| Functions of the Patent and Trademark Office | [5] |
| Purpose of this booklet | [6] |
| What is a patent? | [7] |
| Patent laws | [9] |
| What can be patented | [10] |
| Novelty and other conditions for obtaining a patent | [12] |
| The United States Patent and Trademark Office | [13] |
| Publications of the Patent and Trademark Office | [15] |
| General information and correspondence | [19] |
| Library, search room services and Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries | [21] |
| Attorneys and agents | [28] |
| Disclosure Document | [31] |
| Who may apply for a patent | [33] |
| Application for patent | [34] |
| Oath or declaration, signature | [37] |
| Filing Fees | [38] |
| Specification (description and claims) | [40] |
| Drawing | [43] |
| Models, exhibits, specimens | [54] |
| Examination of applications and proceedings in the Patent and Trademark Office | [55] |
| Amendments to application | [58] |
| Time for response and abandonment | [61] |
| Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and to the courts | [62] |
| Interferences | [63] |
| Allowance and issue of patent | [65] |
| Nature of patent and patent rights | [66] |
| Maintenance Fees | [68] |
| Correction of patents | [69] |
| Assignments and licenses | [70] |
| Infringement of patents | [73] |
| Patent marking and “patent pending” | [74] |
| Design patents | [75] |
| Plant patents | [76] |
| Treaties and foreign patents | [79] |
| Foreign applicants for United States patents | [82] |
| Answers to questions frequently asked | [84] |