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 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print Table of Contents 1397 OG 296 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

December 31, 2013 Volume 1397 Number 5

CONTENTS

 Patent and Trademark Office NoticesPage 
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information1397 OG 297
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable1397 OG 300
Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee1397 OG 301
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 12/02/20131397 OG 324
Reissue Applications Filed1397 OG 325
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed1397 OG 326
Requests for Supplemental Examination Filed1397 OG 327
Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew1397 OG 328
Service by Publication1397 OG 335
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication1397 OG 337
Registration to Practice1397 OG 338
Changes to Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs1397 OG 339
Status of Public Records Division1397 OG 402
Disclaimers1397 OG 404
Errata1397 OG 405
Erratum1397 OG 408
Certificates of Correction1397 OG 409
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1397 OG 411

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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
                  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information

   For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1393 O.G. 58, on August 13, 2013.

   For information on subject matter under Rule 39 that a particular
International Searching Authority will not search, see Annex D of the PCT
Applicants' Guide.

European Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The European Patent Office (EPO) may act as the International Searching
Authority (ISA) or the International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA)
for an international application filed with the United States Receiving
Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least
one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States
of America. However, the use of the EPO is restricted. The EPO will not act
as an ISA for applications with one or more claims directed to a business
method. For the definition of what the EPO considers to be precluded
subject matter in the field of business methods, see PCT Applicants's
Guide, Annexes D(EP), E(EP) and the Official Notices (PCT Gazette) dated
May 6, 2010, page 94
(http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/official_notices/index.html). The EPO will act
as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.

   The search fee of the European Patent Office was decreased, effective
January 1, 2013, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1385 O.G. 176,
on December 25, 2012.

Korean Intellectual Property Office as Searching and Examining Authority

The Korean Intellectual Property Office may act as the ISA or the IPEA for
an international application filed with the United States Receiving Office
or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of
the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of
America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1302 O.G.
1261 on January 17, 2006.

   The search fee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office was increased,
effective January 1, 2013, and was announced in the Official Gazette at
1385 O.G. 176, on December 25, 2012.

Australian Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) may act as the ISA or the
IPEA for an international application filed with the United States
Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where
at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the
United States of America. The announcement appears in the Offical Gazette
at 1337 O.G. 265, on December 23, 2008. However, the use of IP Australia is
restricted. IP Australia will not act as an ISA for applications with one
or more claims directed to the fields of business methods or mechanical
engineering or analogous fields of technology as defined by specified areas
of the International Patent Classification System, as indicated in the
Official Gazette at 1337 O.G. 261 on December 23, 2008, in Annex A to the
agreement between the USPTO and IP Australia. IP Australia will act as an
IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.

   The search fee of IP Australia was decreased, effective September 1,
2013, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1393 O.G. 170, on
August 27, 2013.

The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of
Russia as Searching and Examining Authority

 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 298 

   The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of
Russia (Rospatent) may act as the ISA or the IPEA for an international
application filed with the United States Receiving Office or the
International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the
applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of
America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1378 O.G. 162,
on May 8, 2012.

   The search fee of Rospatent was increased, effective January 1, 2013,
and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1385 O.G. 176, on December 25,
2012.

Fees

   The fee for filing a request for the restoration of the right of
priority was changed, effective March 19, 2013, and was announced in the
Federal Register on January 18, 2013. The transmittal fee for the USPTO
was changed to include a basic portion and a non-electronic filing fee
portion, effective November 15, 2011, and was announced in the Federal
Register on November 15, 2011. Search fees for the USPTO were changed,
effective January 12, 2009, and were announced in the Federal Register on
November 12, 2008.

   International filing fees were increased, effective January 1, 2013,
and were announced in the Official Gazette at 1385 O.G. 176, on December 25,
2012.

   The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of September 1, 2013, is
as follows:

International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:

   Transmittal fee

     Basic Portion                                                  $240.00
      Non-electronic filing fee portion for international
       applications (other than plant applications) filed
       on or after 15 November 2011 other than by the
       Office electronic filing system
         - Other than a small or micro entity                       $400.00
         - Small Entity                                             $200.00
         - Micro Entity                                             $200.00

   Search fee

      U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
      International Searching Authority (ISA)
         - Search fee                                             $2,080.00
         - Supplemental search fee, per additional
            invention (payable only upon invitation)              $2,080.00
      European Patent Office as ISA                               $2,419.00
      Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA                  $1,167.00
      IP Australia as ISA                                         $2,084.00
      Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents &
         Trademarks of Russia (Rospatent) as ISA                    $217.00

   International fees

      International filing fee                                    $1,419.00
      International filing fee-filed in paper
         with PCT EASY zip file or
         electronically without PCT EASY zip file                 $1,312.00
      International filing fee-filed
         electronically with PCT EASY zip files                   $1,206.00
      Supplemental fee for each page over 30                         $16.00

 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 299 

   Restoration of Priority

      Filing a request for the restoration of the
      right of priority under § 1.452
         - Other than a small or micro entity                      $1420.00
         - Small Entity                                             $710.00
         - Micro Entity                                             $355.00

   International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated
   with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination:

      Handling fee                                                  $213.00
      Handling fee-90% reduction, if applicants meet criteria
      specified at:
        http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf            $21.30
      Preliminary examination fee
         USPTO as International Preliminary
         Examining Authority (IPEA)
            - USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I                        $600.00
            - USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I                    $750.00
            - Additional preliminary examination fee,
              per additional invention
              (payable only upon invitation)                        $600.00

   U.S. National Stage fees (for international applications entering
the U.S. national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371) can be found on the USPTO's
Web site (www.uspto.gov).

October 1, 2013                                         ANDREW H. HIRSHFELD
                                                    Deputy Commissioner for
                                                  Patent Examination Policy
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
                   Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable

   Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) provides
that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge for the six-month
period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the date of issue of patents
based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980. An additional
six-month grace period is provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e)
for payment of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR
1.20(h), as amended effective Dec. 16, 1991. If the maintenance fee is
not paid in the patent requiring such payment the patent will expire on
the 4th, 8th, or 12th anniversary of the grant.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on December 21, 2010
for which maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months may now be paid
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 7,854,017 through 7,856,665
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on December 19, 2006
for which maintenance fees due at 7 years and six months may now be paid
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 7,150,046 through 7,152,245
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on December 17, 2002
for which maintenance fees due at 11 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 6,493,879 through 6,496,983
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents may be submitted electronically
over the Internet at www.uspto.gov. Click on the "Site Index" link at the
top of the homepage (www.uspto.gov), and then scroll down and click on the
"Maintenance Fees" link for more information.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically
over the Internet should be mailed to "United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 979070, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000".

   Correspondence related to maintenance fees other than payments of
maintenance fees in patents is not to be mailed to P.O. Box 979070,
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000, but must be mailed to "Mail Stop M
Correspondence, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450".

   Patent owners must establish small entity status according to 37 CFR
1.27 if they have not done so and if they wish to pay the small entity
amount.

   The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years and six
months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six months are set forth
in the most recently amended provisions in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g). To obtain
the current maintenance fee amounts, please call the USPTO Contact Center
at (800)-786-9199 or see the current USPTO fee schedule posted on the USPTO
Internet web site. At the top of the USPTO homepage at www.uspto.gov, click
on the "Site Index" link and then scroll down and click on the "Fees,
USPTO" link to find the current USPTO fee schedule.
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Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee
                        Notice of Expiration of Patents
                     Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee

   35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.362(g) provide that if the required
maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge are not paid in a patent
requiring such payment, the patent will expire at the end of the 4th, 8th
or 12th anniversary of the grant of the patent depending on the first
maintenance fee which was not paid.
   According to the records of the Office, the patents listed below have
expired due to failure to pay the required maintenance fee and any
applicable surcharge.

                  PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON November 13, 2013
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                         Issue
Number                             Number                            Date

6,314,579                       09/756,752                       11/13/01
6,314,588                       09/838,247                       11/13/01
6,314,595                       09/521,889                       11/13/01
6,314,599                       09/370,223                       11/13/01
6,314,600                       09/229,888                       11/13/01
6,314,601                       09/405,619                       11/13/01
6,314,610                       09/298,534                       11/13/01
6,314,611                       09/534,763                       11/13/01
6,314,612                       09/522,646                       11/13/01
6,314,616                       09/542,982                       11/13/01
6,314,637                       09/244,965                       11/13/01
6,314,639                       09/028,134                       11/13/01
6,314,641                       09/639,168                       11/13/01
6,314,652                       09/309,044                       11/13/01
6,314,653                       09/333,113                       11/13/01
6,314,660                       09/186,784                       11/13/01
6,314,672                       09/085,961                       11/13/01
6,314,673                       09/502,400                       11/13/01
6,314,674                       09/511,286                       11/13/01
6,314,675                       09/130,155                       11/13/01
6,314,677                       09/695,023                       11/13/01
6,314,691                       09/459,991                       11/13/01
6,314,695                       09/338,398                       11/13/01
6,314,696                       09/275,796                       11/13/01
6,314,698                       09/555,495                       11/13/01
6,314,703                       09/531,776                       11/13/01
6,314,710                       09/144,418                       11/13/01
6,314,729                       09/508,587                       11/13/01
6,314,732                       09/665,335                       11/13/01
6,314,733                       09/160,726                       11/13/01
6,314,734                       09/424,950                       11/13/01
6,314,737                       09/484,110                       11/13/01
6,314,741                       09/284,831                       11/13/01
6,314,742                       09/529,788                       11/13/01
6,314,750                       09/567,495                       11/13/01
6,314,752                       09/464,827                       11/13/01
6,314,770                       09/262,636                       11/13/01
6,314,773                       09/409,760                       11/13/01
6,314,782                       09/631,232                       11/13/01
6,314,789                       09/486,202                       11/13/01
6,314,791                       09/511,686                       11/13/01
6,314,796                       09/319,805                       11/13/01
6,314,803                       09/372,199                       11/13/01
6,314,804                       09/340,109                       11/13/01
6,314,817                       09/636,476                       11/13/01
6,314,823                       09/614,850                       11/13/01
6,314,826                       09/430,115                       11/13/01
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6,314,838                       09/373,325                       11/13/01
6,314,839                       09/723,381                       11/13/01
6,314,842                       09/562,772                       11/13/01
6,314,863                       09/343,521                       11/13/01
6,314,870                       09/609,725                       11/13/01
6,314,875                       09/125,552                       11/13/01
6,314,880                       09/531,752                       11/13/01
6,314,882                       09/556,564                       11/13/01
6,314,883                       09/449,316                       11/13/01
6,314,885                       09/366,456                       11/13/01
6,314,889                       09/591,908                       11/13/01
6,314,890                       09/304,582                       11/13/01
6,314,892                       09/596,263                       11/13/01
6,314,893                       09/491,501                       11/13/01
6,314,900                       09/462,749                       11/13/01
6,314,920                       09/489,785                       11/13/01
6,314,925                       09/110,746                       11/13/01
6,314,930                       09/421,230                       11/13/01
6,314,931                       09/655,340                       11/13/01
6,314,933                       09/489,148                       11/13/01
6,314,946                       09/125,731                       11/13/01
6,314,953                       09/500,785                       11/13/01
6,314,963                       09/440,830                       11/13/01
6,314,964                       09/396,956                       11/13/01
6,314,966                       09/518,728                       11/13/01
6,314,970                       09/465,482                       11/13/01
6,314,972                       09/232,793                       11/13/01
6,314,980                       09/666,665                       11/13/01
6,314,985                       08/837,505                       11/13/01
6,314,988                       09/580,568                       11/13/01
6,314,995                       09/674,016                       11/13/01
6,315,007                       09/816,835                       11/13/01
6,315,008                       09/772,390                       11/13/01
6,315,013                       09/559,482                       11/13/01
6,315,016                       09/482,772                       11/13/01
6,315,017                       09/592,870                       11/13/01
6,315,028                       09/310,282                       11/13/01
6,315,032                       09/751,805                       11/13/01
6,315,039                       09/436,569                       11/13/01
6,315,047                       09/398,699                       11/13/01
6,315,049                       09/401,239                       11/13/01
6,315,071                       09/534,348                       11/13/01
6,315,084                       09/518,721                       11/13/01
6,315,085                       09/635,290                       11/13/01
6,315,086                       09/508,791                       11/13/01
6,315,089                       09/387,533                       11/13/01
6,315,104                       09/296,253                       11/13/01
6,315,108                       09/155,975                       11/13/01
6,315,121                       09/679,958                       11/13/01
6,315,128                       09/438,837                       11/13/01
6,315,129                       08/943,946                       11/13/01
6,315,139                       09/281,123                       11/13/01
6,315,142                       09/499,540                       11/13/01
6,315,166                       09/462,939                       11/13/01
6,315,170                       09/514,876                       11/13/01
6,315,180                       09/527,665                       11/13/01
6,315,183                       09/613,363                       11/13/01
6,315,185                       09/415,224                       11/13/01
6,315,187                       09/404,651                       11/13/01
6,315,190                       09/344,726                       11/13/01
6,315,197                       09/377,556                       11/13/01
6,315,207                       09/421,072                       11/13/01
6,315,214                       09/628,634                       11/13/01
6,315,216                       09/673,023                       11/13/01
6,315,218                       09/446,103                       11/13/01
6,315,222                       09/468,125                       11/13/01
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6,315,223                       09/283,041                       11/13/01
6,315,226                       09/514,982                       11/13/01
6,315,229                       09/537,528                       11/13/01
6,315,240                       09/516,846                       11/13/01
6,315,251                       09/497,831                       11/13/01
6,315,254                       09/459,259                       11/13/01
6,315,255                       09/141,012                       11/13/01
6,315,272                       09/474,444                       11/13/01
6,315,273                       09/571,858                       11/13/01
6,315,274                       09/381,789                       11/13/01
6,315,282                       09/102,203                       11/13/01
6,315,283                       09/310,770                       11/13/01
6,315,286                       09/456,187                       11/13/01
6,315,295                       09/489,832                       11/13/01
6,315,297                       09/421,533                       11/13/01
6,315,314                       09/171,282                       11/13/01
6,315,316                       09/245,771                       11/13/01
6,315,326                       09/356,442                       11/13/01
6,315,328                       09/455,920                       11/13/01
6,315,339                       09/292,515                       11/13/01
6,315,347                       09/592,269                       11/13/01
6,315,358                       09/463,399                       11/13/01
6,315,372                       09/422,064                       11/13/01
6,315,377                       09/201,154                       11/13/01
6,315,380                       08/822,765                       11/13/01
6,315,381                       09/071,138                       11/13/01
6,315,382                       09/212,092                       11/13/01
6,315,383                       09/470,928                       11/13/01
6,315,384                       09/604,306                       11/13/01
6,315,392                       09/502,189                       11/13/01
6,315,393                       09/302,549                       11/13/01
6,315,397                       09/736,653                       11/13/01
6,315,398                       07/963,969                       11/13/01
6,315,399                       09/575,142                       11/13/01
6,315,400                       09/242,964                       11/13/01
6,315,401                       09/271,829                       11/13/01
6,315,404                       09/469,128                       11/13/01
6,315,412                       09/555,736                       11/13/01
6,315,415                       09/259,580                       11/13/01
6,315,420                       09/571,878                       11/13/01
6,315,433                       09/296,009                       11/13/01
6,315,445                       09/745,704                       11/13/01
6,315,454                       09/518,376                       11/13/01
6,315,465                       09/466,926                       11/13/01
6,315,466                       09/338,736                       11/13/01
6,315,467                       09/527,220                       11/13/01
6,315,469                       09/487,765                       11/13/01
6,315,470                       09/665,762                       11/13/01
6,315,471                       09/417,330                       11/13/01
6,315,473                       09/490,737                       11/13/01
6,315,474                       09/183,872                       11/13/01
6,315,476                       09/428,081                       11/13/01
6,315,481                       08/684,098                       11/13/01
6,315,499                       09/283,943                       11/13/01
6,315,503                       09/381,436                       11/13/01
6,315,505                       09/174,887                       11/13/01
6,315,508                       09/110,382                       11/13/01
6,315,512                       09/200,660                       11/13/01
6,315,513                       09/401,527                       11/13/01
6,315,521                       09/565,124                       11/13/01
6,315,529                       09/565,405                       11/13/01
6,315,542                       09/259,859                       11/13/01
6,315,545                       09/382,148                       11/13/01
6,315,556                       09/509,370                       11/13/01
6,315,560                       09/399,031                       11/13/01
6,315,578                       09/469,694                       11/13/01
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6,315,591                       09/768,875                       11/13/01
6,315,594                       09/151,800                       11/13/01
6,315,599                       09/103,332                       11/13/01
6,315,600                       09/507,970                       11/13/01
6,315,607                       09/597,847                       11/13/01
6,315,609                       09/639,977                       11/13/01
6,315,617                       09/166,952                       11/13/01
6,315,618                       09/618,164                       11/13/01
6,315,619                       09/556,866                       11/13/01
6,315,625                       09/445,739                       11/13/01
6,315,629                       09/481,313                       11/13/01
6,315,636                       09/483,906                       11/13/01
6,315,645                       09/291,788                       11/13/01
6,315,671                       09/367,165                       11/13/01
6,315,673                       09/412,960                       11/13/01
6,315,678                       09/206,804                       11/13/01
6,315,684                       09/371,994                       11/13/01
6,315,685                       09/644,407                       11/13/01
6,315,689                       09/476,616                       11/13/01
6,315,690                       09/541,730                       11/13/01
6,315,691                       09/579,459                       11/13/01
6,315,694                       09/463,493                       11/13/01
6,315,698                       09/688,524                       11/13/01
6,315,699                       09/549,083                       11/13/01
6,315,700                       09/059,639                       11/13/01
6,315,701                       09/196,714                       11/13/01
6,315,704                       09/538,902                       11/13/01
6,315,718                       09/654,400                       11/13/01
6,315,739                       09/407,187                       11/13/01
6,315,745                       09/559,682                       11/13/01
6,315,749                       09/618,153                       11/13/01
6,315,761                       09/408,776                       11/13/01
6,315,780                       09/290,644                       11/13/01
6,315,784                       09/244,085                       11/13/01
6,315,790                       09/327,234                       11/13/01
6,315,794                       09/335,599                       11/13/01
6,315,800                       09/293,584                       11/13/01
6,315,802                       09/308,523                       11/13/01
6,315,807                       09/536,752                       11/13/01
6,315,808                       09/397,032                       11/13/01
6,315,818                       09/482,890                       11/13/01
6,315,821                       09/758,888                       11/13/01
6,315,827                       09/410,723                       11/13/01
6,315,829                       09/568,204                       11/13/01
6,315,833                       09/346,657                       11/13/01
6,315,836                       09/351,288                       11/13/01
6,315,843                       09/454,640                       11/13/01
6,315,856                       09/271,912                       11/13/01
6,315,859                       09/456,218                       11/13/01
6,315,862                       08/404,908                       11/13/01
6,315,880                       08/953,864                       11/13/01
6,315,884                       09/508,114                       11/13/01
6,315,892                       09/688,167                       11/13/01
6,315,896                       09/603,319                       11/13/01
6,315,900                       09/324,527                       11/13/01
6,315,903                       09/535,640                       11/13/01
6,315,904                       09/364,126                       11/13/01
6,315,911                       09/635,009                       11/13/01
6,315,914                       09/112,835                       11/13/01
6,315,926                       09/353,607                       11/13/01
6,315,928                       09/786,206                       11/13/01
6,315,934                       09/411,994                       11/13/01
6,315,951                       09/315,276                       11/13/01
6,315,953                       09/240,931                       11/13/01
6,315,959                       09/882,333                       11/13/01
6,315,960                       09/359,412                       11/13/01
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 305 

6,315,967                       09/615,308                       11/13/01
6,315,968                       08/374,462                       11/13/01
6,315,971                       08/826,979                       11/13/01
6,315,978                       09/202,328                       11/13/01
6,315,984                       09/388,344                       11/13/01
6,315,991                       09/275,303                       11/13/01
6,315,994                       09/758,793                       11/13/01
6,315,995                       09/053,871                       11/13/01
6,315,996                       09/289,684                       11/13/01
6,315,997                       08/976,288                       11/13/01
6,315,998                       09/504,505                       11/13/01
6,316,001                       09/480,745                       11/13/01
6,316,004                       08/264,042                       11/13/01
6,316,009                       09/284,026                       11/13/01
6,316,011                       09/368,440                       11/13/01
6,316,014                       09/214,075                       11/13/01
6,316,015                       09/240,626                       11/13/01
6,316,018                       09/491,152                       11/13/01
6,316,020                       09/629,587                       11/13/01
6,316,029                       09/572,961                       11/13/01
6,316,031                       09/469,478                       11/13/01
6,316,032                       09/355,982                       11/13/01
6,316,034                       09/231,287                       11/13/01
6,316,036                       09/400,806                       11/13/01
6,316,041                       09/427,297                       11/13/01
6,316,045                       09/614,591                       11/13/01
6,316,046                       09/230,919                       11/13/01
6,316,053                       09/606,261                       11/13/01
6,316,059                       08/573,921                       11/13/01
6,316,065                       09/284,077                       11/13/01
6,316,066                       09/522,708                       11/13/01
6,316,067                       08/191,886                       11/13/01
6,316,070                       09/088,011                       11/13/01
6,316,077                       09/337,615                       11/13/01
6,316,079                       09/057,234                       11/13/01
6,316,090                       08/994,776                       11/13/01
6,316,119                       09/250,527                       11/13/01
6,316,124                       09/482,053                       11/13/01
6,316,131                       09/153,087                       11/13/01
6,316,139                       09/238,740                       11/13/01
6,316,141                       09/419,940                       11/13/01
6,316,145                       09/308,622                       11/13/01
6,316,148                       09/653,099                       11/13/01
6,316,151                       09/442,983                       11/13/01
6,316,161                       09/388,551                       11/13/01
6,316,166                       09/342,901                       11/13/01
6,316,172                       09/401,330                       11/13/01
6,316,180                       08/880,353                       11/13/01
6,316,182                       07/913,121                       11/13/01
6,316,188                       09/162,274                       11/13/01
6,316,196                       09/485,636                       11/13/01
6,316,204                       09/454,854                       11/13/01
6,316,207                       09/284,900                       11/13/01
6,316,209                       08/937,955                       11/13/01
6,316,214                       09/309,947                       11/13/01
6,316,218                       09/056,868                       11/13/01
6,316,219                       09/160,119                       11/13/01
6,316,231                       09/393,665                       11/13/01
6,316,239                       09/577,796                       11/13/01
6,316,247                       09/333,532                       11/13/01
6,316,251                       09/147,236                       11/13/01
6,316,256                       09/476,828                       11/13/01
6,316,257                       08/793,707                       11/13/01
6,316,261                       09/253,977                       11/13/01
6,316,265                       09/399,219                       11/13/01
6,316,283                       09/258,277                       11/13/01
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 306 

6,316,285                       09/392,201                       11/13/01
6,316,290                       09/626,042                       11/13/01
6,316,292                       09/394,180                       11/13/01
6,316,296                       09/536,681                       11/13/01
6,316,305                       09/195,163                       11/13/01
6,316,307                       09/608,891                       11/13/01
6,316,308                       09/539,641                       11/13/01
6,316,312                       09/730,648                       11/13/01
6,316,313                       09/717,002                       11/13/01
6,316,324                       08/741,774                       11/13/01
6,316,327                       09/399,586                       11/13/01
6,316,334                       09/642,394                       11/13/01
6,316,335                       09/419,007                       11/13/01
6,316,336                       09/516,009                       11/13/01
6,316,346                       09/654,868                       11/13/01
6,316,349                       09/438,048                       11/13/01
6,316,353                       09/252,427                       11/13/01
6,316,355                       09/339,830                       11/13/01
6,316,357                       08/947,381                       11/13/01
6,316,360                       09/150,445                       11/13/01
6,316,370                       09/644,699                       11/13/01
6,316,372                       09/057,153                       11/13/01
6,316,377                       09/393,990                       11/13/01
6,316,379                       09/332,443                       11/13/01
6,316,385                       09/689,666                       11/13/01
6,316,387                       08/907,652                       11/13/01
6,316,396                       09/288,632                       11/13/01
6,316,397                       09/445,325                       11/13/01
6,316,400                       09/509,915                       11/13/01
6,316,403                       09/269,426                       11/13/01
6,316,411                       09/477,100                       11/13/01
6,316,412                       09/201,970                       11/13/01
6,316,414                       09/629,371                       11/13/01
6,316,417                       09/509,973                       11/13/01
6,316,418                       09/302,629                       11/13/01
6,316,419                       08/909,496                       11/13/01
6,316,420                       09/123,485                       11/13/01
6,316,423                       09/155,931                       11/13/01
6,316,424                       09/483,150                       11/13/01
6,316,427                       09/543,096                       11/13/01
6,316,428                       09/383,779                       11/13/01
6,316,432                       09/516,359                       11/13/01
6,316,446                       09/423,965                       11/13/01
6,316,462                       09/289,255                       11/13/01
6,316,467                       09/193,026                       11/13/01
6,316,469                       09/516,961                       11/13/01
6,316,473                       09/402,469                       11/13/01
6,316,476                       08/685,211                       11/13/01
6,316,482                       09/614,132                       11/13/01
6,316,484                       09/633,740                       11/13/01
6,316,486                       08/945,664                       11/13/01
6,316,490                       08/860,954                       11/13/01
6,316,500                       09/225,629                       11/13/01
6,316,501                       09/436,761                       11/13/01
6,316,503                       09/525,861                       11/13/01
6,316,505                       09/369,010                       11/13/01
6,316,508                       09/721,764                       11/13/01
6,316,517                       09/378,437                       11/13/01
6,316,521                       09/722,969                       11/13/01
6,316,528                       09/341,289                       11/13/01
6,316,531                       09/711,911                       11/13/01
6,316,536                       09/306,050                       11/13/01
6,316,543                       09/032,518                       11/13/01
6,316,545                       09/465,747                       11/13/01
6,316,549                       08/979,484                       11/13/01
6,316,557                       09/308,129                       11/13/01
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 307 

6,316,558                       09/039,495                       11/13/01
6,316,560                       09/331,133                       11/13/01
6,316,565                       08/896,768                       11/13/01
6,316,572                       09/472,189                       11/13/01
6,316,573                       09/125,735                       11/13/01
6,316,574                       09/581,838                       11/13/01
6,316,577                       09/480,636                       11/13/01
6,316,580                       09/674,396                       11/13/01
6,316,585                       09/488,040                       11/13/01
6,316,586                       09/638,356                       11/13/01
6,316,591                       09/308,057                       11/13/01
6,316,594                       09/381,601                       11/13/01
6,316,602                       08/237,129                       11/13/01
6,316,611                       08/940,035                       11/13/01
6,316,613                       08/910,483                       11/13/01
6,316,614                       08/475,823                       11/13/01
6,316,615                       09/323,478                       11/13/01
6,316,619                       08/889,895                       11/13/01
6,316,625                       09/621,681                       11/13/01
6,316,628                       09/342,149                       11/13/01
6,316,634                       09/805,516                       11/13/01
6,316,636                       08/608,519                       11/13/01
6,316,644                       09/647,483                       11/13/01
6,316,648                       09/309,423                       11/13/01
6,316,657                       09/525,319                       11/13/01
6,316,659                       09/508,008                       11/13/01
6,316,660                       08/908,430                       11/13/01
6,316,666                       09/495,951                       11/13/01
6,316,684                       09/387,802                       11/13/01
6,316,688                       09/067,167                       11/13/01
6,316,692                       09/191,920                       11/13/01
6,316,693                       09/162,098                       11/13/01
6,316,695                       09/296,754                       11/13/01
6,316,707                       09/712,102                       11/13/01
6,316,709                       09/645,263                       11/13/01
6,316,710                       09/406,459                       11/13/01
6,316,713                       09/189,007                       11/13/01
6,316,717                       09/505,324                       11/13/01
6,316,719                       09/504,168                       11/13/01
6,316,720                       09/436,405                       11/13/01
6,316,728                       09/478,583                       11/13/01
6,316,729                       09/461,178                       11/13/01
6,316,732                       09/420,279                       11/13/01
6,316,734                       09/519,682                       11/13/01
6,316,741                       09/325,553                       11/13/01
6,316,747                       09/623,841                       11/13/01
6,316,751                       09/498,436                       11/13/01
6,316,754                       09/462,402                       11/13/01
6,316,759                       09/729,134                       11/13/01
6,316,761                       09/443,336                       11/13/01
6,316,763                       09/101,719                       11/13/01
6,316,765                       09/708,287                       11/13/01
6,316,767                       09/398,264                       11/13/01
6,316,771                       06/282,558                       11/13/01
6,316,779                       09/434,100                       11/13/01
6,316,783                       09/568,046                       11/13/01
6,316,787                       08/862,895                       11/13/01
6,316,795                       09/541,737                       11/13/01
6,316,802                       09/282,091                       11/13/01
6,316,808                       09/130,356                       11/13/01
6,316,823                       09/339,718                       11/13/01
6,316,824                       09/429,392                       11/13/01
6,316,826                       09/408,875                       11/13/01
6,316,830                       09/464,562                       11/13/01
6,316,832                       09/190,287                       11/13/01
6,316,840                       09/625,541                       11/13/01
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 308 

6,316,847                       09/439,306                       11/13/01
6,316,849                       09/507,824                       11/13/01
6,316,850                       09/491,777                       11/13/01
6,316,856                       09/521,508                       11/13/01
6,316,858                       09/423,084                       11/13/01
6,316,859                       09/653,588                       11/13/01
6,316,873                       09/131,339                       11/13/01
6,316,883                       09/627,460                       11/13/01
6,316,894                       09/355,985                       11/13/01
6,316,902                       09/455,411                       11/13/01
6,316,908                       09/731,967                       11/13/01
6,316,910                       09/723,441                       11/13/01
6,316,912                       09/627,189                       11/13/01
6,316,921                       09/612,457                       11/13/01
6,316,933                       09/384,711                       11/13/01
6,316,937                       09/417,554                       11/13/01
6,316,941                       09/513,062                       11/13/01
6,316,951                       09/119,656                       11/13/01
6,316,952                       09/310,374                       11/13/01
6,316,953                       09/364,600                       11/13/01
6,316,969                       09/258,739                       11/13/01
6,316,973                       09/491,150                       11/13/01
6,316,997                       09/535,265                       11/13/01
6,317,023                       09/419,681                       11/13/01
6,317,024                       09/635,774                       11/13/01
6,317,027                       09/229,146                       11/13/01
6,317,036                       09/482,012                       11/13/01
6,317,038                       09/600,505                       11/13/01
6,317,048                       09/662,742                       11/13/01
6,317,076                       09/660,510                       11/13/01
6,317,088                       09/586,027                       11/13/01
6,317,089                       09/471,537                       11/13/01
6,317,091                       09/406,702                       11/13/01
6,317,093                       09/635,937                       11/13/01
6,317,094                       09/316,942                       11/13/01
6,317,097                       09/436,144                       11/13/01
6,317,101                       09/591,312                       11/13/01
6,317,102                       09/623,463                       11/13/01
6,317,103                       09/312,932                       11/13/01
6,317,105                       09/361,408                       11/13/01
6,317,106                       09/057,519                       11/13/01
6,317,108                       09/557,627                       11/13/01
6,317,112                       09/045,253                       11/13/01
6,317,124                       09/834,316                       11/13/01
6,317,128                       08/978,524                       11/13/01
6,317,129                       09/049,047                       11/13/01
6,317,136                       09/222,941                       11/13/01
6,317,139                       09/047,586                       11/13/01
6,317,140                       09/365,657                       11/13/01
6,317,147                       09/592,265                       11/13/01
6,317,158                       09/177,830                       11/13/01
6,317,163                       09/183,372                       11/13/01
6,317,168                       09/222,723                       11/13/01
6,317,176                       09/442,005                       11/13/01
6,317,194                       09/390,291                       11/13/01
6,317,196                       09/209,270                       11/13/01
6,317,198                       09/345,758                       11/13/01
6,317,199                       09/083,963                       11/13/01
6,317,200                       09/548,918                       11/13/01
6,317,205                       09/835,346                       11/13/01
6,317,209                       09/458,561                       11/13/01
6,317,211                       09/352,296                       11/13/01
6,317,219                       09/162,136                       11/13/01
6,317,238                       08/883,192                       11/13/01
6,317,252                       09/226,805                       11/13/01
6,317,260                       09/585,647                       11/13/01
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 309 

6,317,268                       09/448,214                       11/13/01
6,317,281                       08/573,582                       11/13/01
6,317,287                       08/629,414                       11/13/01
6,317,293                       09/264,098                       11/13/01
6,317,301                       09/116,526                       11/13/01
6,317,307                       09/167,756                       11/13/01
6,317,309                       09/108,895                       11/13/01
6,317,315                       09/406,130                       11/13/01
6,317,319                       09/626,204                       11/13/01
6,317,321                       08/868,587                       11/13/01
6,317,322                       09/640,460                       11/13/01
6,317,323                       09/474,578                       11/13/01
6,317,328                       09/825,975                       11/13/01
6,317,329                       09/191,301                       11/13/01
6,317,330                       09/504,303                       11/13/01
6,317,332                       09/402,566                       11/13/01
6,317,334                       09/318,595                       11/13/01
6,317,345                       09/253,332                       11/13/01
6,317,346                       09/709,140                       11/13/01
6,317,350                       09/595,850                       11/13/01
6,317,356                       09/693,764                       11/13/01
6,317,357                       09/328,074                       11/13/01
6,317,358                       09/632,265                       11/13/01
6,317,359                       09/605,113                       11/13/01
6,317,361                       09/761,148                       11/13/01
6,317,362                       09/614,778                       11/13/01
6,317,363                       09/687,986                       11/13/01
6,317,364                       09/688,061                       11/13/01
6,317,365                       09/332,875                       11/13/01
6,317,366                       09/630,585                       11/13/01
6,317,379                       09/507,506                       11/13/01
6,317,380                       09/633,123                       11/13/01
6,317,382                       09/812,820                       11/13/01
6,317,384                       09/440,489                       11/13/01
6,317,385                       09/370,614                       11/13/01
6,317,386                       09/476,738                       11/13/01
6,317,389                       09/557,041                       11/13/01
6,317,392                       09/084,305                       11/13/01
6,317,395                       09/217,831                       11/13/01
6,317,396                       09/417,362                       11/13/01
6,317,400                       09/343,285                       11/13/01
6,317,404                       09/366,346                       11/13/01
6,317,408                       09/629,867                       11/13/01
6,317,409                       09/016,278                       11/13/01
6,317,413                       09/080,908                       11/13/01
6,317,426                       09/325,499                       11/13/01
6,317,431                       09/029,570                       11/13/01
6,317,438                       09/291,485                       11/13/01
6,317,439                       09/325,153                       11/13/01
6,317,440                       08/911,081                       11/13/01
6,317,443                       09/248,196                       11/13/01
6,317,452                       09/307,646                       11/13/01
6,317,454                       09/191,710                       11/13/01
6,317,455                       08/991,313                       11/13/01
6,317,457                       09/264,244                       11/13/01
6,317,461                       09/476,117                       11/13/01
6,317,465                       09/247,459                       11/13/01
6,317,471                       09/059,477                       11/13/01
6,317,472                       09/129,900                       11/13/01
6,317,475                       09/359,085                       11/13/01
6,317,486                       08/922,981                       11/13/01
6,317,492                       09/411,746                       11/13/01
6,317,502                       08/805,291                       11/13/01
6,317,503                       08/999,642                       11/13/01
6,317,505                       09/432,532                       11/13/01
6,317,512                       08/753,011                       11/13/01
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 310 

6,317,529                       09/453,202                       11/13/01
6,317,537                       09/632,112                       11/13/01
6,317,540                       09/497,070                       11/13/01
6,317,546                       09/406,953                       11/13/01
6,317,550                       09/769,689                       11/13/01
6,317,561                       09/495,026                       11/13/01
6,317,577                       09/686,705                       11/13/01
6,317,578                       09/689,822                       11/13/01
6,317,581                       09/769,597                       11/13/01
6,317,588                       08/788,651                       11/13/01
6,317,591                       09/064,202                       11/13/01
6,317,592                       09/455,409                       11/13/01
6,317,597                       09/404,935                       11/13/01
6,317,619                       09/363,349                       11/13/01
6,317,625                       09/713,455                       11/13/01
6,317,630                       09/239,934                       11/13/01
6,317,644                       09/676,884                       11/13/01
6,317,652                       09/390,630                       11/13/01
6,317,667                       09/466,126                       11/13/01
6,317,692                       09/842,009                       11/13/01
6,317,693                       09/842,018                       11/13/01
6,317,706                       09/053,396                       11/13/01
6,317,708                       09/351,952                       11/13/01
6,317,711                       09/503,750                       11/13/01
6,317,716                       09/156,716                       11/13/01
6,317,720                       09/333,962                       11/13/01
6,317,728                       09/170,745                       11/13/01
6,317,732                       08/925,186                       11/13/01
6,317,748                       09/074,853                       11/13/01
6,317,749                       09/164,092                       11/13/01
6,317,756                       09/167,547                       11/13/01
6,317,780                       09/149,407                       11/13/01
6,317,784                       09/163,292                       11/13/01
6,317,791                       09/149,405                       11/13/01
6,317,797                       09/175,866                       11/13/01
6,317,798                       09/248,663                       11/13/01
6,317,807                       09/612,710                       11/13/01
6,317,812                       09/657,369                       11/13/01
6,317,836                       09/036,240                       11/13/01
6,317,841                       09/074,514                       11/13/01
6,317,843                       09/165,755                       11/13/01
6,317,853                       08/847,592                       11/13/01
6,317,854                       09/312,560                       11/13/01
6,317,855                       09/162,142                       11/13/01
6,317,859                       09/329,124                       11/13/01
6,317,861                       08/635,197                       11/13/01
6,317,870                       09/258,564                       11/13/01
6,317,871                       09/118,477                       11/13/01
6,317,876                       09/328,043                       11/13/01
6,317,878                       08/859,251                       11/13/01

                  PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON November 08, 2013
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                         Issue
Number                             Number                            Date

6,961,957                       10/438,445                       11/08/05
6,961,958                       10/950,885                       11/08/05
6,961,959                       10/384,881                       11/08/05
6,961,960                       10/718,250                       11/08/05
6,961,965                       10/420,852                       11/08/05
6,961,968                       10/808,592                       11/08/05
6,961,972                       10/490,585                       11/08/05
6,961,984                       10/732,686                       11/08/05
6,961,985                       11/035,927                       11/08/05
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 311 

