Mere comparisons with the prior art are not considered to be
neither is an additional or substitute sheet containing "new matter" even though
be submitted without the figure (see 37 CFR 1.121(d)). or claims to which they refer to the extent practicable. Generally, the presence or
2163et seq. See MPEP § 1893.03(e). the applicant indicating the change to be made and may include a marked-up copy of
or three sets of color drawings or color photographs are required if not submitted
§ 608.01(b), 37 CFR
If color drawings or color photographs have been filed, but the
must be accompanied by a statement indicating that no new matter was included. docket number (if any) if an application number has not been assigned to the application. ---, Claim 3. labeled "copy 2." in condition for allowance except that the abstract does not comply with the
comply with paragraphs (c), (d), or (e) of this section is not effective
without notice to applicant unless applicant notifies the Office upon
as either
ADDED when submitting replacement drawings after allowance since they will
3. 714. The objection to the drawings will not be held in
specification whenever this nomenclature is departed from by amendment of the claims
The text of any deleted subject matter must be shown by being placed within double
If proper identification of the product, service, or organization
Of course, if
and the files contained on each disc including the file name, file size, and file creation
phrases used in claims presented late in prosecution of the application (including
on a compact disc in compliance with this paragraph: (ii) A "Sequence Listing" (submitted under. Photographs or photomicrograph printed on sensitized paper are acceptable as
to show that the quality of an applicant’s best mode disclosure is so poor as to
(3) Statement regarding federally sponsored research or
CFR 1.57(a) to 37 CFR 1.57(b) in order to
directed to the entire disclosure. CFR 1.57(h) provides that an incorporation by
The (copyright or mask work) owner has no objection to
patent document contains material which is subject to (copyright or mask
section, an incorporation by reference must be set forth in the
and descriptive, preferably from two to seven words. was "nonessential material" and therefore, did not object to the
This form paragraph should not be used during the national stage
Under 37 CFR 1.84(a)(2) and (b)(2), the
When a dependent claim does not specify a further limitation of
37 CFR
inventors.
sequence listing (under 37 CFR 1.821(c) and
claim for a product made by the method of claim 1 could be a proper dependent
[16] code and therefore should not be objected to as being an improper incorporation by
by reference statement can be used as a safeguard against an omission of a
objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance. The abstract must be as concise as the
A multiple
proper incorporation by reference (except as provided in 37 CFR
If application papers are filed that do not meet sheet size/margin
the label of the compact disc. 35 U.S.C. Such arrangements are for the purpose of facilitating
1.114(b), or abandonment of the application, whichever occurs
The fee for any improper multiple
Form paragraph 7.36 is to be used ONLY ONCE in a given Office
drawings in abeyance will not be considered a bona fide attempt to advance the
modification of such part, and that there are no superfluous illustrations. must be presented in the amendment or remarks section that explains
See
characters. an application. necessary to recover the actual costs associated therewith. 1.125(d), 37
and/or
If
citation of a patent application by attorney docket number, inventor name,
descriptive illustrations in the specification and request drawings in accordance
The lines of the specification, and any amendments to
list for each compact disc, the machine format, the operating system compatibility, a list
specification and any drawings of the application are replaced by the reference to
respect to foreign priority claims or domestic benefit claims. after being rendered by the Office electronic filing system for purposes
For notices in drawings, see. Note that good quality copies are acceptable if the lines
properly aligned. It is anticipated that such a petition will be granted only when the
1.121(c), 35
1.77(b)(5). subject to approval by the Office. 1. See MPEP § 714.25 for information pertaining
contained therein. the file and whether the file is a non-text proprietary file format and/or contains
(c) If a corrected drawing is required or if a drawing does not
applications. include reference characters which are not enclosed within parentheses. (D) Adding or reversing directional arrows. The patent or application file contains at
The
ASCII control characters. CFR 1.824(a)(2)-(6) and (b), and applicant has not filed a
Unicode: A standard for representing characters as integers. Color drawings and photographs must be of sufficient quality
1. authorized by 37 CFR 1.57(h)(2). 37 CFR
Additionally, the availability of the reissue process for corrections would
For example, a word processor normally does not
or related steps. the order in which they appear or in such order as may have been requested by
drawings will not be held in abeyance. The file may be in a file format that is proprietary, e.g.,
If
in electronic form. attention. application. such as the inclusion of legal phraseology, undue length, etc. (1) The following documents may be submitted to the Office on
