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.
- Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Final Rule - Effective Date: December 17, 2008 [PDF] (17Nov2008)
- Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice - Final Rule [PDF] (17Nov2008)
- Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees; Final Rule [PDF] (12Nov2008)
- Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; Final rule; correction [PDF] (09Oct2008)
- Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; Final Rule [PDF] (14Aug2008)
- Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2009: Final Rule [PDF] (14Aug2008)
- Clarification of Patent Regulations Currently in Effect, and Revision in Applicability Date of Provisions Relating to Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, Notice [PDF] (07Aug2008)
- Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Notice of proposed rulemaking [PDF] (06Aug2008)
- Scope of Foreign Filing Licenses, Notice [PDF] (23Jul2008)
- Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees, Notice of proposed rulemaking; correction [PDF] (02Jul2008)
- Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees, Notice of proposed rulemaking [PDF] (18Jun2008)
- Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases. [PDF] (12Jun2008)
- Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice [PDF] (12Jun2008)
- Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals; Final Rule [PDF] (10June2008)
- Proposed Rule - Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2009 [PDF] (03June2008)
- Notice and Request for Patents and Trademarks Public Advisory Committees Nominations [PDF] (01May2008)
- Examination of Patent Applications That Include Claims Containing Alternative Language; Proposed rule, request for comment on initial regulatory flexibility analysis [PDF] (10Mar2008)
- Changes in Rules Regarding Filing Trademark Correspondence by Express Mail or Under a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission [PDF] (29Feb2008)
- Revision to the Time for Filing of a Biological Deposit and the Date of Availability of a Biological Deposit, Notice of proposed rulemaking [PDF] (20Feb2008)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee Meeting [PDF] (12Feb2008)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee [PDF] (24Jan2008)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation Call for 2008 Nominations [PDF] (24Jan2008)
Paperwork Reduction Act
30 Day Notices (Notice of Submission to OMB)
- [0651-0060] - National Medal of Innovation and Technology Nomination Application [TEXT] [PDF] (15Dec2008)
- [0651-0058] - Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program [TEXT] [PDF] (21Nov2008)
- [0651-0043] - Patent and Trademark Financial Transactions [TEXT] [PDF] (10Nov2008)
- [0651-0063] - Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Actions [TEXT] [PDF] (08Oct2008)
- [0651-0035] - Representative and Address Provisions [TEXT] [PDF] (08Sep2008)
- [0651-0054] - Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the Trademark Application [TEXT] [PDF] (13Aug2008)
- [0651-0055] - Post Registration (Trademark Processing) [TEXT] [PDF] (10Jul2008)
- [0651-0056] - Submissions Regarding Correspondence and Regarding Attorney Representation (Trademarks) [TEXT] [PDF] (10Jul2008)
- [0651-0009] - Applications for Trademark Registration [TEXT] [PDF] (11Jun2008)
60 Day Notices (Notice of Proposed Collection)
- [0651-0041] - Public User ID Badging [TEXT] [PDF] (23Dec2008)
- [0651-0016] - Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees [TEXT] [PDF] (30Oct2008)
- [0651-0045] - Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Action Form [TEXT] [PDF] (23Oct2008)
- [0651-0028] - Fastener Quality Act Insignia Recordal Process [TEXT] [PDF] (17Oct2008)
- [0651-0036] - Statutory Invention Registration [TEXT] [PDF] (07Oct2008)
- [0651-0060] - National Medal of Innovation and Technology Nomination Application [TEXT] [PDF] (02Oct2008)
- [0651-0043] - Patent and Trademark Financial Transactions [TEXT] [PDF] (21Aug2008)
- [0651-0058] - Patent Prosecution Highway(PPH) Program [TEXT] [PDF] (24Jun2008)
- [0651-0035] - Representative and Address Provisions [TEXT] [PDF] (24Jun2008)
- [0651-0063] - Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Action [TEXT] [PDF] (9Jun2008)