MPEP § 2412.05 — Representation and Symbols for Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequences
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024 · last revised R-01.2024
[Editor Note: This section is applicable to all applications with a filing date, or, for national phase applications, an international filing date, on or after July 1, 2022, having disclosure of one or more nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences as defined in 37 CFR 1.831(b).]
WIPO Standard ST.26 sets forth specific symbols for representing nucleotide and/or amino acid residues in a sequence. The USPTO rules incorporate those specific symbols and XML formatting representations.
Contents
- 2412.05(a) Use of Sequentially Numbered Sequence Identifiers in the “Sequence Listing XML”
- 2412.05(b) Representation and Symbols of Nucleotide Sequence Data
- 2412.05(c) Representation and Inclusion of Variants
- 2412.05(d) Representation and Symbols of Amino Acid Sequence Data
- 2412.05(e) Presentation of Special Situations