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January 5, 2010 | Volume 1350 | Number 1 |
CONTENTS
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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1342 O.G. 51, on May 12, 2009. For information on subject matter under Rule 39 that a particular International Searching Authority will not search, see Annex D of the PCT Applicants' Guide. European Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority The European Patent Office (EPO) may act as the International Searching Authority (ISA) for an international application filed with the United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of America. However, the EPO is no longer a competent ISA, within the meaning of PCT Article 16(3), for international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals on or after March 1, 2002, in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office, and where the application contains one or more claims directed to the field of business methods. For the definition of what the EPO considers to be precluded subject matter in the field of business methods, applicants should see the "Notice from the President of the European Patent Office", dated November 26, 2001, and which was published as Annex A in the "Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as PCT Authority" in the Official Gazette at 1255 O.G. 878, on February 19, 2002. The European Patent Office may act as the International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for an international application filed in the United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau as Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of America, provided that the European Patent Office acted as the International Searching Authority. However, the EPO is no longer a competent IPEA, within the meaning of PCT Article 32(3), for international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office where the corresponding demand is filed with the EPO on or after March 1, 2002, and where the application contains one or more claims directed to the field of business methods. The search fee of the European Patent Office was increased, effective October 1, 2009, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1346 O.G. 5, on September 1, 2009. Korean Intellectual Property Office as Searching and Examining Authority For use of the Korean Intellectual Property Office as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for international applications filed in the United States Receiving Office, see the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1302 O.G. 1261 on January 17, 2006. The search fee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office was increased, effective September 15, 2009, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1345 O.G. 163, on August 25, 2009. Australian Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) may act as the International Searching Authority (ISA) for an international application filed with the United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of America. However, IP Australia is not a competent ISA, within the meaning of PCT Artical 16(3), for international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office, and where the application contains one or more claims
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directed to the field of business methods or mechanical inventions. IP Australia may act as the International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for an international application filed in the United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau as Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of America, provided that IP Australia acted as the International Searching Authority. However, IP Australia is not a competent IPEA, within the meaning of PCT Article 32(3), for international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office where the corresponding demand is filed with IP Australia and where the application contains one or more claims directed to the fields of business methods or mechanical engineering or analogous fields of technology as defined by specified areas of the International Patent Classification System, as indicated in Annex A to the agreement between the USPTO and IP Australia. See the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1337 O.G. 261 on December 23, 2008. For use of IP Australia as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for international applications filed in the United States Receiving Office, see the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1337 O.G. 265 on December 23, 2008. The search fee of IP Australia was increased, effective September 15, 2009, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1345 O.G. 163, on August 25, 2009. Fees The transmittal fee and search fees for the USPTO were changed, effective January 12, 2009, and were announced in the Federal Register on November 12, 2008. The fee for filing a request for the restoration of the right of priority was established, effective November 9, 2007, and was announced in the Federal Register on September 10, 2007. International filing fees were increased, effective May 1, 2009, and were announced in the Official Gazette at 1340 O.G. 212, on March 31, 2009. The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of October 1, 2009, is as follows: International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees: Transmittal fee $240.00 Search fee U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as International Searching Authority (ISA) - Search fee $2,080.00 - Supplemental search fee, per additional invention (payable only upon invitation) $2,080.00 European Patent Office as ISA $2,378.00 Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA - for international applications filed in English $729.00 IP Australia as ISA $1,278.00 International fees International filing fee $1,184.00 International filing fee-filed in paper with PCT EASY zip file or
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electronically without PCT EASY zip file $1,095.00 International filing fee-filed electronically with PCT EASY zip files $1,006.00 Supplemental fee for each page over 30 $13.00 Restoration of Priority Filing a request for the restoration of the right of priority under § 1.452 $1,410.00 International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination: Handling fee $171.00 Handling fee-90% reduction, if applicants meet criteria specified at: http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf $17.10 Preliminary Examination Fee USPTO as International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) - USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I $600.00 - USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I $750.00 - Additional preliminary examination fee, per additional invention (payable only upon invitation) $600.00 U.S. National Stage fees (for international applications entering the U.S. national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371) can be found on the USPTO's Web site (www.uspto.gov). September 17, 2009 DAVID J. KAPPOS Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable |
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) provides that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge for the six-month period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the date of issue of patents based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980. An additional six-month grace period is provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e) for payment of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(h), as amended effective Dec. 16, 1991. If the maintenance fee is not paid in the patent requiring such payment the patent will expire on the 4th, 8th, or 12th anniversary of the grant. Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on December 26, 2006 for which maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months may now be paid. The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges: Utility Patents 7,152,246 through 7,155,745 Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents. Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on December 24, 2002 for which maintenance fees due at 7 years and six months may now be paid. The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges: Utility Patents 6,496,984 through 6,499,138 Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents. Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on December 22, 1998 for which maintenance fees due at 11 years and six months may now be paid. The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges: Utility Patents 5,850,633 through 5,852,826 Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents. No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents. Payments of maintenance fees in patents may be submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov. Click on the "Site Index" link at the top of the homepage (www.uspto.gov), and then scroll down and click on the "Maintenance Fees" link for more information. Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically over the Internet should be mailed to "United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 979070, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000". Correspondence related to maintenance fees other than payments of maintenance fees in patents is not to be mailed to P.O. Box 979070, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000, but must be mailed to "Mail Stop M Correspondence, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450". Patent owners must establish small entity status according to 37 CFR 1.27 if they have not done so and if they wish to pay the small entity amount. The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six months are set forth in the most recently amended provisions in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g). To obtain the current maintenance fee amounts, please call the USPTO Contact Center at (800)-786-9199 or see the current USPTO fee schedule posted on the USPTO Internet web site. At the top of the USPTO homepage at www.uspto.gov, click on the "Site Index" link and then scroll down and click on the "Fees, USPTO" link to find the current USPTO fee schedule.
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Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee |
Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee 35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.362(g) provide that if the required maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge are not paid in a patent requiring such payment, the patent will expire at the end of the 4th, 8th or 12th anniversary of the grant of the patent depending on the first maintenance fee which was not paid. According to the records of the Office, the patents listed below have expired due to failure to pay the required maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge. PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON November 18, 2009 DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES Patent Application Issue Number Number Date 5,687,423 08/299,300 11/18/97 5,687,426 08/704,172 11/18/97 5,687,430 08/287,287 11/18/97 5,687,441 08/580,289 11/18/97 5,687,448 08/610,322 11/18/97 5,687,451 08/591,495 11/18/97 5,687,455 08/588,444 11/18/97 5,687,465 08/438,032 11/18/97 5,687,468 08/646,244 11/18/97 5,687,476 08/588,966 11/18/97 5,687,477 08/725,690 11/18/97 5,687,479 08/634,972 11/18/97 5,687,481 08/455,613 11/18/97 5,687,492 08/665,420 11/18/97 5,687,497 08/581,894 11/18/97 5,687,502 08/461,480 11/18/97 5,687,503 08/537,698 11/18/97 5,687,510 08/510,707 11/18/97 5,687,513 08/450,564 11/18/97 5,687,521 08/659,470 11/18/97 5,687,527 08/657,628 11/18/97 5,687,528 08/645,526 11/18/97 5,687,530 08/443,287 11/18/97 5,687,532 08/642,979 11/18/97 5,687,533 08/490,801 11/18/97 5,687,535 08/552,629 11/18/97 5,687,542 08/518,027 11/18/97 5,687,543 08/654,497 11/18/97 5,687,546 08/465,480 11/18/97 5,687,547 08/536,899 11/18/97 5,687,553 08/661,131 11/18/97 5,687,558 08/613,986 11/18/97 5,687,559 08/601,323 11/18/97 5,687,565 08/564,479 11/18/97 5,687,575 08/639,669 11/18/97 5,687,577 08/630,284 11/18/97 5,687,580 08/564,652 11/18/97 5,687,591 08/543,970 11/18/97 5,687,606 08/582,697 11/18/97 5,687,608 08/410,191 11/18/97 5,687,612 08/604,660 11/18/97 5,687,630 08/544,660 11/18/97 5,687,636 08/650,369 11/18/97 5,687,640 08/693,323 11/18/97 5,687,645 08/660,791 11/18/97 5,687,648 08/642,442 11/18/97 5,687,650 08/633,591 11/18/97
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5,687,651 08/642,399 11/18/97 5,687,654 08/631,263 11/18/97 5,687,659 08/600,282 11/18/97 5,687,664 08/630,370 11/18/97 5,687,668 08/331,351 11/18/97 5,687,677 08/684,511 11/18/97 5,687,678 08/378,784 11/18/97 5,687,684 08/761,275 11/18/97 5,687,689 08/730,082 11/18/97 5,687,690 08/560,855 11/18/97 5,687,693 08/707,804 11/18/97 5,687,694 08/595,229 11/18/97 5,687,699 08/698,157 11/18/97 5,687,703 08/630,902 11/18/97 5,687,707 08/727,554 11/18/97 5,687,713 08/558,948 11/18/97 5,687,716 08/559,032 11/18/97 5,687,719 08/217,716 11/18/97 5,687,724 08/377,281 11/18/97 5,687,729 08/493,218 11/18/97 5,687,731 08/336,020 11/18/97 5,687,735 08/624,194 11/18/97 5,687,740 08/496,711 11/18/97 5,687,753 08/615,600 11/18/97 5,687,756 08/555,129 11/18/97 5,687,766 08/588,460 11/18/97 5,687,773 08/660,164 11/18/97 5,687,776 08/270,011 11/18/97 5,687,778 08/432,600 11/18/97 5,687,781 08/621,296 11/18/97 5,687,788 08/457,227 11/18/97 5,687,792 08/534,624 11/18/97 5,687,808 08/405,673 11/18/97 5,687,810 08/548,817 11/18/97 5,687,815 08/693,135 11/18/97 5,687,818 08/661,726 11/18/97 5,687,821 08/575,717 11/18/97 5,687,824 08/530,858 11/18/97 5,687,830 08/633,511 11/18/97 5,687,837 08/602,591 11/18/97 5,687,838 08/665,658 11/18/97 5,687,840 08/548,645 11/18/97 5,687,847 08/532,695 11/18/97 5,687,849 08/636,429 11/18/97 5,687,854 08/340,906 11/18/97 5,687,861 08/616,620 11/18/97 5,687,866 08/672,688 11/18/97 5,687,870 08/610,531 11/18/97 5,687,874 08/600,176 11/18/97 5,687,875 08/416,886 11/18/97 5,687,877 08/552,768 11/18/97 5,687,880 08/637,200 11/18/97 5,687,882 08/455,658 11/18/97 5,687,887 08/556,219 11/18/97 5,687,891 08/521,142 11/18/97 5,687,905 08/523,403 11/18/97 5,687,909 08/530,638 11/18/97 5,687,911 08/388,209 11/18/97 5,687,914 08/611,245 11/18/97 5,687,916 08/554,177 11/18/97 5,687,922 08/539,927 11/18/97 5,687,926 08/554,837 11/18/97 5,687,928 08/555,973 11/18/97 5,687,929 08/496,823 11/18/97 5,687,930 07/867,311 11/18/97 5,687,934 08/691,471 11/18/97
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5,687,935 08/601,035 11/18/97 5,687,936 08/483,751 11/18/97 5,687,942 08/459,712 11/18/97 5,687,950 08/550,026 11/18/97 5,687,953 08/692,956 11/18/97 5,687,956 08/588,138 11/18/97 5,687,961 08/572,606 11/18/97 5,687,967 08/535,768 11/18/97 5,687,975 08/701,806 11/18/97 5,687,986 08/579,827 11/18/97 5,687,988 08/682,281 11/18/97 5,687,989 08/694,798 11/18/97 5,688,005 08/678,005 11/18/97 5,688,007 08/725,289 11/18/97 5,688,011 08/497,548 11/18/97 5,688,012 08/601,028 11/18/97 5,688,020 08/638,977 11/18/97 5,688,035 08/721,848 11/18/97 5,688,037 08/600,072 11/18/97 5,688,039 08/711,777 11/18/97 5,688,043 08/687,912 11/18/97 5,688,045 08/677,547 11/18/97 5,688,046 08/557,255 11/18/97 5,688,056 08/564,257 11/18/97 5,688,068 08/638,338 11/18/97 5,688,070 08/549,221 11/18/97 5,688,071 08/653,866 11/18/97 5,688,072 08/570,014 11/18/97 5,688,086 08/601,312 11/18/97 5,688,088 08/362,569 11/18/97 5,688,090 08/698,737 11/18/97 5,688,091 08/640,320 11/18/97 5,688,093 08/593,277 11/18/97 5,688,094 08/438,489 11/18/97 5,688,117 08/606,482 11/18/97 5,688,121 08/547,028 11/18/97 5,688,122 08/498,533 11/18/97 5,688,125 08/421,885 11/18/97 5,688,128 08/367,962 11/18/97 5,688,135 08/752,456 11/18/97 5,688,143 08/533,927 11/18/97 5,688,146 08/686,982 11/18/97 5,688,155 08/377,467 11/18/97 5,688,158 08/519,121 11/18/97 5,688,164 08/624,430 11/18/97 5,688,165 08/610,114 11/18/97 5,688,181 08/571,094 11/18/97 5,688,182 08/725,288 11/18/97 5,688,186 08/626,680 11/18/97 5,688,187 08/781,238 11/18/97 5,688,188 08/704,969 11/18/97 5,688,190 08/597,974 11/18/97 5,688,196 08/482,676 11/18/97 5,688,198 08/593,586 11/18/97 5,688,203 08/593,443 11/18/97 5,688,207 08/725,052 11/18/97 5,688,212 08/718,871 11/18/97 5,688,222 08/654,247 11/18/97 5,688,230 08/417,242 11/18/97 5,688,231 08/315,533 11/18/97 5,688,232 08/535,447 11/18/97 5,688,239 08/500,473 11/18/97 5,688,240 08/603,868 11/18/97 5,688,249 08/412,482 11/18/97 5,688,252 08/535,915 11/18/97 5,688,253 08/456,051 11/18/97
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5,688,258 08/504,870 11/18/97 5,688,259 08/596,061 11/18/97 5,688,260 08/552,385 11/18/97 5,688,261 08/419,511 11/18/97 5,688,264 08/487,157 11/18/97 5,688,265 08/521,569 11/18/97 5,688,276 08/502,103 11/18/97 5,688,279 08/584,896 11/18/97 5,688,289 08/637,342 11/18/97 5,688,292 08/417,590 11/18/97 5,688,295 08/646,659 11/18/97 5,688,300 08/598,936 11/18/97 5,688,301 08/478,136 11/18/97 5,688,302 08/502,038 11/18/97 5,688,306 08/646,505 11/18/97 5,688,318 08/468,971 11/18/97 5,688,322 08/653,341 11/18/97 5,688,325 08/683,136 11/18/97 5,688,326 08/544,731 11/18/97 5,688,329 08/581,216 11/18/97 5,688,330 08/707,915 11/18/97 5,688,332 08/572,831 11/18/97 5,688,341 08/676,574 11/18/97 5,688,342 08/363,822 11/18/97 5,688,346 08/473,086 11/18/97 5,688,358 08/400,329 11/18/97 5,688,372 08/640,511 11/18/97 5,688,378 08/633,810 11/18/97 5,688,388 08/681,871 11/18/97 5,688,401 08/648,477 11/18/97 5,688,409 08/667,445 11/18/97 5,688,415 08/453,037 11/18/97 5,688,416 08/456,981 11/18/97 5,688,419 08/259,805 11/18/97 5,688,423 08/299,927 11/18/97 5,688,428 08/614,970 11/18/97 5,688,431 08/601,219 11/18/97 5,688,434 08/593,655 11/18/97 5,688,455 08/592,910 11/18/97 5,688,459 08/445,024 11/18/97 5,688,461 08/542,313 11/18/97 5,688,463 08/541,047 11/18/97 5,688,467 08/566,042 11/18/97 5,688,475 08/699,659 11/18/97 5,688,482 08/682,465 11/18/97 5,688,485 07/999,705 11/18/97 5,688,489 08/529,060 11/18/97 5,688,495 08/593,401 11/18/97 5,688,498 08/644,009 11/18/97 5,688,499 08/615,659 11/18/97 5,688,506 08/188,223 11/18/97 5,688,507 08/559,256 11/18/97 5,688,509 08/603,727 11/18/97 5,688,513 08/257,392 11/18/97 5,688,523 08/414,721 11/18/97 5,688,534 08/548,995 11/18/97 5,688,535 08/562,895 11/18/97 5,688,552 08/577,365 11/18/97 5,688,553 08/666,197 11/18/97 5,688,561 08/633,209 11/18/97 5,688,562 08/648,746 11/18/97 5,688,566 08/602,541 11/18/97 5,688,568 08/701,352 11/18/97 5,688,577 08/508,105 11/18/97 5,688,588 08/631,512 11/18/97 5,688,591 08/358,476 11/18/97
