List of Patent Notices
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NUMBER NUMBER TITLE OF THE NOTICE
1 13 Correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
2 17 Elimination of Post Office Box in Arlington, Virginia for Patent Related Correspondence
3 18 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
4 20 Finance Customer Window to Permanently Close
5 21 Oversized Postcards Must Be Submitted with Sufficient Postage
6 22 Post Card Receipt Reminder
7 23 Use of a Post Card as a Receipt for Correspondence in Patent-Related Matters
8 24 Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings of the Patent and Trademark Office
9 25 Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First Class Mail Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.8 and
Returned by the U.S. Postal Service
10 26 Acknowledgement of Receipt of a Patent or Trademark Application
11 27 Emergency Closing of the Customer Service Window on Wednesday, March 2, 2011
12 28 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office from Monday, February 8, 2010,
through Thursday, February 11, 2010
13 29 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
14 30 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, October 29, 2012 and
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
15 31 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 21, 2009
16 32 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 2009
17 33 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 24, 2007
18 34 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, January 2, 2007
19 35 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, June 11, 2004
20 36 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 2003
21 37 Emergency Closure of the Customer Service Window on Friday, October 10, 2003
22 38 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, September 18, 2003 and
Friday, September 19, 2003
23 39 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, February 18, 2003
24 40 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 24, 2001
25 41 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday January 25, 2000, and Wednesday,
January 26, 2000
26 42 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 1997
27 43 United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail
28 45 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, January 12, 1996
29 46 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, January 8, 1996 through Wednesday,
January 10, 1996
30 47 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, April 27, 1994
31 48 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, January 20, 1994 and Friday, February
11, 1994
32 49 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, Jan. 20, 1989
33 50 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Feb. 23, 1987
34 51 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Jan. 26, 1987
35 52 Federal Government Holidays, 1996
36 53 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected
by Hurricane Sandy
37 56 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected
by the Catastrophic Flooding in Thailand
38 59 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected
by the Severe Earthquakes in Northern Italy
39 62 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected
by the Catastrophic Events of March 11, 2011 in Japan
40 65 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
41 68 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
42 71 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
43 74 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
44 77 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
45 80 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
46 83 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
47 86 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
48 88 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
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49 91 Termination of the United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
50 92 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
51 95 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
52 98 Office Actions and Notice of Allowances Previously Mailed to Areas of Alabama, Louisiana, and
Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Katrina
53 99 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
54 102 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
55 103 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) and 37 CFR
1.10(i)
56 105 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
57 106 Processing of, and Requirements for, the Filing of Duplicate Applications and Papers in Patent
Applications in view of USPS Mail Delays
58 112 Termination of the Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal Service for
mail addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx through 205xx
59 113 Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal Service for Mail Addressed to
ZIP Codes 202xx Through 205xx
60 115 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
61 116 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
62 117 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
63 118 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency
64 120 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in Connecticut
65 121 United States Postal Service Emergency in the State of California Terminated
66 122 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in the State of California
67 123 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency in Los Angeles
68 124 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in South Florida
69 125 Business Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations
70 132 Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy
71 161 Relief in Certain Extraordinary Situations
72 162 Rules Concerning Conduct on Patent and Trademark Premises
73 164 Improved Pre-Exam Notices to Result From the Deployment of the Patent Application Location
and Monitoring (PALM) Migration Pre-examination Subsystem
74 167 Change in Procedure for Requests to Withdraw from Representation in a Patent Application
75 171 Revision of Power of Attorney and Assignment Practice
76 202 Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
77 220 Notice of Elimination of Batch Update Practice to Change Power of Attorney
78 221 Issuance of a Patent to an Assignee
79 222 Indexing Against a Recorded Assignment
80 223 Taking Action in a Patent Matter Before the Office by the Assignee under 37 CFR 3.73
81 225 Recordability of Foreclosures for Assignment Purposes
82 226 Replacement Notice: Copies of Patent Application Records will be Provided in both Electronic
and Paper Form
83 227 Treatment of Fee Deficiency Submissions under 37 CFR 1.28(c) in view of the Federal Circuit
decision in DH Technology
84 228 New Maintenance Fee Payment by E-Mail Pilot Program
85 229 Announcement of Final Rule to Set or Adjust Patent Fees
86 230 Waiver of the New Requirement to Pay an Appeal Forwarding Fee if the Fee for Filing an Appeal
Brief was Filed before March 19, 2013
87 231 CPI Adjustment of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013
88 247 Changes to Implement Micro Entity Status for Paying Patent Fees
89 275 Fee for Filing a Patent Application Other Than by the Electronic Filing System
90 280 Notice of Availability of Patent Fee Changes Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
91 290 Notice of Establishment of a Prioritized Examination Fee
92 291 Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required
93 292 Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees
94 302 Upcoming Changes to the Mailing of Monthly Deposit Account Statements
95 303 Changes to Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2005
96 311 The Fee under 37 CFR 1.21(m) for Processing a Refused Payment may be Charged to a Deposit
Account Authorized to be Charged
97 312 New or Modified Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) User Accounts Must Pass Verification Test
98 313 Petitions to Accept a Delayed Patent Maintenance Fee Payment where Non-Payment was due to
the effects of Hurricane Katrina
99 314 Changes to the Practice of Handling Patent Applications Filed Without Appropriate Fees
100 326 Revision of Search and Examination Fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications Entering
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the National Stage of the United States
101 333 Credit Card Payments Submitted over the USPTO Internet
102 334 Elimination of Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Accounts
103 338 Changes to Implement the Patent Fee Related Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2005
104 365 Maintenance Fee Statements are No Longer Being Mailed for Maintenance Fees Paid over the
Internet
105 366 Extension of the Payor Number Practice (through "Customer Numbers") to Matters Involving
Pending Patent Applications
106 374 Customer Number Required in order to Establish a Fee Address
107 376 Payment of Patent Maintenance Fees over the Internet
108 378 Changes to Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Fees by Credit Card
109 385 Fees for Patent and Trademark Copies
110 388 Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 or Less for a Limited Refund
111 389 Unpaid Fee Checks
112 390 Deposit Account Authorizations
113 391 Conducting an Interview with a Registered Practitioner Acting in a Representative Capacity
114 392 Notice of Change to Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination
115 393 Scope of Foreign Filing Licenses
116 395 Extension of the First Full Action Interview Pilot Program
117 396 Extensio nof the First Full Action Interview Pilot Program and Request for Comments
118 398 Full First Action Interview Pilot Program
119 406 Second Extension of the Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program
120 408 Extension of the Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program
121 409 First Action Interview Pilot Program
122 415 Change in Procedure for Handling Nonprovisional Applications Having Omitted Items
123 419 Waiver of the Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 for Cited Pending U.S. Patent Applications
124 420 Notice that Lengthy Tables will be Published Differently in Patents, Statutory Invention
Registrations and Patent Application Publications
125 423 Request for Alert Concerning Submitted Petitions
126 425 Reminder of the Proper Procedure for Filing Confidential Information Pursuant to MPEP 724.02
127 427 Information Disclosure Statements May Be Filed Without Copies of U.S. Patents and Published
Applications in Patent Applications filed after June 30, 2003
128 428 "Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents
129 430 Advance Notice of Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent
130 432 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)
131 435 Identification of Affidavits/Declarations Filed Under 37 CFR 1.131 Which Establish a Date of
Invention In a NAFTS or WTO Member Country
132 436 Notice of Change of Procedure for Recording Inventors' Names
133 437 Change in Procedure Relating to an Application Filing Date
134 448 Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in Oaths or Declarations Filed in Nonprovisional Patent
Applications
135 450 Information on Oath/Declaration Necessary to Identify the Specification for an Application filed
under 35 USC 111 in Accordance with 37 CFR 1.63
136 452 Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications
137 453 Animals - Patentability
138 454 September 15, 2012 Deadline to File Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings and
Modification of Notice of Failure to Comply Form
139 456 Revision of Standard for Granting an Inter Partes Reexamination Request
140 464 Elimination of the Listing of Prior Art Documents on Reexamination Certificates
141 465 Pilot Program for Waiver of Patent Owner's Statement in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
142 468 Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
143 470 Clarification on the Procedure for Seeking Review of a Finding of a Substantial New Question of
Patentability in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
144 473 Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All the
Patent Claims
145 477 Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes
Reexamination
146 509 Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination
Proceedings
147 518 Changes to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical Amendments to
the Patent Statute
148 544 Revised Guidelines for Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Prior Art in Reexamination
149 547 Effective Date of the Final Rule Entitled Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
Proceedings
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150 548 Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings: Delay of Effective Date
