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- 37 CFR 1.455 · Representation in international applications.
- 37 CFR 1.461 · Procedures for transmittal of record copy to the International Bureau.
- 37 CFR 1.465 · Timing of application processing based on the priority date.
- 37 CFR 1.468 · Delays in meeting time limits.
- 37 CFR 1.471 · Corrections and amendments during international processing.
- 37 CFR 1.472 · Changes in person, name, or address of applicants and inventors.
- 37 CFR 1.475 · Unity of invention before the International Searching Authority, the International Preliminary Examining Authority and during the national stage.
- 37 CFR 1.476 · Determination of unity of invention before the International Searching Authority.
- 37 CFR 1.477 · Protest to lack of unity of invention before the International Searching Authority.
- 37 CFR 1.480 · Demand for international preliminary examination.
- 37 CFR 1.481 · Payment of international preliminary examination fees.
- 37 CFR 1.482 · International preliminary examination and processing fees.
- 37 CFR 1.484 · Conduct of international preliminary examination.
- 37 CFR 1.485 · Amendments by applicant during international preliminary examination.
- 37 CFR 1.488 · Determination of unity of invention before the International Preliminary Examining Authority.
- 37 CFR 1.489 · Protest to lack of unity of invention before the International Preliminary Examining Authority.
- 37 CFR 1.491 · National stage commencement, entry, and fulfillment.
- 37 CFR 1.492 · National stage fees.
- 37 CFR 1.495 · Entering the national stage in the United States of America.
- 37 CFR 1.496 · Examination of international applications in the national stage.
- 37 CFR 1.497 · Inventor's oath or declaration under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(4).
- 37 CFR 1.499 · Unity of invention during the national stage.
- 37 CFR 1.501 · Citation of prior art and written statements in patent files.
- 37 CFR 1.502 · Processing of prior art citations during an ex parte reexamination proceeding.
- 37 CFR 1.510 · Request for ex parte reexamination.
- 37 CFR 1.515 · Determination of the request for ex parte reexamination.
- 37 CFR 1.520 · Ex parte reexamination at the initiative of the Director.
- 37 CFR 1.525 · Order for ex parte reexamination.
- 37 CFR 1.530 · Statement by patent owner in ex parte reexamination; amendment by patent owner in ex parte or inter partes reexamination; inventorship change in ex parte or inter partes reexamination.
- 37 CFR 1.535 · Reply by third party requester in ex parte reexamination.
- 37 CFR 1.540 · Consideration of responses in ex parte reexamination.
- 37 CFR 1.550 · Conduct of ex parte reexamination proceedings.
- 37 CFR 1.552 · Scope of reexamination in ex parte reexamination proceedings.
- 37 CFR 1.555 · Information material to patentability in ex parte reexamination and inter partes reexamination proceedings.
- 37 CFR 1.560 · Interviews in ex parte reexamination proceedings.
- 37 CFR 1.565 · Concurrent office proceedings which include an ex parte reexamination proceeding.
- 37 CFR 1.570 · Issuance and publication of ex parte reexamination certificate concludes ex parte reexamination proceeding.
- 37 CFR 1.601 · Filing of papers in supplemental examination.
- 37 CFR 1.605 · Items of information.
- 37 CFR 1.610 · Content of request for supplemental examination.
- 37 CFR 1.615 · Format of papers filed in a supplemental examination proceeding.
- 37 CFR 1.620 · Conduct of supplemental examination proceeding.
- 37 CFR 1.625 · Conclusion of supplemental examination; publication of supplemental examination certificate; procedure after conclusion.
- 37 CFR 1.701 · Extension of patent term due to examination delay under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (original applications, other than designs, filed on or after June 8, 1995, and before May 29, 2000).
- 37 CFR 1.702 · Grounds for adjustment of patent term due to examination delay under the Patent Term Guarantee Act of 1999 (original applications, other than designs, filed on or after May 29, 2000).
- 37 CFR 1.703 · Period of adjustment of patent term due to examination delay.
- 37 CFR 1.704 · Reduction of period of adjustment of patent term.
- 37 CFR 1.705 · Patent term adjustment determination.
- 37 CFR 1.710 · Patents subject to extension of the patent term.
- 37 CFR 1.720 · Conditions for extension of patent term.
- 37 CFR 1.730 · Applicant for extension of patent term; signature requirements.
