MPEP Chapters

Question 1

MPEP 100

Answer 1

Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing

Question 2

MPEP 200

Answer 2

Types and Status of Application; Benefit and Priority Claims

Question 3

MPEP 300

Answer 3

Ownership and Assignment

Question 4

MPEP 400

Answer 4

Representative of Applicant or Owner

Question 5

MPEP 500

Answer 5

Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers

Question 6

MPEP 600

Answer 6

Parts, Form, and Content of Application

Question 7

MPEP 700

Answer 7

Examination of Applications

Question 8

MPEP 800

Answer 8

Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting

Question 9

MPEP 900

Answer 9

Prior Art, Classification, and Search

Question 10

MPEP 1000

Answer 10

Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials

Question 11

MPEP 1100

Answer 11

Statutory Invention Registration (SIR); Pre-Grant Publication (PGPub) and Preissuance Submissions

Question 12

MPEP 1200

Answer 12

Appeal

Question 13

MPEP 1300

Answer 13

Allowance and Issue

Question 14

MPEP 1400

Answer 14

Correction of Patents

Question 15

MPEP 1500

Answer 15

Design Patents

Question 16

MPEP 1600

Answer 16

Plant Patents

Question 17

MPEP 1700

Answer 17

Miscellaneous

Question 18

MPEP 1800

Answer 18

Patent Cooperation Treaty

Question 19

MPEP 1900

Answer 19

Protest

Question 20

MPEP 2000

Answer 20

Duty of Disclosure

Question 21

MPEP 2100

Answer 21

Patentability

Question 22

MPEP 2200

Answer 22

Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents

Question 23

MPEP 2300

Answer 23

Interference and Derivation Proceedings

Question 24

MPEP 2400

Answer 24

Biotechnology

Question 25

MPEP 2500

Answer 25

Maintenance Fees

Question 26

MPEP 2600

Answer 26

Optional Inter Partes Reexamination

Question 27

MPEP 2700

Answer 27

Patent Terms and Extensions

Question 28

MPEP 2800

Answer 28

Supplemental Examination

Question 29

MPEP 2900

Answer 29

International Design Applications