Appendix I

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# Appendix I Table of Orders and Notices

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Par. No.

1880, Mar. 6. Notice. Examiners May Not

Testify as Patent Experts.
1701
1888, Jan. 24. Order No. 453, Revised. Each
Interference Record To Be Complete in
Itself ....
1111.02
May 28. Order No. 480, Revised.
Changing Name of Attorney on the Drawing
Forbidden
608.02 (u)
1889, Feb. 9. Order No. 525, Revised. Speci-
fication To Be Rewritten if Confused by
Frasures and Amendments
1302.02

July 2. Order No. 560, Revised. Era-

sure of Notations Required.
1302.03
1892, June 25. Order No. 767. Entries on
File Jacket Limited to Permanent Parts of
Record.
717.01

1894, Sept. 4. Notice, Revised. Death of a
Member of a Firm Having Power of Attorney ;
New Power Not Required
402.04 (a)

1899, Mar. 27. Order No. 1271. Parties Who
May Have Access to an Application File.
104
1900, Aug. 25. Order No. 1365, Revised. Sug-
gesting Claims for Interference Involving a
Case in Issue.
1101.01 (0)

Sept. 11. Order No. 1370. Substance
707.06
of Cited Ms. Decision To Be Given
1903, Jan. 26. Extracts From Order No. 1514.
1102.01 (a),
Interference Declaration Papers
1102.01 (b)

July 10. Order No. 1537, Revised.
"Counts Compared" in Interference Papers __
1102.01 (a)

1906, July 13. Notice, Revised. Estimating
Cost of Correcting Drawings.
608.02 (s)
1907, July 19. Order No. 1733, Revised. Ar-
rangement of Papers in Application Files_ 717.01 (a)
1908, Apr. 17. Order No. 1759, Revised.
Entry of Amendment Filed During Interfer-
ence Proceedings to Await Termination of
Interference.
1111.05

Apr. 29. Extract From Order No. 1764.
New Drawing Required Only by Direction of
Draftsman
608.02 (a)

Oct. 24. Extract From Order No. 1783.

Return of Drawing
608.02 (y)
1909, June 15. Order No. 1805, Revised. Pro-
test Against Issuance of Patent Not To Be
Entered in File
1309.02

1909, Aug. 2. Notice, Revised. Interference
Search in Analogous Classes.
1101. 01 (c)

Dec. 3. Order No. 1832, Revised. Re-
quired Notation on File Jacket of a Divisional
Application
202.02

1910, Jan. 13. Extracts From Order No. 1838.
Proof of Authority of Executor, etc., To Be of
Record. Abstract of Title in Reissues ___ 409. 01 (b)
May 10. Order No. 1854, Revised.
Disposal of Amendment Filed After Case Is
Abandoned
714.17

June 2. Extracts From Order No. 1862.
Admission of Additional or Substitute Draw-
ings.
608.02 (a), 608.02 (t)
Nov. 15. Order No. 1883, Revised.
Entry, "Noted" in Interference File on Ter-
mination of Interferences.
1107
1912, Feb. 3. Extract from Order No. 1958.
Conditions Precedent to Amendment of
Drawing.
608.02 (a)

Mar. 1. Order No. 1961, Revised. Un-

signed Amendment, Disposal of.

714.01 (b)

, July 11. Extracts From Order No. 1994.

Amendment of Petition.

601\. 01, 605. 03

Dec. 20. Order No. 2024, Revised. Ex-
aminer to Notify Associate Attorney of the
Revocation of His Power.
402.06 (a)

1913, Oct. 14. Order No. 2076. Intervention

409.01 (f)

of Executor Not Compulsory.

1914, Mar. 31. Extract From Notice. Classifica-
903. 07
tion of Allowed Applications.
July 13. Order No. 2146. Search Noted

in File Wrapper

717.05

Aug. 4. Extract From Notice. Fee
Stamp From Embassy or Legation Not Re-
quired.
604.05
1916, Jan. 12. Order No. 22151%. Amendments.
Not Completely Responsive.
714.05

Nov. 18. Notice: Examiner's Statement
711.03 (d)
on Petition To Revive.

