PBG - final rule notebook

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PBG and AIPA Rulemaking
Table of contents- updated August 2001

I. Correlation of Rule Packages with Specific Rules (Chart) (PDF)
 

II. Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals (PBG) - Final Rule (PDF)

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III. American Inventors Protection Act 1999 (AIPA)

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Patent Term Adjustment (PTA)

 

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Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications 1249 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 83 (August 21, 2001)

 

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Inter Partes Reexamination
 


Patent Examination Guidelines
 

AIPA Examination Guidelines

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Other Patent Examination Guidelines

Further Supplements
(These are in addition to the supplements inserted above)

 

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added or updated in First Supplement, August 2001