Resources and Guidance
The following policies, procedures, guides, tools and manuals are associated with the patent process.
NOTE: The information below was correct at the time of original publication. Some information may no longer be applicable. For example, amendments may have been made to the rules of practice since the original date of a publication, there may have been a change in any fees indicated, and certain references to publications may no longer be valid. Wherever there is a reference to a statute or rule, please check carefully whether the statute or rule in force at the date of publication of the advice has since been amended.
Patents Guidance
- Notices: Recent Patent-Related pre-OG, OG & Federal Register
- Access to Published Patent Applications
- Application Data Sheet (ADS) Guide
- Business Methods Patents
- Disclosure Document Program
- General Information Concerning Patents [HTML] [PDF]
- Inventor Resources
- Types of Patents
- Revised Interim Utility Guidelines Training Materials (1999) [PDF]
- Office of Data Management
- Patent Business Goals (PBG) Final Rule Home Page
- American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) Home Page
- Written Description Training Materials [PDF]
- Prior Art Electronic Resources Available to Patent Examiners
Tools & Manuals
- Classification:
- Forms
- Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
- Patent Laws, Consolidated [PDF]
- Patent Rules, Consolidated [PDF]
- Search Templates
- Web Conferencing and Collaboration
Office of Patent Training (OPT) - Training Materials
35 USC § 112 First Paragraph - Written Description
35 USC § 102 and 103 Special Topics
35 USC § 103 Refresher Training
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