6,961,987                       10/814,732                       11/08/05
6,961,998                       10/381,037                       11/08/05
6,962,000                       10/483,025                       11/08/05
6,962,001                       10/982,340                       11/08/05
6,962,004                       10/898,767                       11/08/05
6,962,006                       10/324,943                       11/08/05
6,962,009                       10/881,391                       11/08/05
6,962,016                       10/676,653                       11/08/05
6,962,021                       10/666,576                       11/08/05
6,962,023                       10/806,550                       11/08/05
6,962,035                       10/695,912                       11/08/05
6,962,042                       10/271,766                       11/08/05
6,962,047                       10/124,338                       11/08/05
6,962,048                       10/609,632                       11/08/05
6,962,053                       10/479,002                       11/08/05
6,962,056                       10/896,570                       11/08/05
6,962,058                       10/470,055                       11/08/05
6,962,059                       10/343,539                       11/08/05
6,962,065                       10/838,075                       11/08/05
6,962,066                       10/847,327                       11/08/05
6,962,068                       10/698,975                       11/08/05
6,962,071                       10/474,134                       11/08/05
6,962,074                       11/052,137                       11/08/05
6,962,076                       10/713,559                       11/08/05
6,962,084                       10/635,277                       11/08/05
6,962,094                       10/057,400                       11/08/05
6,962,104                       10/784,101                       11/08/05
6,962,105                       10/864,865                       11/08/05
6,962,110                       10/851,005                       11/08/05
6,962,113                       10/436,605                       11/08/05
6,962,121                       10/911,749                       11/08/05
6,962,125                       10/905,652                       11/08/05
6,962,134                       10/912,620                       11/08/05
6,962,138                       10/238,836                       11/08/05
6,962,145                       10/655,578                       11/08/05
6,962,147                       10/003,500                       11/08/05
6,962,148                       10/839,669                       11/08/05
6,962,154                       10/780,161                       11/08/05
6,962,156                       10/992,391                       11/08/05
6,962,163                       10/940,486                       11/08/05
6,962,167                       10/361,894                       11/08/05
6,962,175                       10/241,734                       11/08/05
6,962,179                       10/672,842                       11/08/05
6,962,180                       10/866,468                       11/08/05
6,962,183                       10/172,975                       11/08/05
6,962,197                       10/415,171                       11/08/05
6,962,198                       10/644,920                       11/08/05
6,962,207                       09/297,256                       11/08/05
6,962,222                       10/343,441                       11/08/05
6,962,223                       10/606,698                       11/08/05
6,962,224                       10/366,370                       11/08/05
6,962,225                       10/819,785                       11/08/05
6,962,227                       10/842,017                       11/08/05
6,962,232                       10/648,621                       11/08/05
6,962,234                       10/620,146                       11/08/05
6,962,235                       10/757,956                       11/08/05
6,962,237                       10/680,648                       11/08/05
6,962,244                       10/470,665                       11/08/05
6,962,248                       10/375,807                       11/08/05
6,962,249                       10/610,197                       11/08/05
6,962,251                       10/902,025                       11/08/05
6,962,252                       10/399,159                       11/08/05
6,962,253                       10/628,120                       11/08/05
6,962,257                       10/294,060                       11/08/05
6,962,268                       10/499,874                       11/08/05
6,962,271                       10/979,753                       11/08/05
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 312 

6,962,274                       10/663,080                       11/08/05
6,962,277                       09/739,136                       11/08/05
6,962,281                       10/436,088                       11/08/05
6,962,283                       10/805,555                       11/08/05
6,962,287                       10/407,263                       11/08/05
6,962,289                       10/068,462                       11/08/05
6,962,290                       10/391,772                       11/08/05
6,962,292                       10/843,027                       11/08/05
6,962,296                       10/271,924                       11/08/05
6,962,301                       10/866,144                       11/08/05
6,962,303                       10/935,072                       11/08/05
6,962,306                       10/619,817                       11/08/05
6,962,311                       08/651,431                       11/08/05
6,962,318                       10/826,423                       11/08/05
6,962,326                       10/731,952                       11/08/05
6,962,330                       10/668,578                       11/08/05
6,962,331                       10/793,119                       11/08/05
6,962,334                       10/842,709                       11/08/05
6,962,336                       10/374,816                       11/08/05
6,962,339                       09/732,391                       11/08/05
6,962,343                       10/257,942                       11/08/05
6,962,346                       10/440,807                       11/08/05
6,962,348                       10/627,599                       11/08/05
6,962,359                       10/221,063                       11/08/05
6,962,361                       10/696,842                       11/08/05
6,962,362                       10/401,144                       11/08/05
6,962,363                       09/900,838                       11/08/05
6,962,368                       10/642,491                       11/08/05
6,962,376                       10/388,189                       11/08/05
6,962,377                       10/350,848                       11/08/05
6,962,379                       10/738,925                       11/08/05
6,962,381                       10/966,235                       11/08/05
6,962,392                       10/206,484                       11/08/05
6,962,393                       10/755,721                       11/08/05
6,962,397                       10/689,446                       11/08/05
6,962,398                       10/296,284                       11/08/05
6,962,404                       10/643,087                       11/08/05
6,962,409                       10/913,342                       11/08/05
6,962,429                       10/620,439                       11/08/05
6,962,443                       10/090,419                       11/08/05
6,962,448                       09/491,994                       11/08/05
6,962,452                       10/824,817                       11/08/05
6,962,455                       10/821,748                       11/08/05
6,962,456                       10/863,583                       11/08/05
6,962,457                       10/417,918                       11/08/05
6,962,469                       10/797,954                       11/08/05
6,962,473                       10/360,606                       11/08/05
6,962,474                       10/430,066                       11/08/05
6,962,484                       10/407,251                       11/08/05
6,962,486                       10/812,022                       11/08/05
6,962,487                       10/636,727                       11/08/05
6,962,490                       10/691,842                       11/08/05
6,962,491                       10/385,469                       11/08/05
6,962,493                       10/762,150                       11/08/05
6,962,501                       10/911,355                       11/08/05
6,962,502                       11/045,890                       11/08/05
6,962,506                       09/649,358                       11/08/05
6,962,509                       10/924,376                       11/08/05
6,962,512                       10/002,563                       11/08/05
6,962,514                       10/216,037                       11/08/05
6,962,515                       10/402,114                       11/08/05
6,962,520                       10/925,417                       11/08/05
6,962,524                       10/642,128                       11/08/05
6,962,532                       10/205,347                       11/08/05
6,962,533                       10/298,738                       11/08/05
6,962,535                       10/731,700                       11/08/05
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 313 

6,962,536                       10/137,021                       11/08/05
6,962,541                       10/376,101                       11/08/05
6,962,548                       10/775,648                       11/08/05
6,962,555                       10/197,551                       11/08/05
6,962,557                       10/491,473                       11/08/05
6,962,565                       10/316,862                       11/08/05
6,962,578                       10/880,135                       11/08/05
6,962,585                       10/302,076                       11/08/05
6,962,608                       10/674,764                       11/08/05
6,962,609                       10/686,377                       11/08/05
6,962,611                       10/478,124                       11/08/05
6,962,617                       10/611,890                       11/08/05
6,962,625                       10/725,923                       11/08/05
6,962,627                       10/021,393                       11/08/05
6,962,630                       10/262,950                       11/08/05
6,962,633                       10/389,885                       11/08/05
6,962,646                       10/396,839                       11/08/05
6,962,651                       10/383,569                       11/08/05
6,962,654                       10/317,021                       11/08/05
6,962,664                       10/357,434                       11/08/05
6,962,667                       10/409,152                       11/08/05
6,962,670                       09/640,318                       11/08/05
6,962,679                       09/905,654                       11/08/05
6,962,680                       10/399,382                       11/08/05
6,962,685                       10/124,078                       11/08/05
6,962,686                       08/541,191                       11/08/05
6,962,691                       09/503,843                       11/08/05
6,962,694                       09/463,470                       11/08/05
6,962,700                       09/660,862                       11/08/05
6,962,703                       10/150,262                       11/08/05
6,962,704                       10/237,040                       11/08/05
6,962,717                       09/890,104                       11/08/05
6,962,722                       10/463,455                       11/08/05
6,962,724                       09/729,993                       11/08/05
6,962,725                       10/164,057                       11/08/05
6,962,735                       09/943,920                       11/08/05
6,962,753                       09/074,012                       11/08/05
6,962,758                       10/883,802                       11/08/05
6,962,768                       10/799,025                       11/08/05
6,962,774                       10/659,439                       11/08/05
6,962,776                       09/792,686                       11/08/05
6,962,779                       09/806,311                       11/08/05
6,962,783                       10/024,818                       11/08/05
6,962,784                       10/205,009                       11/08/05
6,962,811                       10/141,604                       11/08/05
6,962,824                       10/925,560                       11/08/05
6,962,826                       10/900,771                       11/08/05
6,962,831                       10/342,949                       11/08/05
6,962,833                       10/719,419                       11/08/05
6,962,838                       10/447,579                       11/08/05
6,962,840                       10/659,954                       11/08/05
6,962,844                       10/923,482                       11/08/05
6,962,846                       10/714,115                       11/08/05
6,962,855                       10/697,053                       11/08/05
6,962,866                       10/191,277                       11/08/05
6,962,867                       10/732,558                       11/08/05
6,962,868                       10/879,723                       11/08/05
6,962,870                       10/757,534                       11/08/05
6,962,877                       10/743,629                       11/08/05
6,962,882                       10/170,325                       11/08/05
6,962,889                       10/766,644                       11/08/05
6,962,904                       09/580,156                       11/08/05
6,962,905                       09/582,863                       11/08/05
6,962,906                       10/072,975                       11/08/05
6,962,916                       10/397,760                       11/08/05
6,962,917                       10/333,829                       11/08/05
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 314 

6,962,918                       10/363,569                       11/08/05
6,962,920                       10/384,686                       11/08/05
6,962,921                       10/343,453                       11/08/05
6,962,925                       09/593,173                       11/08/05
6,962,926                       10/637,746                       11/08/05
6,962,928                       10/475,867                       11/08/05
6,962,929                       10/270,259                       11/08/05
6,962,934                       10/337,075                       11/08/05
6,962,944                       09/975,776                       11/08/05
6,962,945                       10/811,296                       11/08/05
6,962,954                       10/741,767                       11/08/05
6,962,959                       10/653,016                       11/08/05
6,962,960                       10/044,759                       11/08/05
6,962,962                       10/431,366                       11/08/05
6,962,968                       10/742,743                       11/08/05
6,962,969                       10/006,869                       11/08/05
6,962,984                       09/730,559                       11/08/05
6,962,998                       10/296,772                       11/08/05
6,963,000                       10/322,272                       11/08/05
6,963,018                       09/973,459                       11/08/05
6,963,021                       09/963,803                       11/08/05
6,963,025                       10/844,698                       11/08/05
6,963,026                       10/770,434                       11/08/05
6,963,027                       10/938,349                       11/08/05
6,963,029                       10/945,171                       11/08/05
6,963,034                       10/093,482                       11/08/05
6,963,036                       10/286,067                       11/08/05
6,963,037                       10/855,107                       11/08/05
6,963,042                       10/714,125                       11/08/05
6,963,043                       10/647,469                       11/08/05
6,963,073                       10/067,436                       11/08/05
6,963,082                       10/670,349                       11/08/05
6,963,097                       10/730,855                       11/08/05
6,963,099                       10/915,511                       11/08/05
6,963,103                       09/945,554                       11/08/05
6,963,115                       10/656,199                       11/08/05
6,963,119                       10/250,050                       11/08/05
6,963,123                       10/427,955                       11/08/05
6,963,127                       10/641,471                       11/08/05
6,963,131                       10/692,543                       11/08/05
6,963,134                       10/214,594                       11/08/05
6,963,139                       10/882,256                       11/08/05
6,963,143                       10/294,299                       11/08/05
6,963,144                       10/701,487                       11/08/05
6,963,146                       10/072,755                       11/08/05
6,963,150                       10/756,547                       11/08/05
6,963,157                       10/347,248                       11/08/05
6,963,158                       10/641,723                       11/08/05
6,963,165                       10/353,991                       11/08/05
6,963,171                       10/648,196                       11/08/05
6,963,173                       10/846,623                       11/08/05
6,963,178                       09/857,616                       11/08/05
6,963,180                       10/658,147                       11/08/05
6,963,186                       10/603,879                       11/08/05
6,963,192                       10/277,085                       11/08/05
6,963,193                       10/950,579                       11/08/05
6,963,200                       10/679,596                       11/08/05
6,963,204                       10/818,578                       11/08/05
6,963,205                       10/644,393                       11/08/05
6,963,207                       10/383,079                       11/08/05
6,963,217                       10/708,268                       11/08/05
6,963,232                       10/638,717                       11/08/05
6,963,234                       10/416,618                       11/08/05
6,963,236                       10/733,791                       11/08/05
6,963,238                       10/849,200                       11/08/05
6,963,263                       10/699,427                       11/08/05
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 315 

6,963,272                       09/650,425                       11/08/05
6,963,277                       10/395,343                       11/08/05
6,963,291                       10/440,491                       11/08/05
6,963,292                       10/146,155                       11/08/05
6,963,299                       10/935,099                       11/08/05
6,963,303                       10/640,624                       11/08/05
6,963,310                       10/656,883                       11/08/05
6,963,327                       10/015,169                       11/08/05
6,963,330                       10/623,525                       11/08/05
6,963,332                       09/435,996                       11/08/05
6,963,341                       10/441,628                       11/08/05
6,963,359                       09/529,443                       11/08/05
6,963,379                       10/712,270                       11/08/05
6,963,383                       10/460,677                       11/08/05
6,963,386                       10/666,230                       11/08/05
6,963,389                       10/175,834                       11/08/05
6,963,392                       10/851,886                       11/08/05
6,963,399                       10/274,330                       11/08/05
6,963,400                       10/642,676                       11/08/05
6,963,402                       10/847,202                       11/08/05
6,963,408                       10/802,840                       11/08/05
6,963,424                       09/606,023                       11/08/05
6,963,444                       10/788,357                       11/08/05
6,963,445                       10/443,842                       11/08/05
6,963,446                       10/315,162                       11/08/05
6,963,451                       10/474,806                       11/08/05
6,963,457                       11/002,790                       11/08/05
6,963,463                       10/153,687                       11/08/05
6,963,472                       09/894,480                       11/08/05
6,963,476                       10/631,753                       11/08/05
6,963,479                       10/735,302                       11/08/05
6,963,484                       10/738,106                       11/08/05
6,963,489                       11/093,916                       11/08/05
6,963,495                       10/873,373                       11/08/05
6,963,500                       10/781,131                       11/08/05
6,963,501                       10/799,776                       11/08/05
6,963,502                       10/736,855                       11/08/05
6,963,503                       10/618,280                       11/08/05
6,963,509                       10/879,857                       11/08/05
6,963,512                       10/328,721                       11/08/05
6,963,521                       10/109,078                       11/08/05
6,963,528                       10/201,939                       11/08/05
6,963,545                       09/597,392                       11/08/05
6,963,547                       09/474,025                       11/08/05
6,963,549                       09/491,569                       11/08/05
6,963,551                       09/294,630                       11/08/05
6,963,575                       09/793,703                       11/08/05
6,963,589                       09/108,357                       11/08/05
6,963,594                       10/271,816                       11/08/05
6,963,597                       09/844,484                       11/08/05
6,963,600                       09/647,557                       11/08/05
6,963,604                       10/814,448                       11/08/05
6,963,606                       09/341,401                       11/08/05
6,963,623                       09/820,335                       11/08/05
6,963,625                       09/918,834                       11/08/05
6,963,630                       10/336,685                       11/08/05
6,963,632                       10/448,550                       11/08/05
6,963,644                       09/544,069                       11/08/05
6,963,646                       09/992,080                       11/08/05
6,963,648                       09/835,799                       11/08/05
6,963,652                       10/419,029                       11/08/05
6,963,654                       10/261,079                       11/08/05
6,963,656                       09/700,087                       11/08/05
6,963,658                       09/919,734                       11/08/05
6,963,660                       09/639,171                       11/08/05
6,963,666                       09/946,483                       11/08/05
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 316 

6,963,670                       09/990,030                       11/08/05
6,963,677                       10/722,223                       11/08/05
6,963,682                       10/202,562                       11/08/05
6,963,684                       10/099,565                       11/08/05
6,963,690                       10/834,159                       11/08/05
6,963,695                       09/726,380                       11/08/05
6,963,699                       10/859,623                       11/08/05
6,963,700                       10/132,374                       11/08/05
6,963,703                       10/377,758                       11/08/05
6,963,711                       10/665,121                       11/08/05
6,963,712                       10/787,135                       11/08/05
6,963,715                       10/452,760                       11/08/05
6,963,726                       10/251,201                       11/08/05
6,963,729                       09/866,722                       11/08/05
6,963,765                       10/017,294                       11/08/05
6,963,766                       10/027,022                       11/08/05
6,963,769                       09/959,138                       11/08/05
6,963,776                       09/826,973                       11/08/05
6,963,782                       10/413,664                       11/08/05
6,963,783                       08/784,141                       11/08/05
6,963,784                       09/174,078                       11/08/05
6,963,792                       08/709,930                       11/08/05
6,963,810                       10/778,666                       11/08/05
6,963,811                       10/671,037                       11/08/05
6,963,812                       10/187,960                       11/08/05
6,963,815                       10/828,057                       11/08/05
6,963,819                       10/685,392                       11/08/05
6,963,821                       10/361,700                       11/08/05
6,963,823                       09/502,194                       11/08/05
6,963,824                       09/507,542                       11/08/05
6,963,829                       09/779,353                       11/08/05
6,963,841                       10/339,370                       11/08/05
6,963,843                       09/057,781                       11/08/05
6,963,845                       09/663,599                       11/08/05
6,963,852                       10/086,924                       11/08/05
6,963,865                       09/826,710                       11/08/05
6,963,872                       09/758,184                       11/08/05
6,963,888                       09/998,050                       11/08/05
6,963,923                       08/797,079                       11/08/05
6,963,929                       09/889,187                       11/08/05
6,963,938                       09/939,806                       11/08/05
6,963,939                       10/206,417                       11/08/05
6,963,943                       10/664,696                       11/08/05
6,963,956                       10/817,781                       11/08/05
6,963,959                       10/286,485                       11/08/05
6,963,964                       10/098,002                       11/08/05
6,963,973                       09/981,779                       11/08/05
6,963,977                       09/740,411                       11/08/05
6,963,979                       10/119,851                       11/08/05
6,963,983                       10/755,948                       11/08/05
6,963,988                       10/184,413                       11/08/05
6,963,993                       09/965,248                       11/08/05
6,963,997                       10/771,191                       11/08/05
6,964,006                       09/941,288                       11/08/05
6,964,011                       09/449,706                       11/08/05
6,964,013                       09/580,454                       11/08/05
6,964,026                       09/805,137                       11/08/05
6,964,031                       10/255,832                       11/08/05
6,964,032                       10/378,579                       11/08/05
6,964,034                       09/552,861                       11/08/05
6,964,036                       10/152,475                       11/08/05
6,964,038                       09/905,917                       11/08/05
6,964,049                       09/682,086                       11/08/05
6,964,055                       10/032,660                       11/08/05
6,964,057                       10/417,101                       11/08/05

 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 317 

                  PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON November 10, 2013
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                         Issue
Number                             Number                            Date

7,614,090                       11/102,388                       11/10/09
7,614,092                       11/403,706                       11/10/09
7,614,100                       12/204,120                       11/10/09
7,614,104                       12/002,123                       11/10/09
7,614,105                       12/221,670                       11/10/09
7,614,109                       11/122,076                       11/10/09
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7,614,317                       10/324,841                       11/10/09
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7,614,382                       12/041,753                       11/10/09
7,614,387                       11/772,245                       11/10/09
7,614,389                       11/817,243                       11/10/09
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 318 

7,614,393                       12/258,729                       11/10/09
7,614,394                       11/952,166                       11/10/09
7,614,416                       10/786,417                       11/10/09
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7,614,786                       10/578,538                       11/10/09
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7,614,805                       11/557,189                       11/10/09
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7,614,815                       12/148,184                       11/10/09
7,614,821                       10/567,247                       11/10/09
7,614,831                       11/374,582                       11/10/09
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 319 

7,614,839                       11/438,602                       11/10/09
7,614,841                       10/860,708                       11/10/09
7,614,853                       11/840,134                       11/10/09
7,614,863                       10/597,044                       11/10/09
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7,615,248                       11/319,485                       11/10/09
7,615,250                       12/020,953                       11/10/09
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 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 320 

7,615,255                       11/511,155                       11/10/09
7,615,268                       10/771,676                       11/10/09
7,615,270                       10/704,934                       11/10/09
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7,615,716                       11/828,689                       11/10/09
7,615,734                       12/053,947                       11/10/09
7,615,759                       11/972,724                       11/10/09
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 321 

7,615,762                       11/292,604                       11/10/09
7,615,784                       11/680,733                       11/10/09
7,615,812                       11/728,256                       11/10/09
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7,616,341                       10/889,418                       11/10/09
7,616,343                       11/399,040                       11/10/09
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 322 

7,616,347                       11/117,426                       11/10/09
7,616,357                       11/531,075                       11/10/09
7,616,359                       11/452,757                       11/10/09
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7,616,894                       11/024,235                       11/10/09
7,616,900                       10/898,286                       11/10/09
7,616,908                       11/477,234                       11/10/09
7,616,917                       12/069,586                       11/10/09
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 323 

7,616,939                       10/588,109                       11/10/09
7,616,951                       11/549,966                       11/10/09
7,616,974                       10/917,831                       11/10/09
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7,616,987                       11/244,919                       11/10/09
7,616,992                       11/342,948                       11/10/09
7,616,993                       11/563,296                       11/10/09
7,616,994                       10/852,080                       11/10/09
7,617,000                       10/945,347                       11/10/09
7,617,030                       11/987,263                       11/10/09
7,617,038                       11/905,538                       11/10/09
7,617,041                       11/476,384                       11/10/09
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7,617,141                       10/431,724                       11/10/09
7,617,155                       11/334,422                       11/10/09
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7,617,212                       11/169,441                       11/10/09
7,617,219                       11/425,946                       11/10/09
7,617,222                       10/286,560                       11/10/09
7,617,224                       11/343,188                       11/10/09
7,617,227                       11/654,542                       11/10/09
7,617,242                       11/090,544                       11/10/09
7,617,243                       11/439,803                       11/10/09
7,617,268                       11/036,538                       11/10/09
7,617,318                       10/971,904                       11/10/09
7,617,321                       10/840,983                       11/10/09
7,617,332                       10/427,865                       11/10/09
7,617,339                       11/377,617                       11/10/09
7,617,350                       11/459,969                       11/10/09
7,617,358                       11/583,502                       11/10/09
7,617,361                       11/277,819                       11/10/09
7,617,362                       11/551,297                       11/10/09
7,617,378                       10/425,402                       11/10/09
7,617,394                       10/992,282                       11/10/09
7,617,406                       11/439,968                       11/10/09
7,617,436                       11/196,789                       11/10/09
7,617,438                       10/825,142                       11/10/09
7,617,446                       09/817,090                       11/10/09
7,617,455                       11/393,665                       11/10/09
7,617,460                       11/299,221                       11/10/09
7,617,469                       11/842,317                       11/10/09
7,617,473                       10/905,822                       11/10/09
7,617,484                       12/186,277                       11/10/09
7,617,489                       11/522,039                       11/10/09
7,617,499                       10/739,739                       11/10/09
7,617,503                       10/941,165                       11/10/09
7,617,511                       10/160,919                       11/10/09
7,617,513                       11/065,102                       11/10/09
7,617,519                       10/803,364                       11/10/09
7,617,520                       11/062,282                       11/10/09
7,617,524                       11/256,157                       11/10/09
7,617,539                       11/220,956                       11/10/09
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Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 12/02/2013
                 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
                     Late Maintenance Fee from 12/02/2013

Patent         Application     Filing          Issue           Granted
Number         Number          Date            Date            Date

5,998,376      09/028,003      02/23/1998      12/07/1999      12/06/2013
6,086,968      08/827,663      04/10/1997      07/11/2000      12/04/2013
6,187,029      09/260,778      03/02/1999      02/13/2001      12/06/2013
6,211,672      09/217,303      12/21/1998      04/03/2001      12/03/2013
6,234,549      08/999,373      12/29/1997      05/22/2001      12/02/2013
6,243,422      09/081,031      05/18/1998      06/05/2001      12/02/2013
6,296,699      09/493,025      01/27/2000      10/02/2001      12/05/2013
6,325,118      09/686,271      10/10/2000      12/04/2001      12/07/2013
6,398,786      09/719,520      02/27/2001      06/04/2002      12/02/2013
6,475,047      09/785,941      02/16/2001      11/05/2002      12/06/2013
6,688,179      10/280,264      10/24/2002      02/10/2004      12/06/2013
6,820,390      10/272,698      10/16/2002      11/23/2004      12/05/2013
6,831,717      10/795,745      03/08/2004      12/14/2004      12/05/2013
6,874,209      10/370,778      02/24/2003      04/05/2005      12/05/2013
6,879,351      09/881,318      06/13/2001      04/12/2005      12/02/2013
6,890,219      10/122,771      04/15/2002      05/10/2005      12/03/2013
7,314,620      10/738,259      12/18/2003      01/01/2008      12/02/2013
7,363,667      11/683,186      03/07/2007      04/29/2008      12/05/2013
7,509,759      11/044,116      01/26/2005      03/31/2009      12/05/2013
7,550,605      11/659,230      02/02/2007      06/23/2009      12/03/2013
7,554,464      10/956,377      09/30/2004      06/30/2009      12/05/2013
7,590,478      11/579,479      11/03/2006      09/15/2009      12/06/2013
7,594,858      11/428,807      07/05/2006      09/29/2009      12/05/2013
7,597,116      11/279,150      04/10/2006      10/06/2009      12/05/2013
7,608,572      11/555,037      10/31/2006      10/27/2009      12/03/2013
7,610,709      12/223,547      10/15/2008      11/03/2009      12/06/2013
7,614,562      11/299,879      12/12/2005      11/10/2009      12/05/2013
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Reissue Applications Filed
                           Reissue Applications Filed

   Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(b). The reissue applications listed below
are open to public inspection by the general public through the Image
File Wrapper (IFW) system (http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair)
on the USPTO internet web site (www.uspto.gov), and copies may be obtained
by paying the fee therefor (37 CFR 1.19).

   D. 688,163, Re. S.N.: 29,472,138, Nov. 08, 2013, CL: D12, MOTOR SCOOTER,
Yoshinori KOHINATA, Owner of Record: Suzuki Motor Corporation, Attorney or
Agent: R. Flynt Strean, Ex. GP.: 2913

   6,643,777, Re. S.N.: 14,087,640, Nov. 02, 2013, CL: 713, DATA SECURITY
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPUTER MODULES, William W. Y. CHU, Owner of Record:
Acqis LLC, Attorney or Agent: William S. Galliani, Ex. GP.: 2131

   6,709,977, Re. S.N.: 14,085,128, Nov. 20, 2013, CL: 438, INTEGRATED
CIRCUIT HAVING OVERSIZED COMPONENTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF,
Harry CONTOPANAGOS, Owner of Record: Broadcom Corporation, Attorney or
Agent: Robert Sokohl, Ex. GP.: 2829

   7,895,116, Re. S.N.: 14,091,751, Nov. 27, 2013, CL: 705, SELLER
AUTOMATED ENGINE ARCHITECTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR OPTIMIZED PRICING
STRATEGIES IN AUTOMATED REAL-TIME ITERATIVE REVERSE AUCTIONS OVER THE
INTERNET AND THE LIKE FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF GOODS, Mukesh CHATTER,
Owner of Record: Peak Silver Advisors, Attorney or Agent: Michael A.
Bartley, Ex. GP.: 3693

   8,057,624, Re. S.N.: 14,077,278, Nov. 12, 2013, CL: 156, DUAL PANEL
FABRICATION, Bryan Keith MARTIN, Owner of Record: The NORDAM Group, Inc.,
Attorney or Agent: Francis L. Conte, Ex. GP.: 1746

   8,062,071, Re. S.N.: 14,086,273, Nov. 21, 2013, CL: 439, AN ELECTRICAL
CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN NEIGHBORING CONNECTORS,
Toru YAMAKAMI, Owner of Record: Fujitsu Component Limited, Attorney or
Agent: Herman W. Paris, Ex. GP.: 2839

   8,148,418, Re. S.N.: 14,091,952, Nov. 27, 2013, CL: 514, ETHERS,
SECONDARY AMINES AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF AS MODULATORS OF THE 5-HT 2A
SEROTONIN RECEPTOR USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO,
Inventors: Bradley TEEGARDEN, et. al., Owner of Record: Arena
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Attorney or Agent: Lauren L. Stevens, Ex. GP.: 1626

   8,293,624, Re. S.N. 14/083,169, Nov. 18, 2013, Cl. 438/478, LARGE AREA
NANOENABLED MACROELECTRONIC SUBSTRATES AND USES THEREFOR, Linda T. Romano,
et al., Owner of Record: Nanosys, Inc., Milpitas, CA, Attorney or Agent:
Jason Eisenberg, Ex. Gp.: 2812

   8,319,152, Re. S.N.: 14,096,029, Dec. 04, 2013, CL: 219, SHAVER WITH
HAIR PREHEATING, Pinchas SHALEV, Owner of Record: Radiancy Inc.,
Attorney or Agent: Simon Kahn, Ex. GP.: 3742

   8,369,890, Re. S.N.: 14,077,604, Nov. 12, 2013, CL: 607, MOBILE
ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AN ILLUMINATED STATIC DISPLAY, Alberto Soto
NICHOLAS, Owner of Record: Nokia Corporation, Attorney or Agent: Juan Juan,
Ex. GP.: 3739

   8,430,753, Re. S.N.: 14,092,481, Nov. 27, 2013, CL: 463, VIDEO GAME
SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS MODULAR HANDHELD CONTROLLER, Akio IKDA, et al.,
Owner of Record: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Attorney or Agent: Robert W. Faris,
Ex. GP.: 3718

   8,466,323, Re. S.N.: 14,085,964, Nov. 21, 2013, CL: 564, PROCESS FOR
PREPARING PURE TRIETHANOLAMINE (TEOA), Johann-Peter MELDER, Owner of
Record: BASF SE, Attorney or Agent: Geoffrey A. Zelley, Ex. GP.: 1621

   8,516,951, Re. S.N.: 14,089,156, Nov. 25, 2013, CL: 099, COOKING VESSEL
TOP TO PREVENT BOIL OVER OF LIQUIDS, Armin HARECKER, Owner of Record:
Applicant, Attorney or Agent: R. Flynt Strean, Ex. GP.: 3742
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
                   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   7,679,098, Reexam. C.N. 90/020,039, Requested Date: Nov. 19, 2013,
Cl. 257/099, Title: HIGHLY DIRECTIONAL LIGHT EMITTING DIODE USING PHOTONIC
BANDGAP WAVEGUIDES, Inventor: Scott W. Corzine, Owners of Record: Avago
Technologies General IP (Singapore) PTE. LTD., Singapore, Attorney or
Agent: Avago Technologies Limited, Fort Collins, CO, Ex. GP.: 3992,
Requester: DIRECTOR ORDERED

   7,719,020, Reexam. C.N. 90/020,038, Requested Date: Nov. 19, 2013,
Cl. 257/098, Title: (AL, GA, IN) N AND ZNO DIRECT WAFER BONDED STRUCTURE
FOR OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS, AND ITS FABRICATION METHOD, Inventor:
Akihiko Murai et al., Owners of Record: Japan Science and Technology
Agency, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Gates & Cooper, LLP., Los Angeles, CA,
Ex. GP.: 3992, Requester: DIRECTOR ORDERED

   7,728,411, Reexam. C.N. 90/020,040, Requested Date: Nov. 19, 2013,
Cl. 257/666, Title: COL-TSOP WITH NONCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL FOR REDUCING
PACKAGE CAPACITANCE, Inventor: Ming Hsun Lee et al., Owners of Record:
SanDisk Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX, Attorney or Agent: Vierra Magen/
SanDisk Corporation, San Francisco, CA, Ex. GP.: 3992, Requester:
DIRECTOR ORDERED

   7,737,434, Reexam. C.N. 90/020,041, Requested Date: Nov. 19, 2013,
Cl. 257/098, Title: LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE ILLUMINATION SOURCE, Inventor:
Kenji Shinozaki et al., Owners of Record: Showa Denko K.K., Japan,
Attorney or Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC., Washington, DC, Ex. GP.: 3992,
Requester: DIRECTOR ORDERED

   7,737,443, Reexam. C.N. 90/020,042, Requested Date: Nov. 19, 2013,
Cl. 257/059, Title: LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE
SAME, Inventor: Hak Su Kim et al., Owners of Record: LG Display Co., LTD.,
Korea, Attorney or Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP., Washington, DC,
Ex. GP.: 3992, Requester: DIRECTOR ORDERED

   7,737,466, Reexam. C.N. 90/020,043, Requested Date: Nov. 19, 2013,
Cl. 257/190, Title: SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF,
Inventor: Kaoru Hiyama et al., Owners of Record: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,
Japan, Attorney or Agent: Foley & Lardner, LLP., Washington, DC,
Ex. GP.: 3992, Requester: DIRECTOR ORDERED

   7,741,642, Reexam. C.N. 90/020,044, Requested Date: Nov. 19, 2013,
Cl. 257/059, Title: SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF,
Inventor: Toru Takayama et al., Owners of Record: Semiconductor Energy
Laboratory Co., LTD., Japan, Attorney or Agent: Robinson Intellectual
Property Law Office, PC., Fairfax, VA, Ex. GP.: 3992, Requester: DIRECTOR
ORDERED

   7,745,814, Reexam. C.N. 90/020,046, Requested Date: Nov. 19, 2013,
Cl. 257/013, Title: POLYCHROMATIC LED'S AND RELATED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES,
Inventor: Thomas J. Miller et al., Owners of Record: 3M Innovative
Properties Company, St. Paul, MN, Attorney or Agent: 3M Innovative
Properties Company, St. Paul, MN, Ex. GP.: 3992, Requester: DIRECTOR
ORDERED

   7,749,780, Reexam. C.N. 90/020,045, Requested Date: Nov. 19, 2013,
Cl. 438/022, Title: POLYMER OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MAKING
THE SAME, Inventor: Antonius Maria B. Van Mol et al., Owners of Record:
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Tno, Netherlands, Attorney or Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC., Arlington, VA,
Ex. GP.: 3992, Requester: DIRECTOR ORDERED
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Requests for Supplemental Examination Filed
                   Requests for Supplemental Examination Filed

   7,695,022, Reexam. C.N. 96/000,031, Requested Date: Nov. 14, 2013,
Cl. 285/901, Title: FLUID COUPLING CAP, Inventor: Michael P. Wells et al.,
Owners of Record: Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH, Attorney or Agent:
M & G Eaton Corp., Minneapolis, MN, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: PATENT OWNER
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Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew
                Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations
                            Due to Failure to Renew

   15 U.S.C. 1059 provides that each trademark registration may be
renewed for periods of ten years from the end of the expiring period
upon payment of the prescribed fee and the filing of an acceptable
application for renewal. This may be done at any time within one year
before the expiration of the period for which the registration was
issued or renewed, or it may be done within six months after such
expiration on payment of an additional fee.
   According to the records of the Office, the trademark registrations
listed below are expired due to failure to renew in accordance with 15
U.S.C. 1059.

