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Subject.

OATH TO APPLICATION-Continued.
additional, as to foreign patents.
supplemental, to amendment.

officers authorized to administer..

new, required in renewal application after abandonment.

original, may be used in application for renewal after forfeiture..

OFFICIAL ACTION,

will be based exclusively upon the written record.
office can not act as adviser....

OFFICIAL BUSINESS

should be transacted in writing.

OFFICIAL GAZETTE..

subscription price.
of single copies.

furnished to public libraries free.
annual index...

amendments to rules published in.

Rule.

46

48

47

173

176

1

14

1

225

225

227

one edition of drawings published in.

51

one view only, as a rule, shown in...

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rules for preparing a figure for publication in....

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notice of taking testimony, contested cases, published in
in interference cases....

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no attention will be paid to, if there is any disagreement or doubt.

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will not be withdrawn from issue without approval of Commissioner.
Date, duration and form,

78, 165, 166

will bear date not later than six months from allowance.

167

not antedated..

167

will contain title and grant for seventeen years.

168

if patented abroad, are limited to expire with foreign patent.

168

design patents, for three and a half, seven, and fourteen years.
printed copy of specification and drawings will be attached..
Delivery,

80, 168

168

169

delivered on the day of its date to......
Correction of errors in,

mistakes in, incurred through fault of the office, will be corrected
by certificate attached or by reissue

not incurred through fault of the office will not be corrected

weekly issue of, will close on Thursday.

will bear date third Tuesday thereafter..

final fee must be paid or patent will be withheld.

if not paid on or before Thursday, too late for the weekly issue.
foreign, not a bar to a United States patent, but will limit its term..
showing but not claiming invention....

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170

170

222

222

167

222

29

75

33, 86

145

182

4

3

110

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RECORDS, ETC.,

of office and models of patented inventions open to inspection.....
mutilation of.............

may be used as evidence

notice of intent to use them to be given

RECONSIDERATION,

of cases decided by a former Commissioner.

Rule.

112, 113
114, 115

104

117

125

12

225

225

225

51

14, 16

73

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of adverse decision upon a preliminary question upon request of
applicant

REEXAMINATION,

of application will be made if insisted upon..

REFERENCES,

will be given upon rejection.

upon rejection for want of novelty, best will be cited.

to be specifically stated....

copies of patents, etc., referred to in, will be furnished if in posses-

sion of office.

REFERENCE LETTERS,

in drawings, directions

REFUNDMENT,

of money paid by mistake

REHEARINGS,

on appeal

REISSUES,

to whom granted and in what cases..

when the inventor or assignee must sign application

what must accompany the petition.

(6, 7)..

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loss of original patent must be shown and a copy furnished.

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REJECTIONS AND REFERENCES. (See References, Adverse Decision.)
formal objections..

applicant will be notified of rejection, with reasons and references.
on rejection for want of novelty best references will be cited
requisites of notice

on account of invention shown by others but not claimed, how over-

come

after two rejections appeal may be taken from examiner to exam-
iners-in-chief...

64, 67

65

66

66

75, 76

133

Subject.

RENEWAL,

of application abandoned by failure to complete or prosecute.
of application forfeited by nonpayment of final fee.
of caveat.

RESERVATION CLAUSES NOT PERMITTED.

SERVICE OF NOTICES,

in interference cases..

of appeal to supreme court District of Columbia.

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26, 30, 85

·(7).

60, 171 40

50, 51 58

60, 107, 196

107, 196

125

of discovery upon appeal of grounds for granting or refusing letters patent not involved in the appeal...

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order of arrangement in framing

how and by whom signed....

must be legibly written on but one side of the paper

amendments to, must conform to drawings or model, if any. must be on separate sheets of paper.

not to be returned after completion

erasures and insertions to be clearly specified

not to be made by applicant

to be rewritten, if necessary.

new, required in renewal application after abandonment original, may be used in renewal application after forfeiture. SPECIMENS,

of composition of matter to be furnished when required... SUBPOENAS,

for witnesses to be issued by clerks of United States courts.. SUBSTITUTION OF ATTORNEY,

by attorney only when he has power of substitution and only when one remove from principal

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,

appeals to... . . . .

TELEGRAMS,

not received before 3 p. m. answered the following day...... TESTIMONY,

rules for taking and transmitting, in extensions, interferences, and other contested cases.

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notice-waiver, reasonable time to travel

(1)..

154

service of notice..

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officer's certificate.

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time for taking, in interference cases

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official records, printed publications, etc., used as evidence... (7)..

154

Subject.

Rule.

TESTIMONY-Continued.

formalities in preparing depositions

155, 156

relatives of interested parties not competent as officials to take.
may be used in other interferences when relevant.
evidence on hearing must comply with rules

156

157

159

formal objections to

copies of testimony to be filed in the office one week before hearing.

how prepared

159

162

162

to be inspected by parties to the case only

can not be withdrawn; printing of..

subpoenas for witnesses.

In foreign countries,

161

161, 162

160

by leave of the Commissioner, granted only upon motion duly made.

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interrogations.

(3).

158

papers completed, Commissioner will send them to foreign offi

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for a caveat

Cath, by a sole inventor (citizen of the United States or alien)

by an applicant for reissue (inventor).

by an applicant for reissue (assignee).

supplemental, to accompany a new or enlarged claim.

to the loss of letters patent.

by an administrator as to loss of letters patent.

Power of attorney

revocation of.

amendment

Disclaimer.

during interference

Appeals from a principal examiner to examiners-in-chief

Commissioner..

examiners-in-chief to Commissioner (interference).
examiner of interferences to examiners-in-chief..
examiners-in-chief to Commissioner (reissue).

Commissioner to the supreme court of the District of Columbia.
preliminary statement

Rules of the supreme court in appeals from the Commissioner of Patents.
Assignments, entire interest (before issue of patent)

entire interest (in patent).

undivided interest in patent, including extension

exclusive territorial grant

License, shop right.

with royalty

Extension, application for (by a patentee)

(by an administrator)

statement and account

oath by an applicant for extension (patentee).

(executor).

reasons for opposing an extension (by individuals)
Depositions, notice of taking testimony and proof of service

form of.

certificate of officer.

Petition for copies of rejected or abandoned applications.
Petition under Rule 145

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