Below are Federal Register Notices published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the year. Selected Federal Register Notices may also appear under various topical areas on this USPTO website.
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- 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 Comments (13Jan1999)
- 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)