151 549 Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
152 610 Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke or Invalidate U.S. Patents
153 611 Correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
154 616 Notice of Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Application Publications with Sequence
Listings
155 618 Changes in the Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit of Biological Material
156 623 Biosequence Internet Filing Related to: 37 CFR 1.84 Form and Format for Nucleotide and/or
Amino Acid Sequence Submissions in Computer Readable Form
157 626 Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid
Disclosures
158 659 Applicant Aid for Biotechnology Computer Readable Form (CRF) Sequence Listing Submissions
159 660 Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights Certificates
160 661 Taking Effect in the United States of the International Convention for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants
161 662 United States Adherence to the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
(UPOV)
162 663 Electronic Delivery of Search Results from the United States Patent and Trademark Office to the
European Patent Office
163 665 Electronic Exchange of Non-Participating Office Priority Documents Between the Japan Patent
Office and the United States and Trademark Office
164 667 Addition of World Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office
in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
165 668 Addition of Korean Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property
Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents and Further Procedural Information
166 672 Enhancement of Priority Document Exchange Program and USPTO Declaration Form
167 675 Changes To Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual Property Offices
168 685 Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
169 687 Simplification of the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
170 690 Addition of Japan Patent Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in Electronic
Exchange of Priority Documents
171 694 Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application with a Non-English Specification
and Other Miscellaneous Matters
172 715 Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application Under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119(e), 120, 121, and 365(c)
173 723 Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in Thailand
174 724 Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed In India
175 725 Right of Priority in Patent and Trademark Applications Available in Taiwan
176 726 Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0 with the
Nicaraguan Registry of Intellectual Property
177 727 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the Israeli Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
Products
178 728 Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs between the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic
179 729 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the Swedish Patent and Registration Office based on Patent
Cooperation Treaty Work Products
180 730 Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0
with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
181 731 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
Products
182 732 Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0
with the Danish Patent and Trademark Office
183 733 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of
Finland based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
184 734 Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program with the Intellectual Property
Office of the Phillipines
185 735 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines based on Patent Cooperation Treaty
Work Products
186 737 Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs between the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China
187 738 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) 2.0 Pilot Program
188 739 Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0 with the
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Portugal National Institute of Industrial Property
189 740 Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0
with the Korean Intellectual Property Office
190 741 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Portugal National Institute of Industrial Property based on Patent Cooperation
Treaty Work Products
191 742 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the Icelandic Patent Office
192 743 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, acting as the designated representative of the
American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, acting as the
representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
(TECRO)
193 744 Continuation of Enhanced Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office
194 745 Continuation of Enhanced Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and Participating Offices
195 746 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic
196 747 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic based on Patent Cooperation
Treaty Work Products
197 749 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
198 750 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce
199 751 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the Nordic Patent Institute based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
Products
200 752 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Israeli Patent Office
201 753 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Israeli Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
202 754 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP
Australia based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
203 755 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office based on
Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
204 756 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
205 757 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
206 758 Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0
with Participating Offices
207 763 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
Products
208 764 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
Products
209 765 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Icelandic Patent Office
210 766 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China based on
Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
211 767 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China
212 768 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office
213 769 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office
214 770 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
Austrian Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
215 771 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
Austrian Patent Office
216 772 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Progarm between the USPTO and the
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Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks on Russia based on Patent
Cooperation Treaty Work Products
217 773 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
Hungarian Patent Office
218 774 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Established by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office
219 775 Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office
220 776 Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
221 777 Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents and
Trademarks of Russia
222 778 Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
223 779 Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
224 780 Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
225 781 Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and IP Australia
226 782 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Nordic Patent Institute based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
227 783 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Swedish Patent and Registration Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
Products
228 784 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Israeli Patent Office
229 785 Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
230 786 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
231 787 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP
Australia
232 788 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and IP Australia based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
233 789 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
234 790 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland based on Patent
Cooperation Treaty Work Products
235 791 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and EPO
236 792 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia based
on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
237 793 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia
238 794 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Austrian Patent Office
239 795 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Austrian Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
240 796 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
241 797 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
Products
242 798 Notice Regarding Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent
Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs
243 800 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Hungarian Patent Office
244 801 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and Finland
245 802 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
Products
246 803 Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
Program in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (Between the USPTO and the
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Japan Patent Office (JPO))
247 804 Patent Cooperation Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Japan Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
248 805 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the European Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
249 806 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IPOS
250 807 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
DKPTO
251 808 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and EPO
252 809 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
253 815 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
254 821 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP
Australia
255 822 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
256 828 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office
257 833 Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the CIPO
258 834 Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
Program in the USPTO (between the USPTO and the EPO)
259 837 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office
260 843 Extension Of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the USPTO and the UKIPO
261 844 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and European Patent Office
262 848 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and IP Australia
263 853 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office
264 858 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
265 863 Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
Program in the USPTO (between the USPTO and the UK IPO)
266 865 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office
267 869 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
268 873 New Route Pilot Project between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan
Patent Office
269 877 "Triway" Pilot Program among the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the European
Patent Office, and the Japan Patent Office
270 880 Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination for Requests for Continued Examination
271 886 Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination
Timing Control Procedures Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
272 895 Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination
Timing Control Procedures
273 910 Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative; Notice of Public Meeting
274 919 Clarification of Criteria for Reissue Error in View of In re Tanaka
275 921 Supplementary Examination Guidelines for Determining Compliance With 35 U.S.C. 112 and for
Treatment of Related Issues in Patent Applications
276 945 Notice of Roundtable and Request for Comments on How To More Effectively Use the Patent
and Trademark Depository Library Program
277 947 A New Pilot Program Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
278 953 Patent Examiner Technical Training Program
279 957 Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v.
