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- 37 CFR 1.6 · Receipt of correspondence.
- 37 CFR 1.7 · Times for taking action; Expiration on Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday.
- 37 CFR 1.8 · Certificate of mailing or transmission.
- 37 CFR 1.9 · Definitions.
- 37 CFR 1.10 · Filing of correspondence by Priority Mail Express®.
- 37 CFR 1.11 · Files open to the public.
- 37 CFR 1.12 · Assignment records open to public inspection.
- 37 CFR 1.13 · Copies and certified copies.
- 37 CFR 1.14 · Patent applications preserved in confidence.
- 37 CFR 1.15 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.16 · National application filing, search, and examination fees.
- 37 CFR 1.17 · Patent application and reexamination processing fees.
- 37 CFR 1.18 · Patent post allowance (including issue) fees.
- 37 CFR 1.19 · Document supply fees.
- 37 CFR 1.20 · Post-issuance fees.
- 37 CFR 1.21 · Miscellaneous fees and charges.
- 37 CFR 1.22 · Fees payable in advance.
- 37 CFR 1.23 · Methods of payment.
- 37 CFR 1.24 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.25 · Deposit accounts.
- 37 CFR 1.26 · Refunds.
- 37 CFR 1.27 · Definition of small entities and establishing status as a small entity to permit payment of small entity fees; when a determination of entitlement to small entity status and notification of loss of entitlement to small entity status are required; fraud on the Office.
- 37 CFR 1.28 · Refunds when small entity status is later established; how errors in small entity status are excused.
- 37 CFR 1.29 · Micro entity status.
- 37 CFR 1.31 · Applicant and patent owner may be represented by one or more patent practitioners or joint inventors.
- 37 CFR 1.32 · Power of attorney.
- 37 CFR 1.33 · Correspondence respecting patent applications, patent reexamination proceedings, and other proceedings.
- 37 CFR 1.34 · Acting in a representative capacity.
- 37 CFR 1.36 · Revocation of power of attorney; withdrawal of patent attorney or agent.
- 37 CFR 1.41 · Inventorship.
- 37 CFR 1.42 · Applicant for patent.
- 37 CFR 1.43 · Application for patent by a legal representative of a deceased or legally incapacitated inventor.
- 37 CFR 1.44 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.45 · Application for patent by joint inventors.
- 37 CFR 1.46 · Application for patent by an assignee, obligated assignee, or a person who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary interest in the matter.
- 37 CFR 1.47 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 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.
- 37 CFR 1.51 · General requisites of an application.
- 37 CFR 1.52 · Language, paper, writing, margins, read-only optical disc specifications.
- 37 CFR 1.53 · Application number, filing date, and completion of application.
- 37 CFR 1.54 · Parts of application to be filed together; filing receipt.
- 37 CFR 1.55 · Claim for foreign priority.
- 37 CFR 1.56 · Duty to disclose information material to patentability.
- 37 CFR 1.57 · Incorporation by reference.
- 37 CFR 1.58 · Chemical and mathematical formulae and tables.
- 37 CFR 1.59 · Expungement of information or copy of papers in application file.
- 37 CFR 1.60-1.62 · §§ 1.60-1.62 [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.63 · Inventor's oath or declaration.
- 37 CFR 1.64 · Substitute statement in lieu of an oath or declaration.
- 37 CFR 1.66 · Statements under oath.
- 37 CFR 1.67 · Supplemental oath or declaration.
- 37 CFR 1.68 · Declaration in lieu of oath.
- 37 CFR 1.69 · Foreign language oaths and declarations.
- 37 CFR 1.70 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.71 · Detailed description and specification of the invention.
- 37 CFR 1.72 · Title and abstract.
- 37 CFR 1.73 · Summary of the invention.
- 37 CFR 1.74 · Reference to drawings.
- 37 CFR 1.75 · Claim(s).
- 37 CFR 1.76 · Application data sheet.
- 37 CFR 1.77 · Arrangement of application elements.
- 37 CFR 1.78 · Claiming benefit of earlier filing date and cross-references to other applications.
- 37 CFR 1.79 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.81 · Drawings required in patent application.
- 37 CFR 1.83 · Content of drawing.
- 37 CFR 1.84 · Standards for drawings.
- 37 CFR 1.85 · Corrections to drawings.
- 37 CFR 1.88 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.91 · Models or exhibits not generally admitted as part of application or patent.
- 37 CFR 1.92 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.93 · Specimens.
- 37 CFR 1.94 · Return of models, exhibits or specimens.
- 37 CFR 1.95 · Copies of exhibits.
- 37 CFR 1.96 · Submission of computer program listings.
- 37 CFR 1.97 · Filing of information disclosure statement.
- 37 CFR 1.98 · Content of information disclosure statement.
- 37 CFR 1.99 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.101 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.102 · Advancement of examination.
- 37 CFR 1.103 · Suspension of action by the Office.
- 37 CFR 1.104 · Nature of examination.
- 37 CFR 1.105 · Requirements for information.
- 37 CFR 1.106-1.108 · §§ 1.106-1.108 [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.109 · Effective filing date of a claimed invention under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.
- 37 CFR 1.110 · Inventorship and ownership of the subject matter of individual claims.
- 37 CFR 1.111 · Reply by applicant or patent owner to a non-final Office action.
- 37 CFR 1.112 · Reconsideration before final action.
- 37 CFR 1.113 · Final rejection or action.
- 37 CFR 1.114 · Request for continued examination.
- 37 CFR 1.115 · Preliminary amendments.
- 37 CFR 1.116 · Amendments and affidavits or other evidence after final action and prior to appeal.
- 37 CFR 1.117-1.119 · §§ 1.117-1.119 [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.121 · Manner of making amendments in applications.
- 37 CFR 1.122-1.124 · §§ 1.122-1.124 [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.125 · Substitute specification.
- 37 CFR 1.126 · Numbering of claims.
- 37 CFR 1.127 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 1.129 · Transitional procedures for limited examination after final rejection and restriction practice.
- 37 CFR 1.130 · Affidavit or declaration of attribution or prior public disclosure under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.
- 37 CFR 1.131 · Affidavit or declaration of prior invention or to disqualify commonly owned patent or published application as prior art.