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 December 28, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print Table of Contents 1361 CNOG  1 

CONSOLIDATED LISTING OF OFFICIAL GAZETTE NOTICES
RE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES
PATENT NOTICES

The following is a compilation of the more important notices and rule changes which have been published in the Official Gazette from July 1, 1964, through December 31, 2010. These notices and rule changes are currently in effect unless otherwise noted.


CONTENTSItem Number/
Range
 
Start Page 
List of Patent Notices 2
Information and Correspondence  
 Address and USPTO Organization Information(1-6)8
 Mail Issues, Office Closures, Postal Emergencies, etc.(7-55)18
 Information for the Public(56-60)85
 Assignments, Powers of Attorney(61-69)127
Fees and Payment of Money  
 Copies, At Cost Services(70-71)297
 Fee Deficiency Submissions(72)299
 Fees, Deposit Accounts, Credit Cards, Refunds, etc.(73-94)300
Patent Applications  
 General Information(95-120)421
 Reexamination(121-134)484
 Biotechnology(135-141)637
 Plants(142-144)697
 Benefit Claims, Priority, Electronic Exchange of Documents(145-157)700
Examination of Applications  
 Patent Prosecution Highway, New Route, "Triway"(158-192)761
 CREATE Act, Examination Instructions and Guidelines(193-205)850
 Computer-Implemented, Computer-Related(206-213)1014
Application Procedure and Rules  
 Recent Notices and Requests for Comments(214-226)1079
 Revival or Withdrawal of Abandonment, Restarting Time Periods(227-232)1175
 Petitions for Accelerated Examination(233)1187
 18 Month Publication(234-240)1195
 Allowance, Patent Term Adjustment or Extension(241-249)1297
 Issue: Fees, Notifications, Applicant Submissions(250-259)1417
 Certificates of Correction(260-263)1432
 RCEs, Provisional Applications(264-265)1436
 Amendments, Drawings, CPA Practice(266-273)1529
 21st Century Strategic Plan, Patent Business Goals(274-278)1560
 Appeals and Interferences(279-292)2018
 PAIR, EFS-Web, Electronic Submission(293-309)2261
 Unlocatable Applications, Terminal Disclaimers, Status Inquiries(310-312)2371
Miscellaneous  
 Disclosure Documents(313-315)2386
 Legal Procedures(316-323)2396
 PCT, International Applications(324-343)2445
 Helpful Hints, Notices(344-351)2523
 Web Content, Internet, and Automation(352-359)2536
 Facsimile Information(360-363)2550
List of Trademark Notices 2585
 Fastener Insignia Register(364-367)2587
 Madrid Protocol(368-376)2593
 Native American Insignias(377-378)2735
 Trademark Classification and Identification of Goods(379-381)2742
 Trademark Post-Registration(382-384)2752
 Trademark Correspondence and Fees(385-399)2786
 Trademark Examination(400-410)2915
 Trademark Information and Services(411-422)3080
 Trademark Trial and Appeal Board(423-432)3124
 Trademark Publications(433-437)3209
Index 3224

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List of Patent Notices
					    List of Patent Notices
		
ITEM	PAGE
NUMBER	NUMBER		TITLE OF THE NOTICE
		
  1	8		Correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  2	12		New Mailing Address for Submitting Deposit Account Replenishments
  3	13		Elimination of Post Office Box in Arlington, Virginia for Patent Related Correspondence
  4	14		Relocation of Customer Service Window for Patent-Related Correspondence; Establishment of Drop Box in South Tower for Certain Patent-Related Correspondence; Hand Carry and Mailing Address for Trademark-Related Correspondence
  5	16		Finance Customer Window to Permanently Close
  6	17		Oversized Postcards Must Be Submitted with Sufficient Postage
  7	18		Post Card Receipt Reminder
  8	19		Use of a Post Card as a Receipt for Correspondence in Patent-Related Matters
  9	20		Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings of the Patent and Trademark Office Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First Class Mail Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.8 and Returned by the U.S. Postal Service
 11	22		Acknowledgement of Receipt of a Patent or Trademark Application
 12	23		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office from Monday, February 8, 2010, through Thursday, February 11, 2010
 13	24		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 21, 2009
 14	25		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 2009
 15	26		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 24, 2007
 16	27		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, January 2, 2007
 17	28		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, June 11, 2004
 18	29		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 2003
 19	30		Emergency Closure of the Customer Service Window on Friday, October 10, 2003
 20	31		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, September 18, 2003 and Friday, September 19, 2003
 21	32		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, February 18, 2003
 22	33		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 24, 2001
 23	34		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday January 25, 2000, and Wednesday, January 26, 2000
 24	35		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 1997
 25	36		United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail
 26	38		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, January 12, 1996
 27	39		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, January 8, 1996 through Wednesday, January 10, 1996
 28	40		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, April 27, 1994
 29	41		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, January 20, 1994 and Friday, February 11, 1994
 30	42		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, Jan. 20, 1989
 31	43		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Feb. 23, 1987
 32	44		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Jan. 26, 1987
 33	45		Federal Government Holidays, 1996
 34	46		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
 35	49		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
 36	51		Termination of the United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
 37	52		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
 38	55		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
 39	58		Office Actions and Notice of Allowances Previously Mailed to Areas of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Katrina
 40	59		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
 41	62		Termination of the Waiver of Provisions of 37 CFR 1.8 and 1.10 for Correspondence Intended for the United States Patent and Trademark Office but Addressed to Washington DC 20231
 42	63		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) and 37 CFR 1.10(i)
 43	65		United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
 44	66		Processing of, and Requirements for, the Filing of Duplicate Applications and Papers in Patent Applications in view of USPS Mail Delays
 45	72		Termination of the Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal Service for mail addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx through 205xx
 46	73		Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal Service for Mail Addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx Through 205xx
 47	75		United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
 48	76		Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
 49	77		Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
 50	78		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency
 51	80		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in Connecticut
 52	81		United States Postal Service Emergency in the State of California Terminated
 53	82		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in the State of California
 54	83		United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency in Los Angeles
 55	84		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in South Florida
 56	85		Business Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations
 57	92		Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy
 58	121		Relief in Certain Extraordinary Situations
 59	122		Rules Concerning Conduct on Patent and Trademark Premises
 60	124		Improved Pre-Exam Notices to Result From the Deployment of the Patent Application Location and Monitoring (PALM) Migration Pre-examination Subsystem
 61	127		Change in Procedure for Requests to Withdraw from Representation in a Patent Application
		
