Appendix I

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# Appendix I Table of Orders and Notices

If the O.G. volume and page appear in the list, a reproduction copy of the
original Order or Notice may be ordered in the usual manner.

Sec. No.

1880, Mar. 6. Notice. Examiners May Not
Testify as Patent Experts.
1701
1888, Jan. 24. Order No. 453. Each Interfer-
ence Record To Be Complete in Itself. 66 O.G.
1599
1111.02

May 28. Order No. 480. Changing
Name of Attorney on the Drawing For-
bidden. 81 O.G. 1425.
608.02 (u)
1889, Feb. 9. Order No. 525. Specification To
June 2. Order No. 1862. Admission of
Additional or Substitute Drawings. 156 O.G.
801
608.02(a), 608.02 (t)

Be Rewritten if Confused by Erasures and
Amendments. 74 O.G. 503
1302.02
July 2. Order No. 560. Erasure of

Notations Required. 48 O.G. 119.
1302.03
1892, June 25. Order No. 767. Entries on File
Jacket Limited to Permanent Parts of Record.
60 O.G. 1.
717.01
1894, Sept. 4. Notice. 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. Suggesting
Claims for Interference Involving a Case in
Issue. 93 O.G. 557.
1101.01(0)

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

Declaration Papers.
1102.01 (a), 1102.01 (b)
, July 10. Order No. 1537. "Counts

Compared" in Interference Papers
1102.01 (a)
1906, July 13. Notice. Estimating Cost of
Correcting Drawings
608.02 (s)
1907, July 19. Order No. 1733. Arrangement
of Papers in Application Files
717.01 (a)
1908, Apr. 17. Order No. 1759. Entry of
Amendment Filed During Interference Pro-
ceedings To Await Termination of Interfer-
ence
1111.05

Apr. 29. Order No. 1764. New Drawing
Required Only by Direction of Drafts-
man. 156 O.G. 261.
608.02 (a)
Oct. 24. Order No. 1783. Return of

Drawing. 156 O.G. 541
608.02 (y)
Dec. 3, Order No. 1832. Reprinted Nota-
tion on File Jacket of a Divisional Appli-
cation
202.02

1909, June 15. Order No. 1805. Protest Against
Issuance of Patent Not To Be Entered in
File
1309.02

Sec. No.

1909, Aug. 2. Notice. Interference Search in
Analogous Classes
1101.01 (c)
1910, Jan. 13. Order No. 1838. Proof of Au-
thority of Executor, etc., To Be of Record.
Abstract of Title in Reissues. 151 O.G.
453
409.01(b)

May 10. Order No. 1854. Disposal of
Amendment Filed After Case Is Abandoned_ 714.17

Nov. 15. Order No. 1883. Entry,
"Noted" in Interference File on Termination
of Interferences
1107
1912, Feb. 3. Order No. 1958. Conditions Pre-
cedent to Amendment of Drawing
608.02 (a)

Mar. 1. Order No. 1961. Unsigned
Amendment, Disposal of
714.01 (b)

July 11. Order No. 1994. Amendment
of Petition
601.01, 605.03

Dec. 20. Order No. 2024. Examiner to
Notify Associate Attorney of the Revocation
of His Power
402.06 (a)
1913, Oct. 14. Order No. 2076. Intervention of

Executor Not Compulsory. 195 O.G. 543 __ 409.01 (f)
1914, Mar. 31. Notice. Classification of Allowed
Applications
903.07

July 13. Order No. 2146. Search Noted

in File Wrapper

717.05

Embassy or Legation Not Required

Aug. 4. Notice. Fee Stamp From

604.05

1916, Jan. 12. Order No. 22151/2. Amendments

Not Completely Responsive

714.05

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

Nov. 24. Order No. 2357. Proper Classi-
fication of Issue Cases in Revised Classes To
Be Personally Revised by Primary Exami-
ner
903.07

1918, Feb. 20. Notice. Unauthorized Changes

in Classification of Patents

903.05

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

June 12. Notice. Care at Interviews

Against Exposing Other Applications to View_

101

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Sec. No.

