MPEP § 2666 — Patent Owner Response to Office Action
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024 · last revised R-01.2024
The Office does not accept requests for inter partes reexamination filed on or after September 16, 2012. See 37 CFR 1.913(b). Guidance on the former practice is available in revision 07.2022 of the 9th Edition of the MPEP.
Contents
- 2666.01 Amendment by Patent Owner
- 2666.02 Correction of Patent Drawings
- 2666.03 Correction of Inventorship
- 2666.04 Fees for Adding Claims
- 2666.05 Third Party Comments After Patent Owner Response
- 2666.06 Service of Papers
- 2666.10 Patent Owner Does Not Respond to Office Action
- 2666.11 - 2666.19 [Reserved]
- 2666.20 Third Party Does Not Comment After Patent Owner Response
- 2666.21 - 2666.29 [Reserved]
- 2666.30 Submission Not Fully Responsive to Non-final Office Action
- 2666.31 - 2666.39 [Reserved]
- 2666.40 Patent Owner Completion of Response and Third Party Comments Thereon
- 2666.50 Examiner Issues Notice of Defective Paper in Inter Partes Reexamination
- 2666.60 Response by Patent Owner/Third Party to Notice of Defective Paper