List of Patent Notices
ITEM PAGE
NUMBER NUMBER TITLE OF THE NOTICE
1 9 Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
2 15 New Mailing Address for Submitting Deposit Account Replenishments
3 16 Elimination of Post Office Box in Arlington, Virginia for Patent Related Correspondence
4 17 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 19 Finance Customer Window to Permanently Close
6 20 Patent Technology Centers
7 21 Oversized Postcards Must Be Submitted with Sufficient Postage
8 22 Post Card Receipt Reminder
9 23 Use of a Post Card as a Receipt for Correspondence in Patent-Related Matters
10 24 Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings of the Patent and Trademark Office
11 25 Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First Class Mail Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.8 and Returned
by the U.S. Postal Service
12 26 Acknowledgement of Receipt of a Patent or Trademark Application
13 27 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 2008
14 28 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 24, 2007
15 29 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, January 2, 2007
16 30 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, June 11, 2004
17 31 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 2003
18 32 Emergency Closure of the Customer Service Window on Friday, October 10, 2003
19 33 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, September 18, 2003 and
Friday, September 19, 2003
20 34 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, February 18, 2003
21 35 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 24, 2001
22 36 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday January 25, 2000, and Wednesday, January
26, 2000
23 37 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 1997
24 38 United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail
25 40 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, January 12, 1996
26 41 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, January 8, 1996 through Wednesday,
January 10, 1996
27 42 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, April 27, 1994
28 43 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, January 20, 1994 and Friday, February 11,
1994
29 44 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, Jan. 20, 1989
30 45 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Feb. 23, 1987
31 46 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Jan. 26, 1987
32 47 Federal Government Holidays, 1996
33 48 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
34 51 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
35 53 Termination of the United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
36 54 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
37 57 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
38 60 Office Actions and Notice of Allowances Previously Mailed to Areas of Alabama, Louisiana, and
Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Katrina
39 61 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
40 64 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
41 65 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) and 37 CFR 1.10(i)
42 67 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
43 68 Processing of, and Requirements for, the Filing of Duplicate Applications and Papers in Patent
Applications in view of USPS Mail Delays
44 74 Termination of the Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal Service for mail
addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx through 205xx
45 75 Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal Service for Mail Addressed to ZIP
Codes 202xx Through 205xx
46 77 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
47 78 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
48 79 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
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49 80 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency
50 82 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in Connecticut
51 83 United States Postal Service Emergency in the State of California Terminated
52 84 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in the State of California
53 85 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency in Los Angeles
54 86 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in South Florida
55 87 Business Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations
56 94 Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy
57 123 Relief in Certain Extraordinary Situations
58 124 Rules Concerning Conduct on Patent and Trademark Premises
59 126 Improved Pre-Exam Notices to Result From the Deployment of the Patent Application Location and
Monitoring (PALM) Migration Pre-examination Subsystem
60 129 Change in Procedure for Requests to Withdraw from Representation in a Patent Application
61 133 Revision of Power of Attorney and Assignment Practice
62 164 Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
63 182 Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
64 293 Notice of Elimination of Batch Update Practice to Change Power of Attorney
65 294 Issuance of a Patent to an Assignee
66 295 Indexing Against a Recorded Assignment
67 296 Taking Action in a Patent Matter Before the Office by the Assignee under 37 CFR 3.73
68 298 Recordability of Foreclosures for Assignment Purposes
69 299 Replacement Notice: Copies of Patent Application Records will be Provided in both Electronic and
Paper Form
70 300 Copies of File Contents Available on Compact Disc Partial Waiver of 37 CFR 1.19(b)
71 301 Treatment of Fee Deficiency Submissions under 37 CFR 1.28(c) in view of the Federal Circuit
decision in DH Technology
72 302 Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required
73 303 Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2009
74 324 Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees
75 334 Upcoming Changes to the Mailing of Monthly Deposit Account Statements
76 335 Changes to Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2005
77 343 The Fee under 37 CFR 1.21(m) for Processing a Refused Payment may be Charged to a Deposit
Account Authorized to be Charged
78 344 New or Modified Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) User Accounts Must Pass Verification Test
79 345 Petitions to Accept a Delayed Patent Maintenance Fee Payment where Non-Payment was due to the
effects of Hurricane Katrina
80 346 Changes to the Practice of Handling Patent Applications Filed Without Appropriate Fees
81 358 Revision of Search and Examination Fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications Entering the
National Stage of the United States
82 365 Credit Card Payments Submitted over the USPTO Internet
83 366 Elimination of Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Accounts
84 370 Changes to Implement the Patent Fee Related Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2005
85 397 Maintenance Fee Statements are No Longer Being Mailed for Maintenance Fees Paid over the
Internet
86 398 Extension of the Payor Number Practice (through "Customer Numbers") to Matters Involving Pending
Patent Applications
87 406 Customer Number Required in order to Establish a Fee Address
88 408 Payment of Patent Maintenance Fees over the Internet
89 410 Changes to Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Fees by Credit Card
90 417 Fees for Patent and Trademark Copies
91 420 Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 or Less for a Limited Refund
92 421 Unpaid Fee Checks
93 422 Deposit Account Authorizations
94 423 Notice of Change to Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination
95 424 Scope of Foreign Filing Licenses
96 426 First Action Interview Pilot Program
97 432 Change in Procedure for Handling Nonprovisional Applications Having Omitted Items
98 436 Reciprocal Access to and Usage of Documents in Application Files of Trilateral Offices
99 438 Changes to the Transitional Procedures for Limited Examination After Final Rejection in Certain
Applications Filed Before June 8, 1995
100 441 Waiver of the Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 for Cited Pending U.S. Patent Applications
101 442 Notice of Complex Work Unit Pilot Program Request for Voluntary Submission of Electronic Complex
Work Unit Files
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102 446 Notice that Lengthy Tables will be Published Differently in Patents, Statutory Invention Registrations
and Patent Application Publications
103 449 Request for Alert Concerning Submitted Petitions
104 451 Reminder of the Proper Procedure for Filing Confidential Information Pursuant to MPEP 724.02
105 453 Information Disclosure Statements May Be Filed Without Copies of U.S. Patents and Published
Applications in Patent Applications filed after June 30, 2003
106 454 "Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents
107 456 Advance Notice of Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent
108 458 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).