1918, Sept. 16. Order No. 2422. One Claim
on Each Invention To Be Published in
1802.09
O. G.

Sept. 30. Notice. Amendment Filed by
an Attorney Not of Record
714.01 (c)
1919, Mar. 24. Notice. Inquiry of Application
Room for Drawings Not Transmitted
608.02 (h)

Apr. 15. General Rules Governing the
Assignment of Application for Examina-
tion
903.08 (e)

Apr. 18. Notice. Steps Preliminary to

714.18,
an Interference
1101.01(e), 1101.01 (g)

1920, Dec. 6. Notice. Prompt Attention to
"Printer Waiting" Cases
1809.01

1921, Feb. 15. Notice. Where Junior Party
Fails Under Rule 202, His Claims To Be
Promptly Rejected on Senior Party's Patent
When Issued
1101.01 (1)

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

Aug. 11. Order No. 2687. Primary
Examiner To Personally Pass on Question of
Existence of Interference
1101.01 (c)

Oct. 12. Order No. 2698. Rule 312-

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

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

1922, Apr. 22. Notice. The Attention of Ex-
aminers 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. Cases Requir-
ing No Correspondence Under Rule 202 __ 1101.01 (g)
Aug. 11. Notice Rule 312. Entry of
Amendment in Part
714.16 (e)

Oct. 7. Circular. Request for Literature
to Clear Through Scientific Library
901.06 (b)
1923, Jan. 9. Order No. 2798. Supplemental
Oath Filed After Allowance.
603.01, 714.16

Jan. 23. Order No. 2799. Entries on
"Contents" of a File Should Be in Ink
717.01

Feb. 20. Order No. 2801. Claims Con-
sidered on Amendments Must be Supported
by Argument. 308 O.G. 1
714.04

1925, June 18. Order No. 2913. Action on Junior
Application Failing to Make Date of the Other
Application. 388 O.G. 479.
1101.01 (i)

Dec. 1. Order No. 2938. References To
Be Listed at Beginning of Letter. Signature
Is Over the Word "Examiner" or "Acting
Examiner"
707.05(a) to 707.05(d), 707.09
1926, Mar. 20. Order No. 2952. Procedure Lead-
ing to Affixing to the Issuing Patent the
Classification Given the Application
908.07

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

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

Aug. 18. Notice. Amendment Prior to
the First Action Adding Claims Raising Total
in Excess of Fee Not To Be Entered
714.10

Oct. 29. Order No. 3084. Cases Ready
for Final Action Are "Special." Exr. about to
Resign Should Work on Old Cases. 376 O.G.
269
708.01, 708.03
1929, Apr. 17. Order No. 3104. The Original
Drawing or the Print Must Always Be in
Examining Division Until Case Is Patented
or Abandoned
608.02 (c)

Aug. 26. Notice. Original and Prospec-
tive Patent Numerals to Identify a Claim in an
Issue Case
1302.04 (g)
1930, Jan. 29. Notice. Losing Party in Inter-
ference
1111.09

Feb. 4. Order No. 3140. Full First
Name Required. 391 O.G. 757
605.04 (b)
Feb. 4. Order No. 3141. Amendments
That May Be Made by Examiner. 391 O.G.
757
1302.04

Apr. 19. 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. Order No. 3179.
1705

1924, Jan. 15. Notice. "General Information
Concerning Patents" Sent Instead of "Rules
of Practice"
703

, May 19. Order No. 3193. Reissue Appli-
Nov. 12. Notice. No Notification by
Examiner of Status of a Case Decided by
Board
1214.06
cation Filed During Interference Involving
the Patent To Be Called to Commissioner's
Attention. 407 O.G. 1
1111.08, 1401.12
1932, Feb. 1. Notice. Disposition To Be Made
by Examiner of Orders for Amendment of
Drawing
608.02s, 608.02 (x)
Feb. 12. Notice. In Citing a Commis-
1933, June 9. Order No. 3240. Prints of Draw-
ings Entered as Paper No. 2
717.01 (b)
sioner's Order Give Date or O.G.
707.06

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Sec. No.

