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Sale, On (See On sale )
Sample letter on citation of prior art in patent 2205
Sanctions 410
Saturday, effect on time for reply 502 , 505 , 513, 710.05 , 2504 , 2506
Scanning inter partes reexamination papers 2632
Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC) 901.06(a)

Biotechno logy sequence listings 2421.03 , 2427.01, 2427.02 , 2429
Foreign patents 706.02(e) , 901.05 , 901.05(c), 903.03 , 905.06
Hours 1730
Litigation search 2240 , 2287 , 2640 , 2686.04
Literature collection 719.05
Location and telephone number 1730
Translation assistance 901.05(d) , 901.06(a)

Scientific principle not patentable 706.03(a)
Scope of claims 904.01(a) , 2163.05 , 2164.08

Design application 1503.01 , 1504.04, 1504.05 , 1504.06

Scope of class 903.02(b)
Scope of reexamination

Ex parte 2258
Inter partes 2658

Screening new application for security review 115, 706.03(b)
Seal 604.01

Not required 604.01 , 604.03(a)
Venue 604.02

Search Chapter 900

After reversal by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 1214.04
Aids in Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC) 901.06(a)
Analogous art areas 904.01(c)
Claim analysis 904.01
Computer 719.05
Databases (See Electronic databases )
Electronic documents 707.05(e) , 904.02(c)
Fee, PCT 1827
Field of 904.02 , 904.02(a)

Not to be given for patented inventions 1701

File wrapper notation 705.01(a) , 719.05 , 904
Incomprehensible disclosure 702.01
In Technology Center, by member of public 713.02
Informal application 702.01 , 704.01
INPADOC 901.06(a)
Interference2304.01(a)

Internet 707.05(e) , 904.02(c)
Mechanized 719.05
Notes in classification definitions 902.02(a)
Notes in file wrapper 705.01(a) , 719.05 , 903.07(a)
Online database (See also Electronic databases ) 901.06(a) , 902.03(e)
Outlining 904.02(a)
Patentability report 705.01(a) , 705.01(b)
Prior examiner's 704.01
Procedure 704.01 , 904
Requirements for information 704.11 , 704.11(a)
Restriction requirement 808.02
Scope 2112
Selecting pertinent references 904.03
Title 306
Unduly extensive and burdensome 806.01, 808.01(a) , 818.02(b)

Search exchange, United States-Philippines 1711
Search notes box entries 719.05
Search facility hours 510 , 1730
Search tools, automated 902.03(e)
Searched box entries 719.05
Secrecy, in general 101
Secrecy of international applications 120
"Secrecy Order" application 115 , 120 , 130

After declassification 130
Allowance 130
Commodity Control List 120
Correspondence 120
Facsimile transmission of correspondence not permitted 120
Final rejection 130
Interference 130 , 2306
Petition for rescission or modification 120
Prosecution 130
Review 115 , 140
Security, Application affecting 120 , 121 , 130 , 140

Secret sale (See On sale )
Security interest in patent, recording (See also Assignment ) 313
Security markings 121 , 130 , 140 , 724
Security screening of new applications 115 , 140
Security Working Group 3640, applications submitted 121 , 130 , 706.03(b) , 1002.02(c)(1)
Self-addressed postcard (See also Postcard, self-addressed ) 503
Sequence listing (See also Sequence rules ) 2422.03

Database (See Sequence rules )
EFS-Web submission 502.05
Hand delivery 2422.09
Mail Stop (See also Mail Stop ) 2422.09
Pre-Grant Publications (PG-Pub) 1121
Statements 2422.06 , 2422.07