Kappos
280 969 Changes to Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004
281 985 Examination Guidelines Update: Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After KSR v. Teleflex
282 1018 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.
283 1040 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)
284 1053 Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 USC 112, 1, "Written
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Description" Requirement
285 1076 Utility Examination Guidelines
286 1088 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)
287 1092 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
288 1097 Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based
Upon a Single Prior Art Reference
289 1112 Examination of Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequences
290 1115 Guidelines on Treatment of Product and Process Claims in light of In re Ochiai, In re Brouwer and
35 USC 103(b)
291 1117 Means or Step Plus Function Limitation Under 35 USC 112, 6th Paragraph
292 1123 Extension and Expansion of Pilot Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
293 1125 Pilot Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
294 1130 Subject Matter Eligibility of Computer Readable Media
295 1131 Notification of Required and Optional Search Criteria for Computer Implemented Business
Method Patent Applications in Class 705, and Request for Comments
296 1151 Guidance on Searching and Examining PCT Applications Drawn to Computer-Implemented
Inventions
297 1152 Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications for Computer-Generated Icons
298 1156 Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions
299 1182 Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith American Invents
Act; Correction
300 1186 Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents
Act
301 1254 Examination Guidelines for Implementing the First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act
302 1310 Changes to Implement the Supplemental Examination Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America
Invents Act, and To Revise Reexamination Fees; Final Rule
303 1358 Changes to Implement the Inventor's Oath or Declaration Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America
Invents Act; Final Rule
304 1459 Changes to Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents
Act; Final Rule
305 1492 Changes to Implement the Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Provision of the Leahy-
Smith America Invents Act; Final Rule
306 1540 Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty
307 1618 Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program
308 1622 Extension of the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program
309 1626 Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program
310 1630 Pilot Program for Extended Time Period for Reply to a Notice to File Missing Parts of
Nonprovisional Application
311 1638 Untimely Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) to Withdraw Holdings of Abandonment
312 1642 Revised Procedures for Express Abandonments
313 1643 Clarification of Application Revival Procedures (37 CFR 1.137)
314 1646 Procedures for Restarting Response Periods
315 1648 Withdrawing the Holding of Abandonment When Office Actions Are Not Received
316 1649 Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive and Petitions to Withdraw the Holding of Abandonment
317 1650 Changes to Practice for Petitions in Patent Applications to Make Special and For Accelerated
Examination
318 1658 Patent Application Publications May Now Include Amendments
319 1659 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)
320 1664 Reminder that Rescission of a Nonpublication Request is Not Itself a Notice of Foreign Filing
321 1665 Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under Eighteen-Month
Publication of Patent Applications
322 1684 Assignment of Confirmation Number and Time Period for Filing a Copy of an Application by EFS
for Eighteen-Month Publication Purposes
323 1685 Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
324 1686 Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
325 1760 Revisions to Patent Term Adjustment
326 1769 Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review
327 1782 Revision of the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Information Disclosure
Statements
328 1788 Treatment of Letters Stating that the USPTO's Patent Term Adjustment Determination is Greater
than What the Applicant or Patentee Believes is Appropriate
329 1790 Interim Procedure for Patentees to Request a Recalculation of the Patent Term Adjustment to
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Comply With the Federal Circuit Decision in Wyeth v. Kappos Regarding the Overlapping Delay
Provision of 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A)
330 1794 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
331 1796 Miscellaneous Changes in Patent Practice
332 1830 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)
333 1834 Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions
334 1849 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
335 1851 Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee
Due and Patent Front Page
336 1853 Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment under Twenty-Year Patent Term
337 1908 United States Patent and Trademark Office Bibliographic Information on Issued Patents and
Published Patent Applications
338 1910 Revised Procedure for Recording Search and Information Printed on the Face of Patent Under
the Heading "Field of Search"
339 1911 Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by the Office of Patent Publications
340 1912 Processing of Papers Filed after Allowance of an Application
341 1913 Payment of the Issue Fee and Filing Related Correspondence by Facsimile
342 1915 Revision of the Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due Form (PTOL-85) Concerning a Previously
Paid Issue Fee
343 1917 Revision of the Notice of Allowance Form
344 1919 Time Period for Paying Publication Fee if a Request for Continued Examination is Filed After a
Notice of Allowance is Mailed
345 1920 Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments, or Petitions after Payment of Issue Fee
346 1922 Change to "Issue Notification" Procedure
347 1923 Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director on Patents and Certificates of Correction
348 1924 Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction When the Error is Attributable to the United
States Patent and Trademark Office
349 1925 Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim for Priority Under 35 USC 119
350 1926 Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction on the United States Patent and Trademark
Office Web Site for Later Listing with the Official Gazette
351 1927 Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application Practice
352 1953 Changes to Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional Applications
353 2020 Revised Procedure for Preliminary Amendments Presented on Filing of a Patent Application
354 2022 Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.121(c)
355 2024 Amendments Permitted Under the Revised Amendment Practice and Treatment of Non-Compliant
Amendments
356 2026 Drawings in Patent Application Publications and Patents
357 2027 Treatment of Amendments that if Entered Would Cancel All of the Claims in an Application
358 2028 Patent Law Foreign Filing Amendments
359 2037 Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Patent
Applications
360 2047 Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
361 2051 Changes to Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st
Century Strategic Plan (Final Rule)
362 2184 Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals
363 2185 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
364 2193 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
365 2352 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure
366 2509 Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Being Appealed
367 2512 Clarification of the Date of Decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences under 37
CFR 1.304
368 2513 Clarification of the Effective Date Provision in the Final Rule for Ex Parte Appeals
369 2515 Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing Correspondence from the Board of Patent Appeals
and Interferences
370 2516 Extension of the Pilot Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Program
371 2517 New Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program
372 2522 Public Attendance at Board Hearings
373 2524 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
374 2611 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
375 2744 Revised Docketing Procedures for Appeals Arriving at the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences
376 2746 New Interference Search Procedure
377 2747 Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting Interferences under 37 CFR § 41.202(a)
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378 2748 Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference Practice
379 2751 Publication of Opinions and Orders Entered by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
380 2752 Establishment of a One-Year Retention Period for Patent-Related Papers That Have Been
Scanned Into the Image File Wrapper System or the Supplemental Complex Repository for
Examiners
381 2756 Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Contingency Option
382 2760 New Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration Regulations in EFS-Web and
Private PAIR
383 2762 Electronic Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted in Application, Patent and
Reexamination Proceeding Matters
384 2764 Electronic Office Action
385 2770 Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
386 2771 Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
387 2773 Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence
388 2786 USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References with Office Actions and
Cease Supplying Paper Copies
389 2791 Electronic Processing of Information Disclosure Statements
390 2792 Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt Adding Indication Regarding Request to Retrieve
Priority Information
391 2793 Retirement of Electronic Filing System - Application Body Extensible Markup Language (EFS-
ABX) and Electronic Packaging and Validation Engine (ePAVE) Components
392 2795 USPTO Simplifies Electronic Filing System
393 2796 Legal Framework for Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)
394 2820 Customer Number Bar Code Labels and Papers with Shaded Portions will No Longer be
Permitted in Correspondence for Patent Applications
395 2822 Changes to Implement Electronic Maintenance of Office Patent Application Records
396 2859 Electronic Submission of Information Disclosure Statements
397 2862 Electronic Filing System Available to the Public
398 2866 Treatment of Unlocatable Patent Application and Patent Files
399 2878 Terminal Disclaimers Required to Overcome Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejections in
Utility and Plant Applications Filed on or After June 8, 1995
400 2880 Handling of Status Inquiries
401 2881 Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program
402 2888 Disclosure Document Program
403 2890 Interpretation of 37 CFR §§ 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3)
404 2893 Legal Processes
405 2902 Interpretation of Registration of Agents and Representative for Director of Enrollment and
Discipline in Disciplinary Proceedings
406 2904 Service of Process; Testimony by Employees and the Production of Documents in Legal
Proceedings
407 2905 Cross-Appeals in Patent and Trademark Office Disciplinary Proceedings
408 2907 Duty of Disclosure
409 2935 Responsibilities of Practitioners Representing Clients in Proceedings Before The Patent and
Trademark Office
