List of Patent Notices
ITEM PAGE
NUMBER NUMBER TITLE OF THE NOTICE
1 11 Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States
Patent and Trademark Office
2 18 New Mailing Address for Submitting Deposit Account Replenishments
3 19 Elimination of Post Office Box in Arlington, Virginia for Patent
Related Correspondence
4 20 Relocation of Customer Service Window for Patent-Related
Correspondence; Establishment of Drop Box in South Tower for Certain
Patent-Related Correspondence; Hand Carry and Mailing Address for
Trademark-Related Correspondence
5 22 Finance Customer Window to Permanently Close
6 23 Patent Technology Centers
7 30 Oversized Postcards Must Be Submitted with Sufficient Postage
8 31 Post Card Receipt Reminder
9 32 Use of a Post Card as a Receipt for Correspondence in Patent-Related
Matters
10 33 Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings of the Patent and
Trademark Office
11 34 Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First Class Mail Pursuant
to 37 CFR 1.8 and Returned by the U.S. Postal Service
12 35 Acknowledgement of Receipt of a Patent or Trademark Application
13 36 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on
Monday, December 24, 2007
14 37 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
15 38 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on
Friday, June 11, 2004
16 39 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on
Friday, December 26, 2003
17 40 Emergency Closure of the Customer Service Window on Friday,
October 10, 2003
18 41 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on
Thursday, September 18, 2003 and Friday, September 19, 2003
19 42 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
20 43 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on
Monday, December 24, 2001
21 44 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday January 25,
2000, and Wednesday, January 26, 2000
22 45 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26,
1997
23 46 United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail
24 48 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, January 12,
1996
25 49 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, January 8,
1996 through Wednesday, January 10, 1996
26 50 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, April 27,
1994
27 51 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, January 20,
1994 and Friday, February 11, 1994
28 52 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, Jan. 20, 1989
29 53 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Feb. 23, 1987
30 54 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Jan. 26, 1987
31 55 Federal Government Holidays, 1996
32 56 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under
35 U.S.C. 21(a)
33 59 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under
35 U.S.C. 21(a)
34 61 Termination of the United States Postal Service Interruption and
Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
35 62 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under
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35 U.S.C. 21(a)
36 65 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under
35 U.S.C. 21(a)
37 68 Office Actions and Notice of Allowances Previously Mailed to
Areas of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi Affected by Hurricane
Katrina
38 69 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under
35 U.S.C. 21(a)
39 72 Termination of the Waiver of Provisions of 37 CFR 1.8 and 1.10 for
Correspondence Intended for the United States Patent and Trademark
Office but Addressed to Washington DC 20231
40 74 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under
35 U.S.C. 21(a) and 37 CFR 1.10(i)
41 76 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
42 77 Processing of, and Requirements for, the Filing of Duplicate
Applications and Papers in Patent Applications in view of USPS Mail
Delays
43 83 Termination of the Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of
United States Postal Service for mail addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx
through 205xx
44 84 Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal
Service for Mail Addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx Through 205xx
45 86 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
46 87 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
47 88 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
48 89 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency
49 91 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in
Connecticut
50 92 United States Postal Service Emergency in the State of California
Terminated
51 93 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in the
State of California
52 94 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency in
Los Angeles
53 95 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in
South Florida
54 96 Business Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and
Trademark Office Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related
Regulations
55 103 Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy
56 132 Relief in Certain Extraordinary Situations
57 133 Rules Concerning Conduct on Patent and Trademark Premises
58 135 Improved Pre-Exam Notices to Result From the Deployment of the
Patent Application Location and Monitoring (PALM) Migration
Pre-examination Subsystem
59 138 Change in Procedure for Requests to Withdraw from Representation in
a Patent Application
60 142 Revision of Power of Attorney and Assignment Practice
61 173 Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent
and Trademark Office
62 284 Notice of Elimination of Batch Update Practice to Change Power of
Attorney
63 285 Issuance of a Patent to an Assignee
64 286 Indexing Against a Recorded Assignment
65 287 Taking Action in a Patent Matter Before the Office by the Assignee
under 37 CFR 3.73
66 289 Recordability of Foreclosures for Assignment Purposes
67 290 Replacement Notice: Copies of Patent Application Records will be
Provided in both Electronic and Paper Form
68 291 Copies of File Contents Available on Compact Disc Partial Waiver
of 37 CFR 1.19(b)
69 292 Treatment of Fee Deficiency Submissions under 37 CFR 1.28(c) in
view of the Federal Circuit decision in DH Technology
70 293 Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required
71 294 Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2009
72 315 Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2009
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73 332 Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal
and Search Fees
74 333 Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal
and Search Fees
75 340 Upcoming Changes to the Mailing of Monthly Deposit Account
Statements
76 341 Changes to Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
77 349 The Fee under 37 CFR 1.21(m) for Processing a Refused Payment may
be Charged to a Deposit Account Authorized to be Charged
78 350 New or Modified Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) User Accounts Must
Pass Verification Test
79 351 Petitions to Accept a Delayed Patent Maintenance Fee Payment where
Non-Payment was due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina
80 352 Changes to the Practice of Handling Patent Applications Filed
Without Appropriate Fees
81 364 Revision of Search and Examination Fees for Patent Cooperation
Treaty Applications Entering the National Stage of the United States
82 371 Credit Card Payments Submitted over the USPTO Internet
83 372 Elimination of Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit
Accounts
84 376 Changes to Implement the Patent Fee Related Provisions of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
85 404 Maintenance Fee Statements are No Longer Being Mailed for
Maintenance Fees Paid over the Internet
86 405 Extension of the Payor Number Practice (through "Customer Numbers")
to Matters Involving Pending Patent Applications
87 413 Customer Number Required in order to Establish a Fee Address
88 415 Payment of Patent Maintenance Fees over the Internet
89 417 Changes to Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Fees by Credit
Card
90 424 Fees for Patent and Trademark Copies
91 427 Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 or Less for a Limited Refund
92 428 Unpaid Fee Checks
93 429 Deposit Account Authorizations
94 430 Scope of Foreign Filing Licenses
95 432 First Action Interview Pilot Program
96 438 Change in Procedure for Handling Nonprovisional Applications Having
Omitted Items
97 442 Reciprocal Access to and Usage of Documents in Application Files of
Trilateral Offices
98 444 Changes to the Transitional Procedures for Limited Examination After
Final Rejection in Certain Applications Filed Before June 8, 1995
99 447 Waiver of the Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 for Cited Pending
U.S. Patent Applications
100 448 Notice of Complex Work Unit Pilot Program Request for Voluntary
Submission of Electronic Complex Work Unit Files
101 452 Notice that Lengthy Tables will be Published Differently in
Patents, Statutory Invention Registrations and Patent Application
Publications
102 455 Request for Alert Concerning Submitted Petitions
103 457 Reminder of the Proper Procedure for Filing Confidential Information
Pursuant to MPEP 724.02
104 459 Information Disclosure Statements May Be Filed Without Copies of
U.S. Patents and Published Applications in Patent Applications filed
after June 30, 2003
105 460 "Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents
106 462 Advance Notice of Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page of
a Patent
107 464 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).
