- Request for Comments and Notice of Roundtable on Deferred Examination for Patent Applications [PDF] (28Jan2009)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee [PDF] (08Jan2009)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation Call for 2009 Nominations [PDF] (08Jan2009)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee Meeting [PDF] (28Nov2008)
- Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Final Rule - Effective Date: December 17, 2008 [PDF] (17Nov2008)
- Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice - Final Rule [PDF] (17Nov2008)
- Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees; Final Rule [PDF] (12Nov2008)
- Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; Final rule; correction [PDF] (09Oct2008)
- Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; Final Rule [PDF] (14Aug2008)
- Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2009: Final Rule [PDF] (14Aug2008)
- Clarification of Patent Regulations Currently in Effect, and Revision in Applicability Date of Provisions Relating to Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, Notice [PDF] (07Aug2008)
- Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Notice of proposed rulemaking [PDF] (06Aug2008)
- Scope of Foreign Filing Licenses, Notice [PDF] (23Jul2008)
- Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees, Notice of proposed rulemaking; correction [PDF] (02Jul2008)
- Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees, Notice of proposed rulemaking [PDF] (18Jun2008)
- Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases. [PDF] (12Jun2008)
- Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice [PDF] (12Jun2008)
- Rules of Practice Before the Board of
Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex
Parte Appeals; Final Rule [PDF] (10June2008)
- Proposed Rule - Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2009 [PDF] (03June2008)
- Notice and Request for Patents and Trademarks Public Advisory Committees Nominations [PDF] (01May2008)
- Examination of Patent Applications That Include Claims Containing Alternative Language; Proposed rule, request for comment on initial regulatory flexibility analysis [PDF] (10Mar2008)
- Changes in Rules Regarding Filing Trademark Correspondence by Express Mail or Under a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission [PDF] (29Feb2008)
- Revision to the Time for Filing of a Biological Deposit and the Date of Availability of a Biological Deposit, Notice of proposed rulemaking [PDF] (20Feb2008)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee Meeting [PDF] (12Feb2008)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee [PDF] (24Jan2008)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation Call for 2008 Nominations [PDF] (24Jan2008)
- Change in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office Notices and Changes in Display of Patent and Trademark Office Notices in Electronic Official Gazette, Notice [PDF] (26Dec2007)
- Changes in the Requirement for a Description of the Mark in Trademark Applications, Notice of proposed rulemaking [PDF] (25Oct2007)
- April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures, Final rule; correction [PDF] (11Oct2007
)
- Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C. 103 in View of the Supreme Court Decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. [PDF] (10Oct2007
)
- Federal Register Notice re: Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2007; correction effective September 30, 2007 [PDF] (28Sep2007
)
- April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures, Final rule [PDF] (10Sep2007 )
- Federal
Register Notice re: Final Rule – Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year
2007 [PDF] (22Aug2007 )
- Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications, Final rule [PDF] (21Aug2007 )
- Examination
of Patent Applications That Include Claims Containing Alternative
Language, Notice of proposed rule making [PDF] (10Aug2007)
- Miscellaneous changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules; Final Rule [PDF] (01Aug2007)
- Proposed Rule change for the Rules
of Practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
in ExParte Appeals [PDF] (30Jul2007)
- Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered Marks That Include Design Elements from Trademark Search Library in Arlington, VA [PDF] (28Jun2007)
- Notice and Request for Patents and Trademarks Public Advisory Committees Nominations [PDF] (20Jun2007)
- Notice of Change of Address for Fastener Quality Act Correspondence [PDF] (04Jun2007)
- Correspondence With the Madrid Processing Unit of the United States Patent and Trademark Office [PDF] (16Apr2007)
- Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination, Final rule [PDF] (16Apr2007)
- Notice of the Removal of the Paper
Search Collection of Registered Word-Only Marks From Trademark Search
Library in Arlington, VA [PDF] (06Mar2007)
- Changes to Representation of Others
Before the United States Patent and
