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| Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1393 O.G. 58, on August 13, 2013.
For information on subject matter under Rule 39 that a particular
International Searching Authority will not search, see Annex D of the PCT
Applicants' Guide.
European Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority
The European Patent Office (EPO) may act as the International Searching
Authority (ISA) or the International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA)
for an international application filed with the United States Receiving
Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least
one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States
of America. However, the use of the EPO is restricted. The EPO will not act
as an ISA for applications with one or more claims directed to a business
method. For the definition of what the EPO considers to be precluded
subject matter in the field of business methods, see PCT Applicants's
Guide, Annexes D(EP), E(EP) and the Official Notices (PCT Gazette) dated
May 6, 2010, page 94
(http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/official_notices/index.html). The EPO will act
as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.
The search fee of the European Patent Office was decreased, effective
January 1, 2013, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1385 O.G. 176,
on December 25, 2012.
Korean Intellectual Property Office as Searching and Examining Authority
The Korean Intellectual Property Office may act as the ISA or the IPEA for
an international application filed with the United States Receiving Office
or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of
the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of
America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1302 O.G.
1261 on January 17, 2006.
The search fee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office was increased,
effective January 1, 2013, and was announced in the Official Gazette at
1385 O.G. 176, on December 25, 2012.
Australian Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority
The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) may act as the ISA or the
IPEA for an international application filed with the United States
Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where
at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the
United States of America. The announcement appears in the Offical Gazette
at 1337 O.G. 265, on December 23, 2008. However, the use of IP Australia is
restricted. IP Australia will not act as an ISA for applications with one
or more claims directed to the fields of business methods or mechanical
engineering or analogous fields of technology as defined by specified areas
of the International Patent Classification System, as indicated in the
Official Gazette at 1337 O.G. 261 on December 23, 2008, in Annex A to the
agreement between the USPTO and IP Australia. IP Australia will act as an
IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.
The search fee of IP Australia was decreased, effective September 1,
2013, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1393 O.G. 170, on
August 27, 2013.
The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of
Russia as Searching and Examining Authority
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The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of
Russia (Rospatent) may act as the ISA or the IPEA for an international
application filed with the United States Receiving Office or the
International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the
applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of
America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1378 O.G. 162,
on May 8, 2012.
The search fee of Rospatent was increased, effective January 1, 2013,
and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1385 O.G. 176, on December 25,
2012.
Fees
The fee for filing a request for the restoration of the right of
priority was changed, effective March 19, 2013, and was announced in the
Federal Register on January 18, 2013. The transmittal fee for the USPTO
was changed to include a basic portion and a non-electronic filing fee
portion, effective November 15, 2011, and was announced in the Federal
Register on November 15, 2011. Search fees for the USPTO were changed,
effective January 12, 2009, and were announced in the Federal Register on
November 12, 2008.
International filing fees were increased, effective January 1, 2013,
and were announced in the Official Gazette at 1385 O.G. 176, on December 25,
2012.
The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of September 1, 2013, is
as follows:
International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:
Transmittal fee
Basic Portion $240.00
Non-electronic filing fee portion for international
applications (other than plant applications) filed
on or after 15 November 2011 other than by the
Office electronic filing system
- Other than a small or micro entity $400.00
- Small Entity $200.00
- Micro Entity $200.00
Search fee
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
International Searching Authority (ISA)
- Search fee $2,080.00
- Supplemental search fee, per additional
invention (payable only upon invitation) $2,080.00
European Patent Office as ISA $2,419.00
Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA $1,167.00
IP Australia as ISA $2,084.00
Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents &
Trademarks of Russia (Rospatent) as ISA $217.00
International fees
International filing fee $1,419.00
International filing fee-filed in paper
with PCT EASY zip file or
electronically without PCT EASY zip file $1,312.00
International filing fee-filed
electronically with PCT EASY zip files $1,206.00
Supplemental fee for each page over 30 $16.00
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Restoration of Priority
Filing a request for the restoration of the
right of priority under § 1.452
- Other than a small or micro entity $1420.00
- Small Entity $710.00
- Micro Entity $355.00
International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated
with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination:
Handling fee $213.00
Handling fee-90% reduction, if applicants meet criteria
specified at:
http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf $21.30
Preliminary examination fee
USPTO as International Preliminary
Examining Authority (IPEA)
- USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I $600.00
- USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I $750.00
- Additional preliminary examination fee,
per additional invention
(payable only upon invitation) $600.00
U.S. National Stage fees (for international applications entering
the U.S. national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371) can be found on the USPTO's
Web site (www.uspto.gov).
October 1, 2013 ANDREW H. HIRSHFELD
Deputy Commissioner for
Patent Examination Policy
United States Patent and Trademark Office
| Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable |
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) provides
that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge for the six-month
period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the date of issue of patents
based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980. An additional
six-month grace period is provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e)
for payment of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR
1.20(h), as amended effective Dec. 16, 1991. If the maintenance fee is
not paid in the patent requiring such payment the patent will expire on
the 4th, 8th, or 12th anniversary of the grant.
Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on February 22, 2011
for which maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months may now be paid
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:
Utility Patents 7,891,017 through 7,895,666
Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.
Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on February 20, 2007
for which maintenance fees due at 7 years and six months may now be paid
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:
Utility Patents 7,178,170 through 7,181,769
Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.
Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on February 18, 2003
for which maintenance fees due at 11 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:
Utility Patents 6,519,774 through 6,523,178
Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.
No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents.
Payments of maintenance fees in patents may be submitted electronically
over the Internet at www.uspto.gov. Click on the "Site Index" link at the
top of the homepage (www.uspto.gov), and then scroll down and click on the
"Maintenance Fees" link for more information.
Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically
over the Internet should be mailed to "United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 979070, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000".
Correspondence related to maintenance fees other than payments of
maintenance fees in patents is not to be mailed to P.O. Box 979070,
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000, but must be mailed to "Mail Stop M
Correspondence, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450".
Patent owners must establish small entity status according to 37 CFR
1.27 if they have not done so and if they wish to pay the small entity
amount.
The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years and six
months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six months are set forth
in the most recently amended provisions in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g). To obtain
the current maintenance fee amounts, please call the USPTO Contact Center
at (800)-786-9199 or see the current USPTO fee schedule posted on the USPTO
Internet web site. At the top of the USPTO homepage at www.uspto.gov, click
on the "Site Index" link and then scroll down and click on the "Fees,
USPTO" link to find the current USPTO fee schedule.
| Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee |
Notice of Expiration of Patents
Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee
35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.362(g) provide that if the required
maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge are not paid in a patent
requiring such payment, the patent will expire at the end of the 4th, 8th
or 12th anniversary of the grant of the patent depending on the first
maintenance fee which was not paid.
According to the records of the Office, the patents listed below have
expired due to failure to pay the required maintenance fee and any
applicable surcharge.
PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON January 15, 2014
DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES
Patent Application Issue
Number Number Date
6,338,165 09/575,233 01/15/02
6,338,172 09/414,248 01/15/02
6,338,175 09/752,986 01/15/02
6,338,192 09/404,363 01/15/02
6,338,193 09/774,707 01/15/02
6,338,195 09/472,026 01/15/02
6,338,197 09/274,731 01/15/02
6,338,215 09/545,380 01/15/02
6,338,222 09/430,287 01/15/02
6,338,223 09/592,631 01/15/02
6,338,232 09/454,994 01/15/02
6,338,237 09/547,688 01/15/02
6,338,239 09/388,375 01/15/02
6,338,254 09/728,656 01/15/02
6,338,259 08/929,471 01/15/02
6,338,264 09/625,959 01/15/02
6,338,265 09/522,028 01/15/02
6,338,274 09/316,723 01/15/02
6,338,282 09/426,796 01/15/02
6,338,286 09/446,624 01/15/02
6,338,287 09/639,087 01/15/02
6,338,291 09/506,462 01/15/02
6,338,294 09/551,095 01/15/02
6,338,297 09/578,710 01/15/02
6,338,298 09/767,042 01/15/02
6,338,303 09/427,975 01/15/02
6,338,309 09/354,281 01/15/02
6,338,321 09/743,751 01/15/02
6,338,324 09/671,484 01/15/02
6,338,331 09/493,602 01/15/02
6,338,334 09/536,995 01/15/02
6,338,343 09/566,652 01/15/02
6,338,365 09/630,811 01/15/02
6,338,374 09/554,554 01/15/02
6,338,378 09/673,464 01/15/02
6,338,381 09/620,954 01/15/02
6,338,384 09/555,898 01/15/02
6,338,386 09/568,726 01/15/02
6,338,387 09/437,871 01/15/02
6,338,389 09/800,728 01/15/02
6,338,393 09/607,555 01/15/02
6,338,397 09/609,377 01/15/02
6,338,398 09/592,444 01/15/02
6,338,400 09/692,234 01/15/02
6,338,403 09/544,964 01/15/02
6,338,415 09/685,353 01/15/02
6,338,418 09/757,497 01/15/02
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6,338,422 09/685,133 01/15/02
6,338,423 09/581,442 01/15/02
6,338,428 09/672,390 01/15/02
6,338,436 08/422,770 01/15/02
6,338,440 09/507,069 01/15/02
6,338,441 09/601,341 01/15/02
6,338,445 09/679,790 01/15/02
6,338,450 09/566,351 01/15/02
6,338,451 09/180,425 01/15/02
6,338,460 09/476,491 01/15/02
6,338,462 09/353,398 01/15/02
6,338,466 09/445,606 01/15/02
6,338,474 09/500,786 01/15/02
6,338,484 09/619,635 01/15/02
6,338,488 09/284,071 01/15/02
6,338,498 09/697,000 01/15/02
6,338,500 09/490,146 01/15/02
6,338,503 09/263,458 01/15/02
6,338,505 09/486,187 01/15/02
6,338,508 09/526,111 01/15/02
6,338,510 09/657,910 01/15/02
6,338,516 09/257,175 01/15/02
6,338,518 09/514,672 01/15/02
6,338,522 09/541,112 01/15/02
6,338,525 09/576,854 01/15/02
6,338,529 09/366,554 01/15/02
6,338,530 09/608,325 01/15/02
6,338,531 09/456,630 01/15/02
6,338,533 09/418,578 01/15/02
6,338,536 09/537,753 01/15/02
6,338,542 09/679,866 01/15/02
6,338,546 09/353,615 01/15/02
6,338,547 09/113,083 01/15/02
6,338,548 09/575,140 01/15/02
6,338,549 09/254,010 01/15/02
6,338,553 09/571,038 01/15/02
6,338,554 09/667,632 01/15/02
6,338,561 09/380,964 01/15/02
6,338,566 09/559,479 01/15/02
6,338,572 09/207,091 01/15/02
6,338,588 09/520,138 01/15/02
6,338,590 09/366,786 01/15/02
6,338,596 09/492,748 01/15/02
6,338,600 09/440,231 01/15/02
6,338,602 09/614,985 01/15/02
6,338,604 09/559,072 01/15/02
6,338,620 09/433,960 01/15/02
6,338,628 09/504,406 01/15/02
6,338,629 09/372,463 01/15/02
6,338,631 09/272,101 01/15/02
6,338,635 09/629,647 01/15/02
6,338,636 09/756,310 01/15/02
6,338,640 09/954,358 01/15/02
6,338,648 09/558,544 01/15/02
6,338,652 09/611,233 01/15/02
6,338,662 09/626,599 01/15/02
6,338,663 09/079,138 01/15/02
6,338,670 09/527,804 01/15/02
6,338,684 09/418,003 01/15/02
6,338,686 09/569,634 01/15/02
6,338,689 09/595,679 01/15/02
6,338,693 09/482,363 01/15/02
6,338,697 09/463,408 01/15/02
6,338,706 09/538,903 01/15/02
6,338,707 09/423,292 01/15/02
6,338,711 09/309,889 01/15/02
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6,338,714 09/550,223 01/15/02
6,338,726 08/795,656 01/15/02
6,338,729 09/418,412 01/15/02
6,338,732 09/512,623 01/15/02
6,338,735 08/615,481 01/15/02
6,338,737 09/846,362 01/15/02
6,338,741 09/494,762 01/15/02
6,338,742 09/308,741 01/15/02
6,338,743 09/403,098 01/15/02
6,338,748 09/490,624 01/15/02
6,338,764 09/301,458 01/15/02
6,338,769 09/209,682 01/15/02
6,338,774 09/193,119 01/15/02
6,338,784 09/030,943 01/15/02
6,338,804 09/370,481 01/15/02
6,338,811 09/874,544 01/15/02
6,338,818 09/758,901 01/15/02
6,338,822 09/485,995 01/15/02
6,338,823 09/292,315 01/15/02
6,338,830 09/282,966 01/15/02
6,338,839 09/371,531 01/15/02
6,338,850 08/617,874 01/15/02
6,338,851 09/570,367 01/15/02
6,338,853 08/865,112 01/15/02
6,338,873 09/610,822 01/15/02
6,338,874 08/572,385 01/15/02
6,338,877 09/520,616 01/15/02
6,338,878 09/706,705 01/15/02
6,338,880 09/148,373 01/15/02
6,338,889 09/531,758 01/15/02
6,338,896 09/280,004 01/15/02
6,338,911 09/429,082 01/15/02
6,338,913 09/624,070 01/15/02
6,338,917 09/201,843 01/15/02
6,338,922 09/566,885 01/15/02
6,338,924 09/598,452 01/15/02
6,338,927 09/648,078 01/15/02
6,338,928 09/651,257 01/15/02
6,338,933 09/338,959 01/15/02
6,338,937 09/454,208 01/15/02
6,338,938 09/490,934 01/15/02
6,338,945 08/989,195 01/15/02
6,338,948 09/583,169 01/15/02
6,338,949 08/956,653 01/15/02
6,338,950 08/973,544 01/15/02
6,338,952 08/336,251 01/15/02
6,338,954 09/623,054 01/15/02
6,338,959 09/514,302 01/15/02
6,338,968 09/365,578 01/15/02
6,338,970 09/440,168 01/15/02
6,338,975 09/257,248 01/15/02
6,338,978 09/637,786 01/15/02
6,338,990 09/177,050 01/15/02
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6,338,995 09/368,210 01/15/02
6,339,001 09/595,817 01/15/02
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6,339,011 09/799,856 01/15/02
6,339,020 09/567,513 01/15/02
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6,339,124 09/592,418 01/15/02
6,339,125 09/699,821 01/15/02
6,339,126 09/375,014 01/15/02
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6,339,331 09/534,511 01/15/02
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6,339,355 09/461,381 01/15/02
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6,339,592 08/962,356 01/15/02
6,339,623 09/081,352 01/15/02
6,339,632 09/470,770 01/15/02
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7,646,947 11/850,672 01/12/10
7,646,973 11/262,696 01/12/10
7,646,975 10/551,165 01/12/10
7,646,982 11/320,426 01/12/10
7,646,985 11/704,968 01/12/10
7,646,993 10/583,656 01/12/10
7,646,998 11/775,353 01/12/10
7,647,020 11/308,017 01/12/10
7,647,021 09/923,506 01/12/10
7,647,028 11/100,172 01/12/10
7,647,029 11/659,384 01/12/10
7,647,033 11/626,585 01/12/10
7,647,034 11/513,267 01/12/10
7,647,047 11/963,160 01/12/10
7,647,072 10/564,995 01/12/10
7,647,079 11/411,653 01/12/10
7,647,080 11/231,517 01/12/10
7,647,081 11/436,203 01/12/10
7,647,085 11/151,389 01/12/10
7,647,093 10/568,868 01/12/10
7,647,099 10/422,288 01/12/10
7,647,100 10/890,297 01/12/10
7,647,122 11/189,490 01/12/10
7,647,168 10/575,083 01/12/10
7,647,181 11/203,679 01/12/10
7,647,188 10/942,538 01/12/10
7,647,204 11/562,491 01/12/10
7,647,214 11/318,171 01/12/10
7,647,215 11/608,737 01/12/10
7,647,218 11/585,454 01/12/10
7,647,244 09/888,345 01/12/10
7,647,245 10/365,365 01/12/10
7,647,281 10/782,687 01/12/10
7,647,293 10/864,463 01/12/10
7,647,296 11/376,937 01/12/10
7,647,313 11/837,741 01/12/10
7,647,324 11/497,854 01/12/10
7,647,328 10/962,178 01/12/10
7,647,333 11/766,269 01/12/10
7,647,334 12/180,492 01/12/10
7,647,335 11/216,243 01/12/10
7,647,341 10/423,639 01/12/10
7,647,351 11/521,072 01/12/10
7,647,352 11/545,969 01/12/10
7,647,357 10/987,570 01/12/10
7,647,378 10/715,313 01/12/10
7,647,383 10/799,825 01/12/10
7,647,390 10/242,402 01/12/10
7,647,391 09/946,398 01/12/10
7,647,400 11/567,902 01/12/10
7,647,401 12/250,564 01/12/10
7,647,405 11/348,046 01/12/10
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7,647,412 10/946,542 01/12/10
7,647,420 11/366,933 01/12/10
7,647,435 11/761,154 01/12/10
7,647,437 12/028,905 01/12/10
7,647,447 10/496,920 01/12/10
7,647,456 11/293,608 01/12/10
7,647,469 11/187,506 01/12/10
7,647,470 11/207,340 01/12/10
7,647,500 11/303,704 01/12/10
7,647,528 11/696,047 01/12/10
7,647,531 12/141,743 01/12/10
7,647,542 12/183,677 01/12/10
7,647,549 10/281,151 01/12/10
7,647,552 10/363,431 01/12/10
7,647,560 10/886,533 01/12/10
7,647,563 11/773,728 01/12/10
7,647,565 11/059,722 01/12/10
7,647,568 11/779,968 01/12/10
7,647,577 11/140,194 01/12/10
7,647,579 10/814,925 01/12/10
7,647,581 10/881,969 01/12/10
7,647,584 09/772,650 01/12/10
7,647,588 10/824,809 01/12/10
7,647,601 11/080,674 01/12/10
7,647,603 11/667,812 01/12/10
7,647,613 11/186,572 01/12/10
7,647,626 11/008,507 01/12/10
7,647,628 10/796,372 01/12/10
7,647,630 11/304,971 01/12/10
7,647,640 11/876,640 01/12/10
| Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 02/03/2014 |
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
Late Maintenance Fee from 02/03/2014
Patent Application Filing Issue Granted
Number Number Date Date Date
6,046,991 08/835,420 04/09/1997 04/04/2000 02/03/2014
6,053,823 09/118,302 07/17/1998 04/25/2000 02/03/2014
6,183,711 08/579,121 12/27/1995 02/06/2001 02/05/2014
6,218,343 08/962,209 10/31/1997 04/17/2001 02/03/2014
6,237,651 09/462,473 01/14/2000 05/29/2001 02/03/2014
6,312,527 09/436,613 11/09/1999 11/06/2001 02/06/2014
6,314,404 09/250,942 02/18/1999 11/06/2001 02/07/2014
6,322,971 09/164,249 09/30/1998 11/27/2001 02/06/2014
6,326,718 09/586,304 06/02/2000 12/04/2001 02/07/2014
6,331,700 09/712,244 11/15/2000 12/18/2001 02/07/2014
6,745,127 10/327,530 12/21/2002 06/01/2004 02/05/2014
6,772,598 10/427,456 05/01/2003 08/10/2004 02/04/2014
6,793,224 09/801,536 03/08/2001 09/21/2004 02/07/2014
6,802,789 10/099,445 03/14/2002 10/12/2004 02/03/2014
6,925,721 10/656,703 09/06/2003 08/09/2005 02/06/2014
6,927,194 10/211,958 08/01/2002 08/09/2005 02/03/2014
6,932,158 10/211,959 08/01/2002 08/23/2005 02/03/2014
6,939,833 10/211,938 08/01/2002 09/06/2005 02/03/2014
6,942,887 10/043,873 01/10/2002 09/13/2005 02/03/2014
6,958,707 10/337,690 01/06/2003 10/25/2005 02/04/2014
6,968,053 10/167,740 06/12/2002 11/22/2005 02/05/2014
6,978,253 09/342,866 06/29/1999 12/20/2005 02/05/2014
7,413,200 11/327,729 01/09/2006 08/19/2008 02/06/2014
7,421,144 11/084,329 03/16/2005 09/02/2008 02/07/2014
7,437,309 10/079,024 02/20/2002 10/14/2008 02/05/2014
7,484,859 11/624,318 01/18/2007 02/03/2009 02/05/2014
7,486,892 11/197,005 08/04/2005 02/03/2009 02/03/2014
7,578,511 11/415,378 05/02/2006 08/25/2009 02/03/2014
7,599,736 10/198,871 07/19/2002 10/06/2009 02/04/2014
7,606,938 10/377,181 02/28/2003 10/20/2009 02/03/2014
7,621,170 11/870,091 10/10/2007 11/24/2009 02/06/2014
7,632,738 12/345,503 12/29/2008 12/15/2009 02/06/2014
7,637,298 12/036,121 02/22/2008 12/29/2009 02/05/2014
7,641,345 11/726,978 03/23/2007 01/05/2010 02/06/2014
7,648,373 12/104,777 04/17/2008 01/19/2010 02/06/2014
7,657,422 10/542,456 07/14/2005 02/02/2010 02/05/2014
RE. 39,336 10/288,029 11/05/2002 10/10/2006 02/03/2014
| Reissue Applications Filed |
Reissue Applications Filed
Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(b). The reissue applications listed below
are open to public inspection by the general public through the Image
File Wrapper (IFW) system (http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair)
on the USPTO internet web site (www.uspto.gov), and copies may be obtained
by paying the fee therefor (37 CFR 1.19).
6,659,460, Re. S.N. 14/094,706, Dec. 02, 2013, Cl. 273/149, CARD
SHUFFLING DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS, Ernst Blaha et. al., Owner of
Record: SHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG., Attorney or Agent: James C. Watson,
Ex. Gp.: 3711
7,466,497, Re. S.N. 14/153,566, Jan. 13, 2014, Cl. 359/715, OPTICAL
IMAGING SYSTEM, Seong-Ha Park et. al., Owner of Record: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
CO., LTD., Attorney or Agent: Brian C. Rupp, Ex. Gp.: 2872
7,466,497, Re. S.N. 14/153,710, Jan. 13, 2014, Cl. 359/715, OPTICAL
IMAGING SYSTEM, Seong-Ha Park et. al., Owner of Record: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
CO., LTD., Attorney or Agent: Brian C. Rupp, Ex. Gp.: 2872
7,879,441, Re. S.N. 14,161,994, Jan. 23, 2014, Cl. 428, ARTICLES THAT
INCLUDE A POLYMER FOAM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, Mark D. Gehlsend,
et al, Owner of Record: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN,
Attorney or Agent: Mark D. Sweet, Ex. Gp.: 1783
8,015,393, Re. S.N. 14/020,130, Sept. 06, 2013, Cl. 713/001, DATA
PROCESSING DEVICE, ENCRYPTION COMMUNICATION METHOD, KEY GENERATION METHOD,
AND COMPUTER PROGRAM, Nobuaki Fukasawa, Owner of Record: CANON KABUSHIKI
KAISHA, Attorney or Agent: Brian L. Klock, Ex. Gp.: 2436
8,092,363, Re. S.N. 14/152,810, Jan. 10, 2014, Cl. 600/016, HEART BAND
WITH FILLABLE CHAMBERS TO MODIFY HEART VALVE FUNCTION, Karl R. Leinsing et.
al., Owner of Record: MARDIL, INC., Attorney or Agent: Stephen R. Schaefer,
Ex. Gp.: 3766
8,123,086, Re. S.N. 14,163,010, Jan. 24, 2014, Cl. 222, REUSABLE BOTTLE
STOPPER, James E. Haley, Oak Brook, IL, Owner of Record: Vinum Corporation,
Attorney or Agent: James D. Ryndak, Ex. Gp.: 3754
8,134,965, Re. S.N. 14/152,844, Jan. 10, 2014, Cl. 370/329, METHOD FOR
TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA WITH SUPERFRAME STRUCTURE, Wook Bong Lee
et. al., Owner of Record: LG ELECTRONICS INC., Attorney or Agent: Harry S.
