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including all possible, 187
including variations of, 196, 202
in Provisional Patent Application,
72
PTO restrictions on, 395–396
shown in drawings, 351, 388
sketches of, 191
in summary of specification, 199
See also Ramifications
Employed inventor, 47, 438–441
Energy-related inventions
federal research grants for, 315
need for, 37
Petition to Make Special, 293, 295
Engineering diary, 45. See also
Documentation of invention
Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot
Program, 286, 341
Enlarged views, 207, 263
Environmental quality, 293, 295
e-Office Action service, 284
Equivalents. See Doctrine of
equivalents (DoE)
Ergonomics of invention, 83
Estoppel, 423, 424
Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO),
320, 322
European Patent Office (EPO), 320,
321–322, 324
alternative approaches with,
326–332
application format and, 270
British patent agent and, 333
member states of, 324
search capabilities of, 140, 162
European patents, databases of, 140,
141, 162
Examination fee, for utility patent, 13,
278
Examiner Automated Search Tool
(EAST), 124, 125, 140, 143, 144, 154,
158
Examiners. See Patent examiners;
Patent Interference Examiner
Examiner’s Answer, 392
Examining group, 340, 342, 349, 351
of continuation case, 403
Excess Claim Fees, 278, 279, 281
Exchange theory of patents, 185
Exercise machines, marketing of, 310
Exhibiting, at trade show, 316, 326
Experimentation
one-year rule and, 89, 105
to realize invention from
specification, 201
See also Research
Expiration of patent
calculator for date of, 415
before commercial viability, 86
for nonpayment of maintenance fee,
418, 420
See also Patent, term of
Expired patent, 12
infringement and, 12, 425
patent number marking and, 415
as prior art, 12, 104, 152
Exploded views, 191, 192, 199, 260, 261,
262
projection lines in, 261, 263
Express Mail
for continuation application, 393,
403
for PCT application, 329
for Provisional Patent Application,
73, 75, 76
PTO’s recognition of, 346
for regular patent application, 276,
282
Extension applications, 400–402
double patenting and, 400, 402, 406,
407, 409–410
parent case’s filing date and, 402,
404
submarine patents and, 426
summary, 410
See also specific types of extension
Extensions, buying, 391, 397
fees for, 475
request for continuing examination
and, 404
F
False designation of origin, 19, 29
Faxing to PTO, 256, 347
of amendments, 347, 386–387, 389,
397
of assignment, 441, 443
drawing replacements and, 386
of errors in printed patent, 413
immediate faxback receipt, 387
of request for continuing
examination, 404
telephone number for, 483
FBIEs (fee-based inventor-exploiters),
306, 307
FDA (Food and Drug Administration),
101, 204, 415
Federally sponsored research, 181, 198
design patent application and, 298
Fee Calculation Sheet, for international
application, 329
Fees, 13–14, 473–479
for Accelerated Examination
Program, 295
checking on PTO website, 278
for divisional application, 184
with Electronic Filing System, 74
for foreign applications, 325–326,
328, 329, 330, 331
of foreign patent agents, 331, 333
of patent attorneys, 125, 126–127
Fee Transmittal
for continuation application, 403
for design patent application, 298
for Provisional Patent Application,
74, 75, 76, 182
for regular patent application, 278,
279, 281
Festo v. Shoketsu, 122, 246, 348, 423
Field, in database, 141
Field of invention, not mentioning, 180,
181
Figures. See Drawings
File
of database, 141
of patent attorney or agent, 125
File folders, 256, 282
File wrapper, 345
File wrapper estoppel, 423
Filing date
of continuation application, 393,
400
continuation-in-part and, 406, 407
divisional application and, 184, 393,
395, 400, 405
expiration of patent and, 13, 393,
415
of extension application, 402
on filing receipt, 339
foreign filing and, 320–321, 326,
328, 331
GATT law on, 404
infringement and, 424