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	Making Effective Use of the Appeals Process & Practice Tips [PDF] [full ZIP download] [HTML text version]	posted 18JUN 2007
	Introduction to the USPTO[PPT] [full ZIP download] [HTML text version]	posted 18JUN 2007
	Best Practices - Suggestions and Tips: Avoid The Most Common Mistakes Made By Practitioners[PPT] [full ZIP download] [HTML text version]	posted 18JUN 2007
	Patent Rule and Procedural Changes[PPT] [full ZIP download] [HTML text version]	posted 18JUN 2007
• Representative Claims • Examination Support Document • Pre-examination Search • Explanation of Patentablity • Statement of Utility • Support in Written Description • Deferred Examination of Dependent Claims • Restriction Requirements • Excess Claim Fee Refunds	Changes to Practice for the Examination of Claims in Patent Applications (notice of proposed rule making)[PPT] [full ZIP download] [HTML text version]	posted 30JAN 2006
• Applications: Continuing, Continuation, Divisional, Continuation-in-Part • Benefit Claims • Petition and Showing • Requests for Continued Examination • Identification of Related Applications • Rebuttable Presumption of Double Patenting	Proposed Changes to Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims (notice of proposed rulemaking)[PPT] [full ZIP download] [HTML text version]	posted 30JAN 2006
• Statistics regarding: Filings, Production, Pendency, Inventory, Quality, Rework • Hiring and Attrition • Pendency Projections • Markush Practice • Accelerated Examination	Presentation to the Boston Patent Law Association[PPT] [full ZIP download] [HTML text version]	posted 30JAN 2006
• Nonprovisional Application Fees • Fees for Entering the National Stage • Provisional Application Fees • Reissue Application Fees • Search and Examination Fees • Application Size Fee • Excess Claims Fees • Fee Payment • Refunds • Issue Fee • Disclaimer Fee • Appeal Fees • Revival Fees • Extension of Time Fees • Maintenance Fees	Changes to Patent Fees Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (H.R. 4818/P.L. 108-447) [PPT] [full ZIP download] [HTML text version]	updated 28JUL2005
• 35 U.S.C. 103(c) • CREATE Act • Prior Art Exclusions • Joint Research Agreement • Double Patenting Rejections • Terminal Disclaimer	35 U.S.C. 103(c) as Amended by the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act (Public Law 108-453) Enacted December 10, 2004 [PPT] [full ZIP download] [HTML text version]	updated 28JUL2005
•Electronic Signatures • Petition Fees • Small Entity Status •Incorporation by Reference • Benefit Claims • Supplemental Replies • Requirements for information • Preliminary Amendments	Changes To Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan (final rule)* [PPS] [full ZIP download] [HTML text version] * The original version of this Microsoft PowerPointTM slide set was posted on the Office's web site on October 1, 2004 and updated on October 26,2004. In view of comments received, however, this revised version of the slide set includes clarification of several rules including 37 CFR §§ 1.57 and 1.115.	updated 01JAN2005
•Most papers filed by applicants or mailed by the Office on or after September 13, 2004 must comply wi th the revised or new rules. •New Part 41 for rules relating to appeals and practice before BPAI. • Subpart B - Ex Parte Appeals including new grounds of rejection; supplemental examiner's answer, and when appellant may request that prosecution be reopened.	Final Rule Making on Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) [PPS] [full ZIP download] [142 KB] [HTML text]	posted 16SEP2004
•Significant Changes Made to Certain Rules •Limit of ten patent practitioners will be made of record if Customer Number practice is not used. • Elimination of Associate Power of Attorney practice. •Why Use A Customer Number •Why Use Private PAIR	Clarification of Power of Attorney Practice and Revisions to Assignment Rules [PPS] [full ZIP download] [1.3MB] [HTML text]	posted 16JUL2004
•Image File Wrapper (IFW)	Image File Wrapper (IFW) - Final Rule including Revised Amendment Practice of Training Slides [PPS: 54 slides] [HTML text]	posted 08OCT2003
•35 USC §§ 102(e) & 374 •Prior art •National stage applications •Continuation of IA (International Application)	Training Slides entitled "35 USC §§ 102(e) and 374 as amended by HR 2215 (Technical Amendment Act)" [PPS] [full ZIP download] [HTML text]	posted 14NOV2002
•Decision-tree to determine reference date for 35 USC § 122(b) & § 371 applications	Flowcharts for 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) date [PDF] [HTML text]	posted 19NOV2002
•Benefit claims under 35 USC §§ 119(e), 120, 121 and 365(c)	Benefit Claims To Prior Applications under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119(e), 120, 121, and 365(c) [PPS] [HTML text]	presented 19FEB2003

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