108 467 Identification of Affidavits/Declarations Filed Under 37 CFR 1.131
Which Establish a Date of Invention In a NAFTS or WTO Member Country
109 468 Advance Notice of Change to MPEP 605.04(b), (c) and (f) -
Application Data Sheets Are Strongly Recommended When Inventor
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Information is Changed
110 470 Notice of Change of Procedure for Recording Inventors' Names
111 471 Change in Procedure Relating to an Application Filing Date
112 482 Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in Oaths or Declarations
Filed in Nonprovisional Patent Applications
113 484 Information on Oath/Declaration Necessary to Identify the
Specification for an Application filed under 35 USC 111 in
Accordance with 37 CFR 1.63
114 486 Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications
115 487 Animals - Patentability
116 488 Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in
Reexamining Fewer Than All the Patent Claims
117 492 Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for
Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination
118 524 Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter
Partes Reexamination Proceedings
119 533 Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter
Partes Reexamination Proceedings
120 538 Notice of Changes in Requirement for a Substantial New Question of
Patentability for a Second or Subsequent Request for Reexamination
While an Earlier Filed Reexamination is Pending
121 540 Changes to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other
Technical Amendments to the Patent Statute
122 566 Revised Guidelines for Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Prior
Art in Reexamination
123 569 Effective Date of the Final Rule Entitled Rules to Implement
Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
124 570 Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings:
Delay of Effective Date
125 571 Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
126 632 Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke or Invalidate U.S.
Patents
127 633 Correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
128 638 Notice of Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Application
Publications with Sequence Listings
129 640 Revision to the Time for Filing of a Biological Deposit and the
Date of Availability of a Biological Deposit
130 651 Changes in the Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit of
Biological Material
131 656 Biosequence Internet Filing Related to: 37 CFR 1.84 Form and Format
for Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submissions in Computer
Readable Form
132 659 Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence
and/or Amino Acid Disclosures
133 692 Applicant Aid for Biotechnology Computer Readable Form (CRF)
Sequence Listing Submissions
134 693 Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights
Certificates
135 694 Taking Effect in the United States of the International Convention
for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
136 695 United States Adherence to the International Union for the
Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
137 696 Enhancement of Priority Document Exchange Program and USPTO
Declaration Form
138 699 Changes To Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual
Property Offices
139 709 Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
140 711 Simplification of the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
141 714 Addition of Japan Patent Office as Participating Foreign
Intellectual Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority
Documents
142 718 Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application
with a Non-English Specification and Other Miscellaneous Matters
143 739 Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application Under 35 U.S.C.
§§ 119(e), 120, 121, and 365(c)
144 747 Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously
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Filed in Thailand
145 748 Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously
Filed In India
146 749 Right of Priority in Patent and Trademark Applications Available
in Taiwan
147 750 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office
148 754 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and IP Australia
149 759 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property
Office
150 764 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property
Office
151 768 Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent
Prosecution Highway Pilot Program in the USPTO (between the USPTO
and the UK IPO)
152 770 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual
Property Office
153 774 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway
Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and the Japan Patent Office
154 778 New Route Pilot Project between the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
155 782 "Triway" Pilot Program among the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, the European Patent Office, and the Japan Patent Office
156 785 Changes to Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology
Enhancement Act of 2004
157 801 Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C.
103 in View of the Supreme Court Decision in KSR International Co.
v. Teleflex Inc.
