Policy > Comments from the Public

• Comments on Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases. (August 20, 2008)
• Comments on Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice (August 20, 2008)
• Comments on Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (August 6, 2008)
• Comments on Proposed Institution of a Fee to File a Paper a Request for Reconsideration of a Final Office Action in a Trademark Case (July 21, 2008)
• Comments on Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees (June 18, 2008)
• Comments from the Public in Response to the Town Hall Meeting on Industrial Designs (June 16, 2008)
• Comments on Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2009 (June 3, 2008)
• Comments on Proposed Changes to Trademark Certificate of Mailing and Express Mail Rules (February 29, 2008)
• Comments on Revision to the Time for Filing of a Biological Deposit and the Date of Availability of a Biological Deposit (February 20, 2008)
• Comments on Examination of Patent Applications That Include Claims Containing Alternative Language, Notice of Proposed Rule Making (August 2007) and on Examination of Patent Applications That Include Claims Containing Alternative Language, Proposed rule; request for comment on initial regulatory flexibility analysis (March 2008)
• Comments on July 2007 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals (October 2007)
• Comments Regarding Changes in the Requirements for Filing Requests for Reconsideration of Final Office Actions in Trademark Cases (June 13, 2007)
• Comments Regarding International Efforts to Harmonize Substantive Requirements of Patent Laws (May 2007)
• Comments on Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Supplemental notice of proposed rule making (February 2007)
• Comments on April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures, Notice of proposed rule making (February 2007)
• Comments on Changes to Information Disclosure Statement Requirements and Other Related Matters, Notice of proposed rule making (September 2006)
• Comments on Removal of Paper Search Collection of Marks That Include Design Elements (August 2006)
• Comments on Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations (August 2006)
• Comments Regarding Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (August 2006)
• Comments Regarding Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination (July 2006)
• Comments on Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings, Interim rule (June 2006)
• Comments Regarding Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program (June 2006)
• Comments on Proposed Changes to Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, Notice of proposed rulemaking (February 2006)
• Comments on Changes to Practice for the Examination of Claims in Patent Applications, Notice of proposed rule making (February 2006)
• Comments on Green Paper Concerning Restriction Practice (September 2005)
• Comments on Changes to Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (August 2005)
• Comments on Provisions for Persons Granted Limited Recognition to Prosecute Patent Applications and Other Miscellaneous Matters (June 2005)
• Comments on TEAS Plus Proposed Rule (May 2005)
• Comments on Revision of Search and Examination Fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications Enteering the National Stage in the United States (April 2005)
• Comments on Changes to the Practice for Handling Patent Applications Filed Without the Appropriate Fees (April 2005)
• Comments on the Changes To Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004 (CREATE Act), Interim Rule (February 2005)
• Comments on Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (April 2004)
• Round Table on Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings Comments
• Comments on Changes in the Requirements for Amendment and Correction of Trademark Registrations (Docket No. 2003-T-023)(March 2004)
• Comments regarding Proposed Patent Office Plans to Cease Supplying Copies of cited U.S. Patent References with Office Actions (February 2004)
• Comments on Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Related to Decisions by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (January 2004)
• Comments on Changes To Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan (January 2004)
• Summary of Public Comments and the Restriction Reform Options to be Studied by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (November 2003) [PDF]
• Comments on Notice of Proposed Rule Making for Clarification of Power of Attorney Practice, and Revisions to Assignment Rules (September 2003)
• Comments on January 2004 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure (July 2003)
• Comments on Changes to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and other Technical Amendments to the Patent Statute (June 2003)
• TM - Comments on Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings under the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act (June 2003)
• Comments on Changes to Implement Electronic Maintenance of Official Patent Application Records (March 2003)
• Comments on the Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act Report (December 2002)
• Comments on the Notification of Required and Optional Search Criteria for Computer Implemented Business Method Patent Applications in Class 705
• Comments on (Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters), 66 Fed. Reg. 43575 (October 2001)
• Comments on Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications (October 2001)
• Comments on Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Patent Applications (October 2001)
• Comments Regarding the International Effort to Harmonize the Substantive Requirements of Patent Laws (May 2001)
• Comments on "Preliminary Draft Convention Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil Matters", 65 Fed. Reg. 61306 (October 2000)
• Comments on "Files Treatment of Unlocatable Application and Patent Files", 65 Fed. Reg. 42309 (July 10, 2000), and in the Official Gazette at 1237 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 28 (01 August 2000)
• Comments on the proposed enhancements to the Official Gazette - Patents, 1235 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 67 (20 June 2000)
• Comments on "Changes to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination", 65 Fed. Reg. 18154 (Apr. 6, 2000), and in the Official Gazette at 1234 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 93 (23 May 2000)
• Comments on "Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment Under Twenty-Year Patent Term", 65 Fed. Reg. 17215 (March 31, 2000), 1233 OG 109 (25 April 2000)
• Comments on "Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications", 65 Fed. Reg. 17946 (Apr. 5, 2000), 1233 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 121 (25 April 2000)
• Public Comments On Guidelines for Determining Utility Of Gene-related Patents Released by USPTO (19 April 2000)
• Comments on "Changes to Application Examination and Provisional Application Practice", 65 Fed. Reg. 14865 (March 20, 2000), 1233 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 47 (11 April 2000)
• Public Comments on the United States Patent and Trademark Office "Revised Interim Utility Examination Guidelines" 64 Fed. Reg. 71440, Dec. 21, 1999, corrected 65 Fed. Reg. 3425 (21 January 2000)
• Public Comments on the United States Patent and Trademark Office "Revised Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶1 ‘Written Description’ Requirement" 64 Fed. Reg. 71427 (21 December 1999)
• Comments on "Changes to Permit Payment of PTO Fees by Credit Card", 64 Fed. Reg. 59701 (November 3, 1999), 1228 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 163 (23 November 1999)
• Comments on "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals" , 64 Fed. Reg. 53772 (October 4, 1999), 1228 OG 15 (02 November 1999)
• Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications under the 35 U.S.C. 112 "Written Description" Requirement
• Public Comments on the Statutorily Required Study on Official Insignia of Native American Tribes
• Comments on "Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals", 63 Fed. Reg. 53497 (October 5, 1998), 1215 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 77 (27 October 1998)
• Summary of Public Comments Concerning Expansion of Searchable Database Offerings (Submitted in Response to Federal Register Request for Comments Published on July 27, 1998)
• Comments on 1996 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure

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