MPEP 600 – Parts, Form, and Content of Application

This page consolidates and annotates enforceable requirements under MPEP 600 — Parts, Form, and Content of Application, 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.

Metric	Value	Share of total
Rules extracted	3,231	8.6%
Citations to Authorities	MPEP4,142 USC1,313 CFR7,202 PCT93	10.4%
Avg citations per rule	3.95
Topics covered	305 primary + 447 secondary	30.9%

Pages in this chapter

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MPEP § 601 — Content of Provisional and Nonprovisional Applications73 rules
MPEP § 601.01 — Complete Application72 rules
MPEP § 601.01(a) — Nonprovisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(a)138 rules
MPEP § 601.01(b) — Provisional Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(b)15 rules
MPEP § 601.01(c) — Conversion to or from a Provisional Application21 rules
MPEP § 601.01(d) — Application Filed Without All Pages of Specification39 rules
MPEP § 601.01(e) — Nonprovisional Application Filed Without at Least One Claim20 rules
MPEP § 601.01(f) — Applications Filed Without Drawings27 rules
MPEP § 601.01(g) — Applications Filed Without All Figures of Drawings33 rules
MPEP § 601.02 — Power of Attorney4 rules
MPEP § 601.03 — Correspondence Address9 rules
MPEP § 601.03(a) — Change of Correspondence Address in Applications Filed On or After September 16, 201237 rules
MPEP § 601.03(b) — Change of Correspondence Address in Applications Filed Before September 16, 201229 rules
MPEP § 601.04 — National Stage Requirements of the United States as a Designated Office1 rules
MPEP § 601.05 — Bibliographic Information – Application Data Sheet (ADS)14 rules
MPEP § 601.05(a) — Application Data Sheet (ADS) — Application Filed On or After September 16, 2012153 rules
MPEP § 601.05(b) — Application Data Sheet (ADS) in Application Filed Before September 16, 2012110 rules
MPEP § 602 — Oaths and Declarations48 rules
MPEP § 602.01 — Naming the Inventor; Inventor's Oath or Declaration59 rules
MPEP § 602.01(a) — Inventor’s Oath or Declaration in Application Filed On or After September 16, 201268 rules
MPEP § 602.01(b) — Inventor’s Oath or Declaration in Application Filed Before September 16, 201221 rules
MPEP § 602.01(c) — Correction of Inventorship, Name of Inventor, and Order of Names in an Application33 rules
MPEP § 602.02 — New Oath or Substitute for Original6 rules
MPEP § 602.03 — Office Finds the Inventor’s Oath or Declaration Defective11 rules
MPEP § 602.04 — Foreign Executed Oath14 rules
MPEP § 602.05 — Oath or Declaration in Continuing Applications5 rules
MPEP § 602.05(a) — Oath or Declaration in Continuing Applications Filed On or After September 16, 20127 rules
MPEP § 602.05(b) — Oath or Declaration in Continuing Applications Filed Before September 16, 201212 rules
MPEP § 602.06 — Non-English Oath or Declaration7 rules
MPEP § 602.08 — Inventor and Application Information2 rules
MPEP § 602.08(a) — Inventor Bibliographic Information17 rules
MPEP § 602.08(b) — Inventor Signature and Name72 rules
MPEP § 602.08(c) — Identification of Application8 rules
MPEP § 602.09 — Joint Inventors30 rules
MPEP § 603 — Supplemental Oath or Declaration37 rules
MPEP § 603.01 — Supplemental Oath or Declaration Filed After Allowance3 rules
MPEP § 604 — Substitute Statements38 rules
MPEP § 605 — Applicant2 rules
MPEP § 605.01 — Applicant for Application filed on or after September 16, 201281 rules
MPEP § 605.02 — Applicant for Application Filed Before September 16, 201223 rules
MPEP § 606 — Title of Invention6 rules
MPEP § 606.01 — Examiner May Require Change in Title2 rules
MPEP § 607 — Filing Fee51 rules
MPEP § 607.02 — Returnability of Fees34 rules
MPEP § 608 — Disclosure9 rules
MPEP § 608.01 — Specification174 rules
MPEP § 608.01(a) — Arrangement of Application15 rules
MPEP § 608.01(b) — Abstract of the Disclosure42 rules
MPEP § 608.01(c) — Background of the Invention6 rules
MPEP § 608.01(d) — Brief Summary of Invention7 rules