Lee, Ex. Gp.: 2464
8,292,850, Re. S.N. 14/070,161, Nov. 01, 2013, Cl. 604/355, COAXIAL
GUIDE CATHETER FOR INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES, Howard Root et.
al., Owner of Record: VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC., Attorney or Agent:
Paul C. Onderick, Ex. Gp.: 3767
8,430,488, Re. S.N. 14/060,614, Dec. 23, 2013, Cl. 347/086, AUTOMATIC
VACUUM INK CONTAINER AND ITS INK SUPPLY DEVICE AND VACUUM PISTON DEVICE,
Ciyuan Tan, Owner of Record: CIYUAN TAN and NORTH AMERICA WALES GROUP
INTERNATIONAL LTD., Attorney or Agent: Inventor, Ex. Gp.: 2861
8,594,631, Re. S.N. 14/165,036, Jan. 27, 2014, Cl. 455/411, METHOD AND
APPARATUS FOR NETWORK ACCESS, Jussi Lemilainen et. al., Owner of Record:
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Attorney or Agent: Christopher TL Douglas,
Ex. Gp.: 2646
| Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed |
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
5,255,309, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,094, Requested Date: Dec. 12, 2013,
Cl. 379/088, Title: TELEPHONIC-INTERFACE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM,
Inventor: Ronald A. Katz, Owners of Record: Ronald A. Katz Technology
Licensing, LP., Beverly Hills, CA, Attorney or Agent: Cooley, LLP.,
Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: John L. Capone, Duff7 & Sweeney,
LTD., Providence, RI
5,842,224, Reexam. C.N. 90/020,064, Requested Date: Dec. 17, 2013,
Cl. 711/202, Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOURCE FILTERING DATA POCKETS
BETWEEN NETWORKS OF DIFFERING MEDIA, Inventor: Peter R. Fenner, Owners of
Record: Fenner Investments, LTD., Richardson, TX, Attorney or Agent:
Hubbard Law, PLLC., Dallas, TX, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Juniper Networks,
Inc., Nima Hafazi, Irell & Manella, LLP., Newport Beach, CA
6,158,444, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,097, Requested Date: Jan. 22, 2013,
Cl. 132/200, Title: INTERDENTAL CLEARNER AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS,
Inventor: Georg Weihrauch, Owners of Record: Interbros GMBH, Germany,
Attorney or Agent: Lichti Lempert & Lasch, Germany, Ex. Gp.: 3993,
Requester: Robert O. Fox, Luedeka Neely Group, PC., Knoxville, TN
6,397,622, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,096, Requested Date: Dec. 18, 2013,
Cl. 062/373, Title: WATER FLOW FOR AUGER TYPE POULTRY CHILLER, Inventor:
Michael E. Miller et al., Owners of Record: Cooling & Applied Technology,
Inc., Russellville, AR, Attorney or Agent: Richard Blakely Glasgow,
Little Rock, AR, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: PATENT OWNER
7,805,252, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,101, Requested Date: Dec. 20, 2013,
Cl. 702/019, Title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING AND ORDERING
POLYNUCLEOTIDES, Inventor: Claes Gustafsson et al., Owners of Record:
DNA Twopointo, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, Attorney or Agent: Morgan Lewis &
Bockius, LLP., San Francisco, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Genome Compiler
Corp., Erik Birkeneder, Nixon Peabody, LLP., Palo Alto, CA
7,815,725, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,102, Requested Date: Dec. 20, 2013,
Cl. 106/284, Title: WARM ASPHALT BINDER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING LUBRICATING
AGENTS, Inventor: Gerald H. Reinke et al., Owners of Record: ALM Holdings
Co., Onalaska, WI, Attorney or Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC., Stillwater, MN,
Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry, LLC., Patrick J.
Birde, Kenyon & Kenyon, LLP., New York, NY
7,871,404, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,100, Requested Date: Dec. 19, 2013,
Cl. 606/002, Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TREATING CONNECTIVE TISSUE,
Inventor: Annmarie Hipsley, Owners of Record: Ace Vision Euro, LTD.,
Great Britain, Attorney or Agent: One, LLP., Newport Beach, CA, Ex. Gp.:
3993, Requester: Refocus Group, Inc., William A. Munck, Docket Clerk,
Dallas, TX
7,885,635, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,099, Requested Date: Dec. 19, 2013,
Cl. 455/403, Title: MOBILE DEVICE FOR ACCESSING A COMMON DATABASE AND A
COMPUTING DEVICE, Inventor: Andrew L. Laursen et al., Owners of Record:
Unwired Planet, LLC., Reno, NV, Attorney or Agent: Sheppard Mulling Richter
& Hampton, LLP., Palo Alto, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: PATENT OWNER
8,303,685, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,095, Requested Date: Dec. 13, 2013,
Cl. 095/235, Title: REGENERATION OF ACID GAS-CONTAINING TREATMENT FLUIDS,
Inventor: Craig N. Schubert et al., Owners of Record: Dow Global
Technologies, LLC., Midland, MI, Attorney or Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC.,
Stillwater, MN, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Robert L. Epstein, New York, NY
| Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew |
Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations
Due to Failure to Renew
15 U.S.C. 1059 provides that each trademark registration may be
renewed for periods of ten years from the end of the expiring period
upon payment of the prescribed fee and the filing of an acceptable
application for renewal. This may be done at any time within one year
before the expiration of the period for which the registration was
issued or renewed, or it may be done within six months after such
expiration on payment of an additional fee.
According to the records of the Office, the trademark registrations
listed below are expired due to failure to renew in accordance with 15
U.S.C. 1059.
TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS WHICH EXPIRED
February 7, 2014
DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW
Reg. Number Serial Number Reg. Date
3,258,821 79/007,925 07/03/2007
3,258,822 79/009,864 07/03/2007
3,258,823 79/011,457 07/03/2007
3,258,824 79/011,563 07/03/2007
3,258,827 79/012,275 07/03/2007
3,258,829 79/013,338 07/03/2007
3,258,830 79/013,354 07/03/2007
3,258,831 79/013,723 07/03/2007
3,258,832 79/013,852 07/03/2007
3,258,833 79/014,063 07/03/2007
3,258,834 79/014,446 07/03/2007
3,258,835 79/014,810 07/03/2007
3,258,836 79/015,103 07/03/2007
3,258,837 79/015,216 07/03/2007
3,258,839 79/016,386 07/03/2007
3,258,841 79/016,755 07/03/2007
3,258,842 79/016,776 07/03/2007
3,258,843 79/017,052 07/03/2007
3,258,845 79/017,226 07/03/2007
3,258,846 79/017,230 07/03/2007
3,258,847 79/017,475 07/03/2007
3,258,848 79/017,547 07/03/2007
3,258,850 79/017,702 07/03/2007
3,258,853 79/018,334 07/03/2007
3,258,854 79/018,517 07/03/2007
3,258,855 79/018,526 07/03/2007
3,258,856 79/018,527 07/03/2007
3,258,857 79/018,629 07/03/2007
3,258,860 79/018,825 07/03/2007
3,258,861 79/019,174 07/03/2007
3,258,862 79/019,246 07/03/2007
3,258,863 79/019,373 07/03/2007
3,258,864 79/019,374 07/03/2007
3,258,865 79/019,376 07/03/2007
3,258,867 79/019,424 07/03/2007
3,258,870 79/019,680 07/03/2007
3,258,871 79/019,789 07/03/2007
3,258,873 79/020,299 07/03/2007
3,258,874 79/020,358 07/03/2007
3,258,875 79/020,359 07/03/2007
3,258,877 79/020,592 07/03/2007
3,258,880 79/020,923 07/03/2007
3,258,881 79/020,993 07/03/2007
3,258,882 79/021,120 07/03/2007
3,258,887 79/021,437 07/03/2007
| March 4, 2014 |
US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE |
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3,258,888 79/021,463 07/03/2007
3,258,889 79/021,502 07/03/2007
3,258,892 79/021,557 07/03/2007
3,258,896 79/021,823 07/03/2007
3,258,901 79/022,232 07/03/2007
3,258,904 79/022,526 07/03/2007
3,258,908 79/022,947 07/03/2007
3,258,909 79/022,968 07/03/2007
3,258,910 79/023,302 07/03/2007
3,258,911 79/023,379 07/03/2007
3,258,912 79/023,459 07/03/2007
3,258,913 79/023,492 07/03/2007
3,258,916 79/023,657 07/03/2007
3,258,918 79/023,699 07/03/2007
3,258,921 79/023,920 07/03/2007
3,258,922 79/023,949 07/03/2007
3,258,923 79/023,960 07/03/2007
3,258,925 79/024,060 07/03/2007
3,258,926 79/024,065 07/03/2007
3,258,927 79/024,110 07/03/2007
3,258,928 79/024,150 07/03/2007
3,258,929 79/024,157 07/03/2007
3,258,930 79/024,159 07/03/2007
3,258,931 79/024,203 07/03/2007
3,258,933 79/024,223 07/03/2007
3,258,935 79/024,430 07/03/2007
3,258,936 79/024,521 07/03/2007
3,258,937 79/024,693 07/03/2007
3,258,938 79/024,695 07/03/2007
3,258,939 79/024,737 07/03/2007
3,258,940 79/024,773 07/03/2007
3,258,942 79/024,857 07/03/2007
3,258,943 79/024,891 07/03/2007
3,258,944 79/024,892 07/03/2007
3,258,945 79/024,893 07/03/2007
3,258,953 79/025,319 07/03/2007
3,258,955 79/025,369 07/03/2007
3,258,957 79/025,622 07/03/2007
3,258,958 79/025,914 07/03/2007
3,258,961 79/026,143 07/03/2007
3,258,963 79/026,403 07/03/2007
3,258,964 79/026,432 07/03/2007
3,258,966 79/026,518 07/03/2007
3,258,967 79/026,563 07/03/2007
3,258,971 79/026,847 07/03/2007
3,258,975 79/027,687 07/03/2007
3,258,977 79/027,811 07/03/2007
3,258,978 79/027,955 07/03/2007
3,258,979 79/028,039 07/03/2007
3,258,983 79/028,381 07/03/2007
3,258,984 79/028,671 07/03/2007
3,258,985 79/028,682 07/03/2007
3,258,986 79/029,077 07/03/2007
3,258,987 79/029,133 07/03/2007
3,258,989 79/029,200 07/03/2007
3,258,990 79/029,260 07/03/2007
3,258,991 79/029,392 07/03/2007
3,258,994 79/029,535 07/03/2007
3,258,995 79/029,666 07/03/2007
3,258,997 79/030,053 07/03/2007
3,258,999 79/030,164 07/03/2007
3,259,001 79/030,398 07/03/2007
3,259,003 79/030,904 07/03/2007
3,259,006 79/031,544 07/03/2007
1,244,541 73/285,252 07/05/1983
1,244,251 73/315,857 07/05/1983
| March 4, 2014 |
US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE |
1400 OG 31 |
1,244,176 73/335,683 07/05/1983
1,780,749 74/161,116 07/06/1993
1,780,374 74/309,491 07/06/1993
2,730,967 75/363,147 07/01/2003
2,732,362 75/366,676 07/01/2003
2,732,364 75/407,142 07/01/2003
2,730,971 75/443,249 07/01/2003
2,732,374 75/483,331 07/01/2003
2,732,376 75/488,977 07/01/2003
2,732,386 75/539,041 07/01/2003
2,730,984 75/567,706 07/01/2003
2,732,408 75/611,760 07/01/2003
2,732,420 75/640,045 07/01/2003
2,732,422 75/643,489 07/01/2003
2,732,426 75/650,444 07/01/2003
2,730,999 75/713,071 07/01/2003
2,732,451 75/723,806 07/01/2003
2,732,457 75/735,039 07/01/2003
2,731,003 75/736,320 07/01/2003
2,732,462 75/741,375 07/01/2003
2,732,464 75/745,815 07/01/2003
2,731,013 75/788,770 07/01/2003
2,731,015 75/798,165 07/01/2003
2,732,479 75/801,606 07/01/2003
2,732,490 75/818,513 07/01/2003
2,732,492 75/827,085 07/01/2003
2,731,020 75/831,778 07/01/2003
2,732,496 75/837,711 07/01/2003
2,733,512 75/856,440 07/01/2003
2,733,513 75/856,450 07/01/2003
2,731,027 75/878,362 07/01/2003
2,732,515 75/885,683 07/01/2003
2,731,029 75/892,656 07/01/2003
2,732,520 75/897,054 07/01/2003
2,731,031 75/905,964 07/01/2003
2,732,534 75/916,799 07/01/2003
2,731,036 75/917,833 07/01/2003
2,732,538 75/922,507 07/01/2003
2,731,048 75/981,010 07/01/2003
2,731,050 75/982,991 07/01/2003
2,731,051 75/982,992 07/01/2003
2,731,052 75/983,032 07/01/2003
2,731,059 76/019,996 07/01/2003
2,732,584 76/042,611 07/01/2003
2,732,592 76/047,967 07/01/2003
2,732,598 76/050,604 07/01/2003
2,731,073 76/051,854 07/01/2003
2,732,600 76/052,192 07/01/2003
2,731,074 76/053,474 07/01/2003
2,732,601 76/054,152 07/01/2003
2,731,077 76/059,193 07/01/2003
2,732,614 76/066,589 07/01/2003
2,732,622 76/073,717 07/01/2003
2,732,632 76/081,761 07/01/2003
2,731,089 76/086,353 07/01/2003
2,732,638 76/088,423 07/01/2003
2,732,643 76/091,493 07/01/2003
2,732,651 76/098,474 07/01/2003
2,732,655 76/101,522 07/01/2003
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2,732,661 76/103,929 07/01/2003
2,732,668 76/109,460 07/01/2003
2,732,670 76/111,191 07/01/2003
2,732,677 76/114,786 07/01/2003
2,732,691 76/122,060 07/01/2003
2,732,700 76/124,885 07/01/2003
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2,731,112 76/137,996 07/01/2003
2,732,719 76/138,931 07/01/2003
2,732,727 76/140,434 07/01/2003
2,732,729 76/141,167 07/01/2003
2,732,731 76/143,595 07/01/2003
2,732,739 76/148,712 07/01/2003
2,731,118 76/150,059 07/01/2003
2,732,744 76/153,384 07/01/2003
2,731,119 76/153,632 07/01/2003
2,732,761 76/163,504 07/01/2003
2,732,762 76/163,554 07/01/2003
2,731,128 76/166,466 07/01/2003
2,732,774 76/167,303 07/01/2003
2,731,130 76/170,652 07/01/2003
2,731,133 76/177,742 07/01/2003
2,731,136 76/182,563 07/01/2003
2,731,141 76/184,229 07/01/2003
2,731,143 76/185,760 07/01/2003
2,732,802 76/185,775 07/01/2003
2,732,803 76/185,779 07/01/2003
2,732,804 76/185,793 07/01/2003
2,731,146 76/186,915 07/01/2003
2,732,809 76/187,936 07/01/2003
2,733,528 76/189,907 07/01/2003
2,732,818 76/192,798 07/01/2003
2,732,822 76/194,370 07/01/2003
2,732,826 76/196,189 07/01/2003
2,731,157 76/197,549 07/01/2003
2,732,829 76/199,966 07/01/2003
2,731,164 76/200,000 07/01/2003
2,731,168 76/203,629 07/01/2003
2,732,842 76/204,896 07/01/2003
2,732,845 76/206,613 07/01/2003
2,732,848 76/207,525 07/01/2003
2,732,852 76/208,916 07/01/2003
2,731,175 76/211,613 07/01/2003
2,732,858 76/212,721 07/01/2003
2,731,177 76/213,713 07/01/2003
2,732,872 76/219,835 07/01/2003
2,731,181 76/220,745 07/01/2003
2,732,877 76/222,422 07/01/2003
2,732,885 76/225,616 07/01/2003
2,731,184 76/226,192 07/01/2003
2,732,892 76/228,971 07/01/2003
2,733,531 76/234,590 07/01/2003
2,731,200 76/241,574 07/01/2003
2,731,204 76/245,789 07/01/2003
2,731,206 76/246,594 07/01/2003
2,731,214 76/250,610 07/01/2003
2,732,936 76/255,976 07/01/2003
2,731,223 76/259,498 07/01/2003
2,732,950 76/260,859 07/01/2003
2,731,225 76/264,478 07/01/2003
2,732,968 76/272,298 07/01/2003
2,731,242 76/273,980 07/01/2003
2,732,982 76/277,328 07/01/2003
2,732,984 76/277,814 07/01/2003
2,732,985 76/278,345 07/01/2003
2,732,994 76/281,455 07/01/2003
2,732,998 76/284,015 07/01/2003
2,733,000 76/285,157 07/01/2003
2,733,001 76/285,793 07/01/2003
2,733,003 76/287,272 07/01/2003
2,731,260 76/288,098 07/01/2003
2,731,263 76/290,376 07/01/2003
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2,731,276 76/298,532 07/01/2003
2,733,042 76/298,534 07/01/2003
2,733,048 76/301,549 07/01/2003
2,731,281 76/302,393 07/01/2003
2,733,059 76/308,076 07/01/2003
2,733,061 76/308,669 07/01/2003
2,731,296 76/310,364 07/01/2003
2,733,071 76/312,243 07/01/2003
2,731,301 76/312,415 07/01/2003
2,733,081 76/315,527 07/01/2003
2,733,087 76/317,348 07/01/2003
2,733,088 76/317,593 07/01/2003
2,733,090 76/317,789 07/01/2003
2,733,091 76/318,291 07/01/2003
2,733,540 76/318,932 07/01/2003
2,733,095 76/320,155 07/01/2003
2,733,096 76/320,239 07/01/2003
2,731,323 76/323,004 07/01/2003
2,733,117 76/326,499 07/01/2003
2,733,139 76/333,836 07/01/2003
2,733,140 76/334,372 07/01/2003
2,733,141 76/334,859 07/01/2003
2,733,142 76/335,201 07/01/2003
2,733,143 76/335,315 07/01/2003
2,733,149 76/335,957 07/01/2003
2,731,351 76/336,366 07/01/2003
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2,733,159 76/338,877 07/01/2003
2,731,354 76/338,960 07/01/2003
2,733,548 76/340,236 07/01/2003
2,733,164 76/340,368 07/01/2003
2,731,358 76/340,976 07/01/2003
2,733,167 76/341,576 07/01/2003
2,733,168 76/341,577 07/01/2003
2,731,361 76/341,971 07/01/2003
2,731,373 76/346,576 07/01/2003
2,733,187 76/346,663 07/01/2003
2,733,190 76/347,183 07/01/2003
2,733,198 76/348,808 07/01/2003
2,731,383 76/350,665 07/01/2003
2,731,388 76/353,268 07/01/2003
2,733,214 76/353,613 07/01/2003
2,733,216 76/354,073 07/01/2003
2,731,392 76/354,720 07/01/2003
2,733,220 76/355,340 07/01/2003
2,733,224 76/355,987 07/01/2003
2,733,226 76/356,121 07/01/2003
2,733,228 76/356,691 07/01/2003
2,731,400 76/358,169 07/01/2003
2,731,402 76/358,553 07/01/2003
2,731,404 76/359,043 07/01/2003
2,731,415 76/360,450 07/01/2003
2,733,240 76/361,697 07/01/2003
2,733,241 76/362,752 07/01/2003
2,733,243 76/363,134 07/01/2003
2,731,425 76/364,281 07/01/2003
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2,733,250 76/364,333 07/01/2003
2,731,429 76/364,738 07/01/2003
2,733,252 76/366,164 07/01/2003
2,731,439 76/366,953 07/01/2003
2,733,560 76/370,266 07/01/2003
2,731,462 76/370,936 07/01/2003
2,731,466 76/371,274 07/01/2003
2,731,472 76/372,267 07/01/2003
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2,731,477 76/372,797 07/01/2003
2,731,478 76/372,957 07/01/2003
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2,733,269 76/373,853 07/01/2003
2,731,484 76/374,375 07/01/2003
2,731,486 76/374,529 07/01/2003
2,733,274 76/375,976 07/01/2003
2,731,499 76/376,087 07/01/2003
2,731,500 76/376,104 07/01/2003
2,733,561 76/377,928 07/01/2003
2,731,517 76/379,648 07/01/2003
2,731,523 76/380,394 07/01/2003
2,733,562 76/381,721 07/01/2003
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2,731,541 76/383,834 07/01/2003
2,731,542 76/383,863 07/01/2003
2,731,547 76/385,929 07/01/2003
2,731,555 76/387,935 07/01/2003
2,731,559 76/388,220 07/01/2003
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2,731,576 76/391,505 07/01/2003
2,731,579 76/391,843 07/01/2003
2,731,588 76/392,926 07/01/2003
2,731,603 76/395,519 07/01/2003
2,731,607 76/396,463 07/01/2003
2,731,615 76/399,078 07/01/2003
2,731,620 76/400,550 07/01/2003
2,731,629 76/402,846 07/01/2003
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2,731,637 76/405,412 07/01/2003
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2,731,664 76/410,452 07/01/2003
2,733,571 76/415,109 07/01/2003
2,731,688 76/415,591 07/01/2003
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2,731,705 76/420,866 07/01/2003
2,731,707 76/420,971 07/01/2003
2,731,710 76/421,720 07/01/2003
2,731,712 76/422,169 07/01/2003
2,731,719 76/423,755 07/01/2003
2,731,722 76/424,491 07/01/2003
2,731,741 76/427,311 07/01/2003
2,731,755 76/429,759 07/01/2003
2,731,763 76/431,452 07/01/2003
2,731,777 76/433,023 07/01/2003
2,731,778 76/433,121 07/01/2003
2,731,782 76/434,377 07/01/2003
2,731,789 76/434,813 07/01/2003
2,731,791 76/435,012 07/01/2003
2,731,809 76/437,974 07/01/2003
2,731,825 76/439,615 07/01/2003
2,731,826 76/439,616 07/01/2003
2,731,832 76/440,260 07/01/2003
2,731,836 76/440,572 07/01/2003
2,731,839 76/440,786 07/01/2003
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2,731,887 76/444,345 07/01/2003
2,731,898 76/445,123 07/01/2003
2,731,900 76/445,693 07/01/2003
2,731,907 76/446,512 07/01/2003
2,731,909 76/446,525 07/01/2003
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2,731,943 76/449,632 07/01/2003
2,731,946 76/449,793 07/01/2003
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2,731,955 76/450,540 07/01/2003
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2,731,965 76/455,124 07/01/2003
2,731,966 76/455,819 07/01/2003
2,731,969 76/474,880 07/01/2003
2,733,310 78/000,272 07/01/2003
2,733,586 78/021,379 07/01/2003
2,731,975 78/023,316 07/01/2003
2,731,976 78/025,945 07/01/2003
2,731,978 78/027,373 07/01/2003
2,731,980 78/029,959 07/01/2003
2,733,342 78/045,937 07/01/2003
2,733,351 78/051,549 07/01/2003
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2,733,358 78/057,803 07/01/2003
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2,732,000 78/066,277 07/01/2003
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2,732,004 78/073,053 07/01/2003
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2,733,393 78/076,440 07/01/2003
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2,732,012 78/082,601 07/01/2003
2,733,408 78/083,598 07/01/2003
2,733,409 78/083,795 07/01/2003
2,732,013 78/083,978 07/01/2003
2,732,014 78/084,120 07/01/2003
2,733,421 78/089,280 07/01/2003
2,732,026 78/090,563 07/01/2003
2,733,423 78/090,587 07/01/2003
2,733,434 78/094,988 07/01/2003
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2,733,436 78/095,232 07/01/2003
2,733,438 78/095,614 07/01/2003
2,732,036 78/097,546 07/01/2003
2,733,459 78/100,844 07/01/2003
2,733,465 78/104,357 07/01/2003
2,732,055 78/106,335 07/01/2003
2,733,477 78/111,034 07/01/2003
2,733,478 78/111,052 07/01/2003
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2,732,090 78/114,846 07/01/2003
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2,732,133 78/125,086 07/01/2003
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2,732,298 78/159,494 07/01/2003
2,732,314 78/160,774 07/01/2003
2,733,596 78/160,868 07/01/2003
2,732,332 78/162,407 07/01/2003
2,732,345 78/165,522 07/01/2003
2,732,350 78/165,984 07/01/2003
2,732,354 78/191,695 07/01/2003
Service by Publication
A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its
assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty
days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of
default.
