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.
- Business Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations, Notice [PDF] (20Nov2006)
- Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program, Final rule [PDF] (03Nov2006)
- Notice of Roundtable on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Treaty on the Protection of the Rights of Broadcasting Organizations [PDF] (17Aug2006)
- Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings, Final rule [PDF] (04Aug2006)
- Changes To Information Disclosure Statement Requirements and Other Related Matters [PDF] (10July2006)
- Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations [PDF] (06July2006)
- Changes to Practice for Petitions in Patent Applications To Make Special and for Accelerated Examination [PDF] (26June2006)
- Request for Comments on Removal of Paper Search Collection of Marks That Include Design Elements [PDF] (23June2006)
- Request for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility, Request for comments; extension of comment period [PDF] (14Jun2006)
- Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2007 [PDF] (05Jun2006)
- Request for Comments on Patents Search Templates [PDF] (16May2006)
- Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program, Notice of proposed rule making [PDF] (06Apr2006)
- Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination, Notice of proposed rule making [PDF] (30Mar2006)
- Reopening of Comment Period for Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules [27Mar2006] [PDF] (28Mar2006)
- Public Advisory Committees - Notice and request for nominations [PDF] (15Mar2006)
- Changes to Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 [PDF] (10Mar2006)
- Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings, Interim rule [PDF] (23Feb2006)
- Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules [PDF] (17Jan2006)
- Changes to Practice for the Examination of Claims in Patent Applications, Notice of proposed rule making [PDF] (03Jan2006)
- Changes to Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, Notice of proposed rule making [PDF] (03Jan2006)