158 823 Examination Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. § 102(e), as amended by the
American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, and further amended by
the Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments
Act of 2002, and 35 U.S.C. § 102(g) (revised)
159 836 Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 USC
§ 112, ¶ 1, "Written Description" Requirement
160 859 Utility Examination Guidelines
161 871 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)
162 875 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
163 880 Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of
Chemical Compositions Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference
164 895 Examination of Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequences
165 898 Guidelines on Treatment of Product and Process Claims in light of
In re Ochiai, In re Brouwer and 35 USC 103(b)
166 900 Means or Step Plus Function Limitation Under 35 USC 112, 6th
Paragraph
167 906 Extension and Expansion of Pilot Concerning Public Submission of
Peer Reviewed Prior Art
168 908 Pilot Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
169 913 Notification of Required and Optional Search Criteria for Computer
Implemented Business Method Patent Applications in Class 705, and
Request for Comments
170 933 Guidance on Searching and Examining PCT Applications Drawn to
Computer-Implemented Inventions
171 934 Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications for
Computer-Generated Icons
172 938 Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions
173 964 Clarification of the Transitional Provisions Relating to Continuing
Applications and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct
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Claims
174 968 Changes to the Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent
Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and
Examination of Claims in Patent Applications
175 1214 Examination of Patent Applications that Include Claims Containing
Alternative Language
176 1223 Changes to Information Disclosure Statement Requirements and Other
Related Matters
177 1253 Untimely Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) to Withdraw
Holdings of Abandonment
178 1257 Revised Procedures for Express Abandonments
179 1258 Clarification of Application Revival Procedures (37 CFR 1.137)
180 1261 Procedures for Restarting Response Periods
181 1263 Withdrawing the Holding of Abandonment When Office Actions Are
Not Received
182 1264 Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive and Petitions to Withdraw
the Holding of Abandonment
183 1265 Changes to Practice for Pettiions in Patent Applications to Make
Special and For Accelerated Examination
184 1273 Patent A pplication Publications May Now Include Amendments
185 1274 Clarification of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's
Interpretation of the Provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv)
186 1279 Reminder that Rescission of a Nonpublication Request is Not Itself
a Notice of Foreign Filing
187 1280 Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications
Under Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
188 1299 Assignment of Confirmation Number and Time Period for Filing a Copy
of an Application by EFS for Eighteen-Month Publication Purposes
189 1300 Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent
Applications
190 1301 Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent
Applications
191 1375 Miscellaneous Changes in Patent Practice
192 1409 Explanation of 37 CFR 1.703(f) and of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office Interpretation of 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A)
193 1413 Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment
Provisions
194 1428 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
195 1430 Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on Notice
of Allowance and Issue Fee Due and Patent Front Page
196 1432 Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment under Twenty-Year
Patent Term
197 1487 Revised Procedure for Recording Search and Information Printed on
the Face of Patent Under the Heading "Field of Search"
198 1488 Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by the Office of
Patent Publications
199 1489 Processing of Papers Filed after Allowance of an Application
200 1490 Payment of the Issue Fee and Filing Related Correspondence by
Facsimile
201 1492 Revision of the Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due Form (PTOL-85)
Concerning a Previously Paid Issue Fee
202 1494 Revision of the Notice of Allowance Form
203 1496 Time Period for Paying Publication Fee if a Request for Continued
Examination is Filed After a Notice of Allowance is Mailed
204 1497 Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments, or Petitions after
Payment of Issue Fee
205 1499 Change to "Issue Notification" Procedure
206 1500 Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director on Patents
and Certificates of Correction
207 1501 Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction When the Error is
Attributable to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
208 1502 Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim for Priority Under
35 USC 119
209 1503 Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction on the United
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States Patent and Trademark Office Web Site for Later Listing with
the Official Gazette
210 1504 Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to
Provisional Application Practice
211 1530 Changes to Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional
Applications
212 1597 Revised Procedure for Preliminary Amendments Presented on Filing
of a Patent Application
213 1599 Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.121(c)
214 1601 Amendments Permitted Under the Revised Amendment Practice and
Treatment of Non-Compliant Amendments
215 1603 Drawings in Patent Application Publications and Patents
216 1604 Treatment of Amendments that if Entered Would Cancel All of the
Claims in an Application
217 1605 Patent Law Foreign Filing Amendments
218 1614 Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to
Utility and Plant Patent Applications
219 1624 Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
220 1628 Changes to Support Implementation of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan (Final Rule)
221 1761 Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals
222 1762 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
223 1770 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
224 1929 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure
225 2086 Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing Correspondence from the
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
226 2087 Extension of the Pilot Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Program
227 2088 New Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program
228 2093 Public Attendance at Board Hearings
229 2095 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences
230 2182 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences
231 2315 Revised Docketing Procedures for Appeals Arriving at the Board of
Patent Appeals and Interferences
232 2317 New Interference Search Procedure
233 2318 Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting Interferences under
37 CFR § 41.202(a)
234 2319 Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference
Practice
235 2322 Publication of Opinions and Orders Entered by the Board of Patent
Appeals and Interferences
236 2323 New Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration
Regulations in EFS-Web and Private PAIR
237 2325 Electronic Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted in
Application, Patent and Reexamination Proceeding Matters
238 2327 Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
239 2328 Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
240 2330 Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence
241 2343 USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References
with Office Actions and Cease Supplying Paper Copies
242 2348 Electronic Processing of Information Disclosure Statements
243 2349 Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt Adding Indication
Regarding Request to Retrieve Priority Information
244 2350 Retirement of Electronic Filing System - Application Body Extensible
Markup Language (EFS-ABX) and Electronic Packaging and Validation
Engine (ePAVE) Components
245 2352 USPTO Simplifies Electronic Filing System
246 2353 Legal Framework for the Use of the Electronic Filing System
247 2365 Customer Number Bar Code Labels and Papers with Shaded Portions will
No Longer be Permitted in Correspondence for Patent Applications
248 2367 Changes to Implement Electronic Maintenance of Office Patent
Application Records
249 2404 Electronic Submission of Information Disclosure Statements
250 2407 Electronic Filing System Available to the Public
251 2411 Treatment of Unlocatable Patent Application and Patent Files
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252 2423 Terminal Disclaimers Required to Overcome Judicially-Created
Double Patenting Rejections in Utility and Plant Applications Filed
on or After June 8, 1995
253 2425 Handling of Status Inquiries
254 2426 Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program
255 2433 Changes to Disclosure Document Program
256 2434 Disclosure Document Program
257 2436 Interpretation of 37 CFR §§ 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3)