MPEP § 608.01(f) — Brief Description of Drawings18 rules
MPEP § 608.01(g) — Detailed Description of Invention8 rules
MPEP § 608.01(h) — Mode of Operation of Invention14 rules
MPEP § 608.01(i) — Claims23 rules
MPEP § 608.01(j) — Numbering of Claims5 rules
MPEP § 608.01(k) — Statutory Requirement of Claims2 rules
MPEP § 608.01(l) — Claims Present on the Application Filing Date6 rules
MPEP § 608.01(m) — Form of Claims33 rules
MPEP § 608.01(n) — Dependent Claims77 rules
MPEP § 608.01(o) — Basis for Claim Terminology in Description9 rules
MPEP § 608.01(p) — Completeness of Specification118 rules
MPEP § 608.01(q) — Substitute or Rewritten Specification38 rules
MPEP § 608.01(r) — Derogatory Remarks About Prior Art in Specification3 rules
MPEP § 608.01(s) — Restoration of Canceled Matter4 rules
MPEP § 608.01(t) — Use in Subsequent Application2 rules
MPEP § 608.01(v) — Marks Used in Commerce and Trade Names37 rules
MPEP § 608.01(w) — Copyright and Mask Work Notices11 rules
MPEP § 608.02 — Drawing258 rules
MPEP § 608.02(a) — New Drawing — When Replacement is Required Before Examination10 rules
MPEP § 608.02(b) — Acceptability of Drawings33 rules
MPEP § 608.02(c) — Location of Drawings5 rules
MPEP § 608.02(d) — Complete Illustration in Drawings14 rules
MPEP § 608.02(e) — Examiner Determines Completeness and Consistency of Drawings13 rules
MPEP § 608.02(f) — Modifications in Drawings7 rules
MPEP § 608.02(g) — Illustration of Prior Art2 rules
MPEP § 608.02(h) — Replacement Drawings8 rules
MPEP § 608.02(i) — Transfer of Drawings From Prior Applications2 rules
MPEP § 608.02(p) — Correction of Drawings17 rules
MPEP § 608.02(t) — Cancelation of Figures4 rules
MPEP § 608.02(v) — Drawing Changes Which Require Annotated Sheets4 rules
MPEP § 608.02(w) — Drawing Changes Which May Be Made Without Applicant’s Annotated Sheets3 rules
MPEP § 608.02(x) — Drawing Corrections or Changes Accepted Unless Notified Otherwise2 rules
MPEP § 608.02(y) — Return of Drawing0 rules
MPEP § 608.02(z) — Allowable Applications Needing Drawing Corrections or Corrected Drawings8 rules
MPEP § 608.03 — Models, Exhibits, Specimens13 rules
MPEP § 608.03(a) — Handling of Models, Exhibits, and Specimens29 rules
MPEP § 608.04 — New Matter13 rules
MPEP § 608.04(a) — Matter Not Present in Specification, Claims, or Drawings on the Application Filing Date18 rules
MPEP § 608.04(b) — New Matter by Preliminary Amendment5 rules
MPEP § 608.04(c) — Review of Examiner’s Holding of New Matter2 rules
MPEP § 608.05 — “Sequence Listing,” “Large Tables,” or “Computer Program Listing Appendix” Submitted in ASCII Plain Text or a “Sequence Listing XML” Submitted as XML File Text103 rules
MPEP § 608.05(a) — Submission of a “Computer Program Listing Appendix”65 rules
MPEP § 608.05(b) — ASCII Plain Text Submissions of “Large Tables” and Treatment of Lengthy Tables in a Specification for Patents and Patent Application Publications62 rules
MPEP § 608.05(c) — Submissions of Biological Sequence Listings3 rules
MPEP § 609 — Information Disclosure Statement62 rules
MPEP § 609.01 — Examiner Checklist for Information Disclosure Statements10 rules
MPEP § 609.02 — Information Disclosure Statements in Continued Examinations or Continuing Applications23 rules
MPEP § 609.03 — Information Disclosure Statements in National Stage Applications14 rules
MPEP § 609.04(a) — Content Requirements for an Information Disclosure Statement82 rules
MPEP § 609.04(b) — Timing Requirements for an Information Disclosure Statement108 rules
MPEP § 609.05 — Examiner Handling of Information Disclosure Statements2 rules
MPEP § 609.05(a) — Noncomplying Information Disclosure Statements11 rules
MPEP § 609.05(b) — Complying Information Disclosure Statements22 rules
MPEP § 609.05(c) — Documents Submitted as Part of Applicant’s Reply to Office Action8 rules
MPEP § 609.06 — Information Printed on Patent4 rules
MPEP § 609.07 — IDSs Electronically Submitted (eIDS) Using Patent Center26 rules
MPEP § 609.08 — Electronic Processing of Information Disclosure Statement3 rules