2103 Patent Examination Process [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2104 Requirements of 35 U.S.C. 101 [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2104.01 Barred by Atomic Energy Act [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2105 Patent Eligible Subject Matter â Living Subject Matter [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
MPEP 2106 Patent Subject Matter Eligibility [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.03 Eligibility Step 1: The Four Categories of Statutory Subject Matter [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.04 Eligibility Step 2A: Whether a Claim is Directed to a Judicial Exception [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.04(a) Abstract Ideas [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.04(a)(1) Examples of Claims That Do Not Recite Abstract Ideas [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.04(a)(2) Abstract Idea Groupings [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.04(a)(3) Tentative Abstract Ideas [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.04(b) Laws of Nature, Natural Phenomena & Products of Nature [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.04(c) The Markedly Different Characteristics Analysis [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.04(d) Integration of a Judicial Exception Into A Practical Application [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.04(d)(1) Evaluating Improvements in the Functioning of a Computer, or an Improvement to Any Other Technology or Technical Field in Step 2A Prong Two [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.04(d)(2) Particular Treatment and Prophylaxis in Step 2A Prong Two [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.05 Eligibility Step 2B: Whether a Claim Amounts to Significantly More [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.05(a) Improvements to the Functioning of a Computer or To Any Other Technology or Technical Field [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.05(b) Particular Machine [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.05(c) Particular Transformation [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.05(d) Well-Understood, Routine, Conventional Activity [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.05(e) Other Meaningful Limitations [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.05(f) Mere Instructions To Apply An Exception [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.05(g) Insignificant Extra-Solution Activity [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.05(h) Field of Use and Technological Environment [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.06 Streamlined Analysis [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.06(a) Eligibility is Self Evident [R-08.2017] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.06(b) Clear Improvement to a Technology or to Computer Functionality [R-08.2017] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.07 Formulating and Supporting Rejections For Lack Of Subject Matter Eligibility [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.07(a) Formulating a Rejection For Lack of Subject Matter Eligibility [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.07(a)(1) Form Paragraphs for use in Lack of Subject Matter Eligibility Rejections [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.07(b) Evaluating Applicantâs Response [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2106.07(c) Clarifying the Record [R-08.2017] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2107 Guidelines for Examination of Applications for Compliance with the Utility Requirement [R-11.2013] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2107.01 General Principles Governing Utility Rejections [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2107.02 Procedural Considerations Related to Rejections for Lack of Utility [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2107.03 Special Considerations for Asserted Therapeutic or Pharmacological Utilities [R-08.2012] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2109 Inventorship [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2111 Claim Interpretation; Broadest Reasonable Interpretation [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2111.01 Plain Meaning [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2111.02 Effect of Preamble [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2111.03 Transitional Phrases [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2111.04 âAdapted to,â âAdapted for,â âWherein,â âWhereby,â and Contingent Clauses [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2111.05 Functional and Nonfunctional Descriptive Material [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2112 Requirements of Rejection Based on Inherency; Burden of Proof [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2112.01 Composition, Product, and Apparatus Claims [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2112.02 Process Claims [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2113 Product-by-Process Claims [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2114 Apparatus and Article Claims â Functional Language [R-07.2015] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2115 Material or Article Worked Upon by Apparatus [R-07.2015] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2116 Novel, Nonobvious Starting Material or End Product [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2116.01 Novel, Nonobvious Starting Material or End Product [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2117 Markush Claims [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2120 Rejection on Prior Art [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2120.01 Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) and (a)(2) and Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a), (b), or (e): Printed Publication or Patent [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2120.02 Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a) or (b): Knowledge by Others, or Public Use, or On Sale [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2121 Prior Art; General Level of Operability Required to Make a Prima Facie Case [R-08.2017] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2121.01 Use of Prior Art in Rejections Where Operability is in Question [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2121.02 Compounds and Compositions â What Constitutes Enabling Prior Art [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2121.03 Plant Genetics â What Constitutes Enabling Prior Art [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2121.04 Apparatus and Articles â What Constitutes Enabling Prior Art [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2122 Discussion of Utility in the Prior Art [R-08.2017] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2123 Rejection Over Prior Artâs Broad Disclosure Instead of Preferred Embodiments [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2124 Exception to the Rule That the Reference Must be Prior Art [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2124.01 Tax Strategies Deemed Within the Prior Art [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2125 Drawings as Prior Art [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2126 Availability of a Document as a âPatentâ for Purposes of Rejection Under 35 U.S.C. 102(a) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a), (b), and (d) [R-08.2017] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2126.01 Date of Availability of a Patent as a Reference [R-11.2013] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2126.02 Scope of Referenceâs Disclosure Which Can Be Used to Reject Claims When the Reference Is a âPatentâ but Not a âPublicationâ [R-11.2013] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2127 Domestic and Foreign Patent Applications as Prior Art [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2128 âPrinted Publicationsâ as Prior Art [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2128.01 Level of Public Accessibility Required [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2128.02 Date Publication Is Available as a Reference [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2129 Admissions as Prior Art [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2131 Anticipation â Application of 35Â U.S.C. 102 [R-08.2017] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2131.01 Multiple Reference 35 U.S.C. 102 Rejections [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2131.02 Genus-Species Situations [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2131.03 Anticipation of Ranges [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2131.04 Secondary Considerations [R-08.2012] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2131.05 Nonanalogous or Disparaging Prior Art [R-08.2012] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2132 Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a) [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2132.01 Overcoming a Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a) Rejection based on a Printed Publication or Patent [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133 Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b) [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.01 Rejections of Continuation-In-Part (CIP) Applications [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.02 Rejections Based on Publications and Patents [R-11.2013] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.02(a) Overcoming a Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b) Rejection Based on a Printed Publication or Patent [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.03 Rejections Based on âPublic Useâ or âOn Saleâ [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.03(a) âPublic Useâ [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.03(b) âOn Saleâ [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.03(c) The âInventionâ [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.03(d) âIn This Countryâ [R-10.2019] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.03(e) Permitted Activity; Experimental Use [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.03(e)(1) Commercial Exploitation [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.03(e)(2) Intent [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More
2133.03(e)(3) âCompletenessâ of the Invention [R-07.2022] Date: May 31, 2023 By: Chhabra Law Firm Categories: MPEP Chapter 2100 Read More