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Accelerated Examination
American Inventor's Protection Act of 1999
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
- Rules of Practice before the BPAI (effective 13SEP2004)
Design Patents
Fees - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Patent Fees
Licensing and Review
Native American Tribal Insignia Database
Patents
Patent Electronic Business Center
Patent Forms
PBG-Final Rule Questions & Answers, effective November 7, 2000
PBG = Patent Business Goals, the rules are changes to simplify Patent Practice
Power of Attorney and Assignment (Patents)
PUBS - Patent Grant Publications
Revised Amendment Practice (Patents)
Strategic Plan for the 21st Century
Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!)
Trademarks

FAQ for Practitioners re: Ethics and Relocations /Temporary Arrangements due to Hurricane Katrina

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=online business system

=fees

=forms

=help

=laws/regulations

=definition (glossary)

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