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 62	131		Revision of Power of Attorney and Assignment Practice
 63	162		Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
 64	180		Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
 65	291		Notice of Elimination of Batch Update Practice to Change Power of Attorney
 66	292		Issuance of a Patent to an Assignee
 67	293		Indexing Against a Recorded Assignment
 68	294		Taking Action in a Patent Matter Before the Office by the Assignee under 37 CFR 3.73
 69	296		Recordability of Foreclosures for Assignment Purposes
 70	297		Replacement Notice: Copies of Patent Application Records will be Provided in both Electronic and Paper Form
 71	298		Copies of File Contents Available on Compact Disc Partial Waiver of 37 CFR 1.19(b)
 72	299		Treatment of Fee Deficiency Submissions under 37 CFR 1.28(c) in view of the Federal Circuit decision in DH Technology
 73	300		Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required
 74	301		Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2009
 75	322		Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees
 76	332		Upcoming Changes to the Mailing of Monthly Deposit Account Statements
 77	333		Changes to Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
 78	341		The Fee under 37 CFR 1.21(m) for Processing a Refused Payment may be Charged to a Deposit Account Authorized to be Charged
 79	342		New or Modified Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) User Accounts Must Pass Verification Test
 80	343		Petitions to Accept a Delayed Patent Maintenance Fee Payment where Non-Payment was due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina
 81	344		Changes to the Practice of Handling Patent Applications Filed Without Appropriate Fees
 82	356		Revision of Search and Examination Fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications Entering the National Stage of the United States
 83	363		Credit Card Payments Submitted over the USPTO Internet
 84	364		Elimination of Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Accounts
 85	368		Changes to Implement the Patent Fee Related Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
 86	395		Maintenance Fee Statements are No Longer Being Mailed for Maintenance Fees Paid over the Internet
 87	396		Extension of the Payor Number Practice (through "Customer Numbers") to Matters Involving Pending Patent Applications
 88	404		Customer Number Required in order to Establish a Fee Address
 89	406		Payment of Patent Maintenance Fees over the Internet
 90	408		Changes to Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Fees by Credit Card
 91	415		Fees for Patent and Trademark Copies
 92	418		Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 or Less for a Limited Refund
 93	419		Unpaid Fee Checks
 94	420		Deposit Account Authorizations
 95	421		Conducting an Interview with a Registered Practitioner Acting in a Representative Capacity
 96	422		Notice of Change to Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination
 97	423		Scope of Foreign Filing Licenses
 98	425		Second Extension of the Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program
 99	427		Extension of the Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program
100	428		First Action Interview Pilot Program
101	434		Change in Procedure for Handling Nonprovisional Applications Having Omitted Items
102	438		Reciprocal Access to and Usage of Documents in Application Files of Trilateral Offices
103	440		Changes to the Transitional Procedures for Limited Examination After Final Rejection in Certain Applications Filed Before June 8, 1995
104	443		Waiver of the Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 for Cited Pending U.S. Patent Applications
105	444		Notice of Complex Work Unit Pilot Program Request for Voluntary Submission of Electronic Complex Work Unit Files
106	448		Notice that Lengthy Tables will be Published Differently in Patents, Statutory Invention Registrations and Patent Application Publications
107	451		Request for Alert Concerning Submitted Petitions
108	453		Reminder of the Proper Procedure for Filing Confidential Information Pursuant to MPEP 724.02
109	455		Information Disclosure Statements May Be Filed Without Copies of U.S. Patents and Published Applications in Patent Applications filed after June 30, 2003
110	456		"Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents
111	458		Advance Notice of Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent
112	460		Applicants Cautioned to File Applications on Papers that Comply with Sheet Size/Margin and Quality Requirements of 37 CFR 1.52 and 1.84(f) and (g).
113	463		Identification of Affidavits/Declarations Filed Under 37 CFR 1.131 Which Establish a Date of Invention In a NAFTS or WTO Member Country
114	464		Advance Notice of Change to MPEP 605.04(b), (c) and (f) - Application Data Sheets Are Strongly Recommended When Inventor Information is Changed
115	466		Notice of Change of Procedure for Recording Inventors' Names
116	467		Change in Procedure Relating to an Application Filing Date
117	478		Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in Oaths or Declarations Filed in Nonprovisional Patent Applications
118	480		Information on Oath/Declaration Necessary to Identify the Specification for an Application filed under 35 USC 111 in Accordance with 37 CFR 1.63
119	482		Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications
120	483		Animals - Patentability
121	484		Pilot Program for Waiver of Patent Owner's Statement in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
122	487		Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
123	489		Clarification on the Procedure for Seeking Review of a Finding of a Substantial New Question of Patentability in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
124	492		Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All the Patent Claims
125	496		Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination
126	528		Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
127	537		Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
		
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128	542		Notice of Changes in Requirement for a Substantial New Question of Patentability for a Second or Subsequent Request for Reexamination While an Earlier Filed Reexamination is Pending
129	544		Changes to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical Amendments to the Patent Statute
130	570		Revised Guidelines for Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Prior Art in Reexamination
131	573		Effective Date of the Final Rule Entitled Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
132	574		Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings: Delay of Effective Date
133	575		Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
134	636		Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke or Invalidate U.S. Patents
135	637		Correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
136	642		Notice of Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Application Publications with Sequence Listings
137	644		Revision to the Time for Filing of a Biological Deposit and the Date of Availability of a Biological Deposit
138	655		Changes in the Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit of Biological Material
139	660		Biosequence Internet Filing Related to: 37 CFR 1.84 Form and Format for Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submissions in Computer Readable Form
140	663		Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Disclosures
141	696		Applicant Aid for Biotechnology Computer Readable Form (CRF) Sequence Listing Submissions
142	697		Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights Certificates
143	698		Taking Effect in the United States of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
144	699		United States Adherence to the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
145	700		Electronic Exchange of Non-Participating Office Priority Documents Between the Japan Patent Office and the United States and Trademark Office
146	702		Addition of World Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
147	703		Addition of Korean Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents and Further Procedural Information
148	707		Enhancement of Priority Document Exchange Program and USPTO Declaration Form
149	710		Changes To Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual Property Offices
150	720		Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
151	722		Simplification of the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
152	725		Addition of Japan Patent Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
153	729		Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application with a Non-English Specification and Other Miscellaneous Matters
154	750		Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application Under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119(e), 120, 121, and 365(c)
155	758		Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in Thailand
156	759		Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed In India
157	760		Right of Priority in Patent and Trademark Applications Available in Taiwan
158	761		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and EPO
159	762		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
160	763		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia
161	764		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Austrian Patent Office
162	765		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Austrian Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
163	766		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
164	767		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
165	768		Notice Regarding Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs
166	770		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Hungarian Patent Office
167	771		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and Finland
168	772		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
169	773		Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (Between the USPTO and the Japan Patent Office (JPO))
170	774		Patent Cooperation Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
171	775		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
172	776		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IPOS
173	777		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the DKPTO
174	778		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and EPO
175	779		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Trademark Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
176	785		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
177	791		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP Australia
178	792		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
179	798		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office
180	803		Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the CIPO
181	804		Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program in the USPTO (between the USPTO and the EPO)
182	807		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office
183	813		Extension Of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the USPTO and the UKIPO
184	814		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office
185	818		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and IP Australia
186	823		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office
187	828		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
188	833		Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program in the USPTO (between the USPTO and the UK IPO)
189	835		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office
190	839		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
191	843		New Route Pilot Project between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
192	847		"Triway" Pilot Program among the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office, and the Japan Patent Office
193	850		Patent Examiner Technical Training Program
		
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194	854		Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v. Kappos
195	866		Changes to Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004
196	882		Examination Guidelines Update:  Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After KSR v. Teleflex
197	915		Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C. 103 in View of the Supreme Court Decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
198	937		Examination Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. § 102(e), as amended by the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, and further amended by the Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments Act of 2002, and 35 U.S.C. § 102(g) (revised)
199	950		Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 USC 112,  1, "Written Description" Requirement
200	973		Utility Examination Guidelines
201	985		Guidelines Setting Forth a Modified Policy Concerning the Evidence of Common Ownership, or an Obligation of Assignment to the Same Person, as Required by 35 USC 103(c)
202	989		Guidelines Concerning the Implementation of Changes to 35 USC 102(g) and 103(c) and the Interpretation of the Term "Original Application" in the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
203	994		Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference
204	1009		Examination of Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequences
205	1012		Guidelines on Treatment of Product and Process Claims in light of In re Ochiai, In re Brouwer and 35 USC 103(b)
206	1014		Means or Step Plus Function Limitation Under 35 USC 112, 6th Paragraph
207	1020		Extension and Expansion of Pilot Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
208	1022		Pilot Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
209	1027		Subject Matter Eligibility of Computer Readable Media
210	1028		Notification of Required and Optional Search Criteria for Computer Implemented Business Method Patent Applications in Class 705, and Request for Comments
211	1048		Guidance on Searching and Examining PCT Applications Drawn to Computer-Implemented Inventions
212	1049		Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications for Computer-Generated Icons
213	1053		Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions
214	1079		Expansion and Extension of the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan
215	1082		Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative; Notice of Public Meeting
216	1091		Elimination of Classification Requirement in the Green Technology Pilot Program
217	1093		Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program
218	1097		Extension of the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan
219	1098		Pilot Program for Green Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas Reduction
220	1105		Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan
221	1108		Changes to the Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications
222	1120		Request for Comments on Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing Through the Intellectual Property System
223	1123		Request for Comments on Proposed Changes to Restriction Practice in Patent Applications
224	1128		Request for Comments on Proposed Change to Missing Parts Practice
225	1133		Request for Comments on Enhancement in the Quality of Patents
226	1145		Changes to Information Disclosure Statement Requirements and Other Related Matters
227	1175		Untimely Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) to Withdraw Holdings of Abandonment
228	1179		Revised Procedures for Express Abandonments
229	1180		Clarification of Application Revival Procedures (37 CFR 1.137)
230	1183		Procedures for Restarting Response Periods
231	1185		Withdrawing the Holding of Abandonment When Office Actions Are Not Received
232	1186		Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive and Petitions to Withdraw the Holding of Abandonment
233	1187		Changes to Practice for Petitions in Patent Applications to Make Special and For Accelerated Examination
234	1195		Patent Application Publications May Now Include Amendments
235	1196		Clarification of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Interpretation of the Provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv)
236	1201		Reminder that Rescission of a Nonpublication Request is Not Itself a Notice of Foreign Filing
237	1202		Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
238	1221		Assignment of Confirmation Number and Time Period for Filing a Copy of an Application by EFS for Eighteen-Month Publication Purposes
239	1222		Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
240	1223		Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
241	1297		Treatment of Letters Stating that the USPTO's Patent Term Adjustment Determination is Greater than What the Applicant or Patentee Believes is Appropriate
242	1299		Interim Procedure for Patentees to Request a Recalculation of the Patent Term Adjustment to Comply With the Federal Circuit Decision in Wyeth v. Kappos Regarding the Overlapping Delay Provision of 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A)
243	1303		Notice Concerning Calculation of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. § 154(b)(1)(B) involving International Applications entering the National Stage Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 371
244	1305		Miscellaneous Changes in Patent Practice
245	1339		Explanation of 37 CFR 1.703(f) and of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Interpretation of 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A)
246	1343		Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions
247	1358		Clarification of 37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) - Reduction of Patent Term Adjustment for Certain Types of Papers Filed After a Notice of Allowance has been Mailed
248	1360		Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due and Patent Front Page
249	1362		Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment under Twenty-Year Patent Term
250	1417		United States Patent and Trademark Office Bibliographic Information on Issued Patents and Published Patent Applications
251	1419		Revised Procedure for Recording Search and Information Printed on the Face of Patent Under the Heading "Field of Search"
252	1420		Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by the Office of Patent Publications
253	1421		Processing of Papers Filed after Allowance of an Application
254	1422		Payment of the Issue Fee and Filing Related Correspondence by Facsimile
255	1424		Revision of the Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due Form (PTOL-85) Concerning a Previously Paid Issue Fee
256	1426		Revision of the Notice of Allowance Form
257	1428		Time Period for Paying Publication Fee if a Request for Continued Examination is Filed After a  Notice of Allowance is Mailed
258	1429		Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments, or Petitions after Payment of Issue Fee
259	1431		Change to "Issue Notification" Procedure
		