Sec. No.

1933, July 10. Order No. 3244. Filing in
Affected Application Notice of Motion Under
Rule 234
1111.06

Sept. 7. Order No. 3251. Data Given in

Citing Foreign Patents.

707.05 (e)

Sept. 27. Notice. Amendment Present-
ing Suggested Patent Claims After Time
Limit, Is Not Entered Without Commis-
sioner's Approval
1101.02 (f)
1934, May 15. Notice. Applicant To Be Notified
by Examiner of Withdrawal of Attorney ____ 402.06
July 26. Circular, Modified. Present
Practice as to Holding of Abandonment for
Incomplete Response
714.03

Aug. 17. Notice. An Unnecessary Sub-
stitute Specification Not Entered Though
Remainder of Amendment May Be Entered __ 714.20
1935, Jan. 11. Notice. Instructions to Exami-
ners 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
1986, Feb. 17. Circular, Revised. Index of
Claims
717.04

, Feb. 20. Circular. Practice Affecting
Entry of Amendments Filed Under Rule 233 __ 1108
May 26. Order No. 3357. Data in Cita-
tion of Court Decisions in Appealed Cases __ 707.06
1937, Jan. 14. Order No. 3380. Rule 202 State-
ment To Be Sealed and Forwarded With
Interference Papers
1101.01 (h)

Mar. 24. Notice. Issue Case Classified

in Another Division Without Transfer __ 903.07 (b)
May 29. Notice. New Ground for
Holding a Count or Proposed Count Unpat-
entable
1105.03, 1105.05

Oct. 11. Notice. Returnability of
607.02

Fees
Nov. 19. Order No. 3411. Entry on

Jacket of Continuation-in-Part.
202.02
1938, Apr. 20. Notice. Caution Against Piece-
meal Prosecution. Particular Reference to
Res Adjudicata Rejections
706.03 (w)
June 14. Notice. Reference Cited Un-

der Rule 237 To Be Applied to the Counts __ 1105.05
June 29. Notice. Time Limit Ac-
1101.02 (f)

tions

July 25. Notice. Practice Regarding
Petitions To Make Application Special
708.02
Aug. 10. Notice, Pending Cases
Brought Under Act of 1883 To Be Forwarded
to Application Division
607.01 (c)

1939, June 30. Notice. Practice To Be Fol-
lowed Where Directions for Entry of Amend-
ments Are Defective
714.23

1939, Nov. 17. Order No. 3494. Fixing
Shortened Time for Response to Office Actions.
509 O.G. 1
710.02(a)

1940, Sept. 24. Notice. Credit for Time
Spent in Classifying Foreign Patents
903.03

Oct. 15. Notice. Sealing of Rule 204
Affidavits
1101.03
1941, Apr. 14. Notice. Procedure Where Win-
ning Party's Application Contains an Unan-
swered Action
710.02(b)

Nov. 22. Notice. "Shortened Time for
Reply" To Be Stamped on First Page of
Letter
710.02
1943, May 14. Notice. Printed Copies of Alien
Property Custodian Applications
901.06 (c)

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

Dec. 9. Notice. Practice Where Copied
Patent Claims Are Filed in a Case in
Issue
1101.02(g)

1945, Dec. 21. Order 4009. Corrections of

608.02 (r),
Drawing. 582 O.G. 211
608.02(v), 608.02(w), 608.02y, 1302.04
1946, July 1. Extract of Notice. Title of In-
vention. 588 O.G. 517.
606.01

Dec. 9. Notice. Dependent Claims.