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5,688,597 08/509,893 11/18/97 5,688,602 08/347,278 11/18/97 5,688,603 08/754,717 11/18/97 5,688,617 08/644,856 11/18/97 5,688,621 08/571,556 11/18/97 5,688,627 08/677,438 11/18/97 5,688,629 08/439,125 11/18/97 5,688,632 08/277,922 11/18/97 5,688,641 08/322,742 11/18/97 5,688,645 08/460,107 11/18/97 5,688,649 08/596,993 11/18/97 5,688,652 08/561,842 11/18/97 5,688,654 08/331,501 11/18/97 5,688,658 08/532,808 11/18/97 5,688,661 08/773,843 11/18/97 5,688,670 08/299,498 11/18/97 5,688,674 08/607,482 11/18/97 5,688,677 08/135,809 11/18/97 5,688,683 08/396,126 11/18/97 5,688,703 08/523,710 11/18/97 5,688,707 08/661,458 11/18/97 5,688,711 08/643,308 11/18/97 5,688,715 08/514,922 11/18/97 5,688,726 08/510,094 11/18/97 5,688,728 08/557,840 11/18/97 5,688,731 08/746,536 11/18/97 5,688,733 08/457,669 11/18/97 5,688,746 08/695,358 11/18/97 5,688,751 08/702,391 11/18/97 5,688,763 08/248,832 11/18/97 5,688,767 08/614,516 11/18/97 5,688,768 07/789,184 11/18/97 5,688,771 08/313,304 11/18/97 5,688,776 08/302,831 11/18/97 5,688,780 08/609,982 11/18/97 5,688,786 08/457,673 11/18/97 5,688,788 08/444,140 11/18/97 5,688,796 08/797,543 11/18/97 5,688,799 08/637,754 11/18/97 5,688,803 08/737,240 11/18/97 5,688,805 08/458,581 11/18/97 5,688,808 08/463,231 11/18/97 5,688,810 08/464,541 11/18/97 5,688,812 08/422,293 11/18/97 5,688,813 08/422,730 11/18/97 5,688,814 08/549,243 11/18/97 5,688,816 08/455,467 11/18/97 5,688,817 08/430,612 11/18/97 5,688,822 08/597,778 11/18/97 5,688,824 08/598,149 11/18/97 5,688,835 08/591,328 11/18/97 5,688,836 08/211,056 11/18/97 5,688,837 08/533,051 11/18/97 5,688,838 08/508,926 11/18/97 5,688,844 08/673,970 11/18/97 5,688,847 08/745,010 11/18/97 5,688,852 08/482,734 11/18/97 5,688,854 08/712,886 11/18/97 5,688,857 08/632,720 11/18/97 5,688,862 08/541,707 11/18/97 5,688,870 08/630,396 11/18/97 5,688,875 08/455,413 11/18/97 5,688,876 08/687,002 11/18/97 5,688,878 08/650,081 11/18/97 5,688,893 08/771,715 11/18/97 5,688,908 08/631,782 11/18/97
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5,688,923 08/602,166 11/18/97 5,688,925 08/441,210 11/18/97 5,688,927 08/480,449 11/18/97 5,688,933 08/461,973 11/18/97 5,688,936 08/063,552 11/18/97 5,688,941 08/760,848 11/18/97 5,688,950 08/636,662 11/18/97 5,688,953 08/690,722 11/18/97 5,688,959 07/696,111 11/18/97 5,688,961 08/740,738 11/18/97 5,688,963 08/586,118 11/18/97 5,688,968 08/369,557 11/18/97 5,688,971 08/689,545 11/18/97 5,688,975 08/630,317 11/18/97 5,688,977 08/616,467 11/18/97 5,688,979 08/726,761 11/18/97 5,688,988 08/671,179 11/18/97 5,688,989 08/652,523 11/18/97 5,688,993 08/604,594 11/18/97 5,688,998 08/401,499 11/18/97 5,688,999 08/592,678 11/18/97 5,689,003 08/646,594 11/18/97 5,689,014 08/539,577 11/18/97 5,689,017 08/542,188 11/18/97 5,689,018 08/510,803 11/18/97 5,689,019 08/765,433 11/18/97 5,689,022 08/641,032 11/18/97 5,689,023 08/677,759 11/18/97 5,689,029 08/579,112 11/18/97 5,689,040 08/393,219 11/18/97 5,689,043 08/452,078 11/18/97 5,689,044 08/449,043 11/18/97 5,689,046 08/461,901 11/18/97 5,689,047 08/468,585 11/18/97 5,689,048 08/471,329 11/18/97 5,689,053 08/577,463 11/18/97 5,689,056 08/550,544 11/18/97 5,689,058 08/771,022 11/18/97 5,689,066 08/515,273 11/18/97 5,689,069 08/620,810 11/18/97 5,689,074 08/612,184 11/18/97 5,689,076 07/829,918 11/18/97 5,689,078 08/496,887 11/18/97 5,689,092 08/662,683 11/18/97 5,689,095 08/305,980 11/18/97 5,689,098 08/451,511 11/18/97 5,689,102 08/514,031 11/18/97 5,689,105 08/700,089 11/18/97 5,689,109 08/295,740 11/18/97 5,689,115 08/562,375 11/18/97 5,689,117 08/548,616 11/18/97 5,689,120 08/730,273 11/18/97 5,689,123 08/724,321 11/18/97 5,689,125 08/489,601 11/18/97 5,689,137 08/543,762 11/18/97 5,689,146 08/740,927 11/18/97 5,689,147 08/383,813 11/18/97 5,689,148 08/608,457 11/18/97 5,689,156 08/583,687 11/18/97 5,689,157 08/544,923 11/18/97 5,689,165 08/629,698 11/18/97 5,689,174 08/675,431 11/18/97 5,689,178 08/680,772 11/18/97 5,689,201 08/512,318 11/18/97 5,689,208 08/662,821 11/18/97 5,689,217 08/616,138 11/18/97
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 12 |
5,689,219 08/596,298 11/18/97 5,689,232 08/187,822 11/18/97 5,689,233 08/507,944 11/18/97 5,689,235 08/626,416 11/18/97 5,689,246 08/749,044 11/18/97 5,689,255 08/518,031 11/18/97 5,689,263 08/178,571 11/18/97 5,689,264 08/539,181 11/18/97 5,689,271 08/642,629 11/18/97 5,689,275 08/442,482 11/18/97 5,689,279 08/415,286 11/18/97 5,689,289 08/348,223 11/18/97 5,689,295 07/847,983 11/18/97 5,689,298 08/157,615 11/18/97 5,689,299 08/763,822 11/18/97 5,689,317 08/408,378 11/18/97 5,689,325 08/634,616 11/18/97 5,689,329 08/698,793 11/18/97 5,689,331 08/569,889 11/18/97 5,689,332 08/713,833 11/18/97 5,689,339 08/506,132 11/18/97 5,689,346 08/343,973 11/18/97 5,689,347 08/609,952 11/18/97 5,689,349 08/235,671 11/18/97 5,689,353 08/706,794 11/18/97 5,689,359 08/160,787 11/18/97 5,689,360 08/475,344 11/18/97 5,689,368 08/592,997 11/18/97 5,689,371 08/521,345 11/18/97 5,689,379 08/358,812 11/18/97 5,689,383 08/366,773 11/18/97 5,689,385 08/468,142 11/18/97 5,689,391 08/732,730 11/18/97 5,689,393 08/560,649 11/18/97 5,689,397 08/525,676 11/18/97 5,689,399 08/215,695 11/18/97 5,689,401 08/493,707 11/18/97 5,689,407 08/626,528 11/18/97 5,689,410 08/668,173 11/18/97 5,689,411 08/761,393 11/18/97 5,689,415 08/343,454 11/18/97 5,689,418 08/367,952 11/18/97 5,689,420 08/546,608 11/18/97 5,689,431 08/423,295 11/18/97 5,689,434 08/671,833 11/18/97 5,689,435 08/802,496 11/18/97 5,689,438 08/396,464 11/18/97 5,689,440 08/764,656 11/18/97 5,689,443 08/451,035 11/18/97 5,689,447 08/565,787 11/18/97 5,689,458 08/628,200 11/18/97 5,689,473 08/690,479 11/18/97 5,689,474 04/768,226 11/18/97 5,689,483 08/718,172 11/18/97 5,689,484 08/267,226 11/18/97 5,689,491 08/706,418 11/18/97 5,689,494 08/441,700 11/18/97 5,689,496 08/714,974 11/18/97 5,689,501 08/434,744 11/18/97 5,689,502 08/463,220 11/18/97 5,689,503 08/553,351 11/18/97 5,689,514 08/724,573 11/18/97 5,689,523 08/489,555 11/18/97 5,689,525 08/511,271 11/18/97 5,689,531 08/656,538 11/18/97 5,689,555 08/497,411 11/18/97
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 13 |
5,689,560 08/235,035 11/18/97 5,689,572 08/352,230 11/18/97 5,689,577 08/324,419 11/18/97 5,689,583 08/652,845 11/18/97 5,689,591 07/854,200 11/18/97 5,689,593 08/701,909 11/18/97 5,689,596 08/799,345 11/18/97 5,689,602 08/527,419 11/18/97 5,689,604 08/709,978 11/18/97 5,689,607 08/568,586 11/18/97 5,689,627 08/498,129 11/18/97 5,689,633 08/484,311 11/18/97 5,689,637 08/675,784 11/18/97 5,689,644 08/621,422 11/18/97 5,689,647 08/551,694 11/18/97 5,689,649 07/662,970 11/18/97 5,689,654 08/335,487 11/18/97 5,689,655 08/777,398 11/18/97 5,689,657 08/599,444 11/18/97 5,689,658 08/724,815 11/18/97 5,689,670 08/671,106 11/18/97 5,689,677 08/464,307 11/18/97 5,689,683 08/432,260 11/18/97 5,689,690 08/574,333 11/18/97 5,689,694 08/010,016 11/18/97 5,689,696 08/579,753 11/18/97 5,689,697 08/469,703 11/18/97 5,689,710 08/500,529 11/18/97 5,689,719 07/907,926 11/18/97 5,689,723 08/013,271 11/18/97 5,689,724 08/540,761 11/18/97 5,689,737 08/604,729 11/18/97 5,689,738 08/523,805 11/18/97 5,689,739 08/780,779 11/18/97 5,689,748 08/655,106 11/18/97 5,689,749 08/521,845 11/18/97 5,689,760 08/681,497 11/18/97 5,689,773 08/612,824 11/18/97 5,689,785 08/647,217 11/18/97 5,689,796 08/687,003 11/18/97 5,689,812 08/493,319 11/18/97 5,689,814 08/291,870 11/18/97 5,689,816 08/556,748 11/18/97 5,689,820 08/743,923 11/18/97 5,689,824 08/502,810 11/18/97 PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON November 13, 2009 DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES Patent Application Issue Number Number Date 6,314,585 09/771,813 11/13/01 6,314,587 09/838,246 11/13/01 6,314,589 09/693,529 11/13/01 6,314,593 09/439,649 11/13/01 6,314,596 09/714,425 11/13/01 6,314,597 09/782,826 11/13/01 6,314,598 09/286,948 11/13/01 6,314,609 09/498,633 11/13/01 6,314,613 09/335,237 11/13/01 6,314,614 09/214,112 11/13/01 6,314,615 09/566,724 11/13/01 6,314,619 09/633,096 11/13/01 6,314,620 09/832,886 11/13/01 6,314,625 09/519,466 11/13/01
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 14 |
6,314,627 09/342,799 11/13/01 6,314,632 09/558,197 11/13/01 6,314,633 09/571,207 11/13/01 6,314,634 09/142,377 11/13/01 6,314,635 09/511,159 11/13/01 6,314,636 09/137,941 11/13/01 6,314,644 09/572,639 11/13/01 6,314,645 09/505,490 11/13/01 6,314,647 09/542,134 11/13/01 6,314,661 09/640,113 11/13/01 6,314,662 09/522,174 11/13/01 6,314,666 09/718,287 11/13/01 6,314,669 09/246,511 11/13/01 6,314,671 09/519,580 11/13/01 6,314,683 09/508,201 11/13/01 6,314,686 09/492,443 11/13/01 6,314,687 09/570,146 11/13/01 6,314,699 09/232,330 11/13/01 6,314,702 09/565,464 11/13/01 6,314,714 09/596,373 11/13/01 6,314,715 09/325,174 11/13/01 6,314,716 09/465,026 11/13/01 6,314,718 09/837,819 11/13/01 6,314,720 09/490,290 11/13/01 6,314,724 09/715,181 11/13/01 6,314,725 09/545,411 11/13/01 6,314,728 09/335,952 11/13/01 6,314,731 09/424,597 11/13/01 6,314,743 09/662,581 11/13/01 6,314,744 09/296,627 11/13/01 6,314,753 09/588,450 11/13/01 6,314,758 09/526,937 11/13/01 6,314,759 09/355,102 11/13/01 6,314,761 09/657,823 11/13/01 6,314,771 09/367,277 11/13/01 6,314,778 09/657,010 11/13/01 6,314,784 09/600,668 11/13/01 6,314,787 09/601,090 11/13/01 6,314,788 09/785,763 11/13/01 6,314,801 09/312,397 11/13/01 6,314,805 09/565,057 11/13/01 6,314,809 09/439,003 11/13/01 6,314,814 09/516,369 11/13/01 6,314,818 09/280,162 11/13/01 6,314,824 09/482,774 11/13/01 6,314,825 09/252,095 11/13/01 6,314,829 09/367,746 11/13/01 6,314,832 09/363,806 11/13/01 6,314,833 09/584,451 11/13/01 6,314,837 09/657,728 11/13/01 6,314,840 09/851,334 11/13/01 6,314,841 09/535,895 11/13/01 6,314,852 09/128,447 11/13/01 6,314,853 09/292,656 11/13/01 6,314,854 09/671,776 11/13/01 6,314,859 09/450,621 11/13/01 6,314,864 09/620,097 11/13/01 6,314,868 09/817,937 11/13/01 6,314,874 09/443,529 11/13/01 6,314,878 09/489,070 11/13/01 6,314,881 09/268,689 11/13/01 6,314,884 09/383,516 11/13/01 6,314,887 09/556,989 11/13/01 6,314,891 09/595,240 11/13/01 6,314,895 09/673,861 11/13/01 6,314,897 09/432,455 11/13/01
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 15 |
6,314,899 09/650,165 11/13/01 6,314,901 09/529,088 11/13/01 6,314,902 09/609,631 11/13/01 6,314,904 09/689,284 11/13/01 6,314,906 09/317,478 11/13/01 6,314,907 09/365,691 11/13/01 6,314,910 09/487,443 11/13/01 6,314,912 09/312,989 11/13/01 6,314,914 09/484,949 11/13/01 6,314,916 09/432,996 11/13/01 6,314,917 09/526,340 11/13/01 6,314,921 09/644,381 11/13/01 6,314,924 09/255,523 11/13/01 6,314,932 09/694,357 11/13/01 6,314,936 09/367,634 11/13/01 6,314,938 09/178,994 11/13/01 6,314,943 09/425,508 11/13/01 6,314,947 09/417,939 11/13/01 6,314,949 09/660,671 11/13/01 6,314,950 09/728,655 11/13/01 6,314,957 09/292,827 11/13/01 6,314,959 09/562,173 11/13/01 6,314,961 09/312,774 11/13/01 6,314,968 09/308,336 11/13/01 6,314,971 09/463,450 11/13/01 6,314,974 09/344,867 11/13/01 6,314,979 09/405,870 11/13/01 6,314,980 09/666,665 11/13/01 6,314,991 09/517,391 11/13/01 6,315,000 09/551,782 11/13/01 6,315,001 09/676,760 11/13/01 6,315,012 09/554,074 11/13/01 6,315,014 09/664,313 11/13/01 6,315,015 09/680,502 11/13/01 6,315,021 09/477,137 11/13/01 6,315,024 09/285,569 11/13/01 6,315,025 09/625,447 11/13/01 6,315,026 09/755,998 11/13/01 6,315,033 09/576,867 11/13/01 6,315,036 09/593,235 11/13/01 6,315,037 09/214,457 11/13/01 6,315,044 09/438,418 11/13/01 6,315,056 09/628,000 11/13/01 6,315,057 09/499,126 11/13/01 6,315,061 09/294,758 11/13/01 6,315,069 09/513,221 11/13/01 6,315,070 09/248,301 11/13/01 6,315,074 09/677,560 11/13/01 6,315,076 09/616,619 11/13/01 6,315,078 09/605,153 11/13/01 6,315,090 08/723,889 11/13/01 6,315,094 09/574,801 11/13/01 6,315,100 09/275,493 11/13/01 6,315,111 08/969,581 11/13/01 6,315,113 09/106,455 11/13/01 6,315,114 09/531,300 11/13/01 6,315,118 09/535,736 11/13/01 6,315,127 09/302,973 11/13/01 6,315,132 09/612,783 11/13/01 6,315,133 09/591,054 11/13/01 6,315,134 09/722,217 11/13/01 6,315,135 09/722,230 11/13/01 6,315,136 09/430,068 11/13/01 6,315,138 09/299,803 11/13/01 6,315,140 09/638,929 11/13/01 6,315,143 09/454,904 11/13/01
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 16 |
6,315,144 09/402,683 11/13/01 6,315,145 09/313,864 11/13/01 6,315,146 09/485,425 11/13/01 6,315,152 09/130,951 11/13/01 6,315,153 09/470,792 11/13/01 6,315,154 09/525,813 11/13/01 6,315,161 09/653,512 11/13/01 6,315,163 09/474,656 11/13/01 6,315,171 09/676,353 11/13/01 6,315,172 09/693,086 11/13/01 6,315,176 09/617,730 11/13/01 6,315,177 09/469,796 11/13/01 6,315,179 09/494,736 11/13/01 6,315,180 09/527,665 11/13/01 6,315,193 09/144,287 11/13/01 6,315,199 08/351,749 11/13/01 6,315,205 09/347,569 11/13/01 6,315,208 09/575,934 11/13/01 6,315,212 09/573,731 11/13/01 6,315,220 09/360,535 11/13/01 6,315,231 09/573,680 11/13/01 6,315,235 09/393,149 11/13/01 6,315,236 09/557,477 11/13/01 6,315,237 09/251,385 11/13/01 6,315,247 09/368,978 11/13/01 6,315,259 09/584,058 11/13/01 6,315,263 09/231,927 11/13/01 6,315,266 09/612,640 11/13/01 6,315,269 09/530,862 11/13/01 6,315,270 09/620,519 11/13/01 6,315,275 09/273,394 11/13/01 6,315,278 09/502,151 11/13/01 6,315,292 09/415,011 11/13/01 6,315,293 09/511,138 11/13/01 6,315,299 09/444,259 11/13/01 6,315,303 09/331,531 11/13/01 6,315,304 09/476,863 11/13/01 6,315,308 09/570,902 11/13/01 6,315,312 09/428,117 11/13/01 6,315,315 09/612,880 11/13/01 6,315,317 09/470,506 11/13/01 6,315,319 09/546,548 11/13/01 6,315,320 09/300,781 11/13/01 6,315,321 09/359,830 11/13/01 6,315,327 09/258,615 11/13/01 6,315,330 09/429,907 11/13/01 6,315,343 09/401,243 11/13/01 6,315,344 09/597,658 11/13/01 6,315,345 09/140,687 11/13/01 6,315,348 09/635,681 11/13/01 6,315,352 09/534,871 11/13/01 6,315,356 09/565,945 11/13/01 6,315,359 09/432,131 11/13/01 6,315,360 09/487,930 11/13/01 6,315,361 09/556,251 11/13/01 6,315,362 09/894,439 11/13/01 6,315,363 09/420,881 11/13/01 6,315,368 09/598,035 11/13/01 6,315,376 09/541,778 11/13/01 6,315,378 09/391,488 11/13/01 6,315,385 09/628,383 11/13/01 6,315,388 09/384,844 11/13/01 6,315,395 08/505,020 11/13/01 6,315,411 09/693,953 11/13/01 6,315,416 09/414,472 11/13/01 6,315,425 09/480,096 11/13/01
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 17 |
6,315,428 09/316,216 11/13/01 6,315,431 09/575,618 11/13/01 6,315,436 09/481,469 11/13/01 6,315,437 09/339,875 11/13/01 6,315,438 09/387,184 11/13/01 6,315,440 09/499,400 11/13/01 6,315,455 09/541,595 11/13/01 6,315,463 09/536,172 11/13/01 6,315,464 09/369,715 11/13/01 6,315,478 09/536,771 11/13/01 6,315,483 09/675,477 11/13/01 6,315,485 09/373,956 11/13/01 6,315,486 09/380,867 11/13/01 6,315,487 09/454,486 11/13/01 6,315,493 09/797,671 11/13/01 6,315,494 09/695,335 11/13/01 6,315,501 09/403,380 11/13/01 6,315,511 09/352,638 11/13/01 6,315,514 09/503,783 11/13/01 6,315,517 09/426,530 11/13/01 6,315,525 09/204,605 11/13/01 6,315,531 09/385,372 11/13/01 6,315,533 09/526,240 11/13/01 6,315,535 09/647,251 11/13/01 6,315,539 09/525,175 11/13/01 6,315,548 09/385,243 11/13/01 6,315,555 09/762,686 11/13/01 6,315,556 09/509,370 11/13/01 6,315,559 09/515,646 11/13/01 6,315,561 09/341,608 11/13/01 6,315,570 09/419,297 11/13/01 6,315,573 09/634,254 11/13/01 6,315,574 09/488,647 11/13/01 6,315,580 09/326,737 11/13/01 6,315,582 09/617,726 11/13/01 6,315,583 09/677,808 11/13/01 6,315,585 09/630,445 11/13/01 6,315,586 09/750,415 11/13/01 6,315,589 09/586,679 11/13/01 6,315,592 09/408,244 11/13/01 6,315,593 09/816,702 11/13/01 6,315,597 09/464,144 11/13/01 6,315,601 09/597,222 11/13/01 6,315,610 09/746,093 11/13/01 6,315,612 09/485,098 11/13/01 6,315,613 09/775,180 11/13/01 6,315,628 09/484,277 11/13/01 6,315,631 09/500,090 11/13/01 6,315,634 09/680,589 11/13/01 6,315,638 09/488,902 11/13/01 6,315,639 09/555,064 11/13/01 6,315,642 09/549,040 11/13/01 6,315,646 09/419,866 11/13/01 6,315,648 09/268,602 11/13/01 6,315,654 09/669,014 11/13/01 6,315,656 09/601,782 11/13/01 6,315,667 09/537,900 11/13/01 6,315,670 09/508,415 11/13/01 6,315,679 09/358,844 11/13/01 6,315,687 09/226,806 11/13/01 6,315,693 09/414,305 11/13/01 6,315,695 09/484,872 11/13/01 6,315,696 09/015,669 11/13/01 6,315,706 09/125,270 11/13/01 6,315,709 09/271,118 11/13/01 6,315,723 09/415,959 11/13/01
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 18 |
6,315,724 09/421,046 11/13/01 6,315,725 09/443,165 11/13/01 6,315,733 09/484,406 11/13/01 6,315,736 09/580,647 11/13/01 6,315,740 09/389,695 11/13/01 6,315,743 09/102,795 11/13/01 6,315,744 09/464,729 11/13/01 6,315,747 09/624,700 11/13/01 6,315,750 09/641,641 11/13/01 6,315,756 09/482,707 11/13/01 6,315,758 08/924,017 11/13/01 6,315,759 09/468,630 11/13/01 6,315,764 08/575,926 11/13/01 6,315,767 09/136,547 11/13/01 6,315,768 09/327,645 11/13/01 6,315,772 08/955,789 11/13/01 6,315,773 08/854,870 11/13/01 6,315,774 09/457,461 11/13/01 6,315,784 09/244,085 11/13/01 6,315,789 09/246,628 11/13/01 6,315,796 09/311,825 11/13/01 6,315,801 09/468,161 11/13/01 6,315,814 09/441,454 11/13/01 6,315,819 09/643,156 11/13/01 6,315,825 09/455,295 11/13/01 6,315,826 09/599,193 11/13/01 6,315,831 09/369,965 11/13/01 6,315,832 09/492,247 11/13/01 6,315,838 09/525,614 11/13/01 6,315,844 09/463,968 11/13/01 6,315,846 09/517,242 11/13/01 6,315,855 09/308,279 11/13/01 6,315,857 09/113,714 11/13/01 6,315,858 09/271,864 11/13/01 6,315,861 09/653,355 11/13/01 6,315,867 08/960,789 11/13/01 6,315,869 09/308,592 11/13/01 6,315,872 09/415,328 11/13/01 6,315,879 09/653,444 11/13/01 6,315,882 09/234,444 11/13/01 6,315,890 09/436,660 11/13/01 6,315,898 09/561,203 11/13/01 6,315,912 09/507,832 11/13/01 6,315,916 09/566,455 11/13/01 6,315,920 09/393,515 11/13/01 6,315,929 09/309,010 11/13/01 6,315,930 09/406,023 11/13/01 6,315,932 09/367,810 11/13/01 6,315,935 09/383,719 11/13/01 6,315,937 09/349,009 11/13/01 6,315,938 09/590,042 11/13/01 6,315,940 09/311,780 11/13/01 6,315,943 09/333,433 11/13/01 6,315,944 09/486,387 11/13/01 6,315,957 09/232,774 11/13/01 6,315,963 09/533,419 11/13/01 6,315,964 08/879,745 11/13/01 6,315,969 09/507,268 11/13/01 6,315,970 09/509,456 11/13/01 6,315,974 09/112,994 11/13/01 6,315,976 09/332,500 11/13/01 6,315,981 09/272,468 11/13/01 6,315,993 09/335,109 11/13/01 6,316,000 08/954,441 11/13/01 6,316,002 09/524,508 11/13/01 6,316,012 09/413,496 11/13/01
