section 607.02 Returnability of Fees
- Section 608 Disclosure
- Section 608.01 Specification
- Section 608.01(a) Arrangement of Application
- Section 608.01(b) Abstract of the Disclosure
- Section 608.01(c) Background of the Invention
- Section 608.01(d) Brief Summary of Invention
- Section 608.01(e) Reservation Clauses Not Permitted
- Section 608.01(f) Brief Description of Drawings
- Section 608.01(g) Detailed Description of Invention
- Section 608.01(h) Mode of Operation of Invention
- Section 608.01(i) Claims
- Section 608.01(j) Numbering of Claims
- Section 608.01(k) Statutory Requirement of Claims
- Section 608.01(l) Claims Present on the Application Filing Date
- Section 608.01(m) Form of Claims
- Section 608.01(n) Dependent Claims
- Section 608.01(o) Basis for Claim Terminology in Description
- Section 608.01(p) Completeness of Specification
- Section 608.01(q) Substitute or Rewritten Specification
- Section 608.01(r) Derogatory Remarks About Prior Art in Specification
- Section 608.01(s) Restoration of Canceled Matter
- Section 608.01(t) Use in Subsequent Application
- Section 608.01(u) [Reserved]
- Section 608.01(v) Marks Used in Commerce and Trade Names
- Section 608.01(w) Copyright and Mask Work Notices
- Section 608.02 Drawing
- Section 608.02(a) New Drawing — When Replacement is Required Before Examination
- Section 608.02(b) Acceptability of Drawings
- Section 608.02(c) Location of Drawings
- Section 608.02(d) Complete Illustration in Drawings
- Section 608.02(e) Examiner Determines Completeness and Consistency of Drawings
- Section 608.02(f) Modifications in Drawings
- Section 608.02(h) Replacement Drawings
- Section 608.02(i) Transfer of Drawings From Prior Applications
- Section 608.02(j) – 608.02(o) [Reserved]
- Section 608.02(p) Correction of Drawings
- Section 608.02(q) – 608.02(s) [Reserved]
- Section 608.02(t) Cancelation of Figures
- Section 608.02(u) [Reserved]
- Section 608.02(v) Drawing Changes Which Require Annotated Sheets
- Section 608.02(w) Drawing Changes Which May Be Made Without Applicant’s Annotated Sheets
- Section 608.02(x) Drawing Corrections or Changes Accepted Unless Notified Otherwise
- Section 608.02(y) Return of Drawing
- Section 608.02(z) Allowable Applications Needing Drawing Corrections or Corrected Drawings
- Section 608.03 Models, Exhibits, Specimens
- Section 608.03(a) Handling of Models, Exhibits, and Specimens
- Section 608.04 New Matter
- Section 608.04(a) Matter Not Present in Specification, Claims, or Drawings on the Application Filing Date
- Section 608.04(b) New Matter by Preliminary Amendment
- Section 608.04(c) Review of Examiner’s Holding of New Matter
- Section 608.05 Sequence Listing, Table, or Computer Program Listing Appendix Submitted in Electronic Form
- Section 608.05(a) Deposit of Computer Program Listings
- Section 608.05(b) Compact Disc Submissions of Large Tables
- Section 608.05(c) Submissions of Biological Sequence Listings as ASCII Files
- Section 609 Information Disclosure Statement
- Section 609.01 Examiner Checklist for Information Disclosure Statements
- Section 609.02 Information Disclosure Statements in Continued Examinations or Continuing Applications
- Section 609.03 Information Disclosure Statements in National Stage Applications
- Section 609.04 [Reserved]
- Section 609.04(a) Content Requirements for an Information Disclosure Statement
- Section 609.04(b) Timing Requirements for an Information Disclosure Statement
- Section 609.05 Examiner Handling of Information Disclosure Statements
- Section 609.05(a) Noncomplying Information Disclosure Statements
- Section 609.05(b) Complying Information Disclosure Statements
- Section 609.05(c) Documents Submitted as Part of Applicant’s Reply to Office Action
- Section 609.06 Information Printed on Patent
- Section 609.07 IDSs Electronically Submitted (e-IDS) Using EFS-Web
- Section 609.08 Electronic Processing of Information Disclosure Statement