- Comments on the deferred-fee provisional patent application pilot program and collaboration database to encourage inventions related to COVID-19 (September 17, 2020)
- Comments on COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program (July 13, 2020)
- Comments on Facilitating the Use of WIPO's ePCT System to Prepare International Applications for Filing with the United States Receiving Office (January 30, 2020)
- Comments on Examining Computer-Implemented Functional Claim Limitations for Compliance with 35 U.S.C. 112 (January 7, 2019)
- Comments on 2019 Revised Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance (January 7, 2019)
- Comments on Request for Comment on Determining Whether a Claim Element Is Well-Understood, Routine Conventional for Purposes of Subject Matter Eligibility (April 20, 2018)
- Comments on Changes to Eliminate Unnecessary Regulations (January 19, 2018)
- Comments Regarding the Continuation of the Accelerated Examination Program (January 12, 2017)
- Comments on the Revision of the Duty To Disclose Information in Patent Applications and Reexamination Proceedings (October 28, 2016)
- Comments on the Recommended Standard (ST.26) for the Presentation of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Listings Using XML (eXtensible Markup Language) (October 27, 2016)
- Comments on Examination Time Goals (October 25, 2016)
- Comments on the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program (September 6, 2016)
- Comments on Importing Prior Art Automatically and Streamlining Patent Issuance (August 29,2016)
- Comments on Post-Prosecution Pilot Program (July 11, 2016)
- Comments on May 2016 Subject Matter Eligibility Update (May 6, 2016)
- Comments on the Application of the Written Description Requirement to Specific Situations in Design Applications (April 15, 2016)
- Comments on Improving Patent Quality Measurement (March 25, 2016)
- Comments on a Proposed Pilot Program Exploring an Alternative Approach to Institution Decisions in Post Grant Administrative Reviews (extended to November 18, 2015)
- Comments to the Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (August 20, 2015)
- Comments on July 2015 Update on Subject Matter Eligibility (July 30, 2015)
- Comments on Request for Comments on Enhancing Patent Quality (February 5, 2015)
- Comments on 2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (December 16, 2014)
- Comments on Trial Proceedings Under the America Invents Act Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (October 16, 2014)
- Comments on Changes To Facilitate Applicant's Authorization of Access to Unpublished U.S. Patent Applications by Foreign Intellectual Property Offices (September 9, 2014)
- Comments on Request for Comments and Extension of Comment Period for Examination Instruction and Guidance Pertaining to Patent-Eligible Subject Matter (July 31, 2014)
- Comments on Guidance For Determining Subject Matter Eligibility Of Claims Reciting Or Involving Laws of Nature, Natural Phenomena, & Natural Products (July 31. 2014)
- Comments on Request for Comments on Virtual Marking (July 16, 2014)
- Comments on Request for Comments on Optimum First Action and Total Patent Pendency (July 9, 2014)
- Comments on Changes to Patent Term Adjustment in View of the Federal Circuit Decision in Novartis v. Lee (June 18, 2014)
- Comments on Use of Crowdsourcing and Third-Party Preissuance Submissions To Identify Relevant Prior Art (May 9, 2014)
- Comments on Changes to Permit Delayed Submission of Certain Requirements for Prioritized Examination (May 5, 2014)
- Comments on Continued Prosecution Application Practice (May 5, 2014)
- Comments on the Written Description Requirement for Design Applications (March 14, 2014)
- Comments on Methods for Studying the Diversity of Patent Applicants (January 31, 2014)
- Comments on Changes To Require Identification of Attributable Owner (January 24, 2014)
- Comments on Changes To Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs (November 29, 2013)
- Comments on Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty (April 11, 2013)
- Comments on Revisions to Patent Term Adjustment (April 1, 2013)
- Comments on Notice of Roundtable on Proposed Requirements for Recordation of Real-Party-in-Interest Information Throughout Application Pendency and Patent Term (February 6, 2013)
- Comments on Preparation of Patent Applications (January 15, 2013)
- Comments in Response to Public Roundtable on Genetic Diagnostic Testing (January 10, 2013)
- Comments on Request for Comments and Notice of Roundtable Events for Partnership for Enhancement of Quality of Software-Related Patents (January 3, 2013)
- Comments on Request for Comments on Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Practice (December 6, 2012)
- Comments on Examination Guidelines for Implementing the First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (July 26, 2012)
- Comments on Changes To Implement the First Inventor To File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (July 26, 2012)
- Comments on Changes to Implement Micro Entity Status for Paying Patent Fees (May 30, 2012)
- Comments on Request for Comments on the Recommendation for the Disclosure of Sequence Listings Using XML (Proposed ST.26) (May 15, 2012)
- Comments on CPI Adjustment of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013 (May 14, 2012)
- Comments on Genetic Diagnostic Testing (March 26, 2012)
- Comments on Additional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Satellite Offices for the Nationwide Workforce Program (February 7, 2012)
- Comments on Changes to Implement the Supplemental Examination Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and To Revise Reexamination Fees (January 25, 2012)