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260	1432		Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director on Patents and Certificates of Correction
261	1433		Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction When the Error is Attributable to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
262	1434		Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim for Priority Under 35 USC 119
263	1435		Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Web Site for Later Listing with the Official Gazette
264	1436		Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application Practice
265	1462		Changes to Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional Applications
266	1529		Revised Procedure for Preliminary Amendments Presented on Filing of a Patent Application
267	1531		Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.121(c)
268	1533		Amendments Permitted Under the Revised Amendment Practice and Treatment of Non-Compliant Amendments
269	1535		Drawings in Patent Application Publications and Patents
270	1536		Treatment of Amendments that if Entered Would Cancel All of the Claims in an Application
271	1537		Patent Law Foreign Filing Amendments
272	1546		Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Patent Applications
273	1556		Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
274	1560		Changes to Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan (Final Rule) 275   Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals
276	1694		Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
277	1702		Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
278	1861		Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure
279	2018		Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Being Appealed
280	2021		Clarification of the Date of Decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences under 37 CFR 1.304
281	2022		Clarification of the Effective Date Provision in the Final Rule for Ex Parte Appeals
282	2024		Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing Correspondence from the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
283	2025		Extension of the Pilot Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Program
284	2026		New Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program
285	2031		Public Attendance at Board Hearings
286	2033		Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
287	2120		Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
288	2253		Revised Docketing Procedures for Appeals Arriving at the Board of Patent Appeals and  Interferences
289	2255		New Interference Search Procedure
290	2256		Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting Interferences under 37 CFR § 41.202(a)
291	2257		Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference Practice
292	2260		Publication of Opinions and Orders Entered by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
293	2261		Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Contingency Option
294	2265		New Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration Regulations in EFS-Web and Private PAIR
295	2267		Electronic Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted in Application, Patent and Reexamination Proceeding Matters
296	2269		Electronic Office Action
297	2275		Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
298	2276		Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
299	2278		Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence
300	2291		USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References with Office Actions and Cease Supplying Paper Copies
301	2296		Electronic Processing of Information Disclosure Statements
302	2297		Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt Adding Indication Regarding Request to Retrieve Priority Information
303	2298		Retirement of Electronic Filing System - Application Body Extensible Markup Language (EFS-ABX) and Electronic Packaging and Validation Engine (ePAVE) Components
304	2300		USPTO Simplifies Electronic Filing System
305	2301		Legal Framework for Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)
306	2325		Customer Number Bar Code Labels and Papers with Shaded Portions will No Longer be Permitted in Correspondence for Patent Applications
307	2327		Changes to Implement Electronic Maintenance of Office Patent Application Records
308	2364		Electronic Submission of Information Disclosure Statements
309	2367		Electronic Filing System Available to the Public
310	2371		Treatment of Unlocatable Patent Application and Patent Files
311	2383		Terminal Disclaimers Required to Overcome Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejections in Utility and Plant Applications Filed on or After June 8, 1995
312	2385		Handling of Status Inquiries
313	2386		Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program
314	2393		Changes to Disclosure Document Program
315	2394		Disclosure Document Program
316	2396		Interpretation of 37 CFR §§ 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3)
317	2399		Legal Processes
318	2408		Interpretation of Registration of Agents and Representative for Director of Enrollment and Discipline in Disciplinary Proceedings
319	2410		Service of Process; Testimony by Employees and the Production of Documents in Legal Proceedings
320	2411		Cross-Appeals in Patent and Trademark Office Disciplinary Proceedings
321	2413		Duty of Disclosure
322	2441		Responsibilities of Practitioners Representing Clients in Proceedings Before The Patent and Trademark Office
323	2444		Practitioner's Responsibilities to Avoid Prejudice to the Rights of a Client/Patent Applicant
324	2445		Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities With Respect to Applications Filed in the USPTO
325	2446		Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents to the International Bureau
326	2447		USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited U.S. Patent References in International Applications
		
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327	2448		July 2009 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures
328	2452		Sequence Lisitings and Tables Related Thereto in International Applications Filed in the United States Receiving Office329   Australian Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO
330	2455		Arrangement between IP Australia and the United States Patent and Trademark Office Concerning Action of the Australian Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and Preliminary Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for Certain Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
331	2459		Korean Intellectual Property Office to Act as International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO
332	2460		Agreement Between the Korean Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Korea and the United States Patent and Trademark Office Concerning Action of the Korean Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Korea as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for International Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
333	2462		Search and Examination of International Applications Filed Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
334	2463		Notice Concerning European Patent Office Competence to Act as a Patent Cooperation Authority
335	2474		Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Update
336	2475		Clarification of Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
337	2476		Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
338	2480		Notices Regarding Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1)
339	2481		Revision of the Time Limit for National Stage Commencement in the United States for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications
340	2491		Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure; Correction
341	2493		Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
342	2495		Announcement of Certain Amendments to the Regulations Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
343	2521		Announcement on the Starting Date of Operations under the Eurasian Patent Convention
344	2523		Pre-Grant Publication Helpful Hint: File Continuation or Divisional Application with a New Specification and Copy of Oath or Declaration from Prior Application
345	2524		Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications
346	2528		Status of Office of Public Records Services
347	2530		New Product Available from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
348	2531		GLOBALPat and USAMark CD-ROM Products Now Available
349	2532		Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents Removed From the Examiners' Search Rooms
350	2534		Notification Regarding Voice Response System For Patent Maintenance Fees
351	2535		Iraqi Sanctions Regulations
352	2536		Changes in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office Notices and Changes in Display of Patent and Trademark Offices Notices Electronic Official Gazette
353	2538		Notice of Publication of a 2002 Annual Index to the Electronic Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office-Patents (eOG:P)
354	2539		Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office - Patents
355	2541		Most Publicly Available Provisional Applications Can Now Be Viewed Over the Internet
356	2542		Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on the Web System on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Web Site
357	2544		Financial Services Available Over the Internet
358	2545		Posting a List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) Notices on the PTO Web Site
359	2546		Interim Internet Usage Policy
360	2550		Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
361	2574		Updated Lists of Exceptions to the Centralized Delivery and Facsimile Transmission Policy for Patent Related Correspondence
362	2580		Update of Facsimile Submissions of Assignment Documents to the USPTO
363	2583		Facsimile Submission of Assignment Documents is Now Available to PTO Customers
		
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List of Trademark Notices
					    List of Trademark Notices
		