                     TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS WHICH EXPIRED
                               December 6, 2013
                            DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW

Reg. Number                     Serial Number                     Reg. Date

2,711,440                        78/111,056                      04/29/2003
3,237,512                        79/000,406                      05/01/2007
3,237,513                        79/006,182                      05/01/2007
3,237,515                        79/006,553                      05/01/2007
3,237,517                        79/007,510                      05/01/2007
3,237,518                        79/008,049                      05/01/2007
3,237,520                        79/010,685                      05/01/2007
3,237,521                        79/010,801                      05/01/2007
3,237,522                        79/010,963                      05/01/2007
3,237,526                        79/012,198                      05/01/2007
3,237,527                        79/012,324                      05/01/2007
3,237,528                        79/012,462                      05/01/2007
3,237,530                        79/012,879                      05/01/2007
3,237,532                        79/013,500                      05/01/2007
3,237,535                        79/013,886                      05/01/2007
3,237,537                        79/014,111                      05/01/2007
3,237,538                        79/014,243                      05/01/2007
3,237,540                        79/014,449                      05/01/2007
3,237,541                        79/014,835                      05/01/2007
3,237,543                        79/014,996                      05/01/2007
3,237,544                        79/015,127                      05/01/2007
3,237,550                        79/015,658                      05/01/2007
3,237,551                        79/015,767                      05/01/2007
3,237,553                        79/015,986                      05/01/2007
3,237,554                        79/016,075                      05/01/2007
3,237,555                        79/016,085                      05/01/2007
3,237,557                        79/016,280                      05/01/2007
3,237,561                        79/017,098                      05/01/2007
3,237,562                        79/017,379                      05/01/2007
3,237,563                        79/017,452                      05/01/2007
3,237,565                        79/017,551                      05/01/2007
3,237,566                        79/017,639                      05/01/2007
3,237,567                        79/017,699                      05/01/2007
3,237,568                        79/017,749                      05/01/2007
3,237,569                        79/017,788                      05/01/2007
3,237,573                        79/018,085                      05/01/2007
3,237,574                        79/018,160                      05/01/2007
3,237,577                        79/018,310                      05/01/2007
3,237,578                        79/018,327                      05/01/2007
3,237,579                        79/018,344                      05/01/2007
3,237,585                        79/018,556                      05/01/2007
3,237,586                        79/018,574                      05/01/2007
3,237,589                        79/018,650                      05/01/2007
3,237,592                        79/018,815                      05/01/2007
3,237,593                        79/018,861                      05/01/2007
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3,237,596                        79/019,165                      05/01/2007
3,237,597                        79/019,195                      05/01/2007
3,237,599                        79/019,314                      05/01/2007
3,237,600                        79/019,438                      05/01/2007
3,237,601                        79/019,585                      05/01/2007
3,237,602                        79/019,651                      05/01/2007
3,237,603                        79/019,954                      05/01/2007
3,237,604                        79/020,061                      05/01/2007
3,237,609                        79/020,222                      05/01/2007
3,237,612                        79/020,307                      05/01/2007
3,237,614                        79/020,348                      05/01/2007
3,237,615                        79/020,386                      05/01/2007
3,237,617                        79/020,538                      05/01/2007
3,237,618                        79/020,543                      05/01/2007
3,237,620                        79/020,762                      05/01/2007
3,237,622                        79/020,788                      05/01/2007
3,237,624                        79/021,140                      05/01/2007
3,237,626                        79/021,247                      05/01/2007
3,237,627                        79/021,275                      05/01/2007
3,237,628                        79/021,311                      05/01/2007
3,237,630                        79/021,368                      05/01/2007
3,237,632                        79/021,730                      05/01/2007
3,237,634                        79/021,759                      05/01/2007
3,237,642                        79/021,970                      05/01/2007
3,237,643                        79/021,971                      05/01/2007
3,237,644                        79/022,069                      05/01/2007
3,237,645                        79/022,116                      05/01/2007
3,237,647                        79/022,182                      05/01/2007
3,237,649                        79/022,214                      05/01/2007
3,237,650                        79/022,294                      05/01/2007
3,237,651                        79/022,314                      05/01/2007
3,237,652                        79/022,389                      05/01/2007
3,237,653                        79/022,433                      05/01/2007
3,237,656                        79/022,568                      05/01/2007
3,237,658                        79/022,657                      05/01/2007
3,237,659                        79/022,659                      05/01/2007
3,237,660                        79/022,673                      05/01/2007
3,237,663                        79/022,903                      05/01/2007
3,237,665                        79/022,941                      05/01/2007
3,237,666                        79/023,033                      05/01/2007
3,237,668                        79/023,152                      05/01/2007
3,237,669                        79/023,238                      05/01/2007
3,237,670                        79/023,319                      05/01/2007
3,237,671                        79/023,457                      05/01/2007
3,237,672                        79/023,480                      05/01/2007
3,237,673                        79/023,825                      05/01/2007
3,237,674                        79/023,827                      05/01/2007
3,237,675                        79/023,923                      05/01/2007
3,237,677                        79/024,119                      05/01/2007
3,237,678                        79/024,253                      05/01/2007
3,237,681                        79/024,356                      05/01/2007
3,237,683                        79/024,391                      05/01/2007
3,237,687                        79/024,612                      05/01/2007
3,237,688                        79/024,684                      05/01/2007
3,237,689                        79/024,866                      05/01/2007
3,237,690                        79/024,934                      05/01/2007
3,237,692                        79/025,425                      05/01/2007
3,237,694                        79/025,564                      05/01/2007
3,237,697                        79/026,049                      05/01/2007
3,237,698                        79/026,050                      05/01/2007
3,237,699                        79/026,063                      05/01/2007
3,237,701                        79/026,425                      05/01/2007
3,237,702                        79/026,567                      05/01/2007
3,237,707                        79/026,931                      05/01/2007
3,237,714                        79/027,631                      05/01/2007
3,237,715                        79/027,863                      05/01/2007
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3,237,717                        79/028,174                      05/01/2007
3,237,718                        79/028,192                      05/01/2007
3,237,719                        79/028,206                      05/01/2007
3,237,720                        79/028,285                      05/01/2007
3,237,721                        79/028,311                      05/01/2007
3,237,722                        79/028,344                      05/01/2007
3,237,724                        79/028,683                      05/01/2007
3,237,725                        79/028,697                      05/01/2007
3,237,726                        79/029,002                      05/01/2007
3,237,727                        79/029,762                      05/01/2007
3,237,728                        79/029,965                      05/01/2007
3,237,729                        79/030,119                      05/01/2007
1,768,560                        73/695,958                      05/04/1993
1,768,603                        74/230,741                      05/04/1993
2,711,581                        75/263,574                      04/29/2003
2,710,269                        75/344,219                      04/29/2003
2,711,589                        75/453,150                      04/29/2003
2,710,284                        75/536,399                      04/29/2003
2,711,612                        75/611,441                      04/29/2003
2,711,622                        75/661,343                      04/29/2003
2,710,304                        75/671,675                      04/29/2003
2,710,306                        75/679,931                      04/29/2003
2,711,631                        75/694,055                      04/29/2003
2,710,329                        75/787,101                      04/29/2003
2,711,650                        75/794,821                      04/29/2003
2,711,671                        75/849,426                      04/29/2003
2,712,204                        75/852,410                      04/29/2003
2,711,672                        75/854,269                      04/29/2003
2,710,342                        75/857,365                      04/29/2003
2,711,678                        75/868,179                      04/29/2003
2,710,349                        75/876,091                      04/29/2003
2,711,687                        75/888,928                      04/29/2003
2,710,358                        75/897,736                      04/29/2003
2,711,695                        75/898,442                      04/29/2003
2,711,697                        75/901,136                      04/29/2003
2,711,699                        75/902,366                      04/29/2003
2,710,363                        75/912,888                      04/29/2003
2,711,713                        75/932,916                      04/29/2003
2,710,372                        75/934,154                      04/29/2003
2,710,374                        75/981,720                      04/29/2003
2,710,378                        75/983,024                      04/29/2003
2,710,379                        75/983,046                      04/29/2003
2,711,723                        76/001,640                      04/29/2003
2,711,725                        76/002,957                      04/29/2003
2,711,731                        76/023,212                      04/29/2003
2,710,392                        76/029,515                      04/29/2003
2,710,395                        76/033,578                      04/29/2003
2,710,401                        76/046,617                      04/29/2003
2,711,742                        76/050,005                      04/29/2003
2,710,407                        76/054,020                      04/29/2003
2,711,744                        76/056,221                      04/29/2003
2,711,753                        76/062,495                      04/29/2003
2,711,757                        76/063,630                      04/29/2003
2,711,761                        76/070,415                      04/29/2003
2,711,762                        76/070,784                      04/29/2003
2,711,764                        76/073,205                      04/29/2003
2,710,424                        76/075,196                      04/29/2003
2,711,768                        76/078,218                      04/29/2003
2,711,776                        76/084,019                      04/29/2003
2,710,434                        76/094,969                      04/29/2003
2,712,213                        76/098,167                      04/29/2003
2,710,436                        76/102,350                      04/29/2003
2,710,438                        76/109,846                      04/29/2003
2,710,440                        76/110,650                      04/29/2003
2,710,445                        76/115,666                      04/29/2003
2,710,449                        76/121,125                      04/29/2003
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2,710,452                        76/123,428                      04/29/2003
2,711,811                        76/134,094                      04/29/2003
2,710,466                        76/137,980                      04/29/2003
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2,710,740                        76/321,954                      04/29/2003
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2,712,059                        76/323,072                      04/29/2003
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2,712,067                        76/328,958                      04/29/2003
2,712,068                        76/329,110                      04/29/2003
2,710,755                        76/329,440                      04/29/2003
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2,711,571                        78/147,476                      04/29/2003
2,712,121                        78/012,838                      04/29/2003
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Service by Publication
                            Service by Publication

   A petition to partially cancel the registration identified below having
been filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the
last known address having been returned by the Postal Service as
undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed
herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance
within thirty days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in
the case of default.

LPIL Cooperatief U. A., MG Den Dolder, Netherlands, Registration No.
3472396 for the mark "LA PERLA INTERNATIONAL LIVING", Cancellation No.
92056793.

                                                         DENISE M. DELGIZZI
                                      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
                                                            DEBORAH S. COHN
                                                Commissioner for Trademarks


                            Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its
assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty
days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of
default.

NYT Management Services, Inc., Tampa, FL, Registration No. 3625221 for the
mark "LOLA", Cancellation No. 92057235.

                                                             ROCHELLE ADAMS
                                                                  Paralegal
                                      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
                                                            DEBORAH S. COHN
                                                Commissioner for Trademarks


                            Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its
assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty
days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of
default.

Thomas H. Tadayon, Los Angeles, California, Registration No. 3242354 for
the mark "REHAB", Cancellation No. 92057676.

                                                               NICOLE THIER
                                                       Paralegal Specialist
                                      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
                                                            DEBORAH S. COHN
                                                Commissioner for Trademarks


                            Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
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notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its
assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty
days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of
default.

Sisters Snapdragon, Inc., Columbus, GA, Registration No. 3333561 for the
mark "SNAPDRAGON", Cancellation No. 92057988.

                                                             VERONICA WHITE
                                      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
                                                            DEBORAH S. COHN
                                                Commissioner for Trademarks
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37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of the sole inventor. The petition has been granted.
A notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing
inventor. The inventor whose signature is missing (Esad Jaganjac) may join
in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration
complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is
PCT/GB2011/001172 and was filed on 04 August 2011 in the name of Esad
Jaganjac entitled INTERLOCKING ARRANGEMENT FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR. The national
stage application is assigned number 13/813,983 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c)
date of 14 October 2013.


                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of one of the joint inventors. The petition has been granted. A
notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor.
The inventor whose signature is missing (Mads Lundstrom) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/US2012/023070
and was filed on 30 January 2012 in the name of Visti Andresen et al for
the invention entitled "METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STABLE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL
CELL OPERATION AT VARYING LOADS AND SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES". The national
stage application number is 13/981,148 and has a date of 25 September 2013
under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4).


                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of one of the joint inventors. The petition has been granted. A
notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor.
The inventor whose signature is missing (Benjamin Aaronson) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying'
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/EP2011/065598
and was filed on 09 September 2011 in the name of Benjamin Aaronson for the
invention entitled "A METHOD OF DEPLOYING A CONTEXTUALLY DEPENDENT
APPLICATION". The national stage application number is 13/821,988 and has a
date of 21 October 2013 under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4).


                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all of the inventors. The petition has been
granted. A notice has been sent to the last known address of the
non-signing inventor, Masayuki Yamamoto. The inventor whose signature is
missing may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath
or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application
number is PCT/JP2010/066181 and was filed on 17 September 2010 in the names
of Michihiro Kiyama and Masayuki Yamamoto for the invention entitled Solid
Fuel. The national stage application is assigned number 13/822,505 and has
a 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 26 June 2013.


                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of the inventor. The petition has been granted. A notice has been
sent to the last known address of each non-signing inventor. The inventor
whose signature is missing (Esad Jaganjac) may join in the application by
promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR
1.63. The international application number is PCT/IB2011/050477 and was
filed on 03 February 2011, in the name of Esad Jaganjac for the invention
entitled STATOR WITH RADIALLY MOUNTED TEETH. The national stage application
number is 13/577,230 and has a date under 35 U.S.C. §371(c)(1), (c)(2) and
(c)(4) of 18 October 2013.
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Registration to Practice
                           Registration to Practice

   The following list contains the names of persons seeking for
registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office. Final approval for registration is subject to establishing to the
satisfaction of the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
that the person seeking registration is of good moral character and repute.
37 CFR § 11.7   Accordingly, any information tending to affect the
eligibility of any of the following persons on moral ethical or other
grounds should be furnished to the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on
or before January 17, 2014 at the following address: Mail Stop OED United
States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria VA 22314

Asphahani, Fareid Aziz, Perkins Coie LLP, 11988 El Camino Real, Suite 200,
San Diego, CA  92130

Boggs, Ryan Howard, 4359 Bromfield Circle, Toledo, OH  43623

Chen, Liping, Cardinal Intellectual Property, 1603 Orrington Avenue,
Suite 2010, Evanston, IL  60201

Coulon, Laurent Marcel Francois, 10720 Palms Boulevard, Apartment 304,
Los Angeles, CA  90034

DeRosa, Anthony Paul, Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A., 4140 Parklake
Avenue, Suite 600, Raleigh, NC  27612

Goldemberg, Julie Sarah, 4423 Sansom Street, Apartment A, Philadelphia,
PA  19104

Goodman, Michael Ross, Compliance Insight Inc, 5850 Boymel Drive, Suite #1,
Fairfield, OH  45014

Lee, Cheolho, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC  20004

Noack, Brian Thomas, 1151 W Washington Boulevard, Unit 105, Chicago,
IL  60607

Peterson, Jonathan Gregory, 35025 Nashua Boulevard, Sorrento, FL  32776

Tio, Jacqueline, Fish & Richardson P.C., 1180 Peachtree Street NE, 21st
Floor, Atlanta, GA 30309

Vannette, Jacob Calvin, 1506 Delmont Court #1, Urbana, IL  61801

December 4, 2013                                           WILLIAM R. COVEY
                   Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline and
                        Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
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Changes to Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs
                            DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                   United States Patent and Trademark Office
                          37 CFR Parts 1, 3, 5 and 11
                         [Docket No. PTO-P-2013-0025]
                                 RIN 0651-AC87

       Changes To Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International
                      Registration of Industrial Designs

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: Title I of the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012
("PLTIA") amends the patent laws to implement the provisions of the
1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning International
Registration of Industrial Designs ("Hague Agreement") and is to take
effect on the entry into force of the Hague Agreement with respect to
the United States. The Hague Agreement provides that an applicant is
entitled to apply for design protection in Hague Agreement member
countries and with intergovernmental organizations by filing a single,
standardized international design application in a single language. The
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) proposes
changes to the rules of practice to implement title I of the PLTIA.

DATES: Comment Deadline Date: Written comments must be received on or
before January 28, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent by electronic mail message over the
Internet addressed to: AC87.comments@uspto.gov. Comments may also be
submitted by postal mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments - Patents,
Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA, 22313-1450,
marked to the attention of Boris Milef, Senior PCT Legal Examiner,
Office of PCT Legal Administration.
    Comments may also be sent by electronic mail message over the
Internet via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. See the Federal
eRulemaking Portal Web site (http://www.regulations.gov) for additional
instructions on providing comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
    Although comments may be submitted by postal mail, the Office
prefers to receive comments by electronic mail message over the
Internet because the Office may easily share such comments with the
public. Electronic comments are preferred to be submitted in plain
text, but also may be submitted in ADOBE® portable document
format or MICROSOFT WORD® format. Comments not submitted
electronically should be submitted on paper in a format that
facilitates convenient digital scanning into ADOBE® portable
document format.
    The comments will be available for public inspection at the Office
of the Commissioner for Patents, currently located in Madison East,
Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Comments also
will be available for viewing via the Office's Internet Web site
(http://www.uspto.gov) and at http://www.regulations.gov. Because
comments will be made available for public inspection, information that
the submitter does not desire to make public, such as an address or
phone number, should not be included in the comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Boris Milef, Senior PCT Legal Examiner,
Office of PCT Legal Administration, at (571) 272-3288.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Executive Summary: Purpose: The Hague Agreement provides that an
applicant is entitled to apply for design protection in all member
countries and with intergovernmental organizations by filing a single,
standardized international design application in a single language.
Title I of the PLTIA amends Title 35 to implement the provisions of the
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Hague Agreement and is to take effect on the entry into force of the
Hague Agreement with respect to the United States. This notice proposes
changes to the relevant rules of practice in Title 37, Chapter I of the
Code of Federal Regulations to implement title I of the PLTIA.
    Summary of Major Changes to U.S. Practice: The major changes to
U.S. practice in title I of the PLTIA pertain to: (1) Standardizing
formal requirements for international design applications; (2)
establishing the USPTO as an office through which international design
applications may be filed; (3) providing a right of priority with
respect to international design applications; (4) treating an
international design application that designates the United States as
having the same effect from its filing date as that of a national
design application; (5) providing provisional rights for published
international design applications that designate the United States; (6)
setting the patent term for design patents issuing from both national
design applications under chapter 16 and international design
applications designating the United States to 15 years from the date of
patent grant; (7) providing for examination by the Office of
international design applications that designate the United States; and
(8) permitting an applicant's failure to act within prescribed time
limits in an international design application to be excused as to the
United States under certain conditions.
    The Office is specifically proposing to revise the rules of
practice (37 CFR parts 1, 3, 5, and 11) to provide for the filing of
international design applications by U.S. applicants in the USPTO as an
office of indirect filing. The Office would transmit the international
design application and any collected international fees to the
International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization
("WIPO"), subject to national security review and payment of a
transmittal fee. The International Bureau would review the application
for compliance with the applicable formal requirements under the Hague
Agreement.
    The Office also proposes to revise the rules of practice to set
forth the formal requirements of an international design application,
including specific content requirements where the United States is
designated. Specifically, an international design application
designating the United States would have to identify the inventor and
include a claim and the inventor's oath or declaration. The proposed
rules also specify that an international design application designating
the United States may be refused by the Office as a designated office
if the applicant is not a person qualified under 35 U.S.C. chapter 11
to be an applicant.
    The Office also proposes to revise the rules of practice to provide
for examination of international design applications that designate the
United States. International design applications are reviewed by the
International Bureau for compliance with formal requirements under the
Hague Agreement. Where these requirements have been met, the
International Bureau would register the industrial design in the
International Register and, subsequently, publish the international
registration and send a copy of the publication to each designated
office. Since international registration would only occur after the
International Bureau finds that the application conforms to the
applicable formal requirements, examination before the Office would
generally be limited to substantive matters. With certain exceptions,
the Hague Agreement imposes a time period of up to 12 months from the
date of publication of the international registration for an examining
office to refuse an international design application. The rules are
proposed to be revised to provide for the applicability of the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. chapter 16 to examination of international
design applications consistent with the Hague Agreement, and to provide
for the various notifications to the International Bureau required of an
examining office under the Hague Agreement.
    The Office is also proposing to revise the rules of practice to
provide for: (1) Review of a filing date established by the
International Bureau; (2) excusing an applicant's failure to act within
prescribed time limits in connection with an international design
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application; (3) priority claims with respect to international design
applications; (4) payment of fees; and (5) treatment of international
design applications for national security review.
    Costs and Benefits: This rulemaking is not economically significant
under Executive Order 12866 (Sept. 30, 1993).
    Background: The 1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning
the International Registration of Industrial Designs ("Hague
Agreement"), negotiated under the auspices of WIPO, is the latest
revision to the 1925 Hague Agreement Concerning the International
Deposit of Industrial Designs ("1925 Agreement"). The United States
is not a party to the 1925 Agreement, and did not join any of the
subsequent Acts revising the 1925 Agreement, because those agreements
either did not provide, or did not adequately provide, for substantive
examination of international design applications by national offices.
The Hague Agreement, adopted at a diplomatic conference on July 2,
1999, is the first Act that adequately provides for a system of
individual review by the national offices of Contracting Parties.
    In accordance with Article 28, the Hague Agreement will enter into
force for the United States three months after the date that the United
States deposits its instrument of ratification with the Director
General of the International Bureau of WIPO or at any later date
indicated in the instrument. As stated in the President's November 13,
2006, Letter of Transmittal to the Senate, the United States would not
deposit its instrument of ratification until the necessary implementing
legal structure has been established domestically. Treaty Doc. 109-21.
Title I of the PLTIA, enacted on December 18, 2012, amended title 35
United States Code, in order to implement the Hague Agreement. See
Public Law 112-211, §§ 101-103, 126 Stat. 1527, 1527-33 (2012).
Its provisions are to take effect on the entry into force of the Hague
Agreement with respect to the United States. These proposed rules
implement title I of the PLTIA.
    The main purpose of the Hague Agreement is to facilitate protection
for industrial designs by allowing applicants to apply for protection
in those countries and intergovernmental organizations that are
Contracting Parties to the Hague Agreement by filing a single
standardized application in a single language. Currently, a U.S. design
applicant seeking global protection generally has to file separate
design applications in each country or intergovernmental organization
for which protection is sought, complying with the formal requirements
imposed by each country or intergovernmental organization. The Hague
Agreement simplifies the application process and reduces the costs for
applicants seeking to obtain rights globally. The Hague Agreement also
provides for centralized international registration of designs and
renewal of registrations. The Hague Agreement imposes a time limit on a
Contracting Party to refuse the effects of international registration
in that Contracting Party if the conditions for the grant of protection
under the law of that Contracting Party are not met.
    Major provisions of the Hague Agreement as implemented by title I
of the PLTIA include the following:
    Article 3 of the Hague Agreement provides that "[a]ny person that
is a national of a State that is a Contracting Party or of a State
member of an intergovernmental organization that is a Contracting
Party, or that has a domicile, a habitual residence or a real and
effective industrial or commercial establishment in the territory of a
Contracting Party, shall be entitled to file an international
application." Article 4(1)(a) provides that "[t]he international
application may be filed, at the option of the applicant, either
directly with the International Bureau or through the Office of the
applicant's Contracting Party." Article 4(2) allows "[t]he Office of
any Contracting Party [to] require that the applicant pay a transmittal
fee to it, for its own benefit, in respect of any international
application filed through it."
    Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 382 to implement the
provisions of Articles 3 and 4. 126 Stat. at 1528. Section 382(a)
provides that "[a]ny person who is a national of the United States, or
has a domicile, a habitual residence, or a real and effective
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industrial or commercial establishment in the United States, may file
an international design application by submitting to the United States
Patent and Trademark Office an application in such form, together with
such fees, as may be prescribed by the Director." Id. Section 382(b)
requires the Office to "perform all acts connected with the discharge
of its duties under the [Hague Agreement], including the collection of
international fees and the transmittal thereof to the International
Bureau." Id. Transmittal of the international design application would
be subject to 35 U.S.C. chapter 17 and payment of a transmittal fee.
Id.
    Article 5 of the Hague Agreement and Rule 7 of the "Common
Regulations under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague
Agreement" ("Hague Agreement Regulations" or "Regulations")
concern the contents of an international design application. Article
5(1) requires the international design application to be in one of the
prescribed languages and specifies the contents required for all
international design applications. Specifically, it provides that the
application "shall contain or be accompanied by (i) a request for
international registration under [the Hague Agreement]; (ii) the
prescribed data concerning the applicant; (iii) the prescribed number
of copies of a reproduction or, at the choice of the applicant, of
several different reproductions of the industrial design that is the
subject of the international application, presented in the prescribed
manner; however, where the industrial design is two-dimensional and a
request for deferment of publication is made in accordance with
[Article 5(5)], the international application may, instead of
containing reproductions, be accompanied by the prescribed number of
specimens of the industrial design; (iv) an indication of the product
or products which constitute the industrial design or in relation to
which the industrial design is to be used, as prescribed; (v) an
indication of the designated Contracting Parties; (vi) the prescribed
fees; and (vii) any other prescribed particulars."
    Article 5(2) of the Hague Agreement and Rule 11 of the Hague
Agreement Regulations set forth additional mandatory contents that may
be required by any Contracting Party whose Office is an Examining
Office and whose law, at the time it becomes party to the Hague
Agreement, so requires. Specifically, Article 5(2) provides that "an
application for the grant of protection to an industrial design [may],
in order for that application to be accorded a filing date under that
law" be required to contain, any of the following elements: "(i)
indications concerning the identity of the creator of the industrial
design that is the subject of that application; (ii) abrief description
of the reproduction or of the characteristic features of the industrial
design that is the subject of that application; and (iii) a claim."
    Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 383 to provide that,
"[i]n addition to any requirements pursuant to chapter 16, the
international design application shall contain - (1) a request for
international registration under the treaty; (2) an indication of the
designated Contracting Parties; (3) data concerning the applicant as
prescribed in the treaty and the Regulations; (4) copies of a
reproduction or, at the choice of the applicant, of several different
reproductions of the industrial design that is the subject of the
international design application, presented in the number and manner
prescribed in the treaty and the Regulations; (5) an indication of the
product or products that constitute the industrial design or in
relation to which the industrial design is to be used, as prescribed in
the treaty and the Regulations; (6) the fees prescribed in the treaty
and the Regulations; and (7) any other particulars prescribed in the
Regulations." 126 Stat. at 1529-30.
    Article 6 of the Hague Agreement provides a right of priority with
respect to international design applications. Article 6(1) provides
that "[t]he international design application may contain a declaration
claiming, under Article 4 of the Paris Convention, the priority of one
or more earlier applications filed in or for any country party to that
Convention or any Member of the World Trade Organization." Article
6(2) provides that "[t]he international design application shall, as
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from its filing date and whatever may be its subsequent fate, be
equivalent to a regular filing within the meaning of Article 4 of the
Paris Convention."
    Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 386 to provide for a
right of priority with respect to international design applications.
Section 386(a) provides that "[i]n accordance with the conditions and
requirements of subsections (a) through (d) of section 119 and section
172, a national application shall be entitled to the right of priority
based on a prior international design application that designated at
least 1 country other than the United States." 126 Stat. at 1529.
Section 386(b) provides that "[i]n accordance with the conditions and
requirements of subsections (a) through (d) of section 119 and section
172 and the treaty and the Regulations, an international design
application designating the United States shall be entitled to the
right of priority based on a prior foreign application, a prior
international application as defined in section 351(c) designating at
least 1 country other than the United States, or a prior international
design application designating at least 1 country other than the United
States." Id. Section 386(c) provides for domestic benefit claims with
respect to international design applications designating the United
States in accordance with the conditions and requirements of 35 U.S.C.
120. 126 Stat. at 1529-30.
    Article 7 of the Hague Agreement and Rule 12 of the Hague Agreement
Regulations provide for designation fees. Under Article 7(2) and Rule
12(3), the designation fee may be an "individual designation fee."
Article 7(2) provides that for any Contracting Party whose Office is an
Examining Office, the "amount may be fixed by the said Contracting
Party . . . for the maximum period of protection allowed by the
Contracting Party concerned." Rule 12(3) provides that the individual
designation fee may "comprise two parts: The first part to be paid at
the time of filing the international design application, and the second
part to be paid at a later date which is determined in accordance with
the law of the Contracting Party concerned." Rule 12(1) lists other
fees concerning the international design application, including the
basic fee and publication fee.
    Article 8(1) of the Hague Agreement and Rule 14 of the Hague
Agreement Regulations provide that the International Bureau will
examine the international design application for compliance with the
requirements of the Hague Agreement and Regulations and invite the
applicant to make any required correction within a prescribed time
limit. Under Article 8(2), the failure to timely comply with the
invitation will result in abandonment of the application, except where
the irregularity concerns a requirement under Article 5(2) or a special
requirement under the Regulations, in which case the failure to timely
correct will result in the application being deemed not to contain the
designation of the Contracting Party concerned.
    Article 9 of the Hague Agreement establishes the filing date of an
international design application. Article 9(1) provides that "[w]here
the international application is filed directly with the International
Bureau, the filing date shall, subject to [Article 9(3)], be the date
on which the International Bureau receives the international
application." Article 9(2) provides that "[w]here the international
application is filed through the Office of the applicant's Contracting
Party, the filing date shall be determined as prescribed." The filing
date of an international application filed with an office of indirect
filing is prescribed in Rule 13(3) of the Regulations.
    Article 9(3) provides that "[w]here the international application
has, on the date on which it is received by the International Bureau,
an irregularity which is prescribed as an irregularity entailing a
postponement of the filing date of the international application, the
filing date shall be the date on which the correction of such
irregularity is received by the International Bureau." Rule 14(1) sets
forth the time limit in which the applicant is required to correct such
irregularities, and Rule 14(2) sets forth the irregularities entailing
postponement of the filing date of the international design
application.
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    The PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 384, which provides in subsection (a) that
the filing date of an international design application in the United
States shall be the "effective registration date" subject to review
under subsection (b). 126 Stat. at 1529. The term "effective
registration date" is defined in § 381(a)(5), added by the PLTIA,
as "the date of international registration determined by the
International Bureau under the treaty." 126 Stat. at 1528. Section
384(b) provides that "[a]n applicant may request review by the
Director of the filing date of the international design application in
the United States," and that "[t]he Director may determine that the
filing date of the international design application in the United
States is a date other than the effective registration date." 126
Stat. at 1529. It also authorizes the Director to "establish
procedures, including the payment of a surcharge, to review the filing
date under this section." Id. Section 384(a) also provides that "any
international design application designating the United States that
otherwise meets the requirements of chapter 16 may be treated as a
design application under chapter 16." Id.
    Article 10(1) of the Hague Agreement provides that "[t]he
International Bureau shall register each industrial design that is the
subject of an international application immediately upon receipt by it
of the international application or, where corrections are invited
under Article 8, immediately upon receipt of the required
corrections." Article 10(2) provides that "[s]ubject to subparagraph
(b), the date of the international registration shall be the filing
date of the international application." Article 10(2)(b) provides that
"[w]here the international application has, on the date on which it
is received by the International Bureau, an irregularity that relates
to Article 5(2), the date of the international registration shall be
the date on which the correction of such irregularity is received by
the International Bureau or the filing date of the international
application, whichever is the later." Under Rule 15(2) of the
Regulations, "the international registration shall contain (i) all the
data contained in the international application . . .; (ii) any
reproduction of the industrial design; (iii) the date of the
international registration; (iv) the number of the international
registration; [and] (v) the relevant class of the International
Classification, as determined by the International Bureau."
    Article 10(3)(a) of the Hague Agreement provides that "[t]he
international registration shall be published by the International
Bureau." Under Article 10(3)(b), "[t]he International Bureau shall
send a copy of the publication of the international registration to
each designated Office."
    Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 390 to provide that
"[t]he publication under the treaty of an international design
application designating the United States shall be deemed a publication
under [35 U.S.C.] 122(b)." 126 Stat. at 1531.
    Article 10(4) of the Hague Agreement provides that the
International Bureau shall, subject to Articles 10(5) and 11(4)(b),
keep each international application and international registration
confidential until publication. Under Article 10(5)(a), "[t]he
International Bureau shall, immediately after registration has been
effected, send a copy of the international registration, along with any
relevant statement, document or specimen accompanying the international
application, to each Office that has notified the International Bureau
that it wishes to receive such a copy and has been designated in the
international application."
    Article 11 of the Hague Agreement provides for deferment of
publication under certain conditions. Article 11(3) prescribes the
procedure where a request for deferment is filed in an international
design application designating a Contracting Party that has made a
declaration under Article 11(1)(b) stating that deferment is not
possible under its law.
    Article 12(1) of the Hague Agreement provides that "[t]he Office
of any designated Contracting Party may, where the conditions for the
grant of protection under the law of that Contracting Party are not met
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in respect of any or all of the industrial designs that are the subject
of an international registration, refuse the effects, in part or in
whole, of the international registration. . . ." Article 12(1) further
provides that "no Office may refuse the effects, in part or in whole,
of any international registration on the ground that requirements
relating to the form or contents of the international application that
are provided for in [the Hague Agreement] or the Regulations or are
additional to, or different from, those requirements have not been
satisfied under the law of the Contracting Party concerned." Article
12(2) provides that the refusal of the effects of an international
registration shall be communicated to the International Bureau within
the prescribed period and shall state the grounds on which the refusal
is based. Under Rule 18(1) of the Hague Agreement Regulations, the
prescribed period for sending the notification of refusal is six months
from publication, or twelve months from publication where an office
makes a declaration under Rule 18(1)(b). The declaration under Rule
18(1)(b) may state that the international registration shall produce
the effects under Article 14(2)(a) at the latest "at a time specified
in the declaration which may be later than the date referred to in that
Article but which shall not be more than six months after the said
date" or "at a time at which protection is granted according to the
law of the Contracting Party where a decision regarding the grant of
protection was unintentionally not communicated within the period
applicable under [Rule 18(1)(a) or (b)]." See Rule 18(1)(c).
    Rule 18(2) provides that the notification of refusal "shall
contain or indicate (i) the Office making the notification, (ii) the
number of the international registration, (iii) all the grounds on
which the refusal is based . . ., (iv) where the refusal . . . is based
[on] an earlier national, regional or international application or
registration, the filing date and number, the priority date (if any),
the registration date and number (if available), a copy of a
reproduction of the earlier industrial design (if . . . accessible to
the public) and the name and address of the owner . . ., (v) where the
refusal does not relate to all the industrial designs that are the
subject of the international registration, those to which it relates or
does not relate, (vi) whether the refusal may be subject to review or
appeal . . ., and (vii) the date on which the refusal was pronounced."
    Article 12(3) of the Hague Agreement provides that "[t]he
International Bureau shall, without delay, transmit a copy of the
notification of refusal to the holder," and that "[t]he holder shall
enjoy the same remedies as . . . if the international registration had
been the subject of an application for a grant of protection under the
law applicable to the Office that communicated the refusal." Under
Article 12(4), "[a]ny refusal may be withdrawn, in part or in whole,
at any time."
    Article 13 of the Hague Agreement permits a Contracting Party to
notify the Director General in a declaration, where the Contracting
Party's "law, at the time it becomes party to this Act, requires that
designs [in the] application conform to a requirement of unity of
design, unity of production or unity of use, . . . or that only one
independent and distinct design may be claimed in a single
application."
    Under Article 14(1) of the Hague Agreement, "[t]he international
registration shall, from the date of the international registration,
have at least the same effect in each designated Contracting Party as a
regularly filed application for the grant of protection of the
industrial design under the law of that Contracting Party."
    Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 385 to provide that
"[a]n international design application designating the United States
shall have the effect, for all purposes, from its filing date . . . of
an application for patent filed in the Patent and Trademark Office
pursuant chapter 16 [of Title 35 of the United States Code]." 126
Stat. at 1529. The PLTIA also amends 35 U.S.C. 154 to provide for
provisional rights in international design applications that designate
the United States. 126 Stat. at 1531-32.
    Article 14(2) of the Hague Agreement provides that "[i]n each
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designated Contracting Party the Office of which has not communicated a
refusal in accordance with Article 12, the international registration
shall have the same effect as a grant of [design protection] under the
law of that Contracting Party at the latest from the date of expiration
of the period allowed for it to communicate a refusal or, where a
Contracting Party has made a corresponding declaration under the
Regulations, at the latest at the time specified in that declaration."
Article 14(2)(b) provides that "[w]here the Office of a designated
Contracting Party has communicated a refusal and has subsequently
withdrawn, in part or in whole, that refusal, the international
registration shall, to the extent that the refusal is withdrawn, have
the same effect in that Contracting Party as a grant of [design
protection] under the law of said Contracting Party from the date on
which the refusal was withdrawn." Rule 18(4) of the Hague Agreement
Regulations sets forth the required contents of a notification of
withdrawal of refusal. Alternatively, under Rule 18 bis(2), the office
of a Contracting Party may send the International Bureau a statement of
grant of protection in lieu of a notification of withdrawal of refusal.
    Article 16 of the Hague Agreement and Rule 21 of the Hague
Agreement Regulations provide for the recording of certain changes in
the International Register by the International Bureau, such as changes
in ownership or the name or address of the holder. Under Article 16(2),
any such recording at the International Bureau "shall have the same
effect as if it had been made in the Register of the Office of each of
the Contracting Parties concerned, except that a Contracting Party may,
in a declaration, notify the Director General that a recording [of a
change in ownership] shall not have that effect in that Contracting
Party until the Office of that Contracting Party has received the
statements or documents specified in that declaration."
    Under Article 17 of the Hague Agreement, an "international design
registration shall be effected for an initial term of five years
counted from the date of international registration" and "may be
renewed for additional terms of five years in accordance with the
prescribed procedure and subject to payment of the prescribed fees."
The initial term of protection and additional terms may be replaced by
a maximum period of protection allowed by a Contracting Party. See
Article 7(2). The PLTIA amends 35 U.S.C. 173 to set the term of a
design patent to 15 years from date of grant. 126 Stat. at 1532.
    The PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 387 to allow the Director to establish
procedures, including a requirement for payment of the fee specified in
35 U.S.C. 41(a)(7), to excuse as to the United States "[a]n
applicant's failure to act within prescribed time limits in connection
with requirements pertaining to an international design application"
upon a showing of unintentional delay. 126 Stat. at 1530.
    Hague Agreement Rule 8, as recently amended by the Hague Union
Assembly and to enter into force as of January 1, 2014 (see WIPO
Assembly Draft Report, H/A/32/3 Prov. (October 2, 2013), available at
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=29895) provides
for special requirements concerning the applicant and the creator.
Under Rule 8(1)(a)(ii), "[w]here the law of a Contracting Party bound
by the 1999 Act requires the furnishing of an oath or declaration of
the creator, that Contracting Party may, in a declaration, notify the
Director General of that fact." Rule 8(1)(b) provides that the
declarations referred in Rule 8(1)(a)(i) and (a)(ii) shall specify the
form and mandatory contents of any required statement, document, oath
or declaration. Rule 8(3) provides that "[w]here an international
application contains the designation of a Contracting Party that has
made the declaration referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) it shall also
contain indications concerning the identity of the creator of the
industrial design." See discussion of § 1.1021(d).
    Relevant documents, including the implementing legislation (title I
of the PLTIA), Senate Committee Reports, and the Transmittal Letter,
are available on the Web site at
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/int_protect/index.jsp. This Web site also
contains a link to WIPO's Web site, which makes available relevant treaty
documents, at http://www.wipo.int/hague/en/legal_texts/.
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Discussion of Specific Rules

