Chapter 0600
Parts, Form, and Content of Application
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601-Content of Provisional and Nonprovisional Applications
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601.01-Complete Application
- 601.01(a)-Nonprovisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(a)
- 601.01(b)-Provisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(b)
- 601.01(c)-Conversion to or from a Provisional Application
- 601.01(d)-Application Filed Without All Pages of Specification
- 601.01(e)-Nonprovisional Application Filed Without at Least One Claim
- 601.01(f)-Applications Filed Without Drawings
- 601.01(g)-Applications Filed Without All Figures of Drawings
- 601.02-Power of Attorney
- 601.03-Correspondence Address
- 601.04-National Stage Requirements of the United States as a Designated Office
- 601.05-Bibliographic Information - Application Data Sheet (ADS)
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601.01-Complete Application
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602-Oaths and Declarations
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602.01-Inventorship
- 602.01(a)-Inventor’s Oath or Declaration in Application Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- 602.01(b)-Inventor’s Oath or Declaration in Application Filed Before September 16, 2012
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602.01(c)-Correction of Inventorship, Name of Inventor, and Order of Names in an Application
- 602.01(c)(1)-Correction of Inventorship in an Application – Request Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- 602.01(c)(2)-Correcting or Updating Inventor Name 37 CFR 1.48(f) – Request Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- 602.01(c)(3)-Correction of Inventorship in an Application – Request Under 37 CFR 1.48 Filed Prior to September 16, 2012
- 602.02-New Oath or Substitute for Original
- 602.03-Office Finds the Inventor’s Oath or Declaration Defective
- 602.04-Foreign Executed Oath
- 602.05-Oath or Declaration in Continuing Applications
- 602.06-Non-English Oath or Declaration
- 602.07-Oath or Declaration Filed in United States as a Designated Office
- 602.08-Inventor and Application Information
- 602.09-Joint Inventors
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602.01-Inventorship
- 603-Supplemental Oath or Declaration
- 604-Substitute Statements
- 605-Applicant
- 606-Title of Invention
- 607-Filing Fee
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608-Disclosure
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608.01-Specification
- 608.01(a)-Arrangement of Application
- 608.01(b)-Abstract of the Disclosure
- 608.01(c)-Background of the Invention
- 608.01(d)-Brief Summary of Invention
- 608.01(e)-Reservation Clauses Not Permitted
- 608.01(f)-Brief Description of Drawings
- 608.01(g)-Detailed Description of Invention
- 608.01(h)-Mode of Operation of Invention
- 608.01(i)-Claims
- 608.01(j)-Numbering of Claims
- 608.01(k)-Statutory Requirement of Claims
- 608.01(l)-Claims Present on the Application Filing Date
- 608.01(m)-Form of Claims
- 608.01(n)-Dependent Claims
- 608.01(o)-Basis for Claim Terminology in Description
- 608.01(p)-Completeness of Specification
- 608.01(q)-Substitute or Rewritten Specification
- 608.01(r)-Derogatory Remarks About Prior Art in Specification
- 608.01(s)-Restoration of Canceled Matter
- 608.01(t)-Use in Subsequent Application
- 608.01(u)-[Reserved]
- 608.01(v)-Marks Used in Commerce and Trade Names
- 608.01(w)-Copyright and Mask Work Notices
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608.02-Drawing
- 608.02(a)-New Drawing — When Replacement is Required Before Examination
- 608.02(b)-Acceptability of Drawings
- 608.02(c)-Location of Drawings
- 608.02(d)-Complete Illustration in Drawings
- 608.02(e)-Examiner Determines Completeness and Consistency of Drawings
- 608.02(f)-Modifications in Drawings
- 608.02(g)-Illustration of Prior Art
- 608.02(h)-Replacement Drawings
- 608.02(i)-Transfer of Drawings From Prior Applications
- 608.02(j) - 608.02(o)-[Reserved]
- 608.02(p)-Correction of Drawings
- 608.02(q) - 608.02(s)-[Reserved]
- 608.02(t)-Cancelation of Figures
- 608.02(u)-[Reserved]
- 608.02(v)-Drawing Changes Which Require Annotated Sheets
- 608.02(w)-Drawing Changes Which May Be Made Without Applicant’s Annotated Sheets
- 608.02(x)-Drawing Corrections or Changes Accepted Unless Notified Otherwise
- 608.02(y)-Return of Drawing
- 608.02(z)-Allowable Applications Needing Drawing Corrections or Corrected Drawings
- 608.03-Models, Exhibits, Specimens
- 608.04-New Matter
- 608.05-Sequence Listing, Table, or Computer Program Listing Appendix Submitted in Electronic Form
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608.01-Specification
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609-Information Disclosure Statement
- 609.01-Examiner Checklist for Information Disclosure Statements
- 609.02-Information Disclosure Statements in Continued Examinations or Continuing Applications
- 609.03-Information Disclosure Statements in National Stage Applications
- 609.04-[Reserved]
- 609.05-Examiner Handling of Information Disclosure Statements
- 609.06-Information Printed on Patent
- 609.07-IDSs Electronically Submitted (e-IDS) Using EFS-Web
- 609.08-Electronic Processing of Information Disclosure Statement