Sequence rules (See also Biotechnology ) Chapter 2400

Amendments to sequence listing and computerreadable form 2426
Amino acid definition 2422.01
Applications affected, new applications 2421.01
AuthorIn 2430
Background information 2401 , 2420
Bona fide reply 2421.03
Changes to rules 2421.04
Coding regions, depiction of 2423.02
Compliance requirement 2422.07 , 2429
Computer readable format requirement 502.05, 2422.04 , 2425
Database 2421.01 , 2421.02 , 2421.04 , 2422.01, 2422.03 , 2422.04 , 2423.02 , 2424.02, 2424.02 , 2425 , 2429 , 2430
Definitions for nucleotides/amino acids 2422.01
Effective date 2401 , 2420
Exclusive conformance requirement 2422.02
Extensions of time 2421.03
Format and symbols 2423 , 2423.01
Form paragraphs 2427.01
Hand-delivery of sequence listings andcomputer readable forms 2422.09
Helpful hints for compliance 2429
Informational requirements for sequence listings 2424 , 2424.01 , 2424.02
Mandatory information items 2424 , 2424.02
Miscellaneous requirements, information 2424.03
New applications 2421.01
Notice to comply 2421.03 , 2427.02
Nucleotide definition 2422.01
Numbering of sequences 2423.02
Numeric identifiers 2424 , 2424.02
Official copy of sequence listing 2422.04
PatentIn information 1730 , 2430
Presumptions regarding compliance 2422.08
Previously filed identical computer readableform, reference to 2422.05
Replacement of sequence listing and computer readable form 2426
Sample sequence listing 2431
Sample statements 2428
Sanctions for failure to comply 2422.07
Sequence identifier requirement 2422.03
Sequence listing requirement 2422.03

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) 1823.02 , 1848, 2430

Sequence presentation 2423.03
Sequences embedded in application text 2422.03
Sequences in drawings 2422.02
Statement regarding content of paper and computer readable copies 502.05, 2422.06 , 2428
Statement regarding new matter 2422.07 , 2428
Summary of requirements 2421.02
Variants of a presented sequence 2422.03
Voluntary compliance 2421.01
WIPO Standard ST. 25, Appendix 2 Tables

Reproduced 2422
Cited 2422.01 , 2423 , 2423.01

Sequences, restriction 803.04 , 2434
Series codes 503
Series of dependent claims 608.01(n)
Series, Patent (See Patent )
Service, proof of, in a petition for access 103
Service of citation in patent 1901
Service of court papers on Director 1216
Service of patent owner statement on requestor in ex parte reexamination 2242 , 2266.03
Service of papers in inter partes reexamination 2666.06

Certificate of 2620 , 2666.06
Proof of service 2666.06 , 2666.50 , 2667
To patent owner 2620 , 2654 , 2666.05
To third party requestor 2654 , 2666 , 2666.05

Shift of election 819
Shoes (See also Search ) 901.07
Shortened statutory period (See also Period for reply ; Statutory period ) 710.02 , 710.02(b)

Appeal 1205 , 1214.06 , 1215.04
Date of abandonment 711.04(a)
Drawings 608.02(b)
Extension of time 710.02(e) , 1002.02(c)
Final rejection 706.07 , 706.07(b), 706.07(f) , 706.07(g) , 714.13
Informal application 702.01
Information disclosure statement 609.04(b)
Oath 602.03
Quayle 714.14
Reexamination, ex parte 2250.01 , 2263, 2265 , 2273 , 2285 , 2286
Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) 1103 , 1107
Time limits compared 710.02(d)

Signatory Authority, Full 1004
Signatory Authority, Partial 1005
Signature

Alteration in specification signed 608.01
Amendment 714.01

Signature improper 714.01(a) , 714.01(c), 714.01(d)
Signature missing 714.01(a)
Signed by applicant, not by attorney of

record 714.01(d)
Signed by attorney not of record 405

Applicant 605.04(a) , 605.04(d) , 605.04(e)
Applicant changes name 201.03 , 605.04(c) , 719.02(b)
Applicant, international application 1820
Applicant unable to write 605.04(d)
Application papers 605.04(a)
Attorney or agent not of record 405
Certification, effect of 401 , 410
Continued prosecution application 201.06(d)
Correction of name 605.04(c)
Express abandonment 711 , 711.01
Facsimile 502.01 , 502.02
Full, first or middle name 605.04(b)
Required on every paper 402
Title with 605.04(e)
Uniformity with name 605.04(b

