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.
For a complete, searchable database of Federal Register Notices in PDF, XML, and accessible HTML formats, please visit http://www.regulations.gov.
- 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)