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Appendix L Patent Laws | |||
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United States Code Title 35 – Patents | |||
==PART I — UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE== | ==PART I — UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE== | ||
===CHAPTER 1 — ESTABLISHMENT, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, FUNCTIONS=== | ===CHAPTER 1 — ESTABLISHMENT, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, FUNCTIONS=== | ||
Sec. | |||
1 Establishment. | |||
2 Powers and duties. | |||
3 Officers and employees. | |||
4 Restrictions on officers and employees as to | |||
interest in patents. | |||
5 Patent and Trademark Office Public Advisory | |||
Committees. | |||
6 Board of Patent and Appeals and Interferences. | |||
7 Library. | |||
8 Classification of patents. | |||
9 Certified copies of records. | |||
10 Publications. | |||
11 Exchange of copies of patents and applications | |||
with foreign countries. | |||
12 Copies of patents and applications for public | |||
libraries. | |||
13 Annual report to Congress. | |||
====35 U.S.C. 1 Establishment.==== | ====35 U.S.C. 1 Establishment.==== | ||
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of the Office shall be taken into account for purposes | of the Office shall be taken into account for purposes | ||
of applying any such limitation | of applying any such limitation | ||
(4) TRAINING OF EXAMINERS.— The | (4) TRAINING OF EXAMINERS.— The | ||
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(C) such transfer would be in the interest of | (C) such transfer would be in the interest of | ||
the Office, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce in consultation with the Director. | the Office, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce in consultation with the Director. | ||
Any transfer under this paragraph shall be | Any transfer under this paragraph shall be | ||
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appointments to each Committee, the Secretary of | appointments to each Committee, the Secretary of | ||
Commerce shall consider the risk of loss of competitive advantage in international commerce or other | Commerce shall consider the risk of loss of competitive advantage in international commerce or other | ||
harm to United States companies as a result of such | harm to United States companies as a result of such | ||
appointments. | appointments. | ||
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of the Patent Public Advisory Committee, and with | of the Patent Public Advisory Committee, and with | ||
respect to Trademarks, in the case of the Trademark | respect to Trademarks, in the case of the Trademark | ||
Public Advisory Committee, and advise the Director | Public Advisory Committee, and advise the Director | ||
on these matters; | on these matters; | ||
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except that each Advisory Committee may by majority vote meet in executive session when considering | except that each Advisory Committee may by majority vote meet in executive session when considering | ||
personnel, privileged, or other confidential information. | personnel, privileged, or other confidential information. | ||
(j) INAPPLICABILITY OF PATENT PROHIBITION.— Section 4 shall not apply to voting members of the Advisory Committees. | (j) INAPPLICABILITY OF PATENT PROHIBITION.— Section 4 shall not apply to voting members of the Advisory Committees. | ||
(Added Nov. 29, 1999, Public Law 106-113, sec. | (Added Nov. 29, 1999, Public Law 106-113, sec. | ||
1000(a)(9), 113 Stat. 1501A-578 (S. 1948 sec. 4714); subsections (e) and (g) amended Nov. 2, 2002, Public Law | 1000(a)(9), 113 Stat. 1501A-578 (S. 1948 sec. 4714); subsections (e) and (g) amended Nov. 2, 2002, Public Law | ||
107-273, sec. 13206, 116 Stat. 1904; subsection (i) | 107-273, sec. 13206, 116 Stat. 1904; subsection (i) | ||
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Law 107-273, sec. 13203, 116 Stat. 1902.) | Law 107-273, sec. 13203, 116 Stat. 1902.) | ||
35 U.S.C. 6 Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. | |||
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION.— There shall be in the United States Patent | (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION.— There shall be in the United States Patent | ||
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(Repealed by Public Law 106-113, sec. 1000(a)(9), | (Repealed by Public Law 106-113, sec. 1000(a)(9), | ||
113 Stat. 1501A-580 (S. 1948 sec. 4715(a).) | 113 Stat. 1501A-580 (S. 1948 sec. 4715(a).) | ||
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107-273, sec. 13203, 116 Stat. 1902.) | 107-273, sec. 13203, 116 Stat. 1902.) | ||
35 U.S.C. 7 Library. | |||
The Director shall maintain a library of scientific | The Director shall maintain a library of scientific | ||
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4732(a)(10)(A)).) | 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | ||
35 U.S.C. 8 Classification of patents. | |||
The Director may revise and maintain the classification by subject matter of United States letters | The Director may revise and maintain the classification by subject matter of United States letters | ||
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4732(a)(10)(A)).) | 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | ||
35 U.S.C. 9 Certified copies of records. | |||
The Director may furnish certified copies of specifications and drawings of patents issued by the Patent | The Director may furnish certified copies of specifications and drawings of patents issued by the Patent | ||
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4732(a)(10)(A)).) | 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | ||
35 U.S.C. 10 Publications. | |||
(a) The Director may publish in printed, typewritten, or electronic form, the following: | (a) The Director may publish in printed, typewritten, or electronic form, the following: | ||
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together with copies of the same. The Patent and | together with copies of the same. The Patent and | ||
Trademark Office may print the headings of the drawings for patents for the purpose of photolithography. | Trademark Office may print the headings of the drawings for patents for the purpose of photolithography. | ||
(2) Certificates of trademark registrations, | (2) Certificates of trademark registrations, | ||
including statements and drawings, together with copies of the same. | including statements and drawings, together with copies of the same. | ||
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4507(1) and 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | 4507(1) and 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | ||
35 U.S.C. 11 Exchange of copies of patents and | |||
applications with foreign countries. | |||
The Director may exchange copies of specifications | The Director may exchange copies of specifications | ||
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4507(2)(A), 4507(2)(B), and 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | 4507(2)(A), 4507(2)(B), and 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | ||
35 U.S.C. 12 Copies of patents and applications | |||
for public libraries. | |||
The Director may supply copies of specifications | The Director may supply copies of specifications | ||
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4507(3)(A), 4507(3)(B), 4507(4), and 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | 4507(3)(A), 4507(3)(B), 4507(4), and 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | ||
35 U.S.C. 13 Annual report to Congress. | |||
The Director shall report to the Congress, not later | The Director shall report to the Congress, not later | ||
