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This is the latest edition of the official text of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure.
9th Edition (January 2018)
ISBN: 9781522129370
ISBN: 9781522129387
Many updates have been included within the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), Ninth Edition, Last Revised November 2015. The USPTO has substantively revised MPEP §§ 2131.03, 2144.05, 2161, 2161.01, 2163, and 2181, and Appendix II in November 2015. MPEP Chapters 600, 700, 800, 1200, and FPC have also been re-dated to "November 2015" due to minor form paragraph revisions in these documents.
The USPTO also significantly updated all MPEP units in October 2015, including the addition of Chapter 2900 entitled "International Design Applications" and Chapter FPC entitled "Form Paragraphs Consolidated".
But this LexisNexis product has been further updated to include the most current information and PTO forms available at the time of publication. Appendix L providing the United States Code Title 35 – Patents is current through Public Law 114-114, approved December 28, 2015 with gaps of PL's 114-94, 114-95, and 114-113. Appendix R offering Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights is current through Volume 81, Number 36 -- February 24, 2016.
The LexisNexis product also has been enhanced to include additional text from Title 37 within these Parts, specifically:
• PART 3 ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE
• PART 11 REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
• PART 41 PRACTICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
• PART 42 TRIAL PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
• PART 90 JUDICIAL REVIEW OF PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD DECISIONS
• PART 102 DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
• PART 104 LEGAL PROCESSES
• PART 150 REQUESTS FOR PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS PURSUANT TO 17 U.S.C. 902(A)(2)
MPEP VOLUME 1
Chapter 100 Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing
Chapter 200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
Chapter 400 Representative of Applicant or Owner
Chapter 600 Parts, Form, and Content of Application
Chapter 700 Examination of Applications
Chapter 800 Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting
Chapter 900 Prior Art, Classification, and Search
Chapter 1000 Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials
Chapter 1100 Statutory Invention Registration (SIR); Pre-Grant Publication (PGPub) and Preissuance Submissions
Chapter 1200 Appeal
Chapter 1300 Allowance and Issue
Chapter 1400 Correction of Patents
Chapter 1500 Design Patents
Chapter 1600 Plant Patents
Chapter 1700 Miscellaneous
Chapter 1900 Protest
Chapter 2000 Duty of Disclosure
MPEP VOLUME 2
Chapter 2200 Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents
Chapter 2300 Interference Proceedings
Chapter 2400 Biotechnology
Chapter 2500 Maintenance Fees
Chapter 2600 Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
Chapter 2700 Patent Terms and Extensions
Chapter 2800 Supplemental Examination
Chapter 2900 International Design Applications
Appendix II List of Decisions Cited
Appendix R Patent Rules
Appendix T Patent Cooperation Treaty
Appendix P Paris Convention