Georges Marciano, Beverly Hills, CA, Registration No. 1926512 for the mark
"BZNS", Cancellation No. 92058090.
MILLICENT CANADY
Paralegal
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
DEBORAH S. COHN
Commissioner for Trademarks
Service by Publication
A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its
assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty
days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of
default.
US Legal Pubs, LLC, Tampa, FL, Registration No. 4113308, 4149236 for the
mark "U.S. LEGALPUBS", Cancellation No. 92058456.
MONIQUE TYSON
Paralegal Specialist
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
DEBORAH S. COHN
Commissioner for Trademarks
| 37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication |
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A
notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor.
The inventor whose signature is missing (Gong Wei Zhang) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/CN2011/072013
and was filed on 21 March 2011 in the names of Yunqiang Xin and Gongwei
Zhang entitled HAND HELD POWER TOOL WITH LOCKING ROTATABLE HANDLE. The
national stage application is assigned number 14/002,993 and has a 35
U.S.C. 371(c) date of 10 October 2013.
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all of the inventors. The petition has been
granted. A notice has been sent to the last known address of the
non-signing inventor, Rajesh Kumar. The inventor whose signature is missing
may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or
declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application
number is PCT/US2011/035325 and was filed on 05 May 2011 in the names of
Rajesh Kumar, Russell H. Taylor, Brian Minnillo and Hiep Thieu Nguyen for
the invention entitled Visualization of Registered Subsurface Anatomy. The
national stage application is assigned number 13/822,135 and has a 35
U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 11 October 2013.
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A
notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor.
The inventor whose signature is missing (Christine Kuslich) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/US2011/021160
was filed on 13 January 2011 in the names Christine Kuslich, Traci
Pawlowski, and David Spetzler for the invention entitled DETECTION OF
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS. The national stage application number is
13/521,592 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 15 May 2013.
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of one of the joint inventors. The petition has been granted. A
notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor.
The inventor whose signature is missing (Xiyuan Zhang) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/EP2010/001331
and was filed on 04 March 2010 in the name of Caroline Robert et al for the
invention entitled "METHOD OF FOG AND RAINDROP DETECTION ON A WINDSCREEN
AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE". The national stage application number is
13/582,648 and has a date of 11 April 2013 under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1),
(c)(2), and (c)(4).
Registration to Practice
The following list contains the names of persons seeking for
registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office. Final approval for registration is subject to establishing to the
satisfaction of the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
that the person seeking registration is of good moral character and repute.
37 CFR § 11.7 Accordingly, any information tending to affect the
eligibility of any of the following persons on moral ethical or other
grounds should be furnished to the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on
or before March 23, 2014 at the following address: Mail Stop OED United
States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria VA 22314
Bayne, Laura Ashley, Fitzpatrick, Cellar, Harper & Scinto, 1290 Avenue of
the Americas, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10104
Chiesa, Richard Louis, 4058 Carbury Court, Chantilly, VA 20151
Graham, Brian Matthew, 1248 Hampshire Street, Apartment C, San Franciso,
CA 94110
Hockett, Lauren Elizabeth, Knobbe Martens, 2040 Main Street, 14th Floor,
Irvine, CA 92614
Horton, Matthew Henry, 10014 Lochalsh Lane, Vienna, VA 22181
Laine, Daniel Petri, 155 University Avenue, Unit 1217B, Newark, NJ 07102
Ma, Joanna Cheuk-Yu, Bereskin & Parr LLP, 40 King Street West, 40th Floor,
Toronto, ON M5H 3Y2 Canada
McTavish, Katherine King, 3880 E. Barrington Drive, Apartment A,
Bloomington, IN 47408
Nolan, Jason Michael, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst and Manbeck, P.C., 607 14th
Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005
Pak, Jaeyoung, 1595 North High Street, Unit 313, Columbus, OH 43201
Trillis III, Floyd, 1599 Belle Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107
Wilson, Jeanne Marie, Dupont, Experimental Station E535/220G, 200 Powder
Mill Road, Wilmington, DE 19805
Yamazaki, Wade Christian, 2620 Ellendale Place, Apartment 103,
Los Angeles, CA 90007
February 6, 2014 WILLIAM R. COVEY
Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline and
Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
Notice of Suspension
This notice concerns Allen D. Brufsky of Naples, Florida, who is a
registered patent attorney (Registration Number 21,056). In a reciprocal
disciplinary proceeding, the Director of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office ("USPTO") has ordered that Mr. Brufsky be suspended for
ninety-one (91) days from the practice of patent, trademark, and other
non-patent law before the USPTO for violating 37 C.F.R. § 10.23(a) and
(b) via 37 C.F.R. § 10.23(c)(5)(i) predicated upon being suspended on
ethical grounds by a duly constituted authority of a State.
On November 16, 2010, the Supreme Court of Florida effectuated the
suspension of Mr. Brufsky from the practice of law for ninety-one (91)
days. The suspension is based on Mr. Brufsky's representation of a
corporate client with regard to certain claims to enforce intellectual
property rights. Over the course of a litigated proceeding, Mr. Brufsky
assumed corporate roles in addition to his role as attorney. He failed to
advise the client of the conflict of interest issue inherent in serving in
both capacities and, as a result, failed to obtain proper consent from the
client. In addition, as various litigation matters ensued, Respondent
failed to keep the client informed of the progress of the litigation and
took action on behalf of the corporation that exceeded his authority.
Mr. Brufsky's conduct violated Rule 4-1.4 of the Rules Regulating the
Florida Bar (failure to communicate), Rule 4-1.7 (conflict of interest -
current client), and Rule 4-1.8 (conflict of interest - transactions with
client.)
This action is taken pursuant to the provisions of 35 U.S.C.
§ 2(b)(2)(D) and 37 C.F.R. § 11.24. Disciplinary decisions are available
for public review at the Office of Enrollment and Discipline's Reading
Room, located at: http://e-foia.uspto.gov/Foia/OEDReadingRoom.jsp.
February 4, 2014 SHIRA PERLMUTTER
Chief Policy Officer and Director for
International Affairs
United States Patent and Trademark Office
on behalf of
MICHELLE LEE
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Notice of Exclusion
This notice concerns Robert H. Sheasby of Bend, Oregon, who is not
registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
("USPTO" or "Office") in patent matters. The USPTO has excluded
Mr. Sheasby from the practice before the Office in patent, trademark, and
other non-patent matters effective January 31, 2014.
On August 20, 2013, the Director of the Office of Enrollment and
Discipline filed a disciplinary complaint against Mr. Sheasby alleging that
he violated the following provisions of the USPTO Code of Professional
Responsibility: 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.23(a) (proscribing engaging in disreputable
or gross misconduct); 10.23(b)(4) (proscribing engaging in conduct
involving dishonestly, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation); 10.23(a) and
10.23(b) via 10.23(c)(2)(i) (proscribing knowingly giving false or
misleading information or knowingly participating in a material way in
giving false or misleading information to a client in connection with any
immediate, prospective, or pending business before the Office); 10.31(a)
(proscribing, with respect to any prospective business before the Office,
deceiving or misleading any prospective applicant or other person having
immediate or prospective business before the Office by word, circular,
letter or advertising, with intent to defraud in any manner); 10.77(a)
(proscribing handling a matter that the practitioner is not competent to
handle without associating with another practitioner who is competent); and
10.23(b)(6) (proscribing engaging in any other conduct that adversely
reflects on a practitioner's fitness to practice before the Office).
Mr. Sheasby did not answer the complaint, and, on December 31, 2013, an
administrative law judge entered an initial decision on default against
him and imposed the sanction of exclusion. The initial decision was not
appealed and became the agency's final decision.
This notice is given pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 11.59(a). Disciplinary
decisions regarding practitioners are posted at the Office of Enrollment
and Discipline's Reading Room, which is publicly accessible via
http://e-foia.uspto.gov/Foia/OEDReadingRoom.jsp.
February 11, 2014 WILLIAM R. COVEY
Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline and
Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
37 CFR Part 1
[Docket No.: PTO-P-2013-0040]
RIN 0651-AC90
Changes To Require Identification of Attributable Owner
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is
proposing changes to the rules of practice to facilitate the
examination of patent applications and to provide greater transparency
concerning the ownership of patent applications and patents. This
initiative is one of a number of executive actions issued by the
Administration that are designed to ensure the highest-quality patents,
enhance competition by providing the public with more complete
information about the competitive environment in which innovators
operate, enhance technology transfer and reduce the costs of
transactions for patent rights by making patent ownership information
more readily and easily available, reduce abusive patent litigation by
helping the public defend itself against frivolous litigation, and
level the playing field for innovators. The Office is proposing in this
document to require that the attributable owner, including the ultimate
parent entity, be identified during the pendency of a patent
application and at specified times during the life of a patent. The
Office is specifically proposing that the attributable owner be
identified on filing of an application (or shortly thereafter), when
there is a change in the attributable owner during the pendency of an
application, at the time of issue fee and maintenance fee payments, and
when a patent is involved in supplemental examination, ex parte
reexamination, or a trial proceeding before the Patent Trial and Appeal
Board (PTAB). The Office is also seeking comments on whether the Office
should enable patent applicants and owners to voluntarily report
licensing offers and related information to the Office, which the
Office will then make available to the public in an accessible online
format.
DATES: Comment deadline date: Written comments must be received on or
before March 25, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent by electronic mail message over the
Internet addressed to: AC90.comments@uspto.gov. Comments may also be
submitted by postal mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments-Patents,
Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450,
marked to the attention of James Engel, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of
Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for
Patent Examination Policy.
Comments may also be sent by electronic mail message over the
Internet via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. See the Federal
eRulemaking Portal Web site (http://www.regulations.gov) for additional
instructions on providing comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Although comments may be submitted by postal mail, the Office
prefers to receive comments by electronic mail message over the
Internet because sharing comments with the public is more easily
accomplished. Electronic comments submitted in plain text are
preferred, but also may be submitted in ADOBE® portable document
format or MICROSOFT WORD® format. Comments not submitted
electronically should be submitted on paper in a format that
facilitates convenient digital scanning into ADOBE® portable
document format.
The comments will be available for public inspection at the Office
of the Commissioner for Patents, currently located in Madison East,
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Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Comments also
will be available for viewing via the Office's Internet Web site
(http://www.uspto.gov). Because comments will be made available for
public inspection, information that the submitter does not desire to
make public, such as an address or phone number, should not be included
in the comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Engel, Senior Legal Advisor
((571) 272-7725), or Erin M. Harriman, Legal Advisor ((571) 272-7747),
Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy
Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Executive Summary: Purpose: On June 4, 2013, the White House issued
five executive actions designed to increase transparency of the patent
system, ensure the highest-quality patents, reduce abusive patent
litigation and level the playing field for innovators. The first of
these executive actions is titled ``Making `Real Party in Interest' the
New Default,'' and calls for the Office to begin a rulemaking process
to require patent applicants and patent owners to regularly update
ownership information when the applicant or patent owner is involved in
a proceeding before the Office, including designation of the "ultimate
parent entity(ies)" of those owners. To help achieve the above goals
as well as to improve the incentives for future innovation, to enhance
competition by providing the public with more complete information
about the competitive landscape and technology marketplace by making
patent ownership information more readily available, and to help the
Office carry out its task of patent examination, the Office is
proposing changes to the rules of practice concerning the attributable
owner of pending patent applications and patents. This document and the
proposed rules have adopted the term "attributable owner" rather than
"real party in interest" to avoid confusion given that the term
"real party in interest" is used elsewhere in title 35, United States
Code (e.g., 35 U.S.C. 118, 315, 317, 325, 327).
The proposed changes will facilitate patent examination and other
parts of the Office's internal processes by helping to: (1) Ensure that
a "power of attorney" is current in each application or proceeding
before the Office; (2) avoid potential conflicts of interest for Office
personnel; (3) determine the scope of prior art under the common
ownership exception under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) and uncover instances
of double patenting; (4) verify that the party making a request for a
post-issuance proceeding is a proper party for the proceeding; and (5)
ensure that the information the Office provides to the public
concerning published applications and issued patents is accurate and
not misleading. Beyond providing these benefits to the Office,
collecting attributable owner information and making it publicly
available is expected to: (1) Enhance competition and increase
incentives to innovate by providing innovators with information that
will allow them to better understand the competitive environment in
which they operate; (2) enhance technology transfer and reduce the
costs of transactions for patent rights since patent ownership
information will be more readily and easily accessible; (3) reduce risk
of abusive patent litigation by helping the public defend itself
against such abusive assertions by providing more information about all
the parties that have an interest in patents or patent applications;
and (4) level the playing field for innovators.
The Office is also seeking comments on whether the Office should
enable patent applicants and owners to voluntarily report licensing
offers and related information to the Office, which the Office will
then make available to the public in an accessible online format. Such
licensing information could include willingness to license, as well as
licensing contacts, license offer terms, or commitments to license the
patent, e.g., on royalty-free or reasonable and non-discriminatory
terms. Further background and details about this request for comments
are below.
In order to engage the public and provide as much opportunity for
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feedback and input as possible, the Office intends to hold two
stakeholder input meetings at which members of the public can provide
comment to the Office on this proposal. These meetings will be held
during the public comment period for this proposal, at times and
locations to be determined. The Office will publicize the times and
locations of these meetings through the Office's Internet Web site
(http://www.uspto.gov).
Summary of Major Provisions: The Office proposes collecting two
basic types of attributable owner information: (1) Titleholders and (2)
enforcement entities. If applicable, the attributable owner would also
include the ultimate parent entity as defined in 16 CFR 801.1(a)(3) of
either of these two reporting categories. The Office proposes adopting
this "ultimate parent entity" definition rather than creating a new
one to minimize the need for additional investigation and analysis of
ownership structures. The Office also proposes that "attributable
owner" include any entity that creates or uses any type of arrangement
or device with the purpose or effect of temporarily divesting such
entity of attributable ownership or preventing the vesting of such
attributable ownership.
The Office proposes that patent applicants identify the
attributable owner or owners when an application is filed (or shortly
thereafter), when attributable owner changes during the pendency of an
application (within three months of such change), when the issue fee is
due for an application that has been allowed, when a maintenance fee is
due, and when a patent becomes involved in certain post-issuance
proceedings at the Office, including in supplemental examination, ex
parte reexamination, or a trial proceeding before the PTAB.
The Office plans to work with its user community to implement this
reporting system in a user-friendly manner and welcomes input on how
this can best be accomplished. Subject to financial and resource
constraints, the Office anticipates, in particular, developing a system
for the electronic uploading and updating of attributable owner
information, including bulk uploading and updating of attributable
owner information when any ownership transfers occur. This type of
reporting system will also allow applicants and patentees to indicate
that the information the Office has on file is accurate at future
checkpoints, such as at the time of maintenance fee payments.
As with other procedural requirements of the Office, this proposal
provides an applicant or patent owner with a means to correct omissions
and errors in the attributable owner information that has been reported.
The notice also proposes to excuse good faith failures to notify the
Office of the attributable owner or to provide correct or complete
attributable owner information.
The Office proposes to make the proposed rules applicable to all
applications filed on or after the effective date of the final rule.
For already-filed, pending applications, the Office proposes to require
the reporting of attributable owner or owners when the issue fee is due
(if and when such application has been allowed) provided that the
notice of allowance is mailed on or after the effective date of the
final rule. For already-issued patents, the Office proposes to require
the reporting of attributable owner or owners when the next maintenance
fee is paid, if the payment occurs on or after the effective date of
the final rule. For any trial proceeding in which the petition was
filed on or after the effective date of the final rule and any
supplemental examination or ex parte reexamination in which the request
was filed on or after the effective date of the final rule, the Office
proposes to require the reporting of attributable owner or owners. The
effective date of the final rule would be at least thirty days after
publication of the final rule.
While the Office would use attributable owner information for
examination purposes in both published and unpublished applications,
attributable owner information would be made available to the public
for an application that has been published or issued as a patent.
Costs and Benefits: This rulemaking is not economically significant
under Executive Order 12866 (Sept. 30, 1993).
Background: On June 4, 2013, the White House Task Force on High-
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Tech Patent Issues published a paper detailing five executive actions
and seven legislative recommendations "to protect innovators from
frivolous litigation and ensure the highest-quality patents in our
system." Fact Sheet: White House Task Force on High-Tech Patent
Issues, Legislative Priorities & Executive Actions. The first of the
five executive actions calls for the Office to "begin a rulemaking
process to require patent applicants and owners to regularly update
ownership information when they are involved in proceedings before the
[Office], specifically designating the `ultimate parent entity' in
control of the patent or application." Id.
With this notice of proposed rulemaking, the Office is proposing
changes designed to increase transparency by collecting ownership
information of not just the titleholder (e.g., assignee), but also
entities that are real-parties-in-interest because of their right to
enforce an issued patent, as well as information about the entities who
ultimately control these entities (i.e., the "ultimate parent
entities"). The proposed rule is designed to collect information both
during the application process and at certain times after a patent
issues, and thus will affect both patent applicants and holders of
issued patents.
Before the White House initiatives were announced on June 4, 2013,
the Office had begun the process of considering whether and how to
collect assignment or real-party-in-interest information (referred to
herein as the "attributable owner") with a request for comments in
2011 and a roundtable held at the Office in January 2013. Request for
Comments on Eliciting More Complete Patent Assignment Information, 76
FR 72372 (Nov. 23, 2011) (2011 Request for Comments); Notice of
Roundtable on Proposed Requirements for Recordation of Real Party-in-
Interest Information Throughout Application Pendency and Patent Term,
77 FR 70385 (Nov. 26, 2012) (2012 Roundtable Notice). The 2012
Roundtable Notice reiterated that the Office was considering
promulgating regulations that would require reporting of real-party-in-
interest information during the application process and at certain
times post-issuance and invited further public input. The Roundtable,
which was open to any member of the public, was held on Friday, January
11, 2013. Details on the comments received from organizations and
individuals can be found at
http://www.uspto.gov/ip/officechiefecon/roundtable_01-11-2013.jsp.
As set forth in the Roundtable Notice, having accurate and up-to-
date attributable owner information will facilitate patent examination
and other parts of the Office's internal processes. As courts have
previously recognized, the Office has the authority to promulgate
regulations that "shall govern the conduct of proceedings in the
Office." Star Fruits S.N.C. v. U.S., 393 F.3d 1277, 1282 (Fed. Cir.
2005) (quoting 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2)); see also Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas,
536 F.3d 1330, 1335 (Fed. Cir. 2008) ("To comply with section
2(b)(2)(A), a Patent Office rule must be `procedural' - i.e., it must
`govern the conduct of proceedings in the Office.' "). Pursuant to
this authority, the Office may require the submission of information
that is reasonably necessary to proper examination or treatment of the
matter at hand, provided that such requests are not arbitrary or
capricious. See Star Fruits, 393 F.3d at 1283-84.
To this end, the Office seeks attributable owner information to
ensure that a "power of attorney" is current in each application or
each patent involved in a proceeding before the Office. The Office has
a clear interest in ensuring that current representatives in any
proceeding before the Office are authorized by the current owner of the
application or patent. See Lacavera v. Dudas, 441 F.3d 1380, 1383 (Fed.
Cir. 2006) ("[T]he PTO has broad authority to govern the conduct of
proceedings before it and to govern the recognition and conduct of
attorneys." Moreover, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Public Law
112-29 (2011) ("AIA") amended 35 U.S.C. 118 to provide that an
application for patent may be filed by the assignee or person to whom
the inventor is under an obligation to assign the invention. See Public
Law 112-29, 125 Stat. 283, 296 (2011).
In addition, it is important for the Office to know the
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attributable owner of each application or each patent involved in a
proceeding before the Office in order to avoid potential conflicts of
interest for Office personnel. This problem has been identified during
the adoption of regulations for the PTAB. For example, "in the case of
the Board, a conflict would typically arise when an official has an
investment in a company with a direct interest in a Board proceeding.
Such conflicts can only be avoided if the parties promptly provide
information necessary to identify potential conflicts." Rules of
Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and
Judicial Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions, 77 FR
48612, 48617 (Aug. 14, 2012). Like administrative patent judges at the
PTAB, "[p]atent examiners are quasi-judicial officials." Western
Elec. Co., Inc. v. Piezo Tech., Inc., 860 F.2d 428, 431 (Fed. Cir.
1988) (citing Butterworth v. United States ex rel. Hoe, 112 U.S. 50, 67
(1884)). Office employees are also subject to executive branch
regulations that govern conflicts of interest in certain cases where
employees have threshold financial interests in matters before them.
See 5 CFR 2640.202(a); see also 18 U.S.C. 208. Accordingly, a clear
identification of the attributable owner is important to ensure that
officials are able to recuse themselves.
There are recent trends towards greater liquidity in the markets
for patent-related intellectual property. See, e.g., U.S. Dept. of
Justice & Fed. Trade Comm'n, The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning
Patent Notice and Remedieswith Competition, at 37-39 (2011) ("FTC
Report") (discussing the increasing importance of technology transfer
from small, specialized firms to manufacturing firms and from large
companies to spin-offs). Thus, the Office has a corresponding need for
more regular ownership reporting and updating requirements for the
Office's internal function. In particular, having such accurate and
up-to-date attributable owner information will help the Office determine
whether current representatives in any proceeding before the Office are
authorized by the current applicant or owner. Likewise, having such
attributable owner information will facilitate the Office's efforts to
ensure that applicable conflict-of-interest provisions for Office
personnel are followed.
