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.
- 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)