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PATENTS AND HOW TO GET ONE A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK Contents Functions of the Patent and Trademark Office Purpose of this Booklet What Is a Patent?

Copyrights Trademarks/Servicemarks

Patent Laws What Can Be Patented Novelty and Other Conditions for Obtaining a Patent The United States Patent and Trademark Office Publications of the Patent and Trademark Office General Information and Correspondence Library, Search Room Services and Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries Attorneys and Agents Disclosure Document Who May Apply for a Patent Application For Patent

Non-Provisional Application for a Patent Provisional Application for a Patent

Oath or Declaration, Signature Filing Fees[1] Specification (Description and Claims) Drawing

§ 1.84 Standards for drawings. (b) Photographs.

Models, Exhibits, Specimens Examination of Applications and Proceedings in the Patent and Trademark Office

Office Action Applicant’s Response Final Rejection Restrictions

Amendments to Application Time for Response and Abandonment Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and to the Courts Interferences Allowance and Issue of Patent Nature of Patent and Patent Rights Maintenance Fees Correction of Patents Assignments and Licenses

Recording of Assignments Joint Ownership

Infringement of Patents Patent Marking and “Patent Pending” Design Patents Plant Patents Treaties and Foreign Patents Foreign Applicants for United States Patents Answers to Questions Frequently Asked