MPEP 1100 – Statutory Invention Registration (SIR); Pre-Grant Publication (PGPub) and Preissuance Submissions

This page consolidates and annotates enforceable requirements under MPEP 1100 — Statutory Invention Registration (SIR); Pre-Grant Publication (PGPub) and Preissuance Submissions, 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 extracted647
1.7%
Citations to Authorities
MPEP826
USC482
CFR1,492
PCT18
2.3%
Avg citations per rule4.36
Topics covered135 primary + 226 secondary
14.8%

Pages in this chapter

Page
MPEP § 1101 — Request for Statutory Invention Registration (SIR)4 rules
MPEP § 1111 — SIR Publication and Effect17 rules
MPEP § 1120 — Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications53 rules
MPEP § 1121 — Content of a Patent Application Publication68 rules
MPEP § 1122 — Requests for Nonpublication47 rules
MPEP § 1123 — Rescission of a Nonpublication Request14 rules
MPEP § 1124 — Notice of Foreign Filing34 rules
MPEP § 1125 — Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication6 rules
MPEP § 1126 — Publication Fees18 rules
MPEP § 1127 — Notice of Publication2 rules
MPEP § 1128 — Availability of Published Applications20 rules
MPEP § 1129 — Request for Early Publication8 rules
MPEP § 1130 — Republication and Correction of Patent Application Publications33 rules
MPEP § 1132 — Requests for Redacted Publication22 rules
MPEP § 1133 — Voluntary Publication6 rules
MPEP § 1134 — Third Party Inquiries and Correspondence in a Published Application21 rules
MPEP § 1134.01 — Third Party Submissions Under 37 CFR 1.290269 rules
MPEP § 1135 — PGPub Forms5 rules