37 CFR Part 1 - PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES
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- Subpart A—General Provisions (§§ 1.1 - 1.29)
- Subpart B—National Processing Provisions (§§ 1.31 - 1.378)
- Subpart C—International Processing Provisions (§§ 1.401 - 1.499)
- Subpart D—Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents (§§ 1.501 - 1.570)
- Subpart E—Supplemental Examination of Patents (§§ 1.601 - 1.625)
- Subpart F—Adjustment and Extension of Patent Term (§§ 1.701 - 1.791)
- Subpart G—Biotechnology Invention Disclosures (§§ 1.801 - 1.839)
- Subpart H—Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents That Issued From an Original Application Filed in the United States on or After November 29, 1999 (§§ 1.902 - 1.997)
- Subpart I—International Design Application (§§ 1.1001 - 1.1071)
Authority:
35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), unless otherwise noted.
Source:
24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted.
Editorial Notes:
1. In Patent and Trademark Office publications and usage the part number is omitted from the numbers of §§ 1.1 to 1.352 and the numbers to the right of the decimal point correspond with the respective rule numbers.
2. For nomenclature changes to part 1, see 68 FR 14335, Mar. 25, 2003; 87 FR 68904, Nov. 17, 2022.