ITEM	PAGE
NUMBER	NUMBER		TITLE OF THE NOTICE
		
 364	2587		Fastener Insignia Register To Be Posted On PTO Web Cite
 365	2588		Fastener Insignia Register
 366	2589		Recordal Fees Associated with the Fastener Quality Act
 367	2591		Request for Information to Aid in the Implementation of the
			Recordation Requirements of Section 8 of the Fastener Quality Act
 368	2593		Change in Practice Regarding Acceptance by USPTO of Bank Checks for
			Fees Payable to the International Bureau
 369	2594		Correspondence With the Madrid Processing Unit of the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office
 370	2597		New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related
			Correspondence
 371	2610		Modification to Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and
			Payment Rules for Certain Madrid Protocol-related Rules
 372	2613		Exam Guide No. 1-03 Changes Affecting All Applications and
			Registrations
 373	2627		Modification to Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and
			Payment Rules for Certain Madrid Protocol-Related Rules
 374	2630		Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and Payment Rules for
			Certain Madrid Protocol-Related Rules
 375	2633		Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid
			Protocol Implementation Act
 376	2694		Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid
			Protocol Implementation Act
 377	2735		Establishment of a Database Containing the Official Insignia of
			Federally and State Recognized Native American Tribes
 378	2739		Establishment of a Database Containing the Official Insignia of
			Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
 379	2742		International Trademark Classification Changes
 380	2747		International Trademark Classification Changes
 381	2751		Request for Suggestions from the Public for Additions to the
			Trademark Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual,
			Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
 382	2752		Changes in the Requirements for Amendment and Correction of
			Trademark Registrations
 383	2757		Proposed Rule - Changes in the Requirements for Amendment and
			Correction of Trademark Registrations
 384	2762		Post Registration: Changes to Requirements for Maintaining
			Trademark Registrations
 385	2786		Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition
			of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the
			Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases
 386	2816		Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition
			of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the
			Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases
 387	2839		Changes in Rules Regarding Filing Trademark Correspondence by
			Express Mail or Under a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission
 388	2845		New Mailing Addresses for Letters of Protest and Native American
			Tribal Insignia Notifications
 389	2846		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on
			Tuesday, January 2, 2007
 390	2847		Requirements To Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application
			Through the Trademark Electronic Application System
 391	2862		Requirements To Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application
			Through the Trademark Electronic Application System
 392	2871		Changes in Fees for Filing Applications for Trademark Registration
 393	2875		The Trademark Operation Will No Longer Accept Responses to Office
			Actions that are Transmitted by E-Mail
 394	2877		New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related
			Correspondence
 395	2890		Correction - New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of
		
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			Trademark-Related Correspondence and Madrid Protocol Rules Change
 396	2892		Reorganization of Correspondence and Other General Provisions
 397	2893		Reorganization of Correspondence and Other General Provisions
 398	2909		Correspondence With the United States Patent and Trademark Office
 399	2910		Amendment of Rule Regarding Filing of Trademark Correspondence via
			"Express Mail"
 400	2915		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
 401	2954		Trademark Examination Guides 01-09 and 02-09 on Deceptiveness
			Refusals
 402	2956		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
 403	2990		Institution of a Fee to File on Paper a Request for Reconsideration
			of a Final Office
 404	2994		Changes in the Requirement for a Description of the Mark in
			Trademark Applications
 405	3001		Changes in the Requirement for a Description of the Mark in
			Trademark Applications
 406	3005		Changes to Signature Options on TEAS Response to Office Action and
			Petition to Revive Forms
 407	3006		Changes to Representation of Others Before The United States Patent
			and Trademark Office
 408	3058		Changes in the Requirements for Filing Requests for Reconsideration
			of Final Office Actions in Trademark Cases
 409	3062		Exam Guide No. 1-03 Changes Affecting All Applications and
			Registrations
 410	3076		Exam Guide 2-06 Geographical Indications Used on Wines and Spirits
 411	3080		Notice of Reformatted Trademark Registration Certificate
 412	3081		Coming Soon: Lower-Cost Trademark Bulk Data from U.S. Patent and
			Trademark Office
 413	3082		Waiver of Pixel Requirement for Drawings Filed Electronically
 414	3084		Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered
			Marks That Include Design Elements from Trademark Search Library in
			Arlington, Virginia
 415	3091		Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered
			Word-Only Marks from Trademark Search Library in Arlington, Virginia
 416	3093		Request for Comments on Removal of Paper Search Collection of Marks
			That Include Design Elements
 417	3098		Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on
			the Web System on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Web
			Site - Revised
 418	3099		New USPTO Policies Regarding (1) Generation of Paper Copies of
			Trademark-Related Documents and (2) Public Access to Existing Paper
			Copies of Trademark-Related Douments USPTO Will Cease Creating Paper
			Copies of Various Trademark Related Documents
 419	3102		Invitation to the Public to Submit Suggestions Regarding Database
			Design Codes and Pseudo-Marks
 420	3104		Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on
			the Web System on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Web
			Site
 421	3106		THE RETENTION SCHEDULE FOR TRADEMARK RECORDS
 422	3110		Proposed Records Control Schedule
 423	3124		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules
 424	3169		Citation of Opinions to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
 425	3170		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules
 426	3194		Public Attendance At Board Hearings
 427	3196		ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AGREEMENT OR ORDER PROTECTING CONFIDENTIALITY OF
			INFORMATION REVEALED DURING BOARD PROCEEDING
 428	3197		PROVISIONS FOR PROTECTING CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION REVEALED
			DURING BOARD PROCEEDING
 429	3203		Standard Form Agreement or Order for Protecting Confidentiality of
			Information and Documents Disclosed During Proceedings Before the
			Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
 430	3204		Effect of December 1, 1993 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil
			Procedures on Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inter Partes
			Proceedings
 431	3207		Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board New
			Title for Members of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
 432	3208		Interlocutory Decisions by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
 433	3209		Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Sixth Edition
 434	3210		Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of
			the United States Patent and Trademark Office-Trademarks
 435	3211		Electronic Publication of the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
 436	3213		Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments
 437	3223		Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Seventh Edition
		
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Index
				     INDEX

				       A

Abandonment:
     Express ............................................................................. 228
     Revival ............................................................................. 229, 231
     Withdrawing the Holding ............................................................. 227, 231
Accelerated Examination .................................................................. 233
Access:
     Application Files in Trilateral Offices ............................................. 102, 145, 148-152
     Patent Applications ................................................................. 237, 277
     U.S. Patent References, electronic .................................................. 300
Address:
     Fee ................................................................................. 88
     For Customer Window ................................................................. 4, 5
     For Service of Process .............................................................. 317, 319
     Office mailing ...................................................................... 1-11
Adjustment:
     Of Patent Term ...................................................................... 243-249
Advance Notice:
     Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page ...................................... 111
     Change to MPEP 605.04(b), (c) and (f) ............................................... 114
Allowance, Papers:
     Revision of Notice .................................................................. 255, 256
     Submitted After ..................................................................... 247, 253
Alternative Language, Examination of Claims Containing ................................... 223
Amendments:
     Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant ................................................. 267
     After Allowance ..................................................................... 247, 258
     In Patent Application Publications .................................................. 234
     Non-Entry if Canceling All Claims ................................................... 270
     Patent Application Publication May Now Include ...................................... 234
     Patent Law Foreign Filing ........................................................... 271
     Preliminary, Revised Format ......................................................... 266
American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 ................................................ 198, 202
Amino Acid Disclosures ................................................................... 135-140
Animals, Patentability ................................................................... 120
Appeals:
     Clarification of Date of Decision under 37 CFR 1.304 ................................ 280
     Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program ........................................... 283-284
     Public Attendance at Hearings ....................................................... 285
     Rules of Practice ................................................................... 285-287
     Revised Docketing Procedures ........................................................ 288
     Signatures No Longer Provided ....................................................... 282
     Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in IP Reexam .......................... 122
     Treatment of Claims Not Being Appealed .............................................. 279
Applicant Aid for Biotechnology .......................................................... 141
Application:
     Amendments Canceling All Claims ..................................................... 270
     Duplicate Filings ................................................................... 44
     Filing Date, Change in Procedure Relating to ........................................ 116
     Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings ........................................ 9
     Paper Size/Margin Requirements ...................................................... 112
     Receipt Acknowledgment .............................................................. 7, 8, 10
Application Data Sheet ................................................................... 114, 277
Assignments:
     Availability on the Web ............................................................. 356
     Facsimile Submission ................................................................ 360-363
     Indexing ............................................................................ 67
     Issuance of the Patent to an Assignee ............................................... 66
     Recording Foreclosures .............................................................. 69
     Revision of Practice ................................................................ 68
     Taking Action in a Patent Matter .................................................... 65
Attestation of Signature of Director, Discontinuance of .................................. 260
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Austrian Patent Office and USPTO, PPH program between .................................... 161
Authorization, Deposit Accounts .......................................................... 94

				       B

Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan .......................................................... 214, 218, 220
Batch Update Practice, Elimination of .................................................... 65
Benefit claims, timing of ................................................................ 237
Bibliographic Information on Patents and Published Applications .......................... 250
Bilski v. Kappos, Interim Guidance ....................................................... 194
Biological Deposit ....................................................................... 138, 139
Biotechnology:
     Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Apps ..................................... 136
     Computer Readable Form Sequence Listing ............................................. 139-141
     EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority ............................................ 334, 336-337
     Sequence Listing and/or Amino Acid Disclosures ...................................... 135-141, 328
     Time Period for Deposit of Biological Material ...................................... 138
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences:
     Availability of Interference Files .................................................. 292
     Contact for Suggesting Interferences ................................................ 290
     Docketing Procedures for Appeals .................................................... 288
     New Interference Search Procedure ................................................... 289
     Publication of Opinions ............................................................. 292
     Revised Docketing Procedures ........................................................ 288
     Rules of Practice ................................................................... 265-266
     Simplification of Interference Requirements ......................................... 270
Business Method Search Criteria .......................................................... 210
Business Size Standard for Regulatory Flexibility Analysis ............................... 56