Signing, continued prosecution application 201.06(d)
Signing examiner's letter 706.07 , 707.08 , 707.09
Signing file wrapper 1302.13
Simulated tests in the specification 608.01(p)
Simultaneous issue of patents 1306.02
Single means claim 2164.08(a) , 2181
Size of paper (See A4 size paper ; Paper size )
Sketch of subject matter of claims 904.01(a)
Small Business Act 509.02
Small Business Administration 509.02
Small entity status (See also Fee )

Change of status 509.03
Claiming status 509.03
Correcting status 509.03
Definition 509.02
Established in parent application 201.06(c)
Fees 509.02
Government organizations 509.02
Improper payment 509.03
Independent inventor 509.02
Maintenance fees 509.03 , 2515 , 2550
Nonprofit organization 509.02 , 509.03
Refund 509.03 , 607.02
Small business concern 509.02
Statement verified 509.03
Transfer of invention rights 509.02

Solicitor's Office (See Office of Solicitor )
Sources of information to disclose 2001.06
Special application 708 to 708.03

Accelerated examination 708.02
Allowable application, except for form 707.07(j), 710.02(b) , 714.14 , 1301
Appealed application 1204
Applicant's age, health 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
Biotechnology case, small entity 708.02
Cancer 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
Counter-terrorism inventions 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
DNA 708.02
Energy 708.02
Environmental Quality Program 1002.02(s)
Five year pendency 707.02
HIV/AIDS 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
Infringement 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
List 708.01
Manufacture 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
Patent printing priority 1309
Petition to make 708.02 , 1002.02(s)
Reexamination

Ex parte 2261
Inter partes 2661

Reissue application 706.03(x) , 1442
Remanded by Board 708.01
Revived applications 711.03(c)
Superconductivity 708.02

Special examining procedure 708.02
Special Program Examiner (SPRE) 103 , 706.02(l)(1), ,, 1415.01 , 1442.02 , 1442.03 , 1443 , 1448 , 1449.01 , 1455 , 1456 , 1825 , 1845.01 , 1851 , 1896 , 2633 , 2641

Petitions decided 1002.02(s)

Species 806.01 , 806.04 , 806.04(b) , 806.04(d), 806.04(e) , 806.04(f) , 806.04(h), 806.04(i) , 808.01(a) , 809.02(a)

Anticipation by a generic chemical formula 2131.02
Anticipation of a genus by the species 2131.02
Cancellation of species claims 821.01 , 821.02
Claims restricted to 806.04(e)
Election of (See Election of species )
How recognized 806.04(f)
Independent inventions 802.01 , 808.01(a)
Mutually exclusive characteristics 806.04(f)
Obviousness of 2144.08
Patentably distinct 806.04(h)
Patentability over genus 806.04(h)
Plural 706.03(k) , 806.04 , 808.01(a)
Reissue 1450
Rejection 806.04(h) , 2131.02
Related 806.04(b)
Withdrawal of species claim 821.01 , 821.02

Specification (See also Disclosure ) 608.01 , 2161

Amendment, manner of making 714
Arrangement 608.01(a)
Background of the invention 608.01(c)
Best mode (See also Best mode ) 2165
Brief description of drawings 608.01(f)
Brief summary of invention 608.01(d)
British English spellings in 608.01
British provisional and complete 201.15
Changes prior to filing 601.01(a) , 608.01
Completeness 608.01(p) , 2161 , 2163 to 2165
Computer lists 608.05
Confused by amendments 608.01(q) , 1302.02
Content of 608.01(a)
Continued prosecution application 201.06(d)
Copyrights in 1512
Correction by examiner's amendment 1302.04 to 1302.04(g)
Correction by initialing 1302.04
Cross-noting of related applications 1302.04
Defines claim term 2111.01
Derogatory remarks prohibited 608.01(r)
Description 608.01(g) , 2163 , 2163.02
Design application 1503.01
Detailed description of invention 608.01(g)
Enablement (See also Enablement ) 2164
English language 608.01
Facsimile transmission 608.01
Font 608.01
Format 608.01
Illustrations in 608.01
Incorporation by reference 2163.07
Interlineation prior to filing 608.01
Language faulty 608.01
Missing pages 601.01(d)
New matter 608.04 , 706.03(o) , 2163.06
Omitted pages 201.17 , 601.01(d)
Paragraph numbering 608.01, 714
Parts 608.01(a)
Provisional application 601.01(b)
Reference characters corrected 1302.04
Reissue application 1411
Requirements for 2161
Return 608.01
Rewritten 608.01(q) , 1302.02
Signature 605.04(a)
Substitute, amendment including 714.19 , 714.20
Substitute specification 608.01(q) , 714.19 , 714.20

