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.
- 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) [HTML]
- 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)
- 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)