601.01 (n)
594 O.G. 1
Dec. 18. Order No. 5106. Applicant
Changes Name After Application Is Filed.
594 O.G. 1.
605.04 (c)

Dec. 20. Notice. Citation in Examiner's
Letters of References Introduced by Appli-
cants
707.05(d), 1302.12
1947, Jan. 2. Notice. Preparation of Inter-
ference Notices
1102.01 (b)

Feb. 3. Memorandum. Abbreviations
of Titles of Periodicals
707.05 (e)

Feb. 24. Notice. Effective Dates of

Declassified Printed Matter. 596 O.G. 144_ 707.05 (f)
Mar. 19. Notice. Keeping Patented
Files From Record Room
905.03

Apr. 2. Notice. Listing of Foreign
Patents for Printing as Part of an Issued
Patent
1302.12

Aug. 5. Memorandum. Cited Refer-

ences-List in Numerical Order

1302.12

Oct. 14. Order No. 5267. Deferment
of Action on Formal Matters.
707.07 (a),
708.01, 710.02 (b)

Nov. 18. Notice. Trademarks in Pat-
ent Applications. 605 O.G. 179
608.01(v)

Nov. 25. Notice. Submission of Appli-
cations for Classification
903.08 (d)
1948, Apr. 6. Notice. Concerning Election of
Species. 610 O.G. 16
809.02 (e)

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Sec. No.

1948, Apr. 6. Notice. Practice Concerning
Borrowing References and Ordering Official
Cross References
901.08, 903.06

May 3. Notice. Amendment Filed
After Death of Attorney. 610 O.G. 503.
406
May 6. Notice. Procedure as to Status
Letter
203.08

May 13. Notice. Incorrect Citation
of References
707.05(g), 1302.12

June 28. Memorandum. Amendments
Filed After the Death of an Attorney of
Record
406

Sept. 3. Notice. Withdrawal or Dis-

missal of Appeal. 614 O.G. 812

1215.01,

1215.02, 1215.03, 1215.05

Nov. 10. Notice. Patentability Re-

ports. 616 O.G. 1120.
608.02 (n), 705
, Nov. 12. Notice. Instructions on
Patentability Reports.
705.01 to 705.01 (f)
1949, Feb. 18. Notice. Application of New
Rules to Cases Pending on March 1, 1949. 620
O.G. 691.
706.07
Mar. 7. Notice. Signature of Attorney
and Agents. 620 O.G. 970.
402.04

Mar. 29. Notice. Practice in the Case
of an Application Filed with a Power of
Attorney to an Unregistered Person. 621 O.G.
641
402

June 25. Memorandum. Transfer of
Secret Applications
903.08 (a)

July 16. Memorandum. Dependent

Claim

608.01 (n)

Sept. 14. Memorandum. Cases Pend-

ing more than Five Years.
710.02 (b)
1952, Feb. 5. Notice. Review of Application
for Security
107.01

Feb. 18. Memorandum. Initialling of
Blue Slip by Primary Examiner
903.07
Mar. 13. Notice. New Ground of Re-
jection in Examiner's Answer. Time for
filing Reply. 657 O.G. 7.
1208.01

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

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. 659 O.G.
311
1302.04, 1302.04 (f)

July 2. Memorandum. Designation of

Attesting Officers. 661 O.G. 13

1309

July 6. Memorandum. Allowed Appli-
cations Class and Subclass Should Be Clearly
Written on File Wrapper
1302.09

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

Dec. 30. Notice. Counting Actions and

, Aug. 1. Notice. Allowed Applications
-- Status of Companion Cases Referred to
Therein and Use of Retention Labels.
1302.07
Reporting Cases
1705
1950, Jan. 3. Notice. Failure to File Brief on
Appeal Before the Board of Appeals. 630 O.G.
617
1215.04

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1950\. Jan. 4. Notice. Action Following Ex
Parte Appeal to the Court of Customs and
Patent Appeals. 630 O.G. 617.
1216.01

Mar. 8. Notice. Preparation of Type-
written Specification
608.01

Mar. 15. Notice. Practice Under Rule
237(a) in Interferences Involving a Patent.
636 O.G. 705
1102.02 (f)