1917, May 11. Notice, Revised. Notation of
Claims Not Patentable Over Interference Issue
To Be Appended to the Declaration of Inter-
ference
1102.01 (b)

Nov. 24. Extract From Order No. 2357.
Proper Classification of Issue Cases in Revised
Classes To Be Personally Revised by Primary
Examiner
903.07

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1918, Feb. 20. Extract From Notice. Un-
authorized Changes in Classification of
Patents.

903.05

Mar. 18. Order No. 2380, Revised.
Notations To Be Made by Examiner on Face
of Newly Issued Patents.
905.04

June 12. Notice, Revised. Care at
Interviews Against Exposing Other Applica-
tions to View.
101

Sept. 16. Order No. 2422, Revised.
One Claim on Each Invention To Be Published
in O. G.
1302.09

Sept. 30. Extract From Notice.
Amendment Filed by an Attorney Not of
Record
714.01 (c)
1919, Mar. 24. Notice, Revised. Inquiry of
Application Room for Drawings Not Trans-
mitted.
608.02 (h)

Apr. 15, Revised. General Rules Govern-
ing the Assignment of Application for Exami-
nation
Apr. 18. Extracts From Notice. Steps

903.08 (e)
Preliminary to an Interference.

714.18,

1101.01 (e), 1101.01 (g)
1920, Dec. 6. Extract From Notice. Prompt
Attention to "Printer Waiting" Cases
1309.01
1921, Feb. 15. Notice, Revised. Where Junior
Party Fails Under Rule 202, His Claims To
Be Promptly Rejected on Senior Party's
Patent When Issued.
1101.01 (i)

June 22. Notice, Revised. Examiners
To Answer "Status Letters"
203.08

, Aug. 11. Order No. 2687, Revised.
Primary Examiner To Personally Pass on

Question of Existence of Interference ___ 1101.01 (c)
Procedure.
Oct. 12, Order No. 2698. Rule 312-

714.16 (d)
Nov. 26. Notice. Models Must Be
Filed in Model Room
608.03 (a)

Dec. 16. Extracts From Order No.
2712. Reissue Oaths and Affidavits Under
Rule 131 To Be Passed on Personally by the
Primary Examiner
715.08, 1401.08

1922, Mar. 4. Order No. 2729. Reissue-
Notice of Allowance To Be Mailed by Issue
and Gazette Division
1401.11

Apr. 15. Order No. 2737, Revised.
Certificates of Correction, and Reports That
Precede Their Issue.
1402.02

Apr. 22. Notice, Revised. The Atten-
tion of Examiners Is Called to the Decision in
Jackson v. Patton, 150 O. G. 265, 1910 C. D.
2
1102.01 (a)

May 29. Order No. 2750, Revised.
Cases Requiring No Correspondence Under
Rule 202.
1101.01 (g)

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Aug. 11. Notice-Rule 312, Revised.
Entry of Amendment in Part.
714.16 (e)

Oct. 7. Revised. Request for Literature
to Clear Through Scientific Library ____ 901.06 (b)
1923, Jan. 9. Order 2798. Supplemental Oath
Filed After Allowance.
603.01, 714.16

Jan. 23. Order 2799. Entries on "Con-
tents" of a File Should Be in Ink.
717.01

Feb. 20. Order No. 2801, Revised.
Claims Considered on Amendments Must be
Supported by Argument
714.04

, Nov. 12. Notice, Revised. No Notifi-
cation by Examiner of Status of a Case De-
cided by Board.
1214.06
1924, Jan. 15. Notice. "General Information
Concerning Patents" Sent Instead of "Rules
of Practice"
703

Feb. 2. Notice, Revised. Soft Copies
Not Needed To Be Sent to Patent Copy Sales
Branch
905.02 (a)

Feb. 12. Notice, Revised. In Citing a
Commissioner's Order Give Date or O. G ____ 707.06
1925, Jan. 11. Order No. 2893, Revised. Ad-
ministrative Route of ex Parte Appeals to the
Board and Examiner's answers.
1204