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 19 |
6,316,016 09/303,672 11/13/01 6,316,030 09/418,667 11/13/01 6,316,033 09/406,804 11/13/01 6,316,035 09/581,293 11/13/01 6,316,037 09/647,425 11/13/01 6,316,039 09/212,623 11/13/01 6,316,047 08/488,521 11/13/01 6,316,049 09/477,437 11/13/01 6,316,051 09/216,854 11/13/01 6,316,056 09/390,656 11/13/01 6,316,057 09/423,110 11/13/01 6,316,061 09/583,621 11/13/01 6,316,069 09/455,344 11/13/01 6,316,073 09/275,937 11/13/01 6,316,074 08/938,904 11/13/01 6,316,076 09/309,823 11/13/01 6,316,078 09/525,372 11/13/01 6,316,086 09/295,330 11/13/01 6,316,089 09/205,227 11/13/01 6,316,099 09/409,520 11/13/01 6,316,106 09/230,140 11/13/01 6,316,109 09/666,253 11/13/01 6,316,110 09/265,417 11/13/01 6,316,115 09/488,188 11/13/01 6,316,121 09/592,299 11/13/01 6,316,123 09/491,754 11/13/01 6,316,125 09/283,939 11/13/01 6,316,134 09/395,299 11/13/01 6,316,135 09/359,475 11/13/01 6,316,141 09/419,940 11/13/01 6,316,143 09/469,781 11/13/01 6,316,147 09/358,362 11/13/01 6,316,154 09/658,381 11/13/01 6,316,159 09/608,604 11/13/01 6,316,162 09/301,945 11/13/01 6,316,163 09/163,421 11/13/01 6,316,171 09/687,561 11/13/01 6,316,173 09/593,087 11/13/01 6,316,174 09/645,681 11/13/01 6,316,175 09/507,745 11/13/01 6,316,177 09/540,808 11/13/01 6,316,184 09/355,947 11/13/01 6,316,189 09/176,928 11/13/01 6,316,191 09/205,865 11/13/01 6,316,195 09/471,016 11/13/01 6,316,206 09/211,590 11/13/01 6,316,211 09/491,785 11/13/01 6,316,215 09/586,768 11/13/01 6,316,221 09/261,464 11/13/01 6,316,225 09/546,238 11/13/01 6,316,228 09/341,473 11/13/01 6,316,232 09/298,843 11/13/01 6,316,233 09/725,287 11/13/01 6,316,236 09/130,810 11/13/01 6,316,237 09/579,376 11/13/01 6,316,244 09/424,427 11/13/01 6,316,245 09/383,384 11/13/01 6,316,252 09/213,343 11/13/01 6,316,254 08/461,819 11/13/01 6,316,255 08/471,922 11/13/01 6,316,260 09/294,035 11/13/01 6,316,263 09/318,767 11/13/01 6,316,268 09/308,460 11/13/01 6,316,272 09/268,866 11/13/01 6,316,273 08/981,004 11/13/01 6,316,291 09/293,838 11/13/01
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 20 |
6,316,297 09/436,470 11/13/01 6,316,309 09/626,332 11/13/01 6,316,317 09/526,419 11/13/01 6,316,320 09/449,572 11/13/01 6,316,325 09/192,204 11/13/01 6,316,330 09/699,110 11/13/01 6,316,332 09/201,170 11/13/01 6,316,343 09/538,069 11/13/01 6,316,364 09/503,955 11/13/01 6,316,378 09/526,297 11/13/01 6,316,381 08/895,204 11/13/01 6,316,383 09/344,488 11/13/01 6,316,392 09/370,346 11/13/01 6,316,394 09/771,267 11/13/01 6,316,395 09/507,786 11/13/01 6,316,398 09/567,395 11/13/01 6,316,405 09/242,724 11/13/01 6,316,406 09/379,614 11/13/01 6,316,416 09/512,385 11/13/01 6,316,421 09/536,286 11/13/01 6,316,422 09/706,619 11/13/01 6,316,429 09/074,621 11/13/01 6,316,434 09/512,513 11/13/01 6,316,440 09/381,983 11/13/01 6,316,442 09/379,853 11/13/01 6,316,443 09/532,704 11/13/01 6,316,450 09/462,652 11/13/01 6,316,451 09/623,859 11/13/01 6,316,454 09/361,088 11/13/01 6,316,455 09/448,485 11/13/01 6,316,457 09/247,323 11/13/01 6,316,465 09/342,381 11/13/01 6,316,470 09/608,329 11/13/01 6,316,472 09/551,046 11/13/01 6,316,477 09/117,231 11/13/01 6,316,478 09/486,986 11/13/01 6,316,479 09/081,917 11/13/01 6,316,488 09/589,028 11/13/01 6,316,491 09/091,752 11/13/01 6,316,496 09/495,334 11/13/01 6,316,509 09/651,756 11/13/01 6,316,510 09/543,410 11/13/01 6,316,511 09/463,899 11/13/01 6,316,518 09/497,701 11/13/01 6,316,519 09/367,906 11/13/01 6,316,523 09/282,964 11/13/01 6,316,526 08/954,161 11/13/01 6,316,530 09/592,282 11/13/01 6,316,532 09/459,929 11/13/01 6,316,534 09/158,531 11/13/01 6,316,535 09/313,627 11/13/01 6,316,539 09/596,188 11/13/01 6,316,542 08/650,544 11/13/01 6,316,551 09/548,253 11/13/01 6,316,563 09/084,598 11/13/01 6,316,568 09/142,235 11/13/01 6,316,570 09/339,393 11/13/01 6,316,582 09/585,114 11/13/01 6,316,593 09/215,775 11/13/01 6,316,600 08/907,146 11/13/01 6,316,603 09/390,326 11/13/01 6,316,616 09/064,462 11/13/01 6,316,617 09/633,055 11/13/01 6,316,621 09/533,431 11/13/01 6,316,623 09/138,186 11/13/01 6,316,626 09/148,732 11/13/01
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 21 |
6,316,627 09/422,931 11/13/01 6,316,631 09/254,387 11/13/01 6,316,632 09/569,010 11/13/01 6,316,635 09/293,518 11/13/01 6,316,637 09/232,490 11/13/01 6,316,638 09/622,429 11/13/01 6,316,641 09/380,710 11/13/01 6,316,642 09/541,470 11/13/01 6,316,643 09/242,428 11/13/01 6,316,647 09/662,716 11/13/01 6,316,650 09/464,821 11/13/01 6,316,652 08/468,844 11/13/01 6,316,656 09/611,334 11/13/01 6,316,658 09/529,280 11/13/01 6,316,662 09/439,031 11/13/01 6,316,665 09/643,519 11/13/01 6,316,667 09/740,806 11/13/01 6,316,668 09/257,889 11/13/01 6,316,669 09/646,676 11/13/01 6,316,671 09/322,527 11/13/01 6,316,673 09/776,104 11/13/01 6,316,678 09/786,146 11/13/01 6,316,680 09/455,161 11/13/01 6,316,682 09/194,609 11/13/01 6,316,686 09/597,047 11/13/01 6,316,689 09/423,011 11/13/01 6,316,711 09/771,055 11/13/01 6,316,718 09/641,604 11/13/01 6,316,721 09/467,014 11/13/01 6,316,736 09/092,821 11/13/01 6,316,737 09/393,952 11/13/01 6,316,739 09/503,115 11/13/01 6,316,748 09/664,386 11/13/01 6,316,750 09/547,006 11/13/01 6,316,752 09/509,964 11/13/01 6,316,755 09/574,872 11/13/01 6,316,760 09/354,181 11/13/01 6,316,762 09/341,269 11/13/01 6,316,764 09/783,571 11/13/01 6,316,768 08/818,376 11/13/01 6,316,778 09/609,530 11/13/01 6,316,791 09/523,158 11/13/01 6,316,798 09/331,670 11/13/01 6,316,811 09/596,905 11/13/01 6,316,812 09/564,669 11/13/01 6,316,813 08/421,931 11/13/01 6,316,819 09/101,520 11/13/01 6,316,837 09/200,937 11/13/01 6,316,838 09/531,231 11/13/01 6,316,843 09/455,113 11/13/01 6,316,862 09/533,858 11/13/01 6,316,865 09/539,245 11/13/01 6,316,869 09/292,667 11/13/01 6,316,871 09/759,816 11/13/01 6,316,877 09/605,049 11/13/01 6,316,880 09/513,901 11/13/01 6,316,885 09/618,743 11/13/01 6,316,895 09/435,420 11/13/01 6,316,904 09/603,937 11/13/01 6,316,920 09/630,521 11/13/01 6,316,925 08/654,763 11/13/01 6,316,928 09/264,754 11/13/01 6,316,929 09/492,233 11/13/01 6,316,930 09/467,895 11/13/01 6,316,931 09/484,796 11/13/01 6,316,939 09/648,460 11/13/01
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 22 |
6,316,942 09/325,232 11/13/01 6,316,943 09/469,541 11/13/01 6,316,945 09/388,014 11/13/01 6,316,949 09/484,415 11/13/01 6,316,954 09/352,797 11/13/01 6,316,955 09/381,964 11/13/01 6,316,960 09/286,914 11/13/01 6,316,972 09/453,771 11/13/01 6,316,985 09/270,053 11/13/01 6,316,989 09/543,419 11/13/01 6,317,001 09/453,187 11/13/01 6,317,009 09/836,047 11/13/01 6,317,013 09/593,501 11/13/01 6,317,017 09/425,325 11/13/01 6,317,018 09/427,561 11/13/01 6,317,021 09/080,555 11/13/01 6,317,026 09/096,803 11/13/01 6,317,028 09/243,726 11/13/01 6,317,030 09/225,027 11/13/01 6,317,032 09/449,906 11/13/01 6,317,035 09/536,204 11/13/01 6,317,036 09/482,012 11/13/01 6,317,037 09/185,081 11/13/01 6,317,045 09/340,679 11/13/01 6,317,046 09/424,074 11/13/01 6,317,050 09/705,143 11/13/01 6,317,051 09/365,511 11/13/01 6,317,053 09/380,829 11/13/01 6,317,057 09/750,736 11/13/01 6,317,063 09/523,925 11/13/01 6,317,068 09/378,993 11/13/01 6,317,078 09/554,600 11/13/01 6,317,079 09/551,860 11/13/01 6,317,080 09/565,941 11/13/01 6,317,084 09/608,083 11/13/01 6,317,086 09/493,835 11/13/01 6,317,092 09/495,076 11/13/01 6,317,097 09/436,144 11/13/01 6,317,114 09/239,830 11/13/01 6,317,123 08/716,949 11/13/01 6,317,132 09/562,499 11/13/01 6,317,148 09/335,721 11/13/01 6,317,149 09/085,886 11/13/01 6,317,150 09/545,745 11/13/01 6,317,151 09/002,926 11/13/01 6,317,153 09/543,191 11/13/01 6,317,157 09/066,786 11/13/01 6,317,159 09/293,139 11/13/01 6,317,170 09/106,895 11/13/01 6,317,187 09/467,883 11/13/01 6,317,201 09/399,148 11/13/01 6,317,202 09/438,398 11/13/01 6,317,204 09/402,052 11/13/01 6,317,207 09/767,579 11/13/01 6,317,217 09/028,343 11/13/01 6,317,226 09/408,934 11/13/01 6,317,227 09/475,023 11/13/01 6,317,229 09/680,962 11/13/01 6,317,237 09/269,320 11/13/01 6,317,241 09/579,709 11/13/01 6,317,242 09/221,994 11/13/01 6,317,248 09/347,807 11/13/01 6,317,250 09/660,314 11/13/01 6,317,254 09/449,691 11/13/01 6,317,256 09/504,540 11/13/01 6,317,257 09/552,813 11/13/01
January 5, 2010 | US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE | 1350 OG 23 |
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6,317,733 09/250,092 11/13/01 6,317,744 09/379,103 11/13/01 6,317,747 09/617,198 11/13/01 6,317,769 09/219,942 11/13/01 6,317,770 09/144,284 11/13/01 6,317,778 09/197,626 11/13/01 6,317,793 08/859,453 11/13/01 6,317,806 09/315,612 11/13/01 6,317,813 09/314,245 11/13/01 6,317,816 09/240,035 11/13/01 6,317,817 09/078,491 11/13/01 6,317,822 08/943,554 11/13/01 6,317,839 09/234,142 11/13/01 6,317,865 09/275,083 11/13/01 6,317,867 09/239,261 11/13/01 6,317,879 08/988,948 11/13/01 6,317,884 09/026,036 11/13/01 PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON November 15, 2009 DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES Patent Application Issue Number Number Date 6,964,064 10/422,016 11/15/05 6,964,067 10/830,519 11/15/05 6,964,075 10/612,256 11/15/05 6,964,077 10/412,818 11/15/05 6,964,081 10/605,740 11/15/05 6,964,082 10/326,127 11/15/05 6,964,087 10/853,272 11/15/05 6,964,091 10/210,749 11/15/05 6,964,092 10/304,530 11/15/05 6,964,096 10/341,417 11/15/05 6,964,103 10/657,722 11/15/05 6,964,109 10/902,575 11/15/05 6,964,120 10/053,495 11/15/05 6,964,123 10/678,239 11/15/05 6,964,125 10/405,172 11/15/05 6,964,126 11/080,954 11/15/05 6,964,127 10/238,954 11/15/05 6,964,128 10/458,441 11/15/05 6,964,130 10/785,926 11/15/05 6,964,132 10/322,805 11/15/05 6,964,133 10/778,121 11/15/05 6,964,135 10/886,194 11/15/05 6,964,137 10/451,164 11/15/05 6,964,145 10/070,570 11/15/05 6,964,157 10/109,164 11/15/05 6,964,163 10/704,881 11/15/05 6,964,165 10/789,769 11/15/05 6,964,176 10/265,651 11/15/05 6,964,184 10/441,969 11/15/05 6,964,195 10/769,625 11/15/05 6,964,198 10/787,466 11/15/05 6,964,207 10/811,744 11/15/05 6,964,211 09/684,729 11/15/05 6,964,219 10/697,341 11/15/05 6,964,230 10/820,793 11/15/05 6,964,234 10/687,394 11/15/05 6,964,242 10/813,821 11/15/05 6,964,245 10/820,657 11/15/05 6,964,247 10/892,252 11/15/05 6,964,258 10/698,841 11/15/05 6,964,264 10/475,355 11/15/05 6,964,266 10/239,642 11/15/05
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Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 12/07/2009 |
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 12/07/2009 Patent Application Filing Issue Granted Number Number Date Date Date 5,582,195 08/329,265 10/26/94 12/10/96 12/09/09 5,582,457 08/319,671 10/12/94 12/10/96 12/10/09 5,612,560 08/551,264 10/31/95 03/18/97 12/09/09 5,653,708 08/303,580 09/09/94 08/05/97 12/07/09 5,653,957 08/740,693 11/01/96 08/05/97 12/10/09 5,971,799 08/842,085 04/26/97 10/26/99 12/07/09 5,997,688 08/746,298 11/08/96 12/07/99 12/07/09 6,002,938 08/720,312 09/27/96 12/14/99 12/08/09 6,145,984 09/218,886 12/22/98 11/14/00 12/08/09 6,150,039 09/062,149 04/17/98 11/21/00 12/10/09 6,170,065 08/970,983 11/14/97 01/02/01 12/07/09 6,175,671 09/165,053 10/01/98 01/16/01 12/09/09 6,177,034 09/054,713 04/03/98 01/23/01 12/10/09 6,227,553 09/520,982 03/08/00 05/08/01 12/07/09 6,231,435 09/492,965 01/28/00 05/15/01 12/10/09 6,234,142 09/546,978 04/11/00 05/22/01 12/10/09 6,247,308 09/550,494 04/17/00 06/19/01 12/07/09 6,251,175 09/130,675 08/06/98 06/26/01 12/10/09 6,266,870 09/396,916 09/15/99 07/31/01 12/09/09 6,273,315 09/495,893 02/02/00 08/14/01 12/09/09 6,284,544 09/071,351 04/30/98 09/04/01 12/07/09 6,296,590 09/492,988 01/27/00 10/02/01 12/08/09 6,301,747 09/331,896 07/06/99 10/16/01 12/10/09 6,310,618 09/190,966 11/13/98 10/30/01 12/07/09 6,324,786 09/732,375 12/07/00 12/04/01 12/09/09 6,324,813 09/143,732 08/29/98 12/04/01 12/09/09 6,414,260 09/647,682 12/04/00 07/02/02 12/07/09 6,629,760 09/647,252 09/22/00 10/07/03 12/07/09 6,659,744 09/836,396 04/17/01 12/09/03 12/07/09 6,659,965 09/631,046 08/01/00 12/09/03 12/09/09 6,779,631 09/892,381 06/26/01 08/24/04 12/11/09 6,786,987 10/230,216 08/29/02 09/07/04 12/11/09 6,857,067 09/792,045 02/26/01 02/15/05 12/09/09 6,873,358 09/331,008 07/08/99 03/29/05 12/11/09 6,892,487 10/456,294 06/09/03 05/17/05 12/11/09 6,895,865 10/393,315 03/20/03 05/24/05 12/11/09 6,899,105 10/665,760 09/19/03 05/31/05 12/10/09 6,927,279 10/200,659 07/22/02 08/09/05 12/07/09 6,930,406 10/370,223 02/19/03 08/16/05 12/09/09 6,932,186 10/637,839 08/08/03 08/23/05 12/10/09 6,936,536 10/267,822 10/09/02 08/30/05 12/10/09 6,948,786 10/607,104 06/25/03 09/27/05 12/08/09 6,966,514 10/663,576 09/16/03 11/22/05 12/10/09
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Reissue Applications Filed |
Reissue Applications Filed Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(b). The reissue applications listed below are open to public inspection by the general public through the Image File Wrapper (IFW) system (http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair) on the USPTO internet web site (www.uspto.gov), and copies may be obtained by paying the fee therefor (37 CFR 1.19). 7,008,783, Re. S.N. 12/613,119, Nov. 05, 2009, Cl. 510/446, GENE ENCODING CHONDROITINASE ABC AND USES THEREFOR, Nobuyuki Sato et. al., Owner of Record: MARUHA NICHIRO SEAFOODS, INC., Attorney or Agent: Jill R. Gorny Sloper, Ex. Gp.: 1796 7,272,949, Re. S.N. 12/566,003, Sep. 24, 2009, CL. 062, REFRIGERATOR AND AIRFLOW PASSAGE FOR ICE MAKING COMPARTMENT OF THE SAME, Myung Ryul Lee, et al, Owner of Record: LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, Korea, Attorney or Agent: Jeremy J. Monaldo, Ex. Gp.: 3744 7,294,974, Re. S.N. 12/617,924, Nov. 13, 2009, Cl. 315/000, FIXED OPERATING FREQUENCY INVERTER FOR COLD CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMP HAVING STRIKE FREQUENCY ADJUSTED BY VOLTAGE TO CURRENT PHASE RELATIONSHIP, James C. Moyer, Owner of Record: MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC., Attorney or Agent: Chun M. Ng, Ex. Gp.: 2821 7,303,749, Re. S.N. 12/631,508, Dec. 04, 2009, Cl. 514/169, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING IMMUNOCONJUGATES, Ravi V. J. Chari, Owner of Record: IMMUNOGEN, INC., Attorney or Agent: Susan J. Mack, Ex. Gp.: 1614 7,413,486, Re. S.N. 12/370,105, Feb. 12, 2009, Cl. 439/876, INSULATED JUMPER IN PARTICULAR FOR TERMINAL BLOCKS OF SWITCHBOARDS, Giordano Pizzi, Owner of Record: Morsettitalia S.P.A., Milano, IT, Attorney or Agent: David F. Crosby, Ex. Gp.: 2833 7,436,494, Re. S.N. 12/607,253, Oct. 28, 2009, Cl. 356/004, THREE-DIMENSIONAL LADAR MODULE WITH ALIGNMENT REFERENCE INSERT CIRCUITRY, John Kennedy et. al., Owner of Record: APROLASE DEVELOPMENT CO. LLC., Attorney or Agent: Marcus W. Sprow, Ex. Gp.: 3662 7,481,626, Re. S.N. 12/617,920, Nov. 13, 2009, Cl. 416/000, CEILING FAN WITH INTEGRATED FAN BLADES AND HOUSING, Mark Gajewski, Owner of Record: MINKA LIGHTING, INC., Attorney or Agent: Lisa H. Meyerhoff, Ex. Gp.: 3745
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed |
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed 4,827,226, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,687, Requested Date: Oct. 13, 2009, Cl. 331/116, Title: FULLY INTEGRATED, ADJUSTABLE OSCILLATOR FOR USE WITH A CRYSTAL, Inventor: Lawrence E. Connell, Owners of Record: CTS Corporation, Elkhart, IN, Attorney or Agent: CTS Corporation, Bloomingdale, IL, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Woburn, MA, Steve Mendelsohn, Mendelsohn Drucker & Associates, PC., Philadelphia, PA 5,825,449, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,550, Requested Date: Sep. 17, 2009, Cl. 349/148, Title: LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, Inventor: Woo Sup Shin, Owners of Record: LG Display Co., LTD., Seoul, Korea, Attorney or Agent: Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Billy C. Allen III, Wong Cabello Lutsch Rutherford & Brucculeri, LLP., Houston, TX 6,118,480, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,673, Requested Date: Oct. 19, 2009, Cl. 348/207, Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING A DIGITAL CAMERA USER INTERFACE ACROSS MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES, Inventor: Eric C. Anderson et al., Owners of Record: FlashPoint Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: FlashPoint Technology and Withrow & Terranova, Cary, NC, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Steven T. Snyder, King & Spalding, LLP., New York, NY 6,177,956, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,674, Requested Date: Oct. 02, 2009, Cl. 348/231, Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING PROCESSING DATA AND IMAGE DATA WITHIN A DIGITAL CAMERA DEVICE, Inventor: Eric C. Anderson et al., Owners of Record: FlashPoint Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: FlashPoint Technology and Withrow & Terranova, Cary, NC, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Steven T. Snyder, King & Spalding, LLP., New York, NY 6,327,142, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,540, Requested Date: Sep. 17, 2009, Cl. 361/683, Title: PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE WITH LEATHER GRAIN TOP, Inventor: Peter J. Cronk, Owners of Record: Spanish Leather, LLC., Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Attorney or Agent: Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Dell, Inc., Andrea E. Tran, Pramudji Wendt & Tran, LLP., Houston, TX 6,400,471, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,676, Requested Date: Oct. 02, 2009, Cl. 358/468, Title: FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, Inventor: David Kuo et al., Owners of Record: FlashPoint Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: FlashPoint Technology and Withrow & Terranova, Cary, NC, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Steven T. Snyder, King & Spalding, LLP., New York, NY 6,486,914, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,675, Requested Date: Oct. 02, 2009, Cl. 348/333, Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING USER INTERACTION IN A DIGITAL IMAGING DEVICE USING DYNAMIC OVERLAY BARS, Inventor: Eric C. Anderson et al., Owners of Record: FlashPoint Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: FlashPoint Technology and Withrow & Terranova, Cary, NC, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Steven T. Snyder, King & Spalding, LLP., New York, NY 6,504,575, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,677, Requested Date: Oct. 02, 2009, Cl. 348/333, Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING OVERLAY BARS IN A DIGITAL IMAGING DEVICE, Inventor: Michael A. Ramirez et al., Owners of Record: FlashPoint Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: FlashPoint Technology and Withrow & Terranova, Cary, NC, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Steven T. Snyder, King & Spalding, LLP., New York, NY 6,775,130, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,605, Requested Date: Oct. 19, 2009, Cl. 361/683, Title: PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE WITH LEATHER GRAIN, Inventor: Peter J. Cronk, Owners of Record: Spanish Leather, LLC., Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Attorney or Agent: Duane Morris, LLP., Philadelphia, PA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Dell, Inc., Andrea E. Tran, Pramudji Wendt & Tran, LLP., Houston, TX