    The following is a discussion of proposed amendments to Title 37 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 1, 3, 5 and 11.
    Rules referencing priority or benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119, 120,
121, or 365: The Office proposes to reference 35 U.S.C. 386(a) and (b)
where the current rules contain a reference to priority under 35 U.S.C.
119(a)-(d) or 365(a) or (b); and to reference 35 U.S.C. 386(c) where
the current rules contain a reference to benefit under 35 U.S.C. 120,
121, or 365(c). Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 386 to
provide for a right of priority with respect to international design
applications. 126 Stat. at 1529-30. The proposed references are
required to account for the right of priority established under 35
U.S.C. 386.
    Section 1.4: Section 1.4(a)(2) is proposed to be amended to include
a reference to the proposed rules relating to international design
applications in subpart I.
    Section 1.5: Section 1.5(a) is proposed to be amended to provide
that the international registration number may be used on
correspondence directed to the Office to identify an international
design application. The international registration number is the number
assigned by the International Bureau upon registration of the
international design in the International Register. See Rule 15 of the
Regulations.
    Section 1.6: Section 1.6(d)(3) is proposed to be amended to include
the filing of an international design application among the
correspondence for which facsimile transmission is not permitted, and
if submitted, will not be accorded a receipt date. This is consistent
with the treatment of the filing of national patent applications and
international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
("PCT").
    Section 1.6(d)(4) is proposed to be amended to prohibit the filing
of color drawings by facsimile in an international design application.
This is consistent with the treatment of color drawings in national
applications and international applications under the PCT.
    Section 1.6(d)(6) is proposed to be amended to change "a patent
application" to "an application" to clearly prohibit the submission
of correspondence by facsimile in an international design application
that is subject to a secrecy order under §§ 5.1 through 5.5.
    Section 1.8: Section 1.8(a)(2)(i) is proposed to be amended to add
a new paragraph (K) to include the filing of an international design
application among the correspondence that will not receive benefit from
a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission. See discussion of
§ 1.6(d)(3), supra.
    Section 1.9: Sections 1.9(a)(1) and 1.9(a)(3) are proposed to be
amended to include in the definitions of "national application" and
"nonprovisional application," respectively, an international design
application filed under the Hague Agreement for which the Office has
received a copy of the international registration pursuant to Hague
Agreement Article 10. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 385, added by section
101(a) of the PLTIA, an international design application that
designates the United States has the effect from its filing date of an
application for patent filed in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. chapter 16. 126 Stat. at 1529. The filing
date of an international design application is, subject to review, the
international registration date. See discussion of § 1.1023, infra.
Under Article 10, the International Bureau will send a copy of the
international registration to each designated office after publication
(Article 10(3)) or, upon notification by the Contracting Party,
immediately after international registration (Article 10(5)).
Consequently, the Office will receive a copy of the international
registration pursuant to Article 10 only if the United States has been
designated.
    Sections 1.9(l) and 1.9(m) are proposed to be added to define
"Hague Agreement," "Hague Agreement Article," "Hague Agreement
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Regulations," and "Hague Agreement Rule" as used in chapter I of Title
37 of the Code of Federal Regulations ("CFR").
    Section 1.9(n) is proposed to be added to define "international
design application" as used in chapter I of Title 37 of the CFR.
Section 1.9(n) further provides that unless otherwise clear from the
wording, reference to "design application" or "application for a
design patent" in chapter I of the CFR includes an international
design application that designates the United States.
    Section 1.14: Section 1.14(a)(1) is proposed to be amended to add a
reference to added paragraph (j) concerning international design
applications.
    Section 1.14(a)(1)(ii) is proposed to be amended to replace the
reference to "abandoned application that has been published as a
patent application publication" with a reference to "abandoned
published application." This change is consistent with the language of
§ 1.11(a) to which § 1.14(a)(1)(ii) refers. In addition, the
term "published application" is defined in § 1.9(c) as "an
application for patent which has been published under 35 U.S.C.
122(b)." Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 374 and 35 U.S.C. 390, international
applications and international design applications that designate the
United States and are published under the respective treaty, "shall be
deemed a publication under section 122(b)." Accordingly, a published
application for purposes of § 1.14 will include a publication by
the International Bureau of either an international application under
the PCT or an international design application under the Hague
Agreement that designates the United States. Access to such published
applications is permitted under PCT Article 30 and Hague Agreement
Article 10. In contrast, the term "patent application publication"
refers to a publication by the Office under § 1.215. The Office
does not intend to publish international design applications (see
§ 1.211), as international design applications are published by the
International Bureau under the Hague Agreement in English. See Hague
Agreement Article 10(3) and Rule 6(2). See also 35 U.S.C. 390, added by
the PLTIA, deeming a publication under the Hague Agreement as a
publication under 35 U.S.C. 122(b). 126 Stat. at 1531. In addition, the
Office does not publish applications for design patents under 35 U.S.C.
chapter 16. See § 1.211(b).
    Sections 1.14(a)(1)(iv)-(vi) are proposed to be amended to include
a publication of an international registration under Hague Agreement
Article 10(3) among the publications for which access to an unpublished
application may be obtained. Section 1.14(a)(1)(iv) is proposed to be
amended to permit access to the file contents of an unpublished
abandoned application where the application is identified in the
publication of an international registration under Hague Agreement
Article 10(3), or where benefit of the application is claimed under 35
U.S.C. 119(e), 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) in an application that has
issued as a U.S. patent, or has published as a statutory invention
registration, a U.S. patent application publication, an international
publication of an international application under PCT Article 21(2), or
a publication of an international registration under Hague Agreement
Article 10(3). Section 1.14(a)(1)(v) is proposed to be amended to
permit access to the file contents of an unpublished pending
application where benefit of the application is claimed under 35 U.S.C.
119(e), 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) in an application that has issued
as a U.S. patent, or has published as a statutory invention
registration, a U.S. patent application publication, an international
publication under PCT Article 21(2), or a publication of an
international registration under Hague Agreement Article 10(3). Section
1.14(a)(1)(vi) is proposed to be amended to permit access to a copy of
the application as originally filed of an unpublished pending
application if the application is incorporated by reference or
otherwise identified in a U.S. patent, a statutory invention
registration, a U.S. patent application publication, an international
publication under PCT Article 21(2), or a publication of an
international registration under Hague Agreement Article 10(3).
    Section 1.14(a)(1)(vii) is proposed to be amended consistent with
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amendments to § 1.14(a)(1)(iv)-(vi).
    Section 1.14(j) is proposed to be added to set forth the conditions
under which the records of an international design application
maintained by the Office will be made available to the public.
    Section 1.14(j)(1) provides that with respect to an international
design application maintained by the Office in its capacity as a
designated office for national processing, the records associated with
the international design application may be made available as provided
under § 1.14(a)-(i). Under Hague Agreement Article 10(5), the
Office is to keep international design registrations confidential until
publication of the international registration by the International
Bureau. This provision does not alter the Office's long-standing
practice to make application files available to the public to satisfy
the Constitutionally mandated quid pro quo requiring public disclosure
of patented inventions. See United States ex rel. Pollok v. Hall, 1889
Dec. Comm'r Pat. 582, 48 O.G. 1263 (DC 1988) (recognizing that the
rights of exclusivity and confidentiality stem from Article I, Section
8, clause 8, of the Constitution in holding that the Office must make
available to the public an abandoned application specifically
referenced in a patent); P.J. Federico, Commentary on the New Patent
Act, reprinted in 75 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 161, 196-197 (1993)
(as background discussion to the addition of section 122 to the 1952
Patent Act, noting that for nearly 100 years the Office has had
regulations requiring that applications be maintained confidential
while recognizing public accessibility when an abandoned application is
referenced in later issued patent); see also Metropolitan West Side
Elevated Railroad Company et al. v. Siemans, 1898 Dec. Comm'r Pat. 220,
222 85 O.G. 290 (Comm'r Pat. 1898); In re Reed Mfg. Co., 1900 Dec.
Comm'r Pat. 140, 92 O.G. 2001 (Comm'r Pat. 1900); Ex parte Lewis and
Unger, 1903 Dec. Comm'r Pat. 303, 106 O.G. 543 (Comm'r Pat. 1903); In
re Doman, 1905 Dec. Comm'r Pat. 101, 115 O.G. 804 (Comm'r Pat. 1905).
As a designated office, the Office will establish a file for national
processing upon receipt of the published international registration
from the International Bureau. In such cases, the records of the
application file will be available pursuant to § 1.14(a)(ii)-(iii).
The provisions of § 1.14(j)(1) provide for access to such
international design applications maintained by the Office for national
processing, thus treating international design applications the same as
regular national applications.
    Section 1.14(j)(2) provides that with respect to an international
design application maintained by the Office in its capacity as an
office of indirect filing (§ 1.1002), the records of the
international design application may be available under
§ 1.14(j)(1) when they are contained in the file of the international
design application maintained by the Office for national processing.
Also, if benefit of the international design application is claimed
under 35 U.S.C. 386(c) in a U.S. patent or published application, the
file contents may be made available to the public, or a copy of the
application-as-filed, the file contents of the application, or a
specific document in the file of the application may be provided to any
person upon written request, and payment of the appropriate fee
(§ 1.19(b)). The Office plans to use the application file maintained by
the Office as an office of indirect filing as the file for national
processing as a designated office. Consequently, the records maintained
by the Office as an office of indirect filing may be available where the
records are part of the file maintained by the Office as a designated
office and are available pursuant to § 1.14(j)(1). The records maintained
by the Office as an office of the indirect filing may also be available
where benefit to the international design application is claimed under
35 U.S.C. 386(c) in a U.S. patent or published application. Under the
provisions of 35 U.S.C. 386(c) and 35 U.S.C. 388, applicants may claim
benefit to an international design application that designates the United
States provided the application claiming benefit of the international
design application is filed before the date of withdrawal, renunciation,
cancellation, or abandonment of the international application, either
generally or as to the United States.
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    Section 1.16: Sections 1.16(b), (l) and (p) are proposed to be
amended to clarify that the design application fees specified therein
are applicable to design applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 111. The
other provisions of section 1.16 are not proposed to change.
    Section 1.17: Section 1.17(f) is proposed to be amended to specify
the fee for filing a petition under § 1.1023 to review the filing
date of an international design application in the United States.
Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 384, which provides that the
filing date of an international application in the United States is the
effective registration date (35 U.S.C. 384(a)), and authorizes the
Director to establish procedures, including the payment of a surcharge,
to review the filing date, which may result in a determination that the
application has a filing date in the United States other than the
effective registration date (35 U.S.C. 384(b)). 126 Stat. at 1529. The
review procedure authorized under 35 U.S.C. 384(b) is set forth in
proposed § 1.1023, discussed infra, which requires, inter alia, the
fee set forth in § 1.17(f). Under 35 U.S.C. 389(b), added by the
PLTIA, all questions of procedures regarding an international design
application designating the United States, unless required by the Hague
Agreement and regulations thereunder, shall be determined as in the
case of applications filed under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16. 126 Stat. at
1530. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority under 35 U.S.C. 389(b),
the fee for filing a petition to review the filing date of an
international design application under § 1.1023 is the same as the
fee for filing a petition to accord a filing date in a national
application (see §§ 1.53(e) and 1.57(a)).
    Section 1.17(u) is proposed to be added to set forth the fee for
filing a petition to excuse an applicant's failure to act within
prescribed time limits in an international design application. Section
101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 387 to provide that an applicant's
failure to act within prescribed time limits in connection with
requirements pertaining to an international design application may be
excused as to the United States upon a showing satisfactory to the
Director of unintentional delay and under such conditions, including a
requirement for payment of the fee specified in 35 U.S.C. 41(a)(7), as
may be prescribed by the Director. 126 Stat. at 1530. The conditions
for excusing an applicant's failure to act within the prescribed time
limits in an international design application are set forth in proposed
§ 1.1051, discussed infra. These requirements include, inter alia,
the requirement to pay the fee set forth in § 1.17(u). The fee set
forth in § 1.17(u) does not include a micro entity amount as this
fee is set under 35 U.S.C. 41(a)(7) as amended by section 202(b)(1)(A)
of the PLTIA, and not section 10(a) of the AIA. Section 10(b) of the
AIA provides that the micro entity discount applies to fees set under
section 10(a) of the AIA. See Pub. L. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284, 316-17
(2011). The Office will consider including a micro entity amount in
§ 1.17(u) in the event that patent fees are again set or adjusted
under section 10(a) of the AIA.
    Section 1.17(v) is proposed to be added to specify the fee for
filing a petition under § 1.1052 to convert an international design
application to a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16. See
discussion of § 1.1052, infra. The petition fee is not being set
pursuant to section 10(a) of the AIA. Rather, the Office is setting
this fee in this rulemaking pursuant to its authority under 35 U.S.C.
41(d)(2), which provides that fees for all processing, services, or
materials relating to patents not specified in 35 U.S.C. 41 are to be
set at amounts to recover the estimated average cost to the Office of
such processing, services, or materials.
    The Office uses an Activity Based Information ("ABI") methodology
to determine the estimated average costs (or expense) on a per process,
service, or material basis including the particular processes and
services addressed in this rulemaking. The ABI analysis includes
compiling the Office costs for a specified activity, including the
direct-expense (e.g., direct personnel compensation, contract services,
maintenance and repairs, communications, utilities, equipment,
supplies, materials, training, rent and program-related information
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technology ("IT") automation), an appropriate allocation of allocated
direct expense (e.g., rent, program-related automation, and personnel
compensation benefits such as medical insurance and retirement), and an
appropriate allocation of allocated indirect expense (e.g., general
financial and human resource management, nonprogram specific IT
automation, and general Office expenses). The direct expense for an
activity plus its allocated direct expense and allocated indirect
expense is the "fully burdened" expense for that activity. The
"fully burdened" expense for an activity is then divided by
production measures (number of that activity completed) to arrive at
the fully burdened per-unit cost for that activity. The cost for a
particular process is then determined by ascertaining which activities
occur for the process, and how often each such activity occurs for the
process. The ABI analysis in this rulemaking is based upon fiscal year
2012 expense. The prospective fees are calculated using the ABI expense
and applying adjustment factors to estimate the cost in fiscal year
2015 expense, as fiscal year 2015 may be the next opportunity to
consider whether to revisit the fees under section 10(a) of the AIA.
This analysis uses 2012 expense as a proxy and adjusts for yearly
inflation in the out-years.
    The Office is estimating the fiscal year 2015 cost in this
rulemaking by using the projected change in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers ("CPI-U") for fiscal years 2013, 2014, and
2015, as the CPI-U is a reasonable basis for determining the change in
Office costs between fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year 2015. The
individual CPI-U during each fiscal year is multiplied together to
obtain a cumulative CPI-U from fiscal year 2013 through fiscal year
2015. The CPI-U increase for fiscal year 2013 is forecasted to be 2.1
percent. The CPI-U increase for fiscal year 2014 is forecasted to be
2.2 percent. The CPI-U increase for fiscal year 2015 is forecasted to
be 2.2 percent. See http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/
budget/fy2014/assets/spec.pdf. Thus, the estimated fiscal year 2015
cost amounts are calculated by multiplying the actual expense amount
for fiscal year 2012 by 1.066 (1.021 multiplied by 1.022 multiplied by
1.022 equals 1.066). The estimated fiscal year 2015 cost amounts are
then rounded to the nearest ten dollars by applying standard arithmetic
rules so that the resulting fee amounts will be convenient for
international design application users.
    The processing of a petition to convert an international design
application to a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16 involves
review and preparation of a decision for the petition. An estimate for
the number of hours required for a GS-12, Step 5 attorney to review the
petition and draft a decision is two hours. The ABI analysis indicates
that the estimated fully burdened expense during fiscal year 2012 to
review and prepare a decision for the petition is $172 ($86 fully
burdened labor cost per hour multiplied by 2). Thus, the Office
estimates the fiscal year unit cost to review the petition and draft a
decision, using the estimated CPI-U increase for fiscal years 2013,
2014, and 2015, is $183 ($172 multiplied by 1.066), which, when rounded
to the nearest ten dollars, is a proposed fee for conversion of $180.
Additional information concerning the Office's analysis of the
estimated fiscal year 2015 costs for converting an international design
application to a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16 is
available upon request.
    Section 1.18: Section 1.18(b)(3) is proposed to be added to provide
that an issue fee paid through the International Bureau in an
international design application designating the United States shall be
in the amount specified on the Web site of the WIPO, available at:
http://www.wipo.int/hague. The option for applicants to pay the issue
fee through the International Bureau is provided for in Hague Agreement
Rule 12(3)(c) and is in lieu of paying the issue fee under
§ 1.18(b)(1). Article 7(2) permits a Contracting Party to declare that
the prescribed designation fee shall be replaced by an individual
designation fee, whose amounts can be changed in further declarations.
The International Bureau accepts payment only in Swiss currency (see
Hague Agreement Rule 28(1)) and all fee amounts specified on the WIPO
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Web site are in Swiss currency.
    Section 1.25: Section 1.25(b) is proposed to be amended to provide
that international design application fees (§ 1.1031) may be
charged to a deposit account.
    Section 1.27: Section 1.27(c)(3) is proposed to be amended to
provide that the payment, by any party, of the exact amount of the
small entity first part of the individual designation fee for the
United States (Hague Agreement Rule 12(1)(a)(iii)) to the International
Bureau in an international design application will be treated as a
written assertion of entitlement to small entity status. The proposed
change to § 1.27(c)(3) will permit applicants paying fees to the
International Bureau in an international design application designating
the United States to establish small entity status for the purposes of
the United States.
    Section 1.29: Section 1.29(e) is proposed to be amended to provide
that a micro entity certification filed in an international design
application may be signed by a person authorized to represent the
applicant under § 1.1041(a) before the International Bureau where
the micro entity certification is filed with the International Bureau.
    Section 1.41: Section 1.41(f) is proposed to be added to set forth
the inventorship in an international design application designating the
United States. Specifically, the inventorship of an international
design application designating the United States is the creator or
creators set forth in the publication of the international registration
under Hague Agreement Article 10(3). Any correction of inventorship
must be pursuant to § 1.48.
    Section 1.46: Section 1.46(b) is proposed to be amended to provide
that if an application entering the national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371,
or an international design application before the United States as a
designated office, is applied for by a person other than the inventor
under § 1.46(a) (i.e., the assignee, person to whom the inventor is
under an obligation to assign the invention, or person who otherwise
shows sufficient proprietary interest in the matter, as provided under
35 U.S.C. 118) that person must have been identified as the applicant
for the United States in the international stage of the international
application or as the holder in the publication of the international
registration under Hague Agreement Article 10(3). The proposed
amendment does not change the current practice with respect to national
stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, where a person seeking to
become an applicant under § 1.46 in the national phase was not
named as an applicant for the United States in the international phase.
In such case, that person must comply with the requirements under
§ 1.46(c), including the requirements of §§ 3.71 and 3.73, to be
an applicant in the national phase. The proposed amendment treats
international design applications in the same manner as international
applications under the PCT. See discussion of § 1.1011(b), infra,
regarding who may be an applicant for an international design
application designating the United States.
    Section 1.46(c) is proposed to be amended to provide that any
request to correct or update the name of the applicant under this
section must include an application data sheet under § 1.76
specifying the correct or updated name of the applicant in the
applicant information section (§ 1.76(b)(7)), except that
correction of the name of the applicant may be made pursuant to Hague
Agreement Article 16 for an international design application. Section
1.46(c) is also proposed to be amended to provide that any request to
replace the original applicant with an applicant under § 1.46 must
include an application data sheet under § 1.76 specifying the
applicant in the applicant information section (§ 1.76(b)(7)) and
comply with §§ 3.71 and 3.73.
    Article 16(1)(ii) provides for recording in the International
Register by the International Bureau of a change in the name and
address of the holder. Under Article 16(2), such recording has the same
effect as if made in the Office of each of the designated Contracting
Parties. Accordingly, § 1.46(c) is proposed to be amended to
recognize a change in the name of the holder (i.e., applicant) in an
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international design application designating the United States, where
the name change was recorded by the International Bureau pursuant to
Article 16. Article 16 also provides for the recording of a change in
ownership of the international registration, the effect of which may be
made subject to the Office of the Contracting Party receiving the
statement or documents it specifies in a declaration. In such case, the
new owner may become an applicant in the international design
application before the Office for national processing in accordance
with the procedure set forth in § 1.46(c).
    Section 1.53: Section 1.53(d)(1)(ii) is proposed to be amended to
provide that a continued prosecution application ("CPA") of a prior
nonprovisional application may be filed where the prior nonprovisional
application is a design application, but not an international design
application, that is complete as defined by § 1.51(b). Under
current § 1.53(d), a CPA may be filed where the prior
nonprovisional application is a design application that is complete as
defined by § 1.51(b). The filing of a CPA of a prior nonprovisional
international design application would not be appropriate, as a CPA is
a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16 and thus subject to
different statutory and regulatory requirements relative to a
nonprovisional international design application.
    Section 1.55: Section 1.55(b) is proposed to be amended to provide
that the six-month period specified in that paragraph is subject to
Hague Agreement Rule 4(4). Rule 4(4) provides that if a period expires
on a day on which the International Bureau or the Office concerned is
not open to the public, the period shall expire on the first subsequent
day on which the International Bureau or the Office concerned is open
to the public. Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 386(b) which
provides: "[i]n accordance with the conditions and requirements of
subsections (a) through (d) of section 119 and section 172 and the
treaty and the Regulations, an international design application
designating the United States shall be entitled to the right of
priority based on a prior foreign application . . . ." 126 Stat. at
1529. Thus, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 386(b), the priority period in an
international design application designating the United States is
subject to extension under Rule 4(4).
    Section 1.55(m) is proposed to be added to set forth the time for
filing a priority claim and certified copy of a foreign application in
an international design application designating the United States.
Section 1.55(m) provides that in an international design application
designating the United States, the claim for priority may be made in
accordance with the Hague Agreement and the Hague Agreement
Regulations. Section 1.55(m) further provides that for purposes of the
United States, the priority claim may also be presented in an
application data sheet (§ 1.76(b)(6)), filed directly with the
Office after publication of the international design application under
Article 10(3) of the Hague Agreement, identifying the foreign
application for which priority is claimed by specifying the application
number, country (or intellectual property authority), day, month, and
year of its filing. The priority claim and certified copy must be
furnished in accordance with the time period and other conditions set
forth in paragraph (g).
    Section 1.57: Section 1.57(a) is proposed to be amended by revising
paragraph (a) to include a new paragraph (a)(3) and to renumber
paragraph (3) as paragraph (4). Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35
U.S.C. 386 to provide for a right of priority to an international
design application. 126 Stat. at 1529-30. Accordingly, § 1.57(a) is
proposed to be amended to provide for incorporation by reference to an
inadvertently omitted portion of the specification or drawings based on
a benefit claim under 1.78 to an international design application
present upon filing, and to provide that any amendment to an
international design application that designates the United States
pursuant to § 1.57(a) shall be effective only as to the United
States, and shall have no effect on the filing date of the application.
    Section 1.76: Section 1.76(b)(6) is proposed to be amended to
provide that the foreign priority information section of the
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application data sheet may include the intellectual property authority
rather than country of filing. This change is for consistency with the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 119(b) and § 1.55.
    Section 1.78: Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 386(c) to
provide for benefit claims with respect to international design
applications designating the United States in accordance with the
conditions and requirements of 35 U.S.C. 120. 126 Stat. at 1529-30.
Accordingly, § 1.78(c) is proposed to be amended to provide for
benefit claims under 35 U.S.C. 386(c). Section 1.78(c)(1)(iii) is added
to provide that the prior-filed application to which benefit is claimed
may be an international design application designating the United
States that is entitled to a filing date as set forth in § 1.1023.
    Section 1.78(c)(2) is proposed to be amended to provide that the
reference required under § 1.78(c)(2) may identify an international
design application by international registration number and
international registration date.
    Section 1.78(c)(7) is proposed to be added to provide that where
benefit is claimed under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) to an
international application or an international design application, which
designates but did not originate in the United States, the Office may
require a certified copy of such application together with an English
translation thereof if filed in another language. The authority to
require a certified copy of an international design application that
designates the United States but did not originate in the United
States, and an English translation thereof, is provided in 35 U.S.C.
386(c). Similar authority with respect to international applications
that designate the United States but do not originate in the United
States is provided in 35 U.S.C. 365(c). Since international
applications are published under PCT Article 21(2), and international
design applications are published under Hague Agreement Article 10(3),
the Office would not ordinarily require a certified copy of the
international application or international design application pursuant
to § 1.78(c)(7). Rather, the Office foresees the authority under
§ 1.78(c)(7) to be used primarily in instances where the
international application or international design application did not
publish under the respective treaty, or where there is a question as to
the content of the disclosure of the application as of its filing date,
and the certified copy and any English translation are needed to
determine entitlement to the benefit of the filing date of the
international application or international design application in order
to, for example, overcome a prior art reference.
    Section 1.78(d) is proposed to be amended to provide for acceptance
of a delayed benefit claim to an international application designating
the United States pursuant to the petition procedure set forth therein.
    Section 1.84: Section 1.84(y) is proposed to be amended to include
a cross reference to international design application reproductions in
proposed § 1.1026.
    Section 1.85: Section 1.85(a) is proposed to be amended to provide
that if a drawing in an international design application designating
the United States meets the requirements of § 1.1026, the drawing
may be admitted for examination. Section 1.85(c) is proposed to be
amended to provide that if a drawing in an international design
application does not comply with § 1.1026 at the time an
application is allowed, the Office may notify the applicant in a notice
of allowability and set a three-month period of time from the mail date
of the notice of allowability within which the applicant must file a
corrected drawing to avoid abandonment.
    Section 1.97: Section 1.97(b)(3) is proposed to be added to provide
that an information disclosure statement may be filed within three
months of the date of publication of the international registration
under Hague Agreement Article 10(3) in an international design
application. An information disclosure statement may also be submitted
with the international design application. See Hague Agreement Rule
7(5)(g) ("The international application may be accompanied by a
statement that identifies information known by the applicant to be
material to the eligibility for protection of the industrial design
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concerned.").
    Section 1.105: Section 1.105(a)(1) is proposed to be amended to
make a requirement for information under§ 1.105 applicable to
international design applications and supplemental examination proceedings.
    Section 1.114: Section 1.114(e) is proposed to be amended to
provide that a request for continued examination may not be filed in an
international design application. This is consistent with the treatment
of applications for design patents under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16.
    Section 1.155: Section 1.155 is proposed to be amended to provide
for expedited examination of an international design application that
designates the United States. To qualify for expedited examination,
§ 1.155(a)(1) provides that the international design application
must be published pursuant to Hague Agreement Article 10(3).
    Section 1.211: Section 1.211(b) is proposed to be amended to
provide that an international design application under 35 U.S.C.
chapter 38 shall not be published by the Office under § 1.211.
International registrations are published by the International Bureau
pursuant to Article 10(3) of the Hague Agreement. The international
registration includes the data contained in the international design
application and any reproduction of the industrial design. See Rule
15(2) of the Regulations.
    Section 1.312: Section 1.312 is proposed to be amended to provide
that where the issue fee is paid in an international design application
through the International Bureau, the date of payment of the issue fee
for purposes of determining the timeliness of an amendment under § 1.312
will be the date the issue fee is recorded by the Office. This
date will be indicated as the accounting date in the Office's Revenue
Accounting and Management System. Under the Hague Agreement, the issue
fee may be paid through the International Bureau. An amendment under
§ 1.312 filed after payment of the issue fee to the International
Bureau but before the fee is recorded by the Office would be untimely
under the current rule. Because of the inherent time lag between
payment of the issue fee to the International Bureau and crediting of
the issue fee to the account of the Office, the Office may not have
sufficient information at the time of receipt of the amendment under
§ 1.312 to determine whether such amendment may be entered under
the current rule. The proposed amendment to § 1.312 is more
favorable to applicants and would facilitate processing of such
amendments by the Office. In addition, since the application will not
be scheduled for printing as a patent until the issue fee is recorded
by the Office, the proposed amendment would not delay issuance of the
patent.
    A new subpart I is proposed to be added to provide for
international and national processing of international design
applications.
    Section 1.1001: Section 1.1001 is proposed to be added to include
definitions of terms used in subpart I.
    Section 1.1002: Section 1.1002 is proposed to be added to indicate
the major functions of the USPTO as an office of indirect filing. These
include: (1) Receiving and according a receipt date to international
design applications; (2) collecting and, when required, transmitting
fees for processing international design applications; (3) determining
compliance with applicable requirements of part 5 of chapter I of Title
37 of the CFR; and (4) transmitting an international design application
to the International Bureau, unless prescriptions concerning national
security prevent the application from being transmitted.
    Section 1.1003: Section 1.1003 is proposed to be added to indicate
the major functions of the USPTO as a designated office. These include:
(1) Accepting for national examination international design
applications which satisfy the requirements of the Hague Agreement,
Regulations and the regulations; (2) performing an examination of the
international design application in accordance with 35 U.S.C. chapter
16; and (3) communicating the results of examination to the
International Bureau.
    Section 1.1004: Section 1.1004 is proposed to be added to indicate
the major functions of the International Bureau. These include: (1)
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Receiving international design applications directly from applicants
and indirectly from an office of indirect filing; (2) collecting
required fees and crediting designation fees to the accounts of the
Contracting Parties concerned; (3) reviewing international design
applications for compliance with prescribed formal requirements; (4)
translating international design applications into the required
languages for recordation and publication; (5) recording international
design applications in the International Register; and (6) publishing
international design applications in the International Designs
Bulletin.
    Section 1.1011: Section 1.1011(a) is proposed to be added to
specify who may file an international design application through the
USPTO. Under Article 3, any person that is a national of a State that
is a Contracting Party or a State member of an intergovernmental
organization that is a Contracting Party, or that has a domicile, a
habitual residence or a real and effective industrial or commercial
establishment in the territory of a Contracting Party, shall be
entitled to file an international application. Under Article 4(1), the
international application may be filed, at the option of the applicant,
either directly with the International Bureau or through the Office of
the applicant's Contracting Party (i.e., an office of indirect filing).
In accordance with Articles 3 and 4(1), § 1.1011(a) specifies that
only persons who are nationals of the United States or who have a
domicile, a habitual residence or a real and effective industrial or
commercial establishment in the territory of the United States may file
international design applications through the United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
    Section 1.1011(b) is proposed to be added to provide that although
the USPTO will accept international design applications filed by any
person referred to in § 1.1011(a), an international design
application designating the United States may be refused by the Office
as a designated office if the applicant is not a person qualified under
35 U.S.C. chapter 11 to be an applicant. The PLTIA does not distinguish
a person qualified to be an applicant for an international design
application designating the United States from a person qualified to be
an applicant in a national design application under 35 U.S.C. 171-173.
See section 101(a) of the PLTIA, which adds: 35 U.S.C. 389(b) ("All
questions of substance and, unless otherwise required by the treaty and
Regulations, procedures regarding an international design application
designating the United States shall be determined as in the case of
applications filed under chapter 16."); 35 U.S.C. 382(c) ("Except as
otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of chapter 16 shall
apply."); and 35 U.S.C. 383 ("In addition to any requirements
pursuant to chapter 16, the international design application shall
contain . . ."). 126 Stat. at 1528-30.
    Section 1.1021: Section 1.1021 is proposed to be added to specify
the contents of the international design application.
    Section 1.1021(a) specifies the mandatory contents of an
international design application. The international design application
must be in English, French or Spanish. In addition, the application
shall contain or be accompanied by: (1) A request for international
registration under the Hague Agreement (Article 5(1)(i)); (2) the
prescribed data concerning the applicant (Article 5(1)(ii) and Rule
7(3)(i) and (ii)); (3) the prescribed number of copies of a reproduction
or, at the choice of the applicant, of several different reproductions of
the industrial design that is the subject of the international design
application, presented in the prescribed manner, however, where the
industrial design is two-dimensional and a request for deferment of
publication is made in accordance with Article 5(5), the international
design application may, instead of containing reproductions, be accompanied
by the prescribed number of specimens of the industrial design (Article
5(1)(iii)); (4) an indication of the product or products that constitute
the industrial design or in relation to which the industrial design is
to be used, as prescribed (Article 5(1)(iv) and Rule 7(3)(iv)); (5) an
indication of the designated Contracting Parties (Article 5(1)(v)); (6)
the prescribed fees (Article 5(1)(vi) and Rule 12(1)); (7) the Contracting
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Party or Parties in respect of which the applicant fulfills the
conditions to be the holder of an international registration (Rule
7(3)(iii)); (8) the number of industrial designs included in the
international application, which may not exceed 100, and the number of
reproductions or specimens of the industrial designs accompanying the
international application (Rule 7(3)(v)); (9) the amount of the fees
being paid and the method of payment, or instructions to debit the
required amount of fees to an account opened with the International
Bureau, and the identification of the party effecting the payment or
giving the instructions (Rule 7(3)(vii)); and (10) an indication of
applicant's Contracting Party as required under Rule 7(4)(a).
    Section 1.1021(b) sets forth additional mandatory contents that may
be required by certain Contracting Parties. These include: (1) Elements
referred to in Article 5(2)(b) required for a filing date in the
designated Contracting Party for which a declaration was made by that
Contracting Party; and (2) a statement, document, oath or declaration
required pursuant to Rule 8(1) by a designated Contracting Party. The
elements that may be required under Article 5(2)(b) are: (i)
Indications concerning the identity of the creator; (ii) a brief
description of the reproduction or of the characteristic features of
the industrial design; and (iii) a claim.
    Section 1.1021(c) identifies optional contents that the
international design application may contain. These include: (1) Two or
more industrial designs, subject to the prescribed conditions (Article
5(4) and Rule 7(7)); (2) a request for deferment of publication
(Article 5(5) and Rule 7(5)(e)); (3) an element referred to in item (i)
or (ii) of Article 5(2)(b) of the Hague Agreement or in Article 8(4)(a)
of the 1960 Act even where that element is not required in consequence
of a notification in accordance with Article 5(2)(a) of the Hague
Agreement or in consequence of a requirement under Article 8(4)(a) of
the 1960 Act (Rule 7(5)(a)); (4) the name and address of applicant's
representative, as prescribed (Rule 7(5)(b)); (5) a claim of priority
under Article 4 of the Paris Convention, as prescribed (Rule 7(5)(c));
(6) a declaration, for purposes of Article 11 of the Paris Convention,
that the product or products which constitute the industrial design, or
in which the industrial design is incorporated, have been shown at an
official or officially recognized international exhibition, together
with the place where the exhibition was held and the date on which the
product or products were first exhibited there and, where less than all
the industrial designs contained in the international application are
concerned, the indication of those industrial designs to which the
declaration relates or does not relate (Rule 7(5)(d)); (7) any
declaration, statement or other relevant indication as may be specified
in the Administrative Instructions (Rule 7(5)(f)); (8) a statement that
identifies information known by the applicant to be material to the
eligibility for protection of the industrial design concerned (Rule
7(5)(g)); and (9) a proposed translation of any text matter contained
in the international application for purposes of recording and
publication (Rule 6(4)).
    Section 1.1021(d) is proposed to be added to set forth the required
contents for an international design application that designates the
United States. Section 1.1021(d) provides that, in addition to the
mandatory requirements set forth in § 1.1021(a), an international
design application that designates the United States shall contain or
be accompanied by: (1) A claim (§§ 1.1021(b)(1)(iii) and 1.1025);
(2) indications concerning the identity of the creator (Rule 11(1));
and (3) the inventor's oath or declaration (§§ 1.63 and
1.64). Section 1.1021(d)(3) further provides that the requirements in
§ 1.63(b) and § 1.64(b)(4) to identify each inventor by his or
her legal name, mailing address, and residence, if an inventor lives at
a location which is different from the mailing address, and the
requirement in § 1.64(b)(2) to identify the residence and mailing
address of the person signing the substitute statement, will be
considered satisfied by the presentation of such information in the
international design application prior to international registration.
    Under Article 5(2), a Contracting Party may require an
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international design application to contain certain additional
elements, where the law of that Contracting Party, at the time it
becomes a party to the Hague Agreement, requires the application to
contain such elements to be accorded a filing date. The elements set
forth in Article 5(2) are: (1) Indications concerning the identity of
the creator of the industrial design; (2) a brief description of the
reproduction or of the characteristic features of the industrial
design; and (3) a claim. Article 5(2) permits a Contracting Party to
notify the Director General of the elements required in order for the
application to be accorded a filing date.
    A claim is a filing date requirement for design applications in the
United States. While the PLTIA, in implementing the Patent Law Treaty,
eliminates the requirement for a claim as a filing date requirement in
utility applications, it does not eliminate the requirement for a claim
as a filing date requirement for design applications. See section 202
of the PLTIA amending 35 U.S.C. 171 to provide that "[t]he filing date
of an application for patent for design shall be the date on which the
specification as prescribed by [35 U.S.C.] 112 and any required
drawings are filed." 126 Stat. 1535. The specific wording of the claim
shall be as prescribed in § 1.1025. Id. Consequently, an
international design application that designates the United States but
does not contain a claim will not be registered by the International
Bureau in the international register and thus will not be entitled to a
filing date in the United States. See 35 U.S.C. 384 and Article 10(2).
In such case, the International Bureau will invite the applicant to
submit the claim within a prescribed time limit, and will accord a date
of international registration as of the date of receipt of the claim
(assuming there are no other filing date defects). See Article
10(2)(b). Failure to timely submit the claim in response to the
invitation by the International Bureau will result in the application
being deemed not to contain the designation of the United States. See
Article 8(2)(b).
    Section 1.1021(d) also requires an international design application
designating the United States to contain indications concerning the
identity of the creator of the industrial design and the inventor's
oath or declaration (§§ 1.63 or 1.64). The identity of the creator and
the inventor's oath or declaration are requirements applicable to design
applications under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16. See, e.g., 35 U.S.C. 115 and
35 U.S.C. 101. The PLTIA provides for parity in the treatment of
international design applications designating the United States with
design applications under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16, except where otherwise
provided by the PLTIA, Hague Agreement, or Regulations. See, e.g., 35
U.S.C. 389(b) ("All questions of substance and, unless otherwise
required by the treaty and Regulations, procedures regarding an
international design application designating the United States shall be
determined as in the case of applications filed under chapter 16.");
35 U.S.C. 382(c) ("Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the
provisions of chapter 16 shall apply."); and 35 U.S.C. 383 ("In
addition to any requirements pursuant to chapter 16, the international
design application shall contain . . ."). 126 Stat. at 1528-30. See
also discussion of Hague Agreement Rule 8, supra.
    Section 1.1022: Section 1.1022 is proposed to be added to specify
form and signature requirements for international design applications.
Section 1.1022(a) provides that the international design application
shall be presented on the official form or any form having the same
contents and format. See Rules 7(1) and 1(vi). Section 1.1022(b)
provides that the international design application shall be signed by
the applicant. Id.
    Section 1.1023: The filing date of an international design
application in the United States is set forth in 35 U.S.C. 384, added
by section 101 of the PLTIA, which provides "[s]ubject to subsection
(b), the filing date of an international design application in the
United States shall be the effective registration date." 126 Stat. at
1529. The term "effective registration date" is defined in 35 U.S.C.
381(a)(5) as "the date of international registration determined by the
International Bureau under the treaty." 126 Stat. at 1528.
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Accordingly, § 1.1023(a) is proposed to be added to set forth that
the filing date of an international design application in the United
States is the date of international registration determined by the
International Bureau, subject to review under subsection (b).
    Section 1.1023(b) is proposed to be added to set forth a procedure
to review the filing date of an international design application.
Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 384(b), "[t]he Director may establish
procedures, including the payment of a surcharge, to review the filing
date under this section. Such review may result in a determination that
the application has a filing date in the United States other than the
effective registration date." 126 Stat. at 1529. Accordingly, § 1.1023(b)
provides that where the applicant believes the international
design application is entitled under the Hague Agreement to a filing
date in the United States other than the date of international
registration, the applicant may petition the Director to accord the
international design application a filing date in the United States
other than the date of international registration. Section 1.1023(b)
requires that the petition be accompanied by the fee set forth in
§ 1.17(f) and include a showing to the satisfaction of the Director that
the international design application is entitled to such filing date.
    Section 1.1024: Section 1.1024 is proposed to be added to set forth
the requirements of a description, where contained in the international
design application. WIPO form "Application for International
Registration" (DM/1) includes a section (Box 9) entitled
"Description." Rule 11(2) provides: "[w]here the international
application contains a description, the latter shall concern those
features that appear in the reproductions of the industrial design and
may not concern technical features of the operation of the industrial
design or its possible utilization. If the description exceeds 100
words, an additional fee, as set out in the Schedule of Fees, shall be
payable." Pursuant to Article 5(2), a Contracting Party may require
"a brief description of the reproduction or of the characteristic
features of the industrial design that is the subject of that
application" where such is a filing date requirement under its
national law. See Article 5(2)(b)(ii). Rule 7(5)(a) allows the
applicant to include in the international design application the
description referred to in Article 5(2)(b)(ii) even if not required by
a Contracting Party pursuant to Article 5(2).
    At the time the United States becomes party to the Hague Agreement,
the requirements for a filing date for an application for design patent
will be governed by 35 U.S.C. 171, as amended under Section 202 of the
PLTIA, which states in subsection (c): "[t]he filing date of an
application for patent for design shall be the date on which the
specification as prescribed by [35 U.S.C.] 112 and any required
drawings are filed." 126 Stat. 1535. A "brief description of the
reproduction or of the characteristic features of the international
design" is not a per se filing date requirement in the United States.
Rather, 35 U.S.C. 112(a) requires, inter alia, that the "specification
shall contain a written description of the invention." This
requirement may be satisfied by the reproductions. See In re Daniels,
144 F.3d 1452, 1456, 46 USPQ2d 1788, 1790 (Fed. Cir. 1998) ("It is the
drawings of the design patent that provide the description of the
invention."); In re Klein, 987 F.2d 1569, 1571, 26 USPQ2d 1133, 1134
(Fed. Cir. 1993) ("[U]sual[ly] in design applications, there is no
description other than the drawings"); Hupp v. Siroflex of America,
Inc., 122 F.3d 1456, 1464, 43 USPQ2d 1887, 1893 (Fed. Cir. 1997) ("A
design patent contains no written description; the drawings are the
claims to the patented subject matter."); Ex parte Tayama, 24 USPQ2d
1614, 1617 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int'f 1992) ("[D]esign applications must
meet the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph. While this
ordinarily requires little if any detailed description, some design
applications may require a disclosure as detailed as that in a complex
utility application. There is no `per se' rule with respect to the
extent of the disclosure necessary in a design application. The
adequacy of the disclosure must be determined on a case-by-case
basis."). Nevertheless, applicants should consider whether including
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additional written description of the invention (in Box 9 of the DM/1
form or otherwise) is needed to comply with 35 U.S.C. 112. Furthermore,
the Office encourages the inclusion of a brief description of the views
of the reproduction, as required for design applications filed under 35
U.S.C. chapter 16. See, e.g., § 1.153(b) ("No description, other
than a reference to the drawing, is ordinarily required . . . .);
§ 1.154(b) ("The specification should include . . . 4) Description
of the figure or figures of the drawing"); and MPEP 1503.01, II
("Descriptions of the figures are not required to be written in any
particular format, however, if they do not describe the views of the
drawing clearly and accurately, the examiner should object to the
unclear and/or inaccurate descriptions and suggest language which is
more clearly descriptive of the views."). Such figure descriptions are
helpful for examination and may, in some cases, avoid potential issues
under 35 U.S.C. 112.
    Thus, § 1.1024(a) is proposed to be added to provide that an
international design application designating the United States must
include a specification as prescribed by 35 U.S.C. 112, and preferably
include a brief description of the view or views of the reproduction.
    Section 1.1024(b) provides that the description requirements set
forth in Rule 11(2) may apply to designations of Contracting Parties
other than the United States that require a description. Applicants are
cautioned that a characteristic features statement may serve to later
limit the claim in the United States. See McGrady v. Aspenglas Corp.,
487 F. Supp. 859, 208 U.S.P.Q. 242 (S.D.N.Y. 1980); MPEP 1503.01.
    Section 1.1025: Section 1.1025 is proposed to be added to set forth
that the specific wording of the claim in an international design
application designating the United States shall be in formal terms to
the ornamental design for the article (specifying name of article) as
shown, or as shown and described. Section 1.1025 also provides that
more than one claim is neither required nor permitted for purposes of
the United States. Under Rule 11(3), a declaration requiring a claim
pursuant to Article 5(2) "shall specify the exact wording of the
required claim."
    Section 1.1026: Section 1.1026 is proposed to be added to provide
that reproductions shall comply with the requirements of Rule 9 and
Part Four of the Administrative Instructions. Rule 9 sets forth the
requirements for reproductions in international design applications,
including the form and number of reproductions, and references the
requirements of the Administration Instructions. Part Four of the
Administrative Instructions sets forth requirements concerning the
presentation of the reproductions (Section 401), representation of the
industrial design (Section 402), disclaimer (Section 403), requirements
for photographs and other graphic representations (Section 404),
numbering of reproductions (Section 405), requirements for specimens
(Section 406), and relation with a principal industrial design or a
principal application or registration (Section 407).
    Section 1.1027: Section 1.1027 provides that where a request for
deferment of publication has been filed in respect of a two-dimensional
industrial design, the international design application may include
specimens of the design in accordance with Rule 10 and Part Four of the
Administrative Instructions. Section 1.1027 further provides that
neither a request for deferment of publication nor specimens are
permitted in an international design application that designates the
United States or any other Contracting Party that does not permit
deferment of publication. Under the Hague Agreement, specimens are only
permitted where a request for deferment of publication has been made.
See Article 5(1)(iii) and Rule 10(1). However, a request for deferment
of publication is not permitted in an international design application
that designates a Contracting Party that has made a declaration under
Article 11(1)(b) that its applicable law does not provide for deferment
of publication. See Article 11(3).
    Section 1.1031: Section 1.1031 is proposed to be added to provide
for payment of the international design application fees.
    Section 1.1031(a) provides that international design applications
filed through the Office as an office of indirect filing are subject to
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payment of a transmittal fee in the amount of $130. Under the Hague
Agreement, an office of indirect filing may require payment of a
transmittal fee. See Article 4(2). Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35
U.S.C. 382(b), which provides that the international design application
and international fees shall be forwarded by the Office to the
International Bureau "upon payment of a transmittal fee." 126 Stat.
at 1528. Accordingly, § 1.1031(a) provides for the payment of a
transmittal fee. The transmittal fee is not being set pursuant to
section 10(a) of the AIA. Rather, the Office is setting this fee
pursuant to its authority under 35 U.S.C. 41(d)(2) in this rulemaking,
which provides that fees for all processing, services, or materials
relating to patents not specified in 35 U.S.C. 41 are to be set at
amounts to recover the estimated average cost to the Office of such
processing, services, or materials. See 35 U.S.C. 41(d)(2).
    The transmittal fee for an international design application filed
under the Hague Agreement through the USPTO as an office of indirect
filing involves the following activities, which the Office considered
in estimating the fiscal year 2012 costs: (1) Processing incoming paper
($2); (2) processing application fees ($7); (3) application indexing/
scanning ($65); (4) routing classification/security screening ($4); (5)
second-level security screening and licensing and review processing
($1); (6) initial bibliographic data entry ($17); (7) copying and
mailing ($9); (8) performing processing section functions ($11); and
(9) performing Hague file maintenance ($2).
    Applying the ABI methodology discussed above, the Office has thus
estimated the fiscal year 2012 unit cost to transmit an international
design application and international fees to the International Bureau
as the sum total of the aforementioned activities, resulting in a total
unit cost of $118. Using the estimated CPI-U increase for fiscal years
2013, 2014 and 2015, the Office estimates the fiscal year 2015 unit
cost to transmit the international design application and the
international fees to the International Bureau is $126 ($118 multiplied
by 1.066), which, when rounded to the nearest ten dollars, is a
proposed fee for transmittal of $130. Additional information concerning
the Office's analysis of the estimated fiscal year 2012 costs for
receiving and transmitting international design applications and
international fees to the International Bureau is available upon
request.
    Section 1.1031(b) provides that the Schedule of Fees, a list of
individual designation fee amounts, and a fee calculator may be viewed
on the Web site of the WIPO, available at: http://www.wipo.int/hague.
Under the Hague Agreement, the International Bureau is responsible for
collecting the required fees set forth in the Schedule of Fees annexed
to the Regulations (Rule 27(1)) and the individual designation fees
referred to in Rule 12(1)(a)(iii). Where the required fees have not
been paid, the International Bureau will invite the applicant to pay
the required fees to avoid abandonment of the application. See Article
8 and Rule 14. The fees set forth in the Schedule of Fees and the list
of individual designation fee amounts may be viewed on the Web site of
the WIPO, available at: http://www.wipo.int/hague. This Web site also
includes a fee calculator tool to assist applicants in calculating the
total amount of fees for filing an international design application.
    Section 1.1031(c) provides that the following fees required by the
International Bureau may be paid either directly to the International
Bureau or through the Office as an office of indirect filing in the
amounts specified on the WIPO Web site described in § 1.1031(b):
(1) The international application fees (Rule 12(1)); and (2) the fee
for descriptions exceeding 100 words (Rule 11(2)). The fees referred to
in Hague Agreement Rule 12(1) include a basic fee, standard designation
fees, individual designation fees, and a publication fee. Rule 12(3)(b)
states that the Rule 12(1) reference to individual designation fees is
construed as a reference to only the first part of the individual
designation fee for any Contracting Party with a designation fee
comprised of two parts.
    Section 1.1031(d) provides that the fees referred to in § 1.1031(c)
may be paid directly to the International Bureau in Swiss currency. See
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Rule 27(2)(a). Administrative Instructions to the Hague Agreement set
forth the various modes of payment accepted by the International Bureau.
See Administrative Instruction 801. These include: (1) Payment by debit
through an account established with the International Bureau; (2)
payment into the Swiss postal check account or any of the specified
bank accounts of the International Bureau; or (3) payment by credit
card.
    Section 1.1031(d) also provides for payment of the fees referred to
in § 1.1031(c) through the Office as an office of indirect filing,
provided such fees are paid no later than the date of payment of the
transmittal fee required under § 1.1031(a). Any payment through the
Office must be in U.S. dollars. Section 1.1031(d) also provides that
applicants paying fees through the Office may be subject to a
requirement by the International Bureau to pay additional amounts where
the conversion from U.S. dollars to Swiss currency results in the
International Bureau receiving less than the prescribed amounts. Under
Rule 28(1), "[a]ll payments made under these Regulations to the
International Bureau shall be in Swiss currency irrespective of the
fact that, where the fees are paid through an Office, such Office may
have collected those fees in another currency." Consequently, the fees
collected by the Office for forwarding to the International Bureau must
be converted to Swiss currency. If the converted amount at the time the
Office transfers the fees to the International Bureau in Swiss currency
is less than the amount required by the International Bureau, the
International Bureau may invite the applicant to pay the deficiency.
Any payment in response to the invitation must be made directly to the
International Bureau within the period set in the invitation.
    The proposed rules do not provide for a fee for renewing an
international registration with respect to the United States. Article 7
provides for a designation fee for each designated Contracting Party.
Article 7(1) provides for a "prescribed" designation fee (also
referred to as "standard" designation fee, see Rule 11). However,
Article 7(2) allows a Contracting Party to make a declaration replacing
the prescribed designation fee with an individual designation fee "in
connection with any international application in which it is
designated, and in connection with the renewal of any international
registration resulting from such an international application."
Pursuant to Article 7(2), the amount of the individual designation fee
may be fixed by the Contracting Party "for the initial term of
protection and for each term of renewal or for the maximum period of
protection allowed by the Contracting Party concerned." Article 7(2)
further provides that the individual designation fee may not be higher
than the equivalent of the amount which the office of a Contracting
Party would be entitled to receive for a grant of protection for an
equivalent period to the same number of designs.
    Thus, while Article 7(2) permits a Contracting Party to fix an
individual designation fee for renewing an international registration
in respect of that Contracting Party, it does not require such fee.
Rather, the individual designation fee fixed by the Contracting Party
may be for the maximum period of protection allowed by the Contracting
Party. Furthermore, the PLTIA does not require payment of a fee for
renewing an international registration with respect to the United
States. In addition, the PLTIA does not require renewal of the
international registration to obtain the maximum period of protection
in the United States. See, e.g., 35 U.S.C. 173 as amended by the PLTIA,
126 Stat. at 1532 ("Patents for designs shall be granted for the term
of 15 years from the date of grant."). Accordingly, the proposed rules
do not provide a fee for renewing an international design application
with respect to the United States.
    The Office notes that Article 17(3) provides that any extension of
the initial five-year term of protection accorded by an international
registration is subject to renewal. However, the Hague Agreement allows
a Contracting Party to provide greater protection under its national
law than provided under the Hague Agreement. See Article 2(1) ("The
provisions of this Act shall not affect the application of any greater
protection which may be accorded by the law of a Contracting
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Party . . ."). Furthermore, the records of the diplomatic conference
adopting the Hague Agreement make clear that renewal of the international
registration for a designated Contracting Party that requires payment
of a single designation fee for the entire 15-year (or more) period of
protection is not required to obtain the full period of protection in
that Contracting Party. See WIPO Records of the Diplomatic Conference
for the Adoption of a New Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the
International Deposit of Industrial Design (Geneva Act) June 16 to July
6, 1999, 254, ¶ 15.08 (2002), discussing Article 15 of the Basic
Proposal presented to the diplomatic conference which, after minor
amendment, became Article 17 ("It would be compatible with paragraphs
(1) to (3) for a Contracting Party to stipulate a single 15-year (or
more) period and to require payment of an initial individual
designation fee for the whole period. In such case, protection would be
maintained in its territory for that whole period, whether the
international registration were renewed or not.").
    Section 1.1035: Section 1.1035(a) is proposed to be added to
provide, in accordance with Article 6 of the Hague Agreement, that the
international design application may claim, under Article 4 of the
Paris Convention, the priority of one or more earlier applications
filed in or for any country party to that Convention or any Member of
the World Trade Organization. Proposed § 1.1035(a) further
provides, in accordance with Rule 7(5)(c), that the priority claim must
contain an indication of the name of the office where such filing was
made and of the date and, where available, the number of that filing,
and where the priority claim relates to less than all the industrial
designs contained in the international design application, the
indication of those industrial designs to which the priority claim
relates or does not relate.
    While Article 6 of the Hague Agreement provides for priority under
the Paris Convention, the Hague Agreement does not specifically provide
for domestic benefit claims. Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C.
386(c) to specifically provide for the benefit in accordance with the
conditions and requirements of 35 U.S.C. 120 of the filing date of a
prior national application, a prior international application as
defined in 35 U.S.C. 351(c) designating the United States, or a prior
international design application designating the United States. 126
Stat. at 1529-30. Accordingly, § 1.1035(b) is proposed to be added
to provide that an international design application designating the
United States may claim benefit under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c) or
386(c) to an earlier filed application in accordance with § 1.78.
It is noted that § 1.78 requires the domestic benefit claim to be
included in an application data sheet ("ADS"), and that the Hague
Agreement does not provide for submission of an ADS as an optional
content item of the international design application. See Rules 7(5)
and 7(6). Notwithstanding, if the ADS is included with the submission
of the international design application to the Office as an indirect
office, the ADS will be included in the national application file
maintained by the Office as a designated office, and accordingly, will
not have to be submitted again. See discussion of § 1.14(j).
    Section 1.1041: Section 1.1041 is proposed to be added to cover
representation in an international design application.
    Section 1.1041(a) provides that the applicant or the holder may
appoint a representative before the International Bureau in accordance
with Rule 3. With respect to who may be appointed to represent the
applicant before the International Bureau, the Hague Agreement does not
provide for any requirement as to professional qualification,
nationality or domicile. The appointment may be made in the
international design application or in a separate communication. See
Rule 3(2).
    Requirements as to the appointment of a representative before the
office of a Contracting Party are outside the scope of the Hague
Agreement, and are exclusively a matter for the Contracting Party.
Accordingly, § 1.1041(b) is proposed to be added to provide that
applicants of international design applications may be represented
before the Office as an office of indirect filing by a practitioner
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registered (§ 11.6) or granted limited recognition (§ 11.9(a)
or (b)) to practice before the Office (§ 11.6). Section 1.1041(b)
further provides that such practitioner may act pursuant to § 1.34
or be appointed, in writing signed by the applicant, giving the
practitioner power to act on behalf of the applicant and specifying the
name and registration number or limited recognition number of each
practitioner. Section 1.1041(b) also provides that an appointment of a
representative made in the international design application pursuant to
Rule 3(2) that complies with the requirements of this paragraph will be
effective as an appointment before the Office as an office of indirect
filing. For purposes of representation before the Office in an
international design application that becomes a national application
(see § 1.9(a)(1)), the regulations governing national applications
shall apply. See § 1.1061(a).
    Section 1.1045: Section 1.1045 is proposed to be added to set forth
the procedures for transmittal of international design applications to
the International Bureau. Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C.
382, which states, in subsection (b): "[s]ubject to chapter 17,
international design applications shall be forwarded by the Patent and
Trademark Office to the International Bureau, upon payment of a
transmittal fee." 126 Stat. at 1528. Rule 13(1) requires an office of
indirect filing to notify the applicant and the International Bureau of
the receipt date of an international design application, and to notify
the applicant that the international design application has been
transmitted to the International Bureau. Accordingly, § 1.1045(a)
is proposed to be added to provide that, subject to § 1.1045(b) and
payment of the transmittal fee set forth in § 1.1031(a),
transmittal of the international design application to the
International Bureau shall be made by the Office as provided by Rule
13(1). Section 1.1045(a) further provides that at the same time as it
transmits the international design application to the International
Bureau, the Office shall notify the International Bureau of the date on
which it received the application, and that the Office shall also
notify the applicant of the date on which it received the international
design application and the date on which it transmitted the application
to the International Bureau.
    Because transmittal of the international design application is
subject to 35 U.S.C. chapter 17, § 1.1045(b) is proposed to be
added to provide that no copy of an international design application
may be transmitted to the International Bureau, a foreign designated
office, or other foreign authority by the Office or the applicant,
unless the applicable requirements of part 5 of this chapter have been
satisfied.
    Under the Hague Agreement, formalities review of the international
design application is performed by the International Bureau, not the
office of indirect filing. The functions of the office of indirect
filing are de minimus, i.e., receiving and transmitting the
international design application and international fees. There is no
provision in the Hague Agreement for filing follow-on submissions with
the office of indirect filing. Accordingly, § 1.1045(c) is proposed
to be added to provide that once transmittal of the international
design application has been effected, except for matters properly
before the USPTO as an office of indirect filing or as a designated
office, all further correspondence concerning the application should be
sent directly to the International Bureau, and that the Office will
generally not forward communications to the International Bureau
received after transmittal of the application to the International
Bureau. Section 1.1045(c) further provides that any reply to an
invitation sent to the applicant by the International Bureau must be
filed directly with the International Bureau, and not with the Office,
to avoid abandonment or other loss of rights under Article 8.
    Section 1.1051: Section 1.1051 is proposed to be added to set forth
conditions under which an applicant's failure to act within prescribed
time limits in connection with requirements pertaining to an
international design application may be excused as to the United States
upon a showing of unintentional delay. Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds
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35 U.S.C. 387, which gives the Director authority to prescribe such
conditions, including the payment of the fee specified in 35 U.S.C.
41(a)(7), to excuse an applicant's failure to act within prescribed
time limits in an international design application as to the United
States where the delay was unintentional. 126 Stat. at 1530; see
discussion of § 1.17(u), supra. Under proposed § 1.1051(a), a
petition to excuse applicant's failure to act within the prescribed
time limits must be accompanied by: (1) A copy of any invitation sent
from the International Bureau setting a prescribed time limit for which
applicant failed to timely act; (2) the reply required under § 1.1051(c),
unless previously filed; (3) the fee as set forth in § 1.17(u);
(4) a certified copy of the originally filed international design
application, unless a copy of the international design application was
previously communicated to the Office from the International Bureau or
the international design application was filed with the Office as an
office of indirect filing; and (5) a statement that the entire delay
in filing the required reply from the due date for the reply until the
filing of a grantable petition pursuant to this
paragraph was unintentional. The Director may require additional
information where there is a question whether the delay was
unintentional.
    The requirements for a copy of the invitation sent from the
International Bureau setting a prescribed time limit for which
applicant failed to timely act, and for a certified copy of the
originally filed international design application (unless a copy of the
international design application was previously communicated to the
Office from the International Bureau or the international design
application was filed with the Office as an office of indirect filing)
are needed because the Office may not have a record of the
international design application. For example, the Office may not have
a record where the international design application was filed directly
with the International Bureau and was not published.
    Section 1.1051(b) provides that any request for reconsideration or
review of a decision refusing to excuse the applicant's failure to act
within prescribed time limits in connection with requirements pertaining
to an international design application upon petition filed pursuant
to this section, to be considered timely,
must be filed within two months of the decision refusing to excuse or
within such time as set in the decision. Section 1.1051(b) further
provides that, unless a decision indicates otherwise, the two-month
time period may be extended under the provisions of § 1.136.
    Section 1.1051(c) provides that the reply required may be: (1) The
filing of a continuing application and, if the international design
application has not been subject to international registration, a
grantable petition under § 1.1023(b) to accord the international
design application a filing date; or (2) a grantable petition under
§ 1.1052, where the international design application was filed with
the Office as an office of indirect filing.
    Under the Hague Agreement, the International Bureau reviews
international design applications for compliance with the requirements
of the treaty and Regulations. If these requirements have not been met,
the International Bureau will invite the applicant to make the required
corrections. See Hague Agreement Article 8(1). Depending on the
correction required, failure to timely comply with the invitation will
result in the application being considered abandoned or deemed not to
contain the designation of the Contracting Party for which the
deficiency relates. See Hague Agreement Article 8(2). The Hague
Agreement does not provide for continued processing of an international
design application that has been abandoned under Article 8 (or for
processing the application for a particular Contracting Party after the
designation of that Contracting Party has been deemed not to be
contained in the application), based on the Office excusing applicant's
failure to timely comply with the invitation pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 387.
For example, the Hague Agreement does not provide for forwarding by the
International Bureau to the applicant of a notification of refusal in
an abandoned international application. Accordingly, the Office is
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proposing to provide relief under 35 U.S.C. 387 by permitting the
applicant to file a continuing application claiming benefit to an
international design application under the conditions of 35 U.S.C.
386(c) and 120. Upon grant of the petition under this section,
applicant's delay will be excused for the purpose of establishing
copendency or reinstatement of the U.S. designation in accordance with
35 U.S.C. 120, 386(c) and 388. The ability to file a continuing
application is similarly provided in the rule governing the procedure
for revival of an abandoned national application. See 37 CFR 1.137(c).
Alternatively, § 1.1051(c) provides that the reply may be a
grantable petition under § 1.1052 to convert the international
design application to an application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16.
    Section 1.1052: Section 1.1052 is proposed to be added to set forth
a procedure for converting an international design application
designating the United States to a design application under 35 U.S.C.
chapter 16. Section 101(a) of the PLTIA adds 35 U.S.C. 384(a), the
second sentence of which provides: "[n]otwithstanding the provisions
of this part, any international design application designating the
United States that otherwise meets the requirements of chapter 16 may
be treated as a design application under chapter 16." 126 Stat. at
1529. The requirements for a filing date for a design application under
35 U.S.C. chapter 16 are set forth in § 1.53(b). Accordingly,
§ 1.1052(a) provides that an international design application designating
the United States filed with the Office as an office of indirect filing
and meeting the requirements under § 1.53(b) for a filing date for
an application for a design patent may, on petition under this section,
be converted to an application for a design patent under § 1.53(b)
and accorded a filing date as provided therein.
    Section 1.1052(a) further provides that the petition must be
accompanied by the fee set forth in § 1.17(v) and be filed prior to
publication of the international registration under Article 10(3). The
requirement that a grantable petition be filed prior to publication
under Article 10(3) is necessary in view of the timing requirements
under the Hague Agreement to issue a notification of refusal and to
avoid expending Office resources processing and examining the
application under two different statutory schemes.
    Section 1.1052(a) also provides that the conversion of an
international design application to an application for a design patent
under § 1.53(b) will not entitle applicant to a refund of the
transmittal fee or any fee forwarded to the International Bureau, or
the application of any such fee toward the filing fee, or any other
fee, for the application for a design patent under § 1.53(b). In
addition, § 1.1052(a) provides that the application for a design
patent resulting from conversion of an international design application
must also include the basic filing fee (§ 1.16(b)), the search fee
(§ 1.16(l)), the examination fee (§ 1.16(p)), the inventor's
oath or declaration (§§ 1.63 or 1.64), and a surcharge if
required by § 1.16(f). These provisions are similar to those
applicable to converting an application under 35 U.S.C. 111(b) to an
application under 35 U.S.C. 111(a). See § 1.53(c)(3).
    Section 1.1052(b) provides that an international design application
will be treated as an application for a design patent under § 1.53(b)
if a decision on petition under this section is granted prior
to transmittal of the international design application to the
International Bureau pursuant to § 1.1045. Otherwise, a decision
granting a petition under this section will be effective to treat the
international design application as an application for a design patent
under § 1.53(b) only for purposes of the United States. Thus,
pursuant to § 1.1052(b), if the Office grants the petition prior to
transmittal of the international design application to the
International Bureau, the Office will treat the international design
application submission as an application for a design patent under
§ 1.53(b). Once transmittal of the application under § 1.1045
has occurred, the grant of the petition will only be effective as to
the United States, and the International Bureau will continue to
process the international design application under the provisions of
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the Hague Agreement.
    Section 1.1052(c) provides that a petition under § 1.1052 will
not be granted in an abandoned international design application absent
a grantable petition under § 1.1051.
    Sections 1.1061-1.1070 relate to national processing of an
international design application designating the United States.
    Section 1.1061: Section 1.1061(a) is proposed to be added to
provide that the rules relating to applications for patents for other
inventions or discoveries are also applicable to international design
applications designating the United States, except as otherwise
provided in chapter I of Title 37 of the CFR or required by the
Articles or Regulations. Section 1.1061(a) is similar to current
§ 1.151 with respect to design applications under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16
("The rules relating to applications for patents for other inventions
or discoveries are also applicable to applications for patents for
designs except as otherwise provided."). Section 101(a) of the PLTIA
adds 35 U.S.C. 389(b) to provide that all questions of procedures
regarding international design applications designating the United
States shall be determined as in the case of applications filed under
35 U.S.C. chapter 16, except where otherwise required by the Hague
Agreement and the Regulations (126 Stat. at 1530). Section 1.1061(b) is
proposed to be added to identify, consistent with the Hague Agreement
and the Regulations, certain regulations that do not apply to
international design applications.
    Section 1.1062: Section 1.1062(a) is proposed to be added to
provide that the Office shall make an examination pursuant to Title 35
of the United States Code of an international design application
designating the United States. Examination of international design
applications designating the United States is mandated by 35 U.S.C.
389(a), which was added by section 101(a) of the PLTIA (126 Stat. at
1530).
    Section 1.1062(a) further provides, in accordance with Article
12(1), that an international design application may not be refused on
grounds that requirements relating to the form or contents of the
international design application provided for in the Hague Agreement or
the Regulations or additional to, or different from, those requirements
have not been satisfied.
    Section 1.1062(b) concerns the timing of certain actions in
international design applications. Pursuant to Hague Agreement Article
12, where the conditions for the grant of protection under the law of
the Contracting Party are not met, a notification of refusal of the
effects of international registration must be communicated to the
International Bureau within the prescribed period. Rule 18(1) sets
forth the period for communicating the notification of refusal. While
Rule 18(1)(a) sets forth the prescribed period as six months from the
date of publication, this period may be extended by a Contracting Party
pursuant to a declaration made under Rule 18(1)(b) (extending the six-
month period to twelve months). Furthermore, the declaration under Rule
18(1)(b) may also include, inter alia, a statement under Rule
18(1)(c)(ii) (providing for the later communication of a decision
regarding the grant of protection where a decision regarding the grant
of protection was unintentionally delayed by the office of the
Contracting Party). Section 1.1062(b) is proposed to be added to
provide that for each international design application to be examined,
the Office shall, subject to Rule 18(1)(c)(ii), send to the
International Bureau within 12 months from the publication of the
international registration under Rule 26(3) a notification of refusal
(§ 1.1063) where it appears that the applicant is not entitled to a
patent under the law with respect to any industrial design that is the
subject of the international registration. The Office intends to send
all notifications of refusal prior to the expiration of the 12-month
period set forth in § 1.1062(b). Any failure by the Office to do so
would be unintentional pursuant to Rule 18(1)(c)(ii).
    The Office does not regard the failure to send the notification of
refusal within the period referenced in § 1.1062(b) to confer
patent rights or other effect under Article 14(2). The Hague Agreement
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is not self-executing, and the PLTIA provides for patent rights only
upon issuance of a patent. See 35 U.S.C. 389(d) added by the PLTIA, 126
Stat. at 1531; see also S. Exec. Rep. No. 110-7, at 5 ("The proposed
Act makes no substantive changes in U.S. design patent law with the
exception of the following: the provision of limited rights to patent
applicants between the date that their international design application
is published by the IB and the date on which they are granted a U.S.
patent based on that application; the extension of a patent term for
designs from fourteen to fifteen years from grant; and allowing the
USPTO to use a published international design registration as a basis
for rejecting a subsequently filed national patent application that is
directed at the same or a similar subject matter."). Furthermore, the
PLTIA requires an international design application that designates the
United States to be examined by the Office pursuant to Title 35 of the
United States Code. See 35 U.S.C. 389(a). Granting of patent rights
without examination is inconsistent with 35 U.S.C. 389(a). The absence
of a notification of refusal is not a patent. See 35 U.S.C. 153
("Patents shall be issued in the name of the United States of America,
under the seal of the Patent and Trademark Office, and shall be signed
by the Director or have his signature placed thereon and shall be
recorded in the Patent and Trademark Office.").
    Section 1.1063: Section 1.1063(a) is proposed to be added to
provide, in accordance with Rule 18(2), that a notification of refusal
shall contain or indicate: (1) The number of the international
registration; (2) the grounds on which the refusal is based; (3) where
the grounds of refusal refer to similarity with an industrial design
that is the subject of an earlier application or registration, a copy
of a reproduction of the earlier industrial design and information
concerning the earlier industrial design as required under Rule
18(2)(b)(iv); and (4) a time period for reply to the notification under
§ 1.134 and § 1.136 to avoid abandonment.
    Pursuant to Article 12, the Office communicates the notification of
refusal directly to the International Bureau, which then transmits
without delay a copy of the notification of refusal to the holder. Rule
18(2)(vi) provides that the notification of refusal shall indicate
whether the refusal is subject to review or appeal, and if so, the time
limit for requesting review or appeal. Accordingly, the notification of
refusal communicated by the Office will set a time period for reply
under § 1.134 and § 1.136 to avoid abandonment.
    Section 1.1063(b) is proposed to be added to provide that any reply
to the notification of refusal must be filed directly with the Office
and not through the International Bureau. Section 1.1063(b) further
provides that the requirements of § 1.111 shall apply to a reply to
a notification of refusal.
    Under the Hague Agreement, any reply to the notification of refusal
must be filed directly with the Office. The applicant may not file a
reply to a notification of refusal through the International Bureau.
Any further correspondence from the Office will normally be sent
directly to the applicant. The procedures applicable to design
applications under chapter 16 are generally applicable to international
design applications after communication of the notification of refusal.
See Article 12(3)(b) and 35 U.S.C. 389(b); see also WIPO, Guide to the
International Registration of Industrial Designs Under the Hague
Agreement, B.II.39, ] 9.23 (Jan. 2012) ("Where the holder of an
international registration receives, through the International Bureau,
a notification of refusal, he has the same rights and remedies (such as
review of, or appeal against, the refusal) as if the industrial design
had been filed directly with the Office that issued the notification of
refusal. The international registration is, therefore, with respect to
the Contracting Party concerned, subject to the same procedures as
would apply to an application for registration filed with the Office of
that Contracting Party."). Thus, for example, the provisions of 35
U.S.C. 133 and §§ 1.134 through 1.136 govern the time to reply
to an Office action, including a notification of refusal, and the
consequence for failure to timely reply (i.e., abandonment).
    Because the procedures following the notification of refusal are
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governed by national practice, the failure of an applicant to renew an
international registration pursuant to Article 17(2) does not affect
the pendency status of an international design application before the
Office. Otherwise, applicants in international design applications
would not have the same rights and remedies as applicants in national
design applications, as required under Article 12(3)(b) and
35 U.S.C. 389. Similarly, the failure to renew a registration under
Article 17(2) does not impact an applicant's ability to file a continuing
application under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c) or 386(c), as the critical
inquiry under 35 U.S.C. 120 is the presence of copendency.
    Section 1.1064: Section 1.1064 is proposed to be added to provide
for requirements relating to only one independent and distinct design
in international design applications.
    Article 13 permits a Contracting Party whose law at the time it
becomes party to this Act, requires that designs in the application
conform to a requirement of unity of design, unity of production or
unity of use, or that only one independent and distinct design may be
claimed in a single application, to notify the Director General in a
declaration. Section 1.1064(a) is proposed to provide that only one
independent and distinct design may be claimed in an international
design application designating the United States.
    Section 1.1064(b) specifies that if the requirements under
1.1064(a) are not satisfied, the examiner shall in the notification of
refusal or other Office action require the applicant in the reply to
that action to elect one independent and distinct design for which
prosecution on the merits shall be restricted. Section 1.1064(b)
further specifies that such requirement will normally be made before
any action on the merits but may be made at any time before the final
action. Review of any such requirement is provided under §§ 1.143 and
1.144. The procedure set forth in 1.1064(b) is analogous to
the procedures applicable to national applications. See § 1.142.
    Section 1.1066: Section 1.1066 is proposed to be added to specify
the correspondence address for an international design application.
Unlike other types of applications before the Office, an applicant does
not need to file any further submissions with the Office to initiate
examination under § 1.1062 of an international design application
designating the United States. Rather, published international design
registrations that designate the United States will be systematically
received from the International Bureau and examined in due course.
Accordingly, § 1.1066(a) is proposed to set forth how the Office
will establish the correspondence address for an international design
application in the absence of a communication from the applicant
changing the correspondence address. Specifically, § 1.1066(a)
provides that, unless changed in accordance with § 1.1066(b), the
Office will use as the correspondence address the address of the
representative identified in the publication of the international
registration, or if there is no address for the representative, the
address of the applicant identified therein.
    Section 1.1066(b) provides that the correspondence address may
be changed by the parties set forth in § 1.33(b)(1) or (b)(3) in
accordance with § 1.33(a).
    Section 1.1066(c) is proposed to be added to provide that a
reference in the rules to the correspondence address set forth in
§ 1.33(a) shall be construed to include a reference to § 1.1066 for a
nonprovisional application that is an international design application.
    Section 1.1067: Section 1.1067(a) is proposed to be added to
provide for a title in an international design application. The Hague
Agreement does not require that an international design application
contain a title. The Office believes a title that identifies the
article in which a design is embodied is helpful to the public in
understanding the nature and use of the article embodying the design
after the patent has issued. In addition, a U.S. patent must contain a
title of the invention. See 35 U.S.C. 154(a)(1) ("Every patent shall
contain a short title of the invention . . ."). Accordingly, pursuant
to § 1.1067(a), the applicant may provide a title of the design
that designates the particular article in an international design
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application that is before the Office for examination. Section
1.1067(a) further provides that where an international design
application does not contain a title of the design, the Office may
establish a title. In determining the title, the Office may look to the
particular article specified in the claim.
    Section 1.1067(b) is proposed to be added to provide that if the
applicant is notified in a notice of allowability that an oath or
declaration in compliance with § 1.63, or substitute statement in
compliance with § 1.64, executed by or with respect to each named
inventor has not been filed, the applicant must file each required oath
or declaration in compliance with § 1.63, or substitute statement
in compliance with § 1.64, no later than the date on which the
issue fee is paid to avoid abandonment. This time period is not
extendable under § 1.136. As explained above, Hague Agreement Rule
8, as recently passed by the Hague Union Assembly, accommodates current
U.S. law regarding the inventor's oath or declaration. Where the
presence of the required inventor's oath or declaration is verified by
the International Bureau as part of its formalities review, the need to
notify the applicant in a notice of allowability to provide the
inventor's oath or declaration should be rare; e.g., where an inventor
added pursuant to § 1.48(a) has not executed an oath or
declaration. See § 1.48(b).
    Section 1.1069: Section 1.1069 is proposed to be added to provide
for the sending of a notification of division to the International
Bureau. Under Rule 18(3), where an international registration is
divided before the office of a designated Contracting Party to overcome
a ground of refusal stated in a notification of refusal, the office
must notify the International Bureau with data concerning the division
as specified in Administrative Instruction 502 ("notification of
division"). Accordingly, § 1.1069(a) is proposed to be added to
provide for the notification of division required under Rule 18.
Section 1.1069(a) provides that where, following a notification of
refusal requiring an election of an independent and distinct design, a
divisional application claiming benefit under 35 U.S.C. 386(c) and 121
to the international design application is filed for the non-elected
design(s), the Office shall notify the International Bureau. Section
1.1069(a) further provides that the notification to the International
Bureau shall indicate: (1) The number of the international registration
concerned; (2) the numbers of the industrial designs which have been
the subject of the division with the Office concerned; and (3) the
divisional application number(s).
    Section 1.1069(b) is proposed to be added to provide that the
Office may require the applicant, in a divisional application that is
subject to a notification under § 1.1069(a), to identify the design
in the international design application that is the subject of the
divisional application. Because an international design application may
contain up to 100 designs (see Rule 7(3)(v)) and, furthermore, uses a
different numbering system for reproductions than is used in design
applications filed under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16 (see Administrative
Instruction 405 of the Hague Agreement), in some cases it may not be
readily apparent how the design in the divisional application
corresponds to the design of the parent international design
application for purposes of the notification of division. Accordingly,
in such cases, the Office may seek applicant's assistance to identify
the corresponding design pursuant to § 1.1069(b).
    Section 1.1070: Section 1.1070 is proposed to be added to provide
for the sending of a notification of invalidation to the International
Bureau. Article 15 provides that the office of the Contracting Party in
whose territory the effects of the international registration have been
invalidated shall, where it is aware of the invalidation, notify the
International Bureau of the invalidation ("notification of
invalidation"). Rule 20 provides that where the effects of an
international registration are invalidated in a designated Contracting
Party and the invalidation is no longer subject to any review or
appeal, the office of the Contracting Party whose competent authority
has pronounced the invalidation shall, where it is aware of the
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invalidation, notify the International Bureau accordingly. Rule 20
further specifies the required contents of the notification of
invalidation. In accordance with Article 15 and Rule 20, § 1.1070(a)
provides that where a design patent that was granted from an
international design application is invalidated in the United States,
and the invalidation is no longer subject to any review or appeal, the
patentee shall inform the Office. Section 1.1070(b) provides that after
receiving a notification of invalidation under § 1.1070(a) or
through other means, the Office will notify the International Bureau in
accordance with Rule 20.
    Section 3.1: Section 3.1 is proposed to be amended to include an
international design application that designates the United States of
America within the definition of "application" for purposes of Part 3
of Title 37 of the CFR. The effect of this definitional change will
allow assignments (or other documents affecting title) of international
design applications that designate the United States to be submitted to
the Office for recording. The proposed change to § 3.1 is in
response to 35 U.S.C. 385, added under the PLTIA, which provides that
an international design application designating the United States has
the effect, for all purposes, of an application for patent filed in the
Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. chapter 16. 126 Stat. at 1529.
    Section 3.21: Section 3.21 is proposed to be amended to provide
that an assignment relating to an international design application that
designates the United States must identify the international design
application by the international registration number or by the U.S.
application number assigned to the international design application.
    Section 5.1: Section 5.1(b) is proposed to be amended to change the
definition of "application" as used in Part 5 of Title 37 of the CFR
to include international design applications, and to provide
consistency with the definitions in § 1.9. Section 5.1(b) is also
proposed to be amended to include a definition of "foreign
application" to permit simplification of other rules contained in Part
5.
    Section 5.3: Section 5.3(d) is proposed to be amended to clarify
that an international design application that is subject to a secrecy
order will not be mailed, delivered, or otherwise transmitted to the
international authorities or the applicant.
    Section 5.11: The title of § 5.11 is proposed to be amended to
more accurately describe when a foreign filing license is required.
Section 5.11(a) is also proposed to be amended to clarify that a
foreign filing license is not required to file an international design
application in the Office as an office of indirect filing. Sections
5.11(b), (c), (e) and (f) are proposed to be amended to change
"foreign patent application" to "foreign application," as the
provisions of 35 U.S.C. 184 are not limited to "patent" applications
but include other types of applications; e.g., registrations of
industrial designs.
    Section 5.12: Section 5.12 is proposed to be amended for
consistency with the definition of application in § 5.1(b), and to
indicate that the grant of a foreign filing license may be on an
official notice other than the filing receipt; e.g., in the case of
international applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty,
on the "Notification of the International Application Number and of
the International Filing Date" (Form PCT/RO/105).
    Section 5.13: Section 5.13 is proposed to be amended to provide
that a "corresponding" application for purposes of this section may
be an international design application.
    Section 5.14: Section 5.14(c) is proposed to be amended for clarity
and internal consistency, as this subsection is directed to an
"application to be filed or exported abroad."
    Section 5.15: Section 5.15(a) is proposed to be amended for
consistency with the definition of "application" in 5.1(b) and to
remove redundancies.
    Section 11.10: Section 11.10(b)(3)(iii) is proposed to be amended
to include international design application in the definition of patent
application for purposes of § 11.10.
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Rulemaking Considerations