				       C

Canadian Intellectual Property Office:
     Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program ........................... 180
     Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between .................................... 187
CD-Rom, GLOBALPat & USAMark .............................................................. 348
Centralized Delivery, Facsimile .......................................................... 340
Certain Extraordinary Situations ......................................................... 58
Certificate of Correction:
     Discontinuation of Attestation of Director’s Signature .............................. 260
     Electronic Publication on USPTO Web Site ............................................ 263
     Expedited Issuance .................................................................. 261
     To Perfect Claim for Priority under 35 USC 119 ...................................... 262
Certificate of Mailing:
     Duplicate Papers in view of Mail Delays ............................................. 44
     Treatment of Returned Correspondence ................................................ 10
Certification Requirements Regarding Export Administration Regulations ................... 294
Change in Publication Format of Official Gazette ......................................... 352
Changes to:
     Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program ........................................... 313
     Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence ............................... 299
     Implement Electronic Maintenance of Patent Records .................................. 307
     Implement the Patent Business Goals ................................................. 275-277
     Patent Practice and Procedure ....................................................... 260
     Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card ............................................... 90
     Practice for Documents Submitted .................................................... 360
     Practice for Continued Examination Filings .......................................... 221
     Practice of Handling Applications Without Fees ...................................... 81
     Provisional Application ............................................................. 264, 265
     Representation of Others ............................................................ 62, 63
     Support Implementation of 21st Century Strategic Plan ............................... 274
     Transitional Procedures for Limited Examination ..................................... 103
Cited U.S. Patents, Electronic Access .................................................... 301
Claim Limits ............................................................................. 265
Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application ........................................ 153, 154, 237
Claims, Non-Entry of Amendments Canceling All Claims ..................................... 270
Clarification of:
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     37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) ................................................................. 247
     Application Revival Procedures ...................................................... 229
     Date of Decision under 37 CFR 1.304 ................................................. 280
     Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All Patent Claims .............................. 124
     Effective Date Provision in the Final Rule for Ex Parte Appeals ..................... 281
     Filing Date Requirements of Reexam Proceedings ...................................... 126-127
     Interpretation of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ...................................... 235
     Notice Concerning EPO Competence .................................................... 336
     Procedure for Seeking Review of an SNQ in Ex Parte Reexam ........................... 123
Client/Patent Applicant .................................................................. 322, 323
Closing of PTO ........................................................................... 12-33
Color Drawings/Photographs ............................................................... 277
Comments, Request for:
     Computer Implemented Business Methods ............................................... 210
     Enhancement of the Quality of Patents ............................................... 225
     Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies ............................................. 222
     Proposed Change to Missing Parts Practice ........................................... 224
     Proposed Changes in Restriction Practice ............................................ 95
     "Written Description" Requirement ................................................... 199
Compact Disc (CD) ........................................................................ 71, 348
Complex Work Unit Pilot Program .......................................................... 105
Computer-Implemented Inventions .......................................................... 210-211
Computer Readable Form Sequence Listings ................................................. 139, 141
Computer Readable Media, Subject Matter Eligibility of ................................... 209
Conduct on PTO Premises .................................................................. 59
Confidential Information, Proper Filing .................................................. 108
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005, Implementation Changes .......................... 77, 85
Continuing Applications, Amendment or Petitions .......................................... 258
Continued Prosecution Application Practice ............................................... 272-273
Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004 .............................. 195
Copies of:
     File Contents Available on CD ....................................................... 71
     Records Provided in Electronic and Paper Form ....................................... 70
     U.S. Patent References No Longer Supplied in Paper .................................. 300, 326
Copy Requirement Waiver .................................................................. 71
Correction of Inventorship ............................................................... 277
Correspondence:
     Fee Address ......................................................................... 88
     First Class Mail .................................................................... 10
     Post Card Receipts .................................................................. 6-8
     With the USPTO ...................................................................... 1
CREATE Act ............................................................................... 195
Credit Card Fee Payment .................................................................. 84, 89-90
Cross-Appeals in Disciplinary Proceedings ................................................ 320
Customer Numbers:
     Bar Code Labels No Longer Permitted ................................................. 306
     Extension of Payor Number Practice .................................................. 87
     For Fee Address ..................................................................... 88
Customer Service Window .................................................................. 4-5

				       D

Danish Patent and Trademark Office:
     Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program ............................ 173
     Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between .................................... 182
Declarations:
     37 CFR 1.63 ......................................................................... 117, 118
     37 CFR 1.131 ........................................................................ 113
     Copy from Prior Application ......................................................... 344
     Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in ............................................ 117
     Enhancement of Form ................................................................. 148
Deposit Accounts:
     Authorizations ...................................................................... 94
     Charge of Refused Payment Where Authorized .......................................... 78
     General Authorizations .............................................................. 94
     Mailing of Monthly Statements ....................................................... 76
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     Replenishing ........................................................................ 2, 84
Deposit of Biological Material ........................................................... 137, 138
Design Application with Computer Generated Icons ......................................... 212
DH Technology, Fee Deficiency ............................................................ 70
Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive .................................................. 232
Disclosure Document Program .............................................................. 313-315
Disciplinary Proceedings ................................................................. 316-320
Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director ................................... 260
Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents from Search Rooms ............................... 349
Disqualification of Prior Art ............................................................ 195, 311
Document Production ...................................................................... 320
Documents Required by Office of Patent Publications ...................................... 252
Double Patenting Rejections .............................................................. 195, 311
Drawings:
     Black Ink ........................................................................... 269, 277
     Color ............................................................................... 277
     Corrected Drawings Submitted with Issue Fee via Facsimile ........................... 254
     Patent Application Publications and Patents ......................................... 238, 240
     Proposed Change to Standards ........................................................ 278
     Review of Patent Application Publications and Patents ............................... 269
Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required ............................ 78
Duplicate Papers and Applications in view of Mail Delays ................................. 44
Duty of Disclosure ....................................................................... 117, 321

				       E

e-Office Action .......................................................................... 296-298
Electronic:
     Access to Cited US Patent References ................................................ 300
     Availability of the Official Gazette ................................................ 352-354
     Exchange of Priority Documents ...................................................... 145-152
     Filing of Patent Correspondence ..................................................... 299
     Filing System:
        Availability of .................................................................. 309
        Certification Requirements Regarding Export Administration Regulations ........... 294
        Contingency Option ............................................................... 293
        Legal Framework for .............................................................. 305
        Simplification of ................................................................ 304
     Information Disclosure Statements ................................................... 301
     Maintenance of Records .............................................................. 307
     Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action) ........................... 296-298
     Publication of Certificates of Correction ........................................... 263
     Retirement of EFS-ABX ............................................................... 303
     Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted ............................... 295
Elimination of:
     Batch Update ........................................................................ 65
     Classification Requirement in the Green Technology Pilot Program .................... 216
     Continued Prosecution Applications Practice ......................................... 272
     Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Account ............................ 84
     Fee for Petitions to Make Special for PPH Programs .................................. 165
     Post Office Box in Arlington, Virginia .............................................. 3
Emergency, U.S. Postal Services .......................................................... 34-55
Emergency Closure of Customer Service Window ............................................. 19
Employee Indemnification ................................................................. 317-319
Employee Testimony ....................................................................... 319
Enhanced Timing Control Initiative; Notice of Public Meeting ............................. 215
Eurasian Patent Convention ............................................................... 343
European Patent Office:
     Clarification of Notice Concerning Competence ....................................... 336
     Competence to Act as a Patent Cooperation Authority ................................. 334
     Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot ................................ 158, 174
     Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program ............................................ 184
     Priority Document Exchange .......................................................... 149, 150
     Revision Requirements for Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot .......................... 181
     Simplification of Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents ......................... 151
     "Triway" Pilot Program Among USPTO, EPO and JPO ..................................... 192
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Examination of Patent Applications:
     35 USC 102(d) ....................................................................... 142
     35 USC 102(e) ....................................................................... 198
     35 USC 103 in view of KSR ........................................................... 197
     35 USC 103(b) ....................................................................... 205
     35 USC 103(c), Common Ownership ..................................................... 201, 202
     35 USC 103(c), Joint Research Agreement ............................................. 195
     35 USC 112, Means Plus Function ..................................................... 206
     35 USC 112, Written Description ..................................................... 199
     Including Claims Containing Alternative Language .................................... 223
     Instructions for Evaluating Subject Matter Eligibility .............................. 201, 202
     Nucleotide Sequences ................................................................ 204
     Species of Chemical Compositions .................................................... 203
     Utility Guidelines .................................................................. 200
Examiners’ Search Rooms, Disposal of Paper Copies ........................................ 349
Ex parte Reexamination Proceedings:
     Clarification of Filing Date Requirements ........................................... 126-127
     Electronic Signature and Initials by Officer Personnel Permitted in ................. 295
     Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke US Patents ........................................ 134
     Office Discretion to Reexamine Fewer than All Patent Claims ......................... 124
     Pilot Program for Waiver of Patent Owner’s Statement ................................ 121
     Requirement for a Substantial New Question of Patentability ......................... 128
     Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Art ............................................ 130
Explanation of 37 CFR 1.703(f) ........................................................... 245
Export Administration Regulations ........................................................ 294
Express Mail:
     Interruption and Emergency .......................................................... 34-38, 40, 42-43, 45-55
     Suspension of service to USPTO ...................................................... 46
     Termination of Interruption and Emergency ........................................... 36, 39, 41, 43
     Termination of Suspension of Service ................................................ 45
Extension, Patent Term ................................................................... 246-248
Extraordinary Situation, Relief .......................................................... 58