258 2439 Legal Processes
259 2448 Interpretation of Registration of Agents and Representative for
Director of Enrollment and Discipline in Disciplinary Proceedings
260 2450 Service of Process; Testimony by Employees and the Production of
Documents in Legal Proceedings
261 2451 Cross-Appeals in Patent and Trademark Office Disciplinary
Proceedings
262 2453 Duty of Disclosure
263 2481 Responsibilities of Practitioners Representing Clients in
Proceedings Before The Patent and Trademark Office
264 2484 Practitioner's Responsibilities to Avoid Prejudice to the Rights
of a Client/Patent Applicant
265 2485 Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents to the International
Bureau
266 2486 USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited U.S. Patent
References in International Applications
267 2487 April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures
268 2489 April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures
269 2499 Interim Procedures for Implementing the April 1, 2007, Changes to
the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty and Status of
Proposed Fee Changes
270 2501 Korean Intellectual Property Office to Act as International
Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining
Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO
271 2502 Agreement Between the Korean Intellectual Property Office of the
Republic of Korea and the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Concerning Action of the Korean Intellectual Property Office of the
Republic of Korea as an International Searching Authority and
International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent
Cooperation Treaty for International Applications Received by the
United States Patent and Trademark Office
272 2504 Search and Examination of International Applications Filed Under
the Patent Cooperation Treaty
273 2505 Notice Concerning European Patent Office Competence to Act as a
Patent Cooperation Authority
274 2516 January 2004 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application
Procedure
275 2518 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Update
276 2521 January 2004 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application
Procedure
277 2538 Clarification of Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT
Authority
278 2539 Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
279 2543 Notices Regarding Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1)
280 2544 Revision of the Time Limit for National Stage Commencement in the
United States for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications
281 2554 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure;
Correction
282 2556 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
283 2558 Announcement of Certain Amendments to the Regulations Under the
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
284 2584 Announcement on the Starting Date of Operations under the Eurasian
Patent Convention
285 2586 Pre-Grant Publication Helpful Hint: File Continuation or Divisional
Application with a New Specification and Copy of Oath or Declaration
from Prior Application
286 2587 Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications
287 2591 Status of Office of Public Records Services
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288 2593 New Product Available from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
289 2594 GLOBALPat and USAMark CD-ROM Products Now Available
290 2595 Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents Removed From the
Examiners' Search Rooms
291 2597 Notification Regarding Voice Response System For Patent Maintenance
Fees
292 2598 Iraqi Sanctions Regulations
293 2599 Changes in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office
Notices and Changes in Display of Patent and Trademark Offices
Notices Electronic Official Gazette
294 2601 Notice of Publication of a 2002 Annual Index to the Electronic
Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office-Patents (eOG:P)
295 2602 Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office - Patents
296 2604 Most Publicly Available Provisional Applications Can Now Be Viewed
Over the Internet
297 2605 Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on
the Web System on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Web
Site
298 2607 Financial Services Available Over the Internet
299 2608 Posting a List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) Notices on the PTO
Web Site
300 2609 Interim Internet Usage Policy
301 2613 Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States
Patent and Trademark Office
302 2637 Updated Lists of Exceptions to the Centralized Delivery and
Facsimile Transmission Policy for Patent Related Correspondence
303 2643 Update of Facsimile Submissions of Assignment Documents to the USPTO
304 2646 Facsimile Submission of Assignment Documents is Now Available to PTO
Customers
INDEX
A
Abandonment:
Express................................................. 178
Revival................................................. 179, 181
Withdrawing the Holding................................. 177, 181
Accelerated Examination...................................... 183
Access:
Application Files in Trilateral Offices................. 91, 152
Patent Applications................................ .... 187, 223
U.S. Patent References, electronic...................... 241
Address:
Fee..................................................... 87
For Customer Window..................................... 4, 5
For Service of Process.................................. 258, 260
Office mailing.......................................... 1-12
Adjustment:
Of Patent Term.......................................... 191-196
Advance Notice:
Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page ......... 106
Change to MPEP 605.04(b), (c) and (f)................... 109
Allowance, Papers:
Revision of Notice...................................... 201-202
Submitted After......................................... 194, 199
Alternative Language, Examination of Claims Containing....... 175
Amendments:
Acceptence of Certain Non-Compliant..................... 213
After Allowance......................................... 194, 204
In Patent Application Publications...................... 184
Non-Entry if Canceling All Claims....................... 216
Patent Application Publication May Now Include.......... 184
Patent Law Foreign Filing............................... 217
Revised Format.......................................... 212
American Inventors Protection Act of 1999.................... 156-158, 162
Amino Acid Disclosures....................................... 127-133
Animals, Patentability....................................... 116
Appeals:
Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program............... 226-227
Public Attendance at Hearings........................... 228
Rules of Practice....................................... 229-230
Revised Docketing Procedures............................ 231
Signatures No Longer Provided........................... 225
Applicant Aid for Biotechnology.............................. 133
Application:
Amendments Canceling All Claims......................... 216
Duplicate Filings....................................... 42
Filing Date, Change in Procedure Relating to............ 111
Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings............ 10
Paper Size/Margin Requirements.......................... 107
Receipt Acknowledgment.................................. 8, 9, 11
Application Data Sheet....................................... 109, 223
Assignments:
Availability on the Web................................. 297
Facsimile Submission.................................... 301-304
Indexing................................................ 64
Issuance of the Patent to an Assignee................... 63
Recording Foreclosures.................................. 66
Revision of Practice.................................... 65
Taking Action in a Patent Matter........................ 62
Attestation of Signature of Director, Discontinuance of...... 206
Authorization, Deposit Accounts.............................. 93
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Batch Update Practice, Elimination of........................ 62
Benefit claims, timing of.................................... 187
Biological Deposit........................................... 129, 130
Biotechnology:
Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Apps......... 128
Computer Readable Form Sequence Listing................. 131, 133
EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority................ 273, 277-278
Sequence Listing and/or Amino Acid Disclosures.......... 127-133
Time Period for Deposit of Biological Material.......... 130
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences:
Availability of Interference Files...................... 235
Contact for Suggesting Interferences.................... 233
Docketing Procedures for Appeals........................ 231
New Interference Search Procedure....................... 232
Publication of Opinions................................. 235
Revised Docketing Procedures............................ 231
Rules of Practice....................................... 229-230
Simplification of Interference Requirements............. 234
Business Method Search Criteria.............................. 169
Business Size Standard for Regulatory Flexibility Analysis... 54
C
CD-Rom, GLOBALPat & USAMark.................................. 289
Centralized Delivery, Facsimile.............................. 302
