MPEP 1300 – Allowance and Issue

This page consolidates and annotates enforceable requirements under MPEP 1300 — Allowance and Issue, 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 extracted414
1.1%
Citations to Authorities
MPEP588
USC66
CFR517
PCT6
1.0%
Avg citations per rule2.84
Topics covered87 primary + 144 secondary
9.5%

Pages in this chapter

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MPEP § 1301 — Substantially Allowable Application, Special1 rules
MPEP § 1302.01 — General Review of Disclosure13 rules
MPEP § 1302.02 — Requirement for a Rewritten Specification4 rules
MPEP § 1302.03 — Notice of Allowability4 rules
MPEP § 1302.04 — Examiner’s Amendments and Changes60 rules
MPEP § 1302.04(a) — Title of Invention1 rules
MPEP § 1302.04(c) — Cancellation of Claims to Nonelected Invention1 rules
MPEP § 1302.04(e) — Cancellation of Rejected Claims Following Appeal1 rules
MPEP § 1302.04(g) — Identification of Claims1 rules
MPEP § 1302.04(h) — Rejoinder of Claims2 rules
MPEP § 1302.05 — Correction of Drawing3 rules
MPEP § 1302.08 — Interference Search9 rules
MPEP § 1302.09 — Classification, Print Figure, and Other Notations19 rules
MPEP § 1302.10 — Issue Classification Notations4 rules
MPEP § 1302.12 — Listing of References13 rules
MPEP § 1302.13 — Signing0 rules
MPEP § 1302.14 — Reasons for Allowance73 rules
MPEP § 1303 — Notice of Allowance12 rules
MPEP § 1303.01 — Amendment Received After Allowance4 rules
MPEP § 1303.02 — Undelivered2 rules
MPEP § 1303.03 — Not Withheld Due to Death of Inventor1 rules
MPEP § 1304 — Amendments After D-10 Notice1 rules
MPEP § 1304.01 — Withholding From Issue of “Secrecy Order” Applications3 rules
MPEP § 1305 — Jurisdiction4 rules
MPEP § 1306 — Issue Fee20 rules
MPEP § 1306.01 — Deferring Issuance of a Patent11 rules
MPEP § 1306.02 — Simultaneous Issuance of Patents5 rules
MPEP § 1306.03 — Practice After Payment of Issue Fee; Receipt of Issue Notification15 rules
MPEP § 1308 — Withdrawal From Issue61 rules
MPEP § 1308.01 — Rejection After Allowance10 rules
MPEP § 1308.02 — For Interference or Derivation Purposes2 rules
MPEP § 1308.03 — Quality Review for Examined Patent Applications14 rules
MPEP § 1309 — Issue of Patent31 rules
MPEP § 1309.02 — “Printer Rush” Cases9 rules