Trademark Office [PDF] (28Feb2007)
- April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures, Notice of proposed rule making [PDF] (16Feb2007)
- Changes in the Requirements for Filing Requests for Reconsideration of Final Office Actions in Trademark Cases [PDF] (14Feb2007)
- Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence, Final rule [PDF] (23Jan2007)
- Changes to Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual Property Offices, Final rule [PDF] (16Jan2007)
- Business Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations, Notice [PDF] (20Nov2006)
- Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program, Final rule [PDF] (03Nov2006)
- Notice of Roundtable on the World
Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) Treaty on the Protection of the
Rights of Broadcasting Organizations [PDF] (17Aug2006)
- Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings, Final rule [PDF] (04Aug2006)
- Changes To Information Disclosure Statement Requirements and Other Related Matters [PDF] (10July2006)
- Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations [PDF] (06July2006)
- Changes to Practice for Petitions in Patent Applications To Make Special and for Accelerated Examination [PDF] (26June2006)
- Request for Comments on Removal of Paper Search Collection of Marks That Include Design Elements [PDF] (23June2006)
Request for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility, Request for comments; extension of comment period [PDF] (14Jun2006)
- Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2007 [PDF] (05Jun2006)
- Request for Comments on Patents Search Templates [PDF] (16May2006)
- Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program, Notice of proposed rule making [PDF] (06Apr2006)
- Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination, Notice of proposed rule making [PDF] (30Mar2006)
- Reopening of Comment Period for Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules [27Mar2006] [PDF] (28Mar2006)
- Public Advisory Committees - Notice and request for nominations [PDF] (15Mar2006)
- Changes to Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 [PDF] (10Mar2006)
- Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings, Interim rule [PDF] (23Feb2006)
- Miscellaneous
Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules [PDF] (17Jan2006)
- Changes
to Practice for the Examination of Claims in Patent Applications, Notice
of proposed rule making [PDF] (03Jan2006)
- Changes
to Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination
Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims,
Notice of proposed rule making [PDF] (03Jan2006)
- Request
for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications
for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility [PDF] (20Dec2005)
- Provisions
for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application With a Non-English
Specification and Other Miscellaneous Matters [PDF] (26Sep2005)
- Changes
To Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act
of 2004 [PDF] (14Sep2005)
- Notice
of Availability of and Request for Comments on Green Paper Concerning
Restriction Practice [PDF] (05Aug2005)
- Requirements
To Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application Through the Trademark
Electronic Application System [PDF] (06Jul2005)
- Changes
To Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2005 [PDF] (21Jun2005)
- Acceptance,
Processing, Use and Dissemination of Chemical and Three-Dimensional
Biological Structural Data in Electronic Format [PDF] (21Jun2005)
- Revision
of Search and Examination Fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications
Entering the National Stage in the United States [PDF] (20Jun2005)
- Notice
of Availability of and Request for Comments on Green Paper Concerning
Restriction Practice [PDF] (06Jun2005)
- Changes
to the Practice for Handling Patent Applications Filed Without the Appropriate
Fees [PDF] (26May2005)
- Changes
to the Transitional Procedures for Limited Examination After Final Rejection
in Certain Applications Filed Before June 8, 1995 [PDF] (06May2005)
- Public
Advisory Committees - Notice and Request for Nominations [PDF] (20Apr2005)
- Proposed
Rule: Reduced Trademark Filing Fee Option [PDF] (07Apr2005)
- Provisions
for Persons Granted Limited Recognition To Prosecute Patent Applications
and Other Miscellaneous Matters [PDF] (07Apr2005)
- Correspondence
With the United States Patent and Trademark Office [PDF] (04Mar2005)
- Changes
to the Practice for Handling Patent Applications Filed Without the Appropriate
Fees [PDF] (28Feb2005)
- Revision
of Search and Examination Fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications
Entering the National Stage in the United States [PDF] (01Feb2005)
- Changes
To Implement the Patent Fee Related Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2005[PDF] (27Jan2005)
- Final
Rule - Trademark Filing Fee Change [PDF] (19Jan2005)
- Changes
To Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act
of 2004 [PDF] (11Jan2005)
- Changes
to Patent Fees Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 [PDF] (07Dec2004)
- Waiver
of Pixel Requirements for Drawings [PDF] (06Oct2004)
- New
Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related Correspondence
and Madrid Protocol Rules Change [PDF] (24Sep2004)
>> Correction
to New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related
Correspondence and Madrid Protocol Rules Change [PDF] (01Nov2004)
- Changes
To Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office 21st Century Strategic Plan [PDF] (21Sep2004)
- Revision
of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2005; correction [PDF] (15Sep2004)
- Revision
of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2005 [PDF] (27Aug2004)
- Changes
in the Requirements for Amendment and Correction of Trademark Registrations [PDF] (19Aug2004)
- Rules
of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences [PDF] (12Aug2004)
- Notice
and Request for Nominations to Public Advisory Committees [PDF] (02Aug2004)
- Elimination
of Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Accounts [PDF] (22Jul2004)
- Changes
to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office [PDF] (24Jun2004)
- Explanation
of 37 CFR 1.703(f) and of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Interpretation of 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A) [PDF] (21Jun2004)
- Revision
of Power of Attorney and Assignment Practice [PDF] (26May2004)
- Revision
of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2005 [PDF] (10May2004)
- Revision
of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions, Final
rule [PDF] (22Apr2004)
- Changes
to Representation of Others Before The United States Patent and Trademark
Officee- Second Notice [PDF] (03Mar2004)
- Changes
to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office [PDF] (29Jan2004)
- Request
For Comments and Notice of Round Table Meeting Regarding The Equities
of Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings [PDF] (30Dec2003)
- Modification
to Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and Payment Rules for
Certain Madrid Protocol-related Rules [PDF] (24Dec2003)
- Changes
to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical
Amendments to the Patent Statute [PDF] (22Dec2003)
- Changes
in the Requirements for Amendment and Correction of Trademark Registrations [PDF] (18Dec2003)
- Changes
to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office; Proposed Rule [PDF] (12Dec2003)
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- Revision
of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Related
to Decisions by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, Proposed
Rule [PDF] (04Dec2003)
- January
2004 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure, Final
Rule and correction to Final Rule [PDF] (04Dec2003)
- Rules
of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences; Proposed
Rule [PDF] (26Nov 2003)
- Modification
to Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and Payment Rules for
Certain Madrid Protocol-Related Rules [PDF] (07Nov2003)
- Temporary
Postponement of Electronic Filing and Payment Rules for Certain Madrid
Protocol-related Rules [PDF] (24Oct2003)
- January
2004 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure; Final
Rule [PDF] (20Oct2003)
- Reorganization
of Correspondence and Other General Provisions: Correction [PDF] (01Oct2003)
- Madrid
Protocol: Final Rules [PDF] (26Sep2003)
- Changes
To Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office 21st Century Strategic Plan (Notice of Proposed Rule Making) [PDF] (12Sept2003)
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>> [text
version]
- Revision
of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Seal [PDF] (02Sept2003)
- Reorganization
of Correspondence and Other General Provisions [PDF] (13Aug2003)
- Federal
Register Notice re: Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2004 effective
October 1, 2003 [PDF] (14Jul2003)
- Changes
To Implement Electronic Maintenance of Official Patent Application Records
published at 68 Fed Reg 38611" [PDF] (30Jun2003) [more
information]
- Clarification
of Power of Attorney Practice, and Revisions to Assignment Rules [PDF] (27Jun2003)
- Notice
of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the USPTO [PDF] (25Jun2003)
- January
2004 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure; proposed
rulemaking [PDF] (30May2003)
- Elimination
of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant
Patent Applications; Final Rule [PDF] (30May2003)
- Request
for Comments on the Study of the Changes Needed To Implement a Unity
of Invention Standard in the United States [PDF] (20May2003)
- Revision
of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2004 [PDF] (30Apr2003)
- Changes
To Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical
Amendments to the Patent Statute [PDF] (28Apr2003)
