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.
- Change in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office Notices and Changes in Display of Patent and Trademark Office Notices in Electronic Official Gazette, Notice [PDF] (26Dec2007)
- Changes in the Requirement for a Description of the Mark in Trademark Applications, Notice of proposed rulemaking [PDF] (25Oct2007)
- April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures, Final rule; correction [PDF] (11Oct2007 )
- Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C. 103 in View of the Supreme Court Decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. [PDF] (10Oct2007 )
- Federal Register Notice re: Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2007; correction effective September 30, 2007 [PDF] (28Sep2007 )
- April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures, Final rule [PDF] (10Sep2007 )
- Federal Register Notice re: Final Rule – Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2007 [PDF] (22Aug2007 )
- Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications, Final rule [PDF] (21Aug2007 )
- Examination of Patent Applications That Include Claims Containing Alternative Language, Notice of proposed rule making [PDF] (10Aug2007)
- Miscellaneous changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules; Final Rule [PDF] (01Aug2007)
- Proposed Rule change for the Rules of Practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in ExParte Appeals [PDF] (30Jul2007)
- Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered Marks That Include Design Elements from Trademark Search Library in Arlington, VA [PDF] (28Jun2007)
- Notice and Request for Patents and Trademarks Public Advisory Committees Nominations [PDF] (20Jun2007)
- Notice of Change of Address for Fastener Quality Act Correspondence [PDF] (04Jun2007)
- Correspondence With the Madrid Processing Unit of the United States Patent and Trademark Office [PDF] (16Apr2007)
- Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination, Final rule [PDF] (16Apr2007)
- Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered Word-Only Marks From Trademark Search Library in Arlington, VA [PDF] (06Mar2007)
- Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office [PDF] (28Feb2007)
- April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures, Notice of proposed rule making [PDF] (16Feb2007)
- Changes in the Requirements for Filing Requests for Reconsideration of Final Office Actions in Trademark Cases [PDF] (14Feb2007)
- Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence, Final rule [PDF] (23Jan2007)
- Changes to Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual Property Offices, Final rule [PDF] (16Jan2007)