				       F

Facilities Use Regulations ............................................................... 59
Facsimile Submission:
     Assignment Documents ................................................................ 362, 363
     Centralized Delivery and Requirements ............................................... 361
     Payment of Issue Fee, Publication Fee, and Related Correspondence ................... 254
Federal Holidays, 1996 ................................................................... 33
Fee:
     Address ............................................................................. 88
     Application Size Fee ................................................................ 85
     Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 ............................................. 92
     Deficiency under 37 CFR 1.28 ........................................................ 72
     Duplicate Forms No Longer Required .................................................. 73
     Examination Fee ..................................................................... 85
     For Fiscal Year 2009 ................................................................ 75
     Maintenance Fee Statements .......................................................... 86
     Payment by Credit Card .............................................................. 90
     Payment of Maintenance Fees Over the Internet ....................................... 86
     Replenishing Deposit Accounts ....................................................... 2, 84
     Search Fee, Search Fee Refund ....................................................... 77, 85
     Unpaid Checks ....................................................................... 93
Fees Information ......................................................................... 73-94
File Contents Available on CD ............................................................ 71
Filing Date, Application ................................................................. 116
Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a), Untimely ...................................... 227
Filing of Confidential Information, Reminder ............................................. 108
Filing Papers After Notice of Allowance .................................................. 247
Filing Receipts, Change in Practice ...................................................... 302
Financial Services Over the Internet ..................................................... 357
Finland, Patent Prosecution Pilot Program between USPTO and .............................. 167,
First Action Interview Pilot Program ..................................................... 100
First Class Mail, Returned ............................................................... 10
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Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to PCT Transmittal and Search Fees .............................. 75
Foreclosures, Recordability .............................................................. 69
Foreign Filing License, Scope of ......................................................... 97
Form PTOL-85 ............................................................................. 248, 255, 256
Forms, Duplicate Copy for Fee Processing No Longer Required .............................. 73
Freedom of Information and Privacy ....................................................... 57

				       G

GATT ..................................................................................... 265
German Patent and Trade Mark Office, Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between .... 176
GLOBALPat & USAMark CD-Rom ............................................................... 348
Green Technology:
     Elimination of Classification Requirement ........................................... 216
     Pilot Program ....................................................................... 219
Guidelines:
     Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication ..................................... 234-239
     Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals .......................................... 275-277
     Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment ......................................... 246-249
     Changes in Patent Practice .......................................................... 278
     Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions ................................. 203
     Computer-Implemented Inventions ..................................................... 211, 213
     Continued Prosecution Practice ...................................................... 272, 273
     Design Application for Computer-Generated Icons ..................................... 212
     Evidence of Common Ownership ........................................................ 201
     Examination Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. 102(e) ......................................... 198
     Examination of Patent Applications under 35 USC 112, paragraph 1 .................... 199
     Implementation of Change to 35 USC 102(g) & 103(c) .................................. 198
     Means or Step Plus Function Limitation under 35 USC 112, 6th paragraph .............. 206
     Obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 ..................................................... 197
     Utility Examination ................................................................. 194-206
     Written Description Requirement ..................................................... 199

				       H

Handling of Status Inquiries ............................................................. 312
Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications ............................... 345
Holidays, 1996 ........................................................................... 33
Hungarian Patent Office, PPH Pilot between USPTO and ..................................... 166

				       I

Icons .................................................................................... 212
Implementation Guide:
     For Patent Practice ................................................................. 275-278
     For 21st Century Strategic Plan ..................................................... 274
Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder’s Rights Certificates .................. 142
Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies, Request for Comments on ......................... 222
Indexing Assignments ..................................................................... 67
India, Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in ............... 152
Information Disclosure Statements:
     Filed Electronically ................................................................ 301
     May Be Filed Without Copies ......................................................... 109
     Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ....................................................... 226
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program
        between .......................................................................... 178
Inter partes Reexamination Proceedings:
     Changes to Implement ................................................................ 129
     Revised Guidelines .................................................................. 130
     Rules to Implement .................................................................. 133
        Delay in Effective Date .......................................................... 132
        Effective Date of Final Rule ..................................................... 131
     Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review ....................................... 122
     Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests ................................................ 134
Interference:
     Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting .......................................... 290
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     Opinions & Orders ................................................................... 292
     Proceedings ......................................................................... 286, 287
     Publication of Opinions and Orders entered by BPAI .................................. 292
     Rules of Practice ................................................................... 286, 287
     Simplification of Certain Requirements .............................................. 291
Interim Procedure for Requesting Recalculation of Patent Term Adjustment ................. 242
International Standard Code for a Patent Document ........................................ 110
Internet:
     Biosequence Information Filing ...................................................... 139
     Credit Card Payments ................................................................ 83
     Financial Services Available ........................................................ 357
     Interim Usage Policy ................................................................ 359
     Maintenance Fees, Payment ........................................................... 86, 89
     Provisional Applications, Availability .............................................. 355
     Usage Policy, Interim ............................................................... 344
Interpretation of:
     35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ..................................................... 235
     35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A) .............................................................. 245
     37 CFR 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3) ........................................................ 316
     "Original Application" in the AIPA of 1999 .......................................... 202
     Registration of Agents .............................................................. 318
Interruption, Postal Service ............................................................. 34-55
Invalidate Patents ....................................................................... 134
Inventor’s name, Procedures .............................................................. 115
Inventorship, Correction of .............................................................. 279
Interview:
     Conducting with a Registered Practitioner Acting in Representative Capacity ......... 95
     Enhanced First Action Pilot Program, Extension of ................................... 99
     First Action Pilot Program .......................................................... 100
     Second Extension of the Enhanced First Action Pilot Program ......................... 98
IP Australia:
     Acting as ISA and IPEA for International Applications Received by USPTO ............. 329
     Arrangement between USPTO to act as ISA and IPEA under PCT .......................... 330
     Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program ............................ 177
     Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between .................................... 185
Iraqi Sanctions Regulations .............................................................. 351
Issuance of a Patent to Assignee ......................................................... 62, 66
Issue Fee:
     Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments or Petitions After Payment of ......... 258
     Form ................................................................................ 248, 255, 256
     Payment & Notification .............................................................. 254, 259
     Payment via Facsimile ............................................................... 254
     Preauthorized Payment ............................................................... 275-277

				       J

Japan Patent Office:
     Addition as Participating Foreign IPO in Priority Document Exchange ................. 152
     Electronic Exchange of Non-Participating Office Priority Documents .................. 145
     Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program ........................... 190
     New Route Pilot Project ............................................................. 191
     Priority Document Exchange between .................................................. 145, 148-152
     "Triway" Pilot Program .............................................................. 192
Joint Research Agreement ................................................................. 195
Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejections ........................................... 311
July 2009 Revision to PCT Procedures ..................................................... 327

				       K

"Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents .......................................... 111
Korean Intellectual Property Office:
     Acting as ISA and IPEA for International Applications Received by USPTO ............. 331
     Addition to Priority Document Exchange Program ...................................... 147
     Agreement between USPTO to act as ISA and IPEA under PCT ............................ 332
     Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot ............................. 179
     Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between .................................... 186
 December 28, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1361 CNOG  3231 

KSR v. Teleflex, Examination Guidelines Update ........................................... 196