Pre-Grant Publication 502.05, 1120

Summary of invention 608.01(d)
Table submission on compact disc 608.05(b)
Terminology basis for claims 608.01(o) , 2163.07
Title of invention 606
Title of invention changed 606.01
Trademarks in 1512
Transfer to another application 608.01(t)
Written description (See also Written description ) 2163

Specimen, Composition of matter 608.03
Specimen, Handling 608.03(a)
Specimen, Plant application 1607
Stamp

Drafting, no longer required 608.02(o)
Technology Center date 714.18
Office date 502 , 505 , 506 , 710.01(a) , 714.18

Statement applying the prior art in an ex parte reexamination 2217
Statement applying the prior art in an inter partes reexamination 2617
Statement, Examiner's (See also Action )
Statement by inventors when changing inventorship 201.03
Statement by owner in ex parte reexamination 2249
Statement of allowability by Board 1213.01
Statement of invention, coextensivewith claims 608.01(d)
Statement of invention, reviewed on allowance 1302.01
Statement, Prior art (See also Prior art ) 201.06(d) , 609
Status inquiries 102 , 203.08

Congressional 203.08(a)
Maintenance fees 2570
White House 203.08(a)

Status letter 203.08
Status letter database 203.08
Status of application 102 , 203

Abandoned 203.05
Allowed or in issue 203.04
Amended 203.03
Incomplete 203.06
New 203.01
Parent patent application 102 , 201.11
Priority claims 102
Published application 1128
Referred to in foreign patent 102
Rejected 203.02

Statute, citation Introduction
Statute of limitations

Citation of prior art 2204
Term of biological material deposit 2408
Time for requesting ex parte reexamination 2210 , 2211
Time for requesting inter partes reexamination 2611

Statutes

Atomic Energy Act Cited 120 , 140 , 150, 706.03 , 706.03(a) to 706.03(b)
Freedom of Information Act 1002.02(k)(2)
Public Law 87-333 Cited 201.13
Public Law 94-131 608.01(n)
Public Law 96-517 509.02 , 2201 , 2209 , 2501
Public Law 97-247 509.02, 509.03, 511, 711.03(c) , 2501
Public Law 98-622 605.07, 706.02(k) , 804 , 2501
Public Law 100-418, Section 9101(c), (d) 140
Public Law 102-204 2501
Public Law 102-444 2501
Public Law 103-465 201.03 , 201.11 , 601.01(d), 706.07(g) , 707.05 , 715 , 715.07(c), 803.03 , 804.02 , 2132 , 2138.02
Public Law 105-358 2501
Public Law 106-113 201.04(b) , 201.11 , 201.14(b), 505 , 510 , 512 , 706.02(a) , 706.02(k) , 706.02(l)(1) , 715 , 1402, 2201 , 2273 , 2279 , 2501 , 2601 , 2602 , 2611 , 2642
Public Law 107-273 Cited 706.02(a) , 706.02(k) , 706.07(a) , 2201 , 2242 , 2258.01 , 2273 , 2279 , 2601 , 2612 , 2683
Public Law 108-453 Cited 706.02(k) , 706.02(l)(1) , 706.02(l)(3) , 804 , 804.03, 2136.01 , 2146
Public Law 506 (81st Cong.) Article 136 Cited 604.03(a)
Revised Statute of 1874 Introduction
5 U.S.C. 552(a) 2422 , 2423
5 U.S.C. 6103 Cited 710.05
7 U.S.C. 2321 1612
10 U.S.C. 140(c) Cited 120
15 U.S.C. 15(b) Cited 101
15 U.S.C. 1062 Cited 513
17 U.S.C. 401 Cited 1512
17 U.S.C. 909 Cited 608.01 , 608.01(v)
18 U.S.C. 1001

