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Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
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CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL (parts 1 to 5)
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PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES
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SUBPART A—General Provisions (§1.1 to §1.28)
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SUBPART A—General Provisions (§1.1 to §1.28)
1.1—Addresses for non-trademark correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
1.2—Business to be transacted in writing.
1.3—Business to be conducted with decorum and courtesy.
1.4—Nature of correspondence and signature requirements.
1.5—Identification of patent, patent application, or patent-related proceeding.
1.6—Receipt of correspondence.
1.7—Times for taking action; Expiration on Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday.
1.8—Certificate of mailing or transmission.
1.9—Definitions.
1.10—Filing of correspondence by “Express Mail.”
1.11—Files open to the public.
1.12—Assignment records open to public inspection.
1.13—Copies and certified copies.
1.14—Patent applications preserved in confidence.
1.16—National application filing, search, and examination fees.
1.17—Patent application and reexamination processing fees.
1.18—Patent post allowance (including issue) fees.
1.19—Document supply fees.
1.20—Post issuance fees.
1.21—Miscellaneous fees and charges.
1.22—Fees payable in advance.
1.23—Methods of payment.
1.25—Deposit accounts.
1.26—Refunds.
1.27—Definition of small entities and establishing status as a small entity to permit payment of small entity fees; when a determination of entitlement to small entity status and notification o
1.28—Refunds when small entity status is later established; how errors in small entity status are excused.
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