Patent business goals (PBG) - final rule home page

DATE: November 7, 2000, unless otherwise noted

The PBG - final rule:

  • Significantly changed patent rules to eliminate unnecessary formal requirements, streamline the patent application process, and simplify and clarify provisions of the rules of practice
  • had effective dates which varied by rule
    • November 7, 2000, unless otherwise noted
    • page 54604 of the Federal Register notice provides more details on the effective dates

NOTES:

  • 37 CFR 1.96, CD submissions have become optional now due to USPTO policy and became mandatory under the PBG - final rule on March 1, 2001.
  • 37 CFR 1.58 and 1.821 have become optional now under USPTO policy and remain optional.
  • 37 CFR 1.121 amendments were optional on November 7, 2000, and became mandatory on March 1, 2001.

Effective date chart [PDF] (below) links to a complete list of the rules and their effective dates.

PBG - final rule:

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Robert Clarke,
571-272-7735

 

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