    A. Administrative Procedure Act: This rulemaking implements title I
of the PLTIA and the Hague Agreement. The changes proposed in this
rulemaking (except for the setting of some fees) establish procedures
for the filing, processing, and examination of international design
applications and revise existing rules of practice to account for
international design applications in accordance with title I of the
PLTIA and to ensure that the rules of practice are consistent with the
Hague Agreement. Therefore, the changes proposed in this rulemaking
involve rules of agency practice and procedure, and/or interpretive
rules. See Bachow Commc'ns Inc. v. FCC, 237 F.3d 683, 690 (D.C. Cir.
2001) (rules governing an application process are procedural under the
Administrative Procedure Act); Inova Alexandria Hosp. v. Shalala, 244
F.3d 342, 350 (4th Cir. 2001) (rules for handling appeals are
procedural where they do not change the substantive standard for
reviewing claims); Nat'l Org. of Veterans' Advocates v. Sec'y of
Veterans Affairs, 260 F.3d 1365, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (rule that
clarifies interpretation of a statute is interpretive).
    Accordingly, prior notice and opportunity for public comment for
these proposed changes are not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b) or
(c) (or any other law). See Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas, 536 F.3d 1330,
1336-37 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (stating that 5 U.S.C. 553, and thus 35 U.S.C.
2(b)(2)(B), does not require notice and comment rulemaking for
"interpretative rules, general statements of policy, or rules of
agency organization, procedure, or practice") (quoting 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(A)). The Office, however, is publishing these proposed changes
for comment as it seeks the benefit of the public's views on the
Office's proposed implementation of title I of the PLTIA and the Hague
Agreement.
    B. Regulatory Flexibility Act: For the reasons set forth herein,
the Deputy General Counsel for General Law of the United States Patent
and Trademark Office has certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of
the Small Business Administration that changes proposed in this notice
will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities. See 5 U.S.C. 605(b).
    The notable changes proposed in this notice are to revise the rules
of practice to implement title I of the PLTIA. The changes to the rules
of practice proposed in this notice involve: (1) The establishment of
procedures for the filing, processing, and examination of international
design applications; and (2) the revision of existing rules of practice
to account for international design applications. The proposed rules
impose no additional required burdens on any applicant, since seeking
design protection by filing an international design application is
merely an optional alternative to seeking design protection by filing a
national design application. The proposed rules will benefit applicants
by streamlining the process for obtaining international protection of an
industrial design in Contracting Parties to the Hague Agreement by the
filing of a single, standardized international design application in a
single language.
    As of 2013, there are 60 Contracting Parties that are members to
the Hague system. In 2011, the most recent year available, 2,531
international design applications were filed via the Hague system. In
that same year, 2,363 international design registrations issued through
the Hague system. In comparison, the USPTO received 32,799 design
applications in 2012, the most recent year for which data is available.
In 2012, the USPTO issued 21,951 design patents. Approximately 49.6% of
the design applications filed in 2012 were filed by an entity claiming
small entity status. None of the proposed rules disproportionately
affect small entities.
    The fees and requirements referenced in this proposed rulemaking do
not have a significant economic impact because they are comparable to
the fees and requirements an applicant has in a national design
application. Section 385 requires that an "international design
application designating the United States shall have the effect, for
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all purposes from its filing date . . . of an application for patent
filed in the Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to chapter 16." Such
fees include an issue fee, if applicable, and paid directly to the
USPTO, and a petition fee for review of a filing date.
    The USPTO proposes to set only two new fees based on cost recovery,
as discussed in further detail in prior sections: A transmittal fee,
payable to the USPTO for transmitting the international design
application to WIPO when an applicant files the application with the
USPTO as an office of indirect filing, and a conversion fee when an
applicant seeks to have the Office treat an international design
application as a national design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter
16. The transmittal fee is proposed to be set at $130. The USPTO
estimates that approximately 1,000 applications will be filed
indirectly with the USPTO annually and will thus require payment of a
transmittal fee. Of these, the Office estimates that approximately 500
will be filed by an entity that is a small entity based on USPTO design
application filings in 2012. The conversion fee is proposed to be set
at $180. The USPTO estimates that approximately 20 applicants will pay
the conversion fee annually, and of these, approximately 10 will be
filed by an applicant that is a small entity.
    The other fees mentioned in this proposed rulemaking are not USPTO
fees at all, but rather, are created through the treaty process and
WIPO's Common Regulations. For example, the USPTO does not collect and
retain at the time of payment the following fees: WIPO Basic Fee, WIPO
Publication Fee, WIPO Extra Word Fee, and Designation Fees (including
the United States individual designation fee first part). Thus, the
proposed rules referencing non-USPTO fees impose no economic impact
upon applicants. The petition fee for excusable delay is set forth by
statute, 35 U.S.C. 41(a)(7), as amended by 202(b)(1)(A) of the PLTIA,
126 Stat. 1535, at $850 for small entities and $1,700 for all other
entities, beginning on December 18, 2013.
    For the foregoing reasons, the changes proposed in this notice will
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
    C. Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review): This
rulemaking has been determined to be significant for purposes of
Executive Order 12866 (Sept. 30, 1993).
    D. Executive Order 13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory
Review): The Office has complied with Executive Order 13563.
Specifically, the Office has, to the extent feasible and applicable:
(1) Made a reasoned determination that the benefits justify the costs
of the rule; (2) tailored the rule to impose the least burden on
society consistent with obtaining the regulatory objectives; (3)
selected a regulatory approach that maximizes net benefits; (4)
specified performance objectives; (5) identified and assessed available
alternatives; (6) involved the public in an open exchange of
information and perspectives among experts in relevant disciplines,
affected stakeholders in the private sector and the public as a whole,
and provided on-line access to the rulemaking docket; (7) attempted to
promote coordination, simplification, and harmonization across
government agencies and identified goals designed to promote
innovation; (8) considered approaches that reduce burdens and maintain
flexibility and freedom of choice for the public; and (9) ensured the
objectivity of scientific and technological information and processes.
    E. Executive Order 13132 (Federalism): This rulemaking does not
contain policies with federalism implications sufficient to warrant
preparation of a Federalism Assessment under Executive Order 13132
(Aug. 4, 1999).
    F. Executive Order 13175 (Tribal Consultation): This rulemaking
will not: (1) Have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian
tribes; (2) impose substantial direct compliance costs on Indian tribal
governments; or (3) preempt tribal law. Therefore, a tribal summary
impact statement is not required under Executive Order 13175 (Nov. 6,
2000).
    G. Executive Order 13211 (Energy Effects): This rulemaking is not a
significant energy action under Executive Order 13211 because this
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rulemaking is not likely to have a significant adverse effect on the
supply, distribution, or use of energy. Therefore, a Statement of
Energy Effects is not required under Executive Order 13211 (May 18,
2001).
    H. Executive Order 12988 (Civil Justice Reform): This rulemaking
meets applicable standards to minimize litigation, eliminate ambiguity,
and reduce burden as set forth in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of
Executive Order 12988 (Feb. 5, 1996).
    I. Executive Order 13045 (Protection of Children): This rulemaking
does not concern an environmental risk to health or safety that may
disproportionately affect children under Executive Order 13045 (Apr.
21, 1997).
    J. Executive Order 12630 (Taking of Private Property): This
rulemaking will not affect a taking of private property or otherwise
have taking implications under Executive Order 12630 (Mar. 15, 1988).
    K. Congressional Review Act: Under the Congressional Review Act
provisions of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of
1996 (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), prior to issuing any final rule, the
United States Patent and Trademark Office will submit a report
containing the final rule and other required information to the United
States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and the
Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office. The
changes in this notice are not expected to result in an annual effect
on the economy of 100 million dollars or more, a major increase in
costs or prices, or significant adverse effects on competition,
employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of
United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based
enterprises in domestic and export markets. Therefore, this notice is
not expected to result in a "major rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
    L. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995: The changes set forth in
this notice do not involve a Federal intergovernmental mandate that
will result in the expenditure by State, local,
and tribal governments, in the aggregate, of 100 million dollars (as
adjusted) or more in any one year, or a Federal private sector mandate
that will result in the expenditure by the private sector of 100
million dollars (as adjusted) or more in any one year, and will not
significantly or uniquely affect small governments. Therefore, no
actions are necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995. See 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.
    M. National Environmental Policy Act: This rulemaking will not have
any effect on the quality of the environment and is thus categorically
excluded from review under the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969. See 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
    N. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act: The
requirements of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) are not applicable because
this rulemaking does not contain provisions that involve the use of
technical standards.
    O. Paperwork Reduction Act: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) requires that the Office consider the impact of
paperwork and other information collection burdens imposed on the
public. This rulemaking involves information collection requirements
which are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3549).
New information will be collected and a new information collection
request to authorize the collection of new information involved in this
notice is being submitted to OMB under the title "Hague Agreement."
The proposed collection will be available at the OMB's Information
Collection Review Web site (www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain).
    The Office is submitting the information collection to OMB for its
review and approval because this notice of proposed rulemaking will add
the following to a collection of information for an international
design application filed through the Office:

(1) Application for International Registration (§ 1.1022)
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(2) Claim and Reproductions (§ 1.1021)
(3) Transmittal Letter (§§ 1.4, 1.5)
(4) Appointment of a Representative (§ 1.1041)
(5) Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a Time Limit (§ 1.1051)
(6) Petition to Convert to a Design Application under 35 U.S.C. chapter
    16 (§ 1.1052)
(7) Petition to Review a Filing Date (§ 1.1023(b))
(8) Fee Authorization (§ 1.25)
(9) Petition to the Commissioner (§§ 1.181, 182, and 183)

I. Summary

    The Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 (PLTIA) amends
the patent laws to implement the provisions of the Geneva Act of the
Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial
Designs (Hague Agreement) in title I, and the Patent Law Treaty (PLT)
in title II. The Hague Agreement facilitates intellectual property
protection for industrial designs by creators in member countries and
intergovernmental organizations that are Contracting Parties to the
Hague Agreement through a single standardized application filed
directly with the International Bureau (IB) of the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) or indirectly through an appropriate
Contracting Party's Office, such as the United States Patent and
Trademark Office. It is administered by the IB of WIPO located in
Geneva, Switzerland.
    Thus, under the Hague Agreement, a U.S. design applicant could file
an international design application in English with the USPTO, which
will forward the application to the IB. The industrial design may be
eligible for protection both domestically and abroad in all Contracting
Parties to the Agreement.
    The IB ascertains whether the international design application
complies with formal requirements, records the international design
application in the international register, and publishes the
international registration in the International Designs Bulletin. The
international registration contains all of the data of the
international application, any reproduction of the industrial design,
date of the international registration, number of the international
registration, and relevant class of the International Classification.
    The IB will provide a copy of the publication of the international
registration to each Contracting Party designated by the applicant. A
designated Contracting Party may perform a substantive examination of
the design application. If designated, the Office will perform a
substantive examination of patentability of the international design
application, as in the case of a regular design application filed under
35 U.S.C. chapter 16.
    The Hague Agreement enables applicants from a Contracting Party to
obtain protection of their designs with minimal formality and expense.
Additionally, under the Hague Agreement, the international registration
can be centrally maintained by the IB. For example, through the IB,
applicants can record changes of their representative or changes in
ownership, and renew their international registration.

II. Data

    Needs and Uses: This information collection is necessary for design
applicants to file an international design application under the Hague
Agreement through the Office as an office of indirect filing pursuant
35 U.S.C. 382. The Office uses this information to process the
international design application under the Hague Agreement and forward
the design application to the IB. The IB ascertains whether the
international application complies with the formal requirements,
records the international design application in the international
register, and publishes the international design application.
    Title of Collection: International Design Applications (Hague
Agreement).
    OMB Control Number: 0651-00xx.
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    Form Number(s): WIPO DM/1.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Method of Collection: By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or
electronically to the Office.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,310.
    Estimated Time per Response: The Office estimates that the
responses in this collection will take the public approximately 15
minutes (0.25 hours) to 6 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 12,315 hours per
year.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $4,790,535 per year.
    Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $2,403,302
per year.

III. Solicitation

    The Office is soliciting comments to: (1) Evaluate whether the
proposed information requirement is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Office, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) evaluate the accuracy of
the Office's estimate of the burden, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) minimize the burden
of collecting the information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology; e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
    Interested persons are requested to send comments regarding this
information collection by January 28, 2014, to: (1) The Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
New Executive Office Building, Room 10202, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for the United States
Patent and Trademark Office; and (2) The Office of PCT Legal
Administration by electronic mail message over the Internet addressed
to rbacares@uspto.gov, or by mail addressed to: Mail Stop PCT,
Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450,
marked to the attention of "Rafael Bacares, Legal Examiner, Office of
PCT Legal Administration International Design Applications (Hague
Agreement)."

List of Subjects

37 CFR Part 1

    Administrative practice and procedure, Inventions and patents,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Small businesses.

37 CFR Part 3

    Administrative practice and procedure, Patents, Trademarks.

37 CFR Part 5

    Classified information, Foreign relations, Inventions and patents.

37 CFR Part 11

    Administrative practice and procedure, Inventions and patents,
Lawyers, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 37 CFR parts 1, 3, 5 and
11 are proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES
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. 1. The authority citation for 37 CFR part 1 is amended to read as follows:

    Authority:  35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2) and the Patent Law Treaties
Implementation Act of 2012.

. 2. Section 1.4 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:

§ 1.4  Nature of correspondence and signature requirements.

    (a) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (2) Correspondence in and relating to a particular application or
other proceeding in the Office. See particularly the rules relating to
the filing, processing, or other proceedings of national applications
in subpart B, §§ 1.31 to 1.378; of international applications
in subpart C, §§ 1.401 to 1.499; of ex parte reexaminations of
patents in subpart D, §§ 1.501 to 1.570; of international
design applications in subpart I, §§ 1.1001 to 1.1070; of
extension of patent term in subpart F, §§ 1.710 to 1.785; of
inter partes reexaminations of patents in subpart H, §§ 1.902
to 1.997; and of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in parts 41 and 42
of this title.
* * * * *

. 3. Section 1.5 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:


§ 1.5  Identification of patent, patent application, or patent-
related proceeding.

    (a) No correspondence relating to an application should be filed
prior to receipt of the assigned application number (i.e., U.S.
application number, international application number, or international
registration number as appropriate). When correspondence directed to
the Patent and Trademark Office concerns a previously filed application
for a patent, it must identify on the top page in a conspicuous
location, the application number (consisting of the series code and the
serial number; e.g., 07/123,456), or the serial number and filing date
assigned to that application by the Patent and Trademark Office, or the
international application number of the international application, or
the international registration number of an international design
application. Any correspondence not containing such identification will
be returned to the sender where a return address is available. The
returned correspondence will be accompanied with a cover letter which
will indicate to the sender that if the returned correspondence is
resubmitted to the Patent and Trademark Office within two weeks of the
mail date on the cover letter, the original date of receipt of the
correspondence will be considered by the Patent and Trademark Office as
the date of receipt of the correspondence. Applicants may use either
the Certificate of Mailing or Transmission procedure under § 1.8 or
the Express Mail procedure under § 1.10 for resubmissions of
returned correspondence if they desire to have the benefit of the date
of deposit in the United States Postal Service. If the returned
correspondence is not resubmitted within the two-week period, the date
of receipt of the resubmission will be considered to be the date of
receipt of the correspondence. The two-week period to resubmit the
returned correspondence will not be extended. In addition to the
application number, all correspondence directed to the Patent and
Trademark Office concerning applications for patent should also state
the name of the first listed inventor, the title of the invention, the
date of filing the same, and if known, the group art unit or other unit
within the Patent and Trademark Office responsible for considering the
correspondence and the name of the examiner or other person to which it
has been assigned.
* * * * *
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. 4. Section 1.6 is amended by revising paragraphs (d)(3), (d)(4), and
(d)(6) to read as follows:


§ 1.6  Receipt of correspondence.

* * * * *
    (d) * * *
    (3) Correspondence that cannot receive the benefit of the certificate
of mailing or transmission as specified in § 1.8(a)(2)(i)(A) through (D),
(F), (I), and (K) and § 1.8(a)(2)(iii)(A), except that a continued
prosecution application under § 1.53(d) may be transmitted to the Office
by facsimile;
    (4) Color drawings submitted under §§ 1.81, 1.83 through 1.85, 1.152,
1.165, 1.173, 1.437, or 1.1026;
* * * * *
    (6) Correspondence to be filed in an application subject to a
secrecy order under §§ 5.1 through 5.5 of this chapter and
directly related to the secrecy order content of the application;
* * * * *

. 5. Section 1.8 is amended by revising paragraphs (a)(2)(i)(I) and
(a)(2)(i)(J), and adding a new paragraph (a)(2)(i)(K), to read as
follows:

§ 1.8  Certificate of mailing or transmission.

    (a) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (I) The filing of a third-party submission under § 1.290;
    (J) The calculation of any period of adjustment, as specified in
§ 1.703(f); and
    (K) The filing of an international design application.
* * * * *

. 6. Section 1.9 is amended by revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(3), and
adding new paragraphs (l), (m), and (n) to read as follows:

§ 1.9  Definitions.

    (a) * * *
    (1) A national application as used in this chapter means either a
U.S. application for patent which was filedin the Office under 35 U.S.C.
111, an international application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
in which the basic national fee under 35 U.S.C. 41(a)(1)(F) has been paid,
or an international design application filed under the Hague Agreement in
which the Office has received a copy of the international registration
pursuant to Hague Agreement Article 10.
* * * * *
    (3) A nonprovisional application as used in this chapter means
either a U.S. national application for patent which was filed in the
Office under 35 U.S.C. 111(a), an international application filed under
the Patent Cooperation Treaty in which the basic national fee under 35
U.S.C. 41(a)(1)(F) has been paid, or an international design
application filed under the Hague Agreement in which the Office has
received a copy of the international registration pursuant to Hague
Agreement Article 10.
* * * * *
    (l) Hague Agreement as used in this chapter means the Geneva Act of
the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of
Industrial Designs adopted at Geneva, Switzerland, on July 2, 1999, and
Hague Agreement Article as used in this chapter means an Article under
the Hague Agreement.
    (m) Hague Agreement Regulations as used in this chapter means the
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Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague
Agreement; and Hague Agreement Rule as used in this chapter means one
of the Hague Agreement Regulations.
    (n) An international design application as used in this chapter
means an application for international registration of a design filed
under the Hague Agreement. Unless otherwise clear from the wording,
reference to "design application" or "application for a design
patent" in this chapter includes an international design application
that designates the United States.

. 7. Section 1.14 is amended by revising the introductory text of
paragraph (a)(1), revising paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) through (a)(1)(vii),
and adding a new paragraph (j), to read as follows:

§ 1.14  Patent applications preserved in confidence.

    (a) * * *
    (1) Records associated with patent applications (see paragraph (g)
for international applications and paragraph (j) for international
design applications) may be available in the following situations:
* * * * *
    (ii) Published abandoned applications. The file of an abandoned
published application is available to the public as set forth in
§ 1.11(a). A copy of the application-as-filed, the file contents of the
published application, or a specific document in the file of the
published application may be provided to any person upon request, and
payment of the appropriate fee set forth in § 1.19(b).
    (iii) Published pending applications. A copy of the application-as-
filed, the file contents of the application, or a specific document in
the file of a pending published application may be provided to any
person upon request, and payment of the appropriate fee set forth in
§ 1.19(b). If a redacted copy of the application was used for the
patent application publication, the copy of the specification,
drawings, and papers may be limited to a redacted copy. The Office will
not provide access to the paper file of a pending application that has
been published, except as provided in paragraph (c) or (i) of this
section.
    (iv) Unpublished abandoned applications (including provisional
applications) that are identified or relied upon. The file contents of
an unpublished, abandoned application may be made available to the
public if the application is identified in a U.S. patent, a statutory
invention registration, a U.S. patent application publication, an
international publication of an international application under PCT
Article 21(2), or a publication of an international registration under
Hague Agreement Article 10(3). An application is considered to have
been identified in a document, such as a patent, when the application
number or serial number and filing date, first named inventor, title
and filing date or other application specific information are provided
in the text of the patent, but not when the same identification is made
in a paper in the file contents of the patent and is not included in
the printed patent. Also, the file contents may be made available to
the public, upon a written request, if benefit of the abandoned
application is claimed under 35 U.S.C. 119(e), 120, 121, 365(c), or
386(c) in an application that has issued as a U.S. patent, or has
published as a statutory invention registration, a U.S. patent
application publication, an international publication of an
international application under PCT Article 21(2), or a publication of
an international registration under Hague Agreement Article 10(3). A
copy of the application-as-filed, the file contents of the application,
or a specific document in the file of the application may be provided
to any person upon written request, and payment of the appropriate fee
(§ 1.19(b)).
    (v) Unpublished pending applications (including provisional
applications) whose benefit is claimed. A copy of the file contents of
an unpublished pending application may be provided to any person, upon
written request and payment of the appropriate fee (§ 1.19(b)), if
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the benefit of the application is claimed under 35 U.S.C. 119(e), 120,
121, 365(c), or 386(c) in an application that has issued as a U.S.
patent, or in an application that has published as a statutory
invention registration, a U.S. patent application publication, an
international publication of an international application under PCT
Article 21(2), or a publication of an international registration under
Hague Agreement Article 10(3). A copy of the application-as-filed, or a
specific document in the file of the pending application may also be
provided to any person upon written request, and payment of the
appropriate fee (§ 1.19(b)). The Office will not provide access to the
paper file of a pending application, except as provided in paragraph
(c) or (i) of this section.
    (vi) Unpublished pending applications (including provisional
applications) that are incorporated by reference or otherwise
identified. A copy of the application as originally filed of an
unpublished pending application may be provided to any person, upon
written request and payment of the appropriate fee (§ 1.19(b)), if
the application is incorporated by reference or otherwise identified in
a U.S. patent, a statutory invention registration, a U.S. patent
application publication, an international publication of an
international application under PCT Article 21(2), or a publication of
an international registration under Hague Agreement Article 10(3). The
Office will not provide access to the paper file of a pending
application, except as provided in paragraph (c) or (i) of this
section.
    (vii) When a petition for access or a power to inspect is required.
Applications that were not published or patented, that are not the
subject of a benefit claim under 35 U.S.C. 119(e), 120, 121, 365(c), or
386(c) in an application that has issued as a U.S. patent, an
application that has published as a statutory invention registration, a
U.S. patent application publication, an international publication of an
international application under PCT Article 21(2), or a publication of
an international registration under Hague Agreement Article 10(3), or
are not identified in a U.S. patent, a statutory invention registration,
a U.S. patent application publication, an international publication of an
international application under PCT Article 21(2), or a publication of
an international registration under Hague Agreement Article 10(3), are not
available to the public. If an application is identified in the file
contents of another application, but not the published patent application
or patent itself, a granted petition for access (see paragraph (i)) or a
power to inspect (see paragraph (c)) is necessary to obtain the
application, or a copy of the application.
* * * * *
    (j) International design applications.
    (1) With respect to an international design application maintained
by the Office in its capacity as a designated office (§ 1.1003) for
national processing, the records associated with the international
design application may be made available as provided under paragraphs
(a) through (i) of this section.
    (2) With respect to an international design application maintained
by the Office in its capacity as an office of indirect filing (§ 1.1002),
the records of the international design application may be available under
paragraph (j)(1) of this section where contained in the file of the
international design application maintained by the Office for national
processing. Also, if benefit of the international design application is
claimed under 35 U.S.C. 386(c) in a U.S. patent or published application,
the file contents may be made available to the public, or a copy of the
application-as-filed, the file contents of the application, or a specific
document in the file of the application may be provided to any person upon
written request, and payment of the appropriate fee (§ 1.19(b)).

. 8. Section 1.16 is amended by revising the introductory text of
paragraphs (b), (l) and (p) to read as follows:

§ 1.16  National application filing, search, and examination fees.

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* * * * *
    (b) Basic fee for filing each application under 35 U.S.C. 111 for
an original design patent:
* * * * *
    (l) Search fee for each application under 35 U.S.C. 111 for an
original design patent:
* * * * *
    (p) Examination fee for each application under 35 U.S.C. 111 for an
original design patent:
* * * * *

. 9. Section 1.17 is amended by revising paragraph (f) and adding new
paragraphs (u) and (v) to read as follows:


§ 1.17  Patent application and reexamination processing fees.

* * * * *
    (f) For filing a petition under one of the following sections which
refers to this paragraph:

By a micro entity (§ 1.29) - $100.00
By a small entity (§ 1.27(a)) - $200.00
By other than a small or micro entity - $400.00

    § 1.36(a) - for revocation of a power of attorney by fewer than
all of the applicants.
    § 1.53(e) - to accord a filing date.
    § 1.57(a) - to accord a filing date.
    § 1.182 - for decision on a question not specifically provided
for.
    § 1.183 - to suspend the rules.
    § 1.378(e) - for reconsideration of decision on petition
refusing to accept delayed payment of maintenance fee in an expired
patent.
    § 1.741(b) - to accord a filing date to an application under
§ 1.740 for extension of a patent term.
    § 1.1023 - to review the filing date of an international design
application.
* * * * *
    (u) For filing a petition to excuse applicant's failure to act
within prescribed time limits in an international design application
(35 U.S.C. 387 and § 1.1051):

By a small entity (§ 1.27(a)) - $850.00
By other than a small entity - $1,700.00

    (v) For filing a petition to convert an international design
application to a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16 (35
U.S.C. 384 and § 1.1052) - $180.00

. 10. Section 1.18 is amended by adding a new paragraph (b)(3) to read as
follows:

§ 1.18  Patent post allowance (including issue) fees.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (3) For an international design application designating the United
States, where an issue fee is paid through the International Bureau
(Hague Agreement Rule 12(3)(c)) as an alternative to paying the issue
fee under paragraph (b)(1): The amount specified on the Web site of the
World Intellectual Property Organization, available at:
http://www.wipo.int/hague.
* * * * *

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. 11. Section 1.25 is amended by revising the first sentence of paragraph
(b) to read as follows:

§ 1.25  Deposit accounts.

* * * * *
    (b) Filing, issue, appeal, international-type search report,
international application processing, international design application
fees (§ 1.1031), petition, and post-issuance fees may be charged
against these accounts if sufficient funds are on deposit to cover such
fees. * * *
* * * * *

. 12. Section 1.27 is amended by revising paragraph (c)(3) to read as
follows:

§ 1.27  Definition of small entities and establishing status as a
small entity to permit payment of small entity fees; when a
determination of entitlement to small entity status and notification of
loss of entitlement to small entity status are required; fraud on the
Office.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (3) Assertion by payment of the small entity basic filing, basic
transmittal, basic national fee, or international search fee. The
payment, by any party, of the exact amount of one of the small entity
basic filing fees set forth in §§ 1.16(a), 1.16(b), 1.16(c),
1.16(d), 1.16(e), the small entity transmittal fee set forth in
§ 1.445(a)(1), the small entity international search fee set forth in
§ 1.445(a)(2) to a Receiving Office other than the United States
Receiving Office in the exact amount established for that Receiving
Office pursuant to PCT Rule 16, the small entity first part of the
individual designation fee for the United States (Hague Agreement Rule
12(1)(a)(iii)) to the International Bureau in an international design
application, or the small entity basic national fee set forth in
§ 1.492(a), will be treated as a written assertion of entitlement to
small entity status even if the type of basic filing, basic
transmittal, or basic national fee is inadvertently selected in error.
* * * * *

. 13. Section 1.29 is amended by revising the first sentence of paragraph
(e) to read as follows:

§ 1.29  Micro entity status.

* * * * *
    (e) Micro entity status is established in an application by filing
a micro entity certification in writing complying with the requirements
of either paragraph (a) or paragraph (d) of this section and signed
either in compliance with § 1.33(b) or in an international design
application by a person authorized to represent the applicant under
§ 1.1041(a) before the International Bureau where the micro entity
certification is filed with the International Bureau. * * *
* * * * *

. 14. Section 1.41 is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as
follows:

§ 1.41  Inventorship.

* * * * *
    (f) The inventorship of an international design application
designating the United States is the creator or creators set forth in
the publication of the international registration under Hague Agreement
Article 10(3). Any correction of inventorship must be pursuant to § 1.48.
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. 15. Section 1.46 is amended by revising paragraphs (b) and (c) to read
as follows:

§ 1.46  Application for patent by an assignee, obligated assignee,
or a person who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary interest in the
matter.

* * * * *
    (b) If an application under 35 U.S.C. 111 is made by a person other
than the inventor under paragraph (a) of this section, the application
must contain an application data sheet under § 1.76 specifying in
the applicant information section (§ 1.76(b)(7)) the assignee,
person to whom the inventor is under an obligation to assign the
invention, or person who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary
interest in the matter. If an application entering the national stage
under 35 U.S.C. 371 or an international design application before the
United States as a designated office is applied for by a person other
than the inventor under paragraph (a) of this section, the assignee,
person to whom the inventor is under an obligation to assign the
invention, or person who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary
interest in the matter must have been identified as the applicant for
the United States in the international stage of the international
application or as the holder in the publication of the international
registration under Hague Agreement Article 10(3).
    (c) Any request to correct or update the name of the applicant
under this section must include an application data sheet under § 1.76
specifying the correct or updated name of the applicant in the
applicant information section (§ 1.76(b)(7)) except that correction
of the name of the applicant may be made pursuant to Hague Agreement
Article 16 for an international design application. Any request to
replace the original applicant with an applicant under this section
must include an application data sheet under § 1.76 specifying the
applicant in the applicant information section (§ 1.76(b)(7)) and
comply with §§ 3.71 and 3.73 of this title.
* * * * *

. 16. Section 1.53 is amended by revising paragraph (d)(1)(ii) to read as
follows:

§ 1.53  Application number, filing date, and completion of
application.

* * * * *
    (d) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (ii) The prior nonprovisional application is a design application,
but not an international design application, that is complete as
defined by § 1.51(b); and
* * * * *

. 17. Section 1.55 is amended by revising paragraph (b) and adding a new
paragraph (m) to read as follows:

§ 1.55  Claim for foreign priority.

* * * * *
    (b) Time for filing subsequent application. The nonprovisional
application must be filed not later than twelve months (six months in
the case of a design application) after the date on which the foreign
application was filed, or be entitled to claim the benefit under 35
U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) of an application that was filed not
later than twelve months (six months in the case of a design
application) after the date on which the foreign application was filed.
The twelve-month period is subject to 35 U.S.C. 21(b) (and § 1.7(a))
 and PCT Rule 80.5, and the six-month period is subject to 35 U.S.C.
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21(b) (and § 1.7(a)) and Hague Agreement Rule 4(4).
* * * * *
    (m) Time for filing priority claim and certified copy of foreign
application in an international design application designating the
United States. In an international design application designating the
United States, the claim for priority may be made in accordance with
the Hague Agreement and the Hague Agreement Regulations. For purposes
of the United States, the priority claim may also be presented in an
application data sheet (§ 1.76(b)(6)), filed directly with the
Office after publication of the international registration under Hague
Agreement Article 10(3), identifying the foreign application for which
priority is claimed, by specifying the application number, country (or
intellectual property authority), day, month, and year of its filing.
The priority claim and certified copy must be furnished in accordance
with the time period and other conditions set forth in paragraph (g) of
this section.

. 18. Section 1.57 is amended by revising the introductory text of
paragraph (a), redesignating paragraph (a)(3) as paragraph (a)(4), and
adding a new paragraph (a)(3) to read as follows:

§ 1.57  Incorporation by reference.

    (a) Subject to the conditions and requirements of this paragraph,
if all or a portion of the specification or drawing(s) is inadvertently
omitted from an application, but the application contains a claim under
§ 1.55 for priority of a prior-filed foreign application, or a
claim under § 1.78 for the benefit of a prior-filed provisional,
nonprovisional, international application, or international design
application, that was present on the filing date of the application,
and the inadvertently omitted portion of the specification or
drawing(s) is completely contained in the prior-filed application, the
claim under § 1.55 or § 1.78 shall also be considered an
incorporation by reference of the prior-filed application as to the
inadvertently omitted portion of the specification or drawing(s).
* * * * *
    (3) Any amendment to an international design application that
designates the United States pursuant to this paragraph shall be
effective only as to the United States, and shall have no effect on the
filing date of the application.
* * * * *

. 19. Section 1.76 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(6) to read as
follows:

§ 1.76  Application data sheet.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (6) Foreign priority information. This information includes the
application number, country (or intellectual property authority), and
filing date of each foreign application for which priority is claimed.
Providing this information in the application data sheet constitutes
the claim for priority as required by 35 U.S.C. 119(b) and § 1.55.
* * * * *

. 20. Section 1.78 is amended by revising the introductory text of
paragraphs (c) and (d), revising paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through
(c)(1)(ii) and (c)(2), and adding new paragraph (c)(1)(iii) and (c)(7)
to read as follows:

§ 1.78  Claiming benefit of earlier filing date and cross-references to
other applications.

* * * * *
    (c) Claims under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) for the
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benefit of a prior-filed nonprovisional, international application, or
international design application. An applicant in a nonprovisional
application, an international application designating the United States,
or an international design application designating the United States may
claim the benefit of one or more prior-filed copending nonprovisional
applications, international applications designating the United States,
or international design applications designating the United States
under the conditions set forth in 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c)
and this section.
    (1) * * *
    (i) An international application entitled to a filing date in
accordance with PCT Article 11 and designating the United States;
    (ii) A nonprovisional application under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) that is
entitled to a filing date as set forth in § 1.53(b) or § 1.53(d) for
which the basic filing fee set forth in § 1.16 has been paid within the
pendency of the application; or
    (iii) An international design application designating the United
States and entitled to a filing date as set forth in § 1.1023.
    (2) Except for a continued prosecution application filed under
§ 1.53(d), any nonprovisional application, international application
designating the United States, or international design application
designating the United States that claims the benefit of
one or more prior-filed nonprovisional applications, international
applications designating the United States, or international design
applications designating the United States must contain or be amended
to contain a reference to each such prior-filed application,
identifying it by application number (consisting of the series code and
serial number), international application number and international
filing date, or international registration number and international
registration date. If the later-filed application is a nonprovisional
application, the reference required by this paragraph must be included
in an application data sheet (§ 1.76(b)(5)). The reference also
must identify the relationship of the applications, namely, whether the
later-filed application is a continuation, divisional, or continuation-
in-part of the prior-filed nonprovisional application, international
application, or international design application.
* * * * *
    (7) Where benefit is claimed under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or
386(c) to an international application or an international design
application which designates but did not originate in the United
States, the Office may require a certified copy of such application
together with an English translation thereof if filed in another
language.
    (d) Delayed claims under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) for
the benefit of a prior-filed nonprovisional application, international
application, or international design application. If the reference
required by 35 U.S.C. 120 and paragraph (c)(2) of this section is
presented after the time period provided by paragraph (c)(3) of this
section, the claim under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) for the
benefit of a prior-filed copending nonprovisional application,
international application designating the United States, or
international design application designating the United States may be
accepted if the reference identifying the prior-filed application by
application number, international application number and international
filing date, or international registration number and filing date was
unintentionally delayed. A petition to accept an unintentionally
delayed claim under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) for the
benefit of a prior-filed application must be accompanied by:
* * * * *

. 21. Section 1.84 is amended by revising paragraph (y) to read as
follows:

§ 1.84  Standards for drawings.

* * * * *
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    (y) Types of drawings. See § 1.152 for design drawings, § 1.1026
for international design reproductions, § 1.165 for plant drawings, and
§ 1.173(a)(2) for reissue drawings.

. 22. Section 1.85 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) and (c) to read
as follows:

§ 1.85  Corrections to drawings.

    (a) A utility or plant application will not be placed on the files
for examination until objections to the drawings have been corrected.
Except as provided in § 1.215(c), any patent application
publication will not include drawings filed after the application has
been placed on the files for examination. Unless applicant is otherwise
notified in an Office action, objections to the drawings in a utility
or plant application will not be held in abeyance, and a request to
hold objections to the drawings in abeyance will not be considered a
bona fide attempt to advance the application to final action (§ 1.135(c)).
If a drawing in a design application meets the requirements of § 1.84(e),
(f), and (g) and is suitable for reproduction, but is not otherwise in
compliance with § 1.84, the drawing may be admitted for examination.
Similarly, if a drawing in an international design application designating
the United States meets the requirements of § 1.1026, the drawing may be
admitted for examination.
* * * * *
    (c) If a corrected drawing is required or if a drawing does not
comply with § 1.84 or § 1.1026 at the time an application is
allowed, the Office may notify the applicant in a notice of
allowability and set a three-month period of time from the mail date of
the notice of allowability within which the applicant must file a
corrected drawing in compliance with § 1.84 or § 1.1026,
whichever is appropriate, to avoid abandonment. This time period is not
extendable under § 1.136 (see § 1.136(c)).

. 23. Section 1.97 is amended by redesignating paragraphs (b)(3) and
(b)(4) as paragraphs (b)(4) and (b)(5), respectively, and adding a new
paragraph (b)(3) to read as follows:

§ 1.97  Filing of information disclosure statement.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (3) Within three months of the date of publication of the
international registration under Hague Agreement Article 10(3) in an
international design application;
* * * * *

. 24. Section 1.105 is amended by revising the introductory text of
paragraph (a)(1) to read as follows:

§ 1.105  Requirements for information.

    (a)(1) In the course of examining or treating a matter in a pending
or abandoned application, in a patent, in a supplemental examination
proceeding, or in a reexamination proceeding, the examiner or other
Office employee may require the submission, from individuals identified
under § 1.56(c), or any assignee, of such information as may be
reasonably necessary to properly examine or treat the matter, for
example:
* * * * *

. 25. Section 1.114 is amended by redesignating paragraph (e)(5) as
paragraph (e)(6), revising paragraph (e)(4), and adding new paragraph
(e)(5) to read as follows:

§ 1.114  Request for continued examination.
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* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (4) An application for a design patent;
    (5) An international design application; or
    (6) A patent under reexamination.