- Comments on Changes to Implement the Inventor's Oath or Declaration Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (January 5, 2012)
- Comments on Changes to Implement the Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (January 5, 2012)
- Comments on Changes to Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (January 5, 2012)
- Comments on Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Related To Appellate Review (December 28, 2011)
- Comments on Eliciting More Complete Patent Assignment Information (November 23, 2011)
- Comments on Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Implementation (August 25,2011)
- Comments on Revision of the Materiality to Patentability Standard for the Duty To Disclose Information in Patent Applications (August 19, 2011)
- Comments on Streamlined Patent Reexamination Proceedings (April 25, 2011)
- Comments on Revision of Patent Term Extension and Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review and Information Disclosure Statements (April 6, 2011)
- Comments on Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review (March 22, 2011)
- Comments on Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination Timing Control Procedures (February 04, 2011)
- Comments on Supplementary Examination Guidelines for Determining Compliance With 35 U.S.C. 112 and for Treatment of Related Issues in Patent Applications (January 21, 2011)
- Comments on Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing Through the Intellectual Property System (September 20, 2010)
- Comments on Examination Guidelines Update: Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After KSR v. Teleflex (September 1, 2010)
- Comments on Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v. Kappos (July 27, 2010)
- Comments on Request for Comments on Proposed Changes to Restriction Practice in Patent Applications (June 14, 2010)
- Comments on Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative: Notice of Public Meeting (June 04, 2010)
- Comments on Proposed Change to Missing Parts Practice (March 29, 2010)
- Comments on Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Being Appealed (December 08, 2009)
- Comments from Patent Cooperation Treaty Task Force; Notice of Public Meeting (December 02, 2009)
- Comments on Request for Comments on Enhancement in the Quality of Patents (November 30, 2009)
- Comments on Request for Comments on Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program (October 21, 2009)
- Comments on Request for Comments and Notice of Roundtable on Work Sharing for Patent Applications (October 14, 2009)
- Comments on Request for Comments on Interim Examination Instructions for Evaluating Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (September 17, 2009)
- Comments on Request for Comments and Notice of Roundtable on Deferred Examination for Patent Applications (June 10, 2009)
- Comments on Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases. (August 20, 2008)
- Comments on Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice (August 20, 2008)
- Comments on Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (August 06, 2008)
- Comments on Proposed Institution of a Fee to File a Paper a Request for Reconsideration of a Final Office Action in a Trademark Case (July 21, 2008)
- Comments on Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees (June 18, 2008)
- Comments from the Public in Response to the Town Hall Meeting on Industrial Designs (June 16, 2008)
- Comments on Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2009 (June 03, 2008)
- Comments on Examination of Patent Applications That Include Claims Containing Alternative Language, Notice of Proposed Rule Making (August 2007) and on Examination of Patent Applications That Include Claims Containing Alternative Language, Proposed rule; request for comment on initial regulatory flexibility analysis (March 2008)
- Comments on Proposed Changes to Trademark Certificate of Mailing and Express Mail Rules (February 29, 2008)
- Comments on Revision to the Time for Filing of a Biological Deposit and the Date of Availability of a Biological Deposit (February 20, 2008)
- Comments on July 2007 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals (October 2007)
- Comments Regarding Changes in the Requirements for Filing Requests for Reconsideration of Final Office Actions in Trademark Cases (June 13, 2007)
- Comments Regarding International Efforts to Harmonize Substantive Requirements of Patent Laws (May 2007)
- Comments on Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Supplemental notice of proposed rule making (February 2007)
- Comments on April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures, Notice of proposed rule making (February 2007)
- Comments on Changes to Information Disclosure Statement Requirements and Other Related Matters, Notice of proposed rule making (September 2006)
- Comments on Removal of Paper Search Collection of Marks That Include Design Elements (August 2006)
- Comments on Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations (August 2006)
- Comments Regarding Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (August 2006)
- Comments Regarding Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination (July 2006)
- Comments on Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings, Interim rule (June 2006)
- Comments Regarding Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program (June 2006)
- Comments on Proposed Changes to Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, Notice of proposed rulemaking (February 2006)
- Comments on Changes to Practice for the Examination of Claims in Patent Applications, Notice of proposed rule making (February 2006)
