United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 19 March 2002
Errata
In the Consolidated Listing of Official Gazette Notices
Re-Patent and Trademark Office Practices and Procedures published
February 5, 2002, the Table of Contents inaccurately split the
subcategory heading "Unlocatable Applications, Terminal Disclaimers,
Status Inquiries" into two lines. The category heading
"Miscellaneous" should have appeared in the position occupied by
the words "Status Inquiries." In addition, the following
information was inadvertently left out:
List of Patent Notices
OG NUMBER TITLE OF THE NOTICE
1 Special Boxes for Patent Mail
2 Address Change
3 Reestablishment of the Patent and Trademark Office as the
United States Patent and Trademark Office
4 Establishment of a Special Box for Comments to
Proposed Rulemaking
5 Extension of the Payor Number Practice (through
"Customer Numbers") to Matters Involving Pending
Patent Applications
6 Establishment of a Box REISSUE Elimination of Box 7
7 Notice Regarding Technical Center Box Issue Fee Mailings
8 Use of Box Issue Fee
9 Establishment of a Special Box for Design Patent
Applications
10 Changes in Procedure for Papers Filed at the
Customer Service Window
11 Changes in How Papers May Be Filed in the Patent
and Trademark Office
12 Patent Technology Centers
13 Post Card Receipt Reminder
14 Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First
Class Mail Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.8 and Returned by
the U.S. Postal Service
15 Waiver of Certificate of Mailing Requirement
Under 37 CFR 1.10
16 Acknowledgement of Receipt of a Patent or
Trademark Application
17 Identifying Application Correspondence With
Issue Batch Number
18 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on
Tuesday January 25, 2000, and Wednesday, January 26,
2000
19 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on
Friday, December 26, 1997
20 United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail
21 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on
Friday, January 12, 1996
22 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on
Monday, January 8, 1996 through Wednesday, January 10, 1996
23 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on
Wednesday, April 27, 1994
24 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on
Thursday, January 20, 1994 and Friday, February 11, 1994
25 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on
Friday, Jan. 20, 1989
26 Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings of
the Patent and Trademark Office
27 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on
Monday, Feb. 23, 1987
28 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on
Monday, Jan. 26, 1987
29 Federal Government Holidays, 1996
30 Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of
United States Postal Service for Mail Addressed to
ZIP Codes 202xx Through 205xx
31 United States Postal Service Interruptions and
Emergency Terminated
32 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
33 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
34 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency
35 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency
in Connecticut
36 United States Postal Service Emergency in the
State of California Terminated
37 United States Postal Service Interruption and
Emergency in the State of California
38 United States Postal Service Interruptions and
Emergency in Los Angeles
39 United States Postal Service Interruption and
Emergency in South Florida
40 Performance Review Board
41 Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy
42 PSIRF Hours Changing
43 Public User Identification Passes USPTO Public
Search Facilities
44 Patent Assistance Center
45 Relief in Certain Extraordinary Situations
46 Customer Feedback Card
47 Rules Concerning Conduct on Patent and Trademark Premises
48 Use of a Post Card as a Receipt for Correspondence
in Patent-Related Matters
49 Improved Pre-Exam Notices to Result From the
Deployment of the Patent Application Location and
Monitoring (PALM) Migration Pre-examination Subsystem
50 Issuance of a Patent to an Assignee
51 Indexing Against a Recorded Assignment
52 Taking Action in a Patent Matter Before the
Office by the Assignee under 37 CFR 3.73
53 Changes in Patent and Trademark Assignment Practice
54 Changes in Patent and Trademark Assignment Practice
55 Recordability of Foreclosures for Assignment Purposes
56 Clarification of Patent and Trademark Copy Fees
57 "Expedited Local" and "At Cost" Services
for Certified and Uncertified Copies of Patent and
Trademark Office Documents
58 Changes in Practice in Supplying Certified Copies and
Filing Receipts
59 "At Cost" Recordation of Assignments and
Related Transactions
60 Obtaining Copies of Interference Related Files
61 Temporary Suspension of "At Cost" Services
for Orders of Certified Copies
62 Treatment of Fee Deficiency Submissions under 37
CFR 1.28(c) in view of the Federal Circuit decision
in DH Technology
63 Interim Treatment of Fee Deficiency Submissions
under 37 CFR 1.28(c) in view of DH Technology
64 Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2002
65 Changes to Permit Payment of Patent and
Trademark Fees by Credit Card
66 Fees for Patent and Trademark Copies
67 Partial Payment of Patent Fees During Period of
October 10, 1998 through October 20, 1998 pursuant
to Continuing Resolutions
68 Partial Payment of Patent Fees During Period of
October 1, 1998 no later than October 9, 1998
pursuant to Continuing Resolutions
69 Point-of-Sale Check Conversion Pilot Program
70 Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 or Less
for a Limited Refund
71 Deposit Account Authorization to Charge Issue Fee
72 Unpaid Fee Checks
73 Deposit Account Authorizations
74 "Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents
75 Advance Notice of Change to "References
Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent
76 Applicants Cautioned to File Applications on
Papers that Comply with Sheet Size/Margin and
Quality Requirements of 37 CFR 1.52 and 1.84(f) and (g).