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7,402,095, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,691, Requested Date: Oct. 06, 2009, Cl. 451/041, Title: METHOD FOR REMOVING TRIP HAZARDS IN CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, Inventor: M. Ballard Gardner, Owners of Record: Precision Concrete Cutting, Inc., Provo, UT, Attorney or Agent: Workman Nydegger, Salt Lake City, UT, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Karl R. Cannon, Clayton Howarth & Cannon, PC., Sandy, UT 7,510,299, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,644, Requested Date: Oct. 16, 2009, Cl. 362/225, Title: LED LIGHTING DEVICE FOR REPLACING FLOURESCENT TUBES, Inventor: Jos Timmermans et al., Owners of Record: Altair Engineering, Inc., Troy, MI, Attorney or Agent: Young Basile, Troy, MI, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Patent Owner 7,533,740, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,607, Requested Date: Oct. 13, 2009, Cl. 175/432, Title: THERMALLY STABLE POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND CUTTING ELEMENTS AND BITS INCORPORATING THE SAME, Inventor: Youhe Zhang et al., Owners of Record: Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX, Attorney or Agent: Christie Parker & Hale, LLP., Pasadena, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Patent Owner
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Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed |
Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed 6,838,796, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,250, Requested Date: Oct. 28, 2009, Cl.: 310/105, Title: TWO-SPEED ROTATIONAL CONTROL APPARATUS WITH EDDY CURRENT DRIVE, Inventor: Chris A. Nelson, Owners of Record: Horton, Inc., Roseville, MN, Attorney or Agent: Kinney & Lange, PA., Minneapolis, MN, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Third Party Requester: Kit Masters, Inc., (Att'y Is: Greg H. Gardella, Fish & Richardson, PC., Minneapolis, MN), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party Requester
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Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew |
Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew 15 U.S.C. 1059 provides that each trademark registration may be renewed for periods of ten years from the end of the expiring period upon payment of the prescribed fee and the filing of an acceptable application for renewal. This may be done at any time within one year before the expiration of the period for which the registration was issued or renewed, or it may be done within six months after such expiration on payment of an additional fee. According to the records of the Office, the trademark registrations listed below are expired due to failure to renew in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 1059. TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS WHICH EXPIRED December 12, 2009 DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW Reg. Number Serial Number Reg. Date 256,077 71/266,600 05/07/1929 256,111 71/272,124 05/07/1929 256,211 71/277,159 05/07/1929 256,198 71/277,315 05/07/1929 509,539 71/493,207 05/10/1949 442,654 71/499,442 05/10/1949 442,694 71/525,963 05/10/1949 509,586 71/529,350 05/10/1949 509,609 71/533,386 05/10/1949 509,805 71/537,717 05/10/1949 509,667 71/539,850 05/10/1949 509,669 71/539,945 05/10/1949 509,702 71/544,555 05/10/1949 509,721 71/547,175 05/10/1949 509,724 71/547,185 05/10/1949 509,725 71/547,188 05/10/1949 509,804 71/548,526 05/10/1949 509,735 71/549,167 05/10/1949 509,739 71/550,031 05/10/1949 509,748 71/551,041 05/10/1949 509,764 71/553,986 05/10/1949 509,767 71/554,221 05/10/1949 509,784 71/558,985 05/10/1949 509,796 71/564,061 05/10/1949 678,124 71/696,329 05/05/1959 677,958 72/010,530 05/05/1959 678,237 72/017,660 05/05/1959 678,197 72/040,189 05/05/1959 678,086 72/040,843 05/05/1959 678,052 72/049,563 05/05/1959 678,180 72/051,059 05/05/1959 677,998 72/051,741 05/05/1959 678,152 72/056,587 05/05/1959 677,850 72/056,811 05/05/1959 678,036 72/057,242 05/05/1959 677,900 72/057,726 05/05/1959 678,094 72/057,997 05/05/1959 678,096 72/057,999 05/05/1959 677,906 72/058,348 05/05/1959 677,939 72/059,054 05/05/1959 869,126 72/183,603 05/06/1969 869,084 72/222,063 05/06/1969 869,127 72/222,564 05/06/1969 869,005 72/259,781 05/06/1969 869,166 72/265,692 05/06/1969
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1,537,908 73/740,717 05/09/1989 1,538,137 73/741,626 05/09/1989 1,538,606 73/741,745 05/09/1989 1,538,110 73/741,856 05/09/1989 1,538,609 73/744,321 05/09/1989 1,538,075 73/744,419 05/09/1989 1,538,323 73/744,674 05/09/1989 1,538,245 73/744,804 05/09/1989 1,538,246 73/744,838 05/09/1989 1,538,406 73/745,105 05/09/1989 1,538,671 73/745,111 05/09/1989 1,538,350 73/745,811 05/09/1989 1,538,464 73/745,817 05/09/1989 1,538,475 73/745,874 05/09/1989 1,538,611 73/746,273 05/09/1989 1,538,095 73/746,860 05/09/1989 1,538,140 73/746,872 05/09/1989 1,538,281 73/746,943 05/09/1989 1,538,297 73/746,972 05/09/1989 1,537,938 73/747,295 05/09/1989 1,538,023 73/747,465 05/09/1989 1,538,526 73/747,474 05/09/1989 1,538,407 73/747,515 05/09/1989 1,538,199 73/747,621 05/09/1989 1,538,617 73/748,061 05/09/1989 1,538,299 73/748,067 05/09/1989 1,538,324 73/748,124 05/09/1989 1,538,161 73/748,844 05/09/1989 1,538,144 73/749,072 05/09/1989 1,538,530 73/749,221 05/09/1989 1,538,621 73/749,250 05/09/1989 1,537,952 73/749,346 05/09/1989 1,538,145 73/749,359 05/09/1989 1,538,622 73/749,519 05/09/1989 1,538,409 73/749,525 05/09/1989 1,538,185 73/749,537 05/09/1989 1,538,370 73/749,789 05/09/1989 1,538,624 73/749,836 05/09/1989 1,538,148 73/750,473 05/09/1989 1,538,467 73/750,846 05/09/1989 1,538,411 73/750,900 05/09/1989 1,538,149 73/751,010 05/09/1989 1,538,628 73/751,012 05/09/1989 1,538,414 73/751,312 05/09/1989 1,538,481 73/751,566 05/09/1989 1,537,940 73/751,594 05/09/1989 1,538,482 73/751,660 05/09/1989 1,538,483 73/751,661 05/09/1989 1,538,253 73/751,811 05/09/1989 1,538,254 73/751,848 05/09/1989 1,538,112 73/751,973 05/09/1989 1,538,634 73/751,999 05/09/1989 1,538,539 73/752,128 05/09/1989 1,538,636 73/752,347 05/09/1989 1,538,303 73/752,451 05/09/1989 1,538,304 73/752,598 05/09/1989 1,538,637 73/752,680 05/09/1989 1,538,415 73/752,703 05/09/1989 1,538,256 73/752,711 05/09/1989 1,538,484 73/752,923 05/09/1989 1,538,643 73/753,358 05/09/1989 1,538,261 73/753,824 05/09/1989 1,537,955 73/754,021 05/09/1989 1,538,263 73/754,049 05/09/1989 1,537,942 73/754,323 05/09/1989 1,538,038 73/754,555 05/09/1989
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1,537,914 73/754,627 05/09/1989 1,537,915 73/754,634 05/09/1989 1,538,310 73/754,831 05/09/1989 1,538,264 73/754,868 05/09/1989 1,538,417 73/755,049 05/09/1989 1,538,077 73/755,100 05/09/1989 1,538,282 73/755,298 05/09/1989 1,538,042 73/755,535 05/09/1989 1,538,269 73/755,800 05/09/1989 1,538,270 73/755,818 05/09/1989 1,538,201 73/755,836 05/09/1989 1,538,272 73/756,049 05/09/1989 1,538,045 73/756,151 05/09/1989 1,537,957 73/756,177 05/09/1989 1,538,046 73/756,438 05/09/1989 1,538,049 73/756,556 05/09/1989 1,538,050 73/756,558 05/09/1989 1,538,052 73/756,687 05/09/1989 1,538,053 73/756,778 05/09/1989 1,538,054 73/756,902 05/09/1989 1,538,057 73/757,137 05/09/1989 1,538,058 73/757,138 05/09/1989 1,538,541 73/757,247 05/09/1989 1,538,062 73/758,814 05/09/1989 1,538,674 73/758,986 05/09/1989 1,538,675 73/758,989 05/09/1989 1,537,896 73/760,187 05/09/1989 1,537,888 73/760,337 05/09/1989 1,537,897 73/760,780 05/09/1989 2,244,085 74/440,753 05/11/1999 2,244,780 74/555,751 05/11/1999 2,244,781 74/559,167 05/11/1999 2,244,792 74/619,294 05/11/1999 2,244,796 74/629,314 05/11/1999 2,244,802 74/639,638 05/11/1999 2,244,805 74/642,204 05/11/1999 2,244,092 74/649,172 05/11/1999 2,244,094 74/666,636 05/11/1999 2,244,810 74/680,316 05/11/1999 2,244,820 74/736,484 05/11/1999 2,244,101 75/022,914 05/11/1999 2,244,829 75/047,132 05/11/1999 2,244,834 75/056,277 05/11/1999 2,244,105 75/057,880 05/11/1999 2,244,842 75/074,329 05/11/1999 2,244,112 75/090,572 05/11/1999 2,244,113 75/095,920 05/11/1999 2,244,852 75/095,954 05/11/1999 2,244,853 75/105,114 05/11/1999 2,244,114 75/105,365 05/11/1999 2,244,854 75/110,989 05/11/1999 2,244,867 75/128,188 05/11/1999 2,244,869 75/129,802 05/11/1999 2,244,871 75/133,006 05/11/1999 2,244,891 75/161,761 05/11/1999 2,244,892 75/162,773 05/11/1999 2,244,894 75/163,991 05/11/1999 2,244,895 75/165,277 05/11/1999 2,244,903 75/177,659 05/11/1999 2,244,905 75/178,763 05/11/1999 2,244,135 75/194,909 05/11/1999 2,244,139 75/202,635 05/11/1999 2,244,924 75/207,928 05/11/1999 2,244,146 75/209,459 05/11/1999 2,244,927 75/211,767 05/11/1999 2,244,928 75/212,611 05/11/1999
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2,244,147 75/213,415 05/11/1999 2,244,942 75/223,087 05/11/1999 2,244,947 75/227,158 05/11/1999 2,244,156 75/230,398 05/11/1999 2,244,165 75/237,939 05/11/1999 2,244,964 75/239,966 05/11/1999 2,245,197 75/242,214 05/11/1999 2,244,969 75/245,989 05/11/1999 2,244,168 75/247,297 05/11/1999 2,244,172 75/248,940 05/11/1999 2,244,973 75/252,488 05/11/1999 2,244,974 75/252,608 05/11/1999 2,244,178 75/258,675 05/11/1999 2,244,990 75/260,586 05/11/1999 2,244,991 75/260,636 05/11/1999 2,244,996 75/264,769 05/11/1999 2,245,001 75/270,308 05/11/1999 2,245,004 75/271,964 05/11/1999 2,244,187 75/272,480 05/11/1999 2,245,200 75/273,534 05/11/1999 2,244,189 75/273,982 05/11/1999 2,245,013 75/279,572 05/11/1999 2,245,015 75/281,112 05/11/1999 2,245,016 75/281,114 05/11/1999 2,245,031 75/294,712 05/11/1999 2,244,203 75/294,884 05/11/1999 2,245,033 75/295,603 05/11/1999 2,244,207 75/302,080 05/11/1999 2,245,204 75/302,721 05/11/1999 2,244,210 75/303,179 05/11/1999 2,244,222 75/307,134 05/11/1999 2,244,224 75/307,526 05/11/1999 2,244,230 75/311,191 05/11/1999 2,245,061 75/312,245 05/11/1999 2,244,241 75/321,024 05/11/1999 2,245,205 75/321,399 05/11/1999 2,245,072 75/324,061 05/11/1999 2,244,250 75/324,704 05/11/1999 2,244,264 75/329,426 05/11/1999 2,244,267 75/329,683 05/11/1999 2,244,269 75/330,135 05/11/1999 2,244,273 75/332,074 05/11/1999 2,244,279 75/332,890 05/11/1999 2,245,087 75/335,557 05/11/1999 2,244,302 75/340,002 05/11/1999 2,245,096 75/340,452 05/11/1999 2,244,312 75/341,821 05/11/1999 2,245,106 75/344,969 05/11/1999 2,244,324 75/347,658 05/11/1999 2,245,117 75/353,394 05/11/1999 2,244,329 75/354,289 05/11/1999 2,244,331 75/355,365 05/11/1999 2,244,334 75/356,977 05/11/1999 2,244,354 75/367,926 05/11/1999 2,245,134 75/372,199 05/11/1999 2,245,135 75/372,394 05/11/1999 2,245,142 75/377,273 05/11/1999 2,242,232 75/377,770 04/27/1999 2,244,370 75/379,188 05/11/1999 2,245,220 75/380,377 05/11/1999 2,244,374 75/380,631 05/11/1999 2,245,145 75/384,056 05/11/1999 2,244,386 75/387,341 05/11/1999 2,244,391 75/389,615 05/11/1999 2,244,400 75/393,207 05/11/1999 2,245,152 75/394,960 05/11/1999
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2,244,404 75/398,225 05/11/1999 2,244,407 75/400,124 05/11/1999 2,244,412 75/402,367 05/11/1999 2,245,156 75/402,425 05/11/1999 2,245,157 75/402,530 05/11/1999 2,244,416 75/404,747 05/11/1999 2,244,418 75/405,195 05/11/1999 2,244,438 75/412,767 05/11/1999 2,244,439 75/412,768 05/11/1999 2,244,440 75/413,002 05/11/1999 2,245,170 75/414,317 05/11/1999 2,244,447 75/415,733 05/11/1999 2,244,449 75/416,227 05/11/1999 2,245,171 75/417,282 05/11/1999 2,244,466 75/423,010 05/11/1999 2,244,467 75/423,036 05/11/1999 2,244,468 75/423,274 05/11/1999 2,244,497 75/428,531 05/11/1999 2,244,506 75/429,773 05/11/1999 2,244,507 75/430,058 05/11/1999 2,244,509 75/430,708 05/11/1999 2,244,511 75/431,207 05/11/1999 2,244,535 75/437,563 05/11/1999 2,244,555 75/441,823 05/11/1999 2,244,556 75/441,824 05/11/1999 2,244,557 75/441,825 05/11/1999 2,244,558 75/441,950 05/11/1999 2,244,561 75/442,638 05/11/1999 2,244,568 75/445,515 05/11/1999 2,244,569 75/445,676 05/11/1999 2,244,571 75/446,690 05/11/1999 2,244,572 75/446,814 05/11/1999 2,245,176 75/448,125 05/11/1999 2,244,584 75/449,849 05/11/1999 2,244,608 75/453,458 05/11/1999 2,244,615 75/454,008 05/11/1999 2,244,617 75/454,060 05/11/1999 2,244,642 75/456,710 05/11/1999 2,244,648 75/457,567 05/11/1999 2,244,654 75/459,189 05/11/1999 2,244,660 75/459,772 05/11/1999 2,244,679 75/462,578 05/11/1999 2,244,681 75/463,141 05/11/1999 2,245,241 75/466,916 05/11/1999 2,244,698 75/468,621 05/11/1999 2,244,699 75/469,040 05/11/1999 2,244,700 75/469,373 05/11/1999 2,244,708 75/471,520 05/11/1999 2,244,726 75/477,686 05/11/1999 2,244,733 75/482,432 05/11/1999 2,244,741 75/486,726 05/11/1999 2,244,742 75/486,755 05/11/1999 2,244,751 75/492,477 05/11/1999 2,244,754 75/498,933 05/11/1999 2,245,247 75/509,644 05/11/1999 2,245,252 75/521,127 05/11/1999 2,245,253 75/521,128 05/11/1999 2,245,255 75/537,804 05/11/1999 2,245,179 75/977,983 05/11/1999
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Service by Publication |
Service by Publication A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of default. Ryan W. Melton, Moab, Utah, Registration No. 3671156 for the mark "MOAB MOTORSPORTS", Cancellation No. 92051696. MILLICENT CANADY Paralegal Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for LYNNE G. BERESFORD Commissioner for Trademarks Service by Publication A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of default. [Onyx Insurance Group, Inc.], [Miami], [Florida], Registration No. 1678799 for the mark "THE GREEN TREE 1784", Cancellation No. 92051709. LALITA GREER Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for LYNNE G. BERESFORD Commissioner for Trademarks Service by Publication A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of default. [Art-O-Rama, Inc.], [North Pelham], [New York], Registration No. 749647 for the mark "ART-O-RAMA", Cancellation No. 92051501. NICOLE THIER Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for LYNNE G. BERESFORD Commissioner for Trademarks Service by Publication A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of default. Herman's World of Sports, Inc., Beth Page, NY, Registration No. 1166861 for the mark "TOTAL SPORTS", Cancellation No. 92051763. MONIQUE TYSON Paralegal Specialist Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for LYNNE G. BERESFORD Commissioner for Trademarks
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37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication |
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the signature of the inventor. The petition has been granted. A notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor whose signature is missing (Timothy P. Lodge) may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/GB2006/003954 and was filed on 23 October 2006, in the names of Timothy P. Lodge and Stephen Baker for the invention entitled MEASUREMENT OF ROUGHNESS OF A PLAYING SURFACE. The national stage application number is 11/992,560 and has a 35 U.S.C. §371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 18 August 2009. 37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has been sent to the last known addresses of the non-signing inventors. The inventor whose signature is missing (Glenn Battese) may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/AU2006/001492 and was filed on 10 October 2006 in the names of Mark John Milligan and Glenn Battese for the invention entitled POST ASSEMBLY. The national stage application number is 12/083,357 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 23 July 2009. 37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the signature of all of the inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor, Nikola Jerance. The inventor whose signature is missing may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/FR2006/002526 and was filed on 15 November 2006 in the names of Nikola Jerance and Didier Frachon for the invention entitled Magnetic Angular Position Sensor for a Course up to 360 Degrees. The national stage application is assigned number 12/093,705 had has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 06 March 2009. 37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the signature of one of the joint inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor whose signature is missing (Manfred Fritsch) may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/CA2005/000152 and was filed on 07 February 2005 in the name of Jih Lin et al for the invention entitled "Trim Door Hardware Carrier and Methods of Assembling Vehicle Door". The national stage application number is 10/585,628 and has a date of 21 October 2009 under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4).
