MPEP 1000 – Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials

This page consolidates and annotates enforceable requirements under MPEP 1000 — Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials, including statutory authority, regulatory rules, examiner guidance, and practice notes. It is provided as guidance, with links to the ground truth sources. This is information only, it is not legal advice.

MetricValueShare of total
Rules extracted343
0.9%
Citations to Authorities
MPEP494
USC69
CFR307
PCT2
0.7%
Avg citations per rule2.54
Topics covered85 primary + 114 secondary
8.2%

Pages in this chapter

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MPEP § 1001 — Statutory Authority of Director of the USPTO46 rules
MPEP § 1001.01 — Modes of Exercising Authority5 rules
MPEP § 1002 — Petitions to the Director of the USPTO45 rules
MPEP § 1002.01 — Procedure4 rules
MPEP § 1002.02 — Delegation of Authority To Decide Petitions14 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(b) — Petitions and Requests Decided by the Deputy Commissioner Who Oversees the Office of Petitions or Assigned Staff in the Office of Petitions, the Office of Patent Legal Administration and the MPEP Staff Office48 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(c) — Petitions and Requests Decided by the Technology Center Directors22 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(d) — Petitions and Matters Decided by Supervisory Patent Examiners11 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(f) — Petitions and Matters Decided by the Chief Administrative Patent Judge of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board12 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(g) — Petitions Decided by the Administrative Patent Judges8 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(i) — Petitions Decided by the Commissioner for Trademarks0 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(j) — Petitions Decided by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board13 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(l) — Requests Decided by the Certificates of Correction Branch2 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(m) — Petitions Decided by the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline5 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(o) — Petitions and Other Matters Decided by the Deputy Director of the USPTO3 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(p) — Petitions and Matters Decided by the Director of International Patent Legal Administration23 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(q) — Petitions and Requests Decided by the Director of Office of Patent Application Processing (OPAP)8 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(r) — Petitions Decided by the Director of Office of Data Management2 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(s) — Petitions and Matters Decided in the Technology Centers5 rules
MPEP § 1002.02(t) — Requests Decided by the Deputy Commissioner for Patents who oversees the Office of Information Technology for Patents2 rules
MPEP § 1003 — Matters Submitted to Technology Center Directors18 rules
MPEP § 1004 — Actions Which Require the Attention of a Primary Examiner26 rules
MPEP § 1005 — Exceptions to Partial Signatory Authority21 rules