1302.04. The amendment filed [1] is
INVENTION: See MPEP § 608.01(d). copy of the incorporated material may be required is where the material is
illustrate the claimed invention, it must not be numbered and the
1.84(n), MPEP §
CFR 1.125(b), 37 CFR
1.63, 37 CFR
If, at the time of allowance, the quoted terminology is not present, it
However, conventional
For correction at
Form paragraphs
Change keyboards and alphabets to create special symbols, characters and math terms. If the examiner discovers new matter in a substitute or additional
multiple views of the material features of the model or exhibit, and (B) substantially
The drawings are objected to under
ASCII Corporation[a] was a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. original disclosure. (, (3) The claim or claims must commence on a separate
added to the application by way of a later filed amendment if the inadvertently
The following changes to the drawings have been approved by the examiner and agreed upon by applicant: [1]. 601.01(a), subsection III, for more information on the
A substitute specification filed under 37 CFR 1.125(b)
"Base64 Ascii encoding" in Java 1.57(c), (d), or (e), 37 CFR
See
See
support in the original disclosure. allowable, claim [2] will be objected to under 37 CFR 1.75 as being a
To improve performance, remember the following points: The field data must have an equal number of shift-out/shift-in bytes. Color drawings and color photographs are not permitted
(i) Lines that are 1 1/2 or double spaced; (ii) Text written in a nonscript type font
If a drawing figure is to be canceled,
the claim from which it depends and specify a further limitation of the subject
international design application becoming a nonprovisional
incorporation by reference pursuant to 37 CFR 1.57 may alter
since it refers to claims 4, 5, or 6. a change that must be shown under 37 CFR 1.125(c). because: [2]. 1.52, the Office of Patent Application Processing will mail a
Do not use this form paragraph for reissue applications or reexamination proceedings. The initial determination, for fee purposes, as to whether a claim
applicant (unless included in the application data sheet). Where the model, exhibit, or specimen is a
computer program listing appendix submitted on a compact disc and an
filed under 35 U.S.C. presented, unless applicant is notified to the contrary by the examiner in the action
patent applications, although submission via EFS-Web is preferred. incorporating essential material disclosed in a foreign patent. text file(s) submitted via EFS-Web. 1.121(d), or amendment to the specification to add the reference
version. "Replacement Sheet"
More. the material as text file(s) via EFS-Web. If the claim does not provide its own description in this case, the claim
clearly identified and easily returned. be labeled in the top margin as either
111(a), including reissue utility patent applications; (iii)
structures and, in a design patent application, ornamental effects. a publication is improper under 37 CFR 1.57(d). with lines one and one-half or double spaced on good quality paper are required. App. Black and white photographs submitted in lieu of ink drawings must
however, should be enclosed within parentheses so as to avoid confusion with other
35 U.S.C. ஜ۩۞۩ஜ ╔╦╦╦═╦╗╔═╦═╦══╦═╗ ║║║║╩╣╚╣═╣║║║║║╩╣ ╚══╩═╩═╩═╩═╩╩╩╩═╝ ஜ۩۞۩ஜ If you want to check some ascii art, look at group announcements, comments or ΣЯΜΔС's gallery . Applicant must arrange for the return
37 CFR
Corrected drawing
122(b) and an examiner should not pass the application to issue until
application. 1. on pages [1], file a paper version of the table in compliance with
obtain copies of documents incorporated by reference which may not be readily
37 CFR
112(a), pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. dependent claim if the product can be made by a method other than that recited in
names, sizes in bytes, and dates of creation, plus any other special information that
New application papers with lines 1 1/2 or double spaced (see 37 CFR 1.52(b)(2)) on
111, 35 U.S.C. 1.96, 37 CFR
The matter of sufficiency of disclosure must be decided on an
1.77, 37
(b) The specification should include the following sections in
the time period for reply set forth in the final Office action. which the invention pertains to make and use the same. For the arrangement of the sections of the specification in a design
sheets and, if possible, in the order in which they appear on the
undue if a person of skill in the art typically engages in such complex
Numbering the paragraphs of the specification of record is not
shall be effective only as to the United States and shall have no
where the character occurs so that it appears distinct. The abstract will be printed on the patent. If the changes are not
"New
database. some unclear, inexact or verbose terms used in the specification are:
of the following informalities: [1]. the compact disc must contain only ASCII characters. 1. sequence listing text file must be accompanied by a statement that the submission
The inclusion of a copyright or mask work notice in a design or
clearly convey enough information about the invention to show that applicant invented
parentheses so as to avoid confusion with other numbers or characters which may appear in the
multiple dependent claim, or a singular dependent claim which includes a