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Registration to Practice |
Registration to Practice The following list contains the names of persons seeking for registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Final approval for registration is subject to establishing to the satisfaction of the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline that the person seeking registration is of good moral character and repute. 37 CFR § 11.7 Accordingly, any information tending to affect the eligibility of any of the following persons on moral, ethical, or other grounds should be furnished to the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on or before January 22, 2009, at the following address: Mail Stop OED, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 Adams, Mary Elizabeth, 1225 Catalpa Lane, Naperville, IL 60548 Anis, Hissan, K207 Regency Place, Lawrence, KS 66049 Antonson, Erik Matthew, Suiter Swantz pc llo, 14301 FNB Parkway; Suite 220, Omaha, NE 68154 Ault, Addison David, 224 Colt Street, Pennington, NJ 08534 Bauer, Jennifer Anne, Quinn Emanuel Urqhart Oliver & Hedges, 250 South Wacker Drive, Suite 230, Chicago, IL 60661 Blasi, Peter Frank, 1340 W 3rd Avenue, B, Columbus, OH 43212 Bylciw, Stephen Robert, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P., 401 Holland Lane, Apt 826, Alexandria, VA 22314 Chuang, Chien-Ju Alice, 2034 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Fugett, Eric Brandon, 710 North Greenwood Avenue, Fort Smith, AZ 72901 Ghobrial, Michael Ted Ibrahim, Woodcock & Washburn, 2929 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Gohring, Frank, Ventana Medical Systems Inc., 1910 E. Innovation Park Drive, Tucson, AZ 85755 Griffin IV, Henry McHenry, 4001 Chapel Lane, Owensboro, KY 42301 Halerz, Traci Lynn, Dupont, Barley Mill Plaza #30/1232, 4417 Lancaster Pike, Wilmington, DE 19805 Han, Charles Jin, 539 Penny Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19111 Heaton, Lindsey Nicole, 930 43rd Avenue, Apartment 125, Sacramento, CA 95831 Jiang, Lei, 25602 Hidden Acres Drive, Westlake, OH 44145 Kim, Jin IL, 11079 Caminito Alvarez, San Diego, CA 92126 Kitchen, Chad Michael, Merial, 3239 Satellite Boulevard, Building 600, 5th Floor, Duluth, GA 30096 Kromrey, Gregg Alan, Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC, Fifth Street Towers, 100 South 5th Street, Suite 2250, Minneapolis, MN 55402 Levine, David Allen, 209 Park Hill Drive, San Antonio, TX 78212 Li, Ying, 530 La Conner Drive, #26, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Lottenberg, Geoffrey Adam, Lott & Friedland, P.A., 355 Alhambra Circle,
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Suite 1100, Coral Gables, FL 33134 McKee, John Thomas, 274 Tappan Street, Brookline, MA 02445 Miller, John Lawrence, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 798 Livingston Court, Paramus, NJ 07652 Myrick-Jones, Harriet Denise, Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A., 2701 North Rocky Point Drive, Suite 900, Tampa, FL 33607 Narvaez, Gustavo Arnaldo, Turocy & Watson, LLP, 57th Floor, Key Tower, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 Nguyen, Andy, Infineon Technologies, 8477 Oak Knoll Street, Fogelsville, PA 18051 Nikolic, Aleksandar, 5224 County Road 11, Rushville, NY 14544 Pittoors, Allen Etienne, Harness, Dickey and Pierce, PLC, 1889 Stanhope Street, Grosse Pionte Woods, MI 48236 Ruby, Katherine Marie, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0691, La Jolla, CA 92037 Rucker, Adam Lee, Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, PA, 4140 Parklake Avenue, Suite 600, Raleigh, NC 27612 Silberstein, Marian, Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP, 1300 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2300, Portland, OR 97201 Stein, Alexander Theodore, TraskBritt, P.C., 230 South 500 East, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84102 Sumner, Hilary Jayne, 1121 Stouchsburg Road, Richland, PA 17087 Swiezynski, Nancy Anne, Senniger Powers, LLP, 100 North Broadway, 17th Floor, St. Louis, MO 63102 Thomas, Sean Michael, 12 Broad Leaf Trail, Malvern, PA 19355 Tomaska, Margaret Mary, 320 Haverford Place, Swarthmore, PA 19081 Weed, Benjamin Edward, K&L Gates LLP, 70 West Madison Street, Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60602 Wei, Yuchien, Schering-Plough, 10 Hawthorn Drive, Plainsboro, NJ 08536 Weichbrod, Kevin Joseph, 6506 Friars Road, Apartment #111, San Diego, CA 92108 Zottola, Dana Marie, Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe, 1000 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 December 8, 2009 HARRY I. MOATZ Director of Enrollment & Discipline
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Request for Comments on Enhancement in the Quality of Patents |
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office [Docket No.: PTO-P-2009-0054] Request for Comments on Enhancement in the Quality of Patents AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce. ACTION: Request for comments. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has in place procedures for measuring the quality of patent examination, including the decision to grant a patent based on an application and of other Office actions issued during the examination of the application. The USPTO in conjunction with the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) has undertaken a project related to overall patent quality. This notice is one element in that endeavor. As part of this effort to improve the quality of the overall patent examination and prosecution process, to reduce patent application pendency, and to ensure that granted patents are valid and provide clear notice, the USPTO would like to focus, inter alia, on improving the process for obtaining the best prior art, preparation of the initial application, and examination and prosecution of the application. The USPTO is seeking public comment directed to this focus with respect to methods that may be employed by applicants and the USPTO to enhance the quality of issued patents, to identify appropriate indicia of quality, and to establish metrics for the measurement of the indicia. This notice is not directed to patent law statutory change or substantive new rules. It is directed to the shared responsibility of the USPTO and the public for improving quality and reducing pendency within the existing statutory and regulatory framework. Comment Deadline Date: To be ensured of consideration, written comments must be received on or before February 8, 2010. No public hearing will be held. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent by electronic mail message over the Internet addressed to patent_quality_comments@uspto.gov. Comments may also be submitted by mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments-Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, marked to the attention of Kenneth M. Schor and Pinchus M. Laufer. Although comments may be submitted by mail, the USPTO prefers to receive comments via the Internet. The written comments will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Commissioner for Patents, located in Madison East, Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, and will be available via the USPTO Internet Web site (address: http://www.uspto.gov). Because comments will be made available for public inspection, information that is not desired to be made public, such as an address or phone number, should not be included in the comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By telephone: Pinchus M. Laufer, Legal Advisor, at (571) 272-7726, or Kenneth M. Schor, Senior Legal Advisor, at (571) 272-7710; by mail addressed to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Mail Stop Comments-Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, marked to the attention of Pinchus M. Laufer and Kenneth M. Schor; or by electronic mail (e-mail) message over the Internet addressed to pinchus.laufer@uspto.gov or kenneth.schor@uspto.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is directed to the quality of the examination and prosecution of patent applications in the USPTO and the quality of patents resulting from that examination and prosecution. I. Purpose of Notice The USPTO is responsible for the granting and issuing of patents. See 35
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U.S.C. 2(a)(1). The USPTO examines patent applications to determine whether an applicant is entitled to a patent under the law, and issues a notice of allowance if, upon such examination, it appears that the applicant is entitled to a patent. See 35 U.S.C. 131 and 151. The USPTO examines applications for compliance with the applicable statutes and regulations, and for patentability of the invention as defined in the claims. See 37 CFR 1.104(a). The USPTO is seeking to improve the quality of the examination of patent applications and patents resulting from that examination. A quality patent is defined, for purposes of this notice, as a patent: (a) For which the record is clear that the application has received a thorough and complete examination, addressing all issues on the record, all examination having been done in a manner lending confidence to the public and patent owner that the resulting patent is most likely valid; (b) for which the protection granted is of proper scope; and (c) which provides sufficiently clear notice to the public as to what is protected by the claims. The present quality improvement effort has, as one goal, reduction of overall application pendency and is thus also directed towards identifying quality issues that give rise to process inefficiencies. The term "quality patent" as used herein does not include the economic value of the resulting patent, which is a result of market conditions and not the patent process itself. Rather, providing the strongest quality patent possible in the shortest time permits making the best use of a patent, given any set of marketing conditions. Improvement of the quality can reliably be achieved by a four step process: (1) Identification of the key aspects of the examination process that affect quality. These key aspects are the quality items-i.e., activities and actions carried out by the USPTO, by the applicant, or by both; (2) Identification of indicia of the presence (existence) of the desired quality items; (3) Establishment of a process that can meaningfully measure such indicia (establishing the metrics that can measure the indicia); and (4) Establishment/modification of policy and USPTO operations to optimize successful performance of the quality items (activities and actions carried out) to bring about desired improvements in patent quality and reductions in patent application pendency. The public is being requested to comment on items that affect patent quality, as well as addressing patent process inefficiencies with the aim of simultaneously improving patent quality while reducing overall application pendency. It is preferred that comments be provided in the manner set forth in the "Public Comments Requested" section of this notice (which immediately follows this section) and address the criteria for evaluating such comments set out below in Section III of this notice. In this regard, the USPTO is seeking comments from the public on improved methods of identifying indicia of existing quality items, and additional metrics for the measurement of indicia of existing quality items. Improvement to the monitoring of existing quality items should include methods of more reliable and efficient monitoring, as well as methods for making procedural changes based on the results of the monitoring. The USPTO desires to assess whether existing measures are reflective of the quality items they are designed to measure, how these measures can be improved upon, whether other measures could better assess the same quality items, and whether there are other aspects more indicative of quality that can be readily measured and used to improve quality and reduce application pendency. The public is also being requested to comment on suggested quality items of particular interest identified below in Section V of this notice by which the examination process can be meaningfully enhanced, or to suggest other key quality items; to identify appropriate indicia of the enhancement of quality provided by the quality items; and to establish metrics for the measurement of the indicia of enhancement. These quality items of particular interest, which will be discussed below, include (but are not limited to) identifying and analyzing the best prior art and evidence bearing on patentability, facilitating the presentation of the positions of
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the USPTO and the applicant to each other, coming to a definitive resolution of the issues that are presented which resolution is clearly stated, and presenting a clearly identified scope of the patent coverage, to provide the strongest quality patent possible in the shortest time. II. Categories of Public Comments Requested For ease of organization and analysis, the areas for which the USPTO is requesting comment by way of this notice are divided into specific categories. The categories for which public comments are solicited are as follows: Category 1-Quality measures used: The USPTO is specifically requesting feedback on the quality measures that it is currently using (described below in Section IV.A), and new measures that it may adopt in the future. As to quality measures currently in place, the USPTO desires to assess whether these measures are reflective of the quality items they are designed to measure, whether these measures can be improved upon, whether other measures could better assess the same quality items, and whether there are other aspects more indicative of quality that can be readily measured. Additionally, areas in which the USPTO is particularly interested are those of: (1) Finding the best prior art; (2) obtaining a comprehensive initial application; (3) providing a comprehensive first Office action on the merits including a clear explanation of all issues raised; (4) obtaining a comprehensive and clear response to Office actions on the merits; and (5) proper use of interviews. These are discussed in Section V of this notice. The public is invited to comment on those areas, including suggesting modifications of the USPTO's suggestions. In addition, the public is invited to suggest other areas of the process which are believed to have a significant bearing on quality. Any such suggestions should be accompanied by an explanation of the basis for the belief that the suggested area(s)/modification(s) has/have a significant bearing on quality. The USPTO is requesting that such feedback be provided in terms of the following information: A. Identification of the key items, i.e., the activities and actions that are carried out by the USPTO, by the applicant, or by both, that bear on quality. What is the nature of activity, action, or conduct that increases quality, and why is it believed to do so? B. Identification of indicia of the presence of the desired quality items. How do the proposed indicia show that the desired activities and actions were indeed carried out, and show the quality or effectiveness of that activity performed by the USPTO and/or the applicant? C. What metric(s) should the USPTO use to measure each indicium, and what is the nexus between the measured indicium and the metric(s) used (why is the existence of the indicium proved by the metric)? Based on that nexus, why is the proposed metric believed to provide a practical combination of reliability and efficiency? Category 2-Stages of Monitoring: With a view toward reducing patent pendency, the USPTO is considering the monitoring of quality at each step, or at as many steps, in the patent application, prosecution, and examination processes as is feasible, and monitoring of quality as close in time to when the step whose quality is being measured is performed as is feasible. The USPTO is specifically considering monitoring quality at each of the following stages of the patent application and examination process: (1) When the application is filed in the USPTO; (2) when the initial search for the application has been completed; (3) when the first Office action for the application has been completed; (4) when an interview for the application has been conducted; (5) when a reply to the first or any subsequent non-final Office action has been filed; (6) when an Office action (non-final or final) or notice of allowance in response to a reply to a non-final Office action has been completed; (7) when an after-final submission has been filed; and (8) when an appeal brief or other appeal-related paper has been filed. The USPTO is requesting comments on the choice of these stages, and the practicality of measuring quality at each one of these stages. It
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is requested that the public point out at what step or steps in the patent application and examination process the USPTO should measure the quality obtained by the identified activity, action, or conduct that increases quality. While measuring quality at each stage may yield much information, it seems credible that increasing quality of the application in the early stages would be most effective in reducing pendency, and the USPTO is seeking comment on this hypothesis. The public is also invited to provide information on how quality is affected by action taken in the above-identified eight stages, or in other stages in the patent application process and to identify the nature of activity, action, or conduct that increases quality in that stage-such information would be included as "other areas of the process which are believed to have a significant bearing on quality" in the comments responding to Category (1) of this section. Also included would be how the USPTO should measure the quality obtained at each such step, and the nexus between the targeted quality aspect and the measured indicia of the activity, action, or conduct that increases quality in that stage. Feedback from the USPTO: In connection with this category, the USPTO is also requesting input on the timing of the USPTO's assessment and reporting of various measures of quality in relation to the stages of monitoring. For example, should the USPTO await final disposition of the application before reporting on the quality measure obtained for that application? Or, would there be a practical, cost-effective way for the USPTO to report quality measures, during certain identified stages in the proceeding to be identified in the comments (with an explanation of why it would be practical and cost-effective)? Category 3-Pendency: The USPTO is also requesting comments on whether the quality of the prosecution and examination of the application and quality of the resultant patent can be improved at the same time as reducing the overall pendency of an application. This category also includes input on how the use of continuing applications (continuations, voluntary divisional applications) has affected overall pendency and quality. For example, where specific claims are allowed in a given application, does the filing of a continuation application to address the broader rejected claims add to or detract from the quality of prosecution and examination of the applications and the quality of the resultant patents? Category 4-Pilot Programs: The USPTO is interested in receiving feedback regarding the effect on patent quality and examination quality resulting from various pilot programs (e.g., Peer-to-Patent, Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot, First Action Interview Pilot, Continuing Education for Practitioners (CEP) Pilot) either expired or currently in effect. This quality effort does not include at this time providing selection options for different examination procedures such as deferred examination. Input as to what metrics could be used to measure enhancements of quality due to any of these pilot programs is also solicited. Category 5-Customer Surveys Regarding Quality: The USPTO is requesting feedback on past USPTO surveys of the patent community and proposed modifications for future surveys. In 2006 the USPTO launched the Customer Panel Quality Survey (CPQS). The survey is designed to capture input from the USPTO's frequent customers regarding key examination quality issues and to provide customers with a mechanism to suggest critical training needs and areas on which the USPTO should focus in terms of quality improvement. The survey is also designed to assist the USPTO in monitoring changes in patent examination quality between survey periods. The USPTO partners with an independent research firm to administer the CPQS. The survey has been administered in regular survey periods or "waves" on a roughly quarterly basis from fiscal year 2006 through fiscal year 2009. The target population for the survey is a panel of patent customers who have had the most interaction with the USPTO over the past year. Top filers are defined as law firms, organizations, or individual inventors who have submitted six or more patent applications in the previous year. The survey uses a rotating panel survey design;
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customers are asked to participate in two consecutive survey periods in order to provide valid trend comparisons between survey periods. On average, there have been about 1,100 respondents per survey period. Survey results are analyzed on a quarterly basis to assist USPTO in developing data-driven improvement strategies on topics related to examination quality. The USPTO is interested in comments regarding survey composition and methodology, such as questions, format, and population. Comments as to how survey results can be more effectively used to enhance quality are also solicited. Category 6-Tools for Achieving Objectives: The USPTO is requesting identification of existing tools which are, or can be made, available to users and the USPTO to enhance the quality of the USPTO's processes. Such would include, for example, software tools that will provide meaningful monitoring, search tools, claim analysis tools, and case law identification tools. In addition, the USPTO is interested in data mining tools to help monitor its quality items and other useful statistics. Category 7-Incentives: The USPTO is requesting comments on means to incentivize applicants and USPTO personnel to adopt procedures and practices that support the achievement of patent quality. It is recognized that any additional effort to increase the quality of the product has an associated cost. The criteria used to evaluate comments and proposals are set out below in section III which immediately follows. Comments should consider these criteria and address them as best possible to enhance the value and impact of any proposals and comments. III. Criteria for Evaluating Comments and Proposals Public input which is received will be evaluated in terms of: (a) The feasibility of implementation of each proposed enhancement; (b) The relative value of the proposed enhancement- 1. Will it affect a statistically significant number of cases, as compared to other suggestions? 2. Will there be any negative consequences of proposed enhancement to the USPTO and practitioners that could outweigh the benefits of it implementation? 3. Will cost/expenditure in USPTO resources outweigh the benefits of it implementation? (c) The ability to provide clear indicia of successful quality enhancement, and metrics that will meaningfully measure the results of such enhancement- 1. Are there associated metrics that accurately reflect the indicia? 2. Are there indicators associated with the metric that are capable of accurately reflecting meaningful progress? 3. Do the indicia and metrics reflect a behavior that can, in response to its being tracked, affect a statistically significant number of cases or apply only to certain technologies? (d) Practicality of implementing a process to obtain data reflecting the indicia, including- 1. Will cost/expenditure in USPTO resources be too much or how should it otherwise be paid for? 2. Will the tracking of the metric require major overhaul of USPTO internal process in order to gather the appropriate data? 3. Will there be any negative consequences of using the indicia or its metrics to the USPTO and practitioners (e.g., chilling effect on other actions taken) that could outweigh the benefits of it use? IV. Background for the Requested Information A. Quality Monitoring: The Office of Patent Quality Assurance (OPQA) conducts in-depth reviews of examiner work products, evaluates findings, and assists the Patent Examining Corps in the development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives. The OPQA reviews are
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currently used to generate the official USPTO examination quality metrics. Prior to fiscal year 2005, the USPTO official quality metric was directed to only the final output of the examination process-an allowed application. Since fiscal 2005, OPQA's quality review focus was expanded to encompass all substantive actions within the USPTO's control in the patent process, namely, the quality of the decision to allow an application and the quality of the Office actions issued during the course of examination of an application. From fiscal years 2005 through 2009, the USPTO employed two official metrics of examination quality: (1) The Allowance Compliance Rate; and (2) the In-Process Review (IPR) Compliance Rate. In fiscal year 2010 the USPTO has modified the official metrics to report (1) Final Action/Allowance Compliance Rate; and (2) IPR Compliance Rate for non-final Office actions. (1) Allowance Compliance Review: Allowance Compliance is determined by performing a review of a randomly selected sample of allowed applications drawn from all Technology Centers. The reviews are conducted on applications after a notice of allowance has been mailed in an application but prior to patent grant. The focus of this review is on the examiner's decision to allow the application. If any allowed claim is found to be unpatentable for any reason provided in the patent laws, the allowance of the application is considered to be in error. In addition to the assessment of the patentability determination for the claims, the record is reviewed for completeness and clarity and to ensure compliance with procedural and formal matters. The review also evaluates the quality of the examiner's search. (2) In-Process Review: IPR Compliance is determined by performing a review of a randomly selected sample of applications containing Office actions issued prior to allowance or appeal of an application, drawn from all Technology Centers. The focus of this review is on indicators of quality that were determined on the basis of feedback from patent practitioners obtained prior to the development of the IPR program and includes, but is not limited to, determining: (1) Whether the rejections made in the Office action are proper; (2) whether the Office action fails to include rejections that would have been appropriate; (3) whether the examiner has responded to all matters of substance in the applicant's reply; (4) whether the examiner has clearly set forth his or her reasoning; (5) the propriety of the finality of a final Office action (where applicable); (6) the propriety of any restriction requirement; (7) the quality of the search; and (8) the propriety of the examiner's handling of formal matters. If there is a clearly erroneous action on the part of the examiner that would cause the applicant or USPTO unnecessary rework or expense in the examination process (such as a clearly erroneous rejection of a claim, failing to include an appropriate rejection where institution of the rejection would necessitate an additional Office action, failure to substantively treat applicant's reply, or improperly making an action final), the action is considered to be an error. B. Quality Reporting: Fiscal years 2005-2009: As pointed out above, from fiscal years 2005 through 2009, the two official metrics of examination quality used by the USPTO were the Allowance Compliance Rate and the In-Process Review (IPR) Compliance Rate. The IPR Compliance Rate encompassed both non-final and final Office actions. The IPR Compliance Rate was determined on the basis of a review of a randomly selected sample of both non-final and final Office actions; in FY 2009, the sample size was 3,199, with approximately two non-final actions reviewed for every final action reviewed. The IPR Compliance Rate was defined as the percentage of reviewed applications in which no clearly erroneous action was found. The Allowance Compliance Rate was a stand-alone review, limited to allowed applications. The Allowance Compliance Rate was determined on the basis of a review of a randomly selected sample of allowed applications. In FY 2009, the sample size was 4,588; thus, approximately three allowances were reviewed for every IPR Compliance Rate action reviewed. The Allowance Compliance Rate was defined as the