109 461 Identification of Affidavits/Declarations Filed Under 37 CFR 1.131 Which Establish a Date of Invention
In a NAFTS or WTO Member Country
110 462 Advance Notice of Change to MPEP 605.04(b), (c) and (f) - Application Data Sheets Are Strongly
Recommended When Inventor Information is Changed
111 464 Notice of Change of Procedure for Recording Inventors' Names
112 465 Change in Procedure Relating to an Application Filing Date
113 476 Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in Oaths or Declarations Filed in Nonprovisional Patent
Applications
114 478 Information on Oath/Declaration Necessary to Identify the Specification for an Application filed under
35 USC 111 in Accordance with 37 CFR 1.63
115 480 Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications
116 481 Animals - Patentability
117 482 Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All the
Patent Claims
118 486 Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes
Reexamination
119 518 Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
120 527 Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
121 532 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
122 534 Changes to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical Amendments to the
Patent Statute
123 560 Revised Guidelines for Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Prior Art in Reexamination
124 563 Effective Date of the Final Rule Entitled Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
Proceedings
125 564 Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings: Delay of Effective Date
126 565 Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
127 626 Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke or Invalidate U.S. Patents
128 627 Correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
129 632 Notice of Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Application Publications with Sequence Listings
130 634 Revision to the Time for Filing of a Biological Deposit and the Date of Availability of a Biological
Deposit
131 645 Changes in the Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit of Biological Material
132 650 Biosequence Internet Filing Related to: 37 CFR 1.84 Form and Format for Nucleotide and/or Amino
Acid Sequence Submissions in Computer Readable Form
133 653 Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid
Disclosures
134 686 Applicant Aid for Biotechnology Computer Readable Form (CRF) Sequence Listing Submissions
135 687 Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights Certificates
136 688 Taking Effect in the United States of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties
of Plants
137 689 United States Adherence to the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
(UPOV)
138 690 Electronic Exchange of Non-Participating Office Priority Documents Between the Japan Patent Office
and the United States and Trademark Office
139 692 Addition of World Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in
Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
140 693 Addition of Korean Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in
Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents and Further Procedural Information
141 697 Enhancement of Priority Document Exchange Program and USPTO Declaration Form
142 700 Changes To Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual Property Offices
143 710 Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
144 712 Simplification of the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
145 715 Addition of Japan Patent Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in Electronic
Exchange of Priority Documents
146 719 Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application with a Non-English Specification and
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Other Miscellaneous Matters
147 740 Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application Under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119(e), 120, 121, and 365(c)
148 748 Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in Thailand
149 749 Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed In India
150 750 Right of Priority in Patent and Trademark Applications Available in Taiwan
151 751 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the DKPTO
152 752 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and EPO
153 753 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and Trademark Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
154 759 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
155 765 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP Australia
156 766 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
157 772 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office
158 777 Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the CIPO
159 778 Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program
in the USPTO (between the USPTO and the EPO)
160 781 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office
161 787 Extension Of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the USPTO and the UKIPO
162 788 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and European Patent Office
163 792 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and IP Australia
164 797 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and the Korean Intellectual Property Office
165 802 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
166 807 Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program
in the USPTO (between the USPTO and the UK IPO)
167 809 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office
168 813 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
169 817 New Route Pilot Project between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan
Patent Office
170 821 "Triway" Pilot Program among the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent
Office, and the Japan Patent Office
171 824 Additional Period for Comments on Interim Examination Instructions for Evaluating Patent Subject
Matter Eligibility
172 825 Request for Comments on Interim Examination Instructions for Evaluating Patent Subject Matter
Eligibility
173 827 Changes to Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004
174 843 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.
175 865 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)
176 878 Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 USC 112, 1, "Written Description"
Requirement
177 901 Utility Examination Guidelines
178 913 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)
179 917 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
180 922 Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based Upon
a Single Prior Art Reference
181 937 Examination of Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequences
182 940 Guidelines on Treatment of Product and Process Claims in light of In re Ochiai, In re Brouwer and 35
USC 103(b)
183 942 Means or Step Plus Function Limitation Under 35 USC 112, 6th Paragraph
184 948 Extension and Expansion of Pilot Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
185 950 Pilot Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
186 955 Notification of Required and Optional Search Criteria for Computer Implemented Business Method
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Patent Applications in Class 705, and Request for Comments
187 975 Guidance on Searching and Examining PCT Applications Drawn to Computer-Implemented
Inventions
188 976 Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications for Computer-Generated Icons
189 980 Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions
190 1006 Changes to the Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing
Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications
191 1018 Examination of Patent Applications that Include Claims Containing Alternative Language
192 1027 Changes to Information Disclosure Statement Requirements and Other Related Matters
193 1057 Untimely Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) to Withdraw Holdings of Abandonment
194 1061 Revised Procedures for Express Abandonments
195 1062 Clarification of Application Revival Procedures (37 CFR 1.137)
196 1065 Procedures for Restarting Response Periods
197 1067 Withdrawing the Holding of Abandonment When Office Actions Are Not Received
198 1068 Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive and Petitions to Withdraw the Holding of Abandonment
199 1069 Changes to Practice for Petitions in Patent Applications to Make Special and For Accelerated
Examination
200 1077 Patent Application Publications May Now Include Amendments
201 1078 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)
202 1083 Reminder that Rescission of a Nonpublication Request is Not Itself a Notice of Foreign Filing
203 1084 Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under Eighteen-Month Publication
of Patent Applications
204 1103 Assignment of Confirmation Number and Time Period for Filing a Copy of an Application by EFS for
Eighteen-Month Publication Purposes
205 1104 Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
206 1105 Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
207 1179 Notice Concerning Calculation of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. § 154(b)(1)(B) involving
International Applications entering the National Stage Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 371
208 1181 Miscellaneous Changes in Patent Practice
209 1215 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)
210 1219 Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions
211 1234 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
212 1236 Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due
and Patent Front Page
213 1238 Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment under Twenty-Year Patent Term
214 1293 United States Patent and Trademark Office Bibliographic Information on Issued Patents and
Published Patent Applications
215 1295 Revised Procedure for Recording Search and Information Printed on the Face of Patent Under the
Heading "Field of Search"
216 1296 Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by the Office of Patent Publications
217 1297 Processing of Papers Filed after Allowance of an Application
218 1298 Payment of the Issue Fee and Filing Related Correspondence by Facsimile
219 1300 Revision of the Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due Form (PTOL-85) Concerning a Previously Paid
Issue Fee
220 1302 Revision of the Notice of Allowance Form
221 1304 Time Period for Paying Publication Fee if a Request for Continued Examination is Filed After a Notice
of Allowance is Mailed
222 1305 Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments, or Petitions after Payment of Issue Fee
223 1307 Change to "Issue Notification" Procedure
224 1308 Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director on Patents and Certificates of Correction
225 1309 Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction When the Error is Attributable to the United States
Patent and Trademark Office
226 1310 Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim for Priority Under 35 USC 119
227 1311 Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction on the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Web Site for Later Listing with the Official Gazette
228 1312 Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application Practice
229 1338 Changes to Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional Applications
230 1405 Revised Procedure for Preliminary Amendments Presented on Filing of a Patent Application
231 1407 Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.121(c)
232 1409 Amendments Permitted Under the Revised Amendment Practice and Treatment of Non-Compliant
