Electronic Official Gazette - Patents (eOG:P)
Patent Help - Electronic Official Gazette - Patents (eOG:P) - Basics
Are published patents the only content in the eOG:P?
No. The eOG:P contains a section called "Patent and Trademark Office Notices." In that section, each week, the following information is published:
- Expired Patents: Patents that expire due to failure to pay required maintenance fees. These patent numbers are published approximately 3 months after expiration.
- Patents Reinstated: Patents reinstated due to the acceptance of a late maintenance fee.
- Reissue Applications: Patents filed as reissues.
- Reexams: Patents requested to be reexamined .
- Certificates of Correction: Patents granted certificates to correct previously published material.
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Summaries of final decisions issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
In addition to the information published in the section entitled Patent & Trademark Office Notices, the following is also published in the eOG:P:
- Errata: Correction of erroneous previously published material.
- Service by Publication: Notification to cancel a trademark registration within 30 days, pending appearance of a registrant, assignee, or legal representative.
- Registration to Practice: Names of individuals who have received provisional recognition to prepare and prosecute patent applications.
- Notices from the Solicitor's Office: Notices to the public regarding changes and updates in Patent rules and regulations and/or other patent-related items.
- Reclassification Reports: Lists newly established, deleted, or reclassified classes & subclasses, revised every 3 months.
- Other Miscellaneous information of interest to the public.