1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 December 1999 12/21/1999 - Patent And Trademark Office Orders Reexamination Of Y2K Fix Patent 12/20/1999 - Secure and Confidential Acess To Patent Application Status Now Available on the Internet 12/17/1999 - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program 12/17/1999 - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Updates Kids' Pages on Web Site for Winter Fun 12/13/1999 - PTO Commissioner To Host OnLine Dialog 12/10/1999 - Secretary Daley Awards 6 Millionth Patent to State-of-the-Art Information Technology Invention 12/09/1999 - Trademark Office Unveils a New Museum Exhibit - Tall, Taller,Tallest: The Inventions that Built Skyscrapers 12/07/1999 - Secretary Daley to Award 6 Millionth Patent to State-of-the-Art Information Technology Invention November 1999 11/22/1999 - Commerce Secretary William M. Daley Applauds Passage of American Inventors Protection Act 11/16/1999 - Patent and Trademark Office Announces New Chief Financial Officer 11/12/1999 - Dickinson and Chasser Confirmed by Senate to Top Posts at PTO 11/12/1999 - PTO Adds New Research Site for Inventors 11/12/1999 - PTO Proposes to Permit Payment of Fees By Credit Card 11/09/1999 - Patent and Trademark Office Updates Trademark Electronic Application System Facilitating Ease of Electronic Filing 11/02/1999 - Q. Todd Dickinson and Anne Chasser Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee October 1999 10/29/1999 - PTO Co-Sponsors Mississippi Inventor's Conference 10/22/1999 - University of California Continues to Receive Most Patents 10/20/1999 - PTO Facilitates International TRIPS Compliance 10/14/1999 - Patent Commissioner to participate in the Yankee Invention Exposition 10/14/1999 - Four American Inventors Honored for Revolutionary Innovation 10/12/1999 - Four American Inventors to be Honored for Revolutionary Innovation 10/08/1999 - PTO Launches Internet Filing for Patents 10/01/1999 - PTO Airs Ads Targeting Invention Promotion Scams September 1999 09/30/1999 - California Residents Continue To Receive Most Patents 09/21/1999 - PTO Is Y2K Ready! 09/17/1999 - PTO Web Site Among Popular Science Magazine's Elite In 1999 09/13/1999 - PTO takes part in depositing WIPO ratifications 09/10/1999 - PTO holds 4th Annual Independent Inventors Conference 09/08/1999 - PTO launches Independent Inventor Web Site August 1999 08/31/1999 - PTO launches innovative KIDS' Page 08/25/1999 - PTO and BIO to Hold Two-Day Biotech Conference 08/04/1999 - United We Work is the Theme for Community Day at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office July 1999 07/30/1999 - PTO Acting Commissioner to Host Ground-Breaking Online Dialog 07/28/1999 - President Clinton Nominates Anne Chasser to the position of Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks 07/13/1999 - PTO to Hold Separate Hearings on Computer Software Patents and Native American Insignia Trademarks 07/07/1999 - Patent Commissioner to Chair Public Hearings On Official Insignia of Native American Tribes 07/06/1999 - President Clinton Nominates Todd Dickinson to Top Post at USPTO White House Press Release June 1999 06/24/1999 - Patent Commissioner to Chair San Francisco Hearings on Software Patent Examination 06/23/1999 - Assistant Secretary of Commerce Q. Todd Dickinson Gives Major State of the PTO Address to ABA Intellectual Property Group 06/23/1999 - Commissioner of Patents to Visit Walnut Creek Camp Invention 06/21/1999 - Secretary Daley Gives Commencement Address at Federal Government's Premier Corporate University 06/10/1999 - Patent and Trademark Office Mourns Death of Judge Giles S. Rich 06/08/1999 - Commissioner of Patents to Visit Dallas Camp Invention April 1999 04/22/1999 - Secretary Daley Announces Free Internet Access to One of Goverment's Largest Databases 04/20/1999 - Secretary Daley to Announce Free Internet Access to 20 million of U.S. Patent and Trademark Data 04/09/1999 - PTO Extends Telephone Customer Service Hours March 1999 03/30/1999 - PTO Opens Office to Address Needs of Independent Inventors 03/15/1999 - PTO Earns Kudos for Web Site 03/02/1999 - Disney World to Host Major Independent Inventors Conference and Exhibit Cosponsored by Commerce Department February 1999 02/25/1999 - The Patent and Trademark Office Celebrates National Women's History Month with a New Exhibit That Pays Tribute to Women Innovators 02/24/1999 - U.S. Patents Up 31.5% in 1998 02/03/1999 - The Patent and Trademark Museum Celebrates African-American History Month with, Colors of Innovation, a New Exhibit Celebrating African-American Innovators 02/01/1999 - PTO Marks Improvements in Performance Management January 1999 01/29/1999 - Reducing Pendency and Maintaining Quality Top List of PTO Millennium Budget Priorities 01/08/1999 - IBM Repeats at Top of PTO's Annual List of 10 Organizations Receiving Most Patents