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percentage of applications undergoing Allowance Compliance Review whose allowance was not considered to be in error. Fiscal year 2010: For fiscal year 2010, the In-Process Review compliance rate has been redefined to include only non-final Office actions, and the metric is designated as the "Non-Final In-Process Compliance Rate." In FY 2010 approximately three out of five (58.4%) of all reviews (finals, allowances, and non-finals) will be of non-final actions. Also, final Office actions are now grouped with allowances, to provide a new metric-the "Final Action/Allowance Compliance Rate." In FY 2010, an approximately equal number of allowances (19.4%) and final rejections (22.3%) will be reviewed. Note that, the new sampling ratios and groupings shift the emphasis of the USPTO quality review process towards the earlier stages of prosecution by emphasizing non-final Office actions. It is believed that an emphasis on the quality of initial actions can do much toward reducing overall application pendency, by identifying weaknesses in the examination process that may have escaped scrutiny by the prior emphasis on allowance compliance. The Final Rejection/Allowance Compliance Rate is determined on the basis of a review of a randomly selected sample (2,793 for FY 2010) of allowed applications and finally rejected applications. An allowed application is considered to be compliant if it is free from error as defined by the criteria set forth above in Section IV.A(1) titled "Allowance Compliance Review." A final Office action is considered to be compliant if it is free from error as defined by the criteria set forth above in Section IV.A(2) titled "In-Process Review." The Final Action/Allowance Compliance Rate is defined as the percentage of applications undergoing Final Action/Allowance Compliance Review for which no deficiency is found with respect to the examiners' final determination concerning the patentability of the claims. The Non-Final In-Process Compliance Rate is determined on the basis of a review of a randomly selected sample of non-final Office actions (3,914 for FY 2010). An Office action is considered to be compliant if it is free from error as defined by the criteria set forth above in Section IV.A(2) titled "In-Process Review." The Non-Final In-Process Compliance Rate is the percentage of non-final actions reviewed in which no examination deficiency is found. Information obtained through the various reviews will be analyzed to identify trends in examination quality, areas where improvement is needed, and strategies for gaining improvements. C. Quality Index Ranking (QIR): In fiscal year 2010, the USPTO will be using internal statistical measures to identify outliers and other anomalies in processing and examination. QIR involves obtaining data from the PALM internal USPTO tracking system on items such as multiple non-final actions, restrictions (after first action, or multiple, sequential or late in prosecution), reopening of prosecution after the filing of an appeal brief, reopening of prosecution after a final rejection, first action allowances, multiple requests for continued examination (RCE) made in a single application, and allowances after RCE filing without any substantive amendment. The data are analyzed to identify outlier populations-i.e., individuals or populations for which there is a frequency of any of these data points that is significantly different from the norm for a particular cohort. Such outliers may signal the presence of quality or procedural issues that need to be addressed (or conversely, in some instances they may indicate superior examination practices, from which best practices could be identified and shared). A quality initiative for fiscal year 2010 is for the USPTO to perform reviews of Office actions for the purpose of providing individual examiner feedback and training. These reviews will be in addition to the statistical reviews performed by OPQA and those normally performed within the Technology Centers; these additional reviews will be conducted by a combination of OPQA Review Quality Assurance Specialists and Technology Center managers. Applications will be selected for review on the basis of statistical analysis of prosecution parameters identified as being probable indicators of
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procedural or examination practices that are in need of improvement, such as those that are enumerated in the paragraph above. Such review findings will be used for the purpose of providing one-on-one examiner feedback, and for developing broader training initiatives where such needs are identified. Follow-up reviews and/or analysis will be conducted subsequent to feedback and training, in order to assess effectiveness of the feedback loop. At the time of drafting of this Request, the sample size for these reviews has not been finalized. D. Looking to the Future in Quality Monitoring: The USPTO has, in the past, reviewed quality studies obtained from the public and those generated internally, and it has included the input from such studies in its effort to continually improve the quality examination process. Recently, however, the USPTO has received feedback that its current quality measures do not accurately measure the quality of patents issued by the USPTO or the quality of the USPTO's examination process. In addition, the USPTO has received feedback that some measures it has taken to improve the quality of the patents it issues have resulted in prolonging the prosecution of applications. The USPTO is continually seeking ways to improve the quality of its examination of patents, to improve the means used to measure that quality, and to reduce application pendency. Thus, the USPTO is seeking public input (as above requested in Section II of this notice) on the best ways to improve quality, measure that improvement, without extending the examination/ prosecution process, and in fact to shorten the process. It is preferred that the improvements proposed should be directed to (a) ways of identifying and analyzing the best prior art and evidence bearing on patentability and presenting that information "up front," (b) a clear presentation of the positions of the USPTO and the applicant to each other at each stage of the process, and (c) coming to and clearly stating a definitive resolution of the issues that are presented, and clearly identifying the scope of the patent coverage. Comments that focus on specific issues which apply to certain technologies are also solicited. V. Some Specific Areas of Particular USPTO Interest Enhancement of the process and its quality, as well as monitoring of same, are best accomplished when process changes are a product of input from the USPTO and from the public. In that context, and in the interest of making this request for comments more focused for subsequent action, five specific areas in which the USPTO is particularly interested in receiving comments will now be discussed. The completeness and quality of action taken in these areas prepares the application for an efficient and reliable conclusion in its evaluation, and furthers the goal of providing valid patents. This notice makes no representation that these five specific areas are the only areas where quality can be improved. The USPTO welcomes any further suggestions to address the details of improving quality in the five areas specifically identified below, as well as suggestions to address any other specific areas of concern which may be included in this or follow-up quality improvement efforts. 1. Prior Art: Recognizing the essential need for having the best prior art before a patent examiner during the initial examination of a patent application to the quality of the examiner's decision on the patentability of the invention as defined in the claims and the ultimate validity of a granted patent, the USPTO provides specific instructions to examiners for identifying the most pertinent prior art for an application. These instructions are designed to furnish patent examiners with sufficient information to make appropriate novelty and nonobviousness determinations. Examiners are instructed to conduct "a thorough investigation of the available prior art relating to the subject of the claimed invention." See 37 CFR 1.104(a). More specifically, the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) instructs examiners that prior art searches are to include not only the field in which the invention is classified, but also analogous arts. See MPEP Sec. 904.01(c) (8th ed. 2001) (Rev. 7, July 2008).
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To assist examiners in obtaining the best prior art, the USPTO has invested a substantial amount of resources in the search and retrieval of a wide variety of prior art documents. Patent examiners can readily search classified files, microfilm, and CD-ROMs, comprising United States patents, foreign patent documents, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) publications, as well as a large selection of non-patent literature, including technical journals, books, magazines, encyclopedias, product catalogues, and industry newsletters. In addition, patent examiners have access to in-house and commercial on-line databases providing convenient access, from their desktop, to millions of United States and foreign patent and non-patent literature documents. Furthermore, all patent examiners have access to the Internet to search relevant Web sites for prior art. The most rapidly changing technologies, for example, in the telecommunications and the computer-related arts, present challenges in searching and identifying the most relevant prior art. This is because often the best prior art with respect to these emerging technologies is available as non-patent literature months to years before it is available in the form of United States or foreign patents. Accordingly, searching the non-patent literature in rapidly changing technologies is vital to the quality of the patentability determination. To ensure complete coverage, the USPTO is working on assembling a larger, more complete non-patent literature prior art collection in emerging technologies and is working on providing patent examiners with better access to non-patent literature in new areas of technology, as new areas continue to emerge. In addition to the prior art uncovered during the search conducted by the examiner, applicants have a duty to submit all information known to them to be material to patentability of the claims. See 37 CFR 1.56. Applicants are also encouraged to review certain types of information, e.g., prior art cited in search reports of a foreign patent office in a counterpart application, to ensure that material information is disclosed to the USPTO. See 37 CFR 1.56(a)(1) and (a)(2). It is also helpful for applicants to perform a search on the disclosed invention prior to drafting claims for presentation for examination. This applicant contribution is important to high quality patent examination because inventors often are in the best position to be aware of the state of the art and are in possession of, or have access to, the most pertinent prior art. The quality of patent examination increases when applicants assist the examiners in identifying prior art information, particularly non-patent literature, which is material to patentability. This is especially so when the information is identified to the USPTO as early as possible in the examination process, so that issues can be clarified, defined and resolved at an early stage in the examination process. Given the above, comments are being solicited to improve upon the performance of the USPTO in identifying relevant prior art. In this regard, the USPTO would like to address the difficulties involved in locating the best prior art, and any perception that the best art is not being found with particularity regarding gaps in certain technology areas. Comments are also being solicited regarding search techniques and procedures which can improve the success of identifying relevant prior art, as well as how the parties' efforts in bringing this about can be better achieved and measured. Comments are further being solicited on how the success of identifying relevant prior art can be measured, as well as how the parties' efforts in bringing this about can be measured. 2. Comprehensive Initial Application: The patent acquisition process is best streamlined when the applicant presents a comprehensive initial application. It is suggested that such an application could include the following elements: Applicant's representative practitioner would present a reasonable number of claims upon filing that cover the broadest and narrowest claim coverage the application clearly supports under 35 U.S.C. 112 and the applicant is willing to accept. The claims would be drafted taking into consideration the relevant prior art and evidence available, and
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the closest prior art (e.g., 5-10 most relevant references) and evidence would be presented to the USPTO as early as possible. Applicant's representative practitioner would present a clear and complete specification that provides clear written description and support that provides antecedent basis for all claim language. The specification would be readily understandable, with terms or phrases that are not clearly defined in the state of the art having special definitions so that the applicant, examiner, and the public share a common understanding of the scope of the specification and claims. Comments are being solicited as to the various aspects of the initial application. In addition, input is sought as to what guidelines the USPTO can disseminate, to best assist applicants in preparing applications in a manner that the USPTO can most efficiently and completely examine the applications; and how the completeness of filed applications can be measured. In particular, the USPTO is interested in suggestions as to what features of an initial filing can be used as indicia of the quality and completeness of the submitted application and how to measure the effect these indicia have on pendency of the application and quality of the final result. 3. Comprehensive First Office Action on Merits, With Clear Explanation of All Issues: After reviewing the entire specification in detail, the examiner construes the claims and searches the disclosed invention defined by the claims as construed. The examiner then reviews the entire application for compliance with all the relevant statutory and regulatory requirements, and communicates his/her findings to the applicant in an Office action on the merits. The examiner provides a clear explanation of all issues in the Office action. See 37 CFR 1.104(a). A comprehensive initial Office action (which is geared toward eliciting a comprehensive response from applicant) is important to streamline the effective resolution of issues between applicant and examiner. It is suggested that initial Office action could include the following. When warranted, the examiner may explain in the Office action the examiner's claim construction as compared with the scope of the disclosed invention, and how the prior art is being applied to the claims. In those instances, the examiner would explain how the prior art is applied against the claims given their broadest reasonable claim construction, as that construction was explained by the examiner. The examiner would also apply the prior art to the claims, as they may be interpreted in light of the specification. The examiner would point out any issues of claim clarity and support for the claims (as well as any other statutory or formality deficiency in the claims and disclosure as a whole), and how to address the issues, as appropriate. It is contemplated that examiners be explicitly instructed not to always rely solely on form paragraphs, and to modify any form paragraph used, when such is appropriate to a given situation. In general, when using a form paragraph, the examiner should be familiar with any statutory, regulatory, and case law cited in the form paragraph and discuss it in detail as it applies to the specific facts of the case. It is also contemplated that the Office action would be structured to not only clearly define the issues that are raised, but also to explain any subtleties that an applicant might not recognize. Likewise, the action would not only respond to all points made by applicant, but also would address applicant's assumed logic on which those points were based. Finally, the action would provide suggestions to resolve any issues, whether clearly raised or not, that the examiner believes can and should be resolved, to facilitate the process and resolve issues at the earliest point possible. Comments are being solicited as to the aspects of the initial Office action that will enhance quality, how one can measure the particular suggestions, whether any aspect of the suggestions should be mandatory or be otherwise procedurally handled, and further addresses the cost impact and how and whether any resultant additional costs to the system of implementing the suggestions can be dealt with or whether the costs exceed the perceived benefits. Comments are also solicited as to how examiners can best communicate the information discussed above, to best assist applicants in responding to Office actions; and how the
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success of that communication can be measured. 4. Comprehensive and Clear Response to Office Action on the Merits: Following the Office action, the process is most efficiently advanced when the applicant's response presents all the information at applicant's disposal bearing on the patentability of the claims and desired issuance of a patent. It is desirable that the response place the application in a position where applicant has addressed all the examiner's points as well as all of applicant's needs, while at the same time preparing the application for final resolution of the issues. It is suggested that the response include the following elements: In responding to the Office action, applicant would address the examiner's explanation of claim construction to the extent it is given, including explaining any disagreement between the USPTO and applicant as to the claim construction. After reading the USPTO's position in the Office action, applicant would provide all needed independent and dependent claims to cover all aspects of coverage desired-prior to the need for a final Office action; this set of claims should include claims that would result in the coverage desired should the examiner's claim construction be adopted (i.e., define patentability over the examiner's claim construction and the examiner's overall position). Applicant would not assume that arguments directed to independent claims will be persuasive, but rather would also argue all meaningful dependent claims individually and explicitly point out which limitations define patentability, and which do not. Also, all evidence to address the examiner's position would be presented as early as possible and before final Office action; it should not to be assumed that if applicant's arguments are not accepted, the evidence can later be presented. Comments are being solicited as to the various aspects of the above suggested response. In addition, comments are being sought as to what guidelines the USPTO can disseminate to best assist applicants in preparing responses in a manner that the USPTO can most efficiently and completely resolve issues, and bring the examination of the application to a rapid, yet comprehensive, conclusion; and how the success of this can be measured. 5. Proper Use of Interviews: It is highly desirable that the examiner encourages, and is prepared to conduct, an interview whenever it will facilitate resolving ambiguities and issues, or will otherwise allow for a more effective examination. As to applicant's role, it is suggested that (to obtain maximum benefit from the interview) whenever the practitioner requires clarification of a USPTO position, the practitioner have an interview on the application prior to submitting the response and after comments on Office actions have been received from the client. Before an interview, the practitioner would provide the examiner with an agenda for the interview, including copies of any proposed amendments, exhibits, or other information that would be beneficial to review in advance. After the interview, both the examiner and applicant would independently set forth in detail what took place at the interview (as required by current procedure). Prior art, and other information/ evidence discussed would be specifically identified and the points regarding the claim limitations and/or the disclosure and teachings of the references would be made part of the record. The response to the outstanding Office action would make reference to the points noted in the practitioner's interview summary. Likewise, the response would also address the examiner's interview summary, if it is already of record; if there is conflict with attorney's summary, that conflict can be explicitly noted and clarified as needed. Comments are being solicited on how to improve upon interview practice, to resolve issues at the interview, and to make the full substance of the interview of record; and how the effectiveness of the interview, as well as the completeness of its recorded summary, can be measured. VI. Guidelines for Written Comments
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Written comments should include the following information: (1) The name and affiliation of the individual responding; and (2) an indication of whether comments offered represent views of the respondent's organization or are the respondent's personal views. As discussed previously, the USPTO prefers to receive comments via the Internet. Information provided in response to this request for comments will be made part of a public record and may be available via the Internet. In view of this, parties should not submit information that they do not wish to be publicly disclosed or made electronically accessible. Parties who would like to rely on confidential information to illustrate a point are requested to summarize or otherwise submit the information in a way that will permit its public disclosure. November 30, 2009 DAVID J. KAPPOS Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Being Appealed |
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office [Docket No.: PTO-P-2009-0020] Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Being Appealed AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce. ACTION: Request for comments. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is considering changes to the procedure for handling notices of appeal and appeal briefs that identify fewer than all of the rejected claims as being appealed. Under the proposed procedure, if appellant files a notice of appeal, or an appeal brief, that clearly identifies fewer than all of the rejected claims as being appealed, the non-appealed rejected claims would be deemed canceled by operation of this action on the part of the appellant as of the date on which such a notice of appeal, or appeal brief, is filed, regardless of whether the appellant also files an amendment canceling the non-appealed rejected claims. The USPTO is requesting comments from the public regarding the proposed procedure set forth in this notice. COMMENT DEADLINE DATE: To be ensured of consideration, written comments must be received on or before January 13, 2010. No public hearing will be held. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent by electronic mail message over the Internet addressed to PatentPractice@uspto.gov. Comments may also be submitted by mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments--Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, marked to the attention of Joni Y. Chang. Although comments may be submitted by mail, the Office prefers to receive comments via the Internet. The written comments will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Commissioner for Patents, located in Madison East, Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, and will be available via the Office's Internet Web site (address: http://www.uspto.gov). Because comments will be made available for public inspection, information that is not desired to be made public, such as an address or phone number, should not be included in the comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joni Y. Chang, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, directly by telephone to (571) 272-7720, or by mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments--Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USPTO is considering changes to the procedure for handling notices of appeal and appeal briefs that identify fewer than all of the rejected claims as being appealed, in view of Ex parte Ghuman, 88 USPQ2d 1478 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 2008) (precedential) (provides for remand by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) if the examiner does not cancel claims identified as being not on appeal; the non-appealed rejected claims were considered withdrawn from the appeal where appellant limited the appeal to fewer than all of the pending rejected claims in the appeal brief). The USPTO is requesting comments from the public regarding the proposed procedure set forth in this notice because the USPTO desires the benefit of public comment. The USPTO will consider and address any relevant comments received. Background: After receiving a notification of an Office action that contains one or more rejections, applicant must file a reply to the
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Office action within the time period for reply set forth in the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. See 35 U.S.C. 133. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 134, applicant may appeal the examiner's decision to the BPAI by filing a notice of appeal under 37 CFR 41.31 if at least one claim has been twice rejected. 37 CFR 1.113(c) provides that a reply to a final Office action is required to include cancellation of each rejected claim or appeal from the rejection of each rejected claim. For a reply to a non-final Office action, the applicant must address every ground of rejection set forth in the non-final action or cancel each rejected claim subject to any ground of rejection not addressed in the reply. See 37 CFR 1.111(b). There is no provision in 35 U.S.C. 134 or 37 CFR 1.113 for an applicant to appeal only a part of the examiner's decision. An appeal under 37 CFR 41.31 must be taken from the rejection of all claims under rejection which the applicant proposes to contest. See 37 CFR 41.31(c). In order to treat a notice of appeal as a proper reply to the Office action, the notice of appeal is considered an appeal to the entire examiner's decision, provided that the notice of appeal is accompanied by the required fee set forth in 37 CFR 41.20(b)(1) and is filed within the time period for reply set forth in the Office action. Therefore, if appellant does not wish to contest one of the rejected claims, appellant must file an amendment canceling that claim. The amendment must be filed separately from the notice of appeal and appeal brief. Notwithstanding the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 133 and 134, and 37 CFR 1.111(b) and 1.113(c), some appellants file notices of appeal or appeal briefs that attempt to limit the appeal to fewer than all of the rejected claims without filing an amendment to cancel the non-appealed rejected claims. It has long been USPTO practice that an appellant must either appeal from the rejection of all of the rejected claims or cancel those claims not being appealed. See Ex parte Benjamin, 1903 Dec. Comm. Pat. 132, 134 (1903). Thus, attempts to limit an appeal to fewer than all of the rejected claims, either by filing a notice of appeal or appeal brief that attempts to limit the appeal to fewer than all of the rejected claims, operates to withdraw the appeal as to the non-appealed rejected claims and operates as a cancellation of those claims from the application. See Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) Sec. 1215.03. Proposed Procedure: Under the proposed procedure, if appellant clearly limits the appeal to fewer than all of the rejected claims in a notice of appeal, or an appeal brief, the non-appealed rejected claims would be deemed canceled by operation of this action on the part of the appellant as of the date on which such a notice of appeal, or appeal brief, is filed. The examiner should note in the examiner's answer that the non-appealed rejected claims are deemed canceled. However, a failure to note the cancellation of non-appealed rejected claims will not affect the canceled status of these claims because the non-appealed rejected claims are deemed canceled as of the date on which the notice of appeal, or appeal brief, is filed. Therefore, an application will not be returned or remanded by the BPAI for correction merely due to a failure of an examiner's answer to note the cancellation of non-appealed rejected claims. After the decision by the BPAI and the jurisdiction is transferred back to the examiner for further action, or the prosecution is reopened without a decision by the BPAI, the examiner will notify appellant of the cancellation of the non-appealed rejected claims in the next Office action, unless the application is abandoned. For example, the examiner may include the following statement in the examiner's answer or in the next Office action after a BPAI decision: "Claims 4-5 are deemed canceled because appellant attempted to limit the appeal to fewer than all of the rejected claims by submitting an identification of claims being appealed that did not include these rejected claims in the notice of appeal or the appeal brief." 37 CFR 41.31 does not provide for an identification of the claims whose rejection is being appealed. A notice of appeal that does not identify any claims would be accepted as an appeal of all of the rejected claims, unless the appeal brief indicates otherwise.