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Law 106-113, sec. 1000(a)(9), 113 Stat. 1501A-580 | Law 106-113, sec. 1000(a)(9), 113 Stat. 1501A-580 | ||
(S 1948 sec. 4717(1)).) | (S 1948 sec. 4717(1)).) | ||
(Amended Nov. 29, 1999, Public Law 106-113, sec. | (Amended Nov. 29, 1999, Public Law 106-113, sec. | ||
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===CHAPTER 2 — PROCEEDINGS IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE=== | ===CHAPTER 2 — PROCEEDINGS IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE=== | ||
Sec. | |||
21 Filing date and day for taking action. | |||
22 Printing of papers filed. | |||
23 Testimony in Patent and Trademark Office | |||
cases. | |||
24 Subpoenas, witnesses. | |||
25 Declaration in lieu of oath. | |||
26 Effect of defective execution. | |||
35 U.S.C. 21 Filing date and day for taking | |||
action. | |||
(a) The Director may by rule prescribe that any | (a) The Director may by rule prescribe that any | ||
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4732(a)(10)(A)).) | 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | ||
35 U.S.C. 22 Printing of papers filed. | |||
The Director may require papers filed in the Patent | The Director may require papers filed in the Patent | ||
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4732(a)(10)(A)).) | 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | ||
35 U.S.C. 24 Subpoenas, witnesses. | |||
The clerk of any United States court for the district | The clerk of any United States court for the district | ||
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88 Stat. 1949.) | 88 Stat. 1949.) | ||
35 U.S.C. 25 Declaration in lieu of oath. | |||
(a) The Director may by rule prescribe that any | (a) The Director may by rule prescribe that any | ||
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4732(a)(10)(A)).) | 4732(a)(10)(A)).) | ||
35 U.S.C. 26 Effect of defective execution. | |||
Any document to be filed in the Patent and Trademark Office and which is required by any law, rule, or | Any document to be filed in the Patent and Trademark Office and which is required by any law, rule, or | ||
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===CHAPTER 3 — PRACTICE BEFORE PATENT=== | ===CHAPTER 3 — PRACTICE BEFORE PATENT=== | ||
AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | |||
Sec. | |||
31 [Repealed] | |||
32 Suspension or exclusion from practice. | |||
33 Unauthorized representation as practitioner. | |||
35 U.S.C. 31 [Repealed]. | |||
(Repealed Nov. 29, 1999, Public Law 106-113, sec. | (Repealed Nov. 29, 1999, Public Law 106-113, sec. | ||
1000(a)(9), 113 Stat. 1501A-580 (S. 1948 sec. 4715(b)).) | 1000(a)(9), 113 Stat. 1501A-580 (S. 1948 sec. 4715(b)).) | ||
35 U.S.C. 32 Suspension or exclusion from practice. | |||
The Director may, after notice and opportunity for a | The Director may, after notice and opportunity for a | ||
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===CHAPTER 4 — PATENT FEES; FUNDING; SEARCH SYSTEMS=== | ===CHAPTER 4 — PATENT FEES; FUNDING; SEARCH SYSTEMS=== | ||
Sec. | |||
41 Patent fees; patent and trademark search systems. | |||
42 Patent and Trademark Office funding. | |||
35 U.S.C. 41 Patent fees; patent and trademark | |||
search systems. | |||
*Editor’s Note: During fiscal years 2005 and | *Editor’s Note: During fiscal years 2005 and | ||
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(A) on filing a first petition, $120; | (A) on filing a first petition, $120; | ||
(B) on filing a second petition, $330; and | (B) on filing a second petition, $330; and | ||
(C) on filing a third or subsequent petition, | (C) on filing a third or subsequent petition, | ||
$570. | $570. | ||
(b) MAINTENANCE FEES. — The Director | (b) MAINTENANCE FEES. — The Director | ||
shall charge the following fees for maintaining in | shall charge the following fees for maintaining in | ||
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(1) 3 years and 6 months after grant, $900. | (1) 3 years and 6 months after grant, $900. | ||
(2) 7 years and 6 months after grant, $2,300. | (2) 7 years and 6 months after grant, $2,300. | ||
(3) 11 years and 6 months after grant, $3,800. | |||
(3) 11 years and 6 months after grant, $3,800. | |||
Unless payment of the applicable maintenance fee is | Unless payment of the applicable maintenance fee is | ||
received in the United States Patent and Trademark | received in the United States Patent and Trademark | ||
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(II) the identity of each commercial | (II) the identity of each commercial | ||
entity participating in the pilot program; | entity participating in the pilot program; | ||
(III) an explanation of the methodology used to evaluate the accuracy and quality of the | (III) an explanation of the methodology used to evaluate the accuracy and quality of the | ||
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patents referred to in that notice without charge. | patents referred to in that notice without charge. | ||
(f) The fees established in subsections (a) and | (f) The fees established in subsections (a) and | ||
(b) of this section may be adjusted by the Director on | (b) of this section may be adjusted by the Director on | ||
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entity described in paragraph (1), any surcharge or fee | entity described in paragraph (1), any surcharge or fee | ||
charged under subsection (c) or (d) shall not be higher | charged under subsection (c) or (d) shall not be higher | ||
than the surcharge or fee required of any other entity | than the surcharge or fee required of any other entity | ||
under the same or substantially similar circumstances. | under the same or substantially similar circumstances. | ||
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purposes of education and training. The Director may | purposes of education and training. The Director may | ||
waive the payment by an individual of fees authorized | waive the payment by an individual of fees authorized | ||
by this subsection upon a showing of need or hardship, and if such waiver is in the public interest. | by this subsection upon a showing of need or hardship, and if such waiver is in the public interest. | ||
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property or services, personnel or employment practices, or support services, or a document required by | property or services, personnel or employment practices, or support services, or a document required by | ||
law, rule, or regulation to be submitted to the Congress or any office or officer within the legislative | law, rule, or regulation to be submitted to the Congress or any office or officer within the legislative | ||
branch; or | branch; or | ||
===PATENT LAWS 2071=== | |||
(2) any investigation or review, conducted | (2) any investigation or review, conducted | ||
pursuant to the authority of any committee, subcommittee, commission or office of the Congress, consistent with applicable rules of the House or Senate. | pursuant to the authority of any committee, subcommittee, commission or office of the Congress, consistent with applicable rules of the House or Senate. | ||
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(Amended Nov. 5, 1990, Public Law 101-510, sec. | (Amended Nov. 5, 1990, Public Law 101-510, sec. | ||
552(a), 104 Stat. 1566; Sept. 13, 1994, Public Law 103322, sec. 330016(1)(I), 108 Stat. 2147.) | 552(a), 104 Stat. 1566; Sept. 13, 1994, Public Law 103322, sec. 330016(1)(I), 108 Stat. 2147.) | ||
==INDEX OF PATENT LAWS== | |||
A | |||
Abandoned applications, fee on petition to revive.41(a)7 | |||
Abandonment of application by failure to prose | |||
cute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133, 371 | |||
Abandonment of invention: | |||
Bar to patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 | |||
By violation of secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182 | |||