				       L

Legal:
     Framework for Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) .................................... 305
     Proceedings, Testimony by Employees and Production of Documents in .................. 319
     Processes ........................................................................... 317
Lengthy Tables Published Differently, Notice ............................................. 106
License for Foreign Filing ............................................................... 97, 271
Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities ....................... 324
List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) ..................................................... 358

				       M

Mail:
     Delays .............................................................................. 34-55
     Duplicate Papers and Applications ................................................... 44
     Interruption and Emergency (37 CFR 1.10(i)) ......................................... 42
     Interruption and Emergency Terminated ............................................... 36, 43, 47, 52
     Interruption in Connecticut ......................................................... 51
     Interruption in Los Angeles ......................................................... 54
     Interruption in South Florida ....................................................... 55
     Interruption in the State of California ............................................. 53
     Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings .......................................... 48, 49
     Processing of Duplicate Applications ................................................ 44
     Returned ............................................................................ 10
     Suspension of "Express Mail" Service for Mail Addressed to Zip Codes 202xx Through
        205xx ............................................................................ 46
     Termination of Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service ............................. 45
Maintenance Fees:
     Payment over Internet ............................................................... 89
     Petitions to Accept Delayed Payment Due to Hurricane Katrina ........................ 80
     Statements no Longer Being Mailed for Internet Payment .............................. 86
     Voice Response System ............................................................... 350
Metric equivalents ....................................................................... 119
Miscellaneous Patent Changes ............................................................. 244

				       N

National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
     Program between ..................................................................... 175
National Stage Commencement of PCTs, Timing In US ........................................ 338, 339
New Route Pilot Project .................................................................. 191
Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke Patents, Treatment of .................................. 134
Non-Delivery of Mail ..................................................................... 25
Nonpublication Request, Rescission Reminder .............................................. 236
Notice of Allowance:
     Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on .......................... 248
     Previously Mailed to Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina ............................ 39
     Processing of Papers Filed After Mailing of ......................................... 253
     Revision of Form .................................................................... 255, 256
     Reduction of Patent Term Adjustment for Certain Papers Filed After .................. 247
     Time Period for Paying a Publication Fee if a Request for Continued Examination is
        Filed after Mailing of ........................................................... 257
Notice of Availability of Assignments on the Web System .................................. 356
Notice of Change(s):
     In Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the USPTO ......................... 354
     In Publishing Patents and Publications with Sequence Listings ....................... 136
     In Requirement for Substantial New Question in Subsequent Reexams ................... 128
     Of Procedure for Recording Inventors’ Names ......................................... 115
     To Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination .................................. 96
     To MPEP 605.04(b), (c) and (f) ...................................................... 114
     To "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent ................................. 111
Notice of Complex Work Unit Pilot Program ................................................ 105
Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexams ............... 124
 December 28, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1361 CNOG  3232 

Notice of Elimination of Batch Update .................................................... 65
Notice of Foreign Filing, Reminder ....................................................... 236
Notice of Public Meeting on Enhanced Timing Control Initiative ........................... 215
Notice of Publication of 2002 Annual Index of Electronic Official Gazette ................ 353
Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt ............................................. 302
Notice of Right to Claim Priority:
     Based Upon Applications filed in India .............................................. 156
     Based Upon Applications filed in Thailand ........................................... 155
Notification of Voice Response System .................................................... 350
Nucleotide Sequence ...................................................................... 135-141

				       O

Oath:
     Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in ............................................ 117
     Information necessary to Identify Specification ..................................... 118
Office of Patent Publications, Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 .................................... 252
Office of Public Records, Status of Services ............................................. 346
Official Patent Application Records, Changes to .......................................... 307
Official Closings ........................................................................ 14-32
Official Gazette is only Available Electronically ........................................ 352-354
Ombudsman Pilot Program .................................................................. 217
Outgoing Correspondence, Electronic Notification of ...................................... 297, 298
Overpayment of $25 or Less ............................................................... 92
Oversized Postcards ...................................................................... 6

				       P

PALM Migration Pre-Exam Subsystem ........................................................ 60
Paper (requirements to become part of Office’s permanent records, e.g., legibility) ...... 200, 277
Paper Copies of Patents, Disposal of ..................................................... 349
Paragraph Numbering ...................................................................... 278
Partial Waiver of 37 CFR 1.19(b) ......................................................... 71
Patent Business Goals .................................................................... 275-277
Patent Cooperation Treaty:
     Australian Patent Office to Act as ISA .............................................. 329, 330
     Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents ........................................... 325
     EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority ............................................ 334, 336-337
     Eurasian Patent Convention .......................................................... 343
     Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Transmittal and Search Fees ............................. 75
     Korean IPO to Act as ISA ............................................................ 331, 332
     Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1) .................................. 343
     USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of U.S. Patent References ..................... 326
Patent Correspondence, Electronic Filing of .............................................. 299
Patent Examiner Technical Training Program ............................................... 193
Patent Interference Practice ............................................................. 286, 287, 289-292
Patent Practice Changes .................................................................. 278
Patent Prosecution Highway Between:
     USPTO & Austrian Patent Office ...................................................... 161, 162
     USPTO & Canadian Intellectual Property Office ....................................... 180, 187
     USPTO & Danish Patent and Trademark Office .......................................... 182
     USPTO & European Patent Office ...................................................... 158, 181, 184
     USPTO & Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of Russia .. 159, 160
     USPTO & German Patent and Trade Mark Office ......................................... 176
     USPTO & Hungarian Patent Office ..................................................... 166
     USPTO & IP Australia ................................................................ 155, 177, 185
     USPTO & Japan Patent Office ......................................................... 169, 170, 190
     USPTO & Korean Intellectual Property Office ......................................... 156, 168, 186
     USPTO & National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland ....................... 175
     USPTO & Spanish Patent and Trademark Office ......................................... 163, 164, 172
     USPTO & United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office ................................. 173, 174, 189
Patent Term Adjustment:
     Clarification of 37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) ................................................ 247
     Final Rule .......................................................................... 249
     Information Printed on Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due and Patent Front Page .. 248
     Interim Procedure for Requesting Recalculation in view of Wyeth ..................... 242
 December 28, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1361 CNOG  3233 

     Notice Concerning Calculation in § 371 Applications ................................. 243
     Revised Notice of Allowance ......................................................... 256
     Revision of Provisions .............................................................. 246
     Treatment of Letters stating USPTO’s Determination is Greater ....................... 241
Patent Term Extension .................................................................... 246, 248
Patent Term Extension (20-Year Term) ..................................................... 244, 246
Patentability, Animals ................................................................... 120
Payor Numbers ............................................................................ 87
Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card .................................................... 90
Petitions:
     For Accelerated Examination ......................................................... 233
     Request for Alert ................................................................... 107
     To Accept a Delayed Maintenance Fee Payment due to Hurricane Katrina ................ 39
     To Make Special ..................................................................... 233
     To Revive ........................................................................... 229, 232
     Under 37 CFR 1.181(a), untimely filed ............................................... 227
Photographs:
     Black and White ..................................................................... 244
     Color ............................................................................... 244
Pilot Program:
     Complex Work Unit ................................................................... 105
     First Action Interview .............................................................. 100
     Green Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas Reduction ............................... 219
     New Route Pilot Project ............................................................. 191
     Patent Ombudsman .................................................................... 217
     Patent Prosecution Highway .......................................................... 158-190
     Pre-Appeal Brief .................................................................... 283, 284
     Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art ........................................ 207, 208
     "Triway" Pilot Program .............................................................. 192
Plant Patents ............................................................................ 142-144
Policy; Internet Usage ................................................................... 359
Postal Service Emergency ................................................................. 34-55
Post Card Receipt ........................................................................ 6-8
Post Office Box in Arlington, VA, Elimination of ......................................... 3
Power of Attorney Practice:
     Changes to .......................................................................... 63, 64
     Elimination of Batch Update ......................................................... 65
     Revision of ......................................................................... 62
Practitioners Before the PTO ............................................................. 321, 322
Pre-Appeal Brief Conference .............................................................. 283, 284
Pre-Exam Notice to; Deployment ........................................................... 60
Preliminary Amendments ................................................................... 234, 268, 270, 274, 277
Prior-Filed Application, Claiming the Benefit of ......................................... 153, 154, 278
Priority:
     Claim, when made .................................................................... 278
     Electronic Exchange of Documents .................................................... 145-152
     Requirements for Claiming Under 18 Month Publication ................................ 237
     Right of priority in India .......................................................... 156
     Right of priority in Thailand ....................................................... 155
     Using certificate of correction to perfect 35 USC 119 claim ......................... 262
Procedure for Restarting Response Periods ................................................ 230
Production of Documents .................................................................. 319
Products for Sale ........................................................................ 347, 348
Proper Procedure Pursuant to MPEP 724.02 ................................................. 108
Protest under 37 CFR 1.291 ............................................................... 226, 274
Provisional Applications ................................................................. 153, 154, 264, 265, 355
Provisions of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv), Interpretation of ............................ 235
PTO Closings ............................................................................. 14-32
Publication of Sequences ................................................................. 136
Publications, 18-Month:
     Drawings and ........................................................................ 269, 277
     Final Rule .......................................................................... 240
     Final Rule with correction .......................................................... 239
     Helpful Hint, Pre-Grant Publication ................................................. 344
     Lengthy Tables Notice ............................................................... 106
     Publication Fee ..................................................................... 257
 December 28, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1361 CNOG  3234 

