Below are Federal Register Notices published in 2020 by 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 from the USPTO in PDF, XML, and accessible HTML formats, please visit http://www.regulations.gov.
Final Rules
- Rules of Practice to Allocate the Burden of Persuasion on Motions to Amend in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 82923–82936 [2020–28159] [TEXT] [PDF] (21Dec2020)
- Small Entity Government Use License Exception, 82917–82923 [2020–27049] [TEXT] [PDF] (21Dec2020)
- Trademark Fee Adjustment, 81123–81124 [2020–27564] [TEXT] [PDF] (15Dec2020)
- Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Instituting on All Challenged Patent Claims and All Grounds and Eliminating the Presumption at Institution Favoring Petitioner as to Testimonial Evidence, 79120–79129 [2020–27048] [TEXT] [PDF] (09Dec2020)
- Trademark Fee Adjustment, 73197–73218 [2020–25222] [TEXT] [PDF] (17Nov2020)
- International Trademark Classification Changes, 69501–69504 [2020–22353] [TEXT] [PDF] (03Nov2020)
- Facilitating the Use of the World Intellectual Property Organization's ePCT System To Prepare International Applications for Filing With the United States Receiving Office, 61604–61608 [2020–18743] [TEXT] [PDF] (30Sep2020)
- Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020; Correction, 58282–58283 [2020–20634] [TEXT] [PDF] (18Sep2020)
- Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees during Fiscal Year 2020, 46932–46993 [2020–16559] [TEXT] [PDF] (03Aug2020)
- Patent Term Adjustment Reductions in View of the Federal Circuit Decision in Supernus Pharm., Inc. v. Iancu, 36335–36342 [2020–11786] [TEXT] [PDF] (16Jun2020)
- Waiver: Waiver of Original Handwritten Signature Requirement Due to the COVID–19 Outbreak, 17502 [2020–06186] [TEXT] [PDF] (30Mar2020)
- Clarification of the Practice for Requiring Additional Information in Petitions Filed in Patent Applications and Patents Based on Unintentional Delay, 12222–12224 [2020–03715] [TEXT] [PDF] (02Mar2020)
Interim Rules
- None at this time
Proposed Rules
- Disclaimer Practice in Patents and Patent Applications, 86518–86525 [2020–27676] [TEXT] [PDF] (30Dec2020)
- Discretion to Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 73437–73438 [2020–25490] [TEXT] [PDF] (18Nov2020)
- Discretion to Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 66502–66506 [2020–22946] [TEXT] [PDF] (20Oct2020)
- Changes to Representation of Others before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 45812–45834 [2020–12210] [TEXT] [PDF] (30Jul2020)
- Trademark Fee Adjustment, 37040–37057 [2020–13262] [TEXT] [PDF] (19Jun2020)
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice: Instituting on All Challenged Patent Claims and All Grounds and Eliminating the Presumption at Institution Favoring Petitioner as to Testimonial Evidence, 31728–31732 [2020–10131] [TEXT] [PDF] (27May2020)
- Small Entity Government Use License Exception, 6476–6482 [2020–01687] [TEXT] [PDF] (05Feb2020)
- Facilitating the Use of WIPO's ePCT System to Prepare International Applications for Filing with the United States Receiving Office, 5362–5366 [2020–01765] [TEXT] [PDF] (30Jan2020)
General Notices
- National Strategy for Expanding American Innovation, 83906–83908 [2020–28298] [TEXT] [PDF] (23Dec2020)
- Request for Information: The Article of Manufacture Requirement, 83063–83066 [2020–28110] [TEXT] [PDF] (21Dec2020)
- Development of a National Consumer Awareness Campaign on Combating the Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Products, 73264–73266 [2020–25326] [TEXT] [PDF] (17Nov2020)
- Secondary Trademark Infringement Liability in the E-Commerce Setting, 72635–72637 [2020–25163] [TEXT] [PDF] (13Nov2020)
- Sovereign Immunity Study, 70589–70591 [2020–24621] [TEXT] [PDF] (05Nov2020)
- Proposed Continuing Legal Education Guidelines, 64128–64130 [2020–22420] [TEXT] [PDF] (09Oct2020)
- U.S. Patent No. 6,406,699; ELIAS Cancer Immunotherapy, 62713–62714 [2020–21969] [TEXT] [PDF] (05Oct2020)
- U.S. Patent No. 7,057,053; Vernakalant Hydrochloride, 62714 [2020–21963] [TEXT] [PDF] (05Oct2020)
- U.S. Patent No. 7,259,184; Vernakalant Hydrochloride, 62713 [2020–21968] [TEXT] [PDF] (05Oct2020)
- U.S. Patent No. 7,524,879; Vernakalant Hydrochloride, 62714 [2020–21966] [TEXT] [PDF] (05Oct2020)
- Deferred-Fee Provisional Patent Application Pilot Program and Collaboration Database To Encourage Inventions Related to COVID–19, 58038–58041 [2020–20443] [TEXT] [PDF] (17Sep2020)
