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Pursuant to the eighteen-month publication provisions of the American
Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA), the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) publishes pending applications, other
than design, reissue or provisional applications as patent application
publications
(PAPs), on the Thursday of each week. See Changes
to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications [PDF],
65 Fed. Reg. 57023, 57028 (Sept. 20, 2000), 1239 Off. Gaz. Pat.
Office 63, 67 (Oct. 10, 2000). The USPTO published the first group
of applications as PAPs under the 18-month publication provisions of the AIPA on
March 15, 2001. The USPTO is providing the following projection
of the number of applications that will be published for the next
8 weeks under the 18-month publication provisions of the AIPA. This site is updated weekly.
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Date |
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Projected Number of
Applications to be Published |
Sept.
18, 2008 |
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6755 |
Sept.
25, 2008 |
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6422 |
Oct.
02, 2008 |
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9007 |
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Oct. 09, 2008 |
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5814 |
Oct.
16, 2008 |
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6211 |
Oct.
23, 2008 |
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7113 |
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