Each section includes the basis for the rejection, responses to the rejection, and legal authority supporting the responses. This desk reference cites to six different sources of authority: (1) statutes, (2) the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, (3) the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, (4) the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, (5) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and (6) the Supreme Court of the

United States. Title 35 of the U.S. Code (35 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.) includes the statutes that govern the granting of patents. Each section of this desk reference provides the relevant language from the statutes corresponding to the Office Action rejection or responses to that rejection.