(81)                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                          Patent and Trademark Office
                                 37 CFR Part 1
                                RIN: 0651-AA88

                     Requirements for Patent Applications
                     Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or
                      Amino Acid Disclosures; Correction

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the rules relating to
the format for nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosures in
patent applications.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Esther M. Kepplinger, by telephone at
(703) 308-1495; by mail addressed to: Box Comments - Patents, Assistant
Commissioner for Patents, Washington, DC 20231 marked to her attention;
by facsimile to (703) 305-3935; or by electronic mail at
esther.kepplinger@uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Appendix B to Subpart G to Part 1 of title 37
of the Code of Federal Regulations is a listing entitled "Headings for
Information Items in    1.823." It contains the headings that were
required prior to the June 1, 1998, amendment of the rules.            
   
On June 1, 1998, the Patent and Trademark Office published a final rule
entitled "Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide
Sequence and/or Amino Acid Disclosures" in the Federal Register (63 FR
29620). The listing of headings in Appendix B is no longer correct in
view of the final rule. The headings adopted in the final rule replaced
those used in Appendix B. For this reason, Appendix B should have been
removed from the final rule. Because Appendix B may be misleading, it is
now being removed.
   
List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 1            
   
Administrative practice and procedure, Courts, Freedom of information,
Inventions and patents, Incorporation by reference, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Small businesses.
   
PART 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES            
   
Accordingly, 37 CFR Part 1 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendment:
   
1. The authority citation for Part 1 continues to read as follows:
   
Authority: 35 U.S.C. 6, unless otherwise noted.
   
Appendix B To Subpart G To Part 1 [Corrected]            
   
2. Remove Appendix B To Subpart G To Part 1.
   
September 8, 1998                                            ALBIN F. DROST
                                                           Deputy Solicitor

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