37 CFR 1.14 (pre-AIA) — Patent applications preserved in confidence
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
[Editor Note: Applicable to patent applications filed before September 16, 2012 *]
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- (c)
Power to inspect a pending or abandoned
application.
Access to an application may be provided
to any person if the application file is available, and the
application contains written authority (
e.g., a
power to inspect) granting access to such person. The written
authority must be signed by:
- (1) An applicant;
- (2) An attorney or agent of record;
- (3) An authorized official of an assignee of record (made of record pursuant to § 3.71 of this chapter); or
- (4) A registered attorney or agent named in the papers accompanying the application papers filed under § 1.53 or the national stage documents filed under § 1.495 , if an executed oath or declaration pursuant to § 1.63 or § 1.497 has not been filed.
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- (f) Publication pursuant to § 1.47. Information as to the filing of an application will be published in the Official Gazette in accordance with § 1.47(c) .
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[*See § 1.14 for the current rule, including the portions of the rule not reproduced above and applicable irrespective of the filing date of the application]
Cited authority
- 37 CFR 3.71 (pre-AIA) Prosecution by assignee
- 37 CFR 1.53 (pre-AIA) Application number, filing date, and completion of application
- 37 CFR 1.495 (pre-AIA) Entering the national stage in the United States of America
- 37 CFR 1.63 (pre-AIA) Oath or declaration
- 37 CFR 1.497 (pre-AIA) Oath or declaration under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(4)
- 37 CFR 1.47 (pre-AIA) Filing when an inventor refuses to sign or cannot be reached
- 37 CFR 1.14 Patent applications preserved in confidence
Cited by
- 1002.02(b) Petitions and Requests Decided by the Deputy Commissioner Who Oversees the Office of Petitions or Assigned Staff in the Office of Petitions, the Office of Patent Legal Administration and the MPEP Staff Office
- 101 General
- 103 Right of Public To Inspect Patent Files and Some Application Files
- 104 Power to Inspect Application
- 110 Confidential Nature of International Applications
- 1132 Requests for Redacted Publication
- 2104.01 Barred by Atomic Energy Act
- 2127 Domestic and Foreign Patent Applications as Prior Art
- 2307.02 Access to Related Files
- 2410 Furnishing of Samples
- 2410.01 Conditions of Deposit
- 402.04 Acting in a Representative Capacity
- 506 Completeness of Original Application
- 608.01(p) Completeness of Specification
- 708.02 Petition To Make Special
- 710.02(c) Specified Time Limits: Situations in Which Used
- 711.04 Public Access to Abandoned Applications
- 713.05 Interviews Prohibited or Granted, Special Situations
- 724.04 Office Treatment and Handling of Materials Submitted Under MPEP § 724.02
- 724.04(a) Materials Submitted in an Application Covered by 35 U.S.C. 122
- 724.05 Petition To Expunge Information or Copy of Papers in Application File
- 901.02 Abandoned Applications
- 901.03 Pending Applications
- 37 CFR 1.12 Assignment records open to public inspection
- 37 CFR 1.12 (pre-AIA) Assignment records open to public inspection
- 37 CFR 1.14 Patent applications preserved in confidence
- 37 CFR 1.17 Patent application and reexamination processing fees
- 37 CFR 1.53 Application number, filing date, and completion of application
- 37 CFR 1.217 Publication of a redacted copy of an application
- 37 CFR 1.808 Furnishing of samples