77 Identification of Affidavits/Declarations Filed
Under 37 CFR 1.131 Which Establish a Date of
Invention In a NAFTS or WTO Member Country
78 Notice of Change of Procedure for Recording Inventors'
Names
79 Change in Procedure Relating to an Application
Filing Date
80 Information on Oath/Declaration Necessary to
Identify the Specification for an Application filed
under 35 USC 111 in Accordance with 37 CFR 1.63
81 Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent
Applications
82 Patent Law Foreign Filing Amendments
83 Effective Date of the Final Rule Entitled Rules
to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
Proceedings
84 Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes
Reexamination Proceedings: Delay of Effective Date
85 Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes
Reexamination Proceedings
86 Change in Policy of Examiner Assignment in Ex Parte
Reexamination Proceedings and Establishment of
Patentability Review Conferences in Ex Parte
Reexamination Proceedings
87 Guidelines for Reexamination of Cases in View of
In re Portola Packaging, Inc.
88 Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke
or Invalidate U.S. Patents
89 Notice of Change in Publishing of Patents and
Patent Application Publications with Sequence Listings
90 Changes in the Time Period for Making any
Necessary Deposit of Biological Material
91 Biosequence Internet Filing Related to: 37 CFR
1.84 Form and Fomat for Nucleotide and/or Amino
Acid Sequence Submissions in Computer Readable Form
92 Requirements for Patent Applications Containing
Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Disclosures;
Correction
93 Requirements for Patent Applications Containing
Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Disclosures
94 Applicant Aid for Biotechnology Computer
Readable Form (CRF) Sequence Listing Submissions
95 Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant
Breeder's Rights Certificates
96 Taking Effect in the United States of the
International Convention for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants
97 United States Adherence to the International
Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
(UPOV)
98 Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon
Applications Previously Filed in Thailand
99 Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon
Applications Previously Filed In India
100 Right of Priority in Patent and Trademark
Applications Available in Taiwan
101 Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim
for Priority Under 35 USC 119
102 Examination Guidelines for 35 USC 102(e)(2), as
amended by the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
103 Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications
Under the 35 USC 112, 1, "Written Description" Requirement
104 Utility Examination Guidelines
105 Guidelines Setting Forth a Modified Policy
Concerning the Evidence of Common Ownership, or an
Obligation of Assignment to the Same Person, as
Required by 35 USC 103(c)
106 Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed
to Species of Chemical Compositions Based Upon a
Single Prior Art Reference
107 Examination of Patent Applications Containing
Nucleotide Sequences
108 Guidance on Treatment of Product and Process
Claims in light of In re Ochiai, In re Brouwer and
35 USC 103(b)
109 Guidelines Concerning the Implementation of
Changes to 35 USC 102(g) and 103(c) and the
Interpretation of the Term "Original Application"
in the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
110 Means or Step Plus Function Limitation Under 35
USC 112, 6th Paragraph
111 Notification of Required and Optional Search
Criteria for Computer Implemented Business Method
Patent Applications in Class 705, and Request for Comments
112 Notice of Roundtable on Computer-Implemented
Business Method Patent Issues
113 Guidance on Searching and Examining PCT
Applications Drawn to Computer-Related Inventions
114 Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent
Applications for Computer-Generated Icons
115 Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions
116 Clarification of Application Revival Procedures
(37 CFR 1.137)
117 Procedures for Restarting Response Periods
118 Withdrawing the Holding of Abandonment When
Office Actions Are Not Received
119 Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive and
Petitions to Withdraw the Holding of Abandonment
120 Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of
Prior-Filed Applications Under Eighteen-Month
Publication of Patent Applications
121 Assignment of Confirmation Number and Time Period
for Filing a Copy of an Application by EFS for
Eighteen-Month Publication Purposes
122 Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication
of Patent Applications - Final rule; correction.
123 Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication
of Patent Applications - Final rule
124 Miscellaneous Changes in Patent Practice
125 Clarification of 37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) - Reduction
of Patent Term Adjustment for Certain Types of
Papers Filed After a Notice of Allowance has been Mailed
126 Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information
Printed on Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due
and Patent Front Page
127 Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment under
Twenty-Year Patent Term
128 Revision of the Notice of Allowance Form
129 Time Period for Paying Publication Fee if a
Request for Continued Examination is Filed After a
Notice of Allowance is Mailed
130 Interim Practice of Mailing a Notice of
Publication Fee Due Separate From the Notice of Allowance
131 Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments, or
Petitions after Payment of Issue Fee
132 Change to "Issue Notification" Procedure
133 Request for Continued Examination Practice and
Changes to Provisional Application Practice
134 Changes to Implement 20-Year Patent Term and
Provisional Applications
135 Interim Waiver of Parts of 37 CFR 1.84 and 1.165,
and Delay in the Enforcement of Change in
37 CFR1.84(e) to No Longer Permit Mounting of Photographs
136 Drawings in Patent Application Publications and Patents
137 Removal of Surface Treatment From Design Drawings Permitted
138 Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals - Final rule;
correction.