Certain Extraordinary Situations............................. 56
Certificate of Correction:
Discontinuation of Attestation of Director's Signature.. 206
Electronic Publication on USPTO Web Site................ 209
Expedited Issuance...................................... 207
To Perfect Claim for Priority under 35 USC 119.......... 208
Certificate of Mailing:
Duplicate Papers in view of Mail Delays................. 42
Treatment of Returned Correspondence.................... 11
Certification Requirements Regarding Export Administration
Regulations................................................ 236
Change in Publication Format of Official Gazette............. 293
Changes to:
Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card................... 89
Practice for Documents Submitted........................ 301
Practice of Handling Applications Without Fees.......... 80
Provisional Application................................. 210, 211
Representation of Others................................ 61
Transitional Procedures for Limited Examination......... 98
Cited U.S. Patents, Electronic Access........................ 241
Claim Limits................................................. 173, 174, 211
Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application............ 142, 143, 187
Claims, Non-Entry of Amendments Canceling All Claims......... 216
Clarification of:
37 CFR 1.704(c)(10)..................................... 194
Application Revival Procedures.......................... 179
Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All Patent Claims.. 116
Filing Date Requirements of Reexam Proceedings.......... 118-119
Notice Concerning EPO Competence........................ 277
Interpretation of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv).......... 185
Transitional Provisions Relating to Continuations....... 173
Transitional Provisions Relating to Claims.............. 173
Client/Patent Applicant...................................... 263, 264
Closing of PTO............................................... 13-30
Color Drawings/Photographs................................... 223
Comments, Request for:
Computer Implemented Business Methods................... 169
"Written Description" Requirement....................... 159
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Compact Disc (CD)............................................ 68
Complex Work Unit Pilot Program.............................. 100
Computer-Implemented Inventions.............................. 170-172
Computer Readable Form Sequence Listings..................... 133
Conduct on PTO Premises...................................... 57
Confidential Information, Proper Filing...................... 103
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005,
Implementation Changes..................................... 76, 84
Continuing Applications, Amendment or Petitions.............. 204
Continued Prosecution Application Practice................... 218-219
Cooperative Research and Technology
Enhancement Act of 2004.................................... 156
Copies of:
File Contents Available on CD........................... 68
Records Provided in Electronic and Paper Form........... 67
U.S. Patent References No Longer Supplied in Paper...... 241, 266
Copy Requirement Waiver...................................... 68
Correction of Inventorship................................... 223
Correspondence:
Fee Address............................................. 87
First Class Mail........................................ 1, 11
Post Card Receipts...................................... 7-9
CREATE Act................................................... 156
Credit Card Fee Payment...................................... 83, 88-89
Cross-Appeals in Disciplinary Proceedings.................... 261
Customer Numbers:
Bar Code Labels No Longer Permitted..................... 247
Extension of Payor Number Practice...................... 86
For Fee Address......................................... 87
Customer Service Window...................................... 4-5
D
Declarations:
37 CFR 1.63............................................. 112, 113
37 CFR 1.131............................................ 108
Copy from Prior Application............................. 285
Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in................ 112
Enhancement of Form..................................... 137
Deposit Accounts:
Authorizations.......................................... 93
Charge of Refused Payment Where Authorized.............. 77
General Authorizations.................................. 93
Mailing of Monthly Statements........................... 75
Replenishing............................................ 2, 83
Deposit of Biological Material............................... 129, 130
Design Application with Computer Generated Icons............. 171
DH Technology, Fee Deficiency................................ 69
Diligence in Petitions to Revive............................. 182
Disclosure Document Program.................................. 254-256
Disciplinary Proceedings..................................... 257-261
Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director....... 206
Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents from Search Rooms... 290
Disqualification of Prior Art................................ 156, 252
Document Production.......................................... 261
Documents Required by Office of Patent Publications.......... 198
Double Patenting Rejections.................................. 156, 252
Drawings:
Black Ink............................................... 215, 223
Color................................................... 223
Corrected Drawings Submitted with Issue Fee
via Facsimile........................................ 200
Patent Application Publications and Patents............. 171, 190
Proposed Change to Standards............................ 224
Review of Patent Application Publications and Patents... 215
Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing
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No Longer Required......................................... 70
Duplicate Papers and Applications in view of Mail Delays..... 42
Duty of Disclosure........................................... 176, 262
E
e-Office Action.............................................. 238-239
Electronic:
Access to Cited US Patent References.................... 241
Availability of the Official Gazette.................... 294-295
Exchange of Priority Documents.......................... 138-141
Filing of Patent Correspondence......................... 240
Filing System:
Availability of...................................... 250
Legal Framework for.................................. 236
Retirement of EFS-ABX................................ 246
Simplification of.................................... 245
Information Disclosure Statements....................... 242
Maintenance of Records.................................. 248
Notification of Outgoing Correspondence
(e-Office Action).................................... 238-239
Publication of Certificates of Correction............... 209
Retirement of EFS-ABX................................... 244
Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted... 237
Elimination of:
Batch Update............................................ 62
Continued Prosecution Applications Practice............. 218
Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing
Deposit Account...................................... 83
Post Office Box in Arlington, Virginia.................. 3
Emergency, U.S. Postal Services.............................. 32-53
Emergency Closure of Customer Service Window................. 17
Employee Indemnification..................................... 258-260
Employee Testimony........................................... 269
Eurasian Patent Convention................................... 284
Examination of Patent Applications:
35 USC 102(d)........................................... 134
35 USC 102(e)........................................... 158
35 USC 103 in view of KSR............................... 157
35 USC 103(b)........................................... 165
35 USC 103(c), Common Ownership......................... 161, 162
35 USC 103(c), Joint Research Agreement................. 156
35 USC 112, Means Plus Function......................... 166
35 USC 112, Written Description......................... 159
Including Claims Containing Alternative Language........ 175
Nucleotide Sequences.................................... 164
Species of Chemical Compositions........................ 163
Utility Guidelines...................................... 160
Examiners' Search Rooms, Disposal of Paper Copies............ 290
Ex parte Reexamination Proceedings:
Clarification of Filing Date Requirements............... 118-119
Electronic Signature and Initials by Officer
Personnel Permitted in............................... 237
Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke US Patents............ 126
Office Discretion to Reexamine Fewer than All
Patent Claims........................................ 116
Requirement for a Substantial New Question of
Patentability........................................ 120
Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Art................ 122
Explanation of 37 CFR 1.703(f)............................... 192
Export Administration Regulations............................ 236
Express Mail:
Interruption and Emergency.............................. 32-36, 38, 40-41, 43-53
Suspension of service to USPTO.......................... 44
