37 CFR 1.312 — Amendments after allowance
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
No amendment may be made as a matter of right in an application after the mailing of the notice of allowance. Any amendment filed pursuant to this section must be filed before or with the payment of the issue fee, and may be entered on the recommendation of the primary examiner, approved by the Director, without withdrawing the application from issue.
[Para. (b) revised, 58 FR 54504, Oct. 22, 1993, effective Jan. 3, 1994; para. (b) revised, 60 FR 20195, Apr. 25, 1995, effective June 8, 1995; para. (b) revised, 62 FR 53132, Oct. 10, 1997, effective Dec. 1, 1997; revised, 65 FR 14865, Mar. 20, 2000, effective May 29, 2000 (adopted as final, 65 FR 50092, Aug. 16, 2000); revised, 68 FR 14332, Mar. 25, 2003, effective May 1, 2003]
Cited by
- 1002.02(c) Petitions and Requests Decided by the Technology Center Directors
- 1002.02(d) Petitions and Matters Decided by Supervisory Patent Examiners
- 1004 Actions Which Require the Attention of a Primary Examiner
- 1005 Exceptions to Partial Signatory Authority
- 1302.04 Examiner’s Amendments and Changes
- 1303.01 Amendment Received After Allowance
- 1305 Jurisdiction
- 1306.03 Practice After Payment of Issue Fee; Receipt of Issue Notification
- 1309.02 “Printer Rush” Cases
- 1444 Review of Reissue Oath/Declaration
- 1512 Relationship Between Design Patent, Copyright, and Trademark
- 211.02(a) Correcting or Adding a Benefit Claim After Filing
- 2146.02 Establishing Common Ownership or Joint Research Agreement Under Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(c)
- 2147 Biotechnology Process Applications; Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(b)
- 2287 Conclusion of Ex Parte Reexamination Proceeding
- 2287.01 Examiner Consideration of Submissions After a NIRC
- 2411 Examination Procedures
- 2411.03 Application in Condition for Allowance Except for Deposit
- 2730 Applications Filed on or After May 29, 2000; Grounds for Adjustment
- 2732 Reduction of Period of Adjustment of Patent Term
- 601.05(a) Application Data Sheet (ADS) -- Application Filed On or After September 16, 2012
- 602.01(c) Correction of Inventorship, Name of Inventor, and Order of Names in an Application
- 602.08(b) Inventor Signature and Name
- 603.01 Supplemental Oath or Declaration Filed After Allowance
- 608.01(q) Substitute or Rewritten Specification
- 608.01(w) Copyright and Mask Work Notices
- 608.02(z) Allowable Applications Needing Drawing Corrections or Corrected Drawings
- 706.07(f) Time for Reply to Final Rejection
- 708.02(a) Accelerated Examination
- 708.02(b) Prioritized Examination
- 713.10 Interview Preceding Filing Amendment Under 37 CFR 1.312
- 714 Amendments, Applicant’s Action
- 714.15 Amendment Received in Technology Center After Mailing of Notice of Allowance
- 714.16 Amendment After Notice of Allowance, 37 CFR 1.312
- 714.16(c) Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.312, Additional Claims
- 714.16(d) Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.312, Handling
- 714.16(e) Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.312, Entry in Part
- 714.20 List of Amendments Entered in Part
- 717.02(a) Invoking the Prior Art Exception under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C)
- 717.02(b) Evaluating Whether the Prior Art Exception under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) is Properly Invoked
- 809.03 Restriction Between Linked Inventions
- 821.04(a) Rejoinder Between Product Inventions; Rejoinder Between Process Inventions
- 821.04(b) Rejoinder of Process Requiring an Allowable Product
- 37 CFR 1.125 Substitute specification
- 37 CFR 1.704 Reduction of period of adjustment of patent term
- 37 CFR 1.704 (2015-03-10 thru 2020-07-15) Reduction of period of adjustment of patent term
- 37 CFR 1.809 Examination procedures