Mar. 15. Notice. Practice Where Ref-
ence for Claim in Issue is Discovered. 636
O.G. 705
1308.01

Mar. 31. Memorandum. Powers of At-
torney
402.08

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

Nov. 1. Notice. Rejection of Division
Case on the Ground of Double Patenting. 640
O.G. 710
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 It Not Speci-
fied
714.23

Apr. 13. Circular of Information and
Office Instructions Regarding Publication of
Abstracts of Applications
711.06 (a)
Apr. 14. Notice. Attorney Represent-
ing Different Parties in Interferences. 622
O.G. 12.
1102.01 (b)

June 6. Notice. Fee Exempt Appli-
cations
607.01
Aug. 5. Memorandum. Interferences

1101.01
on Nonelected Inventions
Aug. 10. Notice. Published Abstracts
of U.S. Applications
901.06 (d)
Aug. 22. Notice. Making Unofficial
Subclasses and Digests
903.02

Sept. 23. Notice. Markush-Type Claim
Permissible Under True Generic Claim. 627
O.G. 304
706.03 (y)

Oct. 12. Notice. Preparing Reisuue
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 Per-
mit Claiming Five Species 626 O.G. 14 __ 806.04(g),
809.02 (a)

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

104

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Sec. No.

1952, Sept. 8. Notice. Disposition of Prints

in Applications Classified in Another Group
at the Time of Allowance.
903.07 (b)

, Sept. 23. Memorandum. Prints of
Drawings in Patented Applications-Immedi-
ate Delivery to Issue and Gazette Branch_ 608.02 (c)
Oct. 23. Notice. Decisions on Motions

in Interference. 664 O.G. 687
1105.06, 1105.07
Dec. 1. Notice. Unentered Amend-
ments in Appealed Cases
1208

Dec. 10. Extract From Notice. Practice
Relative to Requirements for Restriction
804.01
1953, Jan. 5. Notice. Notification of Deposi-
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. 668 O.G. 869.
1213.01, 1214.01

Apr. 14. Notice. Requirements for Re-
striction-Review by Primary Examiner
803.01
Dec. 15. Notice. Personal Review by
May 26. Commissioner's Order. Discon-
Primary Examiner of Rule 132 Affidavits_ 707.02, 716
1960, Aug. 3. Notice. Classification of Foreign
Patents
903.03
Oct. 14. Notice. Rejection on Undue
tinuance of Publication of Abstracts of Aban-
doned Applications. 671 O.G. 316.
711.06
1954, Mar. 9. Stipulations for Extension of
Time. 680 O.G. 820
1111
Multiplicity. 760 O.G. 1
706.03 (1)
Oct. 21. Notice. Affidavits under

, Apr. 5. Notice. Changes in Interfer-

ence Practice. 681 O.G. 864.

1101.02

Sept. 20. Notice. Public Law 619

201.16

Rule 132

716

Dec. 3. Notice. Applications Made

Special. 689 O.G. 451

708.01, 1204

Oct. 21. Special Notice. 760 O.G. 499 __
1701
1961, Apr. 6. Notice. Amendments under Rule
312. 765 O.G. 935
714.16
1955, Nov. 7. Notice. Petitions to Make Pat-
ent Applications Special. 700 O.G. 567.
708.02
May 18. Notice. Field of Search-In-
quiries relative Thereto. 767 O.G. 285.
1701
1956, Jan. 24. Notice. Election of Species-
Short Form
809.02 (a)
Jan. 25. Notice. Consular Fee Stamps.
703 O.G. 1
604.05

Apr. 24. Notice. Group Number Should
Appear on Communications Relating to Pend-
ing Applications. 706 O.G. 437
503

