Searchable Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)

Ninth Edition, Revision 07.2022 (Feb. 2023)

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Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing

Types and Status of Application; Benefit and Priority Claims

Ownership and Assignment

Representative of Applicant or Owner

Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers

Parts, Form, and Content of Application

Examination of Applications

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

Prior Art, Classification, and Search

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

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

Appeal

Allowance and Issue

Correction of Patents

Design Patents

Plant Patents

Miscellaneous

Patent Cooperation Treaty

Protest

Duty of Disclosure

Patentability

Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents

Interference and Derivation Proceedings

Biotechnology

Maintenance Fees

Optional Inter Partes Reexamination

Patent Terms and Extensions

Supplemental Examination

International Design Applications

 

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