Federal Register Notices - 2009

Below are Federal Register Notices published in 2009 for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 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.

• Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals; Request for Comments on Potential Modifications to Final Rule and Notice of Roundtable During Comment Period [PDF] (22Dec2009)
• Revised Procedure for Public Key Infrastructure Certificates [PDF] (17Dec2009)
• Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Being Appealed [PDF] (14Dec2009)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty Task Force;Notice of Public Meeting [PDF] (9Dec2009)
• Request for Comments on Enhancement in the Quality of Patents [PDF] (9Dec2009)
• Pilot Program for Green Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas Reduction [PDF] (8Dec2009)
• Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan [PDF] (27Nov2009)
• National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee Meeting [PDF] (6Nov2009)
• Request for Comments on Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program [PDF] (27Oct2009)
• Legal Framework for Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) [PDF] (27Oct2009)
• Performance Review Board (PRB) [PDF] (26Oct2009)
• Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases [PDF] (26Oct2009)
• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Sixth Edition [PDF] (23Oct2009)
• Request for Comments and Notice of Roundtable on Work Sharing for Patent Applications [PDF] (21Oct2009)
• Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications [PDF] (14Oct2009)
• Additional Period for Comments on Interim Examination Instructions for Evaluating Patent Subject Matter Eligibility [PDF] (9Oct2009)
• Request for Comments on Interim Examination Instructions for Evaluating Patent Subject Matter Eligibility [PDF] (11Sep2009)
• Notice of Reformatted Trademark Registration Certificate [PDF] (16Jul2009)
• Trademark Examination Guides 01-09 and 02-09 on Deceptiveness [PDF] (13Jul2009)
• July 2009 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures; Final Rule [PDF] (01Jul2009)
• Additional Period for Comments on Deferred Examination for Patent Applications; Request for comments; additional comment period [PDF] (16Jun2009)
• Notice and request for nominations for Public Advisory Committees [PDF] (19Mar2009)
• Extension of Time for Comments on Deferred Examination for Patent Applications; Request for Comments; extension of comment period [PDF] (09Mar2009)
• Request for Comments and Notice of Roundtable on Deferred Examination for Patent Applications [PDF] (28Jan2009)
• National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee [PDF] (08Jan2009)
• National Medal of Technology and Innovation Call for 2009 Nominations [PDF] (08Jan2009)

Paperwork Reduction Act

30 Day Notices (Notice of Submission to OMB)

• [0651-0064] - Patent Reexaminations [TEXT] [PDF] (28Dec2009)
• [0651-0044] - Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints [TEXT] [PDF] (24Sep2009)
• [0651-0057] - Customer Panel Quality Survey [TEXT] [PDF] (17Sep2009)
• [0651-0057] - Customer Panel Quality Survey [TEXT] [PDF] (11Aug2009)
• [0651-0061] - Trademark Petitions [TEXT] [PDF] (03Aug10)
• [0651-0060] - National Medal of Innovation and Technology Nomination Application [TEXT] [PDF] (26May2009)
• [0651-0055] - Post Registration (Trademark Processing) [TEXT] [PDF] (30Apr2009)
• [0651-0051] - Madrid Protocol [TEXT] [PDF] (16Apr2009)
• [0651-0041] - Public User ID Badging [TEXT] [PDF] (10Mar2009)
• [0651-0016] - Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees [TEXT] [PDF] (27Jan2009)
• [0651-0036] - Statutory Invention Registration [TEXT] [PDF] (12Jan2009)
• [0651-0028] - Fastener Quality Act Insignia Recordal Process [TEXT] [PDF] (12Jan2009)
• [0651-0045] - Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Action Form [TEXT] [PDF] (09Jan2009)

60 Day Notices (Notice of Proposed Collection)

• [0651-0012] - Admittance To Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted To Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) [TEXT] [PDF] (11Dec2009)
• [0651-0024] - Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures [TEXT] [PDF] (02Dec2009)
• [0651-0050] - Electronic Response to Office Action and Preliminary Amendment Forms [TEXT] [PDF] (13Nov2009)
• [0651-0038] - Customer Input: United States Patent and Trademark Office Customer Surveys [TEXT] [PDF] (26Oct2009)
• [0651-0024] - Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures [TEXT] [PDF] (11Aug2009)
  1. Rogan
  2. Berger
  3. Mulholland
  4. Slusher
  5. Schuller
• [0651-0064] - Patent Reexaminations [TEXT] [PDF] (10Aug2009)
  1. Jackson
• [0651-0044] - Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints [TEXT] [PDF] (26Jun2009)
  1. Hallihan
• [0651-0061] - Trademark Petitions [TEXT] [PDF] (18May2009)
• [0651-0057] - Customer Panel Quality Survey [TEXT] [PDF] (27Mar2009)
• [0651-0060] - National Medal of Innovation and Technology Nomination Application [TEXT] [PDF] (19Mar2009)
• [0651-0051] - Madrid Protocol [TEXT] [PDF] (06Feb2009)