MPEP § 902.03 — Classification Information

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024 · last revised R-07.2022

U.S. utility patents and U.S. utility patent application publications published after December 31, 2014, do not receive a designated U.S. patent classification. U.S. design and plant patents and U.S. plant patent application publications receive a designated U.S. patent classification. Current classification information for U.S. patents is available from the sources indicated below.