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MPEP Chapter 100

Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing

MPEP Chapter 200

Types and Status of Application; Benefit and Priority Claims

MPEP Chapter 300

Ownership and Assignment

MPEP Chapter 400

Representative of Applicant or Owner

MPEP Chapter 500

Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers

MPEP Chapter 600

Parts, Form, and Content of Application

MPEP Chapter 700

Examination of Applications

MPEP Chapter 800

Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting

MPEP Chapter 900

Prior Art, Classification, and Search

MPEP Chapter 1000

Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials

MPEP Chapter 1100

Statutory Invention Registration (SIR); Pre-Grant Publication (PGPub) and Preissuance Submissions

MPEP Chapter 1200

Appeal

MPEP Chapter 1300

Allowance and Issue

MPEP Chapter 1400

Correction of Patents

MPEP Chapter 1500

Design Patents

MPEP Chapter 1600

Plant Patents

MPEP Chapter 1700

Miscellaneous

MPEP Chapter 1800

Patent Cooperation Treaty

MPEP Chapter 1900

Protest

MPEP Chapter 2000

Duty of Disclosure

MPEP Chapter 2100

Patentability

MPEP Chapter 2200

Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents

MPEP Chapter 2300

Interference and Derivation Proceedings

MPEP Chapter 2400

Biotechnology

MPEP Chapter 2500

Maintenance Fees

MPEP Chapter 2600

Optional Inter Partes Reexamination

MPEP Chapter 2700

Patent Terms and Extensions

MPEP Chapter 2800

Supplemental Examination

MPEP Chapter 2900

International Design Applications