Facilitating greater transparency of patent application and patent
ownership is also an important part of the Office's ongoing efforts to
modernize patent examination and to improve patent quality. Recent
changes in title 35 under the AIA have expanded the role of ownership
as part of determining what constitutes prior art. See 35 U.S.C.
102(b). In particular, 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) (2011) exempts as prior
art those patent applications or issued patents that name different
inventors where "the subject matter disclosed and the claimed
invention, not later than the effective filing date of the claimed
invention, were owned by the same person or subject to an obligation of
assignment to the same person." Because ownership of an earlier-filed
patent application or issued patent may prevent its use as prior art
against a later-filed patent application, patentability may depend not
just on the content of the prior art patent application or issued
patent, but also on who owns it.
35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) (2011) differs from the previous statutory
provision on which it was based (pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(c)(1)). While
pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(c)(1) concerned an exception to obviousness
rather than an exception to what constitutes prior art, it otherwise
recited virtually identical language to that of the 35 U.S.C.
102(b)(2)(C) (2011), except that pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(c)(1) stated
that patentability was not precluded where "the subject matter and the
claimed invention were, at the time the claimed invention was made,
owned by the same person or subject to an obligation of assignment to
the same person." Under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(c)(1), whether earlier
subject matter was prior art was established at the time when the
claimed invention in the later-filed application was "made," by
considering whether the earlier subject matter was owned by the same
entity that owned (or had a right to own) the claimed invention that
was just made. In contrast, under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) (2011), there
may be an opportunity - in the period before the filing of the second
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application - for ownership to change in a way that affects whether the
earlier patent or patent application is prior art for purposes of 35
U.S.C. 102(a)(2) (2011).
In the prosecution context, 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) (2011) presents
the possibility that a greater amount of prior art might be subject to
this exemption than under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(c)(1), which, in turn,
could render the current method of handling the possibility of common
ownership under MPEP 706.02(l)(2) (the examiner presenting an initial
rejection, and the applicant rebutting the rejection with proof of
ownership) inefficient in a manner contrary to the principles of
compact prosecution as explained in MPEP 706 ("The goal of examination
is to clearly articulate any rejection early in the prosecution process
so that the applicant has the opportunity to provide evidence of
patentability and otherwise reply completely at the earliest
opportunity."). Accordingly, tracking attributable owner information
for patent applications and issued patents is directly relevant to
questions of whether a claimed invention is patentable over the prior
art during prosecution.
Moreover, the availability of new types of third-party proceedings
that may be filed with the Office, including inter partes review under
35 U.S.C. 311 et seq. and post-grant review under 35 U.S.C. 321 et
seq., has created a need for the Office to collect and publish timely
ownership information. Because of certain statutory deadlines imposing
short time frames for action (e.g., nine months after patent grant (35
U.S.C. 321(c)), it may often be impractical or impossible for third
parties to discover ownership information through other means, such as
through litigation between patent owners and third parties that would
provide for discovery of such information. As discussed previously,
ownership information may be relevant in determining the scope of prior
art. Accordingly, providing accurate and up-to-date ownership
information to the public is important to facilitate these post-
issuance proceedings. In addition, requiring updated ownership
information during post-issuance proceedings will facilitate
examination for the same reasons discussed previously for examination
of applications.
Accordingly, having updated ownership information would allow the
Office to: (1) Verify that a bona fide third party is making the
request for inter partes review or post-grant review, as required by 35
U.S.C. 311(a) and 321(a), respectively; (2) verify that the petitioner
applying for review of a covered business method patent is a real-
party-in-interest or privy to an entity that has been sued or charged
with infringement of that patent, as required by 37 CFR 42.302(a); and
(3) verify that a bona fide patent owner is making the request for
supplemental examination, as required by 35 U.S.C. 257(a).
Finally, because the Office publishes information it possesses
related to an application or patent (subject to 35 U.S.C. 122), the
Office has an interest in ensuring that such information is not
misleading. The Office currently receives (and publishes) only
assignment information that is voluntarily submitted by the applicant
or patent owner. There is no requirement that changes in assignment
information be updated, though current law protects against certain
types of fraud if such updating occurs. See 35 U.S.C. 261. Consequently
the information the Office has on file may be outdated, which may be
misleading to the public. Ensuring that the Office can provide
information to the public that is not misleading is consistent with
several statutory provisions directing the Office to disseminate
information to the public as well as those directing the Office to
provide access to information through electronic means. See 35 U.S.C.
2(a)(2) (creating a duty of "disseminating to the public information
with respect to patents"); 10(a)(4) (providing for publication of
information, including "annual indexes of . . . patentees"); 10(b)
(allowing the Director to publish the specified information set forth
in [item (4)] of subsection 35 U.S.C. 10(a) of this section in a
publication format "desirable for the use of the Office") and 41(i)
(creating a duty to provide access to information electronically).
Beyond providing these benefits to the Office, collecting
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attributable owner information and making it publicly available may
have other potential benefits. In particular, collecting attributable
owner information and making it publicly available may: (1) Enhance
competition and increase incentives to innovate by providing innovators
with information that will allow them to better understand the
competitive environment in which they operate; (2) enhance technology
transfer and reduce the costs of transactions for patent rights since
patent ownership information will be more readily and easily accessible;
(3) reduce risk of abusive patent litigation by helping the public defend
itself against such abusive assertions by providing more information about
all the parties that have an interest in patent or patent applications;
and (4) level the playing field for innovators.
Regarding enhanced competition and increased incentives to
innovate, easier access to accurate and up-to-date attributable owner
information will provide innovators with information to better
understand the competitive environment in which they operate. This will
enable them to better assess, for example, the risks and benefits of
developing a new business in a different area of technology, thereby
allowing them to allocate their limited research and development
resources more judiciously. Chapters 1 and 2 of the FTC Report discuss
at length the advantages of ex-ante versus ex-post licensing. By
providing the public with more and better information about ownership
of patent rights earlier (particularly in advance of product launch and
filling of distribution channels), innovators will be better positioned
to seek rights ex-ante rather than ex-post, should they so desire.
Regarding enhancing technology transfer and reducing the costs of
transactions for patent rights, providing easy access to accurate and
up-to-date attributable owner information to the public is expected to
reduce information and search costs associated with identifying and
then licensing or buying patent assets.
With regard to reducing abusive patent litigation, developing a
record of attributable owners will help accused patent infringers
identify: (i) The parties who control and/or influence the ability to
enter into a settlement agreement or licensing arrangement; and (ii)
the full range of patent rights held by the attributable owners so that
a license to all desired rights may be taken at once. This point is
also reflected in the White House's Fact Sheet: White House Task Force
on High-Tech Patent Issues, Legislative Priorities & Executive Actions
(June 4, 2013), which notes that certain patent enforcement entities
"set up shell companies to hide their activities" and this "tactic
prevents those facing litigation from knowing the full extent of the
patents that their adversaries hold." Accord, United States Government
Accountability Office, Intellectual Property: Assessing Factors That
Affect Patent Infringement Litigation Could Help Improve Patent
Quality, available at http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-465 (2013)
(reporting that patent holders sometimes "intentionally hide the
existence of their patents until a sector or company are using the
patented invention without authorization and can be sued for
infringement," and in some lawsuits, "the identity of interested
operating companies is intentionally hidden." (pp. 20, 31)).
Furthermore, providing the public with access to updated attributable
owner information may help accused infringers determine whether a
patent or application may be subject to fair, reasonable, and non-
discriminatory (FRAND) licensing commitments.
Request for Comments on the Voluntary Submission of Licensing
Information: The Office is also seeking public comment on enabling
patent applicants and owners to voluntarily report licensing offers and
related information for the Office to make available to the public. The
Office currently permits patent owners to request that their patents be
listed in the Official Gazette as available for license or sale, upon
payment of the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.21(i). See MPEP 1703. For
examples of such listings, see
(http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2012/week02/TOC.htm#ref18)
(Jan. 10, 2012) and (http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/
patlics.htm) (Dec. 11, 2007). The Office seeks public comment on whether
the Office should also, or alternatively, permit patent applicants and
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owners to voluntarily provide information about licensing for the Office
to make available to the public in, for example, a searchable online
database or Public PAIR. Such licensing information could include
willingness to license, as well as licensing contacts, license offer
terms, or commitments to license the patent, e.g., on royalty-free or
reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. In accordance with best practices
in technology transfer, this information could also include permitting a
patent applicant or owner to include keywords, technical fields, and/or
descriptive information about the underlying technology, related
technical papers and publications, and desired attributes in a
technology partner (see, e.g. http://www.federallabs.org/).
The Office believes that the implementation of such a voluntary
program would further enhance the transparency and efficiency of the
marketplace for patent rights by providing a clearinghouse for patent
holders to post licensing terms. Such a system would be expected to
further enhance technology transfer and reduce the costs of
transactions for patent rights. The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) has offered a similar option to report licensing
terms and information to PCT applicants since January 2012, in order to
promote voluntary licensing. In November 2013, it introduced the WIPO
GREEN online marketplace, to promote innovation and diffusion of green
technologies. (https://webaccess.wipo.int/green/).
Attributable Owner Information To Be Collected: The Office is
proposing that the attributable owner be identified on filing (or
shortly thereafter), when there is a change of attributable owner
during the pendency of an application, at the time of issue fee and
maintenance fee payments, and when a patent is involved in supplemental
examination, ex parte reexamination, or a trial proceeding before the
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The Office proposes to collect
two basic types of attributable owner information: (1) Titleholders and
(2) enforcement entities. The attributable owner would also include the
ultimate parent entity as defined in 16 CFR 801.1(a)(3) of either of
these two types of attributable owner. In addition, any entity that
creates or uses any type of arrangement or device with the purpose or
effect of temporarily divesting such entity of attributable ownership
or preventing the vesting of such attributable ownership would also be
considered an attributable owner. Each of the attributable owner types
and corresponding "ultimate parent entity" are discussed in greater
detail as follows.
In many cases, these types of ownership interests may be
coextensive. Specifically, the titleholder (or assignee) is often the
same entity that has the right to enforce the patent, and is not
controlled by any other entity (and so would not have to separately
report an ultimate parent entity). Most additional reporting will need
to be done by companies that have complicated corporate structures and
licenses, which often include the complex structures used by certain
patent assertion entities ("PAEs") to hide their true identities from
the public. Some of this additional reporting may include exclusive
licensees. Although exclusive licensees are sometimes confidential now,
they would only need to be disclosed where their rights are so
substantial that they have enforcement rights in the patent. In such
circumstances, the public has a strong interest in knowing their
identities in order to have an accurate picture of the competitive
patent landscape, to allocate their research and development efforts
appropriately, and to take licenses or purchase patents proactively and
efficiently from the correct entities, as dictated by business needs.
The Office proposes to collect this attributable owner information
from applicants and patent owners, and invites public comments as to
whether and when additional attributable owner information should be
collected as well as whether changes could be made to the scope of the
information proposed to be collected while still achieving the
objectives of the Office set forth in this document.
The Office is proposing to require disclosure of the following
ownership interests:
1. Titleholders: The first type of attributable owner information
the Office proposes to collect is comprised of the titleholder(s) of
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the patent application or issued patent. Titleholders are defined as an
entity that has been assigned title to the patent or application. This
proposed requirement overlaps with the information that applicant and
patent owners currently may voluntarily submit for assignment
recordation at the Office. Reporting of exclusive licensees might be
required in the limited circumstances where the exclusive license
transfers so many rights that it is effectively an assignment, but the
Office expects that exclusive licensee information would more routinely
be reported under the second type of ownership information the Office
proposes to collect (entities that have standing to enforce). See,
e.g., Alfred C. Mann Found. v. Cochlear Corp., 604 F.3d 1354, 1360-61
(Fed. Cir. 2010).
2. Enforcement Entities: The second type of attributable owner
information the Office proposes to collect is comprised of those
entities not already identified as titleholders, but who are necessary
to be joined in a lawsuit in order to have standing to enforce the
patent or any patent resulting from the application. The entities
having the legal right to enforce the patent refers to those parties
that would be necessary and sufficient to bring a legal infringement
action. See Vaupel Textilmaschinen KG v. Meccanica EuroItalia SPA, 944
F.2d 870, 875-76 (Fed. Cir. 1991). This proposed reporting requirement
would require disclosure of exclusive licensees in certain cases.
Ultimate Parent Entities: Information required to be reported for
each type of attributable owner would also include identification of
the ultimate parent entity, i.e., the entity that ultimately controls
the actions of any entities discussed previously, if they are not their
own ultimate parents. The term "ultimate parent entity" is defined by
reference to the definition (an entity which is not controlled by any
other entity) along with the accompanying examples set forth in 16 CFR
801.1(a)(3). The Office is proposing incorporation by reference of the
definition of ultimate parent entity in 16 CFR 801.1(a)(3) but would
welcome comments on how this definition might be modified for use at
the Office. The Office recognizes that corporations sometimes transfers
patents and patent applications within the corporation for legitimate
reasons, such as tax savings purposes, and also welcomes comments on
the impact of the proposed changes on this practice.
Hidden Beneficial Owners: Information required to be reported would
also include identification of entities that are trying to avoid the
need for their disclosure by temporarily divesting themselves of
ownership rights through contractual or other arrangements. The Office
deems the beneficiaries of these temporarily divested rights to be
attributable owners. The Office seeks to have a complete picture of the
attributable owners for the numerous reasons detailed in this document,
and this provision is designed to discourage intentional shielding of
such ownership interests.
As discussed previously, the Office expects that this information
will facilitate the Office's core function of examining patents. All of
the ownership interests outlined previously will help the Office to
avoid potential conflicts of interest, as required by regulation and
statute, and the quasi-judicial roles of patent examiners. For example,
the attributable owner information would allow Office employees to
evaluate whether they own stock in companies that are appearing before
them in patent examination or other Office proceedings. The related
ultimate parent entity information would serve as an additional check
to the extent that Office employees might not be aware of subsidiaries
owned by companies in which they might own stock.
Information about the titleholder and its ultimate parent entity
will also help the Office to determine the scope of prior art under the
common ownership exception under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C), to uncover
instances of double patenting, and ensure that the power of attorney is
current in applications under examination. The ultimate parent entity
information in particular would facilitate searching by providing a
common identifier for companies that have many subsidiaries that
nominally hold title to the application or patent.
The Office plans to publish information about attributable owners
in accordance with its duty to provide information to the public, 35
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U.S.C. 2(a)(2), although such information will be made available only
in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 122. The Office expects that the public
provision of attributable owner information will increase transparency
of the patent system, as outlined in the background section of this
document.
The Office is proposing the following timing and handling of
disclosures:
Timing of Attributable Owner Information Collection: For the
purposes discussed previously, the Office proposes to collect
information at the following points during prosecution and post-
issuance so that the Office will have access to accurate and up-to-date
information and will be able to provide such information to the public.
During Patent Prosecution: The Office proposes the following
attributable owner reporting requirements for pending applications: (1)
Application Filing Requirement: The applicant would be required to
identify the attributable owner at the time a patent application is
initially filed (or shortly thereafter); (2) Update Requirement: The
applicant would be required to identify a new attributable owner during
prosecution within three months of any change in attributable owner;
and (3) Issue Fee Payment Requirement: The applicant would be required
to identify the attributable owner (or verify that the attributable
owner information currently on record at the Office is correct) at the
time of issue fee payment. The requirement to identify the attributable
owner would not apply to provisional applications, and would not apply
to international applications prior to the commencement of the national
stage in the United States. The Office welcomes comments on whether
there are other times during prosecution (e.g., with each reply to an
Office action) where updating or verification of attributable owner
information should be required, and on whether within three months of
any change in attributable owner is the appropriate time frame (i.e.,
should the time frame be more or less than three months?).
After Patent Issuance: The Office proposes the following
attributable owner reporting requirements for issued patents: (1)
Maintenance Fee Requirement: The patent owner would be required to
identify the attributable owner (or verify that the attributable owner
information currently on record at the Office is correct) at the time
each maintenance fee is paid; and (2) Post-Issuance Proceeding
Requirement: The patent owner would be required to identify the
attributable owner (or verify that the attributable owner information
currently on record at the Office is correct) at the time the patent
becomes involved in certain post-issuance proceedings before the Office,
including (1) any trial proceeding before the PTAB, such as any post grant
review under 35 U.S.C. 321, inter partes review under 35 U.S.C. 311,
covered business method patent review under section 18 of the AIA, or
derivation proceeding under 35 U.S.C 135; (2) any request for supplemental
examination under 35 U.S.C. 257(a); and (3) any ex parte reexamination
proceeding under 35 U.S.C. 302.
Provision of Attributable Owner Information to the Public: While
the Office would use attributable owner information for examination
purposes in both published and unpublished applications, attributable
owner information would be made available to the public in an
application that has been published under 35 U.S.C. 122(b) or issued as
a patent under 35 U.S.C. 151. The Office anticipates providing
information about the current attributable owner, as well as a history
of any attributable owner changes, in an accessible electronic format,
such as via the public side of the Patent Application Information
Retrieval (PAIR) system.
Discussion of Specific Rules
The following is a discussion of proposed amendments to title 37 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1:
Sectiogn 1.17: Section 1.17(g) is proposed to be amended to include
a reference to proposed §§ 1.279 and 1.387. Sections 1.279 and
1.387 as proposed provide for a petition and the petition fee set forth
in § 1.17(g) if the applicant or patent owner has failed to notify
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the Office of a change to the attributable owner, or has indicated an
incorrect or an incomplete attributable owner, despite a good faith
effort to comply with these requirements.
Section 1.271: Section 1.271 as proposed defines the entity or
entities that are covered by the term "attributable owner" as that
term is used in the rules of practice. Section 1.271(a) as proposed
specifically provides that the attributable owner includes each of the
following entities: (1) An entity that, exclusively or jointly, has
been assigned title to the patent or application (proposed
§ 1.271(a)(1)); and (2) an entity necessary to be joined in a lawsuit in
order to have standing to enforce the patent or any patent resulting
from the application (proposed § 1.271(a)(2)).
Section 1.271(b) as proposed provides that the attributable owner
of a patent or application includes the ultimate parent entity as
defined in 16 CFR 801.1(a)(3) of an entity described in § 1.271(a).
The ultimate parent entity is an entity which is not controlled by any
other entity. 16 CFR 801.1(a) provides the following illustrative
examples for identifying the ultimate parent entity: "(1) If
corporation A holds one hundred percent of the stock of subsidiary B,
and B holds seventy-five percent of the stock of its subsidiary C,
corporation A is the ultimate parent entity, since it controls
subsidiary B directly and subsidiary C indirectly, and since it is the
entity within the person which is not controlled by any other entity;
(2) if corporation A is controlled by natural person D, natural person
D is the ultimate parent entity; and (3) if P and Q are the ultimate
parent entities within persons `P' and `Q,' and P and Q each own fifty
percent of the voting securities of R, then P and Q are both ultimate
parents of R, and R is part of both persons `P' and `Q.' "
With regard to the definition of "ultimate parent entity" as "an
entity which is not controlled by any other entity," 16 CFR 801.1(b)
defines "control" as follows: The term control (as used in the terms
control(s), controlling, controlled by and under common control with)
means: (1) Either (i) holding fifty percent or more of the outstanding
voting securities of an issuer, or (ii) in the case of an
unincorporated entity, having the right to fifty percent or more of the
profits of the entity, or having the right in the event of dissolution
to fifty percent or more of the assets of the entity; or (2) having the
contractual power presently to designate fifty percent or more of the
directors of a for-profit or not-for-profit corporation, or in the case
of trusts that are irrevocable and/or in which the settlor does not
retain a reversionary interest, the trustees of such a trust. 16 CFR
801.1(b) further provides a number of illustrative examples for
identifying the ultimate parent entity based upon its definition of
"control."
Section 1.271(c) as proposed provides that any entity that,
directly or indirectly, creates or uses a trust, proxy, power of
attorney, pooling arrangement, or any other contract, arrangement, or
device with the purpose or effect of temporarily divesting such entity
of attributable ownership of a patent or application, or preventing the
vesting of such attributable ownership of a patent or application,
shall also be deemed for the purpose of § 1.271 to be an
attributable owner of such patent or application.
Section 1.271(d) as proposed defines the term "entity" used in
§ 1.271. Section 1.271(d) as proposed specifically provides that
the term "entity" used in § 1.271 includes: (1) Any natural
person, corporation, company, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, estate of a deceased natural person,
foundation, fund, or institution, whether incorporated or not, wherever
located and of whatever citizenship (proposed § 1.271(d)(1)); (2)
any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or similar official or any
liquidating agent for any of the entities described in § 1.271(d)(1),
in his or her capacity as such (proposed § 1.271(d)(2)); (3) a joint
venture or other corporation which has not been formed but the
acquisition of the voting securities or other interest in which, if
already formed, would be an attributable owner as described in this
section (proposed § 1.271(d)(3)); or (4) any other organization or
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corporate form not specifically listed in § 1.271(d)(1), (d)(2), or
(d)(3) that holds an interest in an application or patent (proposed
§ 1.271(d)(4)). Section 1.271(d) as proposed (in combination with the
exception in proposed § 1.271(e)) tracks the definition of entity in
16 CFR 801.1(a)(2).
Section 1.271(e) as proposed provides an "exception" to the term
"entity" as used in § 1.271. Section 1.271(e) as proposed
specifically provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of § 1.271(c),
the term "entity" does not include any foreign state, foreign government,
or agency thereof (other than a corporation or unincorporated entity
engaged in commerce), and also does not include the United States, any of
the States thereof, or any political subdivision or agency of either
(other than a corporation or unincorporated entity engaged in commerce).
Section 1.271(f) as proposed sets out the information concerning an
entity that must be provided when that entity is being identified as an
attributable owner. Section 1.271(f) as proposed specifically provides
that when there is a requirement to identify the attributable owner,
each entity constituting the attributable owner must be identified as
follows: (1) The identification of a public company must include the
name of the company, stock symbol, and stock exchange where the company
is listed (proposed § 1.271(f)(1)); (2) the identification of a
non-public company must include the name of the company, place of
incorporation, and address of the principal place of business (proposed
§ 1.271(f)(2)); (3) the identification of a partnership must
include the name of the partnership and address of the principal place
of business (proposed § 1.271(f)(3)); (4) the identification of a
natural person must include the full legal name, residence, and a
correspondence address (proposed § 1.271(f)(4)); and (5) the
identification of any other type of entity must include its name, if
organized under the laws of a state, the name of that state and legal
form of organization, and address of the principal place of business
(proposed § 1.271(f)(5)).
Section 1.271(g) is proposed to clarify that a shareholder or
partner in a corporate form, partnership, or other association (except
for shareholders of a public company) must also be identified as an
attributable owner if the shareholder or partner meets one of the
definitions set forth in § 1.271(a), (b), or (c), even if the a
corporate form, partnership, or other association is separately
identified as an attributable owner.