- Comments on Green Paper Concerning Restriction Practice (September 2005)
- Comments on Changes to Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (August 2005)
- Comments on Provisions for Persons Granted Limited Recognition to Prosecute Patent Applications and Other Miscellaneous Matters (June 2005)
- Comments on TEAS Plus Proposed Rule (May 2005)
- Comments on Revision of Search and Examination Fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications Enteering the National Stage in the United States (April 2005)
- Comments on Changes to the Practice for Handling Patent Applications Filed Without the Appropriate Fees (April 2005)
- Comments on the Changes To Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004 (CREATE Act), Interim Rule (February 2005)
- Comments on Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (April 2004)
- Round Table on Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings Comments
- Comments on Changes in the Requirements for Amendment and Correction of Trademark Registrations (Docket No. 2003-T-023)(March 2004)
- Comments regarding Proposed Patent Office Plans to Cease Supplying Copies of cited U.S. Patent References with Office Actions (February 2004)
- Comments on Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Related to Decisions by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (January 2004)
- Comments on Changes To Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan (January 2004)
- Comments on Notice of Proposed Rule Making for Clarification of Power of Attorney Practice, and Revisions to Assignment Rules (September 2003)
- Comments on the Study of the Changes Needed To Implement a Unity of Invention Standard in the United States (August 2003)
- Comments on January 2004 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure (July 2003)
- Comments on Changes to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and other Technical Amendments to the Patent Statute (June 2003)
- TM - Comments on Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings under the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act (June 2003)
- Comments on Changes to Implement Electronic Maintenance of Official Patent Application Records (March 2003)
- Comments on the Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act Report (December 2002)
- Comments on the Notification of Required and Optional Search Criteria for Computer Implemented Business Method Patent Applications in Class 705
- Comments on (Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters), 66 Fed. Reg. 43575 (October 2001)
- Comments on Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications (October 2001)
- Comments on Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Patent Applications (October 2001)
- Comments Regarding the International Effort to Harmonize the Substantive Requirements of Patent Laws (May 2001)
- Comments on "Preliminary Draft Convention Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil Matters", 65 Fed. Reg. 61306 (October 2000)
- Comments on "Files Treatment of Unlocatable Application and Patent Files", 65 Fed. Reg. 42309 (July 10, 2000), and in the Official Gazette at 1237 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 28 (01 August 2000)
- Comments on the proposed enhancements to the Official Gazette - Patents, 1235 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 67 (20 June 2000)
- Comments on "Changes to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination", 65 Fed. Reg. 18154 (Apr. 6, 2000), and in the Official Gazette at 1234 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 93 (23 May 2000)
- Comments on "Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment Under Twenty-Year Patent Term", 65 Fed. Reg. 17215 (March 31, 2000), 1233 OG 109 (25 April 2000)
- Comments on "Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications", 65 Fed. Reg. 17946 (Apr. 5, 2000), 1233 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 121 (25 April 2000)
- Public Comments On Guidelines for Determining Utility Of Gene-related Patents Released by USPTO (19 April 2000)
- Comments on "Changes to Application Examination and Provisional Application Practice", 65 Fed. Reg. 14865 (March 20, 2000), 1233 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 47 (11 April 2000)
- Public Comments on the United States Patent and Trademark Office "Revised Interim Utility Examination Guidelines" 64 Fed. Reg. 71440, Dec. 21, 1999, corrected 65 Fed. Reg. 3425 (21 January 2000)
- Public Comments on the United States Patent and Trademark Office "Revised Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶1 'Written Description' Requirement" 64 Fed. Reg. 71427 (21 December 1999)
- Comments on "Changes to Permit Payment of PTO Fees by Credit Card", 64 Fed. Reg. 59701 (November 3, 1999), 1228 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 163 (23 November 1999)
- Comments on "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals" , 64 Fed. Reg. 53772 (October 4, 1999), 1228 OG 15 (02 November 1999)
- Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications under the 35 U.S.C. 112 "Written Description" Requirement
- Public Comments on the Statutorily Required Study on Official Insignia of Native American Tribes
- Comments on "Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals", 63 Fed. Reg. 53497 (October 5, 1998), 1215 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 77 (27 October 1998)
- Summary of Public Comments Concerning Expansion of Searchable Database Offerings (Submitted in Response to Federal Register Request for Comments Published on July 27, 1998)
- Comments on 1996 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure
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