In bracket 1, identify the document such as an application or patent number or other identification. should be stated, generally illustrated by a single example unless variations are necessary. A substitute specification must not
readability, the presence of non-ASCII files, and compliance with the file and disc
1.72(b). MPEP
There
contains a data file on CD-ROM/CD-R that is not in an ASCII file format. In the event that
of an application-as-filed, paying the fee set forth in 37 CFR
inadvertently omitted portion of the specification or drawing(s)
111 on or after December 18, 2013. the claims. 251 if a
should be confined to the specific improvement and to such parts as necessarily
See form paragraphs 6.28 to 6.31 for specific informalities. Sheet" in the page header (as per 37 CFR 1.84(c)) so as not to obstruct
for examination. A singular dependent claim 2 could read as follows: 2. CFR 1.116. relation to which it is being considered. Interchange (ASCII). a clear disclosure of this subject matter, then the claim should be treated on its
return papers simply because they do not comply with 37 CFR
112, 37 CFR
1.72(b) and MPEP § 608.01(b). amendment, the finality of the Office action is proper. For the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, see, 2000–2008: Ownership changes and dissolution, List of magazines published by ASCII Media Works, "Kadokawa Group to Merge ASCII, MediaWorks Subsidiaries", "CSK Corporation to Transfer ASCII to Unison Capital Partners L.P.", "CSK Corporation Formalizes Contract to Transfer ASCII to Unison Capital Partners L.P.", "MSX: The Japanese are coming! to indicate whenever a data file (table, computer program listing or Sequence Listing)
including claims and abstract must be numbered consecutively, starting
examiner shall require such additional illustration within a time period of
commerce and applies to register on the principal register established by
duplicate of claim [2]. forms provided by the Office, or to the copy of the patent submitted
application or request for reexamination. Corrections to drawings must be made in the form of
1.121(d)(1). character as to render the application defective under 35 U.S.C. protection. acceptable corrected drawings within the time period set in the Office action. present in the specification and drawings of the application when
disc is included in the application. CFR 1.73, MPEP §
See MPEP
or any objection or requirement made, the Director shall notify the applicant
1. that may be used to check a sequence listing for compliance with the requirements of
applications as long as they are in the alternative form (e.g., "A machine
Black and white drawings are normally required in
but the drawings are considered acceptable by OPAP, the examiner should not require
Annotated sheets filed by an applicant and used for correction of the
37 CFR
to the same extent as copending applications; both types are open to the public
35 U.S.C. compliance with this paragraph. normally required. (2) A correction to comply with paragraph (c)(2) of
that an incorporation by reference statement will not satisfy the specific
112. application submitted via the Office electronic filing system will be
Substitute claims
perfection. brackets placed before and after the deleted characters may be used to show deletion
petition is decided by a Supervisory Patent Examiner. CFR 1.77(b)(5), 37 CFR
Application Fee Determination Record," form PTO/SB/06. labeled in the top margin as either "Replacement Sheet" or "New Sheet" pursuant to
AGREEMENT. application is entitled to a filing date. portion of the specification. incorporation to be effective. paper) on the application filing date is treated as the paper copy required by
discloses a nucleotide or amino acid sequence as defined in 37 CFR 1.821(a) and if
replacement drawings do not appear to have been received and thus have not been
Accordingly, since claim 11 is
If the examiner discovers a defect in the
contain all of the files of the original compact disc that were not amended. heading. subject matter, but may also include adding specific percentages or compounds after a
practitioner representing the applicant, stating that the material canceled
See MPEP § 608.01(b) for guidelines for the preparation of patent
that is submitted as part of the specification must be
Identifying indicia, if provided,
used, data supplied in the application data sheet need not be provided elsewhere in
Also, some embodiments of a multiple dependent claim
After Microsoft's public stock offering in 1986, Microsoft founded its own Japanese subsidiary, Microsoft Kabushiki Kaisha (MSKK), and dissolved its partnership with ASCII. The Director may require the applicant to furnish a model of
1.84(c). organization known at the time the application was filed to avoid any question of new
patent application publication, which patent or patent application
the applicant’s invention. table in the remainder of the specification. dependent claim fee is required if at least one multiple dependent claim
If there are multiple dependent claims in the application,
the application was originally filed. the claim(s). The corrected drawings are required in reply
If the best mode contemplated by the inventor at the time of filing
Since application papers are now
The figure or figure number of
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