DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                          Patent and Trademark Office
                        [Docket No. 991027289-9289-01]
                                 RIN 0651-AB09

                Revised Interim Utility Examination Guidelines;
                       Request for Comments; Correction

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and request for public comments; correction.

SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) published a document in
the Federal Register of December 21, 1999, concerning request for
comments on Revised Interim Utility Examination Guidelines. The word
"interim" was inadvertently omitted from the document Subject Heading
and text. In addition, an extra period divided the second sentence of
the Summary caption into fragments. This document corrects the omissions
of "interim" and removes the extra period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Nagumo by telephone at (703)
305-8666, by facsimile at (703) 305-9373, by electronic mail at
"mark.nagumo@uspto.gov," or by mail marked to his attention addressed to
the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Box 8, Washington, DC 20231;
or Linda Therkorn by telephone at (703) 3O5-9323, by facsimile at (703)
305-8825, by electronic mail at "linda.therkorn@uspto.gov," or by mail
marked to her attention addressed to Box Comments, Assistant
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231.

Correction

   In the Federal Register of December 21, 1999, in FR Doc. 99-33054,
make the following corrections:

   On page 71440, in the second column, correct the "Subject Heading" to
read:

Revised Interim Utility Examination Guidelines; Request for Comments

   On page 71440, in the third column, correct the "Summary" caption to
read:

SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) requests comments from
any interested member of the public on the following Revised Interim
Utility Examination Guidelines. The PTO is publishing a revised version
of guidelines to be used by Office personnel in their review of patent
applications for compliance with the utility requirement based on
comments received in response to the Request for Comments on Interim
Guidelines for

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Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. 112, para.1
"Written Description" Requirement; Extension of Comment Period and
Notice of Hearing. 63 Fed. Reg. 50887 (September 23, 1998). These
Revised Interim Utility Guidelines will be used by PTO personnel in
their review of patent applications for compliance with the "utility"
requirement of 35 U.S.C. 101. This revision supersedes the Utility
Examination Guidelines that were published at 60 Fed. Reg. 36263 (1995)
and at 1177 O.G. 146 (1995).

   On page 71440, in the third column, correct the "Dates" caption to
read:

DATES: Written comments on the Revised Interim Utility Examination
Guidelines will be accepted by the PTO until March 22, 2000.

   On page 71440, in the third column, correct the first sentence of the
"Supplementary Information" caption to read:

   The PTO requests comments from any interested member of the public on
the following Revised Interim Utility Examination Guidelines.

January 18, 2000                                             ALBIN F. DROST
                                                           Acting Solicitor
                                   [FR Doc. 00-1461 Filed 1-20-00; 8:45 am]