June 18. Order No. 2913, Revised. Ac-
tion on Junior Application Failing to Make
Date of the Other Application
1101.01 (i)

Dec. 1. Extracts from Order No. 2938.
References To Be Listed at Beginning of Let-
ter. Signature Is Over the Word "Examiner"
or "Acting Examiner" ____ 707.05 (a) to 707.05 (d),
707.09

1926, Mar. 20. Extract From Order No. 2952.
Procedure Leading to Affixing to the Issuing
Patent the Classification Given the Applica-
tion
903.07

1927, Feb. 25. Notice, Revised. Restriction as
to Who May Pull Soft Copies and Patented
and Abandoned Files.
905.02

1928, Jan. 26. Notice, Revised. Where Rule
312 Amendment Increases Claims Above 20,
Notation of Final Fee on Notice of Allowance
To Be Made.
714.16 (c)

Aug. 18. Extract From Notice. Amend-
ment Prior to the First Action Adding Claims
Raising Total in Excess of Fee Not To Be
Entered
714.10

Oct. 29. Extracts From Order No. 3084.
Cases Ready for Final Action Are "Special."
Exr. about to Resign Should Work on Old
Cases
708.01, 708.03
1929, Apr. 17. Order No. 3104, Revised. The
Original Drawing or the Print Must Always Be
in Examining Division Until Case Is Patented
or Abandoned
608.02 (c)

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1929, Aug. 26. Extract From Notice. Orig-
inal and Prospective Patent Numerals to Iden-
tify a Claim in an Issue Case,
1302.04 (g)
1930, Jan. 29. Notice, Revised. Losing Party
in Interference.
1111.09

Feb. 4. Order No. 3140, Revised. Full

605.04 (b)
First Name Required.
Feb. 4. Extract From Order No. 3141.
Amendments That May Be Made by Exam-
iner
1302.04

Apr. 19. Extract From Notice. Orders
for Photostats To Be Signed by Primary
Examiner.
905.01

July 30. Order No. 3157. Rejection of
Previously Allowed Claim Requires Specific
Approval of Primary Examiner
706.04, 1308.01

Oct. 11. Notice. Cases up for Third
Action and 5-year Cases To Be Personally
Considered by Primary Examiner.
707.02 (a)
1931, May 19. Extracts From Order No.
3193. Reissue Application Filed During In-
terference Involving the Patent To Be Called
to Commissioner's Attention
1111.08, 1401.12
, Sept. 30. Notice, Revised. Identifica-
tion of British Patents Bearing Exponential
Numbers.
901.05 (a)

1932, Feb. 1. Extracts From Notice. Dispo-
sition To Be Made by Examiner of Orders for
Amendment of Drawing.
608.02 (x)

Mar. 23. Extract from Order No. 3217.

u-x-r and x-r to Indicate Unofficial and Offi-
cial Cross-References.
707.05 (e)
1933, June 9. Order No. 3240, Revised,
Prints of Drawings Entered as Paper No.
717.01 (b)
2
July 10. Order No. 3244, Revised.
Filing in Affected Application Notice of
Motion Under Rule 234.
1111.06

Sept. 7. Order No. 3251, Revised.

Data Given in Citing Foreign Patents ___ 707.05 (e)
Sept. 27. Notice, Revised. Amend-
ment Presenting Suggested Patent Claims
After Time Limit, Is Not Entered Without
Commissioner's Approval.
1101.02 (f)

Sept. 29. Extract From Notice.
Abandoned Applications To Be Listed ____ 711.04 (a)
1934, May 15. Notice, Revised. Applicant
To Be Notified by Examiner of Withdrawal
of Attorney
402.07

July 26. Circular, Modified. Present
Practice as to Holding of Abandonment for
Incomplete Response.
714.03

Aug. 17. Notice, Revised. An Un-
necessary Substitute Specification Not En-
tered Though Remainder of Amendment May
Be Entered.
714.20

