Manual of Patenting Examining Procedure
Chapter 100 – Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing
Chapter 200 – Types and Status of Application; Benefit and Priority Claims
Chapter 300 – Ownership and Assignment
Chapter 400 – Representative of Applicant or Owner
Chapter 500 – Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers
Chapter 600 – Parts, Form, and Content of Application
Chapter 700 – Examination of Applications
Chapter 800 – Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting
Chapter 900 – Prior Art, Classification, and Search
Chapter 1000 – Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials
Chapter 1300 – Allowance and Issue
Chapter 1400 – Correction of Patents
Chapter 1800 – Patent Cooperation Treaty
Chapter 2000 – Duty of Disclosure
Chapter 2200 – Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents
Chapter 2300 – Interference and Derivation Proceedings
Chapter 2500 – Maintenance Fees
Chapter 2600 – Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
Chapter 2700 – Patent Terms, Adjustments, and Extensions
Chapter 2800 – Supplemental Examination
Chapter 2900 – International Design Applications
Appendix I – Reserved
Appendix II – List of Decisions Cited
Appendix T – Patent Cooperation Treaty