[Federal Register: October 7, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 194)]
[Notices]
[Page 62444]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. 2002-C-007]
Final United States Patent and Trademark Office Information
Quality Guidelines
AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the availability of the agency's final
information quality guidelines that ensure and maximize the quality,
objectivity, utility, and integrity of information disseminated by the
agency. These guidelines also detail the administrative mechanism
developed by the USPTO to allow affected persons to seek and obtain
appropriate correction of information maintained and disseminated by
the agency that does not comply with the OMB or the agency guidelines.
This notice of availability and these guidelines are required by
section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act
for FY 2001 (Public Law 106-554) and the OMB information quality
guidelines published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2002 (67 FR
369-378); corrected on February 5, 2002 (67 FR 5365); and reprinted in
their entirety February 22, 2002 (67 FR 8451-8460).
ADDRESSES: The final USPTO information quality guidelines are available
on the USPTO Web site in the News & Notices section, http://
www.uspto.gov/main/newsandnotices.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Cox, Director, Office of
Electronic Information Products, Bruce.Cox@uspto.gov (703) 306-2606; or
Christopher Leithiser, Information Products Division,
Chris.Leithiser@uspto.gov (703) 306-2622.
Dated: September 30, 2002.
Jon W. Dudas,
Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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