Cited 402 , 711.03(c), 715.04 , 716.02(g) , 2428
Reproduced 602

18 U.S.C. 1905 Cited 101
18 U.S.C. 2071 Reproduced 101
18 U.S.C. 2331 708.02
20 U.S.C. 1000 Cited 509.02
26 U.S.C. 501 Cited 509.02
28 U.S.C. 1745 Cited 901.05
28 U.S.C. 1746

Cited 602
Reproduced 602

35 U.S.C. 2 Reproduced 1001
35 U.S.C. 3 Reproduced 1001
35 U.S.C. 4 Reproduced 309
35 U.S.C. 6 Reproduced 1202
35 U.S.C. 7 Reproduced 901.06(a)
35 U.S.C. 8 Reproduced 903.01
35 U.S.C. 21 Reproduced 511 , 513 , 710.05
35 U.S.C. 22 Reproduced 608.01
35 U.S.C. 25 Reproduced 602
35 U.S.C. 26 Reproduced 602
35 U.S.C. 41 Reproduced 2268 , 2501 , 2668
35 U.S.C. 42 Reproduced 607.02
35 U.S.C. 100 Reproduced 701
35 U.S.C. 101 Reproduced 701 , 804 , 2107.01
35 U.S.C. 102 Reproduced 706.02 , 706.02(a), 1504.02, 1857.01 , 2131 , 2132 , 2133, 2133.03(c) , 2134 , 2135 , 2136, 2137 , 2138 , 2217 , 2258 , 2301.01 , 2617
35 U.S.C. 102(e), former Reproduced 2136
35 U.S.C. 103 Reproduced 706.02 , 706.02(l), 706.02(l)(1) , 706.02(n) , 804.03, 1504.03 , 2141 , 2146
35 U.S.C. 104 Reproduced 715.07(c) , 2301.01
35 U.S.C. 111 Reproduced 201 , 201.04(b) , 601
35 U.S.C. 112 Reproduced 1504.04
35 U.S.C. 113 Reproduced 608.02
35 U.S.C. 114 Reproduced 608.03
35 U.S.C. 115 Reproduced 602
35 U.S.C. 116 Reproduced 409.03 , 605.07
35 U.S.C. 117 Reproduced 409.01(a)
35 U.S.C. 118 Reproduced 409.03
35 U.S.C. 119 Reproduced 201.11 , 201.13 , 201.16
35 U.S.C. 120 Reproduced 201.11 , 1504.20
35 U.S.C. 121 Reproduced 802 , 804
35 U.S.C. 122 Reproduced 101 , 1120 , 1122, 1123 , 1124 , 1132 , 1134
35 U.S.C. 131 Reproduced 701
35 U.S.C. 132 Reproduced 706.03(o) ,2304.04(b)
35 U.S.C. 133 Reproduced 710 , 2268 , 2668
35 U.S.C. 134 Reproduced 1204
35 U.S.C. 135 Reproduced 2301.01
35 U.S.C. 141 Reproduced 1216 , 2683
35 U.S.C. 142 Reproduced 1216.01
35 U.S.C. 143 Reproduced 1216.01
35 U.S.C. 144 Reproduced 1216.01
35 U.S.C. 145 Reproduced 1216
35 U.S.C. 146 Reproduced 1216
35 U.S.C. 152 Reproduced 307
35 U.S.C. 153 Reproduced 1309
35 U.S.C. 154 Reproduced 2701
35 U.S.C. 154, former, Reproduced 2720
35 U.S.C. 156 Reproduced 2751, 2752 , 2755.01 , 2758 , 2759
35 U.S.C. 157 Reproduced 1101
35 U.S.C. 161 Reproduced 1601
35 U.S.C. 162 Reproduced 804 , 1605 , 2105 , 2403.02
35 U.S.C. 163 Reproduced 1601
35 U.S.C. 164 Reproduced 1608
35 U.S.C. 171 Reproduced 1501 , 1504.01
35 U.S.C. 172 Reproduced 1504.02 , 1504.10
35 U.S.C. 173 Reproduced 1505
35 U.S.C. 181 Reproduced 115
35 U.S.C. 182 Reproduced 706.03(s)
35 U.S.C. 184 Reproduced 140 , 706.03(s)
35 U.S.C. 185 Reproduced 140 , 706.03(s)
35 U.S.C. 186 Reproduced 140
35 U.S.C. 187 Reproduced 140
35 U.S.C. 188 Reproduced 140
35 U.S.C. 251 Reproduced 1401 , 1412.03
35 U.S.C. 252 Reproduced 1460
35 U.S.C. 253 Reproduced 1490
35 U.S.C. 254 Reproduced 1480
35 U.S.C. 255 Reproduced 1481
35 U.S.C. 256 Reproduced 1481.02
35 U.S.C. 261 Reproduced 301
35 U.S.C. 262 Reproduced 301
35 U.S.C. 267 Reproduced 710
35 U.S.C. 293 Reproduced 302.04
35 U.S.C. 294 Reproduced 311
35 U.S.C. 301 Reproduced 2202 , 2602
35 U.S.C. 302 Reproduced 2210
35 U.S.C. 303 Reproduced 2240
35 U.S.C. 304 Reproduced 2246
35 U.S.C. 305 Reproduced 2254 , 2261
35 U.S.C. 306 Reproduced 1216 , 2273
35 U.S.C. 307 Reproduced 2288 , 2293
35 U.S.C. 311 Reproduced 2610
35 U.S.C. 312 Reproduced 2640
35 U.S.C. 313 Reproduced 2646
35 U.S.C. 314 Reproduced 2654 , 2661 , 2686.04
35 U.S.C. 315 Reproduced 2674
35 U.S.C. 316 Reproduced 2688 , 2693
35 U.S.C. 317 Reproduced 2686.04
35 U.S.C. 318 Reproduced 2686.04
35 U.S.C. 361 Reproduced 1805
35 U.S.C. 362 Reproduced 1840
35 U.S.C. 363 Reproduced 1810
35 U.S.C. 365 Reproduced 201.13(b)
35 U.S.C. 371 Reproduced 1893.01
35 U.S.C. 373 Reproduced 1810
35 U.S.C. 374 Reproduced 1857 , 1857.01
42 U.S.C. 141 Cited 120
42 U.S.C. 181 Cited 120
42 U.S.C. 2182 Reproduced 150
42 U.S.C. 2457 Reproduced 150