Adjustment of patent term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 | |||
Administrative Patent Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 | |||
Administrator, executor, or guardian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 | |||
Affidavits and depositions in contested cases, | |||
rules for taking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 | |||
Agreement to terminate interference. . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 | |||
Agriculture, Secretary of, to furnish information, | |||
and detail employees to Director for plant patent . . 164 | |||
Allowance and issue of patents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 | |||
Allowance, notice of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 | |||
Amendment: | |||
Copying claim of issued patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 | |||
Time for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133, 135 | |||
Annual indexes of patents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 | |||
Annual report of the Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 | |||
Apostille on assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261 | |||
Appeals to Board of Patent Appeals and Interfer | |||
ences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 | |||
Fee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41(a)6, 134 | |||
Hearing of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 | |||
Reexamination proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306 | |||
Appeals to Court of Appeals for the Federal Cir | |||
cuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 | |||
Certificate of decision of Court recorded in the | |||
United States Patent and Trademark Office . . . . 144 | |||
Determination of Appeal; revision of decision . . . 144 | |||
From Board of Patent Appeals and Interfer | |||
ences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 | |||
Grounds of decision to be furnished court. . . . . . . 143 | |||
Notice of appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142 | |||
Proceedings on appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 | |||
Applicant for foreign patent, license required. . . . . . .184 | |||
Applicant for international application . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 | |||
Applicant, notified of interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 | |||
Application: | |||
Abandonment of, by failure to prosecute . . . . . . . 133 | |||
Assignment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261 | |||
Confidential while pending. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 | |||
Continuing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 | |||
Description; specification and claim . . . . . . . . . . . 112 | |||
Divisional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 | |||
Drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 | |||
Effect of defective execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 | |||
Effective as of date of earliest foreign applica | |||
tion in certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 | |||
Examination of invention.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 | |||
Fee on filing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41(a)1, 111 | |||
For deceased or insane inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 | |||
May be made by legal representative of | |||
deceased or incapacitated inventor. . . . . . . . . . . 117 | |||
Must be made within specified time after for | |||
eign application for right of priority. . . . . . . . . . 119 | |||
Oath of applicant (See Oath in patent applica | |||
tion) | |||
Owned by Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 | |||
Provisional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 | |||
Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 122, 181 | |||
Reissue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 | |||
Secrecy order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 | |||
What to contain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 | |||
When filed by other than inventor . . . . . . . . 118, 121 | |||
Appointments, how made. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | |||
Arbitration of interferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 | |||
Arbitration, voluntary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 | |||
Article patented marked with number of patent. . . . . 287 | |||
Assignee: | |||
May file application in certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 | |||
May file divisional application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 | |||
May file reissue application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 | |||
Patent may be issued to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 | |||
Assignments, patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 | |||
Establishing prima facie execution of . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 | |||
Fees for recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41(a)10 | |||
Must be recorded in United States Patent and | |||
Trademark Office to issue patent to assignee. . . 152 | |||
Patent may issue to assignee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 | |||
Recording in Patent and Trademark Office . . . . . 261 | |||
Attorney fees in infringement suit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 | |||
Attorneys and agents: | |||
May be refused recognition for misconduct. . . . . . 32 | |||
Petition toDistrict Court, DC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 | |||
Suspension or exclusion from practice. . . . . . . . . . 32 | |||
Unauthorized practitioners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 | |||
B | |||
Bars to grant of a patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 103 | |||
Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country . . . . . 119 | |||
Benefit of earlier filing date in United States. . . . . . . 120 | |||
Best mode required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 | |||
Bill in equity (See Civil action) | |||
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, how | |||
constituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 | |||
C | |||
Certificate of correction: | |||
Applicant’s mistake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255 | |||
Fee for applicant’s mistake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41(a)8 | |||
Office mistake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254 | |||
Certified copies: | |||
Fee for certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41(a)11 | |||
Of drawings and specifications of patents | |||
issued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 | |||
Of records, furnished to Court of Appeals for | |||
the Federal Circuit in appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 | |||
Citation of prior art in patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301 | |||
Citizenship required in oath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 | |||
Civil action: | |||
Election of in case of interference. . . . . . . . . . . . .141 | |||
Infringement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291 | |||
In case of interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 | |||
Jurisdiction, plurality of parties, foreign party . . . 146 | |||
To obtain patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 | |||
Claim of patent: | |||
Independent or dependent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41, 112 | |||
Independent or dependent, validity . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 | |||
Invalid, effect of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253 | |||
Invalid, suits on patent with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288 | |||
Notice of rejection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 | |||
