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Index<br />

A<br />

“A,” correct use of, 202, 234–235, 243,<br />

244, 250, 251<br />

A4 size drawing boards, 261<br />

A4 size paper, 257, 259, 260, 261,<br />

269–270<br />

for international application, 328,<br />

329<br />

Abandonment, 105<br />

access to abandoned application,<br />

176<br />

by amendment being lost in mail,<br />

387<br />

after continuation-in-part is filed,<br />

406, 407<br />

after continuation is filed, 402<br />

on discovery of prior art, 345<br />

after final Office Action, 390, 391,<br />

394<br />

by forgetting to rescind NPR, 278,<br />

332<br />

Notice of, 394<br />

by not replying to Office Action,<br />

342, 345, 351, 397–398<br />

of parent of divisional application,<br />

405<br />

reviving application after, 332,<br />

397–398<br />

Statutory Invention Registration<br />

and, 395<br />

substitute application following, 409<br />

trade secret and, 175, 176<br />

Abbreviations, 451–452<br />

Abstract<br />

finaling of, 269, 270<br />

Inventor’s Commandment and, 180<br />

in patent search, 135, 141, 143, 151,<br />

154, 156, 159<br />

of Provisional <strong>Patent</strong> Application,<br />

61, 71, 72, 73, 74<br />

reviewing draft of, 205–206<br />

of sample patent application, 219<br />

of Statutory Invention Registration,<br />

395, 408<br />

as summary of specification, 182,<br />

205, 276<br />

writing of, 205, 209<br />

Abstract ideas, 15, 96, 98, 238<br />

Accelerated Examination Program<br />

(AEP), 293, 295<br />

Accidental inventions, 37–38<br />

Acknowledgment Receipt, in electronic<br />

filing, 74, 286<br />

Information Disclosure Statement<br />

and, 288<br />

Acrobat Reader, 274, 286<br />

Actual reduction to practice, 48, 58<br />

Addresses<br />

change of, 342<br />

maintenance fees and, 420<br />

of corresponding individual, 275,<br />

278<br />

of PTO, 482<br />

Adobe Acrobat Reader, 274, 286<br />

ADS. See Application Data Sheet (ADS)<br />

Advantages of embodiments, 180, 187,<br />

204–205, 206<br />

in sample patent application,<br />

217–218<br />

Advantages of invention<br />

discussed in specification, 182, 199,<br />

213<br />

entered in notebook, 51, 53<br />

as limiting statements to avoid, 180,<br />

199, 204–205<br />

in marketability assessment, 81–87<br />

Advertising<br />

copyright on, 22<br />

for mail order distribution, 315<br />

of patent for sale, 415<br />

touting patent in, 416<br />

trademark used in, 20<br />

unfair competition and, 29<br />

See also Publicity<br />

Advertising slogans, 17, 21, 29<br />

Advisory action, from examiner, 391<br />

AEP (Accelerated Examination<br />

Program), 293, 295<br />

Aerospace inventions, 396<br />

African Regional Intellectual Property<br />

Organization (ARIPO), 320, 322<br />

Agents. See <strong>Patent</strong> agents<br />

Agent’s exam, given by PTO, 17<br />

Age of inventor, and Petition to Make<br />

Special, 293, 295, 297<br />

Aggregates. See Compositions of matter<br />

Aggregations<br />

claims for, 237<br />

obviousness of, 113<br />

See also Combinations<br />

AIDS, inventions related to, 295<br />

Algorithms<br />

patentability and, 15, 23, 96, 98,<br />

238–239<br />

See also Software; Software patents<br />

Allowability, Notice of, 341, 389<br />

Allowance<br />

Notice of (N/A), 183, 341, 386, 389,<br />

390, 429<br />

reasons for, in examiner’s statement,<br />

389<br />

Alterna-TIFF viewer, 140, 162, 163, 166<br />

Alternative embodiments, 204, 205, 216<br />

Amendments, 183<br />

after allowance, 389<br />

checklist for, 388<br />

to claim benefit of PPA, 278<br />

to claims. See Claims, amendments<br />

to<br />

defined, 341

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