Statutory authority of Director 1001
Statutory bar 706.02(a) , 2133 to 2133.03(e)(7)

Foreign application 201.13 , 1504.02
Overcoming 706.02(b)
Rule 1.130 not available 718
Rule 1.131 not available 715

Statutory classes of invention, utility 706.03(a)
Statutory disclaimer (See Disclaimer ; Terminal disclaimer )
Statutory estoppel in inter partes reexamination 2601, 2612 , 2614
Statutory Invention Re gistration (SIR) 409.03(j), Chapter 1100

Defensive publication compared 711.06
Effect of 1111
Examination 1101 , 1103
Provisional application 1101
Publication of 1111
Refund of fee 1109
Rejections using 706.02(a) , 901.02 , 2136
Request for 1101
Secrecy order application 1103

Statutory period (See also Period for reply : Shortened statutory period ) 710.01 , 710.01(a)

Abandonment for failure to reply 711.02 , 711.02(a)
Appeal 1205
Broadening claims in a reissue application 1412.03
Computed 710.01(a)
Date from which period runs 710.06
Date of abandonment 711.04(a)
Full statutory period 130
Not extendible 710.02(e)
Postal service emergency 511
Property rights statement 150
Reexamination, ex parte 2265 , 2272
Reexamination, inter partes 2662 , 2665
Secrecy order application 130
Shortened statutory period (See Shortened statutory period )
Two periods for reply set 710.04 , 710.04(a)

