Get Pto 892

37 CFR 1.98(b) requires that each item of information in an IDS be identified properly. U.S. patents must be identified by the inventor, patent number, and issue date. U.S. patent application publications must be identified by the applicant, patent application publication number, and publication date.

How Much Does It Cost to File an Information Disclosure Statement form? There is no fee to file an IDS within three months of the original filing date, before the first Office Action, or if you discover the prior art in a foreign search report. In other cases, the fee may be up to $180.

The first U.S. patent Issued to Samuel Hopkins for a process of making potash, an ingredient used in fertilizer. President George Washington signed the first patent.

Depending on the stage of prosecution, there may be additional requirements in filing the IDS, as explained below. An applicant may file an IDS within 3 months of the U.S. filing date, or before the mailing of a first office on the merits or after the filing of a Request for Continued Examination (RCE).

Also known as a PTO-892 form. A list of relevant references cited by a patent examiner in an Office action.

An IDS will be considered by the USPTO if filed within three months of the filing date of a nonprovisional application, which may include a US national stage application [37 CFR 1.97(b)(1) & (2)].

Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)

No. ing to MPEP Section 609.02, it is not necessary to file an IDS in continuing applications that claim priority under 35 USC 120 to a parent application where such prior art references were already considered by the USPTO.