Section 1.273: Section 1.273 as proposed requires the applicant to
identify the attributable owner (the "initial" attributable owner) on
filing or within the time period provided in § 1.53(f) (provides
for the completion of an application under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) for
examination) or § 1.495(c) (provides for the submission of missing
requirements in an international application that commenced the
national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371). Section 1.273 as proposed
specifically provides that the attributable owner must be identified in
each application under 35 U.S.C. 111(a), including a reissue
application, and in each international application that commenced the
national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371(b) or (f). The requirements of
proposed § 1.273 would not apply to provisional applications under
35 U.S.C. 111(b), and would not apply to international applications
prior to the commencement of the national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371(b)
or (f). Section 1.273 as proposed also provides that if an application
under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) which has been accorded a filing date pursuant
to § 1.53(b) or (d) does not identify the attributable owner, or if
an international application which complies with § 1.495(b) does
not identify the attributable owner, the applicant will be notified and
given a period of time within which to file a notice identifying the
attributable owner to avoid abandonment. Section 1.273 as proposed also
provides that the notice by the Office under § 1.273 may be
combined with a notice under § 1.53(f) (providing for the
completion of an application under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) for examination) or
§ 1.495(c) (providing for the filing of missing requirements in an
international application that commenced the national stage under 35
U.S.C. 371). Thus, the applicant must identify the attributable owner
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on filing or in reply to a notice setting a time period within which
the attributable owner must be identified. The Office generally issues
a notice under § 1.53(f) (if necessary) within one to two months of
the filing date of an application and sets a two-month time period for
an applicant to comply with the requirements in the notice under
§ 1.53(f). The two-month time period for an applicant to comply with the
requirements in the notice under § 1.53(f) may be extended under
§ 1.136(a) by up to five months. Thus, this process would permit an
applicant up to eight months from the filing date of an application to
provide the attributable ownership information. The failure to identify
the attributable owner within the time period set under § 1.273
would result in abandonment of the application. An applicant would be
able to revive an application abandoned for failure to identify the
attributable owner within the time period set under § 1.273 under
the provisions of § 1.137, provided that the failure to identify
the attributable owner was unintentional.
The Office is proposing making this requirement applicable to
applications under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) filed on or after the effective
date of the final rule and to international applications that commenced
the national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371(b) or (f) on or after the
effective date of the final rule.
Section 1.275: Section 1.275 as proposed addresses the procedure to
be followed if there is a change in attributable owner during the
pendency of an application under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) or the pendency of an
international application which complies with § 1.495(b). The
requirements of proposed § 1.275 would not apply to provisional
applications under 35 U.S.C. 111(b), and would not apply to
international applications prior to the commencement of the national
stage under 35 U.S.C. 371(b) or (f). Section 1.275 as proposed
specifically provides that if there is such a change during the
pendency of an application, the applicant has three months (non-
extendable) from the date of the change to the attributable owner
within which to file a notice identifying the current attributable
owner.
The Office is proposing making this requirement applicable to
applications under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) filed on or after the effective
date of the final rule and to international applications that commenced
the national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371(b) or (f) on or after the
effective date of the final rule.
Section 1.277: Section 1.277 as proposed requires applicants to
confirm that attributable owner information on record at the Office is
accurate, or to provide updated information. Section 1.277 as proposed
specifically provides if a notice of allowance under § 1.311 has
been sent to the applicant, and if the attributable owner information
on record at the Office is no longer correct, that the applicant must
file a notice identifying the current attributable owner within three
months (non-extendable) from the date of the mailing of the notice of
allowance. If the attributable owner information on record at the
Office is still correct, applicants can simply confirm that there have
been no changes. To this end, the Office plans to provide a checkbox on
the notice of allowance (PTOL-85b) (or checkbox via the electronic
filing system) so that if the information on record at the Office
remains correct, an applicant may simply check a box to so indicate.
The failure to either update or confirm within three months (non-
extendable) from the date of mailing of the notice of allowance would
result in abandonment of the application. An applicant would be able to
revive an application abandoned for failure to complete this action
under the provisions of § 1.137, provided that the failure was
unintentional.
The Office is proposing making this requirement applicable to
applications in which a notice of allowance under 35 U.S.C. 151 and
1.311 is mailed on or after the effective date of the final rule.
Section 1.279: Section 1.279 as proposed provides for the situation
in which the applicant has failed to notify the Office of a change to
the attributable owner, or has indicated an incorrect or an incomplete
attributable owner, despite a good faith effort to comply with these
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requirements. Section 1.279 as proposed specifically provides that if,
despite a good faith effort by the applicant to notify the Office of
the initial attributable owner, and of any changes to the attributable
owner, in the manner required by §§ 1.273, 1.275, and 1.277,
the failure or error may be excused in a pending application on
petition accompanied by a showing of reason for the delay, error, or
incompleteness and the petition fee set forth in § 1.17(g).
Section 1.279 as proposed is limited to excusing failure or errors
in a pending application. Where there has been a failure to identify
the attributable owner within the time period set under § 1.273, or
after mailing the notice of allowance, a failure either to confirm that
the information on file at the Office is correct, or to identify the
current attributable owner within three months (non-extendable) from the
date of mailing under § 1.277, that has resulted in abandonment of an
application, the applicant's remedy (if the failure was unintentional)
is by way of a petition to revive the abandoned application under the
provisions of § 1.137.
Section 1.381: Section 1.381 as proposed provides for a patent
holder to either: (1) Identify the current attributable owner prior to
each maintenance fee payment; or (2) confirm prior to each maintenance
fee payment that there has been no change to the attributable owner
information most recently provided to the Office. Section 1.381 as
proposed specifically provides that a notice identifying the current
attributable owner must be filed within the period specified in
§ 1.362(d) or (e), but prior to the date the maintenance fee is paid, for
each maintenance fee. Section 1.381 as proposed does not require that
the notice be provided concurrently with the maintenance fee payment as
the Office appreciates that maintenance fee payments are often provided
as bulk payments in an automated fashion by a third party. Rather,
§ 1.381 as proposed provides a considerable "window" (within the
six-month payment window in § 1.362(d) or the six-month surcharge
window in § 1.362(e), but prior to the date the maintenance fee is
paid) within which a notice identifying the current attributable owner
must be provided. The Office welcomes comments on how to collect
attributable owner information at the time of each maintenance fee,
particularly in light of this practice of maintenance fee submission in
bulk by third parties.
Section 1.381 as proposed also provides that if there has been no
change to the attributable owner information most recently provided to
the Office, the notice may simply indicate that there has been no
change. The Office plans to provide a means (automated or a pre-printed
form) such that if the current attributable owner has been previously
provided to the Office, the patent owner may simply check the box or
submit a pre-printed form to indicate that there has been no change to
the attributable owner. Thus, a patent owner who provides updated
attributable owner information whenever there is a change to the
attributable owner during the life of the patent may simply check the
box or submit a pre-printed form to indicate that that there has been
no change to the attributable owner.
The Office is proposing making this requirement applicable to
patents in which a maintenance fee is paid on or after the effective
date of the final rule.
Section 1.383: Section 1.383 as proposed requires the patent holder
to identify the current attributable owner for any patents involved in
a PTAB trial proceeding. Section 1.383 as proposed specifically
provides that the mandatory notice filed by a patent owner as required
by § 42.8(a)(2) must also be accompanied by a notice identifying
the current attributable owner. Section 42.8 requires that the
petitioner and the patent owner each file a notice identifying (inter
alia) each real party in interest owner for the party. See § 42.8(b)(1).
Proposed § 1.383 differs from the current requirement in § 42.8 to
identify each real party in interest in that proposed § 1.383:
(1) Requires identification of each attributable owner (defined in
§ 1.271), rather than real party in interest; and (2) applies only to a
patent owner. Section 1.383 as proposed further provides that if there
is a change to the attributable owner during the pendency of the trial,
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the patent owner has twenty-one days (non-extendable) from the date of
the change within which to file a notice identifying the current
attributable owner. Section 1.383 provides a twenty-one-day period,
rather than a three-month period, for updating any changes in attributable
owners for a patent involved in a PTAB proceeding because § 42.8 requires
that a notice must be filed with the Board within twenty-one days of a
change in the information that is required to be in the mandatory notice.
See 42.8(a)(3).
The Office is proposing making this requirement applicable to any
trial proceeding in which the petition was filed on or after the
effective date of the final rule.
Section 1.385: Section 1.385 as proposed requires a patent holder
to identify the current attributable owner in a request for
supplemental examination and during ex parte reexamination proceedings.
Section 1.385(a) as proposed pertains to supplemental examination.
Section 1.385(a) as proposed provides that a request for supplemental
examination under § 1.610 must also be accompanied by a notice
identifying the current attributable owner. Thus, a request for
supplemental examination would not be accorded a filing date unless it
is accompanied by a notice identifying the current attributable owner.
A request for supplemental examination may be filed only by the patent
owner and a supplemental examination proceeding will not last longer
than three months (35 U.S.C. 257(a)). Therefore, there are no
provisions for a request for supplemental examination by a party other
than the patent owner or for a change to the attributable owner during
a supplemental examination.
Section 1.385(b) as proposed pertains to a request for ex parte
reexamination by the patent holder. Section 1.385(b) as proposed
specifically provides that a request for ex parte reexamination under
§ 1.510 by the patent holder must also be accompanied by a notice
identifying the current attributable owner. Thus, a request for ex
parte reexamination by the patent owner would not be accorded a filing
date unless it is accompanied by a notice identifying the current
attributable owner.
Section 1.385(c) as proposed pertains to a request for ex parte
reexamination in which the patent owner has not identified the current
attributable owner because the request was filed by a third party
rather than the patent holder. Section 1.385(c) as proposed
specifically provides that a reply or any other paper filed by the
patent holder in an ex parte reexamination proceeding must be
accompanied by a notice identifying the current attributable owner,
unless such a notice has previously been filed by the patent holder.
Thus, a reply by the patent holder in an ex parte reexamination would
be considered incomplete unless it is accompanied by a notice
identifying the current attributable owner, or unless such a notice has
previously been filed. The phrase "unless such a notice has previously
been filed by the patent owner" covers the situations in which: (1)
The request for ex parte reexamination was by the patent holder and the
patent holder identified the current attributable owner in the request
for ex parte reexamination; or (2) the current attributable owner was
identified in a previous reply by the patent holder. Section 1.385(c)
as proposed further provides that if there is a change to the
attributable owner during the pendency of the reexamination proceeding,
the patent holder has three months (non-extendable) from the date of
the change to the attributable owner within which to file a notice
identifying the current attributable owner.
The Office is proposing making this requirement applicable to any
supplemental examination or ex parte reexamination in which the request
was filed on or after the effective date of the final rule.
Section 1.387: Section 1.387 as proposed addresses the situation in
which the patent holder has failed to notify the Office of a change to
the attributable owner, or has indicated an incorrect or an incomplete
attributable owner, despite a good faith effort to comply with these
requirements. Section 1.387 as proposed specifically provides that if,
despite a good faith effort by the patent holder to notify the Office of
the initial attributable owner, and of any changes to the attributable
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owner, in the manner required by §§ 1.273, 1.275, 1.277, 1.381, 1.383,
and 1.385, the failure or error may be excused on petition accompanied
by a showing of reason for the delay, error, or incompleteness and the
petition fee set forth in § 1.17(g). Thus, proposed § 1.387 would be the
applicable provision for corrections in an issued patent, regardless of
whether the failure or error occurred during the application process
(i.e., there was a failure to comply with §§ 1.273, 1.275, or 1.277) or
after the patent issued (i.e., there was a failure to comply with
§§ 1.381, 1.383, and 1.385).
Rulemaking Considerations
A. Administrative Procedure Act
This document proposes to require that the attributable owner,
including the ultimate parent entity, be identified during the pendency
of a patent application and at specified times during the life of a
patent. The changes in this rulemaking do not change the substantive
criteria of patentability and also do not place any limits or
conditions on the patent owner's ability to transfer ownership of, or
any other interest in, a patent or patent application. Therefore, the
changes proposed in this rulemaking involve rules of agency practice
and procedure, and/or interpretive rules. See Bachow Commc'ns Inc. v.
F.C.C., 237 F.3d 683, 690 (D.C. Cir. 2001) (rules governing an
application process are procedural under the Administrative Procedure
Act); Inova Alexandria Hosp. v. Shalala, 244 F.3d 342, 350 (4th Cir.
2001) (rules for handling appeals were procedural where they did not
change the substantive standard for reviewing claims).
Accordingly, prior notice and opportunity for public comment are
not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b) or (c) (or any other law). See
Cooper Techs, 536 F.3d at 1336-37 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (stating that 5
U.S.C. 553, and thus 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2)(B), does not require notice and
comment rulemaking for "interpretative rules, general statements of
policy, or rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice")
(quoting 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A)). The Office, however, is publishing all of
these proposed changes as it seeks the benefit of the public's views on
the Office's proposed implementation.
B. Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
1. Description of the Reasons That Action By the Agency Is Being
Considered
The Office is proposing to amend the rules of patent practice to
provide greater transparency concerning the ownership of pending patent
applications and patents. The purpose of this rulemaking is to ensure
the highest-quality patents, to facilitate patent examination at the
Office, to enhance competition and increase incentives to innovate by
providing innovators with information that will allow them to better
understand the competitive environment in which they operate, enhance
technology transfer and reduce the costs of transactions for patent
rights by making patent ownership information more readily and easily
available, to reduce risk of abusive patent litigation by helping the
public defend itself against risk of abusive assertions by providing
more information about the parties that have an interest in patents or
patent applications, and to level the playing field for innovators.
2. Succinct Statement of the Objectives of, and Legal Basis for, the
Proposed Rules
The objective of the proposed rules is to provide greater
transparency concerning the ownership of pending patent applications
and patents to facilitate patent examination at the Office by requiring
that the attributable owner, including the ultimate parent entity, be
identified during the pendency of a patent application and at specified
times during the life of a patent, and to further ensure that the
ownership information the Office provides to the public is accurate and
not misleading.
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The proposed changes to require patent applicants and patent owners
to regularly update ownership information when the applicant or patent
owner is involved in a proceeding before the Office will facilitate
patent examination and other parts of the Office's internal processes
by helping to: (1) Ensure that a "power of attorney" is current in
each application or proceeding before the Office; (2) avoid potential
conflicts of interest for Office personnel; (3) determine the scope of
prior art under the common ownership exception under 35 U.S.C.
102(b)(2)(C) and uncover instances of double patenting; (4) verify that
the party making a request for a post-issuance proceeding is a proper
party for the proceeding; and (5) ensure that the information the
Office provides to the public concerning published applications and
issued patents is accurate and not misleading.
Beyond providing these benefits to the Office, collecting
attributable owner information and making it available may: (1) Enhance
competition and increase incentives to innovate by providing innovators
with information to allow them to better understand the competitive
environment in which they operate; (2) enhance technology transfer and
reduce the costs of transactions for patent rights since patent
ownership information will be more readily and easily accessible; (3)
help the public defend itself against abusive patent assertion or
litigation by providing more information about all the parties that
have an interest in the patent or patent application; and (4) level the
playing field for innovators.
The legal basis for the proposed rules is 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), which
authorizes the Office to establish regulations, not inconsistent with
law, which "govern the conduct of proceedings in the Office." 35
U.S.C. 2(a)(2)(A); see also Star Fruits S.N.C., 393 F.3d at 1282
(quoting 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2)), and Cooper Techs., 536 F.3d at 1335
("To comply with section 2(b)(2)(A), a Patent Office rule must be
`procedural' - i.e., it must `govern the conduct of proceedings in the
Office.' "). Pursuant to this authority, the Office may require the
submission of attributable owner information that is reasonably
necessary to proper examination or treatment of the matter at hand,
provided that such requests are not arbitrary or capricious. See Star
Fruits, 393 F.3d at 1283-84.
Further legal basis for the proposed rule comes from 35 U.S.C.
2(a). Because the Office publishes information it possesses related to
an application or patent (subject to 35 U.S.C. 122), the Office has an
interest in ensuring that such information is not misleading. The
Office currently receives (and publishes) only assignment information
that is voluntarily submitted by the applicant or patent owner. There
is currently no requirement that changes in assignment information be
updated, though current law protects against certain types of fraud if
such updating occurs. See 35 U.S.C. 261. Consequently, the information
the Office has on file may be outdated, which may be misleading to the
public. Ensuring that the Office can provide information to the public
that is not misleading is consistent with several statutory provisions
directing the Office to disseminate information to the public as well
as those directing the Office to provide access to information through
electronic means. See 35 U.S.C. 2(a)(2) (creating a duty of
"disseminating to the public information with respect to patents");
10(a)(4) (providing for publication of information, including "annual
indexes of . . . patentees"); 10(b) (allowing the Director to publish
the specified information set forth in item (4) of subsection 35 U.S.C.
10(a) of this section in a publication format "desirable for the use of
the Office") and 41(i) (creating a duty to provide access to information
electronically).
3. Description and Estimate of the Number of Affected Small Entities
A. Size Standard and Description of Entities Affected. The Small
Business Administration (SBA) small business size standards applicable
to most analyses conducted to comply with the Regulatory Flexibility
Act are set forth in 13 CFR 121.201. These regulations generally define
small businesses as those with fewer than a specified maximum number of
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employees or less than a specified level of annual receipts for the
entity's industrial sector or North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) code. As provided by the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and
after consultation with the Small Business Administration, the Office
formally adopted an alternate size standard as the size standard for
the purpose of conducting an analysis or making a certification under
the Regulatory Flexibility Act for patent-related regulations. See
Business Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and
Trademark Office Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related
Regulations, 71 FR 67109 (Nov. 20, 2006), 1313 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 60
(Dec. 12, 2006). This alternate small business size standard is SBA's
previously established size standard that identifies the criteria
entities must meet to be entitled to pay reduced patent fees. See 13
CFR 121.802. If patent applicants identify themselves on a patent
application as qualifying for reduced patent fees, the Office captures
this data in the Patent Application Location and Monitoring (PALM)
database system, which tracks information on each patent application
submitted to the Office.
Unlike the SBA small business size standards set forth in 13 CFR
121.201, the size standard for the Office is not industry-specific.
Specifically, the Office's definition of small business concern for
Regulatory Flexibility Act purposes is a business or other concern
that: (1) Meets the SBA's definition of a "business concern or
concern" set forth in 13 CFR 121.105; and (2) meets the size standards
set forth in 13 CFR 121.802 for the purpose of paying reduced patent
fees, namely, an entity: (a) Whose number of employees, including
affiliates, does not exceed 500 persons; and (b) which has not
assigned, granted, conveyed, or licensed (and is under no obligation to
do so) any rights in the invention to any person who made it and could
not be classified as an independent inventor, or to any concern which
would not qualify as a non-profit organization or a small business
concern under this definition. See Business Size Standard for Purposes
of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations, 71 FR at 67112, 1313 Off. Gaz.
Pat. Office at 63.
B. Estimate of Number of Entities Affected. The proposed rules will
apply to all entities, including small or micro entity patent
applicants or patent owners, that: (1) File a patent application; (2)
change attributable owners during the pendency of a patent application;
(3) pay an issue fee in an allowed application; (4) pay a maintenance
fee for a patent; (5) file a request for supplemental examination under
35 U.S.C. 257(a); (6) file a request for ex parte reexamination under
35 U.S.C. 302; or (7) have a patent involved in a third-party requested
ex parte reexamination under 35 U.S.C. 302, or a trial proceeding
before the PTAB, such as any post grant review under 35 U.S.C. 321,
inter partes review under 35 U.S.C. 311, covered business method patent
review under section 18 of the AIA, or derivation proceeding under 35
U.S.C 135.
Based upon the information in the Office's PALM system, the Office
received approximately 437,000 new applications (including continuing
applications but not requests for continued examination) in fiscal year
2013, of which approximately 131,000 were by small or micro entity
applicants. Thus, the Office estimates that 437,000 patent applicants,
of which 131,000 are small or micro entities, will need to provide
attributable owner information each year due to the requirement to
identify the attributable owner at the time a patent application is
initially filed (or shortly thereafter).
Based upon the information in the Office's PALM system, there are
approximately 1,249,000 patent applications currently (in October of
2013) pending before the Office, of which 337,000 are by small or micro
entity applicants. Since the Office does not currently require
applicants and patent holders to disclose changes in the attributable
owner of an application or patent, the Office does not have information
on how often there is a change in attributable owner of an application
during the pendency of a patent application. The Office's assignment
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records, however, indicate that about ninety-two percent of
applications have recorded assignment documents at the time of patent
grant, but fewer than four percent of applications have a second
recorded assignment document each year reflecting some type of
ownership transfer during the pendency of a patent application. The
high percentage of patent applicants who currently submit an assignment
document for recordation and the relatively low percentage of patent
applicants who submit a second assignment document for recordation
leads to the inference that changes in ownership during the pendency of
a patent application are relatively infrequent (e.g., changes in
ownership will occur in fewer than four percent of applications each
year). Thus, the Office estimates that 50,000 (four percent of
1,249,000, rounded up to the nearest thousand) patent applicants, of
which 14,000 (four percent of 337,000, rounded up to the nearest
thousand) are small or micro entities, will need to update attributable
owner information each year due to the requirement to update
attributable owner information when there is a change in ownership
during the pendency of a patent application.
Based upon the information in the Office's Revenue Accounting
Management (RAM) system, the Office received the following fee payments
in fiscal year 2013: (1) 296,481 issue fee payments (68,574 by small or
micro entity applicants); (2) 153,875 first stage maintenance fee
payments (27,076 by small or micro entity patent owners); (3) 99,249
second stage maintenance fee payments (16,692 by small or micro entity
patent owners); and (4) 75,470 third stage maintenance fee payments
(11,273 by small or micro entity patent owners). Thus, the Office
estimates that 297,000 (266,481 rounded up to the nearest thousand)
patent applicants, of which 69,000 (68,574 rounded up to the nearest
thousand) are small or micro entities, will need to update attributable
owner information each year due to the requirement to identify the
attributable owner (or verify that the current attributable owner has
been previously identified) at the time of issue fee payment, and the
Office estimates that 329,000 (153,875 plus 99,249 plus 75,470, rounded
up to the nearest thousand), of which 55,000 (27,076 plus 16,692 plus
11,273, rounded up to the nearest thousand) are small or micro
entities, will need to update attributable owner information each year
due to the requirement to identify the attributable owner (or verify
that the attributable owner information currently on record at the Office
is correct) at the time each maintenance fee is paid.
Based upon the information from the Office's Central Reexamination
Unit, there are fewer than 800 requests for ex parte reexamination
filed each year. In addition, the Office's assignment records show that
fewer than three percent of the patents in force have a recorded
assignment document reflecting some type of ownership transfer during
the life of the patent, which leads to the inference that changes in
ownership during the life of a patent are relatively infrequent (e.g.,
changes in ownership will occur in fewer than three percent of
patents). Thus, the Office estimates that approximately 1,000 (800 plus
three percent of 800 (800 plus 24) rounded up to the nearest thousand)
patent owners will need to update attributable owner information each
year due to the requirement to identify the attributable owner (or
verify that the real party in interest information currently on record
at the Office is correct) in an ex parte reexamination proceeding or
when there is a change in ownership during an ex parte reexamination
proceeding.
