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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) Nov. 24. Extract From Order No. 2357. Proper Classification of Issue Cases in Oct. 24. Extract From Order No. 1783. Revised Classes To Be Personally Revised by Primary Examiner 903.07 Return of Drawing. 608.02 (z) 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. 714.01 (b) Unsigned Amendment, Disposal of. 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. 221512. 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) <!-- PageBreak --> ## MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE Par. No. 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 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 June 9. Order No. 2822. Reference to Parent Application Required 202.01 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 <!-- PageBreak --> ## APPENDIX I. TABLE OF ORDERS AND NOTICES Par. No. Par. No. 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. 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) 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 <!-- PageFooter="Rev. 1 Nov. 1950" --> <!-- PageBreak --> ## MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE Par. No. Par. No. 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 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 Claims 608.01 (n) 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) Dec. 1. Memorandum. Supplement- ing Data With Respect to Other Applications Referred to in Allowed Applications. 1309.01 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) <!-- PageFooter="Rev. 1 Nov. 1950" --> <!-- PageBreak --> ## APPENDIX I. TABLE OF ORDERS AND NOTICES Par. No. Par. No. 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- ney appoints a "Substitute Attorney" 402.03, 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 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- April 12. Notice. Examiner's Answer to Appeal Where All Appealed Claims are Subject to Patentability Report 705.01 (a) 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. 10. Notice. Published Abstracts of U. S. Applications. 901.06 (d) 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 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 Dec. 12. Notice. Sending Copy of Office Action to Applicant in Case of Death of Attorney 406 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 __ 1308.01 Mar. 31. Memorandum. Power of Attorney 402.04 May 3. Notice. Change of Title with Notice of Allowance 606.01 May 11. Notice. Applications Made Special See 1950, Aug. 9 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, April 11. Notice. Presentation of Species Claims Subsequent to Prosecution of Only Generic Claims 809.02 (a) May 7. Notice. Entry of Amendments Where Precise Point of Entry Is Not Speci- fied 714.23 June 15. Notice. Disapprovals of Requirements To Divide 820.04 June 20. Notice. New Applications En- tered in Register Not To Be Transferred_ 903.08 (a) June 25. Memorandum. Transfer of 1952, February 5. Notice. Review of Applica- tion for Security 107.01 March 13. Notice. New Ground of Re- jection in Examiner's Answer. Time for filing Reply 1208.01 , March 18. Notice. Manner of Citing New Ground of Rejection in Examiner's Answer 1208.01 , April 18. Notice. Examiner's Correc- tions to be Made in Red Ink 1302.04 , May 19. Notice. Insertion of Patent Numbers in Allowed Applications 1302.04, 1302.04 (e) <!-- PageFooter="Rev. 3, May 1952" --> <!-- PageFooter="U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : O-1952" -->
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