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Termination of Interruption and Emergency............... 34, 37, 39, 41
Termination of Suspension of Service.................... 43
Extension, Patent Term....................................... 193-195
Extraordinary Situation, Relief.............................. 56
F
Facilities Use Regulations................................... 57
Facsimile Submission:
Assignment Documents.................................... 303, 304
Centralized Delivery and Requirements................... 302
Payment of Issue Fee, Publication Fee, and Related
Correspondence....................................... 200
Federal Holidays, 1996....................................... 31
Fee:
Address................................................. 87
Application Size Fee.................................... 84
Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25................. 91
Deficiency under 37 CFR 1.28............................ 69
Duplicate Forms No Longer Required...................... 70
Examination Fee......................................... 84
For Fiscal Year 2009.................................... 71-74
Maintenance Fee Statements.............................. 85
Payment by Credit Card.................................. 89
Payment of Maintenance Fees Over the Internet........... 85
Replenishing Deposit Accounts........................... 2, 83
Search Fee, Search Fee Refund........................... 76, 84
Unpaid Checks........................................... 92
Fees Information............................................. 70-93
File Contents Available on CD................................ 68
Filing Date, Application..................................... 111
Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a), Untimely.......... 177
Filing of Confidential Information, Reminder................. 103
Filing Papers................................................ 194
Filing Receipts, Change in Practice.......................... 243
Financial Services Over the Internet......................... 298
First Action Interview Pilot Program......................... 95
First Class Mail, Returned................................... 11
Foreclosures, Recordability.................................. 66
Foreign Filing License, Scope of............................. 94
Form PTOL-85................................................. 195, 201, 202
Forms, Duplicate Copy for Fee Processing No Longer Required.. 70
Freedom of Information and Privacy........................... 55
G
GATT......................................................... 211
GLOBALPat & USAMark CD-Rom................................... 289
Guidelines:
Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication......... 184-190
Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals.............. 221-224
Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment
Under 20 yrs......................................... 191-196
Changes in Patent Practice.............................. 224
Claims Directed to Species of
Chemical Compositions................................ 163
Computer-Implemented Inventions......................... 107, 172
Continued Prosecution Practice.......................... 218, 219
Design Application for Computer-Generated Icons......... 171
Evidence of Common Ownership............................ 161
Examination Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. 102(e)............. 158
Examination of Patent Applications under
35 USC 112, paragraph 1.............................. 159
Implementation of Change to 35 USC 102(g) & 103(c)...... 158
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Means or Step Plus Function Limitation under
35 USC 112, 6th paragraph............................ 166
Obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103......................... 157
Utility Examination..................................... 156-166
Written Description Requirement......................... 159
H
Handling of Status Inquiries................................. 253
Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications... 286
Holidays, 1996............................................... 31
I
Icons........................................................ 171
Implementation Guide:
For Patent Practice..................................... 221-224
For 21st Century Strategic Plan......................... 220
Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's
Rights Certificates........................................ 134
Indexing Assignments......................................... 64
Information Disclosure Statements:
Filed Electronically.................................... 242
May Be Filed Without Copies............................. 104
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking........................... 176
Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings:
Changes to Implement.................................... 121
Revised Guidelines...................................... 122
Rules to Implement...................................... 125
Delay in Effective Date........................... 124
Effective Date of Final Rule...................... 123
Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests.................... 126
Interference:
Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting.............. 233
Opinions & Orders....................................... 235
Proceedings............................................. 229, 230
Publication of Opinions and Orders entered by BPAI...... 235
Rules of Practice....................................... 229, 230
Simplification of Certain Requirements.................. 234
International Standard Code for a Patent Document............ 105
Internet:
Biosequence Information Filing.......................... 131
Credit Card Payments.................................... 82
Financial Services Available............................ 298
Interim Usage Policy.................................... 300
Maintenance Fees, Payment............................... 85, 88
Provisional Applications, Availability.................. 296
Usage Policy, Interim................................... 285
Interpretation of:
35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv)......................... 185
35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A).................................. 192
37 CFR 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3)............................ 257
"Original Application" in the AIPA of 1999.............. 162
Registration of Agents.................................. 259
Interruption, Postal Service................................. 32-53
Invalidate Patents........................................... 126
Inventor's name, Procedures.................................. 110
Inventorship, Correction of.................................. 224
Interview, First Action Pilot Program........................ 95
Iraqi Sanctions Regulations.................................. 292
Issuance of a Patent to Assignee............................. 60, 63
Issue Fee:
Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments or
Petitions After Payment of........................... 204
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Form.................................................... 195, 201, 202
Payment & Notification.................................. 200, 205
Payment via Facsimile................................... 200
Preauthorized Payment................................... 221-223
J
January 2004 Revision of PCT Application Procedure,
Final Rule and Correction.................................. 274
January 2004 Revision of PCT Application Procedure,
Final Rule................................................. 276
Joint Research Agreement..................................... 156
K
"Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents.............. 105
L
Legal Processes.............................................. 258
Lengthy Tables Published Differently, Notice................. 101
License for Foreign Filing................................... 94, 217
List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d)......................... 299
M
Mail:
Addresses, Mailing and Hand Carry....................... 1
Delays.................................................. 32-53
Duplicate Papers and Applications....................... 42
Interruption and Emergency (37 CFR 1.10(i))............. 40
Interruption and Emergency Terminated................... 34, 41, 45, 50
Interruption in Connecticut............................. 49
Interruption in Los Angeles............................. 52
Interruption in South Florida........................... 53
Interruption in the State of California................. 51
Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings.............. 46, 47
Processing of Duplicate Applications.................... 42
Returned................................................ 11
Suspension of "Express Mail" Service for Mail
Addressed to Zip Codes 202xx Through 205xx........... 44
Termination of Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service. 43
Maintenance Fees:
Payment over Internet................................... 88
Petitions to Accept Delayed Payment Due to
Hurricane Katrina.................................... 79
Statements no Longer Being Mailed for Internet Payment.. 85
Voice Response System................................... 291
Metric equivalents........................................... 114
Miscellaneous Patent Changes................................. 191
N
National Stage Commencement of PCTs, Timing In US............ 279, 280
New Route Pilot Project...................................... 154
Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke Patents,
Treatment of............................................... 126
Non-Delivery of Mail......................................... 23
Nonpublication Request, Rescission Reminder.................. 186
Notice of Allowance:
Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information
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Printed on........................................... 195
Previously Mailed to Areas Affected by
Hurricane Katrina.................................... 37
Processing of Papers Filed After Mailing of............. 199
Revision of Form........................................ 201, 202
Reduction of Patent Term Adjustment for
Certain Papers Filed After........................... 194
Time Period for Paying a Publication Fee if a
Request for Continued Examination is Filed
after Mailing of..................................... 203
Notice of Availability of Assignments on the Web System...... 297
Notice of Change(s):
In Publication Format for the Official Gazette
of the USPTO......................................... 295
In Publishing Patents and Publications with
Sequence Listings.................................... 128
In Requirement for Substantial New Questions
in Subsequent Reexams................................ 120
Of Procedure for Recording Inventors' Names............. 110
To MPEP 605.04(b), (c) and (f).......................... 109
To "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent..... 106
Notice of Complex Work Unit Pilot Program.................... 100
Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to
Exercise Discretion im Reexams............................. 116
Notice of Elimination of Batch Update........................ 62
Notice of Foreign Filing, Reminder........................... 186
Notice of Publication of 2002 Annual Index of
Electronic Official Gazette............................... 294
Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt................. 243
Notice of Right to Claim Priority:
Based Upon Applications filed in India.................. 145
Based Upon Applications filed in Thailand............... 144
Notification of Voice Response System........................ 291
Nucleotide Sequence.......................................... 127-133
O
Oath:
Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in................ 112
Information necessary to Identify Specification......... 113
Office of Patent Publications, Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312........ 198
Office of Public Records, Status of Services................. 287
Official Patent Application Records, Changes to.............. 248
Official Closings............................................ 13-30
Official Gazette is only Available Electronically............ 293-295
Outgoing Correspondence, Electronic Notification of.......... 238, 239
Overpayment of $25 or Less................................... 91
Oversized Postcards.......................................... 7
P
PALM Migration Pre-Exam Subsystem............................ 58
Paper (requirements to become part of Office's
permanent records, e.g., legibility)....................... 160, 223
Paper Copies of Patents, Disposal of......................... 290
Paragraph Numbering.......................................... 224
Partial Waiver of 37 CFR 1.19(b)............................. 68
Patent Business Goals........................................ 221-223
Patent Cooperation Treaty:
April 2007 Revision of Procedures....................... 267-268
Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents............... 265
EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority................ 273, 277-278
Eurasian Patent Convention.............................. 284
Interim Procedures for April 1, 2007 Changes............ 269
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January 2004 Revision of Procedure...................... 274, 276
Korean IPO to Act as ISA................................ 270, 271
Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1)...... 279
Revision of Application Procedure....................... 267, 268, 276
Timing of National Stage Commencement................... 267, 268
USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of U.S.
Patent References.................................... 266
Patent Correspondence, Electronic Filing of.................. 240
Patent Interference Practice................................. 229, 230, 232-235
Patent Practice Changes...................................... 224
Patent Prosecution Highway Between:
USPTO & Canadian Intellectual Property Office........... 150
USPTO & European Patent Office.......................... 147
USPTO & IP Australia.................................... 148
USPTO & Japan Patent Office............................. 153
USPTO & Korean Intellectual Property Office............. 149
USPTO & United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office..... 151, 152
Patent Technology Centers.................................... 6
Patent Term Adjustment:
Clarification of 37 CFR 1.704(c)(10).................... 194
Final Rule.............................................. 196
Information Printed on Notice of Allowance and
Issue Fee Due and Patent Front Page.................. 195
Revised Notice of Allowance............................. 202
Revision of Provisions.................................. 193
Patent Term Extension........................................ 193, 195
Patent Term Extension (20-Year Term)......................... 191, 193
Patentability, Animals....................................... 115
Payor Numbers................................................ 86
Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card........................ 89
Petitions:
For Accelerated Examination............................. 170
Request for Alert....................................... 95
To Accept a Delayed Maintenance Fee Payment due to
Hurricane Katrina.................................... 75
To Make Special......................................... 170, 209
To Revive............................................... 166, 169
To Withdraw from Issue.................................. 191
Under 37 CFR 1.181(a), untimely filed................... 164
Photographs:
Black and White......................................... 208
Color................................................... 208
Pilot Program:
Complex Work Unit....................................... 100
First Action Interview.................................. 95
New Route Pilot Project................................. 154
Patent Prosecution Highway.............................. 147-153
Pre-Appeal Brief........................................ 226, 227
Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art............ 167, 168
"Triway" Pilot Program.................................. 155
Plant Patents................................................ 126-128
Policy; Internet Usage....................................... 285
Postal Service Emergency..................................... 31-49
Post Card Receipt............................................ 7-9
Post Office Box in Arlington, VA, Elimination of............. 3
Power of Attorney Practice:
Changes to.............................................. 61
Elimination of Batch Update............................. 62
Revision of............................................. 60
Practitioners Before the PTO................................. 263-264
Pre-Appeal Brief Conference.................................. 226, 227
Pre-Exam Notice to; Deployment............................... 58
Preliminary Amendments....................................... 184, 214, 216, 220, 223
Prior-Filed Application, Claiming the Benefit of............. 142, 143
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Priority:
Claim, when made........................................ 224
Electronic Exchange of Documents........................ 137-142
Requirements for Claiming Under 18 Month Publication.... 187
Right of priority in India.............................. 145
Right of priority in Thailand........................... 144
Using certificate of correction to perfect
35 USC 119 claim..................................... 208
Procedure for Restarting Response Periods.................... 180
Production of Documents...................................... 260
Products for Sale............................................ 288, 289
Proper Procedure Pursuant to MPEP 724.02..................... 103
Protest under 37 CFR 1.291................................... 220
Provisional Applications..................................... 142, 143, 210, 211, 296
Provisions of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv),
Interpretation of.......................................... 185
PTO Closings................................................. 13-30
Publication of Sequences..................................... 128
Publications, 18-Month:
Drawings and............................................ 215, 223
Final Rule.............................................. 190
Final Rule with correction.............................. 189
Helpful Hint, Pre-Grant Publication..................... 285
Lengthy Tables Notice................................... 101
Publication Fee......................................... 203
Publications May Now Include Amendments................. 184
Sequence Listings....................................... 128
Reminder that Rescission is not Notice of
Foreign Filing....................................... 186
Requirements for Benefit Claims......................... 187
USPTO's Interpretation of 35 U.S.C.
