MPEP Chapters

Question 1

Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing

Answer 1

100

Question 2

Types and Status of Application; Benefit and Priority Claims

Answer 2

200

Question 3

Ownership and Assignment

Answer 3

300

Question 4

Representative of Applicant or Owner

Answer 4

400

Question 5

Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers

Answer 5

500

Question 6

Parts, Form, and Content of Application

Answer 6

600

Question 7

Examination of Application

Answer 7

700

Question 8

Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C 111; Double Patenting

Answer 8

800

Question 9

Prior Art, Classification, and Search

Answer 9

900

Question 10

Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials

Answer 10

1000

Question 11

Statutory Invention Registration; Pre-Grant Publication and Preissuance Submissions

Answer 11

1100

Question 12

Appeal

Answer 12

1200

Question 13

Allowance and Issue

Answer 13

1300

Question 14

Design Patents

Answer 14

1500

Question 14

Correction of Patents

Answer 14

1400

Question 15

Plant Patents

Answer 15

1600

Question 16

Miscellaneous

Answer 16

1700

Question 17

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

Answer 17

1800

Question 18

Protest

Answer 18

1900

Question 19

Duty of Disclosure

Answer 19

2000

Question 20

Patentability

Answer 20

2100

Question 21

Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents

Answer 21

2200

Question 22

Interference and Derivation Proceedings

Answer 22

2300

Question 23

Biotechnology

Answer 23

2400

Question 24

Maintenance Fees

Answer 24

2500

Question 25

Optional Inter Partes Reexamination

Answer 25

2600

Question 26

Patent Terms and Extensions

Answer 26

2700

Question 27

Supplemental Examination

Answer 27

2800

Question 28

International Design Applications

Answer 28

2900

Question 29

List of Decisions Cited

Answer 29

Appendix II

Question 30

Patent Laws

Answer 30

Appendix L

Question 31

Patent Rules

Answer 31

Appendix R

Question 32

Administrative Instructions Under the PCT

Answer 32

Appendix AI

Question 33

Paris Convention

Answer 33

Appendix P

Question 34

Patent Cooperation Treaty and Regulations Under PCT

Answer 34

Appendix T