Apr. 25. Notice. Submission of Appli-

July 25. Notice. Recording Petitions

To Make Special

708.02

cations Under the Atomic Energy Act

108

Aug. 30. Notice. Joint Applicants-

Order of Names. 710 O.G. 487
605.04 (f)
Sept. 24. Notice. Preparing List of
References in Allowed Applications __ 707.05, 1302.12
Sept. 24. Notice. Status Letters in Re-
sponse to Congressional Inquiries.
203.08
Oct. 8. Notice. Suspension of Patenta-

bility Report Practice

705.01 (e)

Dec. 17. Notice. Applications Filed
More Than One Year After Filing Abroad-
Reference to Library Unnecessary
706.03 (s)

1956, Dec. 18. Notice. Disposition of Prints
of Drawings
608.02 (c)
1957, Feb. 14. Notice. New Ground of Rejec-
tion in Examiner's Answer.
1208.01
Apr. 8. Notice. Statement of Exami-
ner's Position in Examiner's Answer
1208

Apr. 22. Notice. Practice Relative to
Applications Filed Without Drawings. 718
O.G. 1
608.02

Apr. 23. Notice. Appointment of Sub-

stitute Attorney. 718 O.G. 219

402.03

1958, Sept. 29. Notice. New Drawings Pre-

pared by Office Draftsman

608.02 (x)

1959, Feb. 16. Memorandum. Appeal Confer-

ence

1208

Apr. 29. Notice. Incorrect Citation of
References-Period for Response. 742 O.G.
611
710.06

May 4. Notice. Employees to Refrain
from Expressing Opinions on Question of
Validity. (C.F. 760 O.G. 760)
1701

Oct. 13. Notice. Photographs as

Drawings. 747 O.G. 789.
608.02
Oct. 27. Notice. Answering Asserted
Advantages
707.07 (f)

May 25. Notice. Classification of
Foreign Patents
903.03

July 14. Notice. Bar to Patenting by
Reason of Unlicensed Foreign Filing
706.03 (s)

July 21. Notice. "Easily Erasable"
Paper. 769 O.G. 231
608.01

Nov. 29. Notice. Interferences When

Declared
1101.01
Dec. 14. Notice. Examiner's Report on
Petition To Revive
711.03 (d)
Dec. 22. Notice. Applications-Filing
Dates. 774 O.G. 415
506
1962, Mar. 1. Notice. Applicants to be Noti-

fied Directly Where Election by Common As-
signee is Required. 776 O.G. 609
1101.01 (b)

Mar. 28. Notice. Print of Drawing in
Application Awaiting Revision.
608.02 (c)

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Sec. No.
1962, Mar. 28. Notice. Terminology Not

Generally Accepted in Art.
707.07

Apr. 23. Notice. New Drawings __ 608.02 (a)
Aug. 22. Notice. Certified Copies for

Divisional Applications. 782 O.G. 1
201.06

Oct. 3. Notice. Interference Involving

Patents
1101.02, 1112.08
1963, Mar. 29. Notice. (Sequence of Exami-
nation)
708.01
Sept. 25. Notice. Authority to Act on

Petitions

1002.02

on Office Actions.

707.08

1964, Jan. 23. Notice. Trademarks in Patent
April 7. Notice. Final Rejection-

Specifications. 799 O.G. 204
608.01 (v)
When Proper on First Action
706.07 (b)
May 31. Notice. Amendment after Fi-

Jan. 23. Notice. Prior Applications-
Notations on File Wrapper __ 202.02, 1302.06, 1802.09

Feb. 7. Notice. Due Date of Re-

sponses
710.05
Feb. 12. Notice. Amendments After

Second Action

714.12

Apr. 6. Notice. Time Periods in Inter-

ferences
1106
Apr. 30. Notice. Practice Re: Tech-
706.03(y)
nical Rejections. 814 O.G. 715.