Too extensive or narrow, remedy. . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 | |||
What to cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 | |||
Classification of patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 | |||
Clerk of United States Court may summon witness | |||
in | |||
Interference cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 | |||
Must notify Director of patent suits. . . . . . . . . . . .290 | |||
Commerce, Department of, United States Patent | |||
and Trademark Office in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 | |||
Commerce, Secretary of: | |||
Appointments by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 | |||
Commissioner for Patents: | |||
How appointed and duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 | |||
Member of Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 | |||
Commonly owned invention and reference subject | |||
matter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 | |||
Compensation, right to because of secrecy order . . . . 183 | |||
Composition of matter: | |||
Patentable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 | |||
Specimens of ingredients may be required . . . . . . 114 | |||
Concealment of records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 U.S.C. 2071 | |||
Confidential status of application . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 205 | |||
Continuing application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 | |||
Contributory infringement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 | |||
Copies of records, fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 | |||
Correction of inventors in patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 | |||
Correction of letters patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254, 255 | |||
D | |||
Damages for infringement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 | |||
Day of taking any action or paying any fee falling | |||
on Saturday, Sunday, or holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 | |||
Death or incapacity of inventor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 | |||
Decisions in patent cases, printing of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
Declaration in lieu of oath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 | |||
Dedication of term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 | |||
Defective execution of documents, effect of . . . . . . . . 26 | |||
Defenses in action for infringement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 | |||
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 351 | |||
Deposit with United States Postal Service . . . . . . . . . . 21 | |||
Depositions, Director may establish rules for . . . . . . . 23 | |||
Deputy Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | |||
Member of Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | |||
Description of invention.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 | |||
Design patents: | |||
Double recovery, not allowed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 | |||
Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41(a)3 | |||
For what granted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 | |||
Liability for infringement of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 | |||
Penalty for unauthorized use of patented | |||
design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 | |||
Prior foreign applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 | |||
Right of priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 | |||
Subject to same provisions as other patents . . . . . 171 | |||
Term of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 | |||
Unauthorized use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 | |||
Designated office . . . . . . . . . . . . 363, 366, 367, 371, 372 | |||
Determination of patent term adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 154 | |||
Director: | |||
Annual report to Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 | |||
Consult with Patent Public Advisory Committee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | |||
Duties of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | |||
How appointed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | |||
Intellectual Property Policy Issues, advises | |||
President, Federal Departments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | |||
May disbar attorneys.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 | |||
May establish charges.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 | |||
May make rules for taking affidavits and depositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 | |||
Member of Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | |||
Reexamination order.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 | |||
Shall cause examination to be made. . . . . . . . . . . 131 | |||
To establish regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | |||
To furnish court with grounds of decision, on | |||
appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 | |||
To prescribe rules and regulations governing | |||
recognition of attorneys and agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | |||
To sign patents or have name printed thereon | |||
and attested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 | |||
To superintend grant of patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 | |||
Disbarment of attorneys and agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 | |||
Disclaimer: | |||
Fee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41(a)5 | |||
How filed and by whom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253 | |||
Must be filed before commencement of suit to | |||
recover costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288 | |||
Nature of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253 | |||
District Court for District of Columbia: | |||
Jurisdiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 | |||
Review of disbarment of attorneys and agents . . . . 32 | |||
Division of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 | |||
Division of patent on reissue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 | |||
Drawing: | |||
Attached to patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 | |||
Part of patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 | |||
Printing of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 | |||
When necessary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 | |||
Duties of Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 | |||
E | |||
Elected office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371, 372 | |||
Employees of United States Patent and Trademark | |||
Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 | |||
How appointed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 | |||
Restrictions on as to interest in patents . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | |||
English language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361 | |||
Entry into national phase in United States . . . . . . . . . 371 | |||
Error in naming inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 | |||
Establishment of date of invention by reference to | |||
knowledge or use in foreign country. . . . . . . . . . . .104 | |||
Establishment, United States Patent and Trade | |||
mark Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 | |||
Examination: | |||
Applicants shallbe notified of rejection on. . . . . .132 | |||
To be made of application and alleged inven | |||
tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 | |||
Exchange of United States Patent and Trademark | |||
Office Publications for other publications . . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
Exchange of printed copies of patents and pub | |||