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Therefore, if appellant files a notice of appeal and appeal brief that do not clearly limit the appeal to fewer than all of the rejected claims, all of the rejected claims would be considered to be on appeal. The BPAI will have the jurisdiction to review the examiner's decision as to all of the rejected claims and all of the grounds of rejection set forth by the examiner. If a notice of appeal does not identify the claims on appeal and its appeal brief contains inconsistency regarding whether all of the rejected claims are being appealed (e.g., appellant lists fewer than all of the rejected claims in the status of claims section of the appeal brief and then lists all of the rejected claims in the grounds of rejection to be reviewed on appeal section, or other sections, of the appeal brief), all of the rejected claims would be considered to be on appeal. If a notice of appeal does not identify the claims on appeal and all of the sections of its appeal brief consistently identify fewer than all of the rejected claims being appealed, then the appeal brief has clearly limited the appeal to fewer than all of the rejected claims and the non-appealed rejected claims will be deemed canceled by operation of the filing of such an appeal brief as of the date on which the appeal brief is filed. The proposed procedure will apply to notices of appeal and appeal briefs filed under 37 CFR 41.31 and 41.37. Similarly, the proposed procedure will also apply to notices of appeal or cross appeal and appeal briefs filed by patent owners in ex parte and inter partes reexamination proceedings. December 8, 2009 DAVID J. KAPPOS Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Status of Public Records Division |
Status of Public Records Division The Public Records Division (PRD) processes and fills orders for both certified and uncertified copies of Patent and Trademark Office documents and records assignments and other documents related to title. This is an update of actual processing times for orders filled during the month of July 2009: DOCUMENT SERVICES Goal Actual Processing Time Certified Documents Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 5 days Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 18 days Patent Copies 10 days 4 days Patent Assignments 10 days 6 days Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 4 days Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 16 days Trademark Assignments 10 days 5 days Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 3 days Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 6 days Uncertified Documents Patent Copies 5 days 1 day Plant Patents 5 days 2 days Patent Assignments 10 days 2 days Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 7 days Trademark Copies 5 days 1 day Trademark Assignments 10 days 1 day Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 12 days Customers should use the above actual processing time for each product as a guide as to when they can expect their orders to be completed. In cases where an urgent deadline is approaching, contact Document Services Customer Service at (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for assistance with a particular order. Customers are encouraged to place orders through the Internet at http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p Orders may also be faxed to the Document Services Branch at (571) 273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may be obtained by calling (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov. ASSIGNMENT SERVICES Submission Method Goal Actual Processing Time Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS) 2 days 1 day Fax 10 days 1 day Paper 14 days 1 day The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for paper documents received in the Public Records Division on July 29, 2009. Customers should use the above actual processing times as a guide as to when they can expect their assignment submissions to be processed. For fastest service customers are encouraged to file assignments via the
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Internet. Assignment submissions may be made via the Internet at http://epas.uspto.gov/ for patent assignments and http://etas.uspto.gov for trademark assignments. Patent assignment submissions may also be made by selecting the "Electronic Filing (EFS)" option at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc. Assignment submissions may also be faxed to the Assignment Services Branch at (571) 273-0140. Trademark assignment recordations may be reviewed online at http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments. Information on the status of pending assignment recordations may be obtained by calling (571) 272-3350 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area). August 5, 2009 MARILYN RICKS-BEACH For Manager, Public Records Division Status of Public Records Division The Public Records Division (PRD) processes and fills orders for both certified and uncertified copies of Patent and Trademark Office documents and records assignments and other documents related to title. This is an update of actual processing times for orders filled during the month of September 2009: DOCUMENT SERVICES Goal Actual Processing Time Certified Documents Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 5 days Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 13 days Patent Copies 10 days 3 days Patent Assignments 10 days 6 days Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 3 days Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 18 days Trademark Assignments 10 days 6 days Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 4 days Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 8 days Uncertified Documents Patent Copies 5 days 1 day Plant Patents 5 days 4 days Patent Assignments 10 days 2 days Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 8 days Trademark Copies 5 days 1 day Trademark Assignments 10 days 1 day Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 1 day Customers should use the above actual processing time for each product as a guide as to when they can expect their orders to be completed. In cases where an urgent deadline is approaching, contact Document Services Customer Service at (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for assistance with a particular order. Customers are encouraged to place orders through the Internet at http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p Orders may also be faxed to the Document Services Branch at (571) 273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may be obtained by calling (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov. ASSIGNMENT SERVICES
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Submission Method Goal Actual Processing Time Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS) 2 days 1 day Fax 10 days 1 day Paper 14 days 1 day The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for paper documents received in the Public Records Division on September 28, 2009. Customers should use the above actual processing times as a guide as to when they can expect their assignment submissions to be processed. For fastest service customers are encouraged to file assignments via the Internet. Assignment submissions may be made via the Internet at http://epas.uspto.gov/ for patent assignments and http://etas.uspto.gov for trademark assignments. Patent assignment submissions may also be made by selecting the "Electronic Filing (EFS)" option at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc. Assignment submissions may also be faxed to the Assignment Services Branch at (571) 273-0140. Trademark assignment recordations may be reviewed online at http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments. Information on the status of pending assignment recordations may be obtained by calling (571) 272-3350 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area). October 4, 2009 MARILYN RICKS-BEACH For Manager, Public Records Division
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Errata |
Errata "All reference to Reexamination Certificate No. C1 7,053,666 to Tak, et al of Seoul (KR) for PHASE FREQUNECY DETECTOR, appearing in the Official Gazette of July 28, 2009, should be deleted since the reexamination certificate has been vacated." "All reference to Patent No. D. 605,783 to Rubern Square, et al of Salt Lake City, UT for ARCHITECTURAL PANEL WITH TRANSLUCENT WOOD DESIGN appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,628,584 to Wolfgang Kabatzke, et al of Gees-Thacht, Germany for METHOD FOR TORQUE AND PITCH CONTROL FOR A WIND POWER PLANT ACCORDING TO THE ROTATION SPEED appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,628,930 to Hiroki Amemiya of Nirasaki-shi, Japan for METHOD FOR FORMING MICRO LENSES appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,629,143 to Carsten M. Hijort, et al of Smorum, Denmark for FUNGAL TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR USEFUL IN METHODS FOR PRODUCING POLYPEPTIDES appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,629,241 to Kazuo Matsuzaki, et al of Nagano, Japan for SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE EXHIBITING A HIGH BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE AND THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,629,622 to Kazumasa Kurokawa, et al of Kariya-City, Japan for LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING MODULE FOR THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,629,777 to Bernhard Erdl of Munchen, Germany for CURRENT-LIMITING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE CIRCUIT appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,630,108 to Hitoshi Ogatsu, et al of Kanagawa, Japan for IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, TABLE GENERATION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,630,213 to Baoxing Chen, et al of Westford, MA for POWER AND INFORMATION SIGNAL TRANSFER USING MICROTRANSFORMERS appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,630,214 to Eiichi Mori of Kawasaki, Japan for AC POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,630,216 to Matthias Radecker, et al of Duisburg, Germany for CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR A SWITCH UNIT OF A CLOCKED POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT, AND RESONANCE CONVERTER appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,630,292 to Shinya Kano of Kawasaki, Japan for DATA RELAY APPARATUS AND DATA RELAY METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was
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granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,630,578 to Mitsuaki Fukuda, et al of Kawasaki, Japan for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING IMAGE OF INTERNAL STRUCTURE, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,630,617 to Hiroyuki Tomita, et al of Yokohama-Shi, Japan for BLUR CORRECTION CAMERA SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,630,912 to Gail E. McGriffin, et al of Summit, NJ for ACCOUNT LEVEL PARTICIPATION FOR UNDERWRITING COMPONENTS appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,631,041 to Masayuki Chatani, et al of Foster City, CA for MANAGING PARTICIPANTS IN AN ONLINE SESSION appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,631,053 to Christopher Amidon, et al of Apex, NC for SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPTIMIZING SOCIAL NETWORKS AND USER LEVELS BASED ON PRIOR NETWORK INTERACTIONS appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,631,217 to Curtis Anderson, et al of Saratoga, CA for SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT DRIVEN RECOVERY MANAGEMENT appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,631,311 to Kunihiko Hayashi of Osaka, Japan for TASK SWITCHING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted." "All reference to Patent No. 7,631,312 to Marcin Sawicki, et al of Kirkland, WA for SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISSUING A MESSAGE TO A PROGRAM appearing in the Official Gazette of December 08, 2009 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
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Certificates of Correction |
Certificates of Correction for December 15, 2009 5,324,566 7,332,582 7,530,644 7,593,337 5,551,197C1 7,337,116 7,531,179 7,593,356 5,599,625C1 7,340,228 7,534,415 7,593,370 5,894,311 7,340,355 7,536,208 7,595,073 6,212,079C1 7,345,373 7,539,675 7,595,078 6,495,217 7,345,380 7,542,420 7,595,089 6,538,908C1 7,347,206 7,547,317 7,595,294 6,664,315 7,354,908 7,547,724 7,595,382 6,818,203 7,356,730 7,547,928 7,595,855 6,899,422 7,363,480 7,549,598 7,596,026 6,909,292 7,363,889 7,550,456 7,596,827 6,920,931 7,364,632 7,550,485 7,597,360 6,938,718 7,365,175 7,551,461 7,597,941 6,947,919 7,367,414 7,553,276 7,598,456 6,952,658 7,370,555 7,556,733 7,598,536 6,953,773 7,375,207 7,556,936 7,598,722 6,954,530 7,382,190 7,557,444 7,598,931 6,964,298 7,389,549 7,559,055 7,599,390 6,966,627 7,392,809 7,560,441 7,600,523 6,970,764 7,404,141 7,560,651 7,600,976 6,973,210 7,406,486 7,562,358 7,601,181 6,982,768 7,413,508 7,565,107 7,601,208 7,013,085 7,413,860 7,565,642 7,601,211 7,030,732 7,414,579 7,566,014 7,601,631 7,039,067 7,421,126 7,566,297 7,601,953 7,045,303 7,421,774 7,567,446 7,602,069 7,068,841 7,425,570 7,568,067 7,602,084 7,072,331 7,429,522 7,568,396 7,602,247 7,075,670 7,429,693 7,569,250 7,602,622 7,079,711 7,430,563 7,569,548 7,602,825 7,093,771 7,438,960 7,569,745 7,602,964 7,118,781 7,442,425 7,571,367 7,603,151 7,126,999 7,442,680 7,572,618 7,604,570 7,130,491 7,444,914 7,572,721 7,604,571 7,130,864 7,457,296 7,572,812 7,604,808 7,141,830 7,460,512 7,575,971 7,604,950 7,145,676 7,462,625 7,578,893 7,604,973 7,146,028 7,462,687 7,579,848 7,605,115 7,146,533 7,462,720 7,580,084 7,605,239 7,146,576 7,465,851 7,583,309 7,605,871 7,148,914 7,471,022 7,583,640 7,607,907 7,154,642 7,471,108 7,583,812 7,608,410 7,159,070 7,474,929 7,584,252 7,608,499 7,160,085 7,478,747 7,584,632 7,609,254 7,168,705 7,481,708 7,585,018 7,609,398 7,169,577 7,484,359 7,585,656 7,609,546 7,170,745 7,488,710 7,585,718 7,611,514 7,179,614 7,489,121 7,585,867 7,612,839 7,181,064 7,490,681 7,585,881 7,615,517 7,203,490 7,490,822 7,585,990 D. 521,944 7,206,986 7,491,794 7,586,715 D. 526,187 7,211,044 7,493,244 7,587,125 D. 538,069 7,213,138 7,495,007 7,587,217 D. 557,067 7,222,670 7,495,070 7,587,500 D. 563,527 7,223,511 7,497,952 7,587,994 D. 566,986 7,232,792 7,499,977 7,588,233 D. 574,226 7,247,194 7,501,780 7,588,269 D. 588,617 7,247,206 7,502,695 7,588,868 D. 592,100 7,257,275 7,509,009 7,588,907 D. 596,237 7,262,166 7,510,671 7,589,505 D. 598,498 7,278,361 7,512,272 7,590,688 D. 599,348 7,281,658 7,514,225 7,590,752 D. 599,503 7,283,476 7,516,191 7,591,095 D. 599,520 7,288,356 7,517,243 7,591,898 D. 601,666 7,302,606 7,521,620 7,592,215 PP. 20,444 7,315,630 7,522,792 7,592,598 RE. 40,817 7,317,815 7,528,860 7,592,897 RE. 40,825 7,320,598 7,528,977 7,592,976 7,323,134 7,529,714 7,593,000 7,332,164 7,530,534 7,593,093
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Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board |
SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
November 30-December 4, 2009
Date Issued |
Type of Case(1) | Proceeding or Appn. No. | Party or Parties | Issue | TTAB Decision | Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services | Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services | Mark and Goods Cited by Examining Attorney | Issued as Precedent of TTAB |
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12-1 | EX | 77466914 | Apollo Real Estate Acquisition LLC | 2(d) | Refusal Reversed | "AREA PROPERTY PARTNERS" [private equity investment in real estate for private equity investors; management and operation of private equity funds for real estate investment] | "AREA" and "AREA" (stylized) [consultation services in the field of public policy planning; consulting services in the field of real estate market analysis] | No | |
12-1 | EX | 77046446 | LG Electronics Inc. | 2(d) | Refusal Affirmed | "STEAM CHEF" (stylized) [electric and gas ranges for domestic use; domestic cooking oven ranges; air conditioners for domestic use; refrigerators for domestic use; humidifiers for domestic use; electric toasters for domestic use] | "STEAM CHEF" [commercial non-pressurized steam food cooker] | No |
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12-1 | EX | 78770866 | Alex Angelino | 2(d) | Refusal Affirmed | "ANGELINO" (and design) [shirts, pants, shoes] | "ANGELINO MY GUARDIAN ANGEL ON THE ROAD OF LIFE" [dresses, jackets, socks, belts, various types of shirts, pants, sweaters, ties, boxer shorts, underwear, shorts, beach visors, beachwear, swimsuits, hats, caps, jerseys, pajamas, shoes and footwear] | No | |
12-1 | EX | 76671520 76671522 | CareFirst of Maryland, Inc. | 1(a), 4 and 45; i.e., requirement to delete "house mark" from identification and whether mark is used as house mark | Refusals Affirmed [marks not used as house marks; requirement to delete words "house mark" appropriate] | "CAREFIRST" and "CAREFIRST" (stylized) [House mark for indicating membership in an organization comprised of multiple collective membership sub-organizations interested in health maintenance, preventive medicine, prepaid medical plans, indemnity insurance, pharmaceutical care, prescription drug benefits, preferred provider organizations, reduced health costs, and programs on fitness, prenatal care, substance abuse, exercise, weight reduction, stress management, chronic illness, disease management and alternative therapies] | No | ||
12-2 | EX | 77450085 77450479 77450483 | PM Investigations, Inc. | 2(d) | Refusal Reversed in each application | "ICIE" (and design of dog) [autographed photos, erasers, highlighters, paintbrushes, pencil cases, pencil sharpeners, stickers, bumper stickers, notebooks, paper, pencils, pens and adhesive note paper] [shirts and hats] [baseballs, stuffed toys, flying discs, tennis balls, whistles] | "ICEE" [watches, jewelry pins; pens, pencils; beach bags; portable coolers and bags; towels; t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, jackets; toys, namely banks, stuffed animals, trucks, throwing discs, tops, rings, puzzles, yo-yos, Christmas ornaments and stockings; performances by a costumed character] | No | |
12-2 | OPP | 91176970 91176993 | Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. Smile Factory, LLC | 2(d) | Opposition Sustained | "SUNKIST SMILES" "SHOW US YOUR SUNKIST SMILE" "SUNKIST FUN FRUIT SMILES" and "NATURE’S SMILE" [all for fresh fruit] , "SMILES" [fresh cut citrus fruit in individual packages primarily directed to children] | "SMILE PACK" and "SMILE FACTORY" [processed fresh sliced apples] | No | |
12-2 | EX | 77093617 | Ashley O’Rourke | 2(e)(1) | Refusal Reversed | "VINTAGE PINK" [jewelry, namely, bracelets, ankle bracelets, necklaces, earrings, rings and pins; women’s clothing, namely, dresses, shirts, pants, jeans, jackets, coats, vests, sweaters, knit tops, skirts, blouses, socks, stockings, t-shirts, sweat shirts and lingerie] | No | ||
12-2 | OPP | 91179284 | Research in Motion Limited v. NBOR Corporation | 2(d), Lack of Bona Fide Intent to Use | Opposition Sustained on Lack of Bona Fide Intent to Use | "BLACKBERRY" [various goods and services in the wireless telecommunications industry] | "BLACK MAIL" [computer software for facilitating interactive communication, namely, chat, electronic mail, voice, instant message, text transfer, multi-media transfer, live collaboration, motion pictures, and sound] | Yes | |
12-3 | EX | 77272318 | Davion Inc. | 2(d) | Refusal Affirmed | "B-FRE" (stylized) [baby lotion, baby oil, baby powder, body cream, body lotion, body oil, body scrub, bath foam, facial scrubs, facial washes, skin cream, skin moisturizer, skin lightening creams, sunscreen cream, excluding non-medicated lip balm] | "BEE FREE" [non-medicated lip balm containing no beeswax] | No |
(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to Dismiss; (MR)=Motion to Reopen; (R)=Request for Reconsideration (2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member
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Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office |
