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37 C.F.R. § 1.138 Express abandonment.
An application may be expressly abandoned by filing in the Patent and Trademark Office a written declaration of abandonment signed by the applicant and the assignee of record, if any, and identifying the application. An application may also be expressly abandoned by filing a written declaration of abandonment signed by the attorney or agent of record. A registered attorney or agent acting under the provision of § 1.34(a), or of record, may also expressly abandon a prior application as of the filing date granted to a continuing application when filing such a continuing application. Express abandonment of the application may not be recognized by the Office unless it is actually received by appropriate officials in time to act thereon before the date of issue.
37 C.F.R. § 1.139 [This section was removed and reserved.]
[60 FR 20227, Apr. 25, 1995; 62 FR 53132, 53195, Oct. 10, 1997]
37 C.F.R. § 1.141 Different inventions in one national application.
37 C.F.R. § 1.142 Requirement for restriction.
[24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, as amended at 54 FR 34880, Aug. 22, 1989; 55 FR 18245, May 1, 1990; 62 FR 53132, 53195, Oct. 10, 1997]
37 C.F.R. § 1.143 Reconsideration of requirement.
37 C.F.R. § 1.144 Petition from requirement for restriction.
After a final requirement for restriction, the applicant, in addition to making any reply due on the remainder of the action, may petition the Commissioner to review the requirement. Petition may be deferred until after final action on or allowance of claims to the invention elected, but must be filed not later than appeal. A petition will not be considered if reconsideration of the requirement was not requested (see § 1.181).
37 C.F.R. § 1.145 Subsequent presentation of claims for different invention.
If, after an office action on an application, the applicant presents claims directed to an invention distinct from and independent of the invention previously claimed, the applicant will be required to restrict the claims to the invention previously claimed if the amendment is entered, subject to reconsideration and review as provided in §§ 1.143 and 1.144.
37 C.F.R. § 1.146 Election of species.
[43 FR 20465, May 11, 1978; 62 FR 53132, 53195, Oct. 10, 1997]
(a) The design must be represented by a drawing that complies with the requirements of § 1.84, and must contain a sufficient number of views to constitute a complete disclosure of the appearance of the design.
(1) Appropriate and adequate surface shading should be used to show the character or contour of the surfaces represented. Solid black surface shading is not permitted except when used to represent the color black as well as color contrast. Broken lines may be used to show visible environmental structure, but may not be used to show hidden planes and surfaces which cannot be seen through opaque materials. Alternate positions of a design component, illustrated by full and broken lines in the same view are not permitted in a design drawing.
(2) Color photographs and color drawings are not permitted in design applications in the absence of a grantable petition pursuant to § 1.84(a)(2). Photographs and ink drawings are not permitted to be combined as formal drawings in one application. Photographs submitted in lieu of ink drawings in design patent applications must comply with § 1.84(b) and must not disclose environmental structure but must be limited to the design for the article claimed.
(b) Any detail shown in the ink or color drawings or photographs (formal or informal) deposited with the original application papers constitutes an integral part of the disclosed and claimed design, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph. This detail may include, but is not limited to, color or contrast, graphic or written indicia, including identifying indicia of a proprietary nature, surface ornamentation on an article, or any combination thereof.
(1) When any detail shown in informal drawings or photographs does not constitute an integral part of the disclosed and claimed design, a specific disclaimer must appear in the original application papers either in the specification or directly on the drawings or photographs. This specific disclaimer in the original application papers will provide antecedent basis for the omission of the disclaimed detail(s) in later-filed drawings or photographs.
(2) When informal color drawings or photographs are deposited with the original application papers without a disclaimer pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of this section, formal color drawings or photographs, or a black and white drawing lined to represent color, will be required.
(3) Preamble, stating name of the applicant, title of the design, and a brief description of the nature and intended use of the article in which the design is embodied.
(6) Description of the figure or figures of the drawing.
(7) Feature Description.
(8) A single claim.
(9) Drawings or photographs.
(10) Executed oath or declaration (See § 1.153(b)).
