Patent Related Notices - 2009

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* active hyperlinks in this column retrieve USPTO documents posted prior to publication in the OG or Fed. Reg.

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Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 21, 2009 (22Dec2009)
19JAN2010
  
Revised Procedure for Public Key Infrastructure Certificates (09Dec2009)
 
 
17DEC2009
Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Being Appealed (08Dec2009)
05JAN2010
14DEC2009
Patent Cooperation Treaty Task Force; Notice of Public Meeting (02Dec2009) [More information]  
09DEC2009
Request for Comments on Enhancement in the Quality of Patents (30Nov2009)
05JAN2010
09DEC2009
Pilot Program for Green Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas Reduction (30Nov2009)
29DEC2009
08DEC2009
Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan (06Nov2009)
22DEC2009
27NOV2009
Request for Comments on Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program (21Oct2009)
24NOV2009
27OCT2009
Legal Framework for Electronic Filing System - Web (EFS-Web) (21Oct2009)
24NOV2009
27OCT2009
Notice of Change to Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination (19Oct2009)
10NOV2009
  
Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications (15Oct2009)
10NOV2009
14OCT2009
Request for Comments and Notice of Roundtable on Work Sharing for Patent Applications (14Oct2009) [More Information]  
21OCT2009
Additional Period for Comments on Interim Examination Instructions for Evaluating Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (09Oct2009)
03NOV2009
09OCT2009
Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and DKPTO (05Oct2009)
27OCT2009
  
Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and EPO (22Sep2009)
20OCT2009
  
Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program (16Sep2009)
20OCT2009
  
Request for Comments on Interim Examination Instructions for Evaluating Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (11Sep2009)
13OCT2009
11SEP2009
Clarification of the Date of Decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Under 37 CFR 1.304 (11Sep2009)
06OCT2009
  
Notice Concerning Calculation of the Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. § 154(b)(1)(B) involving International Applications Entering the National Stage Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 371 (10Sep2009)
06OCT2009
  
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (25Jun2009)
21JUL2009
  
July 2009 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures; Final Rule (24Jun2009)
28JUL2009
01JUL2009
Sequence Listings and Tables Related Thereto in International Applications Filed in the United States Receiving Office (11Jun2009)
07JUL2009
  
Additional Period for Comments on Deferred Examination for Patent Applications; Request for comments; additional comment period (09Jun2009)
07JUL2009
16JUN2009
Electronic Exchange of Non-Participating Office Priority Documents Between the Japan Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (03Jun2009)
30JUN2009
  
Addition of World Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents (01Jun2009)
30JUN2009
  
Electronic Office Action (11May2009)
02JUN2009
  
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (14Apr2009)
12MAY2009
  
Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP Australia (13Apr2009)
12MAY2009
  
Limited Competency of Certain International Searching Authorities With Respect to Applications Filed in the USPTO (13Mar2009)
07APR2009
  
Extension of Time for Comments on Deferred Examination for Patent Applications; Request for comments; extension of comment period (03Mar2009)
31MAR2009
09MAR2009
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (29Jan2009)
24FEB2009
  
Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (28Jan2009)
24FEB2009
  
Request for Comments and Notice of Roundtable on Deferred Examination for Patent Applications; Notice; Request for Comments (22Jan2009)
24FEB2009
28JAN2009
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