- Performance Review Board, 56589–56590 [2020–20181] [TEXT] [PDF] (14Sep2020)
- Extension of the Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program, 41570 [2020–14841] [TEXT] [PDF] (10Jul2020)
- Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, 41571 [2020–14931] [TEXT] [PDF] (10Jul2020)
- Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program, 39888–39890 [2020–14244] [TEXT] [PDF] (02Jul2020)
- Requests for Nominations: Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees, 36568–36569 [2020–13043] [TEXT] [PDF] (17Jun2020)
- Grant of Interim Extension of the Term of U.S. Patent No. 9,364,354; Reducer, 32361 [2020–11626] [TEXT] [PDF] (29May2020)
- Correction: COVID–19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program, 29686 [C1–2020–10372] [TEXT] [PDF] (18May2020)
- COVID–19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program, 28932–28935 [2020–10372] [TEXT] [PDF] (14May2020)
- Grant of Interim Extension of the Term of U.S. Patent No. 6,953,476; Reducer, 17315–17316 [2020–06445] [TEXT] [PDF] (27Mar2020)
- Grant of Interim Extension of the Term of U.S. Patent No. 8,858,612; Reducer, 17315 [2020–06447] [TEXT] [PDF] (27Mar2020)
Paperwork Reduction Act
30-Day Notices (Notice of Submission to OMB)
- [0651-0054] - Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the Trademark Application [TEXT] [PDF] (31 December 2020)
- [0651-0042] - Patent Examiner Employment Application [TEXT] [PDF] (30 December 2020)
- [0651-0056] - Trademark Submissions Regarding Correspondence and Regarding Attorney Representation [TEXT] [PDF] (30 November 2020)
- [0651-0031] - Patent Processing [TEXT] [PDF] (30 November 2020)
- [0651-0075] - International Design Applications (Hague Agreement) [TEXT] [PDF] (30 November 2020)
- [0651-0032] - Initial Patent Applications [TEXT] [PDF] (30 November 2020)
- [0651-0050] - Responses to Office Action and Voluntary Amendment Forms [TEXT] [PDF] (29 September 2020)
- [0651-0065] - Global Intellectual Property Academy Surveys [PDF] (31 August 2020)
- [0651-0040] - Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Actions [TEXT] [PDF] (30 July 2020)
- [0651-0063] - Patent Trial and Appeal Board Appeals [TEXT] [PDF] (30 June 2020)
- [0651-0048] - Native American Tribal Insignia Database [TEXT] [PDF] (29 May 2020)
- [0651-0082] - Pro Bono Survey [TEXT] [PDF] (25 April 2020)
- [0651-0081] - Law School Clinic Certification Program [TEXT] [PDF] (28 Feb 2020)
- [0651-0034] - Secrecy and License to Export [TEXT] [PDF] (28 Feb 2020)
- [0651-0033] - Post Allowance and Refiling [TEXT] [PDF] (31 Jan 2020)
- [0651-0020] - Patent Term Extension [TEXT] [PDF] (31 Jan 2020)
- [0651-0073] - Patent Law Treaty [TEXT] [PDF] (31 Jan 2020)
- [0651-0022] - Deposit of Biological Materials [TEXT] [PDF] (31 Jan 2020)
60-Day Notices (Notice of Proposed Collection)
- [0651-0012] - Admission to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office [TEXT] [PDF] (23 December 2020)
- [0651-0009] - Applications for Trademark Registration [TEXT] [PDF] (18 December 2020)
- [0651-0068] - Patent and Trademark Resource Center Metrics [TEXT] [PDF] (17 December 2020)
- [0651-0042] - Patent Examiner Employment Application [TEXT] [PDF] (23 October 2020)
- [0651-0054] - Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the Trademark Application [TEXT] [PDF] (23 October 2020)
- [0651-0059] - Patent Petitions Related to Application and Reexamination Processing Fees [TEXT] [PDF] (1 October 2020)
- [0651-0056] - Trademark Submissions Regarding Correspondence and Regarding Attorney Representation [TEXT] [PDF] (29 September 2020)
- [0651-0031] - Patent Processing [TEXT] [PDF] (29 September 2020)
- [0651-0075] - International Design Applications (Hague Agreement) [TEXT] [PDF] (29 September 2020)
- [0651-0032] - Initial Patent Applications [TEXT] [PDF] (29 September 2020)
- [0651-0050] - Responses to Office Action and Voluntary Amendment Forms [TEXT] [PDF] (29 July 2020)
- [0651-0065] - Global Intellectual Property Academy Surveys [TEXT] [PDF] (22 June 2020)
- [0651-0040] - Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Actions [TEXT] [PDF] (26 May 2020)
- [0651-0063] - Patent Trial and Appeal Board Appeals [TEXT] [PDF] (20 April 2020)
- [0651-0048] - Native American Tribal Insignia Database [TEXT] [PDF] (16 March 2020)