410 2938 Practitioner's Responsibilities to Avoid Prejudice to the Rights of a Client/Patent Applicant
411 2939 USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited WO Document References in International
Applications
412 2940 Agreement Between The United States Patent and Trademark Office and The Federal Service for
Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (ROSPATENT) Concerning Action of ROSPATENT
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
413 2942 The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia to Act as
International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for
International Applications Received by The United States Patent and Trademark Office
414 2943 Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities With Respect to Applications
Filed in the USPTO
415 2944 Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents to the International Bureau
416 2945 USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited U.S. Patent References in International
Applications
417 2946 Sequence Lisitings and Tables Related Thereto in International Applications Filed in the United
States Receiving Office
418 2948 Australian Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining
Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO
419 2949 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
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Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for
Certain Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
420 2953 Korean Intellectual Property Office to Act as International Searching Authority and International
Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO
421 2954 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
422 2956 Search and Examination of International Applications Filed Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
423 2957 Notice Concerning European Patent Office Competence to Act as a Patent Cooperation Authority
424 2968 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Update
425 2969 Clarification of Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
426 2970 Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
427 2974 Notices Regarding Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1)
428 2975 Revision of the Time Limit for National Stage Commencement in the United States for Patent
Cooperation Treaty Applications
429 2985 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure; Correction
430 2987 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
431 2989 Announcement of Certain Amendments to the Regulations Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
(PCT)
432 3015 Announcement on the Starting Date of Operations under the Eurasian Patent Convention
433 3017 Pre-Grant Publication Helpful Hint: File Continuation or Divisional Application with a New
Specification and Copy of Oath or Declaration from Prior Application
434 3018 Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications
435 3022 Status of Office of Public Records Services
436 3024 New Product Available from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
437 3025 GLOBALPat and USAMark CD-ROM Products Now Available
438 3026 Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents Removed From the Examiners' Search Rooms
439 3028 Notification Regarding Voice Response System For Patent Maintenance Fees
440 3029 Iraqi Sanctions Regulations
441 3030 Changes in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office Notices and Changes in Display
of Patent and Trademark Offices Notices Electronic Official Gazette
442 3032 Notice of Publication of a 2002 Annual Index to the Electronic Official Gazette of the Patent and
Trademark Office-Patents (eOG:P)
443 3033 Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office - Patents
444 3035 Most Publicly Available Provisional Applications Can Now Be Viewed Over the Internet
445 3036 Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on the Web System on the
United States Patent and Trademark Office Web Site
446 3038 Financial Services Available Over the Internet
447 3039 Posting a List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) Notices on the PTO Web Site
448 3040 Interim Internet Usage Policy
449 3044 Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
450 3068 Updated Lists of Exceptions to the Centralized Delivery and Facsimile Transmission Policy for
Patent Related Correspondence
451 3074 Update of Facsimile Submissions of Assignment Documents to the USPTO
452 3077 Facsimile Submission of Assignment Documents is Now Available to PTO Customers
INDEX
A
Abandonment:
Express .............................................................................. 312
Revival .............................................................................. 313,315
Withdrawing the Holding .............................................................. 311,315
Accelerated Examination ................................................................... 317
Access:
Application Files in Trilateral Offices .............................................. 163,166-170
Patent Applications .................................................................. 321,364
U.S. Patent References, electronic ................................................... 388
Address:
Fee .................................................................................. 106
For Customer Window .................................................................. 3,4
For Service of Process ............................................................... 404,406
Office mailing ....................................................................... 1-10
Adjustment:
Of Patent Term ....................................................................... 328-336
Advance Notice:
Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page ....................................... 129
Allowance, Papers:
Revision of Notice ................................................................... 321,322
Submitted After ...................................................................... 313,319
Amendments:
Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant .................................................. 333
After Allowance ...................................................................... 342,343
In Patent Application Publications ................................................... 318
Non-Entry if Canceling All Claims .................................................... 357
Patent Application Publication May Now Include ....................................... 318
Patent Law Foreign Filing ............................................................ 358
Preliminary, Revised Format .......................................................... 353
America Invents Act, Leahy-Smith........................................................... 90,271,299-305
American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 ................................................. 283,287
Amino Acid Disclosures .................................................................... 154-158
Animals, Patentability .................................................................... 137
Appeals:
Clarification of Date of Decision under 37 CFR 1.304 ................................. 367
Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program ............................................ 370-371
Public Attendance at Hearings ........................................................ 372
Rules of Practice .................................................................... 372-374
Revised Docketing Procedures ......................................................... 375
Signatures No Longer Provided ........................................................ 369
Treatment of Claims Not Being Appealed ............................................... 366
Waiver of Appeal Forwarding Fee ...................................................... 86
Applicant Aid for Biotechnology ........................................................... 158
Application:
Amendments Canceling All Claims ...................................................... 357
Duplicate Filings ................................................................... 57
Filing Date, Change in Procedure Relating to ......................................... 133
Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings.......................................... 8
Paper Size/Margin Requirements ....................................................... 130
Receipt Acknowledgment ............................................................... 6,7,9
Application Data Sheet .................................................................... 364
Assignments:
Availability on the Web .............................................................. 445
Facsimile Submission ................................................................. 449-452
Indexing ............................................................................. 79
Issuance of the Patent to an Assignee ................................................ 78
Recording Foreclosures ............................................................... 81
Revision of Practice ................................................................. 80
Taking Action in a Patent Matter ..................................................... 77
Attestation of Signature of Director, Discontinuance of ................................... 347
Authorization, Deposit Accounts ........................................................... 112
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B
Batch Update Practice, Elimination of ..................................................... 77
Benefit claims, timing of ................................................................. 321
Bibliographic Information on Patents and Published Applications ........................... 337
Biological Deposit ........................................................................ 155
Biotechnology:
Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Apps. ..................................... 154
Computer Readable Form Sequence Listing .............................................. 156-158
EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority ............................................. 423,425-426
Sequence Listing and/or Amino Acid Disclosures ....................................... 154-157,417
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences:
Availability of Interference Files ................................................... 379
Contact for Suggesting Interferences ................................................. 377
New Interference Search Procedure .................................................... 376
Publication of Opinions............................................................... 379
Revised Docketing Procedures ......................................................... 375
Simplification of Interference Requirements .......................................... 378
Business Method Search Criteria ........................................................... 295
Business Size Standard for Regulatory Flexibility Analysis................................. 69
C
Catastrophic:
Events in Japan, Relief Available ......................................................... 39
Flooding in Thailand ...................................................................... 37
CD-Rom, GLOBALPat & USAMark ............................................................... 437
Centralized Delivery, Facsimile ........................................................... 349
Certain Extraordinary Situations .......................................................... 71
Certificate of Correction:
Discontinuation of Attestation of Director's Signature ............................... 347
Electronic Publication on USPTO Web Site ............................................. 350
Expedited Issuance ................................................................... 348