     Publications May Now Include Amendments ............................................. 234
     Sequence Listings ................................................................... 136
     Reminder that Rescission is not Notice of Foreign Filing ............................ 236
     Requirements for Benefit Claims ..................................................... 237
     USPTO’s Interpretation of 35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ......................... 235
Publication of Opinions/Order Entered by the BPAI ........................................ 292
Public Information, FOIA ................................................................. 57

				       Q

Quality Requirements of 37 CFR 1.52 and 1.84(f) and (g) .................................. 112
Question of Patentability for Second of Subsequent Reexam, Substantial New ............... 128
Questions & Answers:
     Facsimile of Assignment Documents ................................................... 362

				       R

Receipts, Paper .......................................................................... 11
Receipts, Postcard ....................................................................... 6-8
Reexamination:
     Changes to Implement Inter Partes Reexamination ..................................... 129
     Clarification of Office Policy to Reexam Fewer Than All Patent Claims ............... 124
     Pilot Program for Waiver of Patent Owner’s Statement in Ex Parte .................... 121
     Revised Guidelines for Previously Cited/Considered Prior Art ........................ 130
     Revision Affecting Requirements for ................................................. 125
     Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings (Jan. 2, 2001)
        Effective Date ................................................................... 131-133
     Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in Inter Partes ....................... 122
     Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests ................................................ 134
Refund of Overpayment .................................................................... 92
Regulations:
     Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration ...................... 294
     Iraqi Sanctions ..................................................................... 351
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Business Size Standard ............................... 56
Relief, Extraordinary Situations ......................................................... 58
Representing Clients ..................................................................... 63, 64, 322, 323
Request for Alert Concerning Submitted Petitions ......................................... 107
Request for Continued Examination:
     Change to Docketing ................................................................. 96
     Final Rules ......................................................................... 257, 264
     Publication Fee and ................................................................. 257
Requirements for Patent Applications:
     Containing Nucleotide Sequences ..................................................... 140
Rescission of Nonpublication Request, reminder ........................................... 236
Restarting Response Periods .............................................................. 230
Revised Procedure for:
     Express Abandonments ................................................................ 228
Revival of Abandoned Applications ........................................................ 229, 332
Rule Changes:
     Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ................................ 286, 287
     Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications
        Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent
        Applications ..................................................................... 221
     Change in Procedure Relating to Filing Date, Effective July 22, 1996 ................ 116
     Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication Of Patent Application:
        Final Rule ....................................................................... 240
        Final Rule with correction ....................................................... 229
     Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals .......................................... 275-277
     Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment Under Twenty-Year Patent Term ........... 249
     Changes to Implement 20-Year Term and Provisional Applications, Effective
        June 8, 1995 ..................................................................... 265
     Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure ............................................ 278
     Changes to Permit Payment of PTO Fees by Credit Card ................................ 90
     Changes to Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit Of Biological Material ...... 137, 138
     Continued Examination Practice and Changes To Provisional Application ............... 264
     Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice .................................... 278
 December 28, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1361 CNOG  3235 

     Elimination of (Final Rule).......................................................... 273
     Cross Appeals in Patent and Trademark Disciplinary Proceedings, Effective
        January 16, 1996 ................................................................. 320
        Duty of Disclosure ............................................................... 321
     Fees:
        Customer Number Required in Order to Establish Fee Address ....................... 88
        Foreign Filing Amendments ........................................................ 253
        Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings ........................................... 125-127
        Legal Processes .................................................................. 317
        Patent Application Containing Nucleotide Sequence And/or Amino Acid .............. 135-141
        PCT Application Procedure ........................................................ 339, 340
        Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card ............................................ 90
     Provisional Applications ............................................................ 153, 154, 264, 265, 355
Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications ........................ 237
Russia, Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks, PPH Program
     between USPTO and ................................................................... 159, 160

				       S

Sanctions, Iraqi ......................................................................... 351
Search Facilities in PTO:
     Regulations, Violations ............................................................. 59
Sequence Listings:
     Applicant Aid for Submissions ....................................................... 141
     Biosequence Internet Filing ......................................................... 139
     Change in Publishing of Patents and Publications with ............................... 136
     Filed in International Applications in the U.S. Receiving Office .................... 328
     Requirements for Patent Applications Containing ..................................... 140
Service of Process ....................................................................... 319
Sheet Size/Margin Requirements ........................................................... 112
Signature of:
     Director, Discontinuance of Attestation on Patents .................................. 260
     Office Personnel - Electronic and Initials Permitted ................................ 295
Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing BPAI Correspondence ............................ 282
Simplification of:
     Requirements of Interference Practice ............................................... 291
     Electronic Filing System ............................................................ 304
Small Entity Status ...................................................................... 277
Statements for Maintenance Fee Payment ................................................... 86
Status Inquiries ......................................................................... 312
Statutory Invention Registrations, Publication of Lengthy Tables ......................... 106
Stimulus Plan, Patent Application Backlog Reduction ...................................... 214, 218, 220
Strategic Plan, Changes to Support Implementation ........................................ 274
Subject Matter Eligibility of Computer Readable Media .................................... 209
Submitted Petitions, Request for Alert Concerning ........................................ 107
Sufficient Postage for Oversized Postcards ............................................... 6
Supplemental Amendments .................................................................. 274, 277

				       T

Tables Published Differently ............................................................. 105
Terminal Disclaimers:
     CREATE Act .......................................................................... 195
     Required, Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejection ............................. 311
Thailand, Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in ............ 155
Timing for National Stage Commencement ................................................... 339, 340
Tort Claims .............................................................................. 317
Trademark:
     Fastener Insignia Register .......................................................... 364-367
     Madrid Protocol ..................................................................... 368-376
     Native American Insignias ........................................................... 377-378
     Trademark Classification & Identification of Goods .................................. 379-381
     Trademark Post Registration ......................................................... 382-384
     Trademark Correspondence and Fees ................................................... 385-399
     Trademark Examination ............................................................... 400-410
     Trademark Information and Services .................................................. 411-422
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     Trademark Trial and Appeal Board .................................................... 423-432
     Trademark Publications .............................................................. 433-437
Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First Class Mail Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.8 and
     Returned by the U.S. Postal Service ................................................. 10
Treatment of Non-Compliant Amendments .................................................... 268
Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke Patents ................................... 134
Treatment of Unlocatable - Patent Application and Patent Files ........................... 311
"Triway" Pilot Program ................................................................... 192
Twenty-First Century Strategic Plan:
     Change to Support Implementation; Final Rule ........................................ 274

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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office:
     Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot ................................... 183
     Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program ............................................ 189
     Revised Requirements for Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot ........................... 188
United States Postal Service Emergency in the State of California ........................ 52, 53
United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in South Florida ................. 55
United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail ........................................ 25
Unlocatable Application and Patent Files ................................................. 310
Unpaid Fee Check ......................................................................... 93
Unscheduled Closing ...................................................................... 12-32
Untimely Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) ................................................. 227
UPOV Convention .......................................................................... 143, 144
U.S. Patent References, Electronic Access ................................................ 300
Use of Facilities Regulations ............................................................ 59
Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications .............................. 119
User Passes .............................................................................. 59
Utility Examination Guidelines ........................................................... 200

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Voice Response System .................................................................... 350

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Waiver of:
     37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by Office of Patent Pubs ........................ 252
     Copies of File Contents Available on Compact Disc ................................... 71
     Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 .................................................... 104
     Provisions of 37 CFR 1.8 and 1.10, Termination of ................................... 41
Website:
     Electronic Availability of the Official Gazette ..................................... 352-354
     Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction ................................ 263
     List of Patents 37 CFR 1.607(d) ..................................................... 358
Withdrawal of Abandonments ............................................................... 231, 232
World Intellectual Property Office to Participate in Priority Document Exchange .......... 146
"Written Description" Requirements ....................................................... 199
Wyeth v. Kappos, Interim Procedure for Requesting Recalculation of PTA in view of ........ 242

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