INDEX. Subject. ABANDONED, FORFEITED REVIVED, AND RENEWED APPLICATIONS. (See Abandonment, Forfeiture, and Renewal.) requisites of to be signed both by inventor and assignee of undivided interest .. must be written legibly on but one side of the paper. to correspond to original model, drawing, or specification. involving a departure from original invention not permitted not covered by original oath.. of specification, if no model or drawing. to correct inaccuracies or prolixity after claims are ready for appeal.. after decision on appeal, based on discovery of Commissioner. after notice of allowance to applications in interference to Rules of Practice, to be published in Official Gazette APPEALS, from requirement of model prerequisites to to examiners-in-chief from primary examiner on merits of invention. to be in writing.. examiner to furnish a statement of the grounds of rejection. appellant to furnish a brief of reasons of appeal.. oral hearing before examiners-in-chief, how obtained how conducted decision of examiners-in-chief to be confined to points appealed... but upon discovery of grounds for granting or refusing a patent not involved in appeal, action to examiners-in-chief from examiner, interference cases, patentability of claims. to Commissioner upon refusal of examiner to admit amendment. APPEALS-Continued. Subject. Rule. rehearings jurisdiction reconsideration of cases decided by a former Commissioner to the supreme court of the District of Columbia. APPLICANTS. (See Applications.) who may be.... should transact their business in writing. personal attendance unnecessary required to conduct business with decorum and courtesy will be informed of serial number of their application. APPLICATIONS, what constitutes a complete application to whom made. must be made by actual inventor, if alive. if dead, by executor or administrator upon objection that the appeal is informal on preliminary or intermediate questions from examiner to Commissioners in interference cases 135 145 124, 146, 147 upon adverse decisions by examiners-in-chief.. 140 142 143 144 148-150 24 4 4 22 31 30 130 26 25, 26 30 40 14 32 31 77 31 31 41, 42 43 44 76 10 46 87 47 48 47 kept secret while pending. 15 16 must be written in the English language. how signed and witnessed. office can not advise or assist in preparation of. all parts should be filed at the same time incomplete applications will not be filed acknowledgment of filing ... will be stricken from the files for irregularities... will be numbered in annual series, commencing January 1, 1880. to contain but one invention unless connected. when applicant makes two or more covering same invention, cross-references required reservation for future application not permitted showing but not claiming invention data required in letters concerning.... oath to, by applicant.. by applicant for reissue.. by executor or administrator. when patented are open for inspection. examination of, order of.... privileged cases taking precedence in. in reissue cases, by whom signed. what must accompany no new matter to be introduced original will be reviewed. abandonment of, by failure to complete. by failure to prosecute by filing a formal abandonment abandoned and forfeited, not cited as references copies, to whom furnished prosecution of, defined renewal of, after abandonment after forfeiture 179 77, 171 172 175, 176 new, after abandonment may be accompanied by old model after forfeiture may be made by any party in interest. rejected, may be appealed to examiners-in-chief after two rejections. 133 205 228 Subject. Rule. ARGUMENTS, oral, hours of hearing limitation of. right to open and close in contested cases. not to be made before examiner in extension cases brief of, to be made in appeal cases, to be previously filed interference cases, to be previously filed. in contested cases should be printed ASSIGNEE, if of entire interest, is entitled to hold correspondence with the office exclusively if of undivided part interest, correspondence will be held with inventor and patent may issue to him. may file application for renewal after forfeiture. 151 151 138, 153 194 136 147 163 5, 20 26 6 26 85 131 assignability of patents patent will issue to, if assignment is recorded before payment of ASSIGNMENTS, 175 215 210 grant of territorial rights 210 in whom may be vested 211 must be recorded in United States Patent Office to secure against if recorded before payment of final fee patent will issue to assignee. 26, 215 care enjoined in selecting. correspondence to be with them only power of attorney must be filed before any recognition or privileges are extended 216 218 218 219 17 17 17 BAR, given to a firm not recognized unless all its members are named general powers not recognized.. substitution or association of, when authorized by principal if not satisfactory, power may be revoked assignments do not operate as a revocation may examine cases in attorneys' rooms, but not in rooms of the examiners.... personal interviews with examiners. required to conduct business with decorum and courtesy may be refused recognition for misconduct... as members of Congress can not act as, or be given information without a power of attorney, their services should not be solicited...... foreign patents not a. use will not bar patent here, if not patented by another or 21330-7 21, 152 BAR-Continued. inventions shown but not claimed in other applications may not be a BRIEFS, of authorities and arguments upon which appeal will be maintained to be filed before day of hearing.. same, interference cases. same, extension cases should be submitted in printed form. CAVEATS, defined.. who may file fee required on filing operative for one year. cr 136 147 194 147, 163 197 198, 200 198, 218 198 may be renewed yearly upon payment of fee 199 preserved in secrecy. 15, 198, 199 requisites of 201, 202 to be accompanied by drawings when practicable. notice of interfering applications filed while caveat is operative copies obtainable only by caveator or persons authorized by him.. CLAIMS, 209 in specific and distinct form must follow specification 37 not in conflict in interference may be withdrawn and new application therefor filed 106 must be twice rejected before appeal copies of rejected claims must accompany examiner's statement on appeal. of specifications, drawings, and patents will be furnished at specified rates.. of patents, etc., referred to in references will be furnished. of papers in pending cases to applicants for amendment. of claims may be obtained by opposing parties in interference. of motion papers and affidavits to be served of rejected and abandoned files of caveats.. 62 16, 218 218 226 226 66 72 108 153 179 209 |