MPEP 100 – Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing

This page consolidates and annotates enforceable requirements under MPEP 100 — Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing, 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	546	1.5%
Citations to Authorities	MPEP621 USC475 CFR1,081 PCT76	1.8%
Avg citations per rule	4.13
Topics covered	108 primary + 175 secondary	11.6%

Pages in this chapter

Page
MPEP § 101 — General78 rules
MPEP § 102 — Information as to Status of an Application35 rules
MPEP § 103 — Right of Public To Inspect Patent Files and Some Application Files135 rules
MPEP § 104 — Power to Inspect Application28 rules
MPEP § 105 — Suspended or Excluded Practitioner Cannot Inspect0 rules
MPEP § 106 — Control of Inspection by Assignee4 rules
MPEP § 106.01 — Rights of Assignee of Part Interest3 rules
MPEP § 110 — Confidential Nature of International Applications22 rules
MPEP § 115 — Review of Applications for National Security and Property Rights Issues17 rules
MPEP § 120 — Secrecy Orders73 rules
MPEP § 121 — Handling of Applications under Secrecy Order and/or Bearing National Security Markings6 rules
MPEP § 130 — Examination of Secrecy Order Cases7 rules
MPEP § 140 — Foreign Filing Licenses109 rules
MPEP § 150 — Statements to DOE and NASA10 rules
MPEP § 151 — Content of the Statements19 rules