lished application of patents with foreign coun | |||
tries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 | |||
Executors, administrators or guardians . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 | |||
Extension of patent term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 | |||
Extension of time to reply fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41(a)8 | |||
F | |||
Falsely making or labeling articles as patented . . . . . 292 | |||
Federal agency, defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 | |||
Federal Assistance, inventions made with: | |||
Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 | |||
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 | |||
Disposition of rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 | |||
Domestic and foreign protection of federally | |||
owned inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 | |||
Educational awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 | |||
March-in rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 | |||
Policyand objective of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 | |||
Precedence of chapter over other Acts . . . . . . . . . 210 | |||
Preference for United States industry. . . . . . . . . . 204 | |||
Regulations governing Federal licensing . . . . . . . 208 | |||
Relationship to antitrust laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 | |||
Restrictions on licensing of federally owned | |||
inventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 | |||
Uniform clausesand regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 | |||
Fees: | |||
Amount of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 | |||
For attorney awarded by court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 | |||
For records, publications, and services not | |||
specified in statute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 | |||
How paid and refunded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 | |||
Independent inventor, 50% reduction. . . . . . . . . 41(h) | |||
International. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361, 376 | |||
Nonprofit organization, 50% reduction . . . . . . . 41(h) | |||
Payable to Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42(a) | |||
Small business, 50% reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41(h) | |||
Small entity, 50% reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . 41(h), 133 | |||
To witness interference cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 | |||
Filing application by other than inventor . . . . . . . . . . 118 | |||
Filing date requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 | |||
Filing fee, Amount of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41(a)1 | |||
Foreign applications: | |||
License to file required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 | |||
Penalty for filing without license . . . . . . . . . 185, 186 | |||
Foreign countries, exchange of printed copies of | |||
patents and published application of patents | |||
with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | |||
Foreign country, knowledge of use in, not used to | |||
establish date of invention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 104 | |||
Foreign patentee: | |||
Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 | |||
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 | |||
Foreign patents: | |||
Copies of, exchanged for United States patents | |||
and published application of patents . . . . . . . . . . 11 | |||
Prior, effect on United States application for | |||
patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 | |||
Foreign priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(a)-(d),365, 373 | |||
Fraudulent statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 U.S.C. 1001 | |||
Funding agreement, defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 | |||
G | |||
Government interests in patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267 | |||
H | |||
Holiday, time for action expiring on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 | |||
I | |||
Importation of products made by a patented pro | |||
cess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 | |||
Improvements, patents may be granted for . . . . . . . . . 101 | |||
Indexes of patents and patentees, printing of . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
Infringement, patent: Action for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281 | |||
Attorney fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285 | |||
By United States, time limitation in suit for . . . . . 286 | |||
Clerk of court to notify United States Patent | |||
and Trademark Office of suit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290 | |||
Contributory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 | |||
Damages for.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284 | |||
Defenses in suit for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273, 282 | |||
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 | |||
Design patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289 | |||
Injunction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283 | |||
Notice of, necessary to recovery of damages . . . . 287 | |||
Pleading defense and special matters to be | |||
proved in suit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282 | |||
Suit for, when a claim is invalid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288 | |||
Temporary presence in United States . . . . . . . . . . 272 | |||
Time limitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286 | |||
Injunctions may be granted by court having juris | |||
diction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283 | |||
Insane persons, patent applications of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 | |||
Interference, patent: | |||
Agreements, between parties, relating to ter | |||
mination, to be filed in Patent and Trademark | |||
Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 | |||
Appeal to court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 | |||
Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 | |||
Determination of priority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102, 135 | |||
Parties to be notified of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 | |||
Review of decision by civil action. . . . . . . . . 145, 146 | |||
Rules for taking testimony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 | |||
International application . . . . . . . 351, 365, 366, 367, 375 | |||
Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376 | |||
National phase in United States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371 | |||
Priority rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365 | |||
Interfering patent: | |||
How set aside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 | |||
Jurisdiction, plurality of parties, foreign party146, 291 | |||
Relief against . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 | |||
International Bureau. . . . . . .. . . . . . . 351, 361, 362, 371 | |||
International Preliminary Examining | |||
Authority.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362, 364, 368 | |||
International Searching Authority . . . 351, 362, 364, 368 | |||
International studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | |||
Intervening rights on reissue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 | |||
Invalid patent claim disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 | |||
Invalidityof term extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 | |||
Invention date as affected by activity abroad . . . . . . . 104 | |||
Invention, defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 | |||
Invention made abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 | |||
Inventions promotion, improper and deceptive . . . . . 297 | |||
