Withdrawal of EPO Search Proposal The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) previously announced in Official Gazette at 1167 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 74 (October 18, 1994), that the European Patent Office (EPO) had expressed an interest in conducting international searches for certain PCT applications for the PTO when the PTO had been selected as the International Searching Authority. However, the search proposal has been withdrawn by the EPO. Mar. 14, 1995 LAWRENCE J. GOFFNEY, JR. Assistant Commissioner for Patents