139 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals -
Final rule and correction to final rule.
140 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals -
Final rule.
141 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure
142 Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application
Practice as to Utility and Plant Patent Applications
143 Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
144 Changes to Continued Prosecution Application Practice
145 Changes to Continued Prosecution Application Practice
146 Standard for Declaring a Patent Interference
147 Simplification of Certain Requirements in
Patent Interference Practice
148 Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent
Interference Practice
149 Publication of Opinions and Orders Entered by the
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
150 Interference Practice - New Procedures for
Handling Interference Cases at the Board of Patent Appeals
and Interferences
151 Interference Practice - Interference Rules Which
Require a Part to "Show the Patentability" of a Claim
152 Admissibility of Electronic Records in Interferences
153 Availability of Interference Files and
Interference Related Applications and Patent Files
154 Patent Interferences Practice Burden of Proof
155 Interference Practice: Matters Relating to
Belated Preliminary Motions
156 Patent Interference Proceedings
157 Arbitration of Patent Interference Cases
158 Treatment of Unlocatable Patent Application and
Patent Files
159 Terminal Disclaimers Required to Overcome
Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejections in Utility
and Plant Applications Filed on or After June 8, 1995
160 Handling of Status Inquiries
161 Changes to Disclosure Document Program
162 Disclosure Document Program
163 Legal Processes
164 Interpretation of Registration of Agents and
Representative for Director of Enrollment and Discipline in
Disciplinary Proceedings
165 Notice of Examination for Registration Wednesday,
April 17, 2002
166 Legal Processes
167 Service of Process; Testimony by Employees and
the Production of Documents in Legal Proceedings
168 Cross-Appeals in Patent and Trademark Office
Disciplinary Proceedings
169 Duty of Disclosure
170 Filing a Notice of Appeal to the Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit in the Patent and Trademark Office
171 Service of Court Papers on the Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks
172 Responsibilities of Practitioners Representing
Clients in Proceedings Before The Patent and Trademark
Office
173 Practitioner's Responsibilities to Avoid
Prejudice to the Rights of a Client/Patent Applicant
174 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Update Accession
by the Republic of Tunisia
175 Timing of National Stage Commencement in the
United States for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications
176 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application
Procedure; Correction
177 Patent Cooperation Treaty Update
178 Request for Comments on Patent Law Treaty
179 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
180 Announcement of Certain Amendments to the
Regulations Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
181 Announcement on the Starting Date of Operations
under the Eurasian Patent Convention
182 Pre-Grant Publication Helpful Hint: File
Continuation or Divisional Application with a New
Specification and Copy of Oath or Declaration from
Prior Application
183 Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications
184 PrintEFS An Aid for Preparing Bibliographic
Information for a U.S. Patent Application
185 Video Conference Center
186 Notice of Electronic Products Available from the
Information Products Division, Chief Information Officer,
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
187 New Product Available from the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office
188 Publication Containing Training and
Implementation Materials for Recent Rule Changes
189 Availability of PatentIn 2.1 Software For
Preparation of Sequence Listings
190 Announcement of Training Sessions for PatentIn
2.1 for Preparation of Sequence Listings
191 GLOBALPat and USAMark CD-ROM Products Now Available
192 Training and Implementation Guide for the Final
Rule entitled "Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure"
193 Training Materials on the Final Utility
Examination Guidelines are Available
194 Electronic Filing System Available to the Public
195 Status of Office of Public Records Services
196 Fiscal Year 2001 Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences Receipts and Dispositions by Groups
197 Notice of Request for Comments on Development of
a Plan to Remove the Patent and Trademark Classified Paper
Files from the Public Search Facilities
198 Notice of Hearing and Request for Comments on
Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgements in
Civil and Commercial Matters
199 Reopening of the Time Period for Acceptance of
Comments on Prelimary Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and
Foreign Judgements in Civil and Commercial Matters
200 Request for Comments on Preliminary Draft
Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgements in Civil
and Commercial Matters
201 Public Advisory Committees
202 Notice of Conference on State Sovereign Immunity
and Intellectual Property Rights
203 Notification Regarding Voice Response System For
Patent Maintenance Fees
204 Iraqi Sanctions Regulations
205 Electronic Publication of Certificates of
Correction on the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Web Site for Later Listing with the Official Gazette
206 USPTO Offers Interim Procedures for Submissions
on Compact Disc
207 The Electronic Availability of the Official
Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Patents
on the USPTO Web Site with Proposed Enhancements
208 Financial Services Available Over the Internet
209 Posting a List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d)
Notices on the PTO Web Site
210 Dissemination of Patent and Trademark Information
on the PTO's Web Site
211 Publication of the Current Patent Rules in Title
37, Code of Federal Regulations
212 Interim Internet Usage Policy
213 Update of Facsimile Submissions of Assignment
Documents to the USPTO
214 Fax Automation in Technology Center 1700
215 Facsimile Submission of Assignment Documents is
Now Available to PTO Customers