1.127 Petition from refusal to admit amendment.

AFFIDAVITS OVERCOMING REJECTIONS 1.131 Affidavit or declaration of prior invention to overcome cited patent or publication.

1.132 Affidavits or declarations traversing grounds of rejection.

INTERVIEWS

1.133 Interviews.

TIME FOR RESPONSE BY APPLICANT;
ABANDONMENT OF APPLICATION

1.134 Time period for response to an Office action.

1.135 Abandonment for failure to respond within time period.

1.136 Filing of timely responses with petition and fee for extension of time and extensions of time for cause.

1.137 Revival of abandoned application. 1.138 Express abandonment.

JOINDER OF INVENTIONS IN ONE APPLICATION; RESTRICTION

1.141 Different inventions in one national application.

1.142 Requirement for restriction. 1.143 Reconsideration of requirement. 1.144 Petition from requirement for restriction.

1.145 Subsequent presentation of claims for different invention. 1.146 Election of species.

1.123 Amendments to the drawing.

1.124 Amendment of amendments.

1.125 Substitute specification.

1.126 Numbering of claims.

1.177 Reissue in divisions.

1.178 Original patent.

1.179 Notice of reissue application.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

1.248 Service of papers; manner of service; proof of service in cases other than interferences.

PROTESTS AND PUBLIC USE PROCEEDINGS 1.291 Protests by the public against pending applications.

1.292 Public use proceedings.

1.293 Statutory invention registration. 1.294 Examination of request for publication of a statutory invention registration and patent application to which the request is directed.

1.295 Review of decision finally refusing to publish a statutory invention registration.

1.296 Withdrawal of request for publication of statutory invention registration. 1.297 Publication of statutory invention registration.

REVIEW OF PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE DECISIONS BY COURT

1.301 Appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

1.302 Notice of appeal.

1.303 Civil action under 35 U.S.C. 145, 146, 306.

1.304 Time for appeal or civil action.

1.334 Issue of patent to assignee.

1.335 Filing of notice of arbitration awards.

The International Bureau.

1.416 The United States International Preliminary Examining Authority.

WHO MAY FILE AN INTERNATIONAL
APPLICATION

1.421 Applicant for international application.

1.422 When the inventor is dead.

1.423 When the inventor is insane or legally incapacitated.

1.424 Joint inventors.

1.604 Request for interference between applications by an applicant.

1.605 Suggestion of claim to applicant by examiner.

1.606 Interference between an application and a patent; subject matter of the interference.

1.607 Request by applicant for interference with patent.

1.608 Interference between an application

and a patent; prima facie showing by applicant.

1.609 Preparation of interference papers by examiner.

1.610 Assignment of interference to examiner-in-chief, time period for completing interference.

1.611

Declaration of interference.

1.612 Access to applications.

1.613 Lead attorney, same attorney representing different parties in an interference, withdrawal of attorney or agent. 1.614 Jurisdiction over interference. 1.615 Suspension of ex parte prosecution. 1.616 Sanctions for failure to comply with rules or order.

1.617 Summary judgment against applicant.

1.618 Return of unauthorized papers. 1.621 Preliminary statement, time for filing, notice of filing.

1.622 Preliminary statement, who made invention, where invention made. 1.623 Preliminary statement;

made in United States.

1.624 Preliminary statement;

made abroad.

invention

invention

1.625 Preliminary statement; derivation by an opponent.

1.626 Preliminary statement; earlier appli

cation.

1.627 Preliminary statement; sealing before filing, opening of statement. 1.628 Preliminary statement; correction of

error.

1.629 Effect of preliminary statement. 1.630 Reliance on earlier application. 1.631 Access to preliminary statement, service of preliminary statement. 1.632 Notice of intent to argue abandonment, suppression, or concealment by opponent.

1.633 Preliminary motions.

1.634 Motion to correct inventorship.

1.635 Miscellaneous motions.

1.636 Motions, time for filing.

1.637 Content of motions.

1.638 Opposition and reply, time for filing opposition and reply.

1.639 Evidence in support of motion, opposition, or reply.

1.640 Motions, hearing and decision, redeclaration of interference, order to show

cause.

1.641 Unpatentability discovered by exam

iner-in-chief.

1.660 Notice of reexamination, reissue, protest, or litigation.

1.661 Termination of interference after judgment.

1.662 Request for entry of adverse judgment; reissue filed by patentee.

1.663 Status of claim of defeated applicant after interference.

1.664 Action after interference. 1.665 Second interference.

1.666 Filing of interference settlement agreements.

1.671 Evidence must comply with rules. 1.672 Manner of taking testimony. 1.673 Notice of examination of witness. 1.674 Persons before whom depositions may be taken.

1.675 Examination of witness, reading and signing transcipt of deposition.

1.676 Certification and filing by officer, marking exhibits.

1.677 Form of a transcript of deposition. 1.678 Transcript of deposition must be filed.

1.679 Inspection of transcript.

1.682 Official records and printed publications.

1.683 Testimony in another interference, proceeding, or action.

1.684 Testimony in a foreign country.

1.685 Errors and irregularities in depositions.

1.687 Additional discovery. 1.688 Use of discovery.

1.690 Arbitration of interferences.

Subpart F-Extension of Patent Term

1.710 Patents subject to extension of the patent term.

1.720 Conditions for extension of patent term.