- Correspondence
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office [PDF] (21Apr2003)
- Notice
and Request for Nominations to Public Advisory Committees [PDF] (04Apr2003)
- Rules
of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid Protocol
Implementation Act [PDF] (28Mar2003)
- Correspondence
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office [PDF] (25Mar2003) [Address change effective May 1, 2003]
- Changes
To Implement Electronic Maintenance of Official Patent Application Records [PDF] (25Mar2003)
- Technical
Corrections Act of 2002 Rules Change [PDF] (30Dec2002)
- Request
for Written Comments and Notice of Hearings on Technological Protection
Systems for Digitized Copyrighted Works [PDF] (09Dec2002)
- Revision
of Patent and Trademark Fees for FY 2003 Effective January 1, 2003 [PDF] (27Nov2002)
- Request
for comments and notice of round table meetings regarding Small Business
Views on Additional Harmonization of Patent Laws [PDF] (28Oct2002)
- USPTO
Information Quality Guidelines [PDF] (07Oct2002)
- Notice
of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the USPTO
- Patents [PDF] (23Jul02)
- Amendment
of Rule Regarding Filing of Trademark Correspondence via "Express
Mail" [PDF] (23May02)
- Processing
Fee for Use of Paper Forms for Submission of Applications for Registration
and Other Documents [PDF] (17May2002)
- Revision
of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 2003 [PDF] (07May2002)
- Notice
of Availability for the DRAFT USPTO Data Quality Guidelines [PDF] (02May2002)
- Proposed
Plan for an Electronic Public Search Facility [PDF] (09Apr2002)
>> Comments
Related (24Apr2002)
>> Hearing
Transcript [PDF] (31May2002)
>> Report
to Congress [PDF] (24Jul2002)
>> Certification
Concerning Certain Paper Public Search Collections of the USPTO [PDF] (13May2003)
- Disposal
of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents Removed From the Examiners' Search Rooms [PDF] (12Feb2002)
- Revision
of the Time Limit for National Stage Commencement in the United States
for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications [PDF] (04Jan2002)
- Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under
Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications [PDF] (28Dec2001)
- Performance
Review Board [PDF] (09Nov2001)
- Updated
membership list of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Performance
Review Board [PDF] (26Oct2001)
- Request
for Comments on Development of a Plan To Remove the Patent and Trademark
Classified Paper Files From the Public Search Facilities; Reopening
of Comment Period [PDF] (04Oct2001)
- International
Trademark Classification Changes [PDF] (20Sep2001)
- Legal
Processes [PDF] (12Sep2001)
- Requirements
for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under Eighteen-Month
Publication of Patent Applications [PDF] (5Sep2001)
- Timing
of National Stage Commencement in the United States for Patent Cooperation
Treaty Applications (30Aug2001)
- Electronic
Submission of Applications for Registration and Other Documents (30Aug2001)
>> Comments
Related (18Oct2001)
>>Hearing
Transcript [PDF] (01Nov2001)
- Notice
of Electronic Products Available From the Information Products Division,
Chief Information Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (28Aug2001)
- Notice
of Request for Comments on Development of a Plan To Remove the Patent
and Trademark Classified Paper Files From the Public Search Facilities (28Aug2001)
>> Comments
Related
- Establishment
of a Database Containing the Official Insignia of Federally and State
Recognized Native American Tribes (28Aug2001)
- Interpretation
of Registration of Agents, 37 CFR § 10.4(b); and Representative for
Director of Enrollment and Discipline in Disciplinary Proceedings, 10.140(b) (24Aug2001)
- Notice
of Hearing and Request for Comments on Draft Convention on Jurisdiction
and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (22Aug2001)
- Revision
of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2002 [PDF] (31Jul2001)
- Elimination
of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant
Patent Applications [PDF] (09Jul2001)
- Revision
of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 2002; Correction [PDF] (08Jun2001)
- Notification
of Required and Optional Search Criteria for Computer Implemented Business
Method Patent Applications in Class 705, and Request for Comments [PDF] (05Jun2001)
- Revision
of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure; Correction [PDF] (22May2001)
- Revision
of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 2002 [PDF] (09May2001)
- Changes
to the Time Period for Making Any Necessary Deposit of Biological Material [PDF] (01May2001)
- Revision
of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure [PDF] (27Mar2001)
- International
Harmonization of Patent Laws [PDF] (20Mar2001)
- Public
Advisory Committees---call for nominations [PDF] (13Mar2001)
- Extension
of Comment Period on Patent Interference Declaration Standard to Feb.
