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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 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 <!-- PageFooter="278998-54 -- 15" --> <!-- PageBreak --> # MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE 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. 1302.09 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) Par. No. 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) <!-- PageBreak --> ## TABLE OF ORDERS AND NOTES Par. No. Par. No. 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 <!-- PageBreak --> ## MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE Par. No. 1940, Oct. 15. Notice, Revised. Sealing of Par. No. 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) <!-- PageBreak --> ## TABLE OF ORDERS AND NOTES Par. No. Par. No. 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 <!-- PageBreak --> ## MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE Par. No. Par. No. 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 <!-- PageHeader="4" --> ( ¿ E- €
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