. 26. Section 1.155 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(1) to read as
follows:

§ 1.155  Expedited examination of design applications.

    (a) * * *
    (1) The application must include drawings in compliance with § 1.84,
or for an international design application that designates the
United States, published pursuant to Hague Agreement Article 10(3);
* * * * *

. 27. Section 1.211 is amended by revising paragraph (b) to read as
follows.

§ 1.211  Publication of applications.

* * * * *
    (b) Provisional applications under 35 U.S.C. 111(b) shall not be
published, and design applications under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16,
international design applications under 35 U.S.C. chapter 38, and
reissue applications under 35 U.S.C. chapter 25 shall not be published
under this section.
* * * * *

. 28. Section 1.312 is revised to read as follows.

§ 1.312  Amendments after allowance.

    No amendment may be made as a matter of right in an application
after the mailing of the notice of allowance. Any amendment filed
pursuant to this section must be filed before or with the payment of
the issue fee, and may be entered on the recommendation of the primary
examiner, approved by the Director, without withdrawing the application
from issue. For purposes of this section, where the issue fee is paid
in an international design application through the International
Bureau, the date of payment of the issue fee will be the date the issue
fee is recorded by the Office.

. 29. Subpart I to part 1 is added to read as follows:

Subpart I - International Design Application

General Information

Sec.
1.1001 Definitions related to international design applications.
1.1002 The United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of
indirect filing.
1.1003 The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a designated office.
1.1004 The International Bureau.

Who May File An International Design Application

1.1011 Applicant for international design application.

The International Design Application

1.1021 Contents of the international design application.
1.1022 Form and signature.
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1.1023 Filing date of an international design application in the
United States.
1.1024 The description.
1.1025 The claim.
1.1026 Reproductions.
1.1027 Specimens.

Fees

1.1031 International design application fees.

Priority

1.1035 The priority claim in an international design application.

Representation

1.1041 Representation in an international design application.

Transmittal of the International Design Application to the
International Bureau

1.1045 Procedures for transmittal of international design application to
the International Bureau.

Relief From Prescribed Time Limits; Conversion to a design Application
Under 35 U.S.C. Chapter 16

1.1051 Relief from prescribed time limits.
1.1052 Conversion to a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16.

National Processing of International Design Applications

1.1061 Rules applicable.
1.1062 Examination.
1.1063 Notification of Refusal.
1.1064 One independent and distinct design.
1.1066 Correspondence address for an international design application.
1.1067 Title and the inventor's oath or declaration.
1.1069 Notification of Division.
1.1070 Notification of Invalidation.

Subpart I  -  International Design Application

General Information

§ 1.1001  Definitions related to international design applications.

    (a) Article as used in this subpart means an article of the Hague
Agreement;
    (b) Regulations as used in this subpart means the "Common
Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague
Agreement";
    (c) Rule as used in this subpart means one of the Regulations;
    (d) Administrative Instructions as used in this subpart means the
Administrative Instructions referred to in Rule 34;
    (e) 1960 Act as used in this subpart means the Act signed at the
Hague on November 28, 1960, of the Hague Agreement;
    (f) Other terms and expressions in subpart I not defined in this
section are as defined in Article 1, Rule 1, and 35 U.S.C. 381.

§ 1.1002  The United States Patent and Trademark Office as an
office of indirect filing.

    (a) The United States Patent and Trademark Office, as an office of
indirect filing, shall accept international design applications where
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the applicant's Contracting Party is the United States.
    (b) The major functions of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office as an office of indirect filing include:
    (1) Receiving and according a receipt date to international design
applications;
    (2) Collecting and, when required, transmitting fees due for
processing international design applications;
    (3) Determining compliance with applicable requirements of part 5
of this chapter; and
    (4) Transmitting an international design application to the
International Bureau, unless prescriptions concerning national security
prevent the application from being transmitted.

§ 1.1003  The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a
designated office.

    (a) The United States Patent and Trademark Office will act as a
designated office ("United States Designated Office") for
international design applications in which the United States has been
designated as a Contracting Party in which protection is sought.
    (b) The major functions of the United States Designated Office
include:
    (1) Accepting for national examination international design
applications which satisfy the requirements of the Hague Agreement, the
Regulations and the regulations;
    (2) Performing an examination of the international design
application in accordance with 35 U.S.C. chapter 16; and
    (3) Communicating the results of examination to the International
Bureau.

§ 1.1004  The International Bureau.

    (a) The International Bureau is the World Intellectual Property
Organization located at Geneva, Switzerland. It is the international
intergovernmental organization which acts as the coordinating body
under the Hague Agreement and the Regulations.
    (b) The major functions of the International Bureau include:
    (1) Receiving international design applications directly from
applicants and indirectly from an office of indirect filing;
    (2) Collecting required fees and crediting designation fees to the
accounts of the Contracting Parties concerned;
    (3) Reviewing international design applications for compliance with
prescribed formal requirements;
    (4) Translating international design applications into the required
languages for recordation and publication;
    (5) Recording international design applications in the
International Register;
    (6) Publishing international design applications in the
International Designs Bulletin; and
    (7) Sending copies of the publication of the international
registration to each designated office.

Who May File an International Design Application

§ 1.1011  Applicant for an international design application.

    (a) Only persons who are nationals of the United States or who have
a domicile, a habitual residence or a real and effective industrial or
commercial establishment in the territory of the United States may file
international design applications through the United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
    (b) Although the United States Patent and Trademark Office will
accept international design applications filed by any person referred
to in paragraph (a) of this section, an international design
application designating the United States may be refused by the Office
as a designated office if the applicant is not a person qualified under
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35 U.S.C. chapter 11 to be an applicant.

The International Design Application

§ 1.1021  Contents of the international design application.

    (a) Mandatory contents. The international design application shall
be in English, French or Spanish (Rule 6) and shall contain or be
accompanied by:
    (1) A request for international registration under the Hague
Agreement (Article 5(1)(i));
    (2) The prescribed data concerning the applicant (Article 5(1)(ii)
and Rule 7(3)(i) and (ii));
    (3) The prescribed number of copies of a reproduction or, at the
choice of the applicant, of several different reproductions of the
industrial design that is the subject of the international design
application, presented in the prescribed manner; however, where the
industrial design is two-dimensional and a request for deferment of
publication is made in accordance with Article 5(5), the international
design application may, instead of containing reproductions, be
accompanied by the prescribed number of specimens of the industrial
design (Article 5(1)(iii));
    (4) An indication of the product or products that constitute the
industrial design or in relation to which the industrial design is to
be used, as prescribed (Article 5(1)(iv) and Rule 7(3)(iv));
    (5) An indication of the designated Contracting Parties (Article
5(1)(v));
    (6) The prescribed fees (Article 5(1)(vi) and Rule 12(1));
    (7) The Contracting Party or Parties in respect of which the
applicant fulfills the conditions to be the holder of an international
registration (Rule 7(3)(iii));
    (8) The number of industrial designs included in the international
design application, which may not exceed 100, and the number of
reproductions or specimens of the industrial designs accompanying the
international design application (Rule 7(3)(v));
    (9) The amount of the fees being paid and the method of payment, or
instructions to debit the required amount of fees to an account opened
with the International Bureau, and the identification of the party
effecting the payment or giving the instructions (Rule 7(3)(vii)); and
    (10) An indication of applicant's Contracting Party as required
under Rule 7(4)(a).
    (b) Additional mandatory contents required by certain Contracting
Parties.
    (1) Where the international design application contains the
designation of a Contracting Party that requires, pursuant to Article
5(2), any of the following elements, then the international design
application shall contain such required element(s):
    (i) Indications concerning the identity of the creator of the
industrial design that is the subject of that application (Rule 11(1));
    (ii) A brief description of the reproduction or of the
characteristic features of the industrial design that is the subject of
that application (Rule 11(2));
    (iii) A claim (Rule 11(3)).
    (2) Where the international design application contains the
designation of a Contracting Party that has made a declaration under
Rule 8(1), then the international application shall contain the
statement, document, oath or declaration specified in that declaration
(Rule 7(4)(c)).
    (c) Optional contents. The international design application may
contain:
    (1) Two or more industrial designs, subject to the prescribed
conditions (Article 5(4) and Rule 7(7));
    (2) A request for deferment of publication (Article 5(5) and Rule
7(5)(e));
    (3) An element referred to in item (i) or (ii) of Article 5(2)(b)
of the Hague Agreement or in Article 8(4)(a) of the 1960 Act even where
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that element is not required in consequence of a notification in
accordance with Article 5(2)(a) of the Hague Agreement or in
consequence of a requirement under Article 8(4)(a) of the 1960 Act
(Rule 7(5)(a));
    (4) The name and address of applicant's representative, as
prescribed (Rule 7(5)(b));
    (5) A claim of priority under Article 4 of the Paris Convention, as
prescribed (Rule 7(5)(c));
    (6) A declaration, for purposes of Article 11 of the Paris
Convention, that the product or products which constitute the
industrial design or in which the industrial design is incorporated
have been shown at an official or officially recognized international
exhibition, together with the place where the exhibition was held and
the date on which the product or products were first exhibited there
and, where less than all the industrial designs contained in the
international design application are concerned, the indication of those
industrial designs to which the declaration relates or does not relate
(Rule 7(5)(d));
    (7) Any declaration, statement or other relevant indication as may
be specified in the Administrative Instructions (Rule 7(5)(f));
    (8) A statement that identifies information known by the applicant
to be material to the eligibility for protection of the industrial
design concerned (Rule 7(5)(g));
    (9) A proposed translation of any text matter contained in the
international design application for purposes of recording and
publication (Rule 6(4)).
    (d) Required contents where the United States is designated. In
addition to the mandatory requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of
this section, an international design application that designates the
United States shall contain or be accompanied by:
    (1) A claim (§§ 1.1021(b)(1)(iii) and 1.1025);
    (2) Indications concerning the identity of the creator (Rule
11(1)); and
    (3) The inventor's oath or declaration (§§ 1.63 and 1.64).
The requirements in § 1.63(b) and § 1.64(b)(4) to identify each
inventor by his or her legal name, mailing address, and residence, if
an inventor lives at a location which is different from the mailing
address, and the requirement in § 1.64(b)(2) to identify the
residence and mailing address of the person signing the substitute
statement, will be considered satisfied by the presentation of such
information in the international design application prior to international
registration.

§ 1.1022  Form and signature.

    (a) The international design application shall be presented on the
official form or any form having the same contents and format (Rules
7(1) and 1(vi)).
    (b) The international design application shall be signed by the
applicant.

§ 1.1023  Filing date of an international design application in the
United States.

    (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this section, the filing date of an
international design application in the United States is the date of
international registration determined by the International Bureau under
the Hague Agreement (35 U.S.C. 384 and 381(a)(5)).
    (b) Where the applicant believes the international design
application is entitled under the Hague Agreement to a filing date in
the United States other than the date of international registration,
the applicant may petition the Director under this paragraph to accord
the international design application a filing date in the United States
other than the date of international registration. Such petition must
be accompanied by the fee set forth in § 1.17(f) and include a
showing to the satisfaction of the Director that the international
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design application is entitled to such filing date.

§ 1.1024  The description.

    (a) An international design application designating the United
States must include a specification as prescribed by 35 U.S.C. 112 and
preferably include a brief description of the view or views of the
reproduction.
    (b) The description requirements set forth in Rule 11(2) may apply
to designations of Contracting Parties other than the United States
that require a description.

§ 1.1025  The claim.

    The specific wording of the claim in an international design
application designating the United States shall be in formal terms to
the ornamental design for the article (specifying name of article) as
shown, or as shown and described. More than one claim is neither
required nor permitted for purposes of the United States.

§ 1.1026  Reproductions.

    Reproductions shall comply with the requirements of Rule 9 and Part
Four of the Administrative Instructions.

§ 1.1027  Specimens.

    Where a request for deferment of publication has been filed in
respect of a two-dimensional industrial design, the international
design application may include specimens of the design in accordance
with Rule 10 and Part Four of the Administrative Instructions. Neither
a request for deferment of publication nor specimens are permitted in
an international design application that designates the United States
or any other Contracting Party which does not permit deferment of
publication.

Fees

§ 1.1031  International design application fees.

    (a) International design applications filed through the Office as
an office of indirect filing are subject to payment of a transmittal
fee (35 U.S.C. 382(b) and Article 4(2)) in the amount of $130.
    (b) The Schedule of Fees annexed to the Regulations (Rule 27(1)), a
list of individual designation fee amounts, and a fee calculator may be
viewed on the Web site of the World Intellectual Property Organization,
available at: http://www.wipo.int/hague.
    (c) The following fees required by the International Bureau may be
paid either directly to the International Bureau or through the Office
as an office of indirect filing in the amounts specified on the World
Intellectual Property Organization Web site described in paragraph (b)
of this section:
    (1) International application fees (Rule 12(1)); and
    (2) Fee for descriptions exceeding 100 words (Rule 11(2)).
    (d) The fees referred to in paragraph (c) of this section may be
paid as follows:
    (1) Directly to the International Bureau in Swiss currency (see
Administrative Instruction 801); or
    (2) Through the Office as an office of indirect filing, provided
such fees are paid no later than the date of payment of the transmittal
fee required under paragraph (a) of this section. Any payment through
the Office must be in U.S. dollars. Applicants paying the fees in
paragraph (c) of this section through the Office may be subject to a
requirement by the International Bureau to pay additional amounts where
the conversion from U.S. dollars to Swiss currency results in the
International Bureau receiving less than the prescribed amounts.
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Priority

§ 1.1035  The priority claim in an international design application.

    (a) The international design application may claim under Article 4
of the Paris Convention, the priority of one or more earlier
applications filed in or for any country party to that Convention or
any Member of the World Trade Organization. The priority claim must
contain an indication of the name of the Office where such filing was
made and of the date and, where available, the number of that filing,
and where the priority claim relates to less than all the industrial
designs contained in the international design application, the
indication of those industrial designs to which the priority claim
relates or does not relate (Article 6 and Rule 7(5)(c)).
    (b) An international design application designating the United
States may claim benefit under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c) or 386(c) to
an earlier filed application in accordance with § 1.78.

Representation

§ 1.1041  Representation in an international design application.

    (a) The applicant or the holder may appoint a representative before
the International Bureau in accordance with Rule 3.
    (b) Applicants of international design applications may be
represented before the Office as an office of indirect filing by a
practitioner registered (§ 11.6) or granted limited recognition
(§§ 11.9(a) or (b)) to practice before the Office in patent
matters. Such practitioner may act pursuant to § 1.34 or be
appointed, in writing signed by the applicant, giving the practitioner
power to act on behalf of the applicant and specifying the name and
registration number or limited recognition number of each practitioner.
An appointment of a representative made in the international design
application pursuant to Rule 3(2) that complies with the requirements
of this paragraph will be effective as an appointment before the Office
as an office of indirect filing.

Transmittal of International Design Application to the International
Bureau

§ 1.1045  Procedures for transmittal of international design
application to the International Bureau.

    (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this section and payment of the
transmittal fee set forth in § 1.1031(a), transmittal of the
international design application to the International Bureau shall be
made by the Office as provided by Rule 13(1). At the same time as it
transmits the international design application to the International
Bureau, the Office shall notify the International Bureau of the date on
which it received the application. The Office shall also notify
the applicant of the date on which it received the application and of
the transmittal of the international design application to the
International Bureau.
    (b) No copy of an international design application may be
transmitted to the International Bureau, a foreign designated office,
or other foreign authority by the Office or the applicant, unless the
applicable requirements of part 5 of this chapter have been satisfied.
    (c) Once transmittal of the international design application has
been effected under paragraph (a) of this section, except for matters
properly before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as an
office of indirect filing or as a designated office, all further
correspondence concerning the application should be sent directly to
the International Bureau. The United States Patent and Trademark Office
will generally not forward communications to the International Bureau
received after transmittal of the application to the International
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Bureau. Any reply to an invitation sent to the applicant by the
International Bureau must be filed directly with the International
Bureau, and not with the Office, to avoid abandonment or other loss of
rights under Article 8.

Relief From Prescribed Time Limits; Conversion to a Design Application
Under 35 U.S.C. Chapter 16

§ 1.1051  Relief from prescribed time limits.

    (a) If the delay in an applicant's failure to act within prescribed
time limits under the Hague Agreement in connection with requirements
pertaining to an international design application was unintentional, a
petition may be filed pursuant to this section to excuse the failure to
act as to the United States. A grantable petition pursuant to this
section must be accompanied by:
    (1) A copy of any invitation sent from the International Bureau
setting a prescribed time limit for which applicant failed to timely
act;
    (2) The reply required under paragraph (c) of this section, unless
previously filed;
    (3) The fee as set forth in § 1.17(u);
    (4) A certified copy of the originally filed international design
application, unless a copy of the international design application was
previously communicated to the Office from the International Bureau or
the international design application was filed with the Office as an
office of indirect filing, and a translation thereof into the English
language if it was filed in another language; and
    (5) A statement that the entire delay in filing the required reply
from the due date for the reply until the filing of a grantable
petition pursuant to this paragraph was unintentional. The Director may
require additional information where there is a question whether the
delay was unintentional.
    (b) Any request for reconsideration or review of a decision
refusing to excuse the applicant's failure to act within prescribed
time limits in connection with requirements pertaining to an
international design application upon petition filed pursuant to this
section, to be considered timely, must be filed within two months of
the decision refusing to excuse or within such time as set in the
decision. Unless a decision indicates otherwise, this time period may
be extended under the provisions of § 1.136.
    (c) Reply. The reply required may be:
    (1) The filing of a continuing application. If the international
design application has not been subject to international registration,
the reply must also include a grantable petition under § 1.1023(b)
to accord the international design application a filing date; or
    (2) A grantable petition under § 1.1052, where the
international design application was filed with the Office as an office
of indirect filing.

§ 1.1052  Conversion to a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16.

    (a) An international design application designating the United
States filed with the Office as an office of indirect filing and
meeting the requirements under § 1.53(b) for a filing date for an
application for a design patent may, on petition under this section, be
converted to an application for a design patent under § 1.53(b) and
accorded a filing date as provided therein. A petition under this
section must be accompanied by the fee set forth in § 1.17(v) and
be filed prior to publication of the international registration under
Article 10(3). The conversion of an international design application to
an application for a design patent under § 1.53(b) will not entitle
applicant to a refund of the transmittal fee or any fee forwarded to
the International Bureau, or the application of any such fee toward the
filing fee, or any other fee, for the application for a design patent
under § 1.53(b). The application for a design patent resulting from
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conversion of an international design application must also include the
basic filing fee (§ 1.16(b)), the search fee (§ 1.16(l)), the
examination fee (§ 1.16(p)), the inventor's oath or declaration
(§§ 1.63 or 1.64), and a surcharge if required by § 1.16(f).
    (b) An international design application will be treated as an
application for a design patent under § 1.53(b) if a decision on
petition under this section is granted prior to transmittal of the
international design application to the International Bureau pursuant
to § 1.1045. Otherwise, a decision granting a petition under this
section will be effective to treat the international design application
as an application for a design patent under § 1.53(b) only for
purposes of the United States.
    (c) A petition under this section will not be granted in an
abandoned international design application absent a grantable petition
under § 1.1051.

National Processing of International Design Applications

§ 1.1061  Rules applicable.

    (a) The rules relating to applications for patents for other
inventions or discoveries are also applicable to international design
applications designating the United States, except as otherwise
provided in this chapter or required by the Articles or Regulations.
    (b) The provisions of §§ 1.84 and 1.152-1.154 shall not
apply to international design applications.

§ 1.1062  Examination.

    (a) Examination. The Office shall make an examination pursuant to
Title 35 of the United States Code of an international design
application designating the United States. An international design
application may not be refused on grounds that requirements relating to
the form or contents of the international design application provided
for in the Hague Agreement or the Regulations or additional to, or
different from, those requirements have not been satisfied.
    (b) Timing. For each international design application to be
examined under paragraph (a) of this section, the Office shall, subject
to Rule 18(1)(c)(ii), send to the International Bureau within 12 months
from the publication of the international registration under Rule 26(3)
a notification of refusal (§ 1.1063) where it appears that the
applicant is not entitled to a patent under the law with respect to any
industrial design that is the subject of the international
registration.

§ 1.1063  Notification of Refusal

    (a) A notification of refusal shall contain or indicate:
    (1) The number of the international registration;
    (2) The grounds on which the refusal is based;
    (3) Where the grounds of refusal refer to similarity with an
industrial design that is the subject of an earlier application or
registration, a copy of a reproduction of the earlier industrial design
and information concerning the earlier industrial design as required
under Hague Rule 18(2)(b)(iv); and
    (4) A time period for reply to the notification under § 1.134
and § 1.136 to avoid abandonment.
    (b) Any reply to the notification of refusal must be filed directly
with the Office and not through the International Bureau. The
requirements of § 1.111 shall apply to a reply to a notification of
refusal.

§ 1.1064  One independent and distinct design.

    (a) Only one independent and distinct design may be claimed in an
international design application designating the United States.
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    (b) If the requirements under paragraph (a) of this section are not
satisfied, the examiner shall in the notification of refusal or other
Office action require the applicant in the reply to that action to
elect one independent and distinct design for which prosecution on the
merits shall be restricted. Such requirement will normally be made
before any action on the merits but may be made at any time before the
final action. Review of any such requirement is provided under
§§ 1.143 and 1.144.

§ 1.1066  Correspondence address for an international design application.

    (a) Unless changed in accordance with paragraph (b) of this
section, the Office will use as the correspondence address the address
of applicant's representative identified in the publication of the
international registration, or if there is no address for the
representative, the address of the applicant identified therein.
    (b) The correspondence address may be changed by the parties set
forth in § 1.33(b)(1) or (b)(3) in accordance with § 1.33(a).
    (c) Reference in the rules to the correspondence address set forth
in § 1.33(a) shall be construed to include a reference to this
section for a nonprovisional application that is an international
design application.

§ 1.1067  Title and inventor's oath or declaration.

    (a) The title of the design must designate the particular article.
Where an international design application does not contain a title of
the design, the Office may establish a title.
    (b) An international design application designating the United
States must include the inventor's oath or declaration. See § 1.1021(d).
 If the applicant is notified in a notice of allowability that an oath or
declaration in compliance with § 1.63, or substitute statement in
compliance with § 1.64, executed by or with respect to each named
inventor has not been filed, the applicant must file each required oath
or declaration in compliance with § 1.63, or substitute statement in
compliance with § 1.64, no later than the date on which the issue fee is
paid to avoid abandonment. This time period is not extendable under § 1.136
(see § 1.136(c)).

§ 1.1069  Notification of Division.

    (a) Where, following a notification of refusal in an international
design application requiring an election of an independent and distinct
design under § 1.1064(b), a divisional application claiming benefit
under 35 U.S.C. 386(c) and 121 to the international design application
is filed for the non-elected design(s), the Office shall notify the
International Bureau. The notification to the International Bureau
shall indicate:
    (1) The number of the international registration concerned;
    (2) The numbers of the industrial designs which have been the
subject of the divisional application(s); and
    (3) The divisional application number(s).
    (b) The Office may require the applicant in a divisional
application that is subject to a notification under paragraph (a) of
this section to identify the design in the international design
application pursued in the divisional application.

§ 1.1070  Notification of Invalidation.

    (a) Where a design patent that was granted from an international
design application is invalidated in the United States, and the
invalidation is no longer subject to any review or appeal, the patentee
shall inform the Office.
    (b) After receiving a notification of invalidation under paragraph
(a) of this section or through other means, the Office will notify the
International Bureau in accordance with Hague Rule 20.
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PART 3 - ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE

Þ 30. The authority citation for part 3 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2).

. 31. Section 3.1 is amended by revising the definition of "Application"
to read as follows:

§ 3.1  Definitions.

* * * * *
    Application means a national application for patent, an
international patent application that designates the United States of
America, an international design application that designates the United
States of America, or an application to register a trademark under
section 1 or 44 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 or 15 U.S.C. 1126,
unless otherwise indicated.
* * * * *

. 32. Section 3.21 is revised to read as follows:

§ 3.21  Identification of patents and patent applications.

    An assignment relating to a patent must identify the patent by the
patent number. An assignment relating to a national patent application
must identify the national patent application by the application number
(consisting of the series code and the serial number; e.g., 07/123,456).
An assignment relating to an international patent application
which designates the United States of America must identify the
international application by the international application number;
e.g., PCT/US2012/012345. An assignment relating to an international
design application which designates the United States of America must
identify the international design application by the international
registration number or by the U.S. application number assigned to the
international design application. If an assignment of a patent
application filed under § 1.53(b) is executed concurrently with, or
subsequent to, the execution of the patent application, but before the
patent application is filed, it must identify the patent application by
the name of each inventor and the title of the invention so that there
can be no mistake as to the patent application intended. If an
assignment of a provisional application under § 1.53(c) is executed
before the provisional application is filed, it must identify the
provisional application by the name of each inventor and the title of
the invention so that there can be no mistake as to the provisional
application intended.

PART 5 - SECRECY OF CERTAIN INVENTIONS AND LICENSES TO EXPORT AND
FILE APPLICATIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

. 33. The authority citation for 37 CFR part 5 continues to read as
follows:

    Authority:  35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 41, 181-188, as amended by the
Patent Law Foreign Filing Amendments Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-418,
102 Stat. 1567; the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, 22 U.S.C.
2751 et seq.; the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
2011 et seq.; the Nuclear Non Proliferation Act of 1978, 22 U.S.C.
3201 et seq.; and the delegations in the regulations under these
Acts to the Director (15 CFR 370.10(j), 22 CFR 125.04, and 10 CFR
810.7).

. 34. Section 5.1 is amended by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:

§ 5.1  Applications and correspondence involving national security.
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* * * * *
    (b) Definitions. (1) Application as used in this part includes
provisional applications (§ 1.9(a)(2) of this chapter), nonprovisional
applications (§ 1.9(a)(3)), international applications (§ 1.9(b)), or
international design applications (§ 1.9(n)).
    (2) Foreign application as used in this part includes, for filing
in a foreign country, foreign patent agency, or international agency
(other than the United States Patent Trademark Office) any of the
following: An application for patent, international application,
international design application, or application for the registration
of a utility model, industrial design, or model.
* * * * *

. 35. Section 5.3 is amended by revising paragraph (d) to read as
follows:

§ 5.3  Prosecution of application under secrecy orders; withholding
patent.

* * * * *
    (d) International applications and international design applications
under secrecy order will not be mailed, delivered, or otherwise transmitted
 to the international authorities or the applicant. International
applications under secrecy order will be processed up to the point where,
if it were not for the secrecy order, record and search copies would be
transmitted to the international authorities or the applicant.

. 36. Section 5.11 is amended by revising the heading and paragraphs (a)
through (c), (e)(3)(i), and (f) to read as follows:

§ 5.11  License for filing in, or exporting to, a foreign country
an application on an invention made in the United States.

    (a) A license from the Commissioner for Patents under 35 U.S.C. 184
is required before filing any application for patent including any
modifications, amendments, or supplements thereto or divisions thereof
or for the registration of a utility model, industrial design, or
model, in a foreign patent office or any foreign patent agency or any
international agency other than the United States Receiving Office or
the United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect
filing for international design applications, if the invention was made
in the United States, and:
    (1) An application on the invention has been filed in the United
States less than six months prior to the date on which the application
is to be filed, or
    (2) No application on the invention has been filed in the United
States.
    (b) The license from the Commissioner for Patents referred to in
paragraph (a) would also authorize the export of technical data abroad
for purposes relating to the preparation, filing or possible filing and
prosecution of a foreign application without separately complying with
the regulations contained in 22 CFR parts 120 through 130
(International Traffic in Arms Regulations of the Department of State),
15 CFR parts 730-774 (Export Administration Regulations of the Bureau
of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce) and 10 CFR part 810
(Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities Regulations of the
Department of Energy).
    (c) Where technical data in the form of a patent application, or in
any form, are being exported for purposes related to the preparation,
filing or possible filing and prosecution of a foreign application,
without the license from the Commissioner for Patents referred to in
paragraphs (a) or (b) of this section, or on an invention not made in
the United States, the export regulations contained in 22 CFR parts 120
through 130 (International Traffic in Arms Regulations of the
Department of State), 15 CFR parts 730-774 (Export Administration
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Regulations of the Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of
Commerce) and 10 CFR part 810 (Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy
Activities Regulations of the Department of Energy) must be complied
with unless a license is not required because a United States
application was on file at the time of export for at least six months
without a secrecy order under § 5.2 being placed thereon. The term
"exported" means export as it is defined in 22 CFR part 120, 15 CFR
part 734 and activities covered by 10 CFR part 810.
* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (i) A license is not, or was not, required under paragraph (e)(2)
of this section for the foreign application;
* * * * *
    (f) A license pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section can be
revoked at any time upon written notification by the Patent and
Trademark Office. An authorization to file a foreign application
resulting from the passage of six months from the date of filing of a
United States patent application may be revoked by the imposition of a
secrecy order.

. 37. Section 5.12 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as
follows:

§ 5.12  Petition for license.

    (a) Filing of an application on an invention made in the United
States will be considered to include a petition for license under 35
U.S.C. 184 for the subject matter of the application. The filing
receipt or other official notice will indicate if a license is granted.
If the initial automatic petition is not granted, a subsequent petition
may be filed under paragraph (b) of this section.
* * * * *

. 38. Section 5.13 is revised to read as follows:

§ 5.13  Petition for license; no corresponding application.

    If no corresponding national, international design, or
international application has been filed in the United States, the
petition for license under § 5.12(b) must also be accompanied by a
legible copy of the material upon which a license is desired. This copy
will be retained as a measure of the license granted.

. 39. Section 5.14 is amended by revising paragraph (c) to read as
follows:

§ 5.14  Petition for license; corresponding U.S. application.

* * * * *
    (c) Where the application to be filed or exported abroad contains
matter not disclosed in the United States application or applications,
including the case where the combining of two or more United States
applications introduces subject matter not disclosed in any of them, a
copy of the application as it is to be filed or exported abroad, must
be furnished with the petition. If, however, all new matter in the
application to be filed or exported is readily identifiable, the new
matter may be submitted in detail and the remainder by reference to the
pertinent United States application or applications.

. 40. Section 5.15 is amended by revising paragraphs (a), (b), (d) and
(e) to read as follows:

§ 5.15  Scope of license.

    (a) Applications or other materials reviewed pursuant to §§ 5.12
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through 5.14, which were not required to be made available for inspection
by defense agencies under 35 U.S.C. 181, will be eligible for a license of
the scope provided in this paragraph. This license permits subsequent
modifications, amendments, and supplements containing additional subject
matter to, or divisions of, a foreign application, if such changes to the
application do not alter the general nature of the invention in a
manner that would require the United States application to have been made
available for inspection under 35 U.S.C. 181. Grant of this license
authorizes the export and filing of an application in a foreign country or
to any foreign patent agency or international patent agency when the
subject matter of the foreign application corresponds to that of the
domestic application. This license includes authority:
    (1) To export and file all duplicate and formal application papers
in foreign countries or with international agencies;
    (2) To make amendments, modifications, and supplements, including
divisions, changes or supporting matter consisting of the illustration,
exemplification, comparison, or explanation of subject matter disclosed
in the application; and
    (3) To take any action in the prosecution of the foreign
application provided that the adding of subject matter or taking of any
action under paragraphs (a)(1) or (2) of this section does not change
the general nature of the invention disclosed in the application in a
manner that would require such application to have been made available
for inspection under 35 U.S.C. 181 by including technical data
pertaining to:
    (i) Defense services or articles designated in the United States
Munitions List applicable at the time of foreign filing, the unlicensed
exportation of which is prohibited pursuant to the Arms Export Control
Act, as amended, and 22 CFR parts 121 through 130; or
    (ii) Restricted Data, sensitive nuclear technology or technology
useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or
atomic energy, dissemination of which is subject to restrictions of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Nuclear Non-
Proliferation Act of 1978, as implemented by the regulations for
Unclassified Activities in Foreign Atomic Energy Programs, 10 CFR part
810, in effect at the time of foreign filing.
    (b) Applications or other materials which were required to be made
available for inspection under 35 U.S.C. 181 will be eligible for a
license of the scope provided in this paragraph. Grant of this license
authorizes the export and filing of an application in a foreign country
or to any foreign patent agency or international patent agency.
Further, this license includes authority to export and file all
duplicate and formal papers in foreign countries or with foreign and
international patent agencies and to make amendments, modifications,
and supplements to, file divisions of, and take any action in the
prosecution of the foreign application, provided subject matter
additional to that covered by the license is not involved.
* * * * *
    (d) In those cases in which no license is required to file or
export the foreign application, no license is required to file papers
in connection with the prosecution of the foreign application not
involving the disclosure of additional subject matter.
    (e) Any paper filed abroad or transmitted to an international
patent agency following the filing of a foreign application that
changes the general nature of the subject matter disclosed at the time
of filing in a manner that would require such application to have been
made available for inspection under 35 U.S.C. 181 or that involves the
disclosure of subject matter listed in paragraphs (a)(3)(i) or (ii) of
this section must be separately licensed in the same manner as a
foreign application. Further, if no license has been granted under
§ 5.12(a) on filing the corresponding United States application,
any paper filed abroad or with an international patent agency that
involves the disclosure of additional subject matter must be licensed
in the same manner as a foreign application.
* * * * *

 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 401 

PART 11 - REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES PATENT
AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

. 41. The authority citation for 37 CFR part 11 continues to read as
follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 500, 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 32,
41.

. 42. Section 11.10 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(3)(iii) to read
as follows:

§ 11.10  Restrictions on practice in patent matters.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (iii) Particular patent or patent application means any patent or
patent application, including, but not limited to, a provisional,
substitute, international, international design, continuation,
divisional, continuation-in-part, or reissue patent application, as
well as any protest, reexamination, petition, appeal, or interference
based on the patent or patent application.
* * * * *

November 20, 2013                                         TERESA STANEK REA
                                     Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
                           Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Status of Public Records Division
                       Status of Public Records Division

   The Public Records Division (PRD) processes and fills orders for both
certified and uncertified copies of Patent and Trademark Office documents
and records assignments and other documents related to title. This is an
update of actual processing times for orders filled during the month of
November 2013:

DOCUMENT SERVICES                      Goal           Actual Processing
                                                            Time
Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed           7 days               6 days
Patent Related File Wrappers          25 days              16 days
Patent Copies                         10 days               6 days
Patent Assignments                    10 days               9 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed        7 days               5 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers       25 days              14 days
Trademark Assignments                 10 days              10 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited     5 days               2 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular      14 days              11 days

Uncertified Documents

Patent Copies                          5 days               1 day
Plant Patents                          5 days               1 day
Patent Assignments                    10 days               1 day
Patent Related File Wrappers          25 days               5 days
Trademark Copies                       5 days               1 day
Trademark Assignments                 10 days               1 day
Trademark Related File Wrappers       25 days              21 days

   Customers should use the above actual processing time for each product
as a guide as to when they can expect their orders to be completed. In
cases where an urgent deadline is approaching, contact Patent and Trademark
Copy Fulfillment Branch at (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for
assistance with a particular order.

   Customers are encouraged to place orders through the Internet at
http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p

   Orders may also be faxed to the Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment
Branch at (571) 273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may
be obtained by calling (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the
Washington, DC Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov.

ASSIGNMENT SERVICES                    Goal           Actual Processing
                                                            Time
Submission Method

Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS)           2 days               1 day
Fax                                   10 days               3 days
Paper                                 14 days               3 days

   The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices
for paper documents received in the Public Records Division on November 28,
2013.

   Customers should use the above actual processing times as a guide as to
when they can expect their assignment submissions to be processed. For
fastest service customers are encouraged to file assignments via the
Internet.

   Assignment submissions may be made via the Internet at
http://epas.uspto.gov/ for patent assignments and http://etas.uspto.gov for
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trademark assignments. Patent assignment submissions may also be made by
selecting the "Electronic Filing (EFS)" option at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc.

   Assignment submissions may also be faxed to the Assignment Services
Branch at (571) 273-0140. Trademark assignment recordations may be reviewed
online at http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments. Information on the
status of pending assignment recordations may be obtained by calling
(571) 272-3350 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area).

December 5, 2013                                            DONNA J. COOPER
                                           Manager, Public Records Division
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Disclaimers
                                  Disclaimers

   5,637,611 - Francis D. King; Laramie M. Gaster, both of Harlow; Alberto
J. Kaumann, Trumpington; Rodney C. Young, Hertford, all of England.
MEDICAMENTS. Patent dated June 10, 1997. Disclaimer filed October 30, 2013,
by the assignee, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration date of
Patent No. 5,446,864.


   5,827,871 - Francis David King; Laramie Mary Gaster, both of Harlow;
Alberto Julio Kaumann, Trumpington; Rodney Christopher Young, Hertford, all
of England. MEDICAMENTS 1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROCA BAZOLES AND 5-HT1 AGONIST USE
THEREOF. Patented dated October 27, 1998. Disclaimer filed October 30,
2013, by the assignee, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration date of
Pat. No. 5,637,611 and 5,464,864.


   5,680,318 - Brent L. Gregory, Sunnyvale; Russell B. Segal, Mountain
View, both of Calif. SYNTHESIZER FOR GENERATING A LOIC NETWORK USING A
HARDWARE INDEPENDENT DESCRIPTION. Patent dated October 21, 1997. Disclaimer
filed November 15, 2013 by the assignee, Synopsys Inc.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration date of
Patent No. 5,581,781.
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Errata
                                     Errata

   "All reference to Reexamination Certificate No. C1 7,119,277, (9387th)
to Michael J. Shotey of Scottsdale, AZ (US) et al, for CONVERTIBLE
ELECTRICAL DEVICE COVER AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SAME, appearing in the
Official Gazette of November 08, 2012, should be deleted, since the
reexamination certificate has been vacated."

