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576 | <strong>Patent</strong> it YOURSELF<br />

in divisional application, 405<br />

to drawings, 183, 370–371, 381–382,<br />

385–386, 389<br />

entered for appeal, 348, 391<br />

faxing to PTO, 347, 386–387, 388,<br />

397<br />

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

393<br />

First Action Interview Pilot<br />

Program and, 286, 341<br />

format for, 365, 379, 386, 388<br />

insignificant, to please examiner,<br />

363<br />

interview with examiner and, 345,<br />

363, 389<br />

Inventor’s Commandment about,<br />

338<br />

mailing, 386–387, 397<br />

newly discovered prior art and, 342<br />

paragraph numbers in, 365, 386<br />

patentability and, 398<br />

planning outline of, 364–365<br />

Preliminary, before Office Action,<br />

348<br />

in divisional application, 405<br />

remarks section of, 364–365, 379–<br />

385, 389<br />

authorities for, 349<br />

in RCE filing, 404–405<br />

sample, 371–377<br />

with request for continued<br />

examination, 393, 404–405<br />

as response to every point in OA,<br />

347<br />

to specification, 183, 347, 364, 365,<br />

381<br />

after allowance, 389<br />

summary, 398<br />

Supplemental, before next OA, 348<br />

Supplemental Declaration<br />

regarding, 389, 390<br />

timing<br />

deadlines for sending, 342<br />

missed deadline, 397–398<br />

of response to, 342<br />

typing, 386<br />

v. response, 341, 363<br />

voluntary, 348, 385–386<br />

See also Office Action (OA)<br />

Amino acid sequence. See<br />

Biotechnology sequence<br />

Amusing inventions, 101<br />

Animals, utility patents on, 10, 100<br />

Antecedents, in claims, 234–235, 243,<br />

356, 363<br />

Anticipation, 106, 151, 152<br />

Anticybersquatting Consumer<br />

Protection Act, 21<br />

Anti-recapture rule, 407<br />

Antishelving clause, 447<br />

Antitrust law, 416, 432<br />

Apparatus (machine) claims, 225,<br />

229–230, 243, 244, 246–247, 250, 251,<br />

395<br />

preamble to, 241<br />

See also Machine patents<br />

Appeals, 390, 392, 393<br />

amendment entered for, 348, 391<br />

to CAFC, 392, 430–431<br />

faxing of, 347<br />

fees for, 475<br />

of reexamination decision, 431<br />

rejections and, 348–349, 350<br />

term adjustment based on, 389, 393<br />

tough or inexperienced examiners<br />

and, 343<br />

Application. See <strong>Patent</strong> application<br />

Application Data Sheet (ADS), 182, 274,<br />

276, 285<br />

for design patent application, 298,<br />

300<br />

for divisional application, 405<br />

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

59, 61, 72, 73, 74, 76<br />

Application number. See Serial number<br />

of application<br />

Application Size Fee, 281<br />

Arbitration of disputes<br />

with employer, 440<br />

with infringer, 432<br />

with licensee, 447<br />

ARIPO (African Regional Intellectual<br />

Property Organization), 320, 322<br />

Artesyn Tech, Power-One v., 240<br />

Articles, grammatical, 202, 234–235,<br />

243, 250, 251<br />

Articles, technical. See Periodicals;<br />

Technical articles<br />

Articles of manufacture<br />

(manufactures), 95, 99–100<br />

claims for, 230, 241<br />

linked product claims, 395<br />

designs as, 298<br />

sketches of, 193<br />

unobviousness based on ease of<br />

manufacture, 116<br />

Art Unit, 288, 349, 351. See also<br />

Examining group<br />

ASCII files, 188, 189, 203<br />

Asexually reproducible plants. See<br />

Plant patent<br />

Assignment, 440–443<br />

by competing inventors to same<br />

assignee, 105<br />

of continuation applications, 441<br />

electronic filing of, 287, 441, 443<br />

to employer, 438–441<br />

of license rights by licensee, 443, 447<br />

lump-sum payment for, 448<br />

partial, 441<br />

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

441<br />

recording with PTO, 281, 287, 293,<br />

441, 443<br />

of reissue patent, 441<br />

searching for patents by assignee,<br />

162<br />

small-entity status and, 276<br />

for biotechnology invention, 295<br />

summary, 449<br />

See also Manufacturers; Marketing<br />

of invention; Sale of patent rights<br />

Assumptions<br />

incorrect, about patent law, 118<br />

in inventing process, 40<br />

Attorney docket number, 72, 275, 276,<br />

278<br />

for electronic filing, 285<br />

Attorneys. See <strong>Patent</strong> attorneys<br />

Automated Search Tool. See EAST<br />

(Examiner Automated Search Tool)<br />

Automotive products, marketing of,<br />

310<br />

B<br />

Bacteria, 10. See also Microorganisms<br />

BAPI (Board of Appeals and <strong>Patent</strong><br />

Interferences), 390, 392, 393, 394<br />

Bilski, In re, 97<br />

Bilski v. Kappos, 5, 96, 97, 98, 229,<br />

238–239, 251<br />

Biotechnology, as hot area for<br />

inventing, 37

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