Inventions in outer space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 | |||
Inventions patentable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 | |||
Inventions previously patented abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . 102 | |||
Inventive step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 | |||
Inventor: | |||
Correction of patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 | |||
Death or incapacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 | |||
May obtain patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 | |||
Oath for joint.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 | |||
Refuses to sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 | |||
To make application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 | |||
Inventor’s certificate as reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 | |||
Inventor’s certificate priority right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 | |||
Issue of patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 | |||
Issue fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 | |||
If not paid within three months, patent withheld. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 | |||
Nonpayment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 151 | |||
Payment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 | |||
J | |||
Joint inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 256 | |||
Joint owners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 | |||
Jurisdiction of District Court for District of | |||
Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 | |||
K | |||
Knowledge or use in foreign country no bar to | |||
patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 | |||
L | |||
Legal representative of dead or incapacitated | |||
inventor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 | |||
Liability of States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 | |||
Libraries, public, copies of patents and published | |||
applications for patents for.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 41 | |||
Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 | |||
License for foreign filing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184 | |||
Limitation on damages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154, 286, 287 | |||
M | |||
Machines patentable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 | |||
Maintenance fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41(b) | |||
Late payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41(c) | |||
Manufactures patentable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 | |||
Marking articles falsely as patented . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292 | |||
Marking articles patented . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287 | |||
Misjoinder of inventor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116, 202, 256 | |||
Mistake in patent, certificate thereof issued . . . . 254, 255 | |||
Model, shall be furnished if required. . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 | |||
Money: | |||
Paid by mistake or in excess, refunded . . . . . . . . . .42 | |||
Received for fees, etc. to be paid into Treasury. . . . 42 | |||
Multiple dependent claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 | |||
Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 | |||
Mutilation of records.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 U.S.C. 2071 | |||
N | |||
National Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 122, 181 | |||
National stage of international application . 371, 372, 373 | |||
New matter inadmissible in reissue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 | |||
New matter, may not be introduced by amendment . . 132 | |||
Nonjoinder of inventor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256 | |||
Nonobviousness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 | |||
Nonprofit organization, defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 | |||
Nonresident patentee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293 | |||
Notice as regards patents: | |||
As to proof in infringement suits. . . . . . . . . . . . . .282 | |||
Of allowance of patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 | |||
Of appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Fed | |||
eral Circuit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142, 143 | |||
Of interference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 | |||
Of patent suit, decision to be given United | |||
States Patent and Trademark Office by clerk | |||
of court.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290 | |||
Of rejection of an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 | |||
Of suit to be entered on file of patent . . . . . . . . . .290 | |||
To the public by Federal agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 | |||
To the public that invention is patented. . . . . . . . .287 | |||
Novelty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 | |||
O | |||
Oath in patent application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115, 152 | |||
Before whom taken in foreign countries . . . . . 25, 115 | |||
Before whom taken in the United States . . . . . . . . 115 | |||
Declaration in lieu of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 | |||
Joint inventors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 | |||
Must be made by inventor, if living. . . . . . . . . . . 115 | |||
Requirements of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 | |||
To be made by legal representative if inventor | |||
is dead or incapacitated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 | |||
Obviousness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 | |||
Officer of United States Patent and Trademark | |||
Office may attest patents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 | |||
Officers and employees: | |||
Of United States Patent and Trademark Office . . . . 3 | |||
Of United States Patent and Trademark Office, | |||
restrictions on as to interests in patents . . . . . . . . . 4 | |||
Official Gazette: | |||
Exchange for publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | |||
Printing and distribution of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | |||
Public Advisory Committee Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | |||
Owners, joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 | |||
Ownership assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 | |||
P | |||
Paris Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 | |||
Patent and Trademark Office: See United States | |||
Patent and Trademark Office | |||
Patent Cooperation Treaty: | |||
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 | |||
Patent fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 | |||
Disposition of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 | |||
Patent laws, printing of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
Patent pending, false marking as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 | |||
Patent Public Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 5 | |||
Appointment, timing and basis.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | |||
Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | |||
Consultation with Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 5 | |||
Patent term adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 | |||
Patent term extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 | |||
Patent term extensionapplication.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 | |||
Patent term restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155A | |||
Patentability, conditions for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 103 | |||
Patentable inventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 | |||