1935, Jan. 11. Notice, Revised. Instructions
to Examiners In Re Decisions on Motions
Under Rules 232, 235, and 237.
1105.06

Mar. 2. Notice. Questions Touching
an Interference To Be Discussed Only Inter-
partes
1111.01

May 22. Order No. 3311. Of Amend-
ments Filed Under Rule 312 Only Those
Affecting Disclosure, or Varying Scope of
Claims, To Be Submitted for Approval.
714.16
1936, Feb. 17. Circular, Revised. Index of
Claims
717.04

Feb. 20. Circular, Revised. Practice
Affecting Entry of Amendments Filed Under
Rule 233
1108
May 26. Order No. 3357, Revised.
Data in Citation of Court Decisions in Ap-
pealed Cases.
707.06

1937, Jan. 14. Order No. 3380, Revised. Rule
202 Statement To Be Sealed and Forwarded
With Interference Papers.
1101.01 (h)

Mar. 24, Notice, Revised. Issue Case
Classified in Another Division Without Trans-
fer
903.07 (b)

May 29. Notice, Revised. New
Ground for Holding a Count or Proposed
Count Unpatentable
1105.08, 1105.05

Oct. 11. Notice. Returnability of
607.02

Fees

Nov. 19. Order No. 3411, Revised.
C. P. To Be Stamped on Jacket of Continua-
tion-in-Part
202.02
1938, Apr. 20. Notice. Caution Against Piece-
meal Prosecution. Particular Reference to
Res Adjudicata Rejections
June 14. Notice, Revised. Reference
706.03 (w)
Cited Under Rule 237 To Be Applied to the
Counts
1105.05

June 29. Notice, Revised. Time Limit
1101.02 (f)
Actions
July 25. Notice, Revised. Practice
Regarding Petitions To Make Application
Special
708.02

Aug. 10. Notice, Revised. Pending Cases
Brought Under Act of 1883 To Be Forwarded
to Application Division
607.01 (c)
1939, June 30. Notice, Revised. Practice To
Be Followed Where Directions for Entry of
Amendments Are Defective.
714.23

Nov. 17. Extract From Order No. 3494.
Fixing Shortened Time for Response to Office
Actions
710.02 (a)
1940, June 11. Notice. Form for Shortened
710.02

Period

Sept. 24. Extract From Notice. Credit
for Time Spent in Classifying Foreign Pat-
ents
903.03

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1940, Oct. 15. Notice, Revised. Sealing of

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1948, Apr. 6. Extracts From Notice. Concern-
ing Election of Species.
Apr. 6. Extracts From Notice. Practice
809.02 (e)
Concerning Borrowing References and Order-
ing Official Cross References.
901.08, 903.06
Rule 204 Affidavits.
1101.03
1941, Apr. 14. Extract From Notice. Proce-
dure Where Winning Party's Application Con-
tains an Unanswered Action.
710.02 (b)
Nov. 22. Notice. "Shortened Time for
Reply" To Be Stamped on First Page of
Letter
710.02
1943, May 14. Extract From Notice. Printed
Copies of Alien Property Custodian Applica-

May 3. Notice, Revised. Amendment
Filed After Death of Attorney
406
tions.
901.06 (c)

May 6. Notice, Revised. Procedure as
to Status Letter
203.08

May 13. Extracts From Notice. Incor-
rect Citation of References.
707.05 (g), 1302.12
May 18. Extract From Order No. 5282.
Order of Examination Where Division Has
Been Required.
708.01

June 28. Memorandum. Amend-
ments Filed After the Death of an Attorney
of Record
406
rections of Drawing.
608.02 (r),
608.02 (v), 608.02 (w), 1302.04
1946, July 1. Extract of Notice. Title of In-
vention

Nov. 1. Notice, Revised. In an Inter-
ference Involving a Patent the Numerals of the
Patent Claims To Be Used in Identifying
Counts
1102.01 (a)

Dec. 9. Notice, Revised. Practice Where
Copied Patent Claims Are Filed in a Case in
Issue
1101.02 (g)
1945, Dec. 21. Extract From Order 4009. Cor-

