Appendix I

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# Appendix I Table of Orders and Notices

Par. No.

Par. No.

1880, Mar. 6. Notice. Examiners May Not
Testify as Patent Experts.
1701

Dec. 3. Order No. 55, Revised. Can-
cellation of drawings
608.02 (u)
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 (v)
1889, Feb. 9. Order No. 525, Revised. Speci-
fication To Be Rewritten if Confused by
Erasures 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
402.05 (a)
1898, Oct. 8. Order No. 1239. Data of Foreign
Patent Granted Between Date of Specification
and Date of Final Fee Not Required. 202.04, 1302.06
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 (o)

Sept. 11. Order No. 1370. Substance
of Cited Ms. Decision To Be Given
707.06
1903, Jan. 26. Extracts from Order No. 1514.

Interference Declaration Papers

1102.01 (a),

1102.01 (b)

July 10. Order No. 1537, Revised.
"Counts Compared" in Interference Papers ....

1102.01 (a)

Oct. 8. Extract From Order No. 1552.
Papers Sent to Wrong Division
508.01
1906, July 13. Notice, Revised. Estimating
Cost of Correcting Drawings
608.02 (t)
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.
608.02 (z)
Return of Drawing.

1909, June 15. Order No. 1805, Revised. Pro-
test Against Issuance of Patent Not To Be
Entered in File
1309.03

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 (a),
1401.11

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 (u)

Nov. 15. Order No. 1883, Revised.
Entry, "Noted" in Interference Fle on Ter-
mination of Interferences
1107

1912, Feb. 3. Extract from Orderi No. 1958.
Conditions Precedent to Amendment of
Drawing
608.02 (r)

Mar. 1. Order No. 1961, Revised.
Unsigned 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.
Examiner to Notify Associate Attorney of the
Revocation of His Power.
402.06 (a)

1913, Feb. 13. Order No. 2032, Revised. Require-
ment of Consular Fee Stamp if Omitted __ 604.05 (a)
Oct. 14. Order No. 2076. Interven-
tion of Executor Not Compulsory
409.01 (e)
1914, Mar. 31. Extract From Notice, Classi-
fication of Allowed Applications.
903.07
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 (b)
1916, Jan. 12. Order No. 221572. Amend-
ments. Not Completely Responsive.
714.05
Nov. 18. Notice. Examiner's State-
ment on Petition To"Revive
711.03 (d)
1917, May 11. Notice, Revised. Notation of
Claims Not Patentable Over Interference
Issue To Be Appended to the Declaration of
Interference
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
908.07

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Par. No.

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.
1302.08

Sept. 30. Extract From Notice.
Amendment Filed by an Attorney Not of

, June 9. Order No. 2822. Reference to
Parent Application Required
202.01
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
903.08 (e)
Apr. 18. Extracts From Notice. Steps

714.18,
Preliminary to an Interference
1101.01 (e), 1101.01 (g)
1920, Dec. 6. Extract From Notice. Prompt
Attention to "Printer Waiting" Cases.
1309.02
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 Personnally Pass on
Question of Existence of Interference ___ 1101.01 (c)
Oct. 12. Order No. 2698. Rule 312-
Procedure.
714.16 (c)

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

1922, Oct. 7. Revised. Request for Literature
to Clear Through Scientific Library
901.06 (b)

Nov. 16. Notice. Request for With-
drawal From Issue Goes Direct to Commis-
sioner.
1308.02

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

July 22. Order No. 3017, Revised.
Where Statutory Period Ends on Sunday or
Holiday, and Amendment Is Filed on Next
Succeeding Secular Day, Entry on File Wrap-
per Should Note the Fact.
710.05
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.
Amendment Prior to the First Action Adding
Claims Raising Total in Excess of Fee Not To
Be Entered
714.10

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1928, 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)

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

Feb. 4. Order No. 3140, Revised. Full
First Name Required.
605.04 (b)
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, Jan. 23. Extract From Order No. 3179.
Weekly Work Report, and Actions To Be
Counted
1705

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 (t), 608.02 (y)

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, Feb. 1. Order No. 3233, Revised. Ear-
liest Foreign Filing Date and all Foreign
Filing Dates Outside the 12-Months Period
To Be Noted on the Jacket.
202.03, 1302.06

June 9. Order No. 3240, Revised.
Prints of Drawings Entered as Paper No.
2
717.01 (b)

July 10. Order No. 3244, Revised.
Filing in Affected Application Notice of
Motion Under Rule 234.
1111.06

Sept. 7. Order No. 3251, Revised.
707.05 (e)
Data Given in Citing Foreign Patents
Sept. 27. Notice, Revised. Amend-
ment Presenting Suggested Patent Claims
After Time Limit, Is Not Entered Without
Commissioner's Approval.
1101.02 (f)

1933, 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
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

Dec. 11. Notice, Revised. Unsigned
Original Specification and Signed Dupli-
cate.
605.04 (h)
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
1105.03, 1105.05

Oct. 11. Notice. Returnability of

Fees
607.02
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-
mean Prosecution. Particular Reference to
Res Adjudicata Rejections
706.03 (w)

June 14 .- Notice, Revised. Reference
Cited Under Rule 237 To Be Applied to the
Counts
1105.05

June 29. Notice, Revised. Time Limit
Actions
1101.02 (f)

July 25. Notice, Revised. Practice
Regarding Petitions To Make Application
Special
708.02

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1938, 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
Period
710.02