Patented article, marked as such. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 | |||
Patentee: | |||
Defined.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 | |||
Notified of interference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 | |||
Patents: | |||
Application for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 | |||
Assignment of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 | |||
Based on international application . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 | |||
Certified copies of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | |||
Classification of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | |||
Contents and duration of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 | |||
Copies supplied to public libraries . . . . . . . . . . 12, 41 | |||
Copying claim of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 | |||
Date, duration, and form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 | |||
Design (See Design patents) | |||
Effect of adverse interference decision . . . . . . . . . 135 | |||
Exchange of printed copies with foreign coun | |||
tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 | |||
Fee on issuing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 | |||
Filing application in foreign country . . . . . . . . . . . 184 | |||
For what granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 | |||
Foreign knowledge or use no bar to grant of. . . . .102 | |||
How issued, attested, and recorded . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 | |||
May be granted to assignee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152 | |||
May be withheld in certain cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 | |||
Obtainable by civil action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 | |||
Personal property.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261 | |||
Presumption of validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282 | |||
Price of copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41(a)9 | |||
Printing of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 | |||
Reissuing of, when defective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 | |||
Rights of invention made with federal assis | |||
tance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 - 212 | |||
Restrictions on officers and employees of | |||
United States Patent and Trademark Office as | |||
to interest in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 | |||
Surrender of, to take effect on reissue . . . . . . . . . . 251 | |||
Term. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 155, 166A, 156 | |||
Term adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 | |||
Term extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155, 156 | |||
Term restoration.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155A | |||
Time of issue, payment of issue fee. . . . . . . . . . . .151 | |||
To be authenticated by seal of United States | |||
Patent and Trademark Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 | |||
When to issue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 | |||
Withheld for nonpayment of issue fee. . . . . . . . . .151 | |||
Patent rights in inventions made with Federal | |||
assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200-212 | |||
Confidentiality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 | |||
Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 | |||
Disposition of rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202 | |||
Domestic and foreign protection of federally | |||
owned inventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 | |||
Educational awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 | |||
March-in rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 | |||
Policy and objective of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 | |||
Precedence of chapter over other Acts . . . . . . . . . 210 | |||
Preference for United States industry . . . . . . . . . . 204 | |||
Regulations governing federal licensing . . . . . . . . 208 | |||
Relationship to antitrust laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 | |||
Restrictions on licensing of federally owned | |||
inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 | |||
Uniform clauses and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 | |||
Period for response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 133 | |||
Photolithography, Headings of drawings printed . . . . . 10 | |||
Plant patents: | |||
Claim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 164 | |||
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 163 | |||
Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 | |||
Nature of right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 | |||
Plants patentable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 | |||
Secretary of Agriculture to furnish information | |||
and detail employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 | |||
Pleading and proof in action for infringement . . . . . . 282 | |||
Postal Service deposit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 | |||
Practical application, defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 | |||
Pre-issuance opposition, when prohibited . . . . . . . . . 122 | |||
Presumption of product made by patented process . . 295 | |||
Presumption of validity of patents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 | |||
Printed publication bar to a patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 | |||
Printing: | |||
Decisions in patent cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
Of papers filed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 | |||
United States Patent and Trademark Office . . . . . . 10 | |||
Printing headings of drawings by United States | |||
Patent and Trademark Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
Prior art, citation of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 | |||
Prior patenting or publication bar to patent . . . . . . . . 102 | |||
Priority, foreign.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119, 365 | |||
Priority of invention.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 | |||
Priority of invention, determined by Board of | |||
Patent Appeals and Interferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 | |||
Priority, right of, under treaty or law . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 | |||
For design applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 | |||
Process defined.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 | |||
Process Patent Amendment Act of 1988 . . . . . . . . . . 287 | |||
Process patentable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 | |||
Product made by patent process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 | |||
Property of United States Patent and Trademark | |||
Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | |||
Provisional applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111, 119 | |||
Provisional rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 | |||
Protest and pre-issuance opposition, when prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 | |||
Public use or sale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 | |||
Of invention bar to a patent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 | |||
Publication of international application, effect. . . . . . 374 | |||
Publication of patent applications . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 181 | |||
Publications regarding patents and trademarks . . . . . . 10 | |||
R | |||
Receiving Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . 351, 361, 364, 367, 368 | |||
Recording of assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 | |||
Reexamination order by Director . . . . . . . . . . . . 304, 313 | |||
