Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)

Eighth Edition, August 2001

Latest Revision August 2006

Blue	Blue Pages
Title	Title Page
FWD	Foreword
TOC	Table of Contents
Intro	Introduction
0100	100 Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing
0200	200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
0300	300 Ownership and Assignment
0400	400 Representative of Inventor or Owner
0500	500 Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers
0600	600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
0700	700 Examination of Applications
0800	800 Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting
0900	900 Prior Art, Classification, and Search
1000	1000 Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials
1100	1100 Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) and Pre-Grant Publication (PG Pub)
1200	1200 Appeal
1300	1300 Allowance and Issue
1400	1400 Correction of Patents
1500	1500 Design Patents
1600	1600 Plant Patents
1700	1700 Miscellaneous
1800	1800 Patent Cooperation Treaty
1900	1900 Protest
2000	2000 Duty of Disclosure
2100	2100 Patentability
2200	2200 Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents
2300	2300 Interference Proceedings
2400	2400 Biotechnology
2500	2500 Maintenance Fees
2600	2600 Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
2700	2700 Patent Terms and Extensions
Ap I	Appendix I - Partial List of Trademarks
Ap II	Appendix II - List of Decisions Cited
Ap L	Appendix L - Patent Laws
Ap R	Appendix R - Patent Rules
Ap T	Appendix T - Patent Cooperation Treaty
Ap AI	Appendix AI - Administrative Instructions Under The PCT
Ap P	Appendix P - Paris Convention
Index	Index - Subject Matter Index

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