§§ 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv)............................. 185
Publication of Opinions/Order Entered by the BPAI............ 235
Public Information, FOIA..................................... 55
Q
Questions & Answers:
Facsimile of Assignment Documents....................... 303
R
Receipts, Paper.............................................. 12
Receipts, Postcard........................................... 7-9
Reexamination:
Changes to Implement Inter Partes Reexamination......... 121
Clarification of Office Policy to Reexam Fewer
Than All Patent Claims............................... 116
Revised Guidelines for Previously Cited/Considered
Prior Art............................................ 122
Revision Affecting Requirements for..................... 117
Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes
Reexamination Proceedings (Jan. 2, 2001)
Effective Date....................................... 123-125
Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests.................... 118
Refund of Overpayment........................................ 91
Registration, rules for...................................... 259
Regulations:
Iraqi Sanctions......................................... 292
Regulatory Fexibility Analysis for Business Size Standard.... 54
Relief, Extraordinary Situations............................. 56
Representing Clients......................................... 57, 263, 264
Request for Alert Concerning Submitted Petitions............. 102
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Request for Continued Examination:
Final Rules............................................. 173, 174, 203
Publication Fee and..................................... 203
Requirements for Patent Applications:
Containing Nucleotide Sequences......................... 132
Rescission of Nonpublication Request, reminder............... 186
Restarting Response Periods.................................. 180
Revised Procedure for:
Express Abandonments.................................... 178
Revival of Abandoned Applications............................ 179, 182
Rule Changes:
Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.... 229, 230
Change in Procedure Relating to Filing Date,
Effective July 22, 1996.............................. 111
Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication
Of Patent Application:
Final Rule........................................ 190
Final Rule with correction........................ 189
Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals:
Final Rule........................................ 223
Final Rule, Correction............................ 224, 225
Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment
Under Twenty-Year Patent Term........................ 196
Changes to Implement 20-Year Term and Provisional
Applications, Effective June 8, 1995................. 211
Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure................ 224
Changes to Permit Payment of PTO Fees by Credit Card.... 89
Changes to Time Period for Making any Necessary
Deposit Of Biological Material....................... 121
Continued Examination Practice and Changes
To Provisional Application........................... 210
Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice........ 224
Elimination of (Final Rule)....................... 218
Cross Appeals in Patent and Trademark
Disciplinary Proceedings, Effective
January 16, 1996..................................... 246
Duty of Disclosure...................................... 262
Fees:
Customer Number Required in Order to
Establish Fee Address................................ 87
Foreign Filing Amendments............................... 217
Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings.................. 121-124
Legal Processes......................................... 258
Patent Application Containing Nucleotide
Sequence And/or Amino Acid........................... 127-133
PCT Application Procedure; correction................... 281
Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card................... 89
Provisional Applications................................ 142, 143, 210, 211, 296
Requirements for Claiming the Benefit
of Prior-Filed Applications.......................... 187
S
Sanction, Iraqi.............................................. 292
Search Facilities in PTO:
Regulations, Violations................................. 57
Sequence Listings............................................ 128, 131-133
Service of Process........................................... 260
Sheet Size/Margin Requirements............................... 107
Signature of:
Director, Discontinuance of Attestation on Patents...... 206
Office Personnel-Electronic and Initials Permitted...... 237
Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing
BPAI Correspondence........................................ 225
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Simplification of:
Requirements of Interference Practice................... 234
Electronic Filing System................................ 245
Small Entity Status.......................................... 223
Statements for Maintenance Fee Payment....................... 85
Status Inquiries............................................. 253
Statutory Invention Registrations, Publication
of Lengthy Tables.......................................... 101
Strategic Plan, Changes to Support Implementation............ 220
Submitted Petitions, Request for Alert Concerning............ 102
Sufficient Postage for Oversized Postcards................... 7
Supplemental Amendments...................................... 220, 223
T
Tables Published Differently................................. 101
Terminal Disclaimers:
CREATE Act.............................................. 156
Required, Judicially-Created Double
Patenting Rejection.................................. 252
Timing for National Stage Commencement....................... 279, 280
Tort Claims.................................................. 258
Trademark:
Fastener Insignia Register.............................. 305-308
Madrid Protocol......................................... 309-317
Native American Insignias............................... 318-319
Trademark Classification & Identification of Goods...... 320-322
Trademark Post Registration............................. 323-325
Trademark Correspondence and Fees....................... 326-339
Trademark Examination................................... 340-348
Trademark Information and Services...................... 349-359
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board........................ 360-369
Trademark Publications.................................. 370-371
Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First Class
Mail Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.8 and Returned by the
U.S. Postal Service........................................ 11
Treatment of Non-Compliant Amendments........................ 214
Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to
Revoke Patents............................................. 126
Treatment of Unlocatable - Patent Application
and Patent Files........................................... 251
"Triway" Pilot Program....................................... 155
Twenty-First Century Strategic Plan:
Change to Support Implementation; Final Rule............ 220
U
United States Postal Service Emergency in the
State of California........................................ 50, 51
United States Postal Service Interruption and
Emergency in South Florida................................. 53
United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail............ 23
Unlocatable Application and Patent Files..................... 251
Unpaid Fee Check............................................. 84
Unscheduled Closing.......................................... 13-30
Untimely Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a)..................... 177
UPOV Convention.............................................. 135, 136
U.S. Patent References, Electronic Access.................... 241
Use of Facilities Regulations................................ 57
Use of Metric System of Measurements in
Patent Applications........................................ 114
User Passes.................................................. 57
Utility Examination Guidelines............................... 160
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Voice Response System........................................ 291
W
Waiver of:
37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required
by Office of Patent Pubs............................. 198
Copies of File Contents Available on Compact Disc....... 68
Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98........................ 99
Website:
Electronic Availability of the Official Gazette......... 293, 295
Electronic Publication of Certificates
of Correction........................................ 209
List of Patents 37 CFR 1.607(d)......................... 299
Withdrawal of Abandonments................................... 181, 182
"Written Description" Requirements........................... 159
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