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CHAPTER I-PATENT OFFICE,

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

SUBCHAPTER A- GENERAL

Part

1

Rules of practice in patent cases.

2 Rules of practice in trademark cases.

234 I

Forms for patent cases.

4 Forms for trademark cases.

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Secrecy of certain inventions and licenses to file applications in foreign

countries.

Classification of goods and services under the Trademark Act.
Register of Government interests in patents.

SUBCHAPTER B-GOVERNMENT INVENTIONS JURISDICTION

Administration of a uniform patent policy with respect to the domestic
rights in inventions made by Government employees.
Acquisition and protection of foreign rights in inventions.
Licensing of foreign patents acquired by the Government.

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PETITIONS AND ACTION BY THE COMMISSIONER 1.181 Petition to the Commissioner.

1.182

1.191

1.192

1.193

Questions not specifically provided for.
Suspension of rules.

Reconsideration of cases decided by
former Commissioners.

APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS
Appeal to Board of Appeals.

Appellant's brief.

Examiner's answer.

1.194 Hearing.

1.195

1.196

1.197

Affidavits or declarations after appeal.
Decision by the Board of Appeals.
Action following decision.

1.198 Reopening after decision.

INTERFERENCES: DEFINITION, PREPARATION, DECLARATION

1.201 Definition; when declared. 1.202

Preparation for interference between applications; preliminary inquiry of junior applicant.

1.203 Preparation for interference between applications; suggestion of claims for interference.

1.204

Interference with a patent; affidavit or declaration by junior applicant. 1.205 Interference with a patent; copying claims from patent.

1.206 Interference with a patent; claims im

properly copied.

1.207 Preparation of interference papers and declaration of interference. 1.208 Conflicting parties having same attorney.

1.211 Jurisdiction of interference. 1.212 Suspension of ex parte prosecution. INTERFERENCES: PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 1.215 Preliminary statement required. 1.216 Contents of the preliminary statement. Contents of the preliminary statement; invention made abroad. Time for filing preliminary statement. Statements sealed before filing. Correction of statement on motion. Effect of statement.

Reliance on prior application.

1.225 Failure of junior party to file statements or to overcome filing date of senior party.

DESIGN PATENTS

1.151

Rules applicable.

1.217

1.152 Drawing.

1.153

Title, description and claim, oath or declaration.

1.218

1.219

1.154 Arrangement of specification.

1.222

1.155

Issue and term of design patents.

1.223

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CORRECTION OF ERRORS IN PATENT

Certificate of correction of Office mistake.

Certificate of correction of applicant's mistake.

1.324 Correction of error in joining inventor.

1.325 Other mistakes not corrected.

ASSIGNMENTS AND RECORDING

1.331 Recording of assignments. 1.332 Receipt and recording. 1.333 Conditional assignments.

1.334 Issue of patent to assignee.

RECOGNITION OF ATTORNEYS AND AGENTS

1.341

Registration of attorneys and agents. 1.342 Limited recognition.

1.343 Persons not registered or recognized. 1.344 Professional conduct.

1.345 Advertising.

1.347

1.348

1.346 Signature and certificate of attorney. Removing names from registers. Suspension or disbarment proceedings.

1.351

AMENDMENT OF RULES

Amendments to rules will be published.

1.352 Publication of notice of proposed amendments.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 1 issued under 35 U.S.C. 6, unless otherwise noted.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 1 appear at 24 F.R. 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted.

NOTE: In Patent Office publications and usage the part number is omitted from the numbers of §§ 1.1 to 1.352 and the numbers to the right of the decimal point correspond with the respective rule numbers.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND
CORRESPONDENCE

§ 1.1 All communications to be addressed to Commissioner of Patents. All letters and other communications intended for the Patent Office must be addressed to "Commissioner of Patents." Washington, D.C. 20231. When

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