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

Oct. 15. Notice, Revised. Sealing of
Rule 204 Affidavits
1101.03
Oct. 29. Notice, Revised. Relating to
Election of Species
809.02 (a)
1941, Apr. 14. Extract From Notice. Proce-
dure Where Winning Party's Application
Contains an Unanswered Action.
710.02 (b)

Nov. 22. Notice. "Shortened Time
for Reply" To Be Stamped on First Page of
Letter
710.02

1942, Aug. 6. Notice, Revised. Actions To Be
Submitted to the Supervisory Examiners .. ..
1004
1943, May 14. Extract From Notice. Printed
Copies of Alien Property Custodian Applica-
tions
901.06 (c)

Nov. 1. Notice, Revised. In an In-
terference Involving a Patent the Numerals
of the Patent Claims To Be Used in Identi-
fying Counts
1102,01 (a)

Dec. 9. Notice, Revised. Practice
Where Copied Patent Claims Are Filed in a

Dec. 1. Memorandum. Supplement-
ing Data With Respect to Other Applications
Referred to in Allowed Applications.
1309.01
Case in Issue
1101.02 (g)

1945, Apr. 7. Notice, Revised, 3-Year Govern-
ment Case.
710.03

Dec. 21. Extract From Order 4009.
Corrections of Drawing
608.02 (s),
608.02 (w), 608.02 (x), 608.02 (z), 1302.04
1946, July 1. Extract of Notice. Title of In-
vention
606.01

Aug. 30. Notice, Revised. Extension
of Period of Priority
201.16 to 201.16 (u)

Dec. 9. Notice, Revised. Dependent
608.01 (n)
Claims

Dec. 16. Extract From Commissioner's
Administrative Order No. 10. Approval of
Power to Inspect.
104

Dec. 18. Order No. 5106, Revised.
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

1946, Dec. 20. Notice. Citation in Examin-
er's Letters of References Introduced by Ap-
plicants
707.05 (d), 1302.12
1947, Jan. 2. Notice, Revised. Preparation of
Interference Notices.
1102.01 (b)

Jan. 23. Notice. Application Obvious-
ly Fails to Disclose Invention With Clarity
Required 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
Foreign Patents for Printing as Part of an
Issued Patent.
1302.12

May 1. Circular, Revised. Informa-
tion and Instructions to Examiners on Admin-
istration of Public Law 690 __ 201.16 to 201.16 (u)

, 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)

Nov. 12. Memorandum Revised.
Circular Re Public Law 690_ 201.16 to 201.16 (u)
Nov. 18. Notice, Revised. Trade-
marks in Patent Applications.
608.01 (v)

Nov. 25. Notice, Revised. Submis-
sion of Applications for Classification
903.08 (d)

1948, Apr. 6. Notice. Disposal of Classifica-
tion Examiner's Decisions on Requirements
of Division
820.04

Apr. 6. Extracts From Notice. Con-
cerning Election of Species __ 806.04 (d), 809.02 (b)

Apr. 6. Extracts From Notice. Prac-
tice Concerning Borrowing References and
Ordering Official Cross References. 901.08, 903.06

May 3 Notice, Revised. Amendment
Filed After Death of Attorney.
406

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

May 13 Extracts From Notice. In-
correct 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

May 19. Notice, Revised. Submis-
sion of Cases Under Section 1, Public Law
690
201.16 to 201.16 (u)

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1948, June 25. Memorandum. Supple-
menting Data with Respect to Other Applica-
tions Referred to in Allowed Applications.
(See Memorandum Dec. 1, 1947)
1309.01

June 28. Memorandum. Amend-
ments Filed After the Death of an Attorney
of Record
406

July 19. Extract From Notice. Attor-

402.03,
ney appoints a "Substitute Attorney"
402.05 (a)

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

1215.02, 1215.03, 1215.04, 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, Jan. 25. Notice. Publication of Abstract

Dec. 12. Notice. Sending Copy of
Office Action to Applicant in Case of Death
of Attorney
406
of Applications.
711.06 to 711.06 (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

402.05

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

Apr. 13. Revised Circular of Informa-
tion and Office Instructions Regarding Publica-
tion of Abstracts of Applications_ 711.06 to 711.06 (f)
Apr. 14. Notice Attorney Representing
Different Parties in Interferences.
1102.01 (b)

May 6. Notice. Publication of Ab-
stracts of Applications.
711.06 to 711.06 (f)
June 6. Notice. Fee Exempt Appli-

cations
607.01

Aug. 5. Memorandum. Interferences
on Non-Elected Inventions.
1101.01 (d)

Aug. 22. Notice. Powers To Inspect
or Make Copies, and Appointments of New
Attorneys in Applications Subject to "Secrecy
Orders"
104, 107, 402

1949,
Aug. 22. Notice. Making Unofficial
Subclasses and Digests.
903.02

Sept. 23. Notice. Markush-Type
Claim Permissible Under True Generic
Claim
706.03 (y)

Oct. 12. Notice. Preparing Reissue
Applications for Use
1401.11

Oct. 31. Notice. Incorporating Non-
Patent Literature in the Classification ___ 901.06 (b)
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. 30. Notice. Counting Actions
and Reporting Cases
1705

1950, Jan. 3. Notice. 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
Reference for Claim in Issue is Discovered ... 1808.01

Mar. 15. Notice. Applications in
Custody of Division 70
107, 109

Mar. 31. Memorandum. Power of

Attorney

402.04

May 3. Notice. Change of Title with
Notice of Allowance
606.01

Aug. 9. Notice. Applications Made
Special
Aug. 10. Notice. Published Abstracts
708.01 (b), 1204
of U. S. Applications
901.06 (d)

Oct. 9. Notice. Security Review of
Applications
107

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

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