To Perfect Claim for Priority under 35 USC 119 ....................................... 349
Certificate of Mailing:
Duplicate Papers in view of Mail Delays .............................................. 57
Treatment of Returned Correspondence ................................................. 9
Certification Requirements Regarding Export Administration Regulations .................... 382
Change in Publication Format of Official Gazette .......................................... 441
Changes to:
Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program ............................................ 401
Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence ................................ 387
Implement Electronic Maintenance of Patent Records ................................... 395
Implement First Inventor to File ..................................................... 299,300
Implement Micro Entity Status ........................................................ 88
Implement the Patent Business Goals .................................................. 362-364
Implement the Patent Law Treaty....................................................... 306
Patent Practice and Procedure ........................................................ 347
Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card ................................................ 108
Practice for Documents Submitted ..................................................... 449
Practice of Handling Applications Without Fees ....................................... 99
Provisional Application .............................................................. 351,352
Representation of Others ............................................................. 75,76
Support Implementation of 21st Century Strategic Plan ................................ 361
Cited U.S. Patents, Electronic Access ..................................................... 389
Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application ......................................... 171,172,321
Claims, Non-Entry of Amendments Canceling All Claims ...................................... 357
Clarification of:
37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) .................................................................. 334
Application Revival Procedures ....................................................... 313
Date of Decision under 37 CFR 1.304 .................................................. 367
Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All Patent Claims................................ 144
Effective Date Provision in the Final Rule for Ex Parte Appeals ...................... 367
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Filing Date Requirements of Reexam Proceedings........................................ 144
Interpretation of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ....................................... 319
Notice Concerning EPO Competence ..................................................... 425
Reissue Error in View of In re Tanaka ................................................ 273
Substantial New Question in Ex Parte Reexam .......................................... 143
Client/Patent Applicant ................................................................... 409,410
Closing of PTO ............................................................................ 12-33
Color Drawings/Photographs ................................................................ 364
Computer-Implemented Inventions .......................................................... 295-296
Computer Readable Form Sequence Listings................................................... 156,158
Conduct on PTO Premises ................................................................... 72
Confidential Information, Proper Filing ................................................... 126
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005, Implementation Changes............................ 95,103
Continuing Applications, Amendment or Petitions ........................................... 345
Continued Prosecution Application Practice ................................................ 359-360
Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004
........................................................................................... 279
Copies of:
Records Provided in Electronic and Paper Form ........................................ 82
U.S. Patent References No Longer Supplied in Paper ................................... 359,360
Correction of Inventorship ................................................................ 303,364
Correspondence:
Fee Address ......................................................................... 106
First Class Mail ..................................................................... 9
Post Card Receipts ................................................................... 5-7
CPI Adjustment for Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013 ....................................... 87
CREATE Act ................................................................................ 280
Credit Card Fee Payment ................................................................... 102,107-108
Cross-Appeals in Disciplinary Proceedings ................................................. 407
Customer Numbers:
Bar Code Labels No Longer Permitted .................................................. 394
Extension of Payor Number Practice ................................................... 105
For Fee Address ...................................................................... 106
Customer Service Window ................................................................... 3-4,11,19
D
Declarations:
37 CFR 1.63 .......................................................................... 134,135
37 CFR 1.131 ......................................................................... 131
Copy from Prior Application .......................................................... 433
Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in ............................................. 134
Enhancement of Form .................................................................. 166
Deposit Accounts:
Authorizations ....................................................................... 112
Charge of Refused Payment Where Authorized ........................................... 96
General Authorizations ............................................................... 112
Mailing of Monthly Statements ........................................................ 94
Replenishing ......................................................................... 4,102
Deposit of Biological Material ............................................................ 155
Depository Library ........................................................................ 276
Design Application with Computer Generated Icons .......................................... 297
DH Technology, Fee Deficiency ............................................................. 82
Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive ................................................... 316
Disclosure Document Program ............................................................... 401-403
Disciplinary Proceedings .................................................................. 403-407
Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director .................................... 347
Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents from Search Rooms................................. 438
Disqualification of Prior Art ............................................................. 280,399
Document Production ....................................................................... 407
Documents Required by Office of Patent Publications........................................ 339
Double Patenting Rejections ............................................................... 334,399
Drawings:
Black Ink ............................................................................ 356,364
Color ................................................................................ 364
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Corrected Drawings Submitted with Issue Fee via Facsimile............................. 341
Patent Application Publications and Patents .......................................... 322,324
Proposed Change to Standards ......................................................... 365
Review of Patent Application Publications and Patents................................. 356
Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required ............................. 96
Duplicate Papers and Applications in view of Mail Delays .................................. 57
Duty of Disclosure ........................................................................ 134,408
E
e-Office Action ........................................................................... 384-386
Electronic:
Access to Cited US Patent References ................................................. 388
Availability of the Official Gazette ................................................. 441-443
Delivery of Search Results from USPTO to EPO ......................................... 162
Exchange of Priority Documents ....................................................... 162-170
Filing of Patent Correspondence ...................................................... 387
Filing System:
Availability of ................................................................... 397
Certification Requirements Regarding Export Administration Regulations............. 382
Legal Framework for ............................................................... 393
Simplification of ................................................................. 392
Information Disclosure Statements .................................................... 389
Maintenance of Records ............................................................... 356
Publication of Certificates of Correction ............................................ 350
Retirement of EFS-ABX ................................................................ 391
Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted................................. 383
Elimination of:
Batch Update ......................................................................... 77
Continued Prosecution Applications Practice .......................................... 320
Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Account ............................. 102
Emergency, U.S. Postal Service ............................................................ 35-65
Emergency Closure of Customer Service Window .............................................. 11,21
Employee Testimony ........................................................................ 406
Examination Guidelines, First-Inventor-to-File ............................................ 301
Examination of Patent Applications:
35 USC 102(d) ....................................................................... 159
35 USC 102(e) ........................................................................ 282
35 USC 103 in view of KSR ............................................................ 281,282
35 USC 103(b) ........................................................................ 290
35 USC 103(c), Common Ownership ...................................................... 286,287
35 USC 112, Means Plus Function ...................................................... 291
35 USC 112, Written Description ...................................................... 275,284
Instructions for Evaluating Subject Matter Eligibility ............................... 279
Nucleotide Sequences ................................................................. 289
Species of Chemical Compositions ..................................................... 288
Supplementary Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. 112 Compliance ................................ 275