Amendments
233 1411 Drawings in Patent Application Publications and Patents
234 1412 Treatment of Amendments that if Entered Would Cancel All of the Claims in an Application
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235 1413 Patent Law Foreign Filing Amendments
236 1422 Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Patent Applications
237 1432 Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
238 1436 Changes to Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century
Strategic Plan (Final Rule)
239 1569 Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals
240 1570 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
241 1578 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
242 1737 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure
243 1894 Clarification of the Date of Decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences under 37 CFR
1.304
244 1895 Clarification of the Effective Date Provision in the Final Rule for Ex Parte Appeals
245 1897 Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing Correspondence from the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences
246 1898 Extension of the Pilot Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Program
247 1899 New Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program
248 1904 Public Attendance at Board Hearings
249 1906 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
250 1993 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
251 2126 Revised Docketing Procedures for Appeals Arriving at the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
252 2128 New Interference Search Procedure
253 2129 Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting Interferences under 37 CFR § 41.202(a)
254 2130 Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference Practice
255 2133 Publication of Opinions and Orders Entered by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
256 2134 New Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration Regulations in EFS-Web and
Private PAIR
257 2136 Electronic Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted in Application, Patent and
Reexamination Proceeding Matters
258 2138 Electronic Office Action
259 2144 Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
260 2145 Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
261 2147 Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence
262 2160 USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References with Office Actions and Cease
Supplying Paper Copies
263 2165 Electroniprocessing of Information Disclosure Statements
264 2166 Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt Adding Indication Regarding Request to Retrieve
Priority Information
265 2167 Retirement of Electronic Filing System - Application Body Extensible Markup Language (EFS-ABX)
and Electronic Packaging and Validation Engine (ePAVE) Components
266 2169 USPTO Simplifies Electronic Filing System
267 2170 Legal Framework for Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)
268 2194 Customer Number Bar Code Labels and Papers with Shaded Portions will No Longer be Permitted in
Correspondence for Patent Applications
269 2196 Changes to Implement Electronic Maintenance of Office Patent Application Records
270 2233 Electronic Submission of Information Disclosure Statements
271 2236 Electronic Filing System Available to the Public
272 2240 Treatment of Unlocatable Patent Application and Patent Files
273 2252 Terminal Disclaimers Required to Overcome Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejections in Utility
and Plant Applications Filed on or After June 8, 1995
274 2254 Handling of Status Inquiries
275 2255 Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program
276 2262 Changes to Disclosure Document Program
277 2263 Disclosure Document Program
278 2265 Interpretation of 37 CFR §§ 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3)
279 2268 Legal Processes
280 2277 Interpretation of Registration of Agents and Representative for Director of Enrollment and Discipline
in Disciplinary Proceedings
281 2279 Service of Process; Testimony by Employees and the Production of Documents in Legal Proceedings
282 2280 Cross-Appeals in Patent and Trademark Office Disciplinary Proceedings
283 2282 Duty of Disclosure
284 2310 Responsibilities of Practitioners Representing Clients in Proceedings Before The Patent and
Trademark Office
285 2313 Practitioner's Responsibilities to Avoid Prejudice to the Rights of a Client/Patent Applicant
286 2314 Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities With Respect to Applications
Filed in the USPTO
287 2315 Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents to the International Bureau
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288 2316 USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited U.S. Patent References in International
Applications
289 2317 July 2009 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures
290 2321 Sequence Lisitings and Tables Related Thereto in International Applications Filed in the United
States Receiving Office
291 2323 Australian Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining
Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO
292 2324 Arrangement between IP Australia and the United States Patent and Trademark Office Concerning
Action of the Australian Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and Preliminary
Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for
Certain Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
293 2328 Korean Intellectual Property Office to Act as International Searching Authority and International
Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO
294 2329 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
295 2331 Search and Examination of International Applications Filed Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
296 2332 Notice Concerning European Patent Office Competence to Act as a Patent Cooperation Authority
297 2343 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Update
298 2344 Clarification of Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
299 2345 Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
300 2349 Notices Regarding Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1)
301 2350 Revision of the Time Limit for National Stage Commencement in the United States for Patent
Cooperation Treaty Applications
302 2360 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure; Correction
303 2362 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
304 2364 Announcement of Certain Amendments to the Regulations Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
(PCT)
305 2390 Announcement on the Starting Date of Operations under the Eurasian Patent Convention
306 2392 Pre-Grant Publication Helpful Hint: File Continuation or Divisional Application with a New
Specification and Copy of Oath or Declaration from Prior Application
307 2393 Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications
308 2397 Status of Office of Public Records Services
309 2399 New Product Available from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
310 2400 GLOBALPat and USAMark CD-ROM Products Now Available
311 2401 Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents Removed From the Examiners' Search Rooms
312 2403 Notification Regarding Voice Response System For Patent Maintenance Fees
313 2404 Iraqi Sanctions Regulations
314 2405 Changes in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office Notices and Changes in Display of
Patent and Trademark Offices Notices Electronic Official Gazette
315 2407 Notice of Publication of a 2002 Annual Index to the Electronic Official Gazette of the Patent and
Trademark Office-Patents (eOG:P)
316 2408 Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office - Patents
317 2410 Most Publicly Available Provisional Applications Can Now Be Viewed Over the Internet
318 2411 Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on the Web System on the United
States Patent and Trademark Office Web Site
319 2413 Financial Services Available Over the Internet
320 2414 Posting a List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) Notices on the PTO Web Site
321 2415 Interim Internet Usage Policy
322 2419 Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
323 2443 Updated Lists of Exceptions to the Centralized Delivery and Facsimile Transmission Policy for Patent
Related Correspondence
324 2449 Update of Facsimile Submissions of Assignment Documents to the USPTO
325 2452 Facsimile Submission of Assignment Documents is Now Available to PTO Customers
INDEX
A
Abandonment:
Express ............................................................................. 194
Revival ............................................................................. 195, 197
Withdrawing the Holding ............................................................. 193, 197
Accelerated Examination .................................................................. 199
Access:
Application Files in Trilateral Offices ............................................. 98, 138, 141-145
Patent Applications ................................................................. 203, 241
U.S. Patent References, electronic .................................................. 262
Address:
Fee ................................................................................. 87
For Customer Window ................................................................. 4, 5
For Service of Process .............................................................. 279, 281
Office mailing ...................................................................... 1-12
Adjustment:
Of Patent Term ...................................................................... 207-213
Advance Notice:
Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page ...................................... 107
Change to MPEP 605.04(b), (c) and (f) ............................................... 110
Allowance, Papers:
Revision of Notice .................................................................. 219, 220
Submitted After ..................................................................... 211, 217
Alternative Language, Examination of Claims Containing ................................... 191
Amendments:
Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant ................................................. 231
After Allowance ..................................................................... 211, 222
In Patent Application Publications .................................................. 200
Non-Entry if Canceling All Claims ................................................... 234
Patent Application Publication May Now Include ...................................... 200
Patent Law Foreign Filing ........................................................... 235
Preliminary, Revised Format ......................................................... 230
American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 ................................................ 175, 179
Amino Acid Disclosures ................................................................... 128-133
Animals, Patentability ................................................................... 116
Appeals:
Clarification of Date of Decision under 37 CFR 1.304 ................................ 243
Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program ........................................... 246-247
Public Attendance at Hearings ....................................................... 248
Rules of Practice ................................................................... 248-250
Revised Docketing Procedures ........................................................ 251