Stay of reexamination

Ex parte 2284 , 2285
Inter partes 2686.03 , 2686.04

Stay of reissue 1442.02 , 2285
Stockholm Revision, Paris Convention (See also Treaties ) 201.13
Strasbourg Agreement (See also Treaties ) 903.09
STIC (See Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC) )
Subclass, list of patent numbers 902.03(c)
Subcombination

Aggregation and 806.05(a)
Combination and 802.01
Species 806.04(b)

Subgeneric Markush claims 2173.05(h)
Subject matter, design patent 1502 , 1504.01
Subject matter, nonstatutory 706.03(a)
Subject matter combinations 903.02(b)
Submission of amendment or showing of facts after Board decision 1214.01
Submission of patents or publications, third party 1134.01

Submission to classification unit

Classification of application 903.08(d) , 903.08(e)
Patentability report 705.01(a)

Submission of prior art by applicant 707.05(b)
Submission of information by applicant 704.12(b), 704.14(b) , 707.05(b)
Subpoena by court, Application file 1216.02
Subpoena of examiner 1701.01
Subscription correspondence address title, page
Substantial new question of patentability

In ex parte reexamination 2216 , 2242 , 2258.01
In inter partes reexamination 2614 , 2616, 2617 , 2640 , 2642

Substitute application (See also Application ) 201.09 , 201.10

Assignment 306
Copendency lacking 201.11
Definition 201.09
Does not carry ownership from parent 306
File wrapper/history notation 202.02
Reference to parent application 201.09 , 201.11

Substitute attorney or agent 406
Substitute oath 602.02
Substitute page 714.20
Substitute specification 608.01 , 608.01(q) , 714.19 , 714.20

Sufficiency of disclosure affidavit 716
'Sufficient cause' for extension of time in ex parte reexamination 2265
'Sufficient cause' for extension of time in inter partes reexamination 2665
Suggested claims, Failure to make 706.03(u)
Suggestion of allowable claimsby examiner 707.07(j) , 713.01
Suggestion of claims for interference 2304.03 to 2304.04(b)
Suggestion of claims for interference,time limit 710.02(c)
Summary of action PTOL-326 707
Summary of interview 713.01 , 713.04
Summary of invention 608.01(d)
Sunday or holiday, effect on time for reply 502, 505 , 513 , 710.05
Sunday or holiday, effect on reference 706.02(a)
Supervisory applications examiner 714.13
Supervisory patent examiner 705.01 , 707 , 707.02, 708.03 , 713.01 , 713.08 , 714.05, 714.13 , 714.16 , 714.16(d) , 714.18, 812.01 , 903.08(b) , 1207 , 1207.01 , 1207.02 , 1207.03 , 1211.01 , 1214.07, 2233 , 2236 , 2237 , 2238 , 2248, 2271.01 , 2287, 2633 , 2636 , 2637 , 2638 , 2641 , 2648, 2671 , 2671.03 , 2676

Petitions decided by 1002.02(d)

Supervisory review, Rule 1.817 711.03(d)
Supplemental action 710.06 , 714.05
Supplemental Amendment 714.03(a)
Supplemental Application Data Sheet (ADS) 601.05
Supplemental examiner's answer 1207.05 , 1211
Supplemental oath or declaration 603

Surcharge for late payment of feesin international application 1827
Surface ornamentation 1502 , 1502.01 , 1503.02, 1504.01 , 1504.01(a), 1504.01(c) , 1504.03
Surrender of patent (not required) 1416
Suspension

Applicant' s request for 709
Decided by 709 , 1002.02(c) , 1004
Deferral of examination 709
Ex parte prosecution during interference2307.03

Not permitted if outstanding Office action 709
Of action, because of litigation 1213
Of action, by Office 709
Overlapping application 709.01
Reexamination

Ex parte 2283 , 2284
Inter partes 2640 , 2686.01

Request for, in CPA 709
Request for, in RCE 709
Rules 1002
Secrecy order application 2306
Supplemental Reply 709

Swearing back of reference (See Affidavit, swearing back of reference (37 CFR 1.131) )
Symbols, Drawing 608.02

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