MPEP § 608.05(c) — Submissions of Biological Sequence Listings
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024 · last revised R-07.2022
Applications disclosing nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences, as defined in 37 CFR 1.821(a) for applications filed before July 1, 2022 or as defined in 37 CFR 1.831(b) for applications filed on or after July 1, 2022, are required to provide the biological sequence information in a sequence listing.
For applications filed before July 1, 2022, the sequence listing can be a “Sequence Listing” (as an ACSII plain text file in compliance with 37 CFR 1.821-1.824) submission must be submitted via the USPTO patent electronic filing system or on read-only optical disc. See MPEP §§ 2420et seq. for detailed information.
For applications filed on or after July 1, 2022, the sequence listing must be a “Sequence Listing XML” (as an XML file in compliance with 37 CFR 1.831-1.834) submission can be submitted via the USPTO patent electronic filing system or on read-only optical disc. See MPEP §§ 2412-2419 for detailed information.
Cited authority
- 37 CFR 1.821 Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosures in patent applications
- 37 CFR 1.831 Requirements for patent applications filed on or after July 1, 2022, having nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosures
- 37 CFR 1.824 Form and format for a nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence submissions as an ASCII plain text file
- 2420 The Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures under World Intellectual Property Office Standard ST.25 (WIPO ST.25) - the Sequence Rules
- 37 CFR 1.834 Form and format for nucleotide and/ or amino acid sequence submissions as the ‘‘Sequence Listing XML’’ in patent applications filed on or after July 1, 2022
- 2412 The Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures to Include a Sequence Listing in XML file format
- 2419 Publishing of Patent Grants and Patent Application Publications with a “Sequence Listing XML”
- 608 Disclosure