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Post - October 13th, 2021
Beginning October 13th, 2020, the exam will start covering the MPEP 10.2019. Here is the full list of exam materials that will be covered on the exam and that you will have access to during your test starting on October 13th, 2021.
- Title Page
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 100: Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing
- Chapter 200: Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
- Chapter 300: Ownership and Assignment
- Chapter 400: Representative of Applicant or Owner
- Chapter 500: Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers
- Chapter 600: Parts, Form, and Content of Application
- Chapter 700: Examination of Applications
- Chapter 800: Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting
- Chapter 900: Prior Art, Classification, and Search
- Chapter 1000: Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials
- Chapter 1100: Statutory Invention Registration (SIR); Pre-Grant Publication (PGPub) and Preissuance Submissions
- Chapter 1200: Appeal
- Chapter 1300: Allowance and Issue
- Chapter 1400: Correction of Patents
- Chapter 1500: Design Patents
- Chapter 1600: Plant Patents
- Chapter 1700: Miscellaneous
- Chapter 1800: Patent Cooperation Treaty
- Chapter 1900: Protest
- Chapter 2000: Duty of Disclosure
- Chapter 2100: Patentability
- Chapter 2200: Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents
- Chapter 2300: Interference Proceedings
- Chapter 2400: Biotechnology
- Chapter 2500: Maintenance Fees
- Chapter 2600: Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
- Chapter 2700: Patent Terms and Extensions
- Chapter 2800: Supplemental Examination
- Chapter 2900: International Design Applications
- Appendix I: Reserved
- Appendix II: List of Decisions Cited
- Appendix L: Patent Laws
- Appendix R: Patent Rules
- Appendix T: Patent Cooperation Treaty
- Appendix AI: Administrative Instructions Under the PCT
- Appendix P: Paris Convention
- Subject Matter Index
Here is a full list of the source materials:
- Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), Ninth Edition, Revision 10.2019, Last Revised June 2020
- Inter Partes, Post Grant, and Covered Business Method Review Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg. 48680, August 14, 2012)
- Derivation Proceeding Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg.56068, September 11, 2012)
- Changes to Representation of Others Before the USPTO Final Rules
- Implementation of the Global and IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Programs with Participating Offices
- Changes to the Claim Construction Standard for Interpreting Claims in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board Final Rules
- Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board