37 C.F.R. § 1.161 Rules applicable.
37 C.F.R. § 1.162 Applicant, oath or declaration.
The applicant for a plant patent must be the person who has invented or discovered and asexually reproduced the new and distinct variety of plant for which a patent is sought (or as provided in §§ 1.42, 1.43, and 1.47). The oath or declaration required of the applicant, in addition to the averments required by § 1.63, must state that he or she has asexually reproduced the plant. Where the plant is a newly found plant the oath or declaration must also state that it was found in a cultivated area.
[48 FR 2713, Jan. 20, 1983]
37 C.F.R. § 1.163 Specification and arrangement of application elements.
(a) The specification must contain as full and complete a disclosure as possible of the plant and the characteristics thereof that distinguish the same over related known varieties, and its antecedents, and must particularly point out where and in what manner the variety of plant has been asexually reproduced. In the case of a newly found plant, the specification must particularly point out the location and character of the area where the plant was discovered.
(b) Two copies of the specification (including the claim) must be submitted, but only one signed oath or declaration is required.
(c) The elements of the plant application, if applicable, should appear in the following order:
(3) Title of the invention.
(12) Drawings (in duplicate).
(13) Executed oath or declaration.
(14) Plant color coding sheet.
(d) A plant color coding sheet as used in this section means a sheet that specifies a color coding system as designated in a color dictionary, and lists every plant structure to which color is a distinguishing feature and the corresponding color code which best represents that plant structure.
37 C.F.R. § 1.164 Claim.
37 C.F.R. § 1.165 Plant drawings.
(b) The drawing may be in color and when color is a distinguishing characteristic of the new variety, the drawing must be in color. Two copies of color drawings or color photographs must be submitted.
[24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, as amended at 47 FR 41277, Sept. 17, 1982; 58 FR 38726, July 20, 1993]
37 C.F.R. § 1.166 Specimens.
37 C.F.R. § 1.167 Examination.
[24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, as amended at 34 FR 18857, Nov. 26, 1969; 62 FR 53132, 53196, Oct. 10, 1997]
37 C.F.R. § 1.171 Application for reissue.
[56 FR 65153, Dec. 13, 1991; 62 FR 53132, 53196, Oct. 10, 1997]
37 C.F.R. § 1.172 Applicants, assignees.
[24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, as amended at 48 FR 2713, Jan. 20, 1983; 62 FR 53132, 53196, Oct. 10, 1997]
37 C.F.R. § 1.173 Specification.
The specification of the reissue application must include the entire specification and claims of the patent, with the matter to be omitted by reissue enclosed in square brackets; and any additions made by the reissue must be underlined, so that the old and the new specifications and claims may be readily compared. Claims should not be renumbered and the numbering of claims added by reissue should follow the number of the highest numbered patent claim. No new matter shall be introduced into the specification.
37 C.F.R. § 1.174 Drawings.
(a) The drawings upon which the original patent was issued may be used in reissue applications if no changes whatsoever are to be made in the drawings. In such cases, when the reissue application is filed, the applicant must submit a temporary drawing which may consist of a copy of the printed drawings of the patent or a photoprint of the original drawings of the size required for original drawing.
(b) Amendments which can be made in a reissue drawing, that is, changes from the drawing of the patent, are restricted.
[24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, as amended at 48 FR 2713, Jan. 20, 1983]
37 C.F.R. § 1.175 Reissue oath or declaration.
[24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, as amended at 29 FR 18503, Dec. 29, 1964; 34 FR 18857, Nov. 26, 1969; 47 FR 21752, May 19, 1982; 48 FR 2713, Jan. 20, 1983; 57 FR 2035, Jan. 17, 1992; 59 FR 18300, Apr. 18, 1994; 62 FR 53132, 53196, Oct. 10, 1997]
37 C.F.R. § 1.176 Examination of reissue.
An original claim, if re-presented in the reissue application, is subject to reexamination, and the entire application will be examined in the same manner as original applications, subject to the rules relating thereto, excepting that division will not be required. Applications for reissue will be acted on by the examiner in advance of other applications, but not sooner than two months after announcement of the filing of the reissue application has appeared in the Official Gazette.