Utility Guidelines ................................................................... 285
Examiners' Search Rooms, Disposal of Paper Copies ......................................... 438
Ex parte Reexamination Proceedings:
Clarification of Filing Date Requirements ............................................ 146
Electronic Signature and Initials by Officer Personnel Permitted in................... 383
Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke US Patents ......................................... 152
Office Discretion to Reexamine Fewer than All Patent Claims........................... 144
Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Art.............................................. 148
Explanation of 37 CFR 1.703(f) ............................................................ 332
Export Administration Regulations ......................................................... 382
Express Mail .............................................................................. 43-51,55-56,58-68
Extraordinary Situation, Relief ........................................................... 71
F
Facilities Use Regulations ................................................................ 72
Facsimile Submission:
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Assignment Documents ................................................................. 445
Centralized Delivery and Requirements ................................................ 450
Federal Holidays, 1996 .................................................................... 35
Fee:
Address .............................................................................. 106
Appeal Forwarding Fee, Waiver of ..................................................... 86
Application Size Fee ................................................................. 103
Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 .............................................. 110
Deficiency under 37 CFR 1.28 ......................................................... 83
Duplicate Forms No Longer Required ................................................... 92
Examination Fee ...................................................................... 102
Maintenance Fee Statements ........................................................... 104
Micro Entity Status .................................................................. 88
Payment by Credit Card ............................................................... 101,108
Payment of Maintenance Fees by E-Mail, Pilot Program.................................. 84
Payment of Maintenance Fees Over the Internet ........................................ 107
Replenishing Deposit Accounts ........................................................ 2,102
Search Fee, Search Fee Refund ........................................................ 95,103
Unpaid Checks ........................................................................ 111
Fees Information .......................................................................... 84-112
File Contents Available on CD ............................................................. 82
Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a), Untimely ....................................... 316
Filing of Confidential Information, Reminder .............................................. 126
Filing Papers After Notice of Allowance ................................................... 340
Financial Services Over the Internet ...................................................... 446
First Action Interview Pilot Program ...................................................... 116-120
First Class Mail, Returned ................................................................ 9
First-Inventor-to-File:
Changes to Implement ................................................................. 299-300
Examination Guidelines for Implementing .............................................. 301
Foreclosures, Recordability ............................................................... 81
Foreign Filing License, Scope of .......................................................... 115
Forms, Duplicate Copy for Fee Processing No Longer Required ............................... 92
Freedom of Information and Privacy ........................................................ 70
G
GLOBALPat & USAMark CD-Rom ................................................................ 437
Guidelines:
Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication ...................................... 323-324
Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals ........................................... 362-364
Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment .......................................... 336,352
Changes in Patent Practice ........................................................... 331
Claims Directed to Species of
Chemical Compositions ................................................................ 288
Computer-Implemented Inventions ...................................................... 295,296
Continued Prosecution Practice ....................................................... 359,360
Design Application for Computer-Generated Icons ...................................... 297
Determining Compliance with 35 U.S.C. 112 ............................................ 275
Evidence of Common Ownership ......................................................... 286
Examination Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. 102(e) .......................................... 283
Examination of Patent Applications under 35 USC 112, paragraph 1
........................................................................................... 284
Implementation of Change to 35 USC 102(g) & 103(c) ................................... 283
Means or Step Plus Function Limitation under 35 USC 112, 6th
paragraph.................................................................................. 284
Product and Process Claims in light of In re Ochiai .................................. 283
Utility Examination .................................................................. 279-291
Written Description Requirement ...................................................... 284
H
Handling of Status Inquiries .............................................................. 400
Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications ................................ 434
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Holidays, 1996 ............................................................................ 35
Hurricane Sandy, Relief Available ......................................................... 38
I
Icons ..................................................................................... 297
In re Tanaka, Clarification of Reissue Error in View of ................................... 274
Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights Certificates ................... 159
Indexing Assignments ...................................................................... 79
India, Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in ................ 168
Information Disclosure Statements:
Electronic Processing ................................................................ 389
Filed Electronically ................................................................. 396
May Be Filed Without Copies .......................................................... 127
Quick Path (QPIDS) Pilot Program ..................................................... 307
Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings:
Changes to Implement ................................................................. 147
Filing Date Requirements ............................................................. 146
Revised Guidelines ................................................................ 145
Revision of Standard for Granting .................................................... 139
Rules to Implement ................................................................... 139
Delay in Effective Date ........................................................... 150
Effective Date of Final Rule ...................................................... 151
Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in...................................... 142
Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests ................................................. 152
Interference:
Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting ........................................... 377
New Search Procedure ................................................................. 376
Proceedings ......................................................................... 298
Publication of Opinions and Orders ................................................... 379
Rules of Practice .................................................................... 373,374
Simplification of Certain Requirements .............................................. 378
Interim Instructions for Evaluating Patent Subject Matter Eligibility ..................... 242
International Applications:
USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of U.S. Patent References....................... 416
USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of WO References................................ 411
International Standard Code for a Patent Document ....................................... 128
Internet:
Biosequence Information Filing ....................................................... 156
Credit Card Payments ................................................................. 101
Financial Services Available ......................................................... 446
Interim Usage Policy ................................................................. 448
Maintenance Fees, Payment ............................................................ 104,107
Provisional Applications, Availability ............................................... 444
Usage Policy, Interim ................................................................ 448
Interpretation of:
35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ...................................................... 319
35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A) ............................................................... 332
37 CFR 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3) ......................................................... 403
"Original Application" in the AIPA of 1999 ........................................... 287
Registration of Agents ............................................................... 405
Interruption, Postal Service .............................................................. 42-68
Invalidate Patents ........................................................................ 157
Inventor's name, Procedures ............................................................... 132
Inventor's Oath or Declaration Provisions, final rule ..................................... 303
Interview, First Action Pilot Program ..................................................... 118-120
Iraqi Sanctions Regulations ............................................................... 440
Issuance of a Patent to Assignee .......................................................... 78
Issue Fee:
Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments or Petitions After Payment of........... 345
Form ................................................................................. 335,342
Payment via Facsimile ................................................................ 341
Preauthorized Payment ................................................................ 362-364
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Japan, Relief Available for Catastrophic Events ........................................... 39
Joint Research Agreement .................................................................. 286
Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejections ............................................ 399