Signatures No Longer Provided ....................................................... 245
Applicant Aid for Biotechnology .......................................................... 134
Application:
Amendments Canceling All Claims ..................................................... 234
Duplicate Filings .................................................................. 43
Filing Date, Change in Procedure Relating to ........................................ 112
Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings ........................................ 10
Paper Size/Margin Requirements ...................................................... 108
Receipt Acknowledgment .............................................................. 8, 9, 11
Application Data Sheet ................................................................... 110, 241
Assignments:
Availability on the Web ............................................................. 318
Facsimile Submission ................................................................ 322-325
Indexing ............................................................................ 66
Issuance of the Patent to an Assignee ............................................... 65
Recording Foreclosures .............................................................. 68
Revision of Practice ................................................................ 67
Taking Action in a Patent Matter .................................................... 64
Attestation of Signature of Director, Discontinuance of .................................. 224
Authorization, Deposit Accounts .......................................................... 93
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B
Batch Update Practice, Elimination of .................................................... 64
Benefit claims, timing of ................................................................ 203
Bibliographic Information on Patents and Published Applications .......................... 214
Biological Deposit ....................................................................... 131, 132
Biotechnology:
Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Apps . ................................... 129
Computer Readable Form Sequence Listing ............................................. 132-134
EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority ............................................ 296, 298-299
Sequence Listing and/or Amino Acid Disclosures ...................................... 128-134, 290
Time Period for Deposit of Biological Material ...................................... 131
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences:
Availability of Interference Files .................................................. 255
Contact for Suggesting Interferences ................................................ 253
Docketing Procedures for Appeals ................................................... 251
New Interference Search Procedure ................................................... 252
Publication of Opinions ............................................................. 255
Revised Docketing Procedures ........................................................ 251
Rules of Practice ................................................................... 229-230
Simplification of Interference Requirements ......................................... 234
Business Method Search Criteria .......................................................... 186
Business Size Standard for Regulatory Flexibility Analysis ............................... 55
C
Canadian Intellectual Property Office:
Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program ........................... 158
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between .................................... 165
CD-Rom, GLOBALPat & USAMark .............................................................. 310
Centralized Delivery, Facsimile .......................................................... 302
Certain Extraordinary Situations ......................................................... 57
Certificate of Correction:
Discontinuation of Attestation of Director's Signature .............................. 224
Electronic Publication on USPTO Web Site ............................................ 227
Expedited Issuance .................................................................. 225
To Perfect Claim for Priority under 35 USC 119 ...................................... 226
Certificate of Mailing:
Duplicate Papers in view of Mail Delays ............................................. 43
Treatment of Returned Correspondence ................................................ 11
Certification Requirements Regarding Export Administration Regulations ................... 256
Change in Publication Format of Official Gazette ......................................... 314
Changes to:
Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program ........................................... 275
Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence ............................... 261
Implement Electronic Maintenance of Patent Records .................................. 269
Implement the Patent Business Goals ................................................. 239-241
Patent Practice and Procedure ....................................................... 224
Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card ............................................... 89
Practice for Documents Submitted .................................................... 322
Practice for Continued Examination Filings .......................................... 190
Practice of Handling Applications Without Fees ...................................... 80
Provisional Application ............................................................. 228, 229
Representation of Others ............................................................ 61, 62
Support Implementation of 21st Century Strategic Plan ............................... 238
Transitional Procedures for Limited Examination ..................................... 99
Cited U.S. Patents, Electronic Access .................................................... 262
Claim Limits ............................................................................. 229
Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application ........................................ 146, 147, 203
Claims, Non-Entry of Amendments Canceling All Claims ..................................... 234
Clarification of:
37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) ................................................................. 211
Application Revival Procedures ...................................................... 195
Date of Decision under 37 CFR 1.304 ................................................. 243
Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All Patent Claims .............................. 117
Effective Date Provision in the Final Rule for Ex Parte Appeals ..................... 244
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Filing Date Requirements of Reexam Proceedings ...................................... 119-120
Notice Concerning EPO Competence .................................................... 298
Interpretation of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ...................................... 201
Client/Patent Applicant .................................................................. 284, 285
Closing of PTO ........................................................................... 13-32
Color Drawings/Photographs ............................................................... 241
Comments, Request for:
Computer Implemented Business Methods ............................................... 186
Interim Examination Instructions .................................................... 171, 172
"Written Description" Requirement ................................................... 176
Compact Disc (CD) ........................................................................ 70, 310
Complex Work Unit Pilot Program .......................................................... 101
Computer-Implemented Inventions .. ...................................................... 186-187
Computer Readable Form Sequence Listings ................................................. 132, 134
Conduct on PTO Premises .................................................................. 58
Confidential Information, Proper Filing .................................................. 104
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005, Implementation Changes .......................... 76, 84
Continuing Applications, Amendment or Petitions .......................................... 222
Continued Prosecution Application Practice ............................................... 236-237
Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004 .............................. 173
Copies of:
File Contents Available on CD ....................................................... 70
Records Provided in Electronic and Paper Form ....................................... 69
U.S. Patent References No Longer Supplied in Paper .................................. 262, 288
Copy Requirement Waiver .................................................................. 70
Correction of Inventorship ............................................................... 241
Correspondence:
Fee Address ........................................................................ 87
First Class Mail .................................................................... 1, 11
Post Card Receipts .................................................................. 7-9
CREATE Act ............................................................................... 173
Credit Card Fee Payment .................................................................. 83, 88-89
Cross-Appeals in Disciplinary Proceedings ................................................ 282
Customer Numbers:
Bar Code Labels No Longer Permitted ................................................. 268
Extension of Payor Number Practice .................................................. 86
For Fee Address ..................................................................... 87
Customer Service Window .................................................................. 4-5
D
Danish Patent and Trademark Office:
Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program ............................ 151
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between .................................... 160
Declarations:
37 CFR 1.63 ......................................................................... 113, 114
37 CFR 1.131 ........................................................................ 109
Copy from Prior Application ......................................................... 306
Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in ............................................ 113
Enhancement of Form ................................................................. 141
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 ........................................................... 130, 131
Design Application with Computer Generated Icons ......................................... 188
DH Technology, Fee Deficiency ............................................................ 69
Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive .................................................. 198
Disclosure Document Program .............................................................. 275-277
Disciplinary Proceedings ................................................................. 278-282
Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director ................................... 224
Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents from Search Rooms ............................... 311
Disqualification of Prior Art ............................................................ 173, 273
Document Production ...................................................................... 282
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Documents Required by Office of Patent Publications ...................................... 216
Double Patenting Rejections .............................................................. 173, 273
Drawings:
Black Ink ........................................................................... 233, 241
Color ............................................................................... 241
Corrected Drawings Submitted with Issue Fee via Facsimile ........................... 218
Patent Application Publications and Patents ......................................... 204, 206
Proposed Change to Standards ........................................................ 242
Review of Patent Application Publications and Patents ............................... 233
Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required ............................ 77
Duplicate Papers and Applications in view of Mail Delays ................................. 43
Duty of Disclosure ....................................................................... 113, 283
E
e-Office Action .......................................................................... 258-260
Electronic:
Access to Cited US Patent References ................................................ 262
Availability of the Official Gazette ................................................ 314-316
Exchange of Priority Documents ...................................................... 138-145
Filing of Patent Correspondence ..................................................... 261
Filing System:
Availability of .................................................................. 271
Certification Requirements Regarding Export Administration Regulations ........... 256
Legal Framework for .............................................................. 267
Simplification of ................................................................ 266
Information Disclosure Statements ................................................... 263
Maintenance of Records .............................................................. 269
Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action) ........................... 258-260
Publication of Certificates of Correction ........................................... 227
Retirement of EFS-ABX ............................................................... 265
Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted ............................... 257
Elimination of:
Batch Update ........................................................................ 64
Continued Prosecution Applications Practice ......................................... 236
Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Account ............................ 83
Post Office Box in Arlington, Virginia .............................................. 3
Emergency, U.S. Postal Services .......................................................... 33-54
Emergency Closure of Customer Service Window ............................................. 18
Employee Indemnification ................................................................. 279-281
Employee Testimony ....................................................................... 281
Eurasian Patent Convention ............................................................... 305
European Patent Office:
Clarification of Notice Concerning Competence ....................................... 298
Competence to Act as a Patent Cooperation Authority ................................. 296
Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot ................................ 152
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program ............................................ 162
Priority Document Exchange .......................................................... 142, 143
Revision Requirements for Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot .......................... 159
Simplification of Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents ......................... 144
"Triway" Pilot Program Among USPTO, EPO and JPO ..................................... 170
Examination of Patent Applications:
35 USC 102(d) ...................................................................... 135
35 USC 102(e) ....................................................................... 175
35 USC 103 in view of KSR ........................................................... 174
35 USC 103(b) ....................................................................... 182
35 USC 103(c), Common Ownership ..................................................... 178, 179
35 USC 103(c), Joint Research Agreement ............................................. 173
35 USC 112, Means Plus Function ..................................................... 183
35 USC 112, Written Description ..................................................... 176
Including Claims Containing Alternative Language .................................... 191
Instructions for Evaluating Subject Matter Eligibility .............................. 171, 172
Nucleotide Sequences ................................................................ 181
Species of Chemical Compositions .................................................... 180
Utility Guidelines .................................................................. 177
Examiners' Search Rooms, Disposal of Paper Copies ........................................ 311
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Ex parte Reexamination Proceedings:
Clarification of Filing Date Requirements ........................................... 119-120
Electronic Signature and Initials by Officer Personnel Permitted in ................. 257
Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke US Patents ........................................ 127
Office Discretion to Reexamine Fewer than All Patent Claims ......................... 117
Requirement for a Substantial New Question of Patentability ......................... 121
Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Art ............................................ 123
Explanation of 37 CFR 1.703(f) ........................................................... 209
Export Administration Regulations ........................................................ 256
Express Mail:
Interruption and Emergency .......................................................... 33-37, 39, 41-42, 44-54
Suspension of service to USPTO ...................................................... 45
Termination of Interruption and Emergency ........................................... 35, 38, 40, 42
Termination of Suspension of Service ................................................ 44
Extension, Patent Term ................................................................... 210-212
Extraordinary Situation, Relief .......................................................... 57
F
Facilities Use Regulations ............................................................... 58
Facsimile Submission:
Assignment Documents ................................................................ 324, 325
Centralized Delivery and Requirements ............................................... 323
Payment of Issue Fee, Publication Fee, and Related
Correspondence ................................................................... 218
Federal Holidays, 1996 ................................................................... 32
Fee:
Address ............................................................................. 87
Application Size Fee ................................................................ 84
Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 ............................................. 91
Deficiency under 37 CFR 1.28 ........................................................ 71
Duplicate Forms No Longer Required .................................................. 72
Examination Fee ..................................................................... 84
For Fiscal Year 2009 ................................................................ 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 ......................................................................... 72-93
File Contents Available on CD ............................................................ 70
Filing Date, Application ................................................................. 112
Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a), Untimely ...................................... 193
Filing of Confidential Information, Reminder ............................................. 104
Filing Papers After Notice of Allowance .................................................. 211
Filing Receipts, Change in Practice ...................................................... 264
Financial Services Over the Internet ..................................................... 319
First Action Interview Pilot Program ..................................................... 96
First Class Mail, Returned ............................................................... 11
Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to PCT Transmittal and Search Fees .............................. 74
Foreclosures, Recordability .............................................................. 68
Foreign Filing License, Scope of ......................................................... 95
Form PTOL-85 ............................................................................. 212, 219, 220
Forms, Duplicate Copy for Fee Processing No Longer Required .............................. 72
Freedom of Information and Privacy ....................................................... 56
G
GATT ..................................................................................... 229
German Patent and Trade Mark Office, Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program
between .................................................................................. 154
GLOBALPat & USAMark CD-Rom ............................................................... 310
Guidelines:
Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication ..................................... 200-205
Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals .......................................... 239-241
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Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment ......................................... 208-213
Changes in Patent Practice .......................................................... 242
Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions ................................. 180
Computer-Implemented Inventions ..................................................... 187, 189
Continued Prosecution Practice ...................................................... 236, 237
Design Application for Computer-Generated Icons ..................................... 188
Evidence of Common Ownership ........................................................ 178
Examination Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. 102(e) ......................................... 175
Examination of Patent Applications under 35 USC 112,
paragraph 1 ...................................................................... 176
Implementation of Change to 35 USC 102(g) & 103(c) .................................. 175
Means or Step Plus Function Limitation under 35 USC 112, 6th
paragraph ........................................................................ 183
Obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 ..................................................... 174
Utility Examination ................................................................. 173-183
Written Description Requirement ..................................................... 176
H
Handling of Status Inquiries ............................................................. 274
Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications ............................... 307
Holidays, 1996 ........................................................................... 32
I
Icons .................................................................................... 188
Implementation Guide:
For Patent Practice ................................................................. 239-242
For 21st Century Strategic Plan ..................................................... 238
Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights Certificates .................. 135
Indexing Assignments ..................................................................... 66
India, Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in ............... 145
Information Disclosure Statements:
Filed Electronically ................................................................ 263
May Be Filed Without Copies ......................................................... 105
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ....................................................... 192
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program
between .................................................................................. 156
Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings:
Changes to Implement ................................................................ 122
Revised Guidelines ............................................................... 123
Rules to Implement .................................................................. 126
Delay in Effective Date .......................................................... 125
Effective Date of Final Rule ..................................................... 124
Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests ................................................ 127
Interference:
Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting .......................................... 253
Opinions & Orders ................................................................... 255
Proceedings ........................................................................ 249, 250
Publication of Opinions and Orders entered by BPAI .................................. 255
Rules of Practice ................................................................... 249, 250
Simplification of Certain Requirements ............................................. 254
Interim Instructions for Evaluating Patent Subject Matter Eligibility .................... 171, 172
International Standard Code for a Patent Document ...................................... 106
Internet:
Biosequence Information Filing ...................................................... 132
Credit Card Payments ................................................................ 82
Financial Services Available ........................................................ 319
Interim Usage Policy ................................................................ 321
Maintenance Fees, Payment ........................................................... 85, 88
Provisional Applications, Availability .............................................. 317
Usage Policy, Interim ............................................................... 306
Interpretation of:
35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ..................................................... 201
35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A) .............................................................. 209
37 CFR 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3) ........................................................ 278
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"Original Application" in the AIPA of 1999 .......................................... 179
Registration of Agents .............................................................. 280
Interruption, Postal Service ............................................................. 33-54
Invalidate Patents ....................................................................... 127
Inventor's name, Procedures .............................................................. 111
Inventorship, Correction of .............................................................. 242
Interview, First Action Pilot Program .................................................... 96
IP Australia:
Acting as ISA and IPEA for International Applications Received by USPTO ............. 291
Arrangement between USPTO to act as ISA and IPEA under PCT .......................... 292
Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program ............................ 155
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between .................................... 163
Iraqi Sanctions Regulations .............................................................. 313
Issuance of a Patent to Assignee ......................................................... 61, 65
Issue Fee:
Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments or Petitions After Payment of ......... 222
Form ................................................................................ 212, 219, 220
Payment & Notification .............................................................. 218, 223
Payment via Facsimile ............................................................... 218
Preauthorized Payment ............................................................... 239-241
J
Japan Patent Office:
Addition as Participating Foreign IPO in Priority Document Exchange ................. 145
Electronic Exchange of Non-Participating Office Priority Documents .................. 138
Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program ........................... 168
New Route Pilot Project ............................................................. 169
Priority Document Exchange between .................................................. 138, 141-145
"Triway" Pilot Program .............................................................. 170
Joint Research Agreement ................................................................. 173
Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejections ........................................... 273
July 2009 Revision to PCT Procedures ..................................................... 289
K
"Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents .......................................... 107
Korean Intellectual Property Office:
Acting as ISA and IPEA for International Applications Received by USPTO ............. 293
Addition to Priority Document Exchange Program ...................................... 140
Agreement between USPTO to act as ISA and IPEA under PCT ............................ 294
Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot ............................. 157
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between .................................... 164
L
Legal:
Framework for Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) .................................... 267
Proceedings, Testimony by Employees and Production of Documents in .................. 281
Processes ........................................................................... 279
Lengthy Tables Published Differently, Notice ............................................. 102
License for Foreign Filing ............................................................... 95, 235
Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities ....................... 286
List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) ..................................................... 320
M
Mail:
Addresses, Mailing and Hand Carry .................................................. 1
Delays .............................................................................. 33-54
Duplicate Papers and Applications ................................................... 43
Interruption and Emergency (37 CFR 1.10(i)) ......................................... 41
Interruption and Emergency Terminated ............................................... 35, 42, 46, 51
Interruption in Connecticut ......................................................... 50
Interruption in Los Angeles ......................................................... 53
Interruption in South Florida ....................................................... 54
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Interruption in the State of California ............................................. 52
Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings .......................................... 47, 48
Processing of Duplicate Applications ................................................ 43
Returned ............................................................................ 11
Suspension of "Express Mail" Service for Mail Addressed to Zip
Codes 202xx Through 205xx ........................................................ 45
Termination of Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service ............................. 44
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 ............................................................... 312
Metric equivalents ....................................................................... 115
Miscellaneous Patent Changes ............................................................. 208
N
National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
Program between .......................................................................... 153
National Stage Commencement of PCTs, Timing In US ........................................ 300, 301
New Route Pilot Project .................................................................. 169
Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke Patents, Treatment of .................................. 127
Non-Delivery of Mail ..................................................................... 24
Nonpublication Request, Rescission Reminder .............................................. 202
Notice of Allowance:
Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on .......................... 212
Previously Mailed to Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina ............................ 38
Processing of Papers Filed After Mailing of ......................................... 217
Revision of Form .................................................................... 219, 220
Reduction of Patent Term Adjustment for Certain Papers Filed After .................. 211
Time Period for Paying a Publication Fee if a Request for Continued Examination is
Filed after Mailing of ................................................................... 221
Notice of Availability of Assignments on the Web System .................................. 318
Notice of Change(s):
In Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the USPTO ......................... 316
In Publishing Patents and Publications with Sequence Listings ....................... 129
In Requirement for Substantial New Question in Subsequent Reexams ................... 121
Of Procedure for Recording Inventors' Names ......................................... 111
To Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination .................................. 94
To MPEP 605.04(b), (c) and (f) ...................................................... 110
To "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent ................................. 107