[42 FR 5595, Jan. 28, 1977]
37 C.F.R. § 1.177 Reissue in divisions.
The Commissioner may, in his or her discretion, cause several patents to be issued for distinct and separate parts of the thing patented, upon demand of the applicant, and upon payment of the required fee for each division. Each division of a reissue constitutes the subject of a separate specification descriptive of the part or parts of the invention claimed in such division; and the drawing may represent only such part or parts, subject to the provisions of §§ 1.83 and 1.84. On filing divisional reissue applications, they shall be referred to the Commissioner. Unless otherwise ordered by the Commissioner upon petition and payment of the fee set forth in § 1.17(i), all the divisions of a reissue will issue simultaneously; if there is any controversy as to one division, the others will be withheld from issue until the controversy is ended, unless the Commissioner orders otherwise.
[54 FR 6903, Feb. 15, 1989; 54 FR 9432, Mar. 7, 1989; 60 FR 20227, Apr. 25, 1995]
37 C.F.R. § 1.178 Original patent.
The application for a reissue must be accompanied by an offer to surrender the original patent. The application should also be accompanied by the original patent, or if the original is lost or inaccessible, by an affidavit or declaration to that effect. The application may be accepted for examination in the absence of the original patent or the affidavit or declaration, but one or the other must be supplied before the case is allowed. If a reissue be refused, the original patent will be returned to applicant upon his request.
[24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, as amended at 34 FR 18857, Nov. 26, 1969]
37 C.F.R. § 1.179 Notice of reissue application.
When an application for a reissue is filed, there will be placed in the file of the original patent a notice stating that an application for reissue has been filed. When the reissue is granted or the reissue application is otherwise terminated, the fact will be added to the notice in the file of the original patent.
37 C.F.R. § 1.181 Petition to the Commissioner.
(a) Petition may be taken to the Commissioner: (1) From any action or requirement of any examiner in the ex parte prosecution of an application which is not subject to appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences or to the court; (2) in cases in which a statute or the rules specify that the matter is to be determined directly by or reviewed by the Commissioner; and (3) to invoke the supervisory authority of the Commissioner in appropriate circumstances. For petitions in interferences, see § 1.644.
(c) When a petition is taken from an action or requirement of an examiner in the ex parte prosecution of an application, it may be required that there have been a proper request for reconsideration (§ 1.111) and a repeated action by the examiner. The examiner may be directed by the Commissioner to furnish a written statement, within a specified time, setting forth the reasons for his decision upon the matters averred in the petition, supplying a copy thereof to the petitioner.
(d) Where a fee is required for a petition to the Commissioner the appropriate section of this part will so indicate. If any required fee does not accompany the petition, the petition will be dismissed.
(e) Oral hearing will not be granted except when considered necessary by the Commissioner.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in these rules, any such petition not filed within 2 months from the action complained of, may be dismissed as untimely. The mere filing of a petition will not stay the period for reply to an Examiner's action which may be running against an application, nor act as a stay of other proceedings.
(g) The Commissioner may delegate to appropriate Patent and Trademark Office officials the determination of petitions.
[24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, as amended at 34 FR 18857, Nov. 26, 1969; 47 FR 41278, Sept. 17, 1982; 49 FR 48452, Dec. 12, 1984]
37 C.F.R. § 1.182 Questions not specifically provided for.
All situations not specifically provided for in the regulations of this part will be decided in accordance with the merits of each situation by or under the authority of the Commissioner, subject to such other requirements as may be imposed, and such decision will be communicated to the interested parties in writing. Any petition seeking a decision under this section must be accompanied by the petition fee set forth in § 1.17(h).
[47 FR 41278, Sept. 17, 1982; 62 FR 53132, 53196, Oct. 10, 1997]
Continuation: 37 C.F.R. § 1.183 Suspension of rules.