   "All reference to Patent No. D. 694,490 to SEAN RADFORD, ET AL of
KENOSHA, WI for SPORT UNDERGARMENT appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,595,926 to TETSURO YAMADA, ET AL of
KAWASAKI, JAPAN for PRINTED WIRING BOARD MANUFACTURING METHOD appearing in
the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,595,944 to MASAYOSHI OKUMI, ET AL of
ANJO-SHI, JAPAN for ENGINE-DRIVEN CUTTER appearing in the Official Gazette
of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,596,251 to AYUMU HORIBA, ET AL of
SAITAMA, JAPAN for EVAPORATED FUEL TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF
DETECTING FAILURE IN CONTROL VALVE appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,596,469 to WILHELM LUTZER of ZARPEN,
GERMANY for CYCLONE SEPARATOR appearing in the Official Gazette of December
3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,596,988 to OLGA MALAKHOVA, ET AL of
MINDEN, NV for METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING OPERATING STATES OF
PUMPS appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,597,063 to MEI SING GAN, ET AL of
SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE for MODULAR ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY WITH JUMPER STORAGE
appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,597,104 to BRYAN M. KELLY, ET AL of
ALAMO, CA for TOURNAMENT QUALIFICATION & CHARACTERISTICS IN A GAMING SYSTEM
appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,597,248 to JOSEPH RIMSA, ET AL of PALO
ALTO, CA for TISSUE TRANSFER SYSTEMS appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,597,345 to BARON L. HAMMAN, ET AL of
DALLAS, TX for SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING A VESSEL IN A VASCULAR
ENVIRONMENT appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,597,840 to HIRONORI NOTO of TOKAI-SHI,
JAPAN for FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM
appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,597,977 to SHUNPEI YAMAZAKI, ET AL of
SETAGAYA, JAPAN for SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE
SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,597,987 to BELGACEM HABA of SARATOGA, CA
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 406 

for MICROELECTRONIC PACKAGE WITH TERMINALS ON DIELECTRIC MASS appearing in
the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,598,178 to JANUSZ W. KOSTANSKI, ET AL of
PRINCETON, NJ for CONTROLLED RELEASE STERILE INJECTABLE ARIPIPRAZOLE
FORMULATION AND METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3,
2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,598,307 to CHING-HSUAN LIN, ET AL of
TAICHUNG CITY, TAIWAN for PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS AND THEIR
PREPARATION PROCESS AND USE appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,598,451 to SOO-GHANG IHN, ET AL of
HWASEONG-SI KOREA, REPUBLIC OF for ELECTRON DONATING POLYMER AND ORGANIC
SOLAR CELL INCLUDING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,598,585 to SHUNPEI YAMAZAKI of SETAGAYA,
JAPAN for CONTACT STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,598,592 to HISASHI OHTANI of KAWAGAWA,
JAPAN for METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,598,600 to MASAHIKO HATA, ET AL of
TSUCHIURA-SHI, JAPAN for OPTICAL DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER appearing
in the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,598,822 to KOICHI ARISAWA, ET AL of
TOKYO, JAPAN for INVERTER DEVICE, MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE, REFRIGERATING AIR
CONDITIONER, AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette
of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,598,834 to JENS WAGNER, ET AL of LANGEN,
GERMANY for METHOD OF DETECTING AN OPERATING CONDITION OF AN ELECTRIC
STEPPER MOTOR appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should
be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,598,843 to TAKEHIKO NISHIDA, ET AL of
NAGASAKI, JAPAN for POWER STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF BATTERY
MODULES AND ON/OFF DEVICES OR VOLTAGE CONVERTERS appearing in the Official
Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,598,851 to SHINICHI NAKAGAWA of KASUGAI,
JAPAN for CHARGING CIRCUIT appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3,
2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,599,370 to KAZUMASA ENDO, ET AL of
KAWASAKI-SHI, JAPAN for POLARIZED LIGHT DEFECT DETECTION IN PUPIL IMAGES
appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,599,949 to NORIHITO MIHOTA of SAITAMA,
JAPAN for WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND
WIRELESS TRANSMISSION METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,599,951 to MOHAMMAD A. KHOJASTEPOUR, ET
AL of NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ for FEED-FORWARD CONTROL SIGNALING AND DECODING
SCHEMES appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be
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deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,599,964 to YUTAKA MURAKAMI, ET AL of
KANAGAWA, JAPAN for TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION
APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,600,042 to CLAUS H. JORGENSEN of
BRONSHOJ, DENMARK for PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE appearing in the Official
Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,600,066 to KOHEI ASADA, ET AL of
KANAGAWA, JAPAN for AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO SIGNAL
PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,600,269 to YUKI OSHIKAWA, ET AL of
KANAGAWA, JAPAN for POWDER CONTAINER, POWDER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY, AND IMAGE
FORMING APPARATUS IN WHICH A POWDER OUTLET FACES IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION
AS AN OPENING OF A CONTAINER BODY appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,600,352 to STUART SLACK, ET AL of SAN
JOSE, CA for REMOTELY LOCATING AND COMMANDING A MOBILE DEVICE appearing in
the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,600,618 to YOSHITAKA OIKAWA of
SUSONO-SHI, JAPAN for SPRUNG MASS DAMPING CONTROL SYSTEM OF VEHICLE, AND
VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SAID SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,600,686 to EDMUND O. SCHWEITZER III, ET
AL of PULLMAN, WA for FAULT LOCATION USING TRAVELING WAVES appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,601,072 to TOORU OOE, ET AL of KYOTO-SHI,
JAPAN for INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS,
METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM
RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CAPABLE OF
EXECUTING EFFICIENT DATA appearing in the Official Gazette of December 3,
2013 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 8,601,570 to JASON TYLER GRIFFIN, ET AL of
WATERLOO, CANADA for MULTI-LAYER ORIENTATION-CHANGING PASSWORD appearing in
the Official Gazette of December 3, 2013 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."
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Erratum
                                    Erratum

   In the notice of Certificate of Correction appearing in August 20, 2013,
delete all reference to Patent No. 8,415,343, issue of July 30, 2013. The
errors appearing on the certificate of correction does not correspond to
text in the printed patent. The patent number was erroneously mentioned and
certificate of correction should not have been issued.
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Certificates of Correction
                          Certificates of Correction
                             for December 10, 2013

5,593,823            8,399,937            8,514,403            8,538,560
6,862,924            8,404,854            8,515,554            8,538,765
7,132,808            8,406,445            8,515,696            8,538,832
7,348,353            8,406,478            8,515,776            8,538,920
7,502,987            8,410,097            8,516,262            8,538,984
7,662,398            8,410,568            8,516,291            8,539,145
7,684,051            8,415,488            8,516,313            8,539,269
7,685,843            8,416,390            8,516,356            8,539,490
7,698,550            8,418,373            8,516,382            8,539,867
7,725,256            8,419,206            8,516,386            8,540,817
7,747,741            8,419,253            8,516,647            8,541,331
7,757,128            8,421,346            8,516,905            8,541,413
7,829,013            8,421,434            8,517,632            8,542,909
7,874,341            8,422,115            8,517,950            8,542,915
7,882,258            8,423,110            8,518,298            8,543,611
7,896,187            8,423,575            8,518,326            8,543,693
7,957,319            8,425,330            8,518,361            8,543,857
8,028,425            8,425,662            8,518,492            8,544,053
8,034,532            8,425,812            8,518,869            8,545,160
8,054,162            8,425,936            8,518,913            8,545,422
8,055,090            8,428,716            8,519,008            8,545,872
8,060,355            8,431,174            8,519,030            8,545,987
8,062,122            8,432,245            8,519,087            8,545,993
8,075,235            8,433,442            8,519,090            8,546,157
8,076,255            8,436,943            8,519,398            8,547,241
8,081,069            8,437,835            8,519,608            8,547,293
8,085,778            8,439,716            8,519,619            8,548,446
8,095,790            8,439,756            8,520,264            8,549,004
8,110,217            8,440,179            8,521,122            8,549,093
8,111,898            8,441,951            8,521,126            8,549,253
8,117,691            8,442,401            8,521,167            8,550,210
8,121,071            8,444,195            8,521,774            8,550,308
8,129,383            8,445,763            8,521,899            8,550,807
8,130,706            8,446,470            8,522,409            8,551,601
8,139,198            8,447,238            8,522,556            8,551,702
8,146,376            8,450,470            8,522,852            8,552,024
8,155,403            8,450,492            8,522,886            8,552,117
8,157,881            8,451,686            8,523,131            8,552,594
8,159,211            8,452,186            8,523,224            8,553,909
8,168,011            8,452,201            8,523,312            8,554,885
8,186,682            8,459,572            8,524,136            8,555,134
8,189,543            8,460,736            8,524,257            8,555,315
8,192,978            8,461,013            8,524,712            8,555,316
8,199,963            8,463,438            8,524,745            8,555,406
8,201,374            8,463,771            8,524,917            8,556,762
8,204,459            8,465,745            8,525,148            8,557,013
8,212,145            8,465,775            8,525,229            8,557,395
8,219,458            8,465,931            8,525,248            8,557,817
8,246,768            8,469,969            8,525,497            8,558,134
8,251,907            8,470,285            8,525,551            8,558,558
8,256,114            8,470,849            8,525,772            8,559,732
8,256,179            8,474,025            8,527,107            8,559,788
8,257,435            8,475,500            8,528,186            8,560,092
8,263,718            8,477,615            8,528,673            8,561,195
8,279,139            8,480,729            8,528,770            8,561,515
8,282,747            8,483,125            8,529,383            8,562,169
8,284,867            8,483,211            8,530,183            8,562,288
8,288,338            8,483,273            8,530,350            8,562,385
8,289,241            8,483,820            8,530,480            8,562,721
8,306,901            8,484,429            8,530,496            8,562,918
8,311,990            8,484,436            8,531,487            8,563,033
8,318,149            8,486,635            8,531,980            8,563,058
 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1397 OG 410 

8,318,303            8,487,075            8,533,087            8,563,159
8,321,908            8,488,450            8,533,153            8,563,315
8,324,275            8,488,567            8,533,181            8,564,209
8,326,177            8,490,273            8,533,201            8,564,358
8,331,499            8,492,744            8,533,271            8,565,269
8,337,405            8,493,059            8,533,319            8,566,229
8,337,856            8,494,863            8,533,383            8,566,670
8,345,597            8,497,027            8,533,410            8,567,803
8,349,474            8,499,050            8,533,414            8,568,109
8,355,458            8,501,417            8,533,529            8,568,269
8,360,696            8,501,726            8,533,611            8,568,979
8,361,975            8,502,077            8,533,642            8,569,242
8,363,580            8,502,225            8,533,913            8,569,376
8,367,814            8,503,562            8,534,077            8,569,515
8,372,158            8,504,876            8,534,517            8,569,673
8,379,215            8,504,994            8,534,627            8,571,518
8,383,148            8,506,493            8,534,838            8,577,773
8,383,215            8,507,210            8,535,201            D. 650,063
8,383,610            8,508,027            8,535,380            D. 669,896
8,386,114            8,508,239            8,535,678            D. 669,897
8,386,608            8,508,477            8,535,710            D. 671,112
8,387,465            8,508,567            8,535,750            D. 672,071
8,387,620            8,509,451            8,535,978            D. 673,850
8,387,846            8,509,954            8,536,313            D. 687,088
8,389,220            8,510,047            8,536,513            D. 688,704
8,389,487            8,510,092            8,536,603            D. 690,824
8,389,524            8,510,803            8,536,648            D. 691,931
8,394,229            8,510,829            8,536,982            D. 692,046
8,394,967            8,511,823            8,537,223            RE. 43,835
8,396,050            8,512,880            8,537,548            RE. 43,914
8,397,461            8,513,218            8,537,718            RE. 44,079
8,397,774            8,513,220            8,537,955            RE. 44,173
8,397,861            8,513,495            8,538,073            RE. 44,405
8,398,941            8,513,506            8,538,148
8,399,451            8,513,534            8,538,212
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Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
November 25, 2013 - November 29, 2013
 

Date Issued Type of Case(1) Proceeding or Appn. Number Party or Parties TTAB Panel (2) Issue(s) TTAB Decision Opposer’s or Petitioner’s mark and goods or services Applicant’s or Respondent’s mark and goods or services Mark and goods or services cited by Examining Attorney Issued as Precedent of TTAB
11-25 EX 85253147 Sunton Enterprises Inc. Seeherman*
Cataldo
Wolfson
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   AY LAZZARO [Handbags; Trunks] LAZARO [handbags, briefcases, briefcase-type portfolios, wallets] No
11-26 EX 76709622
76709776
Jay at Play International Hong Kong Limited Grendel
Greenbaum*
Hightower
2(d) Refusal Affirmed as to class refused in 76709622 and as to 76709776   CUDDLEUP FRIENDS and CUDDLEUPPET [plush stuffed animals integrally attached to blankets] CUDDLE-UPS [plush toys, namely, soft cushioned animal figures] No
11-29 OPP 91200421 Chattem, Inc.
v.
Kirk Seubert and James Spencer
Seeherman*
Taylor
Wolfson
2(d); 43(c) Opposition Sustained on Section 2(d) claim as to both applications, based on ACT registration ACT [anti-cavity mouth rinse] ACT RESTORING [anti-cavity mouthwash and dental rinse] ACTRX (two applications, one with stylization) [Dietary and nutritional supplements; Nutritional supplement for eliminating toxins from the body; Nutritional supplements]   No
11-29 EX 85313681 Steven Madden, Ltd. Rogers
Grendel
Bergsman*
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   FREEBIRD BY STEVEN [shoes] FREE BIRD [various types of shirts; pants; lingerie; jackets] No
11-29 EX 85588592 Spy Optic Inc. Bucher*
Bergsman
Adlin
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   VICTORY [sunglass lenses] VICTORY COLLECTION (and design) [eyeglasses, sunglasses, eyeglass frames, sunglass frames, cases for eyeglasses and sunglasses] No
11-29 EX 77427844 Zero Emissions Leasing LLC dba Zero Emissions Grendel
Cataldo*
Wolfson
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   ZERO EMISSIONS (and design) [Consultancy concerning financing of energy projects; Equipment financing services; Facilitating and arranging for the financing of energy-related projects; Financing services; Project financing] ZEROEMISSIONS (stylized) [wide variety of business administration, management, marketing and franchising services, including those related to the environment, the control of CO2 emissions and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions] No
11-29 EX 76704957
76704959
The Works Gourmet Burger Bistro, Inc. Kuhlke
Bergsman*
Adlin
2(d) Refusal Affirmed in Both Applications as to Class 43 services   THE WORKS GOURMET BURGER BISTRO (two applications, one with design) [t-shirts, tank tops, vests, jackets, sweatshirts, hats and baseball caps related to restaurant services and food products] [operation of restaurant services; operation of carry-out food services] THE WORKS [restaurant services; take-out restaurant services] No
11-29 EX 76704958 The Works Gourmet Burger Bistro, Inc. Kuhlke
Bergsman*
Adlin
2(d) Refusal Affirmed as to Class 43 services, but Reversed as to Class 25 goods   THE WORKS [t-shirts, tank tops, vests, jackets, sweatshirts, hats and baseball caps related to restaurant services and food products] [operation of restaurant services; operation of carry-out food services] THE WORKS [restaurant services; take-out restaurant services] No
11-29 EX 85299521 Barbara Whatley Bucher
Cataldo
Wolfson*
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   WINERY DOGS [wide variety of printed matter, including books, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, calendars, photographs, prints and other products made of paper] WINE DOGS [wide variety of printed matter, including photo books, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, calendars, photographs, prints and other products made of paper] No
11-29 EX 85512862 Garment Group, Inc. Quinn
Masiello
Hightower*
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   TECHWOOL [socks made substantially or in part of wool] TECHNOWOOL [outerwear, namely, jackets made in part or in whole of wool] No
11-29 EX 77770899 Advanced Armament Corp., LLC Holtzman
Taylor
Wellington*
2(a) Refusal Reversed   ADVANCED ARMAMENT CORP. SILENCERS MADE IN THE USA (and design) [silencers for firearms]   No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to Dismiss; (R)=Request for Reconsideration; (REM)=Decision on Remand (2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
                     MAILING AND HAND CARRY ADDRESSES FOR
             MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

              MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS

   For most correspondence (e.g., new patent applications) no mail stop
is required because the processing of the correspondence is routine.
If NO mail stop is included on the list below, no mail stop is required
for the correspondence. See the listing under "Mail to be Directed to the
Director of the Patent And Trademark Office" for additional mail stops
for patent-related correspondence. Only the specified type of document
should be placed in an envelope addressed to one of these special mail
stops. If any documents other than the specified type identified for each
special mail stop are addressed to that mail stop, they will be
significantly delayed in reaching the appropriate area for which they are
intended. The mail stop should generally appear as the first line in
the address.

   Most correspondence may be submitted electronically. See the USPTO's
Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) internet page
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/file/efs/index.jsp for additional
information.

   Please address mail to be delivered by the United States Postal Service
(USPS) as follows:

        Mail Stop _____
        Commissioner for Patents
        P.O. Box 1450
        Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

   If no Mail Stop is indicated below, the line beginning Mail Stop should
be omitted from the address.

   NEW: Effective September 16, 2012, the Mail Stop description for Mail
Stop Ex Parte Reexam is being revised and a new Mail Stop for supplemental
examination requests is being added as Mail Stop Supplemental Examination.

   Except correspondence for Maintenance Fee payments, Deposit Account
Replenishments (see 37 CFR 1.25(c)(4)), and Licensing and Review (see 37 CFR
5.1(c) and 5.2(c)), please address patent-related correspondence to be
delivered by other delivery services (Federal Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL,
Laser, Action, Purolator, etc.) as follows:

        United States Patent and Trademark Office
        Customer Service Window, Mail Stop _____
        Randolph Building
        401 Dulany Street
        Alexandria, VA 22314


Mail Stop
Designations            Explanation

Mail Stop 12            Contributions to the Examiner Education Program.

Mail Stop 313(c)        Petitions under 37 CFR 1.313(c) to withdraw a
                        patent application from issue after payment of
                        the issue fee and any papers associated with the
                        petition, including papers necessary for a
                        continuing application or a request for
                        continued examination (RCE).

Mail Stop AF            Amendments and other responses after final
                        rejection (e.g., a notice of appeal (and any
                        request for pre-appeal brief conference)),
                        other than an appeal brief.

Mail Stop Amendment     Information disclosure statements, drawings, and
                        replies to Office actions in patent applications
                        with or without an amendment to the application or
                        a terminal disclaimer. (Use Mail Stop AF for
                        replies after final rejection.)

Mail Stop Appeal        For appeal briefs or other briefs under
 Brief-Patents          part 41 of title 37 of the Code of Federal
                        Regulations (e.g., former 37 CFR 1.192).

Mail Stop               Public comments regarding patent-related
 Comments-Patent        regulations and procedures.


Mail Stop Conversion    Requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(2) to convert a
                        nonprovisional application to a provisional
                        application and requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(3)
                        to convert a provisional application to a
                        nonprovisional application.

Mail Stop EBC           Mail for the Electronic Business Center including:
                        Certificate Action Forms, Request for Customer
                        Number, and Requests for Customer Number Data
                        Change (USPTO Forms PTO-2042, PTO/SB/124A and 125A,
                        respectively) and Customer Number Upload
                        Spreadsheets and Cover Letters.

Mail Stop Expedited     Only to be used for the initial filing of
 Design                 design applications accompanied by a
                        request for expedited examination under
                        37 CFR 1.155.

Mail Stop Express       Requests for abandonment of a patent
 Abandonment            application pursuant to 37 CFR 1.138,
                        including any petitions under 37 CFR
                        1.138(c) to expressly abandon an
                        application to avoid publication of the
                        application.

Mail Stop               Applications under 35 U.S.C. 156 for patent term
 Hatch-Waxman PTE       extension based on regulatory review of a product
                        subject to pre-market review by a regulating
                        agency. This mail stop is also to be used for
                        additional correspondence regarding the
                        application for patent term extension under
                        35 U.S.C. 156. It is preferred that such initial
                        requests be hand-carried to:

                        Office of Patent Legal Administration
                        Room MDW 7D55
                        600 Dulany Street (Madison Building)
                        Alexandria, VA 22314

Mail Stop ILS           Correspondence relating to international patent
                        classification, exchanges and standards.

Mail Stop Issue Fee     All communications following the receipt of a
                        PTOL-85, "Notice of Allowance and Fee(s)
                        Due," and prior to the issuance of a patent
                        should be addressed to Mail Stop Issue Fee,
                        unless advised to the contrary.

                        Assignments are the exception. Assignments
                        (with cover sheets) should be faxed to
                        571-273-0140, electronically submitted
                        (http://epas.uspto.gov), or submitted in a
                        separate envelope and sent to Mail Stop
                        Assignment Recordation Services,
                        Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
                        as shown below.

Mail Stop L&R           All documents pertaining to applications subject
                        to secrecy order pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 181, or
                        national-security classified and required to be
                        processed accordingly. Such papers, petitions for
                        foreign filing license pursuant to 37 CFR 5.12(b)
                        for which expedited handling is requested, and
                        petitions for retroactive license under 37 CFR
                        5.25 may also be hand carried to Licensing and
                        Review:

                        Technology Center 3600, Office of the Director
                        Room 4B41
                        501 Dulany Street (Knox Building)
                        Alexandria, VA 22314

Mail Stop Missing       Requests for a corrected filing receipt and
 Parts                  replies to OPAP notices such as the Notice
                        of Omitted Items, Notice to File Corrected
                        Application Papers, Notice of Incomplete
                        Application, Notice to Comply with Nucleotide
                        Sequence Requirements, and Notice to File Missing
                        Parts of Application, and associated papers and
                        fees.

Mail Stop MPEP          Submissions concerning the Manual of Patent
                        Examining Procedure.

Mail Stop Patent Ext.   Applications for patent term extension or
                        adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 and any
                        communications relating thereto. This mail stop
                        is limited to petitions for patent term extension
                        under 35 U.S.C. 154 for applications filed
                        between June 8, 1995 and May 29, 2000, and patent
                        term adjustment (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. 154 for
                        applications filed on or after May 29, 2000.
                        For applications for patent term extension under
                        35 U.S.C. 156, use Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE.
                        For applications for patent term extension or
                        adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 that are mailed
                        together with the payment of the issue fee, use
                        Mail Stop Issue Fee.

Mail Stop Patent        Submission of comments regarding search templates.
 Search Template
 Comments

Mail Stop PCT           Mail related to international applications filed
                        under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in the
                        international phase and in the national phase
                        under 35 U.S.C. 371 prior to mailing of a
                        Notification of Acceptance of Application Under
                        35 U.S.C. 371 and 37 CFR 1.495 (Form
                        PCT/DO/EO/903).

Mail Stop Petition      Petitions to be decided by the Office of Petitions,
                        including petitions to revive and petitions to
                        accept late payment of issue fees or maintenance
                        fees.

Mail Stop PGPUB         Correspondence regarding publication of patent
                        applications not otherwise provided, including:
                        requests for early publication made after filing,
                        rescission of a non-publication request, corrected
                        patent application publication, and refund of
                        publication fee.

Mail Stop Post          In patented files: requests for changes of
 Issue                  correspondence address, powers of attorney,
                        revocations of powers of attorney, withdrawal as
                        attorney or agent and submissions under 37
                        CFR 1.501. Designation of, or changes to, a fee
                        address should be addressed to Mail Stop M
                        Correspondence. Requests for Certificate of
                        Correction need no special mail stop, but
                        should be mailed to the attention of Certificate
                        of Correction Branch.

Mail Stop RCE           Requests for continued examination under
                        37 CFR 1.114.

Mail Stop               Correspondence pertaining to the reconstruction
 Reconstruction         of lost patent files.

Mail Stop Ex Parte      Original requests for Ex Parte Reexamination
 Reexam                 and all subsequent correspondence other
                        than correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
                        (see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)). Effective
                        September 16, 2012, this mail stop is also to be
                        used for any papers to be filed in an ex parte
                        reexamination proceeding ordered as a result of
                        a supplemental examination proceeding.

Mail Stop Inter         Original requests for Inter Partes Reexamination
 Partes Reexam          and all subsequent correspondence other than
                        correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
                        (see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)).

Mail Stop Reissue       All new and continuing reissue application filings.

Mail Stop Sequence      Submission of the computer readable form (CRF) for
                        applications with sequence listings, when the CRF
                        is not being filed with the patent application.

Mail Stop Supplemental  (Effective September 16, 2012). Requests for
 Examination            Supplemental Examination, including original
                        request papers and any other correspondence, other
                        than correspondence to the Office of the
                        Solicitor (see 37 CFR Secs. 1.1(a)(3) AND 1.302(c)).
                        This mail stop is limited to original request papers
                        and any other papers that are to be filed in a
                        supplemental examination proceeding. For any papers
                        to be filed in an ex parte reexamination proceeding
                        ordered as a result of a supplemental examination
                        proceeding, use "Mail Stop Ex Parte Reexam".

Information for addressing patent-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/patents/mail.jsp.


            MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRADEMARKS

   Please address trademark-related correspondence to be delivered by the
United States Postal Service (USPS), except documents sent to the Assignment
Services Division for recordation, requests for copies of trademark
documents, and documents directed to the Madrid Processing Unit, as follows:

        Commissioner for Trademarks
        P.O. Box 1451
        Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be mailed to:

        Madrid Processing Unit
        600 Dulany Street
        MDE-7B87
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Deputy Commissioner for
Trademark Policy regarding Letters of Protest must be mailed to:

        Letter of Protest
        ATTN: Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Policy
        600 Dulany Street
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Director regarding the Fastener
Quality Act (FQA) must be mailed to:

        Director, USPTO
        ATTN: FQA
        600 Dulany Street, MDE-10A71
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Commissioner regarding the
recordal of a Native American Tribal Insignia (NATI) must be mailed to:

        Native American Tribal Insignia
        ATTN: Commissioner for Trademarks
        600 Dulany Street
        MDE-10A71
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

Do NOT send any of the following via USPS certified mail or with a
"signature required" option: submissions to the Madrid Processing Unit,
Letters of Protest, applications for recordal of insignia under the
Fastener Quality Act, notifications of Native American Tribal Insignia.

   Trademark-related mail to be delivered by hand or other private courier
or delivery service (e.g., UPS, Federal Express) to the Trademark Operation,
the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be delivered to:

        Trademark Assistance Center
        Madison East, Concourse Level Room C 55
        600 Dulany Street
        Alexandria, VA 22314

Information for addressing trademark-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/mail.jsp.


           MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
                          PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

   Please address correspondence to be directed to a mail stop identified
below to be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows
(unless otherwise instructed):

        Mail Stop _____
        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        P.O. Box 1450
        Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Mail Stop
Designations            Explanation

Mail Stop 3             Mail for the Office of Personnel from NFC.

Mail Stop 6             Mail for the Office of Procurement.

Mail Stop 8             All papers for the Office of the Solicitor except
                        communications relating to pending litigation and
                        disciplinary proceedings; papers relating to pending
                        litigation in court cases shall be mailed only to
                        Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 15667, Arlington,
                        VA 22215 and papers related to pending disciplinary
                        proceedings before the Administrative Law Judge or
                        the Director shall be mailed only to the Office of
                        the Solicitor, P.O. Box 16116, Arlington, VA 22215.

Mail Stop 11            Mail for the Electronic Ordering Service (EOS).

Mail Stop 13            Mail for the Employee and Labor Relations Division.

Mail Stop 16            Mail related to refund requests, other than
                        requests for refund of a patent application
                        publication fee. Such requests should be directed
                        to Mail Stop PGPub.

Mail Stop 17            Invoices directed to the Office of Finance.

Mail Stop 24            Mail for the Inventor's Assistance Program,
                        including complaints about Invention Promoters.

Mail Stop 171           Vacancy Announcement Applications.

Mail Stop Assignment    All assignment documents, security interests,
 Recordation Services   and other documents to be recorded in the
                        Assignment records. Note that documents with
                        cover sheets that are faxed to 571-273-0140 or
                        submitted electronically (http://epas.uspto.gov)
                        are processed much more quickly than those
                        submitted by mail.

Mail Stop Document      All requests for certified or uncertified
 Services               copies of patent or trademark documents.

Mail Stop EEO           Mail for the Office of Civil Rights.

Mail Stop External      Mail for the Office of External Affairs.
 Affairs

Mail Stop Interference  Communications relating to interferences and
                        applications and patents involved in interference.

Mail Stop M             Mail to designate or change a fee
 Correspondence         address, or other correspondence related to
                        maintenance fees, except payments of
                        maintenance fees in patents. See below for
                        the address for maintenance fee payments.

Mail Stop OED           Mail for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.


                           Maintenance Fee Payments

   Unless submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov,
payments of maintenance fees in patents should be mailed through the
United States Postal Service to:

        United States Patent and Trademark Office
        P.O. Box 979070
        St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, payment of maintenance fees in patents (Attn: Maintenance
Fee) using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier may be made to:

        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        Attn: Maintenance Fee
        2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
        Alexandria, Virginia 22314


                        Deposit Account Replenishments

   To send payment to replenish deposit accounts, send the payments through
the United States Postal Service to:

        United States Patent and Trademark Office
        P.O. Box 979065
        St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, deposit account replenishments (Attn: Deposit Accounts)
using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.)
may be delivered to:

        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        Attn: Deposit Accounts
        2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
        Alexandria, VA 22314

   Information abount deposit account replenishments may also be found on
the USPTO's web site at
http://www.uspto.gov/about/offices/cfo/finance/Deposit_Account_
Replenishments.jsp
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Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
             Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for
             Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers

The following libraries, designated as Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
(PTRCs), provide public access to patent and trademark information received
from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This
information includes all issued patents, all registered trademarks, the
Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, search tools such
as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental information in a
variety of formats including online, optical disc, microfilm and paper.
Each PTRC also offers access to USPTO resources on the Internet and to
PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system used by patent examiners
that is not available on the Internet.

Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information.
All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges
associated with the use of photocopying and related services. Hours of
service to the public vary, and anyone contemplating use of these
collections at a particular library is urged to contact that library in
advance about its services and hours to avoid inconvenience.

State                   Name of Library                  Telephone Contact

Alabama                 Auburn University Libraries         (334) 844-1737
                        Birmingham Public Library           (205) 226-3620
Alaska                  Fairbanks: Keith B. Mather Library,
                        Geophysical Institute,
                        University of Alaska, Fairbanks     (907) 474-2636
Arizona                 Phoenix, Arizona
                        State Library of Arizona
                        Arizona State Library Archives
                        and Public Records                  (602) 926-3870
Arkansas                Little Rock: Arkansas State
                        Library                             (501) 682-2053
California              Los Angeles Public Library          (213) 228-7220
                        Riverside: University of
                        California, Riverside, Orbach
                        Science Library                     (951) 827-3316
                        Sacramento: California State
                        Library                             (916) 654-0261
                        San Diego Public Library            (619) 236-5800
                        San Francisco Public Library        (415) 557-4500
                        Sunnyvale Public Library            (408) 730-7300
Colorado                Denver Public Library               (720) 865-1711
Connecticut             Fairfield: Ryan-Matura Library
                        Sacred Heart University             (203) 371-7726
Delaware                Newark: University of Delaware
                        Library                             (302) 831-2965
Dist. of Columbia       Washington: Howard University
                        Libraries                           (202) 806-7252
Florida                 Fort Lauderdale: Broward County
                        Main Library                        (954) 357-7444
                        Miami-Dade Public Library           (305) 375-2665
                        Orlando: University of Central
                        Florida Libraries                   (407) 823-2562
Georgia                 Atlanta: Library and Information
                        Center, Georgia Institute of
                        Technology                          (404) 385-7185
Hawaii                  Honolulu: Hawaii State Library      (808) 586-3477
Illinois                Chicago Public Library              (312) 747-4450
                        Macomb:  Western Illinois
                        University Libraries                (309) 298-2722
Indiana                 Indianapolis-Marion County Public
                        Library                             (317) 269-1741
                        West Lafayette Siegesmund
                        Engineering Library,
                        Purdue University                   (765) 494-2872
Iowa                    Davenport: Davenport Public Library (563) 326-7832
Kansas                  Wichita: Ablah Library, Wichita
                        State University                  1 (800) 572-8368
Kentucky                Louisville Free Public Library      (502) 574-1611
                        W. Frank Steely Library
                        Northern Kentucky University
                        Highland Heights, Kentucky          (859) 572-5457
Louisiana               Baton Rouge: Troy H. Middleton
                        Library, Louisiana State University (225) 388-8875
Maine                   Orono: Raymond H. Fogler Library,
                        University of Maine                 (207) 581-1678
Maryland                Baltimore: University of Baltimore
                        Law Library                         (410) 837-4554
                        College Park: Engineering and
                        Physical Sciences Library,
                        University of Maryland              (301) 405-9157
Massachusetts           Amherst: Physical Sciences Library,
                        University of Massachusetts         (413) 545-2765
                        Boston Public Library               (617) 536-5400
                                                                 Ext. 4256
Michigan                Ann Arbor: Art, Architecture &
                        Engineering Library,
                        University of Michigan              (734) 647-5735
                        Big Rapids: Ferris Library for
                        Information, Technology &
                        Education, Ferris State
                        University                          (231) 592-3602
                        Detroit: Public Library             (313) 481-1391
                        Michigan Technological
                        University, Van Pelt and
                        Opie Library, Houghton              (906) 487-2500
Minnesota               Hennepin County Library
                        Minneapolis Central Library         (612) 543-8000
Mississippi             Jackson: Mississippi Library
                        Commission                          (601) 961-4111
Missouri                Kansas City: Linda Hall Library     (816) 363-4600
                                                                  Ext. 724
                        St. Louis Public Library            (314) 352-2900
Montana                 Butte: Montana Tech Library of
                        the University of Montana           (406) 496-4281
Nebraska                Lincoln: Engineering Library,
                        University of Nebraska-Lincoln      (402) 472-3411
New Hampshire           Concord: University of New
                        Hampshire School of Law             (603) 513-5130
Nevada                  Reno: University of Nevada, Reno,
                        Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center      (775) 784-6500
                                                                  Ext. 257
New Jersey              Newark Public Library               (973) 733-7779
                        Piscataway: Library of Science and
                        Medicine, Rutgers University        (732) 445-2895
New York                Albany: New York State Library      (518) 474-5355
                        Buffalo and Erie County Public
                        Library                             (716) 858-7101
                        Rochester Public Library            (716) 428-8110
                        New York: New York Public Library,
                        Science Industry & Business Library (212) 592-7000
North Carolina          J. Murrey Atkins Library, University
                        of North Carolina at Charlotte      (704) 687-0494
North Dakota            Grand Forks: Chester Fritz Library,
                        University of North Dakota          (701) 777-4888
Ohio                    Akron - Summit County Public        (330) 643-9075
                        Library
                        Cincinnati and Hamilton County,
                        Public Library of                   (513) 369-6932
                        Cleveland Public Library            (216) 623-2870
                        Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar
                        Library, Wright State University    (937) 775-3521
                        Toledo/Lucas County Public Library  (419) 259-5209
Oklahoma                Stillwater: Oklahoma State
                        University Edmon Low Library        (405) 744-6546
Pennsylvania            Philadelphia, The Free Library of   (215) 686-5394
                        Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of     (412) 622-3138
                        University Park: PAMS Library,
                        Pennsylvania State University       (814) 865-7617
Puerto Rico             Bayamon: Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 993-0000
                                                                 Ext. 3222
                        Mayaquez General Library,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 832-4040
                                                                 Ext. 2023
                        Bayamon, Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 786-5225
Rhode Island            Providence Public Library           (401) 455-8027
South Carolina          Clemson University Libraries        (864) 656-3024
South Dakota            Rapid City: Devereaux Library,
                        South Dakota School of Mines and
                        Technology                          (605) 394-1275
Tennessee               Nashville: Stevenson Science and
                        Engineering Library, Vanderbilt
                        University                          (615) 322-2717
Texas                   Austin: McKinney Engineering
                        Library, University of Texas at
                        Austin                              (512) 495-4511
                        College Station: West Campus
                        Library, Texas A & M University     (979) 845-2111
                        Dallas Public Library               (214) 670-1468
                        Houston: The Fondren Library, Rice
                        University                          (713) 348-5483
                        Lubbock: Texas Tech University      (806) 742-2282
                        San Antonio Public Library          (210) 207-2500
Utah                    Salt Lake City: Marriott Library,
                        University of Utah                  (801) 581-8394
Vermont                 Burlington: Bailey/Howe Library,
                        University of Vermont               (802) 656-2542
Washington              Seattle: Engineering Library,
                        University of Washington            (206) 543-0740
West Virginia           Morgantown: Evansdale Library,
                        West Virginia University            (304) 293-4695
Wisconsin               Wendt Commons Library,
                        University of Wisconsin-Madison     (608) 262-0696
                        Milwaukee Public Library            (414) 286-3051
Wyoming                 Cheyenne: Wyoming State Library     (307) 777-7281
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Patent Technology Centers
PATENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
AVERAGE FILING DATE OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVING A FIRST OFFICE ACTION IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS1
Technology
Center
GAU Avg Filing Date
1600 BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  1610 12/27/2012
  1620 11/05/2012
  1630 08/27/2012
  1640 11/20/2012
  1650 12/03/2012
  1660 07/25/2012
  TOTAL 11/05/2012
     
1700 CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGNS
  1710 03/31/2012
  1720 06/12/2012
  1730 08/03/2012
  1740 06/27/2012
  1750 03/16/2012
  1760 09/08/2012
  1770 05/13/2012
  1780 06/18/2012
  1790 09/05/2012
  TOTAL 06/18/2012
     
2100 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SOFTWARE
  2110 04/18/2012
  2120 01/27/2012
  2140 03/10/2012
  2150 08/27/2012
  2160 08/09/2012
  2170 03/22/2012
  2180 05/01/2012
  2190 02/05/2012
  TOTAL 04/18/2012
     
2400 NETWORKING, MULTIPLEXING, CABLE AND SECURITY
  2410 06/09/2012
  2420 11/05/2012
  2430 08/27/2012
  2440 05/19/2012
  2450 05/31/2012
  2460 04/09/2012
  2470 04/03/2012
  2480 01/12/2012
  2490 07/28/2012
  TOTAL 05/25/2012
     
2600 COMMUNICATIONS
  2610 01/21/2012
  2620 01/30/2012
  2630 06/24/2012
  2640 07/22/2012
  2650 05/01/2012
  2660 05/31/2012
  2670 04/25/2012
  2680 05/19/2012
  2690 02/18/2012
  TOTAL 05/07/2012
     
2800   SEMICONDUCTORS/MEMORY, CIRCUITS/MEASURING AND TESTING, OPTICS/PHOTOCOPYING
  2810 09/18/2012
  2820 10/18/2012
  2830 04/28/2012
  2840 05/28/2012
  2850 05/19/2012
  2860 11/18/2011
  2870 06/06/2012
  2880 07/03/2012
  2890 09/24/2012
  TOTAL 06/18/2012
     
2900    
  2910 01/05/2013
  TOTAL 01/05/2013
     
3600     TRANSPORTATION, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND LICENSE AND REVIEW
  3610 09/21/2012
  3620 06/12/2012
  3630 10/03/2012
  3640 05/22/2012
  3650 05/10/2012
  3660 08/09/2012
  3670 07/22/2012
  3680 07/31/2012
  3690 01/20/2013
  TOTAL 07/31/2012
     
3700   MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS
  3710 08/18/2012
  3720 03/01/2012
  3730 06/03/2012
  3740 10/19/2011
  3750 03/07/2012
  3760 07/03/2012
  3770 06/21/2012
  3780 07/16/2012
  TOTAL 04/03/2012
     
  1 Report last updated on 11-30-2013.
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