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Federal Register · Notice · Jan 5, 2001
(i) Determine whether the application as filed describes the complete structure (or acts of a process) of the claimed invention as a whole. … or other gas which is inert to the liquid” was sufficient to support a claim to “inert fluid media” because the description of the properties and functions of the air or other gas segmentizing medium
66 FR 1099Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeAdditional Period for Comments on Deferred Examination for Patent Applications
Federal Register · Notice · Jun 16, 2009
ACTION: Request for comments; additional comment period. … Doll, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [FR Doc.
74 FR 28473Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeFederal Register · Notice · Aug 16, 2012
grace period that follows, to between the third and fourth years after the registration date, or the six-month grace period that follows. … years after the registration date, or the six-month grace period that follows, to between the third and fourth years after the registration date, or the six-month grace period that follows.
77 FR 49425Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeStudy of the Patent Pro Bono Programs; Request for Comments; Extension of the Comment Period
Federal Register · Notice · Jun 29, 2023
ACTION: Request for comments; extension of the comment period. … Act of 2022.
88 FR 42046Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeFederal Register · Rule · Feb 14, 2013
See Examination Guidelines for Implementing the First Inventor To File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, 77 FR at 43765. The Office received a number of comments on this question. … Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ) is required.
78 FR 11059Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeCross-Appeals in Patent and Trademark Office Disciplinary Proceedings
Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jan 23, 1995
Comments were due August 20, 1993. One comment was received. The comment suggested a substantive change to the original proposed rulemaking. … Other Considerations This rule change conforms with the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601et set.), Executive Orders 12612 and 12866, and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980
60 FR 4395Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeChanges To Implement the Patent Law Treaty
Federal Register · Rule · Oct 21, 2013
Code (AIA Technical Corrections Act). … of the AIA Technical Corrections Act.
78 FR 62368Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeChanges To Implement the First Inventor To File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
Federal Register · Rule · Feb 14, 2013
of 2004 (the “CREATE Act”; Pub. … (l) Time periods not extendable. The time periods set forth in this section are not extendable. 7.
78 FR 11024Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeChanges to the Time Period for Making Any Necessary Deposit of Biological Material
Federal Register · Rule · Apr 27, 2001
The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (Title IV of the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999 (S. 1948) as introduced in the 106th Congress on November 17, 1999) was … Classification Administrative Procedure Act: This final rule only changes the time period within which a deposit under § 1.801 et seq. must be filed (if needed).
66 FR 21090Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeExtension of the Period for Comments on the Preparation of Patent Applications
Federal Register · Notice · Mar 15, 2013
ACTION: Request for comments; extension of the comment period. … Teresa Stanek Rea, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
78 FR 16474Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeChanges to Representation of Others Before The United States Patent and Trademark Office
Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Mar 3, 2004
ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period. … Dudas, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
69 FR 9986Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeFederal Register · Notice · Oct 10, 1995
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office [Docket No. 95053144-5144-01] Request for Comments on Proposed Examination Guidelines for Computer-Implemented Inventions; Comment Period Extension … Hampton, II, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Acting Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks. [FR Doc. 95-25041 Filed 10-6-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-16-M
60 FR 52655Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeChanges To Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs
Federal Register · Rule · Apr 2, 2015
The comment asserts that there could be instances where a patent does not issue within the period set forth in Rule 18(c), or a refusal is inadvertently not sent during the refusal period, raising an inconsistency … The Office received no public comments concerning the certification under the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
80 FR 17918Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeChanges To Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020
Federal Register · Proposed Rule · May 18, 2021
Commenters can find a reference to this notice and click on the “Comment Now!” icon, complete the required fields, and enter or attach their comments. … Flexible Response Periods The TMA amended section 12(b) of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 1062(b), to allow the USPTO to set response periods by regulation for a time period between 60 days and 6 months, with
86 FR 26862Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeExtension of the Period for Comments on the Enhancement of Quality of Software-Related Patents
Federal Register · Notice · Mar 15, 2013
ACTION: Request for comments; extension of the comment period. … Teresa Stanek Rea, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
78 FR 16474Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeFederal Register · Rule · Aug 14, 2012
The Office received one written submission of comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act. Each component of that comment directed the Paperwork Reduction Act is addressed below. … Comment 119: A comment noted that the distribution of claims for review was not disclosed during the comment period.
77 FR 48680Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeFederal Register · Rule · May 22, 2012
References below to “the Act,” “the Trademark Act,” or “the statute” refer to the Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., as amended. … Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ) is required.
77 FR 30197Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeFederal Register · Notice · Nov 19, 2025
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereafter “USPTO” or “Agency”), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on the extension and revision of an existing … Abstract The patent term restoration portion of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (Pub.
90 FR 52043Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeChanges To Implement the Patent Law Treaty
Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Apr 11, 2013
DATES: Comment Deadline Date: Written comments must be received on or before June 10, 2013. … Please send comments on or before June 10, 2013 to Mail Stop Comments—Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O.
78 FR 21788Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark OfficeFederal Register · Rule · Jun 29, 2017
Comment: One commenter inquired as to the meaning of “abandonment” in the phrase “Two months after the date of actual knowledge of the abandonment” and whether the two-month period begins on the date … Section 9 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1059, provides that registrations resulting from applications based on section 1 or section 44 of the Trademark Act may be renewed for successive periods of ten
82 FR 29401Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark Office
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