606.01
Claims
Dec. 18. Order No. 5106, Revised.

Dec. 9. Notice, Revised. Dependent
608.01 (n)
Applicant Changes Name After Application Is
Filed
605.04 (c)

Dec. 19. Extract From Notice. Publi-
cation of Lists of References in Patents.
1302.12
Dec. 20. Notice. Citation in Examiner's
Letters of References Introduced by Appli-
cants
707.05 (d), 1302.12
1947, Jan. 2. Notice, Revised. Preparation of
Interference Notices.
1102.01 (b)

Jan. 23. Notice. Application Obviously
Fails to Disclose Invention With Clarity Re-
quired by Sec. 4888 R. S.
702.01

Feb. 3. Extract From Memorandum.

Abbreviations of Titles of Periodicals ____ 707.05 (e)
Feb. 24. Notice, Revised. Effective
Dates of Declassified Printed Matter _____ 707.05 (f)
Mar. 19. Notice, Revised. Keeping
Patented Files From Record Room
905.03
, Apr. 2. Notice, Revised. Listing of For-
eign Patents for Printing as Part of an Issued
Patent
1802.12

Aug. 5. Memorandum Revised. Cited
References-List in Numerical Order
1302.12
Oct. 14. Extracts From Order No. 5267.

Deferment of Action on Formal Matters __ 707.07 (a),
710.02 (b)

Sept. 23. Notice. Markush-Type
Claim Permissible Under True Generic
Claim
706.03 (y)
Nov. 18. Notice, Revised. Trade-marks
Oct. 12. Notice. Preparing Reissue
in Patent Applications.
608.01 (v)
Nov. 25. Notice, Revised. Submission
Applications for Use.
1401.11
of Applications for Classification
903.08 (d)

Sept. 3. Extracts From Notice. With-
drawal or Dismissal of Appeal.
1215.01,

1215.02, 1215.03, 1215.05
Nov. 10. Extracts From Notice.
Patentability Reports.
608.02 (n), 705

Nov. 12. Notice. Instructions on
Patentability Reports.
705.01 to 705.01 (f)
1949, Feb. 18. Extract from Notice. Ap-
plication of New Rules to Cases Pending on
March 1, 1949
706.07

Mar. 7. Notice. Signature of Attor-
ney and Agents.
402.04

Mar. 29. Notice. Practice in the Case
of an Application Filed with a Power of
Attorney to an Unregistered Person
402

Apr. 13. Extract From Circular of In-
formation and Office Instructions Regarding
Publication of Abstracts of Applications.
711.06
Apr. 14. Notice Attorney Representing
Different Parties in Interferences.
1102.01 (b)

June 6. Notice. Fee Exempt Appli-

cations

607.01

Aug. 5. Memorandum. Interferences
on Nonelected Inventions
1101.01

Aug. 10. Notice. Published Abstracts
of U. S. Applications.
901.06 (đ)
Aug. 22. Notice. Making Unofficial
Subclasses and Digests.
903.02

Oct. 31. Notice. Incorporating Non-
patent Literature in the Classification ___ 901.06 (b)

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1949, Nov. 4. Notice. Change in Rules to
Permit Claiming Five Species
809.02 (a)

Nov. 7. Notice. Termination of Use
of Form Paragraphs, Relating to Final Rejec-
tions
707.14

Dec. 12. Notice. Sending Copy of Office
Action to Applicant in Case of Death of
Attorney
406
Dec. 30. Notice. Counting Actions and
Reporting Cases
1705

1950, Jan. 3. Notice, Revised. Failure to File
Brief on Appeal Before the Board of
Appeals
1215.04

Jan. 4. Notice. Action Following Ex
Parte Appeal to the Court of Customs and
Patent Appeals.
1216.01