- 37 CFR 1.740 · Formal requirements for application for extension of patent term; correction of informalities.
- 37 CFR 1.741 · Complete application given a filing date; petition procedure.
- 37 CFR 1.750 · Determination of eligibility for extension of patent term.
- 37 CFR 1.760 · Interim extension of patent term under 35 U.S.C. 156(e)(2).
- 37 CFR 1.765 · Duty of disclosure in patent term extension proceedings.
- 37 CFR 1.770 · Express withdrawal of application for extension of patent term.
- 37 CFR 1.775 · Calculation of patent term extension for a human drug, antibiotic drug or human biological product.
- 37 CFR 1.776 · Calculation of patent term extension for a food additive or color additive.
- 37 CFR 1.777 · Calculation of patent term extension for a medical device.
- 37 CFR 1.778 · Calculation of patent term extension for an animal drug product.
- 37 CFR 1.779 · Calculation of patent term extension for a veterinary biological product.
- 37 CFR 1.780 · Certificate or order of extension of patent term.
- 37 CFR 1.785 · Multiple applications for extension of term of the same patent or of different patents for the same regulatory review period for a product.
- 37 CFR 1.790 · Interim extension of patent term under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5).
- 37 CFR 1.791 · Termination of interim extension granted prior to regulatory approval of a product for commercial marketing or use.
- 37 CFR 1.801 · Biological material.
- 37 CFR 1.802 · Need or opportunity to make a deposit.
- 37 CFR 1.803 · Acceptable depository.
- 37 CFR 1.804 · Time of making an original deposit.
- 37 CFR 1.805 · Replacement or supplement of deposit.
- 37 CFR 1.806 · Term of deposit.
- 37 CFR 1.807 · Viability of deposit.
- 37 CFR 1.808 · Furnishing of samples.
- 37 CFR 1.809 · Examination procedures.
- 37 CFR 1.821 · Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosures in patent applications.
- 37 CFR 1.822 · Symbols and format to be used for nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence data.
- 37 CFR 1.823 · Requirements for content of a “Sequence Listing” part of the specification.
- 37 CFR 1.824 · Form and format for a nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence submission as an ASCII plain text file.
- 37 CFR 1.825 · Amendment to add or replace a “Sequence Listing” and CRF copy thereof.
- 37 CFR 1.831 · Requirements for patent applications filed on or after July 1, 2022, having nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosures.
- 37 CFR 1.832 · Representation of nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence data in the “Sequence Listing XML” part of a patent application filed on or after July 1, 2022.
- 37 CFR 1.833 · Requirements for a “Sequence Listing XML” for nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences as part of a patent application filed on or after July 1, 2022.
- 37 CFR 1.834 · Form and format for nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence submissions as the “Sequence Listing XML” in patent applications filed on or after July 1, 2022.
- 37 CFR 1.835 · Amendment to add or replace a “Sequence Listing XML” in patent applications filed on or after July 1, 2022.
- 37 CFR 1.839 · Incorporation by reference.
- 37 CFR Appendix A to Subpart G of Part 1 · Appendix A to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Nucleotides
- 37 CFR Appendix B to Subpart G of Part 1 · Appendix B to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Modified Nucleotides
- 37 CFR Appendix C to Subpart G of Part 1 · Appendix C to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Amino Acids
- 37 CFR Appendix D to Subpart G of Part 1 · Appendix D to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Modified and Unusual Amino Acids
- 37 CFR Appendix E to Subpart G of Part 1 · Appendix E to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Feature Keys Related to Nucleotide Sequences
- 37 CFR Appendix F to Subpart G of Part 1 · Appendix F to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Feature Keys Related to Protein Sequences
- 37 CFR Appendix G to Subpart G of Part 1 · Appendix G to Subpart G of Part 1—Numeric Identifiers
- 37 CFR 1.902 · Processing of prior art citations during an inter partes reexamination proceeding.
- 37 CFR 1.903 · Service of papers on parties in inter partes reexamination.
- 37 CFR 1.904 · Notice of inter partes reexamination in Official Gazette.
- 37 CFR 1.905 · Submission of papers by the public in inter partes reexamination.
- 37 CFR 1.906 · Scope of reexamination in inter partes reexamination proceeding.
- 37 CFR 1.907 · Inter partes reexamination prohibited.
- 37 CFR 1.913 · Persons eligible to file, and time for filing, a request for inter partes reexamination.