July 2009 Revision to PCT Procedures ...................................................... 93
K
"Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents ........................................... 128
L
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ........................................................... 84,271
Legal:
Framework for Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) ..................................... 393
Proceedings, Testimony by Employees and Production of Documents in ................... 406
Processes ............................................................................ 404
Lengthy Tables Published Differently, Notice .............................................. 124
License for Foreign Filing ................................................................ 115
Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities ........................ 414
List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) ...................................................... 447
M
Mail ...................................................................................... 1-68
Maintenance Fees:
Payment over Internet ................................................................ 107
Petitions to Accept Delayed Payment Due to Hurricane Katrina ......................... 98
Pilot Program for Payment by E-Mail................................................... 84
Statements no Longer Being Mailed for Internet Payment ............................... 104
Voice Response System ................................................................ 439
Metric equivalents ........................................................................ 136
Micro Entity Status ....................................................................... 88
Miscellaneous Patent Changes .............................................................. 331
Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions, final rule .......................................... 304
Missing Parts Pilot Program ............................................................... 308
N
National Stage Commencement of PCTs, Timing In US ......................................... 427,428
New Route Pilot Project ................................................................... 268
Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke Patents, Treatment of ................................... 152
Non-Delivery of Mail ...................................................................... 27
Nonpublication Request, Rescission Reminder ............................................... 320
Notice of Allowance:
Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on ........................... 335
Previously Mailed to Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina ............................. 52
Processing of Papers Filed After Mailing of .......................................... 340
Revision of Form ..................................................................... 342,343
Reduction of Patent Term Adjustment for Certain Papers Filed After ................... 334
Notice of Availability of Assignments on the Web System ................................... 445
Notice of Change(s):
In Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the USPTO .......................... 441,443
In Publishing Patents and Publications with Sequence Listings ........................ 154
Of Procedure for Recording Inventors' Names .......................................... 132
To Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination ................................... 114
To "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent .................................. 129
Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexams ................ 141
Notice of Elimination of Batch Update ..................................................... 77
Notice of Foreign Filing, Reminder ........................................................ 320
Notice of Publication of 2002 Annual Index of Electronic Official Gazette ................. 442
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Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt .............................................. 390
Notice of Right to Claim Priority:
Based Upon Applications filed in India ............................................... 174
Based Upon Applications filed in Thailand ............................................ 173
Notification of Voice Response System ..................................................... 439
Nucleotide Sequence ....................................................................... 154-158
O
Oath:
Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in ............................................. 134
Information necessary to Identify Specification ...................................... 132
Office of Patent Publications, Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 ..................................... 339
Office of Public Records, Status of Services .............................................. 435
Official Patent Application Records, Changes to............................................ 395
Official Closings ......................................................................... 11-34
Official Gazette is only Available Electronically ......................................... 441-443
One-Year Retention Period for Patent-Related Papers ....................................... 380
Outgoing Correspondence, Electronic Notification of ....................................... 384-386
Overpayment of $25 or Less ................................................................ 110
Oversized Postcards ....................................................................... 5
P
PALM Migration Pre-Exam Subsystem ......................................................... 73
Paper Copies of:
U.S. Patent References, USPTO to Cease Supplying ..................................... 388
Patents, Disposal of ................................................................. 438
U.S. Patent References, USPTO to Cease Supplying in IAs............................... 416
WO Documents, USPTO to Cease Supplying in IAs ........................................ 411
Papers that will part of official record (size, margins, etc.) ............................ 365
Paragraph Numbering ....................................................................... 365
Patent Business Goals ..................................................................... 361-364
Patent Cooperation Treaty:
Australian Patent Office to Act as ISA ............................................... 418,419
Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents ............................................ 415
EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority ............................................. 423,425-426
Eurasian Patent Convention ........................................................... 432
Korean IPO to Act as ISA ............................................................. 420,421
Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1) ................................... 427
USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of U.S. Patent References ...................... 388
Patent Correspondence, Electronic Filing of ............................................... 393
Patent Law Treaty, Changes to Implement ................................................... 306
Patent Practice Changes ................................................................... 331
Patent Prosecution Highway ................................................................ 176-267
Patent Term Adjustment:
Clarification of 37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) ................................................. 334
Final Rule ........................................................................... 336
Information Printed on Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due and
Patent Front Page ................................................................. 335
Notice Concerning Calculation in § 371 Applications .................................. 330
Revised Notice of Allowance ........................................................ 343
Revision of Provisions ............................................................... 325
Revision Relating to Appellate Review ................................................ 326
Revision Relating to Information Disclosure Statements ............................... 327
Payor Numbers ............................................................................. 105
Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card ..................................................... 108
Petitions:
For Accelerated Examination .......................................................... 317
Request for Alert .................................................................... 135
To Accept a Delayed Maintenance Fee Payment due to Hurricane Katrina ................. 52
To Make Special ...................................................................... 242,317
To Revive ............................................................................ 313,316
Under 37 CFR 1.181(a), untimely filed ................................................ 311
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Pilot Program:
Extended Time Period for Reply to Notice in Nonprovisional............................ 310
First Action Interview ............................................................... 118-121
New Maintenance Fee Payment by E-Mail ................................................ 84
New Route Pilot Project .............................................................. 268
Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) .................................. 307
Patent Prosecution Highway ........................................................... 176-267
Patents Ombudsman .................................................................... 307
Pre-Appeal Brief ..................................................................... 370,371
Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art ......................................... 277,291-292
"Triway" Pilot Program ............................................................... 269
Waiver of Patent Owner's Statement in Ex parte reexam ................................ 141
Plant Patents ............................................................................. 159-161
Post Card Receipt ......................................................................... 5-7
Post Office Box in Arlington, VA, Elimination of .......................................... 2
Power of Attorney Practice:
Changes to ........................................................................... 75,76
Elimination of Batch Update .......................................................... 77
Withdraw from Representation ......................................................... 74
Practitioners Before the PTO .............................................................. 409,410
Pre-Appeal Brief Conference ............................................................... 370,371
Pre-Exam Notice to; Deployment ............................................................ 73
Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties, final rule ...................................... 307
Preliminary Amendments .................................................................... 318,353,354,357
Prioritized Examination:
Changes to Implement for Requests for Continued Examination .......................... 270
Changes to Implement Track I ......................................................... 271,272
Fee .................................................................................. 91
Priority:
Claim, when made ..................................................................... 362
Electronic Exchange of Documents ..................................................... 163-170
Requirements for Claiming Under 18 Month Publication ................................. 172