28, 2001 [PDF] (01Feb2001)
- Notice:
Establishment of Database of Official Insignia of Federally Recognized
Native American Tribes [PDF] (09Jan2001)
- Written
Description Examination Guidelines [PDF] (05Jan2001)
- Utility
Examination Guidelines [PDF] (05Jan2001)
- Legal
Processes [PDF] (26Dec2000)
- Correction:
Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals [PDF] (26Dec2000)
- Standard
for Declaring a Patent Interference [PDF] (20Dec2000)
- Correction: Patent Business Goals [PDF] (18Dec2000)
- Reopening
of Time Period until January 12, 2001, for Comments on Hague Conference (11Dec2000)
- Final
Rule to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings [PDF] (07Dec2000)
- Request
for Comments: Basic Proposals for an Instrument on the Protection of
Audiovisual Performances to be Considered by the WIPO Diplomatic Conference [PDF] (29Nov2000)
- Simplification
of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference Practice [PDF] (28Nov2000)
- Treatment
of Unlocatable Patent Application and Patent Files [PDF] (17Nov2000)
- Correction:
Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications (06Nov2000)
- Request
for Comments: Preliminary Draft Convention of Jurisdiction and Foreign
Judgments (18Oct2000)
- Notice
of Meeting of the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination
Council [PDF] (12Oct2000)
- Study
of Alternative Fee Structures (02Oct00)
- Patent
Interference Practice Simplification: Interim Rule and Request for Comments (20Sep2000)
- Changes
To Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications; Final
Rule [PDF] (20Sep2000)
- Changes
to Implement Patent Term Adjustment Under Twenty-Year Patent Term; Final
Rule [PDF] (18Sep2000)
- Patent
Business Goals: Final Rule [PDF] (08Sep2000)
- Public
Information, Freedom of Information, and Privacy [PDF] (31Aug2000)
- Announcement
of membership of the USPTO Performance Review Board (28Aug2000)
- Request
for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application
Practice [PDF] (16Aug2000)
- Revision
of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2001 [PDF] (11Aug2000)
- Treatment
of Unlocatable Application and Patent Files [PDF] (11Jul2000)
- Public
Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy [PDF] (07Jul2000)
- Notice
of Intellectual Property Symposium of the Americas [PDF] (06Jul2000)
- Supplemental
Examination Guidelines Regarding 35 U.S.C. 112, paragraph 6 (26Jun2000)
- Reopening
of the Time Period for Acceptance of Comments on Issues Related to Policies
and Agenda for the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination
Council (26Jun2000)
- Notice
of Roundtable on Computer-Implemented Busines Method Patent Issues (22Jun2000)
- Changes
to Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Fees by Credit Card [PDF] (25May2000)
- Notice
of reestablishment and adoption of seal of the United States Patent
and Trademark Office [PDF] (06Apr2000)
- Rules
To Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings [PDF] (06Apr2000)
- Changes
to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications [PDF] (05Apr2000)
- Notice
and Request for Nominations to the Public Advisory Committees [PDF] (29Mar2000)
- Changes
to Application Examination and Provisional Application Practice [PDF] (20Mar2000)
- Request
for Comments on Patent Law Treaty [PDF] (09Mar2000)
- Notice
of Conference on State Sovereign Immunity and Intellectual Property
Rights [PDF] (07Mar2000)
- Revised
Interim Utility Examination Guidelines; Request for Comments; Correction (21Jan2000)
- Interim
final rule--Complaints Regarding Invention Promoters; Request for Comments [PDF] (20Jan2000)
- Federal
Register Notice- Revised Utility Examination Guidelines; Request for
Comments (27Dec1999)
- Federal
Register Notice - Revised Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent
Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. Sec. 112, para. 1 ``Written Description''
Requirement; Request for Comments (27Dec1999)
- Procedures
for Implementation of the Fastener Quality Act (20Dec1999)
- Federal
Register Notice re: Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for FY 2000 [PDF] (16Dec1999)
- Clarification
of Patent and Trademark Copy Fees (14Dec1999)
- Official
Insignia of Native American Tribes; Statutorily Required Study [PDF] (30Nov1999)
- Public
Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Action Form (29Nov1999)
- Statutory
Invention Registration: Proposed collection; Comment Request (24Nov1999)
- Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking: Changes to Permit Payment of Fees by Credit