Notice of Complex Work Unit Pilot Program ................................................ 101
Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexams ............... 117
Notice of Elimination of Batch Update .................................................... 64
Notice of Foreign Filing, Reminder ....................................................... 202
Notice of Publication of 2002 Annual Index of Electronic Official Gazette ................ 315
Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt ............................................. 264
Notice of Right to Claim Priority:
Based Upon Applications filed in India .............................................. 149
Based Upon Applications filed in Thailand ........................................... 148
Notification of Voice Response System .................................................... 312
Nucleotide Sequence ...................................................................... 128-134
O
Oath:
Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in ............................................ 113
Information necessary to Identify Specification ..................................... 114
Office of Patent Publications, Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 .................................... 216
Office of Public Records, Status of Services ............................................. 308
Official Patent Application Records, Changes to .......................................... 269
Official Closings ........................................................................ 13-31
Official Gazette is only Available Electronically ........................................ 314-316
Outgoing Correspondence, Electronic Notification of ...................................... 259, 260
Overpayment of $25 or Less ............................................................... 91
Oversized Postcards ...................................................................... 7
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PALM Migration Pre-Exam Subsystem ........................................................ 59
Paper (requirements to become part of Office's permanent records, e.g., legibility)
.......................................................................................... 177, 241
Paper Copies of Patents, Disposal of ..................................................... 311
Paragraph Numbering ...................................................................... 242
Partial Waiver of 37 CFR 1.19(b) ......................................................... 70
Patent Business Goals .................................................................... 239-241
Patent Cooperation Treaty:
Australian Patent Office to Act as ISA .............................................. 291, 292
Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents ........................................... 287
EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority ............................................ 296, 298-299
Eurasian Patent Convention .......................................................... 305
Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Transmittal and Search Fees ............................. 74
Korean IPO to Act as ISA ............................................................ 293, 294
Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1) .................................. 300
USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of U.S. Patent References ..................... 288
Patent Correspondence, Electronic Filing of .............................................. 261
Patent Interference Practice ............................................................. 249, 250, 252-255
Patent Practice Changes .................................................................. 242
Patent Prosecution Highway Between:
USPTO & Canadian Intellectual Property Office ....................................... 165
USPTO & European Patent Office ...................................................... 162, 159
USPTO & German Patent and Trade Mark Office ......................................... 154
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) ................................................ 211
Final Rule .......................................................................... 213
Information Printed on Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due
and Patent Front Page ............................................................ 212
Notice Concerning Calculation in § 371 Applications ................................. 207
Revised Notice of Allowance ....................................................... 220
Revision of Provisions .............................................................. 210
Patent Term Extension .................................................................... 210, 212
Patent Term Extension (20-Year Term) ..................................................... 208, 210
Patentability, Animals ................................................................... 116
Payor Numbers ............................................................................ 86
Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card .................................................... 89
Petitions:
For Accelerated Examination ......................................................... 199
Request for Alert ................................................................... 103
To Accept a Delayed Maintenance Fee Payment due to Hurricane Katrina ................ 38
To Make Special ..................................................................... 199
To Revive ........................................................................... 195, 198
Under 37 CFR 1.181(a), untimely filed ............................................... 193
Photographs:
Black and White ..................................................................... 208
Color ............................................................................... 208
Pilot Program:
Complex Work Unit ................................................................... 101
First Action Interview .............................................................. 96
New Route Pilot Project ............................................................. 169
Patent Prosecution Highway .......................................................... 151-168
Pre-Appeal Brief .................................................................... 246, 247
Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art ........................................ 184, 185
"Triway" Pilot Program .............................................................. 170
Plant Patents ............................................................................ 135-137
Policy; Internet Usage ................................................................... 321
Postal Service Emergency ................................................................ 33-54
Post Card Receipt ........................................................................ 7-9
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Post Office Box in Arlington, VA, Elimination of ......................................... 3
Power of Attorney Practice:
Changes to .......................................................................... 62, 63
Elimination of Batch Update ......................................................... 64
Revision of ......................................................................... 61
Practitioners Before the PTO ............................................................. 283, 284
Pre-Appeal Brief Conference .............................................................. 246, 247
Pre-Exam Notice to; Deployment ........................................................... 59
Preliminary Amendments ................................................................... 200, 232, 234, 238, 241
Prior-Filed Application, Claiming the Benefit of ......................................... 146, 147, 242
Priority:
Claim, when made .................................................................... 242
Electronic Exchange of Documents .................................................... 138-145
Requirements for Claiming Under 18 Month Publication ................................ 203
Right of priority in India .......................................................... 149
Right of priority in Thailand ....................................................... 148
Using certificate of correction to perfect
35 USC 119 claim ................................................................. 226
Procedure for Restarting Response Periods ................................................ 196
Production of Documents .................................................................. 281
Products for Sale ........................................................................ 309, 310
Proper Procedure Pursuant to MPEP 724.02 ................................................. 104
Protest under 37 CFR 1.291 ............................................................... 192, 238
Provisional Applications ................................................................. 146, 147, 228, 229, 317
Provisions of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv), Interpretation of ............................ 201
PTO Closings ............................................................................. 13-31
Publication of Sequences ................................................................. 129
Publications, 18-Month:
Drawings and ........................................................................ 233, 241
Final Rule .......................................................................... 206
Final Rule with correction .......................................................... 205
Helpful Hint, Pre-Grant Publication ................................................. 306
Lengthy Tables Notice ............................................................... 102
Publication Fee ..................................................................... 221
Publications May Now Include Amendments ............................................. 200
Sequence Listings ................................................................... 129
Reminder that Rescission is not Notice of Foreign Filing ............................ 202
Requirements for Benefit Claims ..................................................... 203
USPTO's Interpretation of 35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ......................... 201
Publication of Opinions/Order Entered by the BPAI ........................................ 255
Public Information, FOIA ................................................................. 56
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Quality Requirements of 37 CFR 1.52 and 1.84(f) and (g) .................................. 108
Question of Patentability for Second of Subsequent Reexam, Substantial New ............... 121
Questions & Answers:
Facsimile of Assignment Documents ................................................... 324
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Receipts, Paper .......................................................................... 12
Receipts, Postcard ....................................................................... 7-9
Reexamination:
Changes to Implement Inter Partes Reexamination ..................................... 122
Clarification of Office Policy to Reexam Fewer Than All Patent Claims ............... 117
Revised Guidelines for Previously Cited/Considered Prior Art ........................ 123
Revision Affecting Requirements for ................................................. 118
Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings (Jan. 2, 2001)
Effective Date ........................................................................... 124-126
Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests ................................................ 127
Refund of Overpayment .................................................................... 91
Regulations:
Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration ...................... 256
Iraqi Sanctions ..................................................................... 313
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Business Size Standard ............................... 55
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Relief, Extraordinary Situations ......................................................... 57
Representing Clients ..................................................................... 62, 63, 284, 285
Request for Alert Concerning Submitted Petitions ......................................... 103
Request for Continued Examination:
Change to Docketing ................................................................. 94
Final Rules ......................................................................... 221, 228
Publication Fee and ................................................................. 221
Requirements for Patent Applications:
Containing Nucleotide Sequences ..................................................... 133
Rescission of Nonpublication Request, reminder ........................................... 202
Restarting Response Periods .............................................................. 196
Revised Procedure for:
Express Abandonments ................................................................ 194
Revival of Abandoned Applications ........................................................ 195, 198
Rule Changes:
Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ................................ 249, 250
Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications
Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent
Applications ............................................................................. 190
Change in Procedure Relating to Filing Date, Effective July 22, 1996 ................ 112
Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication Of Patent Application:
Final Rule ....................................................................... 206
Final Rule with correction ....................................................... 205
Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals .......................................... 239-241
Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment
Under Twenty-Year Patent Term .................................................... 213
Changes to Implement 20-Year Term and Provisional Applications, Effective June 8,
1995 ..................................................................................... 229
Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure ............................................ 242
Changes to Permit Payment of PTO Fees by Credit Card ................................ 89
Changes to Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit Of
Biological Material .............................................................. 130, 131
Continued Examination Practice and Changes
To Provisional Application ....................................................... 228
Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice .................................... 242
Elimination of (Final Rule)....................................................... 237
Cross Appeals in Patent and Trademark
Disciplinary Proceedings, Effective January 16, 1996 ............................. 282
Duty of Disclosure ....................................................................... 283
Fees:
Customer Number Required in Order to Establish Fee Address ....................... 87
Foreign Filing Amendments ........................................................... 217
Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings .............................................. 118-120
Legal Processes .................................................................. 279
Patent Application Containing Nucleotide Sequence And/or Amino Acid ................. 128-134
PCT Application Procedure ........................................................... 301, 302
Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card ............................................... 89
Provisional Applications ............................................................ 146, 147, 228, 229, 317
Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications ........................ 203
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Sanctions, Iraqi ......................................................................... 313
Search Facilities in PTO:
Regulations, Violations ............................................................. 58
Sequence Listings:
Applicant Aid for Submissions ....................................................... 134
Biosequence Internet Filing ......................................................... 132
Change in Publishing of Patents and Publications with ............................... 129
Filed in International Applications in the U.S. Receiving Office .................... 290
Requirements for Patent Applications Containing ..................................... 133
Service of Process ...................................................................... 281
Sheet Size/Margin Requirements ........................................................... 108
Signature of:
Director, Discontinuance of Attestation on Patents .................................. 224
Office Personnel - Electronic and Initials Permitted ................................ 257
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Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing BPAI Correspondence ............................ 245
Simplification of:
Requirements of Interference Practice .............................................. 254
Electronic Filing System ............................................................ 266
Small Entity Status ...................................................................... 241
Statements for Maintenance Fee Payment ................................................... 85
Status Inquiries ......................................................................... 274
Statutory Invention Registrations, Publication of Lengthy Tables ......................... 102
Strategic Plan, Changes to Support Implementation ........................................ 238
Submitted Petitions, Request for Alert Concerning ........................................ 103
Sufficient Postage for Oversized Postcards ............................................... 7
Supplemental Amendments .................................................................. 238, 241
T
Tables Published Differently ............................................................. 101
Terminal Disclaimers:
CREATE Act .......................................................................... 173
Required, Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejection ............................. 273
Thailand, Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in ............ 148
Timing for National Stage Commencement ................................................... 300, 301
Tort Claims .............................................................................. 279
Trademark:
Fastener Insignia Register .......................................................... 326-329
Madrid Protocol ..................................................................... 330-338
Native American Insignias ........................................................... 339-340
Trademark Classification & Identification of Goods .................................. 341-343
Trademark Post Registration ......................................................... 344-346
Trademark Correspondence and Fees ................................................... 347-361
Trademark Examination ............................................................... 362-372
Trademark Information and Services .................................................. 373-384
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board .................................................... 385-394
Trademark Publications .............................................................. 395-397
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 .................................................... 232
Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke Patents ................................... 127
Treatment of Unlocatable - Patent Application and Patent Files ........................... 273
"Triway" Pilot Program ................................................................... 170
Twenty-First Century Strategic Plan:
Change to Support Implementation; Final Rule ........................................ 238
U
United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office:
Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot ................................... 161
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program ............................................ 167
Revised Requirements for Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot ........................... 166
United States Postal Service Emergency in the State of California ........................ 51, 52
United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in South Florida ................. 54
United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail ........................................ 24
Unlocatable Application and Patent Files ................................................. 272
Unpaid Fee Check ......................................................................... 92
Unscheduled Closing ...................................................................... 13-31
Untimely Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) ................................................. 193
UPOV Convention .......................................................................... 136, 137
U.S. Patent References, Electronic Access ................................................ 262
Use of Facilities Regulations ............................................................ 58
Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications .............................. 115
User Passes .............................................................................. 58
Utility Examination Guidelines ........................................................... 177
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Voice Response System .................................................................... 312
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Waiver of:
37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by Office of Patent Pubs. ....................... 216
Copies of File Contents Available on Compact Disc ................................... 70
Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 .................................................... 100
Provisions of 37 CFR 1.8 and 1.10, Termination of ................................... 40
Website:
Electronic Availability of the Official Gazette ..................................... 314-316
Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction ................................ 227
List of Patents 37 CFR 1.607(d) ..................................................... 320
Withdrawal of Abandonments ............................................................... 197, 198
World Intellectual Property Office to Participate in Priority Document Exchange .......... 139
"Written Description" Requirements ....................................................... 176
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