DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                           United States Patent and
                               Trademark Office
                                 37 CFR Part 1
                                 RIN 0651-AB05

              Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of
                        Patent Applications; Correction

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office)
published a final rule in the Federal Register of September 20, 2000,
revising the rules of practice in patent cases to implement the
eighteen-month publication provisions of the American Inventors
Protection Act of 1999. This document corrects two errors in that final
rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 29, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Concerning this rule: Robert W. Bahr by
telephone at (703) 308-6906, or by mail addressed to: Box
Comments--Patents, Assistant Commissioner for Patents, Washington, D.C.
20231, or by facsimile to (703) 872-9411, marked to the attention of
Robert W. Bahr.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office published a final rule in the
Federal Register of September 20, 2000 (65 FR 57023), entitled "Changes
to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications." This
document corrects errors in Sec. 1.55 and Sec. 1.99 as discussed below.

   Section 1.55(a) should refer to "35 U.S.C. 119(a) through (d) and
(f), 172, and 365(a) and (b)" rather than "35 U.S.C. 119(a) through (d),
172, and 365(a)" (references to 35 U.S.C. 119(f) and 365(b) were
inadvertently omitted). Section 1.55(c) should refer to "35 U.S.C.
119(a) through (d) and (f), and 365(a)" rather than "35 U.S.C. 119(a)
through (d) and 365(a)" (a reference to 35 U.S.C. 119(f) was
inadvertently omitted).
   Section 1.99(f) should not include its last sentence ("[N]o further
submission on behalf of the member of the public will be considered,
unless such submission raises new issues which could not have been
earlier presented.").

   In rule FR Doc. 00-23822, published on September 20, 2000 (65 FR
57023), make the following corrections:

Sec. 1.55 [Corrected]

   1. On page 57053, in the third column, in Sec. 1.55, in paragraph (a)
introductory text, in lines 5 and 6, correct "119(a) through (d), 172,
and 365(a)" to read "119(a) through (d) and (f), 172, and 365(a) and
(b);" and on page 57054, in the first column, in Sec. 1.55, in paragraph
(c) introductory text, ineach of lines 4, 9, and 19, correct "119(a)-(d)
or 365(a)" to read "119(a) through (d) and (f), or 365(a)".

Sec. 1.99 [Corrected]

   2. On page 57056, in the second column, in Sec. 1.99, in paragraph
(f), in lines 14 through 19, remove the sentence "No further submission
on behalf of the member of the public will be considered, unless such
submission raises new issues which could not have been earlier
presented."

October 30, 2000                                             ALBIN F. DROST
                                                     Acting General Counsel