The supplemental examination provisions have been enacted as part
of the AIA. The Office has received thirty-one requests for
supplemental examination since September 16, 2012, the effective date
of the supplemental examination provisions of the AIA. Thus, the Office
estimates that approximately 100 (31 rounded up to the nearest hundred)
patent owners will need to update attributable owner information each
year due to the requirement to identify the attributable owner (or
verify that the real party in interest information currently on record
at the Office is correct) at the time the patent owner files a request
for supplemental examination.
The PTAB trial provisions (post grant review under 35 U.S.C. 321,
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inter partes review under 35 U.S.C. 311, covered business method patent
review under section 18 of the AIA, or derivation proceedings under 35
U.S.C 135) have been enacted as part of the AIA. The Office received
563 petitions for a PTAB trial proceeding during fiscal year 2013, but
received between eighty and one hundred petitions for a PTAB trial
proceeding during each of August, September, and October of 2013. Thus,
the Office estimates that approximately 2,000 (100 per month multiplied
by 12 months (1,200) plus three percent of 1200 (1,200 plus 360),
rounded up to the nearest thousand) patent owners will need to update
attributable owner information each year based upon the filing of a
petition for a PTAB trial proceeding.
Summary of Number of Entities Affected: Based upon the foregoing,
the Office estimates that: (1) 437,000 (131,000 small or micro entity)
patent applicants will need to provide attributable owner information
each year due to the requirement to identify the attributable owner at
the time a patent application is initially filed (or shortly
thereafter); (2) 50,000 (14,000 small or micro entity) patent
applicants will need to update attributable owner information each year
due to the requirement to update attributable owner information when
there is a change in ownership during the pendency of a patent
application; (3) 297,000 (69,000 small or micro entity) patent
applicants will need to update attributable owner information each year
due to the requirement to identify the attributable owner (or verify
that the current attributable owner information on record at the Office
is correct) at the time of issue fee payment; (4) 329,000 (55,000 small
or micro entity) patent owners will need to update attributable owner
information each year due to the requirement to identify the
attributable owner (or verify that the attributable owner information
currently on record at the Office is correct) at the time each
maintenance fee is paid; (5) 1,000 patent owners will need to update
attributable owner information each year due to the requirement to
identify the attributable owner (or verify that the real party in
interest information currently on record at the Office is correct) in
an ex parte reexamination proceeding, or the requirement to identify
the attributable owner when there is a change in ownership during an ex
parte reexamination proceeding; (6) 100 patent owners will need to
update attributable owner information each year due to the requirement
to identify the attributable owner (or verify that the attributable
owner information currently on record at the Office is correct) at the
time the patent owner files a request for supplemental examination; and
(7) 2,000 patent owners will need to update attributable owner
information each year due to the requirement to identify the
attributable owner (or verify that the attributable owner information
currently on record at the Office is correct) at the time the patent
becomes involved a PTAB post grant review, inter partes review, covered
business method patent review, derivation proceeding, or the
requirement to identify the attributable owner when there is a change
in ownership during a PTAB post grant review, inter partes review,
covered business method patent review, or derivation proceeding.
4. Description of the projected reporting, recordkeeping and other
compliance requirements of the proposed rules, including an estimate of
the classes of small entities which will be subject to the requirement
and the type of professional skills necessary for preparation of the
report or record: The proposed rules will apply to all entities,
including any small or micro entity patent applicant or patent holder,
that: (1) File a patent application; (2) change attributable owners
during the pendency of a patent application; (3) pay an issue fee in an
allowed application; (4) pay a maintenance fee for a patent; (5) file a
request for supplemental examination under 35 U.S.C. 257(a); (6) file a
request for ex parte reexamination under 35 U.S.C. 302; or (7) have a
patent involved in a third-party requested ex parte reexamination under
35 U.S.C. 302, or a trial proceeding before the PTAB, such as any post
grant review under 35 U.S.C. 321, inter partes review under 35 U.S.C.
311, covered business method patent review under section 18 of the AIA,
or derivation proceeding under 35 U.S.C 135.
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A patent attorney or general practice attorney would have the type
of professional skills necessary for providing the attributable owner
information required by the proposed rules. As discussed previously,
the Office issued a request for comments in November of 2011 (Request
for Comments on Eliciting More Complete Patent Assignment Information,
76 FR at 72372 et seq.) and issued a notice of a roundtable and request
for comments in November of 2012 (Notice of Roundtable on Proposed
Requirements for Recordation of Real Party-in-Interest Information
Throughout Application Pendency and Patent Term, 77 FR at 70385 et
seq.). The Office received input at this roundtable, including the
suggestion that providing the attributable owner information might have
a transaction cost of $100, depending upon the inclusiveness of the
definition of attributable owner (which was discussed under the rubric
of "real party in interest" at the roundtable). It was also suggested
that the transaction could be less costly, and less frequently
incurred, because reporting would occur at times applicants were
already working with the application and would require ownership
information that was readily known and could be easily reported. As
described further below, given the Office's records concerning
assignment recordation and feedback at the roundtable, the Office
estimates that in many instances, reporting ownership information in
compliance with this proposed rule will have negligible costs. Applicants
patentees will often be reporting information readily known (e.g., that
the patent is owned by the inventor, or that the patent is owned by the
employer of the inventor to whom it has been assigned) and in many
instances will be providing this information at a time they are
otherwise interacting with the Office (e.g., upon application, upon
issue, during a post-grant proceeding). This seems likely to have a
minimal cost, and to require minimal time to report. Given the Office's
records suggesting that many applications do not have more than one
recorded assignment, in many instances applicants or patentees will
likely be merely confirming the ownership information is unchanged,
which should have a negligible cost.
As noted previously, the Office's assignment records indicate that
approximately ninety-two percent of patent applications have a recorded
assignment at the time of grant, and four percent of patent
applications have a second recorded assignment each year reflecting
some kind of ownership change. Approximately eight percent of
applications have no assignment transaction, and presumably are filed
by the original owners. This suggests that for most applications, there
would be a single reporting of attributable owner, with no changes
needed to be reported at later times. At subsequent instances when
reporting was required (e.g., upon issue), the owner would merely be
confirming that no change had occurred, which would have negligible
cost. The Office presumes that reporting costs for these applications
would be negligible, because the applicants would be indicating that
they are the attributable owners, providing the same information they
are providing elsewhere in the application. In summary, the Office
estimates that in many instances, when reporting is required under the
proposed rule, applicants or patentees will be providing information
that is readily known and available to them, and that can be provided
easily and at negligible cost during the application process, at grant,
or after grant. The Office estimates that in instances where the owner
of a large number of patents reports information in compliance with
this proposal, economies of scale would likely work to reduce the cost
of reporting (e.g., reporting ownership information at the same time).
The Office estimates that only a minority of instances would present
multiple transfers that would potentially require greater costs to meet
these reporting requirements. In a majority of instances, the Office
estimates that the costs to report would be minimal.
The Office welcomes comments from the public specifically on the
issue of estimating costs of compliance with the proposed rule,
including comments on possible transaction costs, frequencies of
reporting changes in information, and possible economies of scale in
reporting.
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5. Description of any significant alternatives to the rules which
accomplish the stated objectives of applicable statutes and which
minimize any significant economic impact of the rules on small
entities: This analysis considered significant alternatives such as:
(1) The establishment of differing compliance or reporting requirements
or timetables that take into account the resources available to small
entities; (2) the clarification, consolidation, or simplification of
compliance and reporting requirements under the rule for such small
entities; (3) the use of performance rather than design standards; and
(4) an exemption from coverage of the rule, or any part thereof, for
such small entities. See 5 U.S.C. 603.
With respect to the proposed requirement for updating any changes
in attributable owners during the application process, the Office
considered requiring updated attributable owner information with each
reply to an Office action. The Office has instead proposed requiring
updating only if there is a change to the attributable owner during the
pendency of an application, with a single confirmation at the time of
issuance, to reduce the need for a periodic review of attributable
owner information.
With respect to the proposed requirement for updating any changes
in attributable owners after the patent is granted, the Office
considered requiring updating attributable owner information whenever
there was a post patent proceeding (e.g., with requests for a
certificate of correction under 35 U.S.C. 254 or 255, or requests to
correct inventorship under 35 U.S.C. 256).
With respect to differing compliance or reporting requirements or
timetables that take into account the resources available to small
entities, the Office considered requiring updating attributable owner
information at fewer instances during the pendency of an application
(e.g., only on filing and at allowance), but such a proposal would not
achieve the objection of having accurate and up-to-date ownership
information and providing greater public transparency concerning the
ownership of pending patent applications and patents. The proposed
rules minimize the "periodic" reporting requirement by permitting an
applicant or patent owner who updates attributable owner information
whenever there is a change in the attributable owner to simply confirm
that there has been no change to the attributable owner.
With respect to the clarification, consolidation, or simplification
of compliance and reporting requirements under the rule for such small
entities, the proposed rules track existing regulations overseen by the
Federal Trade Commission (e.g., the definition of ultimate parent
entity in 16 CFR 801.1(a)(3), and the definition of entity in 16 CFR
801.1(a)(2)) rather than creating new definitions, to minimize the need
for additional investigation and analysis of ownership structures. The
simplicity or complexity of the proposed definition of attributable
owner with respect to any particular application or patent is driven by
the simplicity or complexity of the ownership arrangement of the
particular application or patent, which is ultimately within the
control of the applicant or patent owner. Finally, as discussed
previously, the proposed rules minimize the reporting requirement by
permitting an applicant or patent owner who is facing a requirement to
identify attributable owner information to simply confirm that there
has been no change to the attributable owner.
With respect to an exemption from coverage of the rule, or any part
thereof, for such small entities, such an exemption would defeat the
objective of having accurate and up-to-date ownership information and
providing greater public transparency concerning the ownership of
pending patent applications and patents.
Finally, the proposed rules do not involve design standards.
6. Identification, to the extent practicable, of all relevant
Federal rules which may duplicate, overlap or conflict with the
proposed rules: The Office is the sole agency of the United States
Government responsible for administering the provisions of title 35,
United States Code, pertaining to examination and granting patents.
Therefore, no other Federal, state, or local entity shares jurisdiction
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over the examination and granting of patents.
Other countries, however, have their own patent laws, and an entity
desiring a patent in a particular country must make an application for
patent in that country, in accordance with the applicable law. Although
the potential for overlap exists internationally, this cannot be
avoided except by treaty (such as the Paris Convention for the Protection
of Industrial Property, the Patent Law Treaty (PLT), or the Patent
Cooperation Treaty (PCT)). Nevertheless, the Office believes that there
are no other duplicative or overlapping rules.
C. Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review): This
rulemaking has been determined to be significant for purposes of
Executive Order 12866 (Sept. 30, 1993).
D. Executive Order 13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory
Review): The Office has complied with Executive Order 13563.
Specifically, the Office has, to the extent feasible and applicable:
(1) Made a reasoned determination that the benefits justify the costs
of the rule; (2) tailored the rule to impose the least burden on
society consistent with obtaining the regulatory objectives; (3)
selected a regulatory approach that maximizes net benefits; (4)
specified performance objectives; (5) identified and assessed available
alternatives; (6) involved the public in an open exchange of
information and perspectives among experts in relevant disciplines,
affected stakeholders in the private sector and the public as a whole,
and provided on-line access to the rulemaking docket; (7) attempted to
promote coordination, simplification, and harmonization across
Government agencies and identified goals designed to promote
innovation; (8) considered approaches that reduce burdens and maintain
flexibility and freedom of choice for the public; and (9) ensured the
objectivity of scientific and technological information and processes.
E. Executive Order 13132 (Federalism): This rulemaking does not
contain policies with federalism implications sufficient to warrant
preparation of a Federalism Assessment under Executive Order 13132
(Aug. 4, 1999).
F. Executive Order 13175 (Tribal Consultation): This rulemaking
will not: (1) Have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian
tribes; (2) impose substantial direct compliance costs on Indian tribal
governments; or (3) preempt tribal law. Therefore, a tribal summary
impact statement is not required under Executive Order 13175 (Nov. 6,
2000).
G. Executive Order 13211 (Energy Effects): This rulemaking is not a
significant energy action under Executive Order 13211 because this
rulemaking is not likely to have a significant adverse effect on the
supply, distribution, or use of energy. Therefore, a Statement of
Energy Effects is not required under Executive Order 13211 (May 18,
2001).
H. Executive Order 12988 (Civil Justice Reform): This rulemaking
meets applicable standards to minimize litigation, eliminate ambiguity,
and reduce burden as set forth in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of
Executive Order 12988 (Feb. 5, 1996).
I. Executive Order 13045 (Protection of Children): This rulemaking
does not concern an environmental risk to health or safety that may
disproportionately affect children under Executive Order 13045 (Apr.
21, 1997).
J. Executive Order 12630 (Taking of Private Property): This
rulemaking will not effect a taking of private property or otherwise
have taking implications under Executive Order 12630 (Mar. 15, 1988).
K. Congressional Review Act: Under the Congressional Review Act
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provisions of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of
1996 (5 U.S.C. 801-808), the United States Patent and Trademark Office
will submit a report containing any final rule resulting from this
rulemaking and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S.
House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the Government
Accountability Office.
L. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995: The changes set forth in
this document do not involve a Federal intergovernmental mandate that
will result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments,
in the aggregate, of 100 million dollars (as adjusted) or more in any
one year, or a Federal private sector mandate that will result in the
expenditure by the private sector of 100 million dollars (as adjusted)
or more in any one year, and will not significantly or uniquely affect
small governments. Therefore, no actions are necessary under the
provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995. See 2 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.
M. National Environmental Policy Act: This rulemaking will not have
any effect on the quality of the environment and is thus categorically
excluded from review under the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969. See 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
N. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act: The
requirements of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) are not applicable because
this rulemaking does not contain provisions which involve the use of
technical standards.
O. Paperwork Reduction Act: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) requires that the Office consider the impact of
paperwork and other information collection burdens imposed on the
public. This rulemaking involves information collection requirements
which are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3549).
This rulemaking proposes to require that patent applicants identify
the attributable owner or owners on filing of an application (or
shortly thereafter), within three months of any change in attributable
owner during the pendency of the application, and when the issue fee is
due for an application that has been allowed. This rulemaking also
proposes to require that patent holders identify the attributable owner
when a maintenance fee is due, and when a patent becomes involved in
certain post-issuance proceedings at the Office, including in
supplemental examination, ex parte reexamination, or a trial proceeding
before the PTAB. This rulemaking further proposes to provide that an
applicant or patent owner may correct a good faith failure to notify
the Office of a change to the attributable owner, or correct an
indication of an incorrect or an incomplete attributable owner, by
filing a petition accompanied by a showing of reason for the delay,
error, or incompleteness.
The collection of information that would be triggered by these
proposed requirements has been submitted to OMB under OMB control
number 0651-00xx. The proposed collection, containing the basis for the
following summary of the estimated annual reporting burdens, will be
available at OMB's Information Collection Review Web site:
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. The title, description and
respondent description of this information collection, with an estimate
of the annual reporting burdens, follows:
Title of Collection: Identification of Attributable Owner.
OMB Control Number: 0651-00xx.
Needs and Uses: This information collection is necessary in order
to provide the Office and the public with up-to-date information
concerning the attributable owner of a patent or patent application.
The Office will use the information collected to facilitate patent
examination and other parts of the Office's internal processes by
helping to: (1) Ensure that a "power of attorney" is current in each
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application or proceeding before the Office; (2) avoid potential
conflicts of interest for Office personnel; (3) determine the scope of
prior art under the common ownership exception under 35 U.S.C.
102(b)(2)(C) and uncover instances of double patenting; (4) verify that
the party making a request for a post-issuance proceeding is a proper
party for the proceeding; and (5) ensure that the information the Office
provides to the public concerning published applications and issued
patents is accurate and not misleading.
Method of Collection: By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or
electronically to the Office.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,116,300 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The Office estimates that it will take
the public, on average, approximately 6 minutes (0.1 hour) to identify
the attributable owner in an application or patent and approximately 1
hour to correct a good faith failure to notify the Office of a change
to the attributable owner (or to correct a good faith but incorrect or
incomplete indication of attributable owner).
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 111,810 hours per
year (1,116,100 responses times 0.1 hours plus 200 responses times 1
hour).
Estimated Total Annual (Hour) Respondent Cost Burden: $43,494,090
per year (111,810 hours times the $389/hour attorney rate suggested by
the AIPLA 2013 Economic Survey).
The Office is soliciting comments to: (1) Evaluate whether the
proposed information requirement is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Office, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) evaluate the accuracy of
the Office's estimate of the burden; (3) enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) minimize the
burden of collecting the information on those who are to respond,
including by using appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Please send comments related to this proposed collection of
information under the Paperwork Reduction Act on or before March 25,
2014 to Mail Stop Comments - Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA, 22313-1450, marked to the attention of Raul
Tamayo, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration,
Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy.
Comments should also be submitted to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10202, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: Desk Officer for the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure
to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 1
Administrative practice and procedure, Courts, Freedom of
Information, Inventions and patents, Reporting and record keeping
requirements, Small Businesses.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 37 CFR part 1 is
proposed to be amended as follows:
PART 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES
. 1. The authority citation for 37 CFR Part 1 continues to read as
follows:
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Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2).
. 2. Section 1.17 is amended by revising paragraph (g) to read as
follows:
§ 1.17 Patent application and reexamination processing fees.
* * * * *
(g) For filing a petition under one of the following sections which
refers to this paragraph:
By a micro entity (§ 1.29)...................................... $50.00
By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))................................... $100.00
By other than a small or micro entity............................ $200.00
§ 1.12 - for access to an assignment record.
§ 1.14 - for access to an application.
§ 1.46 - for filing an application on behalf of an inventor by a
person who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary interest in the matter.
§ 1.55(f) - for filing a belated certified copy of a foreign
application.
§ 1.59 - for expungement of information.
§ 1.103(a) - to suspend action in an application.
§ 1.136(b) - for review of a request for extension of time when
the provisions of § 1.136(a) are not available.
§ 1.279 - for correction of attributable owner in a pending
application.
§ 1.377 - for review of decision refusing to accept and record
payment of a maintenance fee filed prior to expiration of a patent.
§ 1.387 - for correction of attributable owner in a patent.
§ 1.550(c) - for patent owner requests for extension of time in
ex parte reexamination proceedings.
§ 1.956 - for patent owner requests for extension of time in
inter partes reexamination proceedings.
§ 5.12 - for expedited handling of a foreign filing license.
§ 5.15 - for changing the scope of a license.
§ 5.25 - for retroactive license.
* * * * *
. 3. New undesignated center headings and new §§ 1.271, 1.273, 1.275,
1.277, and 1.279 are added immediately after § 1.251 to read as follows:
Attributable Owner
§ 1.271 Attributable owner (Real-parties-in-interest for reporting
purposes).
(a) The attributable owner of a patent or application includes each
of the following entities:
(1) An entity that, exclusively or jointly, has been assigned title
to the patent or application; and
(2) An entity necessary to be joined in a lawsuit in order to have
standing to enforce the patent or any patent resulting from the
application.
(b) The attributable owner of a patent or application includes the
ultimate parent entity as defined in 16 CFR 801.1(a)(3) of an entity
described in paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) Any entity that, directly or indirectly, creates or uses a
trust, proxy, power of attorney, pooling arrangement, or any other
contract, arrangement, or device with the purpose or effect of
temporarily divesting such entity of attributable ownership of a patent
or application, or preventing the vesting of such attributable
ownership of a patent or application, shall also be deemed for the
purpose of this section to be an attributable owner of such patent or
application.
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(d) The term "entity" used in this section includes:
(1) Any natural person, corporation, company, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate of a deceased
natural person, foundation, fund, or institution, whether incorporated
or not, wherever located and of whatever citizenship;
(2) Any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or similar official or any
liquidating agent for any of the entities described in paragraph (d)(1)
of this section, in his or her capacity as such;
(3) Any joint venture or other corporation which has not been
formed but the acquisition of the voting securities or other interest
in which, if already formed, would be an attributable owner as
described in this section; or
(4) Any other organization or corporate form not specifically listed in
paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), or (d)(3) of this section that holds an
interest in an application or patent.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (d) of this
section, the term "entity" does not include any foreign state,
foreign government, or agency thereof (other than a corporation or
unincorporated entity engaged in commerce), and also does not include
the United States, any of the States thereof, or any political
subdivision or agency of either (other than a corporation or
unincorporated entity engaged in commerce).
(f) When there is a requirement to identify the attributable owner,
each entity constituting the attributable owner must be identified as
follows:
(1) The identification of a public company must include the name of
the company, stock symbol, and stock exchange where the company is
listed;
(2) The identification of a non-public company must include the
name of the company, place of incorporation, and address of the
principal place of business;
(3) The identification of a partnership must include the name of
the partnership and address of the principal place of business;
(4) The identification of a natural person must include the full
legal name, residence, and a correspondence address; and
(5) The identification of any other type of entity must include its
name, if organized under the laws of a state, the name of that state
and legal form of organization, and address of the principal place of
business.
(g) Except for shareholders of a public company, the presence of a
corporate form, partnership, or other association, does not preclude an
entity who may also be a shareholder or partner in such an identified
attributable owner from a requirement to be separately identified as an
attributable owner if the entity is also described in paragraph (a),
(b) or (c) of this section as an entity qualifying as an attributable
owner.
Identification of Attributable Owner in Pending Applications
§ 1.273 Initial identification of attributable owner in an application.
The attributable owner as defined in § 1.271 must be identified
in each application under 35 U.S.C. 111(a), including a reissue
application, and in each international application that commenced the
national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371(b) or (f). If an application under
35 U.S.C. 111(a) which has been accorded a filing date pursuant to
§§ 1.53(b) or (d) does not identify the attributable owner as
defined in § 1.271, or if an international application which
complies with § 1.495(b) does not identify the attributable owner
as defined in § 1.271, the applicant will be notified and given a
period of time within which to file a notice identifying the
attributable owner as defined in § 1.271 to avoid abandonment. The
notice by the Office under this section may be combined with a notice
under § 1.53(f) or § 1.495(c).
§ 1.275 Maintaining current attributable owner during prosecution
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of an application.
If there is a change to the attributable owner as defined in § 1.271
during the pendency of an application under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) or
the pendency of an international application which complies with
§ 1.495(b), the applicant has three months from the date of the change to
the attributable owner within which to file a notice identifying the
current attributable owner as defined in § 1.271. This three-month
period is not extendable.
§ 1.277 Identifying current attributable owner at allowance.
If a notice of allowance under § 1.311 has been sent to the
applicant, the applicant must file a notice identifying the current
attributable owner as defined in § 1.271 within three months from
the date of mailing of the notice of allowance to avoid abandonment of
the application. This three-month period is not extendable. If there
has been no change to the attributable owner as defined in § 1.271
that was most recently provided to the Office, the notice may simply
indicate that there has been no change to the attributable owner as
defined in § 1.271 most recently provided to the Office.
§ 1.279 Correction of failure to notify the Office of a change to
the attributable owner and errors in notice of attributable owner in a
pending application.
If, despite a good faith effort by the applicant to notify the
Office of the initial attributable owner as defined in § 1.271, and
of any changes to the attributable owner as defined in § 1.271, in
the manner required by §§ 1.273, 1.275, and 1.277, the
applicant has failed to notify the Office of a change to the
attributable owner or has indicated an incorrect or an incomplete
attributable owner, the failure or error may be excused in a pending
application on petition accompanied by a showing of reason for the
delay, error, or incompleteness, and the petition fee set forth in
§ 1.17(g).