Right of priority in India ........................................................... 167
Right of priority in Thailand ........................................................ 166
Using certificate of correction to perfect
35 USC 119 claim ..................................................................... 349
Procedure for Restarting Response Periods ................................................. 314
Production of Documents ................................................................... 406
Proper Procedure Pursuant to MPEP 724.02 .................................................. 126
Provisions of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv), Interpretation of ............................. 319
PTO Closings .............................................................................. 11-34
Publication of Sequences .................................................................. 154
Publications, 18-Month:
Drawings and ......................................................................... 282,290
Final Rule ........................................................................... 362-364
Helpful Hint, Pre-Grant Publication .................................................. 359
Lengthy Tables Notice ................................................................ 114
Publications May Now Include Amendments .............................................. 318
Sequence Listings .................................................................... 154
Reminder that Rescission is not Notice of Foreign Filing ............................. 250
Requirements for Benefit Claims ...................................................... 252
USPTO's Interpretation of 35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) .......................... 319
Publication of Opinions/Order Entered by the BPAI ......................................... 379
Public Information, FOIA .................................................................. 70
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Quality Requirements of 37 CFR 1.52 and 1.84(f) and (g) ................................... 130
Question of Patentability for Second of Subsequent Reexam, Substantial New ................ 143
Questions & Answers:
Facsimile of Assignment Documents .................................................... 452
Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program ......................... 307
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Receipts, Paper ........................................................................... 10
Receipts, Postcard ........................................................................ 5-7
Reexamination.............................................................................. 138-152
Refund of Overpayment ..................................................................... 110
Regulations:
Certain Amendments Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty ............................... 431
Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration ....................... 382
Iraqi Sanctions ...................................................................... 440
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Business Size Standard ................................ 69
Reissue Error, Clarification in view of In re Tanaka ...................................... 274
Relief, Extraordinary Situations .......................................................... 36-39,71
Request for Alert Concerning Submitted Petitions .......................................... 125
Request for Continued Examination:
Change to Docketing .................................................................. 114
Final Rules .......................................................................... 351
Publication Fee and .................................................................. 344
Rescission of Nonpublication Request, reminder ............................................ 330
Restarting Response Periods ............................................................... 314
Revised Procedure for:
Express Abandonments ................................................................. 312
Revival of Abandoned Applications ......................................................... 313,316
Rule Changes:
Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication Of Patent Application................. 323-324
Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals ........................................... 362-364
Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty............................................ 306
Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment
Under Twenty-Year Patent Term ........................................................ 336
Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination for Requests for Continued
Examination ....................................................................... 270
Changes to Implement 20-Year Term and Provisional Applications, Effective June 8,
1995 .............................................................................. 352
Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure ............................................. 365
Changes to Permit Payment of PTO Fees by Credit Card ................................. 108
Changes to Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit Of Biological Material
........................................................................................... 155,156
Continued Examination Practice and Changes
To Provisional Application ........................................................... 351
Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice ..................................... 360
Cross Appeals in Patent and Trademark
Disciplinary Proceedings, Effective January 16, 1996 .............................. 407
Duty of Disclosure ................................................................ 408
S
Sanctions, Iraqi .......................................................................... 440
Search Facilities in PTO:
Regulations, Violations .............................................................. 72
September 15, 2012 Deadline for Requests for inter partes reexamination ................... 138
Sequence Listings:
Applicant Aid for Submissions ........................................................ 158
Biosequence Internet Filing .......................................................... 156
Change in Publishing of Patents and Publications with ................................ 154
Examination of Applications Containing ............................................... 289
Filed in International Applications in the U.S. Receiving Office ..................... 406
Requirements for Patent Applications Containing ...................................... 158
Service of Process ....................................................................... 406
Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees ......................................................... 85
Severe Earthquakes in Italy, Relief Available ............................................. 38
Signature of:
Director, Discontinuance of Attestation on Patents ................................... 347
Office Personnel - Electronic and Initials Permitted ................................. 383
Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing BPAI Correspondence ............................. 369
Simplification of:
Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents ............................................ 169
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Electronic Filing System ............................................................. 316
Requirements of Interference Practice ................................................ 378
Statements for Maintenance Fee Payment .................................................... 104
Status Inquiries .......................................................................... 400
Statutory Invention Registrations, Publication of Lengthy Tables .......................... 124
Strategic Plan, Changes to Support Implementation ......................................... 361
Submitted Petitions, Request for Alert Concerning ......................................... 125
Sufficient Postage for Oversized Postcards ................................................ 5
Supplemental Examination Provisions, final rule ........................................... 302
Supplementary Examination Guidelines ...................................................... 275
T
Tables Published Differently .............................................................. 124
Terminal Disclaimers:
CREATE Act ........................................................................... 280
Required, Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejection .............................. 399
Thailand, Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in ............. 173
Trademark:
Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First Class Mail Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.8 and
Returned by the U.S. Postal Service ............................................... 9
Treatment of Non-Compliant Amendments ..................................................... 354
Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke Patents .................................... 152
Treatment of Unlocatable - Patent Application and Patent Files ............................ 398
"Triway" Pilot Program .................................................................... 269
Twenty-First Century Strategic Plan:
Change to Support Implementation; Final Rule ...................................... 361
U
United States Postal Service Emergency .................................................... 40-68
United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail ......................................... 27
Unlocatable Application and Patent Files .................................................. 398
Unpaid Fee Check .......................................................................... 111
Untimely Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) .................................................. 311
Upcoming Changes to Mailing of Deposit Account Statements.................................. 94
UPOV Convention ........................................................................... 160,161
U.S. Patent References, Electronic Access ................................................. 388
Use of Facilities Regulations ............................................................. 72
Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications ............................... 136
User Passes ............................................................................... 72
Utility Examination Guidelines ............................................................ 285
V
Voice Response System ..................................................................... 439
W
Waiver of:
37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by Office of Patent Pubs. ........................ 339
Appeal Forwarding Fee ................................................................ 86
Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 ..................................................... 123
Of Patent Owner's Statement in Reexam, Pilot ......................................... 141
Provisions of 37 CFR 1.8 and 1.10, Termination of .................................... 54
Website:
Electronic Availability of the Official Gazette ...................................... 441-443
Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction ................................. 350
List of Patents 37 CFR 1.607(d) ...................................................... 447
Withdrawal of Abandonments ................................................................ 311,315
"Written Description" Requirements ........................................................ 284
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