MAILING AND HAND CARRY ADDRESSES FOR MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS For most correspondence (e.g., new patent applications) no mail stop is required because the processing of the correspondence is routine. If NO mail stop is included on the list below, no mail stop is required for the correspondence. See the listing under "Special Mail Stops Applicable To Both Patent And Trademark Mail" for additional mail stops for patent-related correspondence. Only the specified type of document should be placed in an envelope addressed to one of these special mail stops. If any documents other than the specified type identified for each special mail stop are addressed to that mail stop, they will be significantly delayed in reaching the appropriate area for which they are intended. The mail stop should generally appear as the first line in the address. Some correspondence may be submitted electronically. See the Office's Internet Web site http://www.uspto.gov for additional information. Please address mail to be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows: Mail Stop _____ Commissioner for Patents P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 If no Mail Stop is indicated below, the line beginning Mail Stop should be omitted from the address. Except correspondence for Maintenance Fee payments, Deposit Account Replenishments (see 37 CFR 1.25(c)(4)), and Licensing and Review (see 37 CFR 5.1(c) and 5.2(c)), please address correspondence to be delivered by other delivery services (Federal Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL, Laser, Action, Purolator, etc.) as follows: United States Patent and Trademark Office Customer Service Window, Mail Stop _____ Randolph Building 401 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Mail Stop Designations Explanation Mail Stop 12 Contributions to the Examiner Education Program. Mail Stop 313(c) Petitions under 37 CFR 1.313(c) to withdraw a patent application from issue after payment of the issue fee and any papers associated with the petition, including papers necessary for a continuing application or a request for continued examination (RCE). Mail Stop AF Amendments and other responses after final rejection (e.g., a notice of appeal (and any request for pre-appeal brief conference)), other than an appeal brief. Mail Stop Amendment Information disclosure statements, drawings, and replies to Office actions in patent applications with or without an amendment to the application or a terminal disclaimer. (Use Mail Stop AF for replies after final rejection.) Mail Stop Appeal For appeal briefs or other briefs under Brief-Patents part 41 of title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (e.g., former 37 CFR 1.192). Mail Stop Public comments regarding patent related Comments-Patent regulations and procedures. Mail Stop Conversion Requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(2) to convert a nonprovisional application to a provisional application and requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(3) to convert a provisional application to a nonprovisional application. Mail Stop EBC Mail for the Electronic Business Center including: Certificate Action Forms, Request for Customer Numbers, and Requests for Customer Number Data Change (USPTO Forms PTO-2042, PTO/SB/124A and 125A, respectively) and Customer Number Upload Spreadsheets and Cover Letters. Mail Stop Expedited Only to be used for the initial filing of Design design applications accompanied by a request for expedited examination under 37 CFR 1.155. Mail Stop Express Requests for abandonment of a patent Abandonment application pursuant to 37 CFR 1.138, including any petitions under 37 CFR 1.138(c) to expressly abandon an application to avoid publication of the application. Mail Stop Applications under 35 U.S.C. 156 for patent term Hatch-Waxman PTE extension based on regulatory review of a product subject to pre-market review by a regulating agency. This mail stop is also to be used for additional correspondence regarding the application for patent term extension under 35 U.S.C. 156. It is preferred that such initial requests be hand-carried to: Office of Patent Legal Administration Room MDW 7D55 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Mail Stop ILS Correspondence relating to international patent classification, exchanges and standards. Mail Stop Issue Fee All communications following the receipt of a PTOL-85, "Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due," and prior to the issuance of a patent should be addressed to Mail Stop Issue Fee, unless advised to the contrary. Assignments are the exception. Assignments (with cover sheets) should be faxed to 571-273-0140, electronically submitted (http://epas.uspto.gov), or submitted in a separate envelope and sent to Mail Stop Assignment Recordation Services, Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as shown below. Mail Stop L&R All documents pertaining to applications subject to secrecy order pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 181, or national-security classified and required to be processed accordingly. Such papers, petitions for foreign filing license pursuant to 37 CFR 5.12(b) for which expedited handling is requested, and petitions for retroactive license under 37 CFR 5.25 may also be hand carried to Licensing and Review: Technology Center 3600, Office of the Director Room 4B41 501 Dulany Street (Knox Building) Alexandria, VA 22314 Mail Stop Missing Requests for a corrected filing receipt and Parts replies to OPAP notices such as the Notice of Omitted Items, Notice to File Corrected Application Papers, Notice of Incomplete Application, Notice to Comply with Nucleotide Sequence Requirements, and Notice to File Missing Parts of Application, and associated papers and fees. Mail Stop MPEP Submissions concerning the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. Mail Stop Patent Ext. Applications for patent term extension or adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 and any communications relating thereto. This mail stop is limited to petitions for patent term extension under 35 U.S.C. 154 for applications filed between June 8, 1995 and May 29, 2000, and patent term adjustment (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. 154 for applications filed on or after May 29, 2000. For applications for patent term extension under 35 U.S.C. 156, use Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE. For applications for patent term extension or adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 that are mailed together with the payment of the issue fee, use Mail Stop Issue Fee. Mail Stop PCT Mail related to international applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in the international phase and in the national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371 prior to mailing of a Notification of Acceptance of Application Under 35 U.S.C. 371 and 37 CFR 1.495 (Form PCT/DO/EO/903). Mail Stop Petition Petitions to be decided by the Office of Petitions including petitions to revive and petitions to accept late payment of issue fees or maintenance fees. Mail Stop PGPUB Correspondence regarding publication of patent applications not otherwise provided, including requests for early publication made after filing, rescission of non-publication request, corrected patent application publication, refund of publication fee. Mail Stop Post In patented files: requests for changes of Issue correspondence address, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, withdrawal of attorney and submissions under 37 CFR 1.501. Designation of, or changes to, a fee address should be addressed to Mail Stop M Correspondence. Requests for Certificate of Correction need no special mail stop, but should be mailed to the attention of Certificate of Correction Branch. Mail Stop RCE Requests for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114. Mail Stop Correspondence pertaining to the reconstruction Reconstruction of lost patent files. Mail Stop Ex Parte Original requests for Ex Parte Reexamination, Reexam and all subsequent corresponcence other than correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor (see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)). Mail Stop Inter Original requests for Inter Partes Reexamination, Partes Reexam and all subsequent correspondence other than correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor (see 37 CFR §§ 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)). Mail Stop Reissue All new and continuing reissue application filings. Mail Stop Sequence Submission of the computer readable form (CRF) for applications with sequence listings, when the CRF is not being filed with the patent application. MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRADEMARKS Please address trademark-related mail to be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS), except documents sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation, requests for copies of trademark documents, and documents directed to the Madrid Processing Unit, as follows: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Madrid Processing Unit, must be mailed to: Madrid Processing Unit 600 Dulany Street MDE-7B87 Alexandria, VA 22314-5796 Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Trademark Administrator regarding Letters of Protest must be mailed to: Letter of Protest ATTN: Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314-5796 Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Director regarding the Fastener Quality Act (FQA) must be mailed to: Director, USPTO ATTN: FQA 600 Dulany Street, MDE-10A71 Alexandria, VA 22314-5793 Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Commissioner regarding the recordal of a Native American Tribal Insignia (NATI) must be mailed to: Native American Tribal Insignia ATTN: Commissioner for Trademarks 600 Dulany Street MDE-10A71 Alexandria, VA 22314-5793 Trademark-related mail to be delivered by courier or by hand to the Trademark Operation, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or the Office's Madrid Processing Unit, must be delivered to: Trademark Assistance Center Madison East, Concourse Level Room C 55 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Please address mail to be directed to a mail stop identified below to be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows (unless otherwise instructed): Mail Stop _____ Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 Mail Stop Designations Explanation Mail Stop 3 Mail for the Office of Personnel from NFC. Mail Stop 6 Mail for the Office of Procurement. Mail Stop 8 All papers for the Office of the Solicitor except communications relating to pending litigation and disciplinary proceedings; papers relating to pending litigation in court cases shall be mailed only to Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 15667, Arlington, VA 22215 and papers related to pending disciplinary proceedings before the Administrative Law Judge or the Director shall be mailed only to the Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 16116, Arlington, VA 22215. Mail Stop 11 Mail for the Electronic Ordering Service (EOS). Mail Stop 13 Mail for the Employee and Labor Relations Division. Mail Stop 16 Mail related to refund requests, other than requests for refund of a patent application publication fee. Such requests should be directed to Mail Stop PGPub. Mail Stop 17 Invoices directed to the Office of Finance. Mail Stop 24 Mail for the Inventor's Assistance Program, including complaints about Invention Promoters. Mail Stop 171 Vacancy Announcement Applications. Mail Stop Assignment All assignment documents, security interests, Recordation Services and other documents to be recorded in the Assignment records. Note that documents with cover sheets that are faxed to 571-273-0140 or submitted electronically (http://epas.uspto.gov) are processed much more quickly than those submitted by mail. Mail Stop Document All requests for certified or uncertified Services copies of patent or trademark documents. Mail Stop EEO Mail for the Office of Civil Rights. Mail Stop External Mail for the Office of External Affairs. Affairs Mail Stop Interference Communications relating to interferences and applications and patents involved in interference. Mail Stop M Mail to designate or change a fee Correspondence address, or other correspondence related to maintenance fees, except payments of maintenance fees in patents. See below for the address for maintenance fee payments. Mail Stop OED Mail for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline. Maintenance Fee Payments Unless submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov, payments of maintenance fees in patents should be mailed through the United States Postal Service to: United States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 979070 St. Louis, MO 63197-9000 Alternatively, payment of maintenance fees in patents (Attn: Maintenance Fee) using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier may be made to: Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Attn: Maintenance Fee 2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Deposit Account Replenishments Unless submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov, payments to replenish deposit accounts should be mailed through the United States Postal Service to: Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 979065 St. Louis, MO 63197-9000 Alternatively, deposit account replenishments (Attn: Deposit Accounts) using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier may be delivered to: Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Attn: Deposit Accounts 2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300 Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent Depository Libraries |
Reference Collections of U.S. Patents and Trademarks Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries The following libraries, designated as Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs), provide public access to patent and trademark information received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This information includes all issued patents, all registered trademarks, the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, search tools such as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental information in a variety of formats including online, optical disc, microfilm and paper. Each PTDL also offers access to USPTO resources on the Internet and to PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system used by patent examiners that is not available on the Internet. Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information. All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges associated with the use of photocopying and related services. Hours of service to the public vary, and anyone contemplating use of these collections at a particular library is urged to contact that library in advance about its services and hours to avoid inconvenience. State Name of Library Telephone Contact Alabama Auburn University Libraries (334) 844-1737 Birmingham Public Library (205) 226-3620 Arkansas Little Rock: Arkansas State Library (501) 682-2053 California Los Angeles Public Library (213) 228-7220 Riverside: University of California, Riverside Libraries (951) 827-4392 Sacramento: California State Library (916) 654-0069 San Diego Public Library (619) 236-5813 San Francisco Public Library (415) 557-4500 Sunnyvale Public Library (408) 730-7300 Colorado Denver Public Library (720) 865-1711 Connecticut Fairfield: Ryan-Matura Library Sacred Heart University (203) 371-7726 Delaware Newark: University of Delaware Library (302) 831-2965 Dist. of Columbia Washington: Howard University Libraries (202) 806-7252 Florida Fort Lauderdale: Broward County Main Library (954) 357-7444 Miami-Dade Public Library (305) 375-2665 Orlando: University of Central Florida Libraries (407) 823-2562 Georgia Atlanta: Price Gilbert Memorial Library, Georgia Institute of Technology (404) 894-1395 Hawaii Honolulu: Hawaii State Public Library System (808) 586-3477 Illinois Chicago Public Library (312) 747-4450 Springfield: Illinois State Library (217) 782-5659 Indiana Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library (317) 269-1741 West Lafayette Siegesmund Engineering Library, Purdue University (765) 494-2872 Iowa Des Moines: State Library of Iowa (515) 242-6541 Kansas Wichita: Ablah Library, Wichita State University 1 (800) 572-8368 Kentucky Louisville Free Public Library (502) 574-1611 Louisiana Baton Rouge: Troy H. Middleton Library, Louisiana State University (225) 388-8875 Maine Orono: Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine (207) 581-1678 Maryland Baltimore: University of Baltimore Law Library (410) 837-4554 College Park: Engineering and Physical Sciences Library, University of Maryland (301) 405-9157 Massachusetts Amherst: Physical Sciences Library, University of Massachusetts (413) 545-2765 Boston Public Library (617) 536-5400 Ext. 4256 Michigan Ann Arbor: Art, Architecture & Engineering Library, University of Michigan (734) 647-5735 Big Rapids: Ferris Library for Information, Technology & Education, Ferris State University (231) 592-3602 Detroit: Public Library (313) 833-1450 Minnesota Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center (612) 630-6000 Mississippi Jackson: Mississippi Library Commission (601) 961-4111 Missouri Kansas City: Linda Hall Library (816) 363-4600 Ext. 724 St. Louis Public Library (314) 241-2288 Ext. 390 Montana Butte: Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology Library (406) 496-4281 Nebraska Lincoln: Engineering Library, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (402) 472-3411 Nevada Las Vegas--Clark County Library District (702) 507-3421 Reno: University of Nevada, Reno Library (775) 784-6500 Ext. 257 New Jersey Newark Public Library (973) 733-7779 Piscataway: Library of Science and Medicine, Rutgers University (732) 445-2895 New Mexico Albuquerque: University of New Mexico General Library (505) 277-4412 New York Albany: New York State Library (518) 474-5355 Buffalo and Erie County Public Library (716) 858-7101 Rochester Public Library (716) 428-8110 New York Library (The Research Libraries) (212) 592-7000 Stony Brook: Engineering Library, State University of New York (631) 632-7148 North Carolina Charlotte: J. Murrey Atkins Library, (704) 687-2241 University of North Carolina at Charlotte (919) 515-2935 North Dakota Grand Forks: Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota (701) 777-4888 Ohio Akron - Summit County Public (330) 643-9075 Library Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Public Library of (513) 369-6932 Cleveland Public Library (216) 623-2870 Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar Library, Wright State University (937) 775-3521 Toledo/Lucas County Public Library (419) 259-5209 Oklahoma Stillwater: Oklahoma State University Edmon Low Library (405) 744-6546 Oregon Portland: Paul L. Boley Law Library, Lewis & Clark College (503) 768-6786 Pennsylvania Philadelphia, The Free Library of (215) 686-5331 Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of (412) 622-3138 University Park: Pattee Library, Pennsylvania State University (814) 865-7617 Puerto Rico Mayaquez General Library, University of Puerto Rico (787) 993-0000 Ext. 3244 Bayamon, Learning Resources Center, University of Puerto Rico (787) 786-5225 Rhode Island Providence Public Library (401) 455-8027 South Carolina Clemson University Libraries (864) 656-3024 South Dakota Rapid City: Devereaux Library, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (605) 394-1275 Tennessee Nashville: Stevenson Science Library, Vanderbilt University (615) 322-2717 Texas Austin: McKinney Engineering Library, University of Texas at Austin (512) 495-4500 College Station: West Campus Library, Texas A & M University (979) 845-2111 Dallas Public Library (214) 670-1468 Houston: The Fondren Library, Rice University (713) 348-5483 Lubbock: Texas Tech University (806) 742-2282 San Antonio Public Library (210) 207-2500 Utah Salt Lake City: Marriott Library, University of Utah (801) 581-8394 Vermont Burlington: Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont (802) 656-2542 Washington Seattle: Engineering Library, University of Washington (206) 543-0740 West Virginia Morgantown: Evansdale Library, West Virginia University (304) 293-4695 Ext. 5113 Wisconsin Madison: Kurt F. Wendt Library, University of Wisconsin Madison (608) 262-6845 Milwaukee Public Library (414) 286-3051 Wyoming Cheyenne: Wyoming State Library (307) 777-7281
Patent Technology Centers |
PATENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS | ||
AVERAGE FILING DATE OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVING A FIRST OFFICE ACTION IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS | ||
Technology Center |
GAU | Avg Filing Date1 |
1600 | BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | |
1610 | 7/1/2007 | |
1620 | 1/18/2008 | |
1630 | 12/19/2007 | |
1640 | 4/5/2008 | |
1650 | 1/3/2008 | |
1660 | 10/26/2008 | |
TOTAL | 12/22/2007 | |
1700/2900 | CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGNS | |
1790 | 9/5/2007 | |
TOTAL | 9/5/2007 | |
2910 | 1/30/2009 | |
TOTAL | 1/30/2009 | |
2100 | COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SOFTWARE | |
2110 | 8/27/2007 | |
2120 | 6/16/2007 | |
2150 | 8/30/2007 | |
2160 | 8/30/2007 | |
2170 | 2/22/2007 | |
2180 | 9/23/2007 | |
2190 | 3/29/2006 | |
TOTAL | 5/14/2007 | |
2400 | NETWORKING, MULTIPLEXING, CABLE AND SECURITY | |
2420 | 5/29/2007 | |
2430 | 1/20/2007 | |
2440 | 8/3/2007 | |
2450 | 9/5/2007 | |
2460 | 10/11/2007 | |
2470 | 11/10/2007 | |
TOTAL | 6/10/2007 | |
2600 | COMMUNICATIONS | |
2610 | 2/28/2007 | |
2620 | 2/4/2007 | |
TOTAL | 2/16/2007 | |
2800 | SEMICONDUCTORS/MEMORY, CIRCUITS/MEASURING AND TESTING, OPTICS/PHOTOCOPYING | |
2810 | 3/21/2008 | |
2820 | 2/26/2008 | |
2830 | 3/21/2008 | |
2840 | 11/28/2007 | |
2850 | 11/7/2007 | |
2860 | 12/10/2007 | |
2870 | 1/12/2008 | |
2880 | 1/18/2008 | |
2890 | 3/24/2008 | |
TOTAL | 2/8/2008 | |
3600 | TRANSPORTATION, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND LICENSE AND REVIEW | |
3610 | 2/5/2008 | |
3620 | 12/18/2006 | |
3630 | 12/19/2007 | |
3640 | 1/9/2008 | |
3650 | 10/14/2007 | |
3660 | 9/23/2007 | |
3670 | 4/2/2008 | |
3680 | 12/27/2006 | |
3690 | 11/4/2007 | |
TOTAL | 10/14/2007 | |
3700 | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS | |
3710 | 8/12/2007 | |
3720 | 12/19/2007 | |
3730 | 6/4/2007 | |
3740 | 7/28/2007 | |
3750 | 7/16/2007 | |
3760 | 10/23/2007 | |
3770 | 5/20/2007 | |
3780 | 6/4/2007 | |
TOTAL | 8/21/2007 | |
1 Average Filing date of applications receiving a First Office action in the last 3 months. |
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