Law - Sequence Listing(s)

Care must be taken in following sequence listing format rules given in the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP). In the typical case of a biotechnology invention involving molecular biology or genetic engineering, the following sequence information may be appropriate for inclusion an invention disclosure, if applicable:

Sequence of any probe(s)

Sequence of any known protein(s)

Preferred regulatory sequence(s)

MPEP § 2420 The Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures - the Sequence Rules

MPEP § 2421.01 Applications Affected

MPEP § 2421.02 Summary of the Requirements of the Sequence Rules

MPEP § 2422 Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures in Patent Applications

MPEP § 2422.01 Definitions of Nucleotide and/or Amino Acids for the Purpose of Sequence Rules

MPEP § 2422.02 The Requirement for Exclusive Conformance; Sequences Presented in Drawing Figures

MPEP § 2422.03 The Requirments for a Sequence Listing and Sequence Identifiers; Sequences Embedded in Application Text; Variants of a Presented Sequence

MPEP § 2422.04 The Requirement for a Computer Readable Copy of the Official Paper Copy of the Sequence Listing

MPEP § 24223Symbols and Format to be Used for Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Data

MPEP § 2423.01 Format and Symbols to be Used in Sequence Listings

MPEP § 2423.02 Depiction of Coding Regions

MPEP § 2423.03 Presentation and Enumeration of Sequences

MPEP § 2424 Requirements for Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequences as Part of the Application Papers

MPEP § 2424.01 Informational Requirements for the Sequence Listing

MPEP § 2424.02 Categories of Information Items

MPEP § 2424.03 Additional Miscellaneous Requirements

MPEP § 2425 Form and Format for Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submissions in Computer Readable Form/A

MPEP § 2429 Helpful Hints for Compliance

MPEP § 2431 Sample Sequence Listing