. 4. A new undesignated center heading and new §§ 1.381, 1.383, 1.385,
and 1.387 are added immediately after § 1.378 to read as follows:
Identification of Attributable Owner in Patents Involved in Proceedings
Before the Office
§ 1.381 Identifying current attributable owner with maintenance
fee payment.
A notice identifying the current attributable owner as defined in
§ 1.271 must be filed within the period specified in § 1.362(d)
or (e), but prior to the date the maintenance fee is paid, for each
maintenance fee payment. If there has been no change to the
attributable owner as defined in § 1.271 most recently provided to
the Office, the notice may simply indicate that there has been no
change to the attributable owner as defined in § 1.271 that was
most recently provided to the Office.
§ 1.383 Identifying attributable owner in patents involved in
Patent Trial and Appeal Board Trial Proceedings.
The mandatory notice filed by a patent owner as required by § 42.8(a)(2)
of this chapter must also be accompanied by a notice identifying the
current attributable owner as defined in § 1.271. If there is a change to
the attributable owner as defined in § 1.271 during the pendency of the
trial proceeding, the patent owner has twenty-one days from the date of the
change to the attributable owner within which to file a notice identifying
the current attributable owner as defined in § 1.271. This twenty-one-day
period is not extendable.
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§ 1.385 Identifying attributable owner in patents involved in supplemental
examination and reexamination proceedings.
(a) A request for supplemental examination under § 1.610 must
also be accompanied by a notice identifying the current attributable
owner as defined in § 1.271.
(b) A request for ex parte reexamination under § 1.510 by the
patent owner must also be accompanied by a notice identifying the
current attributable owner as defined in § 1.271.
(c) A reply or any other paper filed by the patent owner in an ex
parte reexamination proceeding must be accompanied by a notice
identifying the current attributable owner as defined in § 1.271,
unless such a notice has previously been filed by the patent owner. If
there is a change to the attributable owner as defined in § 1.271
during the pendency of the reexamination proceeding, the patent owner
has three months from the date of the change to the attributable owner
within which to file a notice identifying the current attributable owner
as defined in § 1.271. This three-month period is not extendable.
§ 1.387 Correction of failure to notify the Office of a change to
the attributable owner and errors in notice of attributable owner in a
patent.
If, despite a good faith effort by the patent owner to notify the
Office of the initial attributable owner as defined in § 1.271, and
of any changes to the attributable owner as defined in § 1.271, in
the manner required by §§ 1.273, 1.275, 1.277, 1.381, 1.383,
and 1.385, the patent owner has failed to notify the Office of a change
to the attributable owner or has indicated an incorrect or an
incomplete attributable owner, the failure or error may be excused on
petition accompanied by a showing of reason for the delay, error, or
incompleteness, and the petition fee set forth in § 1.17(g).
January 16, 2014 MICHELLE K. LEE
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Status of Public Records Division
The Public Records Division (PRD) processes and fills orders for both
certified and uncertified copies of Patent and Trademark Office documents
and records assignments and other documents related to title. This is an
update of actual processing times for orders filled during the month of
January 2014:
DOCUMENT SERVICES Goal Actual Processing
Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 6 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 18 days
Patent Copies 10 days 7 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 11 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 6 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 21 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 11 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 4 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 13 days
Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies 5 days 1 day
Plant Patents 5 days 16 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 1 day
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 5 days
Trademark Copies 5 days 5 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 1 day
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 1 day
Customers should use the above actual processing time for each product
as a guide as to when they can expect their orders to be completed. In
cases where an urgent deadline is approaching, contact Patent and Trademark
Copy Fulfillment Branch at (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for
assistance with a particular order.
Customers are encouraged to place orders through the Internet at
http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p
Orders may also be faxed to the Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment
Branch at (571) 273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may
be obtained by calling (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the
Washington, DC Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov.
ASSIGNMENT SERVICES Goal Actual Processing
Time
Submission Method
Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS) 2 days 3 days
Fax 10 days 9 days
Paper 14 days 9 days
The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices
for paper documents received in the Public Records Division on January 23,
2014.
Customers should use the above actual processing times as a guide as to
when they can expect their assignment submissions to be processed. For
fastest service customers are encouraged to file assignments via the
Internet.
Assignment submissions may be made via the Internet at
http://epas.uspto.gov/ for patent assignments and http://etas.uspto.gov for
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trademark assignments. Patent assignment submissions may also be made by
selecting the "Electronic Filing (EFS)" option at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc.
Assignment submissions may also be faxed to the Assignment Services
Branch at (571) 273-0140. Trademark assignment recordations may be reviewed
online at http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments. Information on the
status of pending assignment recordations may be obtained by calling
(571) 272-3350 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area)
February 7, 2014 DONNA J. COOPER
Manager
Public Records Division
Errata
"All reference to Patent No. 8,636,133 to GEORGE ALLAN MACKAY, ET AL of
NEW GLASSGOW, CANADA for SINGLE SPACE PARKING METER AND REMOVABLE SINGLE
SPACE PARKING METER MECHANISM appearing in the Official Gazette of
January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,636,339 to EIJI TACHIBANA of KANAGAWA,
JAPAN for IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS appearing in the Official Gazette of
January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,636,817 to MARK VINCENT SCOTTO, ET AL of
UNIONTOWN, OH for APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A GAS WHICH MAY BE USED FOR
STARTUP AND SHUTDOWN OF A FUEL CELL appearing in the Official Gazette of
January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,637,033 to STEVEN G. NADLER, ET AL of
PRINCETON, NJ for ANTIBODY POLYPEPTIDES THAT ANTAGONIZE CD40L appearing in
the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,637,120 to JOHANNES GERARDUS PETRUS
DELIS, ET AL of BERGEN, NETHERLANDS for METHOD OF COATING SUBSTRATES
appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was grantged."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,637,188 to TAKAO KITAGAWA, ET AL of
TOKYO, JAPAN for ELECTRODE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME,
ELECTRODE AND BATTERY appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,637,227 to KEITA KATO, ET AL of SHIZUOKA,
JAPAN for METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN appearing in the Official Gazette of
January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,637,330 to SHUNPEI YAMAZAKI, ET AL of
TOKYO, JAPAN for METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE appearing
in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,637,398 to YOSHIHIDE MATSUO of CHINO,
JAPAN for SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,637,825 to NOBUHIRO YASUI, ET AL of
YOKOHAMA-SHI, JAPAN for SCINTILLATOR CRYSTAL BODY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING
THE SAME, AND RADIATION DETECTOR appearing in the Official Gazette of
January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,637,852 to DAISUKE KUMAKI, ET AL of
NIGATA, JAPAN for LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT appearing in the Official Gazette
of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,637,911 to YOSHIKI MAEHARA, ET AL of
KANAGAWA, JAPAN for PROCESS OF MAKING A SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE
appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,637,933 to ATSUSHI HIROSE, ET AL of
ISEHARA, JAPAN for SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette
of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,068 to TAKESHI OSADA of ISEHARA,
JAPAN for POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE
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POWER STORAGE DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,115 to BYOUNGJOO KIM, ET AL of
HWASEONG-SI KOREA, REPUBLIC OF for TESTER AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TEST
APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28,
2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,213 to BABAK REZVANI, ET AL of
OSSINING, NY for SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF
DEVICES appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,291 to YASUNORI YOSHIDA, ET AL of
ATSUGI, JAPAN for LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF
appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,347 to BONGIM PARK, ET AL of ASAN-SI
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF for DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND
METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28,
2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,348 to KAZUTO KIKUTA of HADNIOJI-SHI,
JAPAN for IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS,
AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE appearing in the Official Gazette of
January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,401 to KEIJI KASHIMA of SHINJUKU-KU,
JAPAN for PHASE DIFFERENCE LAYER LAMINATED BODY FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF appearing
in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,414 to JAE-EUN JANG, ET AL of SEOUL
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF for POLYMER DISPERSED DISPLAY PANELS INCLUDING QUANTUM
DOTS AND DISPLAY APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE SAME appearing in the Official
Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,573 to RALF SCHROEDER GENANNT of
GLANDORF, GERMANY for CONTROLLER FOR A POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD OF
OPERATING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,588 to AKIRA YAZAWA, ET AL of
KANAGAWA, JAPAN for SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD
appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,826 to AKIRA SAKAMOTO, ET AL of
SAKURA-SHI, JAPAN for LASER DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of
January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,855 to GARY A. DEMOS of CULVER CITY,
CA for INTERPOLATION OF VIDEO COMPRESSION FRAMES appearing in the Official
Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,905 to DI YAN, ET AL of AUBURN HILLS,
MI for INTENSITY MODULATED ARC THERAPY WITH CONTINUOUS COUCH ROTATION/SHIFT
AND SIMULTANEOUS CONE BEAM IMAGING appearing in the Official Gazette of
January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,974 to YUJI MATSUO of OSAKA, JAPAN
for ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER appearing in the Official Gazette of
January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
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"All reference to Patent No. 8,638,996 to TAKESHI NODA of EBINA-SHI,
JAPAN for INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND
COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM appearing in the Official Gazette of
January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,639,139 to TADASHI OKANISHI, ET AL of
MISHIMA-SHI, JAPAN for IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH DEFLECTION AMOUNT
DETECTOR AND TONER DENSITY DETECTION MEANS appearing in the Official
Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,639,293 to ATSUNORI NAKAMURA of TOKYO,
JAPAN for WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette
of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,639,385 to DAVID HEFFRON of SAN DIEGO,
CA for MANAGING MEDICATIONS AT THE BEDSIDE appearing in the Official
Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,639,774 to ROBERT B. GAINES, ET AL of
LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MI for REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING MEDICAL
DEVICES VIA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS appearing in the Official
Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,640,016 to PAUL A. LABERGE, ET AL of
SHOREVIEW, MN for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING HIGH CAPACITY/HIGH
BANDWIDTH MEMORY DEVICES appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28,
2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,640,134 to SANEHIRO FURUICHI, ET AL of
KANAWAGA, JAPAN for METHOD AND APPARATUS HAVING RESISTANCE TO FORCED
TERMINATION ATTACK ON MONITORING PROGRAM FOR MONITORING A PREDETERMINED
RESOURCE appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,640,145 to HIDAYET TUNC SIMSEK, ET AL of
NEWTORN, MA for MESSAGE-BASED MODELING appearing in the Official Gazette
of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,640,168 to MANABU NISHIZAWA, ET AL of
TOKYO, JAPAN for INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, TUNER, AND INFORMATION
PROCESSING METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,640,192 to MATTHEW DONALD BAKER, ET AL of
POTOMAC, MD for FEATURE MANAGEMENT OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE appearing in
the Official Gazette of January 28, 2014 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,640,444 to YUKI BISAIJI, ET AL of
MISHIMA-SHI, JAPAN for EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION
ENGINE appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,640,743 to MAURIZIO MARINI of PESARO,
ITALY for KIT FOR INFLATING AND REPAIRING INFLATABLE ARTICLES, IN
PARTICULAR TYRES appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,641,063 to TAKEHITO SHIRAISHI, ET AL of
SAITAMA, JAPAN for SHOCK ABSORBING DEVICE FOR RACK AND PINION TYPE STEERING
MECHANISM appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,641,119 to EDWARD J. WENZEL, ET AL of
TROY, MI for METHOD FOR STITCHING VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENTS AND
COMPONENTS FORMED FROM THE METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of
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February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,641,138 to RAINER GRIMM, ET AL of
FRANKFURT, GERMANY for SLIDING ROOF SYSTEM appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,641,183 to KOUICHIROU OKUMURA, ET AL of
KAWASAKI-SHI, JAPAN for INK JET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING
METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,641,186 to HIRONORI MAEKAWA, ET AL of
SUWA-SHI, JAPAN for INKJET PRINTER appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,641,242 to ANTHONY PAUL VAN DE VEN of
SAI KUNG, CHINA for LIGHTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF COOLING LIGHTING DEVICE
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,641,255 to SUN CHOI, ET AL of SEOUL
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF for BACKLIGHT UNIT appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,641,295 to SHIGEO TAKAHASHI, ET AL of
SAKURA-SHI, JAPAN for OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR, OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR
ASSEMBLING METHOD, FUSION-SPLICED PORTION REINFORCING METHOD, PIN CLAMP,
CAP-ATTACHED OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR, OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR CAP, OPTICAL
FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLING TOOL, appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,641,867 to JOHN R. KRAHN, ET AL of
SCHENECTADY, NY for TRANSFORMER PAPER AND OTHER NON-CONDUCTIVE TRANSFORMER
COMPONENTS appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,642,160 to ASHISH DUBEY, ET AL of
GRAYSLAKE, IL for FIBERGLASS MESH SCRIM REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS BOARD
SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,642,199 to CHUN SHIG SOHN of WATERLOO,
CANADA for SEPARATOR FOR BATTERY appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,642,248 to SHUAIGANG XIAO, ET AL of
FREMONT, CA for BLOCK COPOLYMER ASSEMBLY METHODS AND PATTERNS FORMED
THEREBY appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,642,411 to SHUNPEI YAMAZAKI, ET AL of
TOKYO, JAPAN for SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE
SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,642,589 to CATERINA BISSANTZ, ET AL of
VILLAGE-NEUF, FRANCE for SPIRO-5,6-DIHYDRO-4H-2,3,5,10B-TETRAAZA-
BENZO[E]AZULENES appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,642,724 to YUSUKE NAKAMURA, ET AL of
TOKYO, JAPAN for COLON CANCER RELATED GENE TOM34 appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,642,750 to HARLAN S. ROBINS, ET AL of
SEATTLE, WA for METHOD OF MEASURING ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY appearing in the
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Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,642,950 to MARTIN RAYMOND GREEN, ET AL of
BOWDON, UNITED KINGDOM for MASS SPECTROMETER appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,020 to SHUNPEI YAMAZAKI, ET AL of
TOKYO, JAPAN for LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC
DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,057 to TAKUO NAGASE, ET AL of
HIGASHIURA, JAPAN for SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH HIGH WITHSTAND
VOLTAGE ELEMENT FORMING TRENCH ISOLATION ON SUBSTRATE appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,197 to SHEILA F. CHOPIN, ET AL of
ROUND ROCK, TX for ENCAPSULANT FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,250 to HAJIME KANAZAWA of
UTSUNOMIYA-SHI, JAPAN for OSCILLATORY WAVE MOTOR appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,306 to HIROKAZU OTAKE, ET AL of
YOKOSUKA-SHI, JAPAN for POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT PROVIDED
WITH POWER SUPPLY DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4,
2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,327 to SHUHEI NAGATSUKA, ET AL of
ATSUGI, JAPAN for ELECTRIC POWER CHARGE AND DISCHARGE SYSTEM appearing in
the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,348 to XUELIN WU, ET AL of PLANO, TX
for MULTI-PHASE NON-INVERTING BUCK BOOST VOLTAGE CONVERTER appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,499 to CHARLES MENDIS of MOUTAIN
VIEW, CA for SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING USER ROUTE AND DESTINATION
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,571 to JUN KOYAMA of KANAGAWA, JAPAN
for LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,754 to HAJIME IKEDA, ET AL of
YOKOHAMA-SHI, JAPAN for PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE HAVING AN N-TYPE
BURIED LAYER, AND CAMERA appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4,
2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,786 to JU-HA PARK of YONGIN-CITY
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF for PROGRAM GUIDE APPARATUS appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,787 to DAEKYEUNG KIM, ET AL of PALO
ALTO, CA for MECHANISM FOR MEMORY REDUCTION IN PICTURE-IN-PICTURE VIDEO
GENERATION appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
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"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,894 to ISSEI MATSUSHITA, ET AL of
KANAGAWA, JAPAN for CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING
SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,952 to GO NAKAMURA, ET AL of
SUSONO-SHI, JAPAN for HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,643,994 to SEIJI TAKAHASHI, ET AL of
YOKKAICHI-SHI, JAPAN for POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,644,102 to CHING-WEI WU, ET AL of CAOTUN
TOWN, TAIWAN for ASYMMETRIC SENSE AMPLIFIER DESIGN appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,644,147 to PRAJAKTA S. JOSHI of
CUPERTINO, CA for SMOOTHING ALGORITHM FOR ROUND TRIP TIME (RTT)
MEASUREMENTS appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should
be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,644,242 to WAHOH OH of OSAKA, JAPAN for
MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND
PROCESSOR appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,644,373 to HO-SEOP LEE, ET AL of SEOUL
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF for IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND METHOD THEREOF appearing
in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,644,423 to JERRY R. HINSON of MOUTAIN
VIEW, CA for DIGITAL FILTER-DECIMATOR-TUNER appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,644,586 to BHARAT PRASAD, ET AL of SAN
ANTONIO, TX for SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNMENT OF CHECK DURING MOBILE
DEPOSIT appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,644,745 to SEIJI HIRAMATSU of AICHI-KE,
JAPAN for FIXING DEVICE HAVING TEMPERATURE DETECTION ELEMENT appearing in
the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,644,890 to MENZO WENTINK of UTRECHT,
NETHERLANDS for POWER MANAGEMENT FOR WIRELESS DIRECT LINK appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,023 to YOSHIHITO AOKI of SUSONO-SHI,
JAPAN for WIRE HARNESS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM appearing in
the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,072 to JOZEF J.P. NAUTA of WEESP,
NETHERLANDS for A METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR
DETERMINING LOT CONSISTENCY appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,077 to INHAN LEE, ET AL of ANN ARBOR,
MI for MIRNA TARGET PREDICTION appearing in the Official Gazette of
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February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,201 to MELVINI L. BARNES JR. of
HENDERSON, NV for OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE SERVICE-PROVIDER
COMPUTER SYSTEMS USING AN AGENT appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,330 to DIANA LOUISE FISHER, ET AL of
SANTA CLARITA, CA for METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE IN UPDATING
A PORTABLE STORAGE MEDIUM appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4,
2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,410 to SCOTT STUDER, ET AL of
GEORGETOWN, MA for MAPPING DATASET ELEMENTS appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,462 to MO GAN, ET AL of SHENZHEN,
CHINA for METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NODE FOR NODE INTERCONNECTION ON CONTENT
DELIVERY NETWORK appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,521 to CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, ET AL of
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA for CONTENT DELIVERY FRAMEWORK WITH DYNAMIC SERVICE
NETWORK TOPOLOGY appearing in the Official Gazette of February 4, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,595 to BERT SULLAM, ET AL of
BELLEVUE, WA for PROGRAMMABLE INTERRUPT ROUTING SYSTEM appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,607 to KENT ALLAN BURR, ET AL of
ROUND ROCK, TX for APPARATUS AND METHODS TO COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLE FIELD
DEVICES TO CONTROLLERS IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,674 to DAVID WYATT, ET AL of SAN
JOSE, CA for METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT A SELF-REFRESHING DISPLAY
DEVICE COUPLED TO A GRAPHICS CONTROLLER appearing in the Official Gazette
of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
"All reference to Patent No. 8,645,783 to YOSHIAKI OHTA, ET AL of
KAWASAKI, JAPAN for TRANSMISSION CONTROLLING METHOD, SENDER APPARATUS AND
RECEIVER APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 4, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
Erratum
In the notice of Certificate of Correction appearing in February 4,
2014, delete all reference to Patent No. 8,383,388, issue of January 14,
2014. There were not any patent term adjustments made to the patent after
issuance. The certificate of correction was published in error and should
not have been issued for this patent.