May 27. Notice. Effective Date of U.S.
Patent Claiming Foreign Priority ____ 706.02, 715.01
June 26. Notice. Interferences-Dec-

laration-804 O.G. 297

1101.01, 1101.01 (g)

July 23. Notice. Setting Time Periods

for Response.
710.02(b),
714.01 (b), 809.02 (c), 821.01
Aug. 18. Notice. Reference to Parent

Application

1302.04

Oct. 13 .. Notice. Publication of Por-

tions of Application. 804 O.G. 818
711.06

Sept. 27. Notice. German Utility
Model (Gebrauchsmuster). 819 O.G. 1835_ 901.05 (b)
Nov. 1. Notice. Examiner's Answer __.
1208
Dec. 30. Notice. Waiving of Correc-
Oct. 14. Notice. Citation of Ref-
tions to Drawing
608.02
erence. 807 O.G. 782.
707.05 (a)
1966, Jan. 6. Notice. New Drawings Prepared
Dec. 2. Notice. Netherlands Printed
by Patent Office
608.02 (x)
Specifications. 809 O.G. 1290
901.05(b)
Dec. 4. Notice. Grouping of References in
Office Letters
707.05 (a)
Dec. 11. Notice. Information re Ap-

plication Status. 809 O.G. 1293
102

Dec. 18. Notice. Orders for Photo
copies. 810 O.G. 308.
905.01

1965, Jan. 4. Notice. Citation of Publications
and Foreign Patents. 810 O.G. 311
707.05(e)

Jan. 14. Notice. Drawing Correc-

tions
608.02 (x)

Jan. 14. Notice. Borrowed Application

May 11. Notice. Examiner's Amend-
ment Practice. 827 O.G. 2.
1302.04
Files
Jan. 14. Notice. Borderline Classifica-
901.03
tion-Resubmission When Sending To Issue __ 903.07,
903.08(a)

1965, Feb. 19. Notice. Claims Added Before
First Office Action
707.04, 714.10
Feb. 19. Notice. Treatment of Claim
May 31. Notice. Format-Requesting
Streamlined Continuation Application. 828

Dependent on Canceled or Rejected Base

Claim

608.01 (n)

Feb. 19. Notice. Appeal Filed-Dis-

position of Reference Copies in File.

1208

1965, March 4. Notice. Declaration in Lieu of
Oath-Ribboning of Papers Unnecessary
813 O.G. 1
602, 602.04 (a)

March 4. Notice. Informal Applica-
tions of Foreign Applicants.
702.01, 714.09

March 15. Notice. Telephone Long-Dis-
tance Interviews.
713.01, 714.01

March 17. Notice. Routing of Addi-
tional and Substitute Drawings
608.02 (h)
April 5. Notice. Telephone Numbers

nal-Application Allowable.
714.13

June 15. Notice. New Interference Pro-

cedure

107.02,1101.02(f),

1101.03, 1102, 1102.01, 1102.01 (a), 1105.05, 1111.04
June 18. Notice. Full Signatory Exam-
iners Notations on File Wrappers
903.07

July 22. Notice. Defective Oaths
602.03

July 22. Notice. Pencil Notations on
Drawings
608.02, 717.03

August 11. Notice. New Ground of Re-
jection After Final.
706.07(e), 1208.01

August 13. Notice. Amendments-Ba-

sis in Original Disclosure

706.03 (n), 714.02

September 9. Notice. Transfer of

Drawings

608.02 (i)

Jan. 27. Notice. Telephone Practice in
Restriction and Election of Species Situations.
824 O.G. 408
812.01

Feb. 11. Memorandum. Streamlined

Continuation Applications. 824 O.G. 1
201.07

Feb. 24. Notice. Citation of References

on Allowance

1802.04

Mar. 1. Memorandum. Prosecution of
Patent Applications After Final Action. 824
O.G. 4.
714.13, 1207

May 13. Notice. Streamlined Continua-
tion Applications-Original Application Al-
lowed. 827 O.G. 2.
201.07

May 31. Memorandum. Revision of

Notices Under Rule 312

714.16(d)

O.G. 1085

201.07

Aug. 3. Extensions of Time. 829 O.G.

1307

710.02 (e)

Dev. 10, Oct. 1966