Mar. 15. Notice. Practice Under
Rule 237 (a) in Interferences Involving a
Patent
1101.02 (f)
Mar. 15. Notice. Practice Where Ref-
erence for Claim in Issue is Discovered ____ 1308.01
May 3. Notice. Change of Title with
Notice of Allowance.
606.01
Aug. 9. Notice. Applications Made
Special
708.01 (b), 1204

Nov. 1. Notice. Rejection of a
Divisional Case on the Ground of Double
Patenting.
804.02

1951, Apr. 12. Notice. Examiner's Answer to
Appeal Where All Appealed Claims are Sub-
ject to Patentability Report
705.01 (a)
May 7. Notice. Entry of Amendments
Where Precise Point of Entry Is Not Speci-
fied
714.23

June 20. Notice. New Applications En-
tered in Register Not To Be Transferred_ 903.08 (a)

June 25. Memorandum. Transfer of

Secret Applications.

903.08 (a)

Sept. 27. Notice. Citation of Foreign
Language Patents and Their Corresponding
English Language Patents
707.05 (đ),

707.05 (e), 1302.12

1952, Feb. 5. Notice, Review of Application
for Security
107.01

Feb. 18. Extract from Memorandum.
Initialling of Blue Slip by Primary Exam-
iner
903.07

Feb. 20. Extract From Notice. Check-
ing of Classification of Allowed Applica-
tions
903.07

Mar. 13. Notice. New Ground of Re-
jection in Examiner's Answer. Time for
filing Reply
1208.01

Mar. 18. Notice. Manner of Citing
New Ground of Rejection in Examiner's
Answer
1208.01

Apr. 4. Notice. Joint Applicants-
Order of Names
605.04 (f)
Apr. 18. Notice. Examiner's Correc-
tions to be Made in Red Ink
1302.04

May 14. Notice. Drawings to Accom-
pany Allowed Files
903.07

May 19. Notice. Insertion of Patent
Numbers in Allowed Applications
1302.04,

1302.04 (f)

July 2. Memorandum. Designation of
Attesting Officers
1309

July 6. Extract from Memorandum.
Allowed Applications Class and Subclass
Should Be Clearly Written on File Wrapper_ 1302.09
Aug. 1. Extract From Notice. Allowed
Applications-Status of Companion Cases Re-
ferred to Therein and Use of Retention
Labels
1302.07

Aug. 28. Commissioner's Administra-
tive Order No. 10. Authorization to Inspect
or Make Photostatic Copies of Files and Other
Documentary Material
104

Sept. 8. Extract From Notice. Dis-
position of Prints in Applications Classified
in Another Division at the Time of Allow-
ance
903.07 (b)

Sept. 23. Memorandum. Prints of
Drawings in Patented Applications-Imme-
diate Delivery to Issue and Gazette
Branch
608.02 (c)

Oct. 23. Notice. Decisions on Motions
in Interference
1105.06, 1105.07

Dec. 1. Notice. Unentered Amend-
ments in Appealed Cases
1208

Dec. 10. Extract From Notice. Prac-
tice Relative to Requirements for Restriction_ 804.01
1953. Jan. 5. Notice. Notification of Disposi-
tion of Amendments in Appealed Cases.
1207

Jan. 5. Extract from Memorandum.
Class and Subclass Notation on Drawings of
Allowed Cases
903.07

Jan. 6. Notice. Rule 312 Amendments
Presenting Copied Patent Claims
1101.02 (g)

Mar. 9. Extract From Notice. Transfer
of Patents
903.05

Mar. 10. Notice. Appealed Cases-Rule
196 (b) Rejections and 196 (c) Recommenda-
tions-Time for Taking Action Before Ex-
aminer
1213.01, 1214.01

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1953, Apr. 14. Notice. Requirements for Re-
striction-Review by Primary Examiner
803.01

May 26. Commissioner's Order, 671.
O. G. 316. Discontinuance of Publication of
Abstracts of Abandoned Applications
711.06

July 13. Notice. Appointment of Sub-
stitute Attorney-Concurrence of Applicant or
Assignee of Entire Interest Required.
402.03
Nov. 17. Extract from Notice. Periodic
Report of Patent Examining Performance.
1705

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