| Certificates of Correction |
Certificates of Correction
for February 11, 2014
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| AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board |
AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
| Covered Business Methods |
| Patent No. |
Trial Number |
Requested Date |
Petitioner |
Patent Owner |
| 6,032,137 | CBM2014-00056 | 1/7/2014 | Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | Data Treasury Corp |
| 5,910,988 | CBM2014-00057 | 1/7/2014 | Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | Data Treasury Corp |
| 7,653,572 | CBM2014-00058 | 1/8/2014 | Cardlytics, Inc. | TuitionFund, LLC |
| 7,899,704 | CBM2014-00059 | 1/8/2014 | Cardlytics, Inc. | TuitionFund, LLC |
| 6,857,022 | CBM2014-00060 | 1/23/2014 | MotionPoint Corporation | Transperfect Global, Inc. |
| 7,117,165 | CBM2014-00061 | 1/28/2014 | Coupa Software, Inc. | Ariba, Inc. |
| 8,036,916 | CBM2014-00062 | 1/28/2014 | CoreSource, Inc. | Quality Healthcare Intermediary, LLC |
| 8,489,420 | CBM2014-00063 | 1/28/2014 | CoreSource, Inc. | Quality Healthcare Intermediary, LLC |
| 8,161,104 | CBM2014-00064 | 1/29/2014 | Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc.,
Epsilon Data Management, LLC, &
Constant Contact, Inc. | RPost Communications Limited |
| Inter Partes Review |
| Patent No. |
Trial Number |
Requested Date |
Petitioner |
Patent Owner |
| 6,925,481 | IPR2014-00299 | 12/26/2013 | SAP America, Inc. | Reefedge, Inc. |
| 7,254,621 | IPR2014-00300 | 12/26/2013 | SAP America, Inc. | Clouding IP, LLC |
| RE 42,913 | IPR2014-00302 | 12/27/2013 | Panasonic Corporation | Optical Devices, LLC |
| RE 40,927 | IPR2014-00303 | 12/27/2013 | Panasonic Corporation | Optical Devices, LLC |
| 6,763,573 | IPR2014-00304 | 12/27/2013 | Johnson Controls, Inc. | Wildcat Licensing Wi, LLC |
| 7,062,831 | IPR2014-00305 | 12/27/2013 | Johnson Controls, Inc. | Wildcat Licensing Wi, LLC |
| 7,128,617 | IPR2014-00307 | 12/27/2013 | Honda Tsushin Kogyo Co., Ltd. &
Canon U.S.A., Inc. | Advanced Connection Technology, Inc. |
| 8,228,640 | IPR2014-00309 | 12/27/2013 | Intri-Plex Technologies, Inc. &
MMI Holdings, Ltd. | Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Ltd. |
| 7,941,151 | IPR2014-00275 | 12/30/2013 | ZTE Corporation &
ZTE (USA), Inc. | InterDigital Technology Corporation |
| 8,584,946 | IPR2014-00312 | 12/31/2013 | Square, Inc. | REM Holdings 3, LLC |
| 8,573,666 | IPR2014-00313 | 12/31/2013 | AL-KO Kober, LLC | Lippert Components Manufacturing, Inc. |
| 6,421,724 | IPR2014-00314 | 12/31/2013 | Qualtrics, LLC | OpinionLab, Inc. |
| 8,318,738 | IPR2014-00315 | 12/31/2013 | PRISM Pharma Co., Ltd. | Choongwae Pharma Corporation |
| 5,687,132 | IPR2014-00317 | 12/31/2013 | Toshiba Corporation | Intellectual Ventures II LLC |
| 7,177,798 | IPR2014-00319 | 1/3/2014 | Apple, Inc. | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 7,177,798 | IPR2014-00320 | 1/3/2014 | Apple, Inc. | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 7,806,896 | IPR2014-00321 | 1/3/2014 | Zimmer Holdings, Inc. &
Zimmer, Inc. | Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC |
| 8,220,959 | IPR2014-00323 | 1/6/2014 | GE Lighting Solutions, LLC | Light Transformations Technologies, LLC |
| 6,601,126 | IPR2014-00328 | 1/7/2014 | MediaTek, Inc. | NetVinci, Inc. |
| 8,312,672 | IPR2014-00331 | 1/8/2014 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | Monsanto Technology, LLC |
| 8,071,845 | IPR2014-00332 | 1/8/2014 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | Monsanto Technology, LLC |
| 7,832,143 | IPR2014-00333 | 1/8/2014 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | Monsanto Technology, LLC |
| 8,245,439 | IPR2014-00334 | 1/8/2014 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | Monsanto Technology, LLC |
| 8,028,469 | IPR2014-00335 | 1/8/2014 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | Monsanto Technology, LLC |
| 8,622,984 | IPR2014-00336 | 1/8/2014 | First Quality Retail Services, LLC | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. |
| 8,195,415 | IPR2014-00337 | 1/9/2014 | Sequenom, Inc. | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Standord Junior University |
| 7,526,784 | IPR2014-00339 | 1/10/2014 | CustomPlay, LLC | ClearPlay, Inc. |
| RE 44,079 | IPR2014-00342 | 1/10/2014 | General Electric Company | TAS Energy, Inc. |
| 8,401,682 | IPR2014-00343 | 1/10/2014 | SDI Technologies, Inc. | Bose Corporation |
| 8,364,295 | IPR2014-00346 | 1/13/2014 | SDI Technologies, Inc. | Bose Corporation |
| 8,504,631 | IPR2014-00347 | 1/13/2014 | Google, Inc. &
Twitter, Inc. | Everymd.com LLC |
| 8,291,499 | IPR2014-00344 | 1/14/2014 | Finjan, Inc. | Fireye, Inc. |
| 6,252,004 | IPR2014-00350 | 1/14/2014 | Organik Kimya A.S. | Rohm & Haas Company |
| 6,515,262 | IPR2014-00351 | 1/14/2014 | Euro-Pro Operating LLC | Acorne Enterprises, LLC |
| 6,624,392 | IPR2014-00352 | 1/14/2014 | Euro-Pro Operating LLC | Acorne Enterprises, LLC |
| 8,504,628 | IPR2014-00353 | 1/15/2014 | Symantec Corporation | RPost Communications Limited |
| 7,806,896 | IPR2014-00354 | 1/15/2014 | Wright Medical Group, Inc. &
Wright Medical Technology, Inc. | Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC |
| 7,966,372 | IPR2014-00355 | 1/15/2014 | Symantec Corporation | RPost Communications Limited |
| 6,606,581 | IPR2014-00356 | 1/15/2014 | Qualtrics, LLC | OpinionLab, Inc. |
| 8,468,199 | IPR2014-00357 | 1/15/2014 | Symantec Corporation | RPost Communications Limited |
| 8,475,832 | IPR2014-00325 | 1/15/2014 | BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. | RB Pharmaceuticals Limited |
| 8,329,216 | IPR2014-00360 | 1/16/2014 | Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Endo Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
| 8,309,122 | IPR2014-00361 | 1/16/2014 | Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Endo Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
| RE 43,707 | IPR2014-00358 | 1/17/2014 | Eizo Corporation | Barco N.V. |
| 6,306,141 | IPR2014-00362 | 1/17/2014 | Edwards Life Sciences Corporation | Medtronic, Inc. |
| 6,289,993 | IPR2014-00364 | 1/17/2014 | Greene's Energy Group, LLC | Oil States Energy Service, LLC |
| 8,085,966 | IPR2014-00365 | 1/17/2014 | Headbox, LLC, d/b/a Boom Phones | Infinite Imagineering, Inc. |
| 8,041,805 | IPR2014-00366 | 1/17/2014 | Qualtrics, LLC | OpinionLab, Inc. |
| 8,286,561 | IPR2014-00367 | 1/18/2014 | SCHOTT Gemtron Corporation | SSW Holding Company, Inc. |
| 6,690,273 | IPR2014-00368 | 1/21/2014 | Librestream Technologies, Inc. | Wireless Remote System LLC |
| 6,317,039 | IPR2014-00369 | 1/21/2014 | Librestream Technologies, Inc. | Wireless Remote System LLC |
| 8,528,778 | IPR2014-00375 | 1/21/2014 | Clariant Corporation | CSP Technologies, Inc. |
| 7,579,019 | IPR2014-00376 | 1/22/2014 | Monosol Rx, LLC | Arius Two, Inc. |
| 6,635,280 | IPR2014-00377 | 1/24/2014 | Purdue Pharma L.P. | Depomed, Inc. |
| 6,340,475 | IPR2014-00378 | 1/24/2014 | Purdue Pharma L.P. | Depomed, Inc. |
| 6,340,475 | IPR2014-00379 | 1/24/2014 | Purdue Pharma L.P. | Depomed, Inc. |
| 7,728,132 | IPR2014-00382 | 1/27/2014 | Lenroc Co. | EnviroTech Chemical Services, Inc. |
| 7,543,318 | IPR2014-00383 | 1/27/2014 | CustomPlay, LLC | ClearPlay, Inc. |
| 6,823,269 | IPR2014-00384 | 1/28/2014 | Zetec, Inc. | Westinghouse Electric Co. |
| 5,505,788 | IPR2014-00386 | 1/28/2014 | PanelClaw, Inc. | SunPower Corporation |
| RE 38,988 | IPR2014-00388 | 1/28/2014 | PanelClaw, Inc. | SunPower Corporation |
| 8,000,906 | IPR2014-00392 | 1/29/2014 | Micro Motion, Inc. | Invensys Systems, Inc. |
| 6,754,594 | IPR2014-00390 | 1/30/2014 | Micro Motion, Inc. | Invensys Systems, Inc. |
| 6,833,686 | IPR2014-00397 | 1/30/2014 | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Blackberry Ltd. |
| 6,034,623 | IPR2014-00400 | 1/30/2014 | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Blackberry Ltd. |
| 8,299,032 | IPR2014-00398 | 1/31/2014 | 3D-Matrix, Ltd. | Menicon Co., Ltd. |
| 8,373,012 | IPR2014-00402 | 1/31/2014 | Butamax TM Advanced Biofuels LLC | GEVO, Inc. |
| 8,359,007 | IPR2014-00407 | 1/31/2014 | Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. | Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC |
| Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board |
SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
January 27, 2014 – January 31, 2014
| Date Issued |
Type of Case(1) |
Proceeding or Appn. Number |
Party or Parties |
TTAB Panel (2) |
Issue(s) |
TTAB Decision |
Opposer’s or Petitioner’s mark and goods or services |
Applicant’s or Respondent’s mark and goods or services |
Mark and goods or services cited by Examining Attorney |
Issued as Precedent of TTAB |
| 1-27 |
EX |
79113793 |
Marino Felice SNC; Di Marino Ferdinando E Flavio |
Seeherman*
Quinn
Hightower |
2(e)(1) |
Refusal Affirmed |
|
ENKIR [biscuits; puffed cereal based snack foods; cookies; tarts; cakes; panettone; doughnuts; croissants; brioches; prepared pizza; pizza dough; pies; breadsticks; crackers; pasta; dried pasta; fresh pasta; noodles; breakfast cereals; cereal bars; high-protein cereal bars; pancakes; pastry; pastry shells; bread; all containing Triticum Monococcum or Einkorn, also known as Enkir] [Beers; mineral and aerated waters and soft drinks; cereal based soft drinks; nonalcoholic malt beverages; energy drinks; sports drinks; fruit beverages and fruit juices; syrups for making beverages; powders used in the preparation of sports and energy drinks and powders used in the preparation of nonalcoholic malt beverages; all containing Triticum Monococcum or Einkorn, also known as Enkir] |
|
No |
| 1-29 |
EX |
85880648 |
Clic Goggles, Inc. |
Greenbaum*
Adlin
Hightower |
2(e)(1) |
Refusal Affirmed |
|
FRONT CONNECTION EYEWEAR [eyewear] |
|
No |
| 1-29 |
EX |
85476655 |
Tyson Foods, Inc. |
Wellington*
Ritchie
Masiello |
2(d) |
Refusal Affirmed |
|
SIMPLE IS GOOD [Beef; chicken; pork; prepared entrees consisting primarily of beef, chicken, or pork, with pasta, rice, potatoes, vegetables, or sauce provided as sides or toppings; soups; dips; prepared entrees in the nature of casseroles consisting primarily of vegetables, namely, broccoli, sweet potato, or green bean; mashed potatoes] [Salsa; creamed corn; macaroni and cheese] |
SO GOOD. SO SIMPLE. [bean dip; snack food dips] [corn chips; corn-based snack foods]; SIMPLE GOODNESS [poultry]; SIMPLYGOOD [processed meat] |
No |
| 1-30 |
EX |
85447797 |
Dana Limited |
Quinn
Taylor
Ritchie* |
1, 45-phantom mark |
Refusal Affirmed |
|
DANA 44 (and design) [axles for vehicles] |
|
No |
| 1-30 |
CANC |
92052836
92052844 |
JA Communications
v.
Jonathan Roche Fitness Ventures (IP) LLC |
Seeherman
Quinn
Greenbaum* |
2(d) |
Petition to Cancel Granted in each case |
NO EXCUSES WORKOUT [lectures, seminars, articles, books, manuals and video recordings
featuring exercise, fitness and weight loss methods and routines] [providing
information regarding exercise routines and other information that promotes
muscle toning, cardiovascular conditioning, fitness and health] |
NO EXCUSES WORKOUT (two registrations) [Audio and video recordings featuring exercise, fitness and weight loss methods; prerecorded CDs, video tapes, digital video discs, digital versatile discs, laser disks, downloadable audio and video recordings, DVDs, and high definition digital disks featuring exercise, fitness and weight loss methods; Downloadable multimedia file containing artwork, text, audio, video, games, and Internet Web links relating to exercise, fitness and weight loss methods] [developing, arranging, and conducting educational seminars, conferences and programs and providing courses of instruction in the field of fitness; online exhibitions and displays in the field of fitness; providing a website featuring photographic, audio, video and prose presentations on fitness; providing instruction and equipment in the field of physical exercise; Personal coaching services in the field of fitness; Personal trainer services; strength and conditioning training; Physical education services] |
|
No |
| 1-31 |
EX |
85340065 |
Consolidated Developments Ltd. |
Bucher
Cataldo*
Lykos |
2(d) |
Refusal Affirmed |
|
OUTERNET [Electronic advertising sign boards; downloadable software for various mobile or handheld devices for advertising purposes and enabling consumers to access interactive multimedia audio and visual promotional material; luminous and illuminated advertising sign boards] [printed visuals in the nature of information graphics and promotional materials; promotional leaflets, pamphlets, booklets, books, brochures, foldouts, flyers, magazines, journals, newsletters, and cardboard boxes sold to others to advertise and promote the goods and services of others; advertising posters] [Advertising; marketing; Internet advertising; production of television and radio advertisements; provision of business information; outdoor, indoor, mobile and electronic billboard advertising; Leasing of advertising billboards; production of advertising matter; rental of advertising space; none of the above being retail services] |
CBS OUTERNET [media and advertising services, namely,
dissemination of billboard advertising and the
placement of advertising in noninteractive and
interactive media programs and publications via
stationary communications media, global
communication networks, mobile and wireless
communication devices; advertising, marketing and
promotion services; publicity consulting services] |
No |
| 1-31 |
EX |
79099154 |
Fiat Group Marketing & Corporate Communications S.p.A. |
Wellington*
Kuczma
Greenbaum |
Rule 2.71(a) (ID of services in Class 35) |
Refusal affirmed in absence of requirement for proper ID; Mark will register for other goods and services |
|
FIAT 500 [Advertising services; business management; business
administration; office functions] |
|
Yes |
| 1-31 |
EX |
85496960 |
Mark A. Fisher |
Seeherman*
Kuhlke
Masiello |
2(e)(1) |
Refusal Affirmed |
|
ABDOMINAL ELEVATOR [Surgical and medical apparatus and instruments for use in general surgery; Surgical devices and instruments; Surgical instruments and apparatus] |
|
No |
(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to Dismiss; (R)=Request for Reconsideration; (REM)=Decision on Remand (2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member
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Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Attn: Deposit Accounts
2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
Alexandria, VA 22314
Information abount deposit account replenishments may also be found on
the USPTO's web site at
http://www.uspto.gov/about/offices/cfo/finance/Deposit_Account_
Replenishments.jsp
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| Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers |
Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for
Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
The following libraries, designated as Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
(PTRCs), provide public access to patent and trademark information received
from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This
information includes all issued patents, all registered trademarks, the
Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, search tools such
as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental information in a
variety of formats including online, optical disc, microfilm and paper.
Each PTRC also offers access to USPTO resources on the Internet and to
PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system used by patent examiners
that is not available on the Internet.
Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information.
All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges
associated with the use of photocopying and related services. Hours of
service to the public vary, and anyone contemplating use of these
collections at a particular library is urged to contact that library in
advance about its services and hours to avoid inconvenience.
State Name of Library Telephone Contact
Alabama Auburn University Libraries (334) 844-1737
Birmingham Public Library (205) 226-3620
Alaska Fairbanks: Keith B. Mather Library,
Geophysical Institute,
University of Alaska, Fairbanks (907) 474-2636
Arizona Phoenix, Arizona
State Library of Arizona
Arizona State Library Archives
and Public Records (602) 926-3870
Arkansas Little Rock: Arkansas State
Library (501) 682-2053
California Los Angeles Public Library (213) 228-7220
Riverside: University of
California, Riverside, Orbach
Science Library (951) 827-3316
Sacramento: California State
Library (916) 654-0261
San Diego Public Library (619) 236-5800
San Francisco Public Library (415) 557-4500
Sunnyvale Public Library (408) 730-7300
Colorado Denver Public Library (720) 865-1711
Connecticut Fairfield: Ryan-Matura Library
Sacred Heart University (203) 371-7726
Delaware Newark: University of Delaware
Library (302) 831-2965
Dist. of Columbia Washington: Howard University
Libraries (202) 806-7252
Florida Fort Lauderdale: Broward County
Main Library (954) 357-7444
Miami-Dade Public Library (305) 375-2665
Orlando: University of Central
Florida Libraries (407) 823-2562
Georgia Atlanta: Library and Information
Center, Georgia Institute of
Technology (404) 385-7185
Hawaii Honolulu: Hawaii State Library (808) 586-3477
Illinois Chicago Public Library (312) 747-4450
Macomb: Western Illinois
University Libraries (309) 298-2722
Indiana Indianapolis-Marion County Public
Library (317) 269-1741
West Lafayette Siegesmund
Engineering Library,
Purdue University (765) 494-2872
Iowa Davenport: Davenport Public Library (563) 326-7832
Kansas Wichita: Ablah Library, Wichita
State University 1 (800) 572-8368
Kentucky Louisville Free Public Library (502) 574-1611
W. Frank Steely Library
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Kentucky (859) 572-5457
Louisiana Baton Rouge: Troy H. Middleton
Library, Louisiana State University (225) 388-8875
Maine Orono: Raymond H. Fogler Library,
University of Maine (207) 581-1678
Maryland Baltimore: University of Baltimore
Law Library (410) 837-4554
College Park: Engineering and
Physical Sciences Library,
University of Maryland (301) 405-9157
Massachusetts Amherst: Physical Sciences Library,
University of Massachusetts (413) 545-2765
Boston Public Library (617) 536-5400
Ext. 4256
Michigan Ann Arbor: Art, Architecture &
Engineering Library,
University of Michigan (734) 647-5735
Big Rapids: Ferris Library for
Information, Technology &
Education, Ferris State
University (231) 592-3602
Detroit: Public Library (313) 481-1391
Michigan Technological
University, Van Pelt and
Opie Library, Houghton (906) 487-2500
Minnesota Hennepin County Library
Minneapolis Central Library (612) 543-8000
Mississippi Jackson: Mississippi Library
Commission (601) 961-4111
Missouri Kansas City: Linda Hall Library (816) 363-4600
Ext. 724
St. Louis Public Library (314) 352-2900
Montana Butte: Montana Tech Library of
the University of Montana (406) 496-4281
Nebraska Lincoln: Engineering Library,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (402) 472-3411
New Hampshire Concord: University of New
Hampshire School of Law (603) 513-5130
Nevada Reno: University of Nevada, Reno,
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center (775) 784-6500
Ext. 257
New Jersey Newark Public Library (973) 733-7779
Piscataway: Library of Science and
Medicine, Rutgers University (732) 445-2895
New York Albany: New York State Library (518) 474-5355
Buffalo and Erie County Public
Library (716) 858-7101
Rochester Public Library (716) 428-8110
New York: New York Public Library,
Science Industry & Business Library (212) 592-7000
North Carolina J. Murrey Atkins Library, University
of North Carolina at Charlotte (704) 687-0494
North Dakota Grand Forks: Chester Fritz Library,
University of North Dakota (701) 777-4888
Ohio Akron - Summit County Public (330) 643-9075
Library
Cincinnati and Hamilton County,
Public Library of (513) 369-6932
Cleveland Public Library (216) 623-2870
Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar
Library, Wright State University (937) 775-3521
Toledo/Lucas County Public Library (419) 259-5209
Oklahoma Stillwater: Oklahoma State
University Edmon Low Library (405) 744-6546
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, The Free Library of (215) 686-5394
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of (412) 622-3138
University Park: PAMS Library,
Pennsylvania State University (814) 865-7617
Puerto Rico Bayamon: Learning Resources Center,
University of Puerto Rico (787) 993-0000
Ext. 3222
Mayaquez General Library,
University of Puerto Rico (787) 832-4040
Ext. 2023
Bayamon, Learning Resources Center,
University of Puerto Rico (787) 786-5225
Rhode Island Providence Public Library (401) 455-8027
South Carolina Clemson University Libraries (864) 656-3024
South Dakota Rapid City: Devereaux Library,
South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology (605) 394-1275
Tennessee Nashville: Stevenson Science and
Engineering Library, Vanderbilt
University (615) 322-2717
Texas Austin: McKinney Engineering
Library, University of Texas at
Austin (512) 495-4511
College Station: West Campus
Library, Texas A & M University (979) 845-2111
Dallas Public Library (214) 670-1468
Houston: The Fondren Library, Rice
University (713) 348-5483
Lubbock: Texas Tech University (806) 742-2282
San Antonio Public Library (210) 207-2500
Utah Salt Lake City: Marriott Library,
University of Utah (801) 581-8394
Vermont Burlington: Bailey/Howe Library,
University of Vermont (802) 656-2542
Washington Seattle: Engineering Library,
University of Washington (206) 543-0740
West Virginia Morgantown: Evansdale Library,
West Virginia University (304) 293-4695
Wisconsin Wendt Commons Library,
University of Wisconsin-Madison (608) 262-0696
Milwaukee Public Library (414) 286-3051
Wyoming Cheyenne: Wyoming State Library (307) 777-7281
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| Patent Technology Centers |
| PATENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS |
| AVERAGE FILING DATE OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVING A FIRST OFFICE ACTION IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS1
|
Technology
Center |
GAU |
Avg Filing Date |
| 1600 |
BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY |
| |
1610 |
03/08/2013 |
| |
1620 |
02/09/2013 |
| |
1630 |
10/13/2012 |
| |
1640 |
01/24/2013 |
| |
1650 |
01/31/2013 |
| |
1660 |
09/10/2012 |
| |
1670 |
12/10/2012 |
| |
TOTAL |
01/03/2013 |
| |
|
|
| 1700 |
CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGNS |
| |
1710 |
06/13/2012 |
| |
1720 |
07/23/2012 |
| |
1730 |
09/19/2012 |
| |
1740 |
08/16/2012 |
| |
1750 |
05/08/2012 |
| |
1760 |
11/06/2012 |
| |
1770 |
07/29/2012 |
| |
1780 |
08/19/2012 |
| |
1790 |
10/28/2012 |
| |
TOTAL |
08/16/2012 |
| |
|
|
| 2100 |
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SOFTWARE |
| |
2110 |
06/07/2012 |
| |
2120 |
02/07/2012 |
| |
2140 |
04/26/2012 |
| |
2150 |
09/28/2012 |
| |
2160 |
09/19/2012 |
| |
2170 |
06/04/2012 |
| |
2180 |
07/02/2012 |
| |
2190 |
04/26/2012 |
| |
TOTAL |
06/10/2012 |
| |
|
|
| 2400 |
NETWORKING, MULTIPLEXING, CABLE AND SECURITY |
| |
2410 |
08/01/2012 |
| |
2420 |
01/31/2013 |
| |
2430 |
09/28/2012 |
| |
2440 |
07/05/2012 |
| |
2450 |
06/16/2012 |
| |
2460 |
06/13/2012 |
| |
2470 |
05/29/2012 |
| |
2480 |
03/11/2012 |
| |
2490 |
09/19/2012 |
| |
TOTAL |
07/11/2012 |
| |
|
|
| 2600 |
COMMUNICATIONS |
| |
2610 |
03/26/2012 |
| |
2620 |
04/23/2012 |
| |
2630 |
09/07/2012 |
| |
2640 |
09/03/2012 |
| |
2650 |
07/20/2012 |
| |
2660 |
07/05/2012 |
| |
2670 |
08/04/2012 |
| |
2680 |
08/13/2012 |
| |
2690 |
05/05/2012 |
| |
TOTAL |
07/14/2012 |
| |
|
|
| 2800
|
SEMICONDUCTORS/MEMORY, CIRCUITS/MEASURING AND TESTING, OPTICS/PHOTOCOPYING |
| |
2810 |
10/31/2012 |
| |
2820 |
11/19/2012 |
| |
2830 |
06/01/2012 |
| |
2840 |
08/07/2012 |
| |
2850 |
07/14/2012 |
| |
2860 |
01/01/2012 |
| |
2870 |
07/26/2012 |
| |
2880 |
09/07/2012 |
| |
2890 |
12/13/2012 |
| |
TOTAL |
08/13/2012 |
| |
|
|
| 2900
|
|
| |
2910 |
03/08/2013 |
| |
TOTAL |
03/08/2013 |
| |
|
|
| 3600
|
TRANSPORTATION, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND LICENSE AND REVIEW
|
| |
3610 |
12/13/2012 |
| |
3620 |
11/22/2012 |
| |
3630 |
12/22/2012 |
| |
3640 |
08/01/2012 |
| |
3650 |
08/16/2012 |
| |
3660 |
10/13/2012 |
| |
3670 |
10/07/2012 |
| |
3680 |
12/13/2012 |
| |
3690 |
05/17/2013 |
| |
TOTAL |
10/28/2012 |
| |
|
|
| 3700
|
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS |
| |
3710 |
09/25/2012 |
| |
3720 |
04/29/2012 |
| |
3730 |
08/16/2012 |
| |
3740 |
12/26/2011 |
| |
3750 |
04/20/2012 |
| |
3760 |
09/13/2012 |
| |
3770 |
08/13/2012 |
| |
3780 |
09/28/2012 |
| |
TOTAL |
06/01/2012 |
| |
|
|
| |
1 Report last updated on 1-31-2014. |
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