Card [PDF] (03Oct1999)
- Announcement
of membership of the Patent and Trademark Office Performance Review
Board (21Oct1999)
- Trademark
Law Treaty Implementation Act Changes; Correction (22Sep1999)
- Trademark
Law Treaty Implementation Act Changes; Final Rule (14Sep1999)
- Interim
Supplemental Examination Guidelines for Determining the Applicability
of 35 U.S.C. section 112, paragraph 6 (4Aug1999)
- Request
for comments for the Statutorily Required Study on Official Insignia
of Native American Tribes (22Mar1999)
- Internet
Usage Policy (21Jun1999)
- Public
Hearing and RFC on Issues Related to the Identification of Prior Art
During the Examination of a Patent Application (27May1999)
- Trademark
Law Treaty Implementation Act Changes (11May1999)
- Notice
of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on the Proposed New Act of
the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial
Designs (19Apr1999)
- Guidelines
for Reexamination of Cases in View of In re Portola Packaging, Inc.,
110 F.3d 786, 42 USPQ2d 1295 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (01Apr1999)
- Interim
rule with request for comments on Consideration of Interlocutory Rulings
at Final Hearing in Interference Proceedings (22Mar1999)
- Solicitation
of Applications for Membership on Public Advisory Committee for Trademark
Affairs (07Jan1999)
- RFC:
Official Insignia of Native American Tribes; Statutorily Required Study (07Jan1999)
- Revision
of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure (01Dec1998)
- Request
for Comments on Proposed Internet Usage Policy (20Oct1998)
- Advance
Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR -- Comments requested by December
4, 1998) and Highlights
of the 21 topics in the ANPR (7Oct1998)
- Public
Hearings and Extended Period for Public Comment on the Interim Guidelines (28Sep1998)
- Miscellaneous
Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules (16Sep1998)
- Revision
of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 1999; Correction (28Aug1998)
- Guidelines
for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions
Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference (26Aug1998)
- RFC:
Dissemination of Patent and Trademark Information on the PTO's Web Site (27Jul1998)
- Revision
of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 1999 (24Jul1998)
- Changes
to Continued Prosecution Application Practice (7Jul1998)
- Request
for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications
Under the 35 U.S.C. 112 para. 1 ``Written Description'' Requirement (17Jun1998)
- Request
for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Reexamination of Cases in View
of In re Portola Packaging, Inc., 110 F.3d 786, 42 USPQ2d 1295 (Fed.
Cir. 1997) (17Jun1998)
- Requirements
for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino
Acid Disclosures (1Jun1998)
- Revision
of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure (1Jun1998)
- Meeting
of the Public Advisory Committee for Trademark Affairs (23Mar1998)
- Notice
of Conference on Database Protection and Access Issues (23Mar1998)
- Change
to Continued Prosecution Application Practice (3Mar1998)
- Soliciting
Applications for Membership on Public Advisory Committee for Trademark
Affairs (18Dec1997)
- Changes
to Patent Practice and Procedure; Correction (7Nov1997)
- Miscellaneous
Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules. Proposed rule; notice
of hearing and reopening of comment (5Nov1997)
- Notice
of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Procedures for Recording
Patent Prosecution File Histories. (23Oct1997)
- Request
for Comments on Patent Formalities Treaty (22Oct1997)
- Notice
of proposed rulemaking: Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and
Appeal Board Rules (9Jun1997)
- Technical
Corrections to Interim Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed
to Species of Chemical Compositions Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference. (3Mar1997)
- Interim
Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical
Compositions Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference
- Communications
With the Patent and Trademark Office
- Changes
Implementing Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Listings; Proposed
Rule
- Recordal
Fees Associated with the Fastener Quality Act
- Miscellaneous
Changes in Patent Practice
- 1996
Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure; Proposed Rule
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