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Patent Announcements

2014 Interim Guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility (15 Dec 2014)
MPEP Ninth Edition released online (28 Mar 2014)
Notice Concerning Payment of Appeal Forwarding Fee under 37 CFR 41.45 and Improper Use of Deposit Account General Authorization under 37 CFR 1.25(b) (13 Mar 2014)

Notice of Delegation to Commissioner for Patents and Notice of Delegation to Commissioner for Trademarks

Notice of Delegation to Commissioner for Patents

RCE Outreach

The USPTO is looking for feedback from the public to help us reduce our backlog of patent applications associated with a Request for Continued Examination (RCE).

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