MPEP Titles

Question 1

100

Answer 1

Secrecy, Access, National Security and Foreign Filing

Question 2

200

Answer 2

Types and Status of Application; Benefit and Priority Claims

Question 3

300

Answer 3

Ownership and Assignment

Question 4

400

Answer 4

Representative of Applicant or Owner

Question 5

500

Answer 5

Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers

Question 6

600

Answer 6

Parts, Form, and Content of Application

Question 7

700

Answer 7

Examination of Applications

Question 8

800

Answer 8

Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting

Question 9

900

Answer 9

Prior Art, Search, Classification, and Routing

Question 10

1000

Answer 10

Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials

Question 11

1100

Answer 11

Statutory Invention Registration (SIR); Pre-Grant Publication (PGPub) and Preissuance

Question 12

1200

Answer 12

Appeal

Question 13

1300

Answer 13

Allowance and Issue

Question 14

1400

Answer 14

Correction of Patents

Question 15

1500

Answer 15

Design Patents

Question 16

1600

Answer 16

Plant Patents

Question 17

1700

Answer 17

Micellaneous

Question 18

1800

Answer 18

Patent Cooperation Treaty

Question 19

1900

Answer 19

Protest

Question 20

2000

Answer 20

Duty of Disclosure

Question 21

2100

Answer 21

Patentability

Question 22

2200

Answer 22

Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents

Question 23

2300

Answer 23

Interference and Derivation Proceedings

Question 24

2400

Answer 24

Biotechnology

Question 25

2500

Answer 25

**Maintenance Fees**

Question 26

2600

Answer 26

**Optional Inter Partes Reexamination**

Question 27

2700

Answer 27

**Patent Terms, Adjustments, and Extensions**

Question 28

2800

Answer 28

**Supplemental Examination**

Question 29

2900

Answer 29

**International Design Patents**