Reexamination procedure | |||
Appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 141, 306, 315 | |||
Certificate of patentability, unpatentability, | |||
and claim cancellation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307, 316 | |||
Conduct of reexamination proceedings . . . . . 305, 314 | |||
Determination of issue by Director . . . . . . . . 303, 312 | |||
Determination of new question . . . . . . . . . . . 303, 312 | |||
Ex Parte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302-307 | |||
Inter Partes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311-318 | |||
When prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317 | |||
Request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302, 311 | |||
Special dispatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305, 314 | |||
Stay of litigation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 | |||
Reexamination to be made after first rejection, if | |||
desired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 | |||
References, to be cited on examination. . . . . . . . . . . .132 | |||
Refund of money paid by mistake or in excess. . . . . . .42 | |||
Reissue of patents: | |||
Application fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41(a)4 | |||
Application may be made by assignee in cer | |||
tain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 | |||
By reason of defective claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 | |||
Effect of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252 | |||
For unexpired term of original patent . . . . . . . . . . 251 | |||
Intervening rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252 | |||
Of defective patents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 | |||
To contain no new matter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 | |||
Rejection, applicant shall be notified of reasons | |||
for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 | |||
Remedy for infringement of patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281 | |||
Removal of records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 U.S.C. 2071 | |||
Report to Congress, annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 | |||
Request for reexamination proceeding . . . . . . . . 302, 311 | |||
Restoration of patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155A | |||
Restrictions on officers and employees of United | |||
States Patent and Trademark Office as to inter | |||
est in patents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 | |||
Retention of revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 | |||
Revival if delay unavoidable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 | |||
Right of foreign priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365 | |||
Right to compensation because of secrecy order. . . . . 183 | |||
Rules for taking testimony, Director to establish . . . . . 23 | |||
Rules of practice: | |||
Authority for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 | |||
Printing of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 | |||
S | |||
Saturday, time for action expiring on . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 | |||
Seal of United States Patent and Trademark Office . . . . 2 | |||
Secrecy of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 | |||
Secrecy of certain inventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 - 188 | |||
Secrecy of international application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 | |||
Secrecy order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 | |||
Small business firm, defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 | |||
Small entity status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 41 | |||
Specification(s): | |||
Contents of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 | |||
If defective, reissue to correct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 | |||
Part of patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 | |||
Printing of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 41 | |||
Uncertified copies, price of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 | |||
Specimens, may be required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 | |||
Statutory invention registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 | |||
Subpoenas to witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 | |||
Suit against the United States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 | |||
Suit in equity (See Civil action) | |||
Sunday,time for action expiring on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 | |||
Surcharge for later filing of fee or oath . . . . . . . . . . . 111 | |||
T | |||
Term extension: | |||
For administrative delays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 | |||
For delays due to interference, secrecy orders, | |||
and/or appellate review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 | |||
Regulatory review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 | |||
Term of patent: | |||
Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 | |||
Disclaimer of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 | |||
Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 156 | |||
Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 | |||
Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155A | |||
Testimony,rules for taking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 | |||
Time: | |||
Expiring on Saturday, Sunday, or holiday . . . . . . . 21 | |||
For payment of issue fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 | |||
For taking action in Government cases . . . . . . . . 267 | |||
Limitation on damages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 | |||
Within which action must be taken.. . . . . . . . . . . 133 | |||
Title of invention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 | |||
Trademark fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42(c) | |||
Trademarks, reference to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 3, 10 | |||
Translation error in international application . . . . . . . 375 | |||
U | |||
Unauthorized disclosure. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 | |||
Unauthorized person may not lawfully assist per | |||
sons in transaction of business before the Office . . . 33 | |||
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual | |||
Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | |||
United States as designated office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 | |||
United States, defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 | |||
United States Patent and Trademark Office: | |||
In Department of Commerce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 | |||
Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 | |||
Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 | |||
Rules, authority for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 | |||
Seal of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 | |||
Unpatented article, penalty for deceptive marking . . . 292 | |||
Use in foreign countries, no bar to grant of patent . . . 102 | |||
V | |||
Verified translation requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372 | |||
Voluntary arbitration.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 | |||
W | |||
Withdrawal of international application . . . . . . . . . . . 366 | |||
Withholding of patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 | |||
Witness: | |||
Failing to attend or refusing to testify. . . . . . . . . . . 24 | |||
Fees of, interference cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 | |||
In interference summoned by clerk of United | |||
States court.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 | |||
Whenin contempt, punishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 |