MPEP § 903 — Classification in USPC
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024 · last revised R-07.2022
Utility patents, applications, and patent application publications receive a classification designation under the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) system. Only design and plant applications/patents and plant application publications receive classification designations under USPC. See MPEP § 905 for information on CPC.
Contents
- 903.01 Statutory Authority
- 903.02 Basis and Principles of Classification in USPC
- 903.03 Availability of Foreign Patents
- 903.04 Classifying Applications for Publication as a Plant Patent Application Publication in USPC
- 903.05 Addition, Deletion, or Transfer of U.S. Design Patents by USPC Classification
- 903.06 Harmonized Subclasses
- 903.07 Classifying and Cross-Referencing Design and Plant Applications at Allowance
- 903.08 [Reserved]
- 903.09 [Reserved]