Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
Index
Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 10.2019, Last Revised in June 2020.
Source Document Index | Subject Matter (Key Word) Index:
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MPEP Chapter Index
100: Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing
200: Types and Status of Application; Benefit and Priority Claims
300: Ownership and Assignment
400: Representative of Applicant or Owner
500: Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers
600: Parts, Form, and Content of Application
700: Examination of Applications
800: Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting
900: Prior Art, Classification, and Search
1000: Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials
1100: Statutory Invention Registration (SIR); Pre-Grant Publication (PGPub) and Preissuance Submissions
1200: Appeal
1300: Allowance and Issue
1400: Correction of Patents
1500: Design Patents
1600: Plant Patents
1700: Miscellaneous
1800: Patent Cooperation Treaty
1900: Protest
2000: Duty of Disclosure
2100: Patentability
2200: Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents
2300: Interference and Derivation Proceedings
2400: Biotechnology
2500: Maintenance Fees
2600: Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
2700: Patent Terms, Adjustments, and Extensions
2800: Supplemental Examination
2900: International Design Applications