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INDex | 591<br />

official date of, 351<br />

Petition to Make Special and, 297<br />

procrastination in dealing with, 349<br />

Request for Clarification of, 342<br />

requiring election of embodiment,<br />

395–396<br />

response to each point in, 347<br />

sample, 350–357<br />

second, 341, 390, 391, 393<br />

summary, 398<br />

Whack-a-Mole Rejections by,<br />

349–350, 350<br />

Official Gazette (OG), 153, 156, 159<br />

application status information in,<br />

340, 342, 349<br />

drawings in, 156, 159, 161, 191, 263<br />

lapsed patents listed in, 420<br />

Statutory Invention Registration in,<br />

395, 408–409<br />

website of, 156<br />

your patent listed in, 413<br />

Official letter. See Office Action<br />

OIPE (Office of Initial <strong>Patent</strong><br />

Examination), 284, 339<br />

Old combination, 237<br />

Ombudsman Pilot Program, 351<br />

One-year rule, 27, 48, 81, 89, 94, 103,<br />

104, 105<br />

foreign filing and, 13, 94, 103, 105<br />

test marketing and, 80–81, 105, 109,<br />

177<br />

Online information<br />

as prior art, 104<br />

See also Computer searching;<br />

Internet<br />

Open claim, 243<br />

Operability<br />

feasibility evaluation of, 81, 85<br />

required for machine patent,<br />

101–102<br />

Options, decision chart for, 170–178<br />

Orphan drugs, 30<br />

Overestimation of success, 42<br />

Ownership. See Assignment;<br />

Inventorship; Sale of patent rights<br />

P<br />

Packaging<br />

commercial success and, 81, 84–85,<br />

86<br />

copyright coverage of, 24, 174<br />

ease of, 86<br />

unfair competition and, 17, 29<br />

PAD. See <strong>Patent</strong> application declaration<br />

(PAD)<br />

PAIR (<strong>Patent</strong> Application Information<br />

Retrieval), 278, 284, 340, 342, 349, 357<br />

Paper, 257, 259, 260, 261, 269, 270<br />

erasable, 387<br />

for international application, 328,<br />

329<br />

Paper patent, 362, 383<br />

Paper patent records, no longer<br />

searchable, 124<br />

Paper trail, of disclosures, 49<br />

Paragraph numbers, in patent<br />

application, 270<br />

amended version, 365, 386<br />

Paranoia, of inventor, 41–42, 89, 311<br />

Parent application, 400, 401<br />

Parent claims. See Independent claims<br />

Paris Convention, 321, 326, 327, 328<br />

list of members, 323<br />

PCT (<strong>Patent</strong> Cooperation Treaty)<br />

and, 322<br />

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

76<br />

Partial assignment, 441<br />

Parts of invention<br />

avoiding designation as essential,<br />

180<br />

descriptions of, 185, 187, 199–201,<br />

202, 203, 209<br />

names of, 191, 199, 200–201, 203,<br />

208<br />

operation of, 203–204<br />

ramifications of, 184, 205<br />

sources of supply, 184–185, 201<br />

See also Drawings; Materials;<br />

Reference numerals<br />

Passive citation, of prior art, 429<br />

<strong>Patent</strong><br />

breaking of, 428, 432<br />

common misconceptions about, 16<br />

copies of, 153–154, 159, 163, 166, 357<br />

of your own patent, 341, 389, 413<br />

cross-reference to, in application,<br />

196, 198<br />

defined, 9<br />

eligibility to apply for, 9, 436<br />

foreign. See Foreign patents<br />

information sources on, 454–458<br />

infringement of. See Infringement<br />

of patent<br />

invalid. See Invalid patent<br />

issuance of, 13, 321, 341. See also<br />

Issue date; Issue fee<br />

numbering system for, 136, 144, 151<br />

issue dates and, 427<br />

number of your patent, 389, 413<br />

marking with, 414, 424–425, 427,<br />

432, 446<br />

as offensive weapon, 15, 16, 17, 30<br />

ownership of. See Assignment;<br />

Inventorship; Sale of patent rights<br />

as personal property, 416, 436, 449<br />

as prior art, 12, 15, 104, 105<br />

cited in Office Action, 340, 353,<br />

356, 357, 358<br />

expired patent, 12, 104, 152<br />

filing date and, 349<br />

Information Disclosure Statement<br />

and, 198, 276<br />

plagiarizing from, 184<br />

PPA filing date and, 58<br />

in specification, 198, 210<br />

today’s demanding standards<br />

and, 206<br />

your earlier patent, 348<br />

See also Foreign patents, as prior<br />

art<br />

prior art cited against, 429–430<br />

rights provided by. See <strong>Patent</strong> rights<br />

scope of, 154–156, 187, 196, 202,<br />

204–205, 225<br />

licensing agreement and, 446<br />

reasons for allowance and, 389<br />

See also Claims, scope of<br />

submarine, 426<br />

terminology about, 466–471<br />

term of, 12, 13, 348, 415<br />

appealing to extend, 393<br />

continuation-in-part and, 408<br />

for design patent, 397<br />

filing date and, 393<br />

GATT and, 392<br />

notice of adjustment, 389<br />

online calculator for, 415<br />

three types of, 9–10<br />

trade secrets and, 26–27<br />

unenforceable, 432<br />

See also Design patent; Plant patent;<br />

Utility patent

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