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I. Correlation of Rule Packages with Specific Rules (Chart) (PDF)
Inter Partes Reexamination
Further Supplements
= Item added or updated in First Supplement, August 2001
PBG and AIPA Rulemaking
Table of contents- updated August 2001
- Laws, Consolidated Patent(PDF)
- Rules, Consolidated Patent (PDF)
- Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
I. Correlation of Rule Packages with Specific Rules (Chart) (PDF)
II. Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals (PBG) - Final Rule (PDF)
- 65 Fed. Reg. 54603 (September 08, 2000) - Final Rule
- Correction Notice, 65 Fed. Reg. 78958 (December 18, 2000)
- Correction Notice, 65 Fed. Reg. 80755 (December 22, 2000)
- Correction Notice, 1242 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 120 (January 16, 2001)
- Highlights of the PBG
- Overview of the PBG (Rule by Rule Summary)
- Flyer of Some Significant Rule Changes - PBG
- Information Bulletins/ MPEP Bookmarks - PBG
III. American Inventors Protection Act 1999 (AIPA)
Time Period for Paying Publication Fee if a Request for Continued Examination is Filed After a Notice of Allowance is Mailed 1249 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 81 (August 21, 2001)
Patent Term Adjustment (PTA)
- 65 Fed. Reg. 56366 (September 18, 2000) - Final Rule
- Summary: Patent Term Guarantee
- PTA Information Printed on Notice of Allowance & Patent Front Page
1242 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 112 (January 16, 2001)
Clarification of 37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) - Reduction of Patent Term Adjustment for Certain Types of Papers Filed After a Notice of Allowance has been Mailed 1247 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 111 (June 26, 2001)
Pre-Grant Publication (PG Pub)
1243 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 41 (February 13, 2001)
1241 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 97 (December 26, 2000)
1242 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 114 (January 16, 2001)
- 65 Fed. Reg. 57024 (September 20, 2000) - Final Rule
- Correction Notice 1241 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 68 (December 19, 2000)
- Summary: Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
- "Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents
- Confirmation Numbers & Electronic Filing System (EFS) for PG Pub
- Drawings in Patent Application Publications and Patents
Changes to the Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit of Biological Material - Final Rule 1246 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 104 (May 22, 2001)
Interim Waiver of Parts of 37 CFR 1.84 and 1.165, and Delay in the Enforcement of the Change in 37 CFR 1.84(e) to No Longer Permit Mounting of Photographs 1246 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 106 (May 22, 2001)
Interim Practice of Mailing a Notice of Publication Fee Due Separate From the Notice of Allowance 1248 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 166 (July 31, 2001)
Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications 1249 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 83 (August 21, 2001)
Inter Partes Reexamination
Patent Examination Guidelines
AIPA Examination Guidelines
- 35 U.S.C. § 103(c) Guidelines - Modified Policy (PDF)
1241 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 96 (December 26, 2000)
35 U.S.C. § 102(g) and §103(c) Guidelines - Original Policy 1233 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 54 (April 11, 2000)
Other Patent Examination Guidelines
- 35 U.S.C. § 112, Paragraph 665 Fed. Reg. 38510 (June 21, 2000
- Utility Examination Guidelines (PDF)66 Fed. Reg. 1092 (January 5, 2001);
- 35 U.S.C. § 112, Paragraph 1, "Written Description" Requirement Guidelines (PDF)66 Fed. Reg. 1099 (January 5, 2001)
- Formulating And Communicating Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. § 103 For Applications Directed To Computer-Implemented Business Method Inventions
Further Supplements
(These are in addition to the supplements inserted above)
Inapplicability of 35 U.S.C. §102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights Certificates
1244 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 15 (March 6, 2001)
1244 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 15 (March 6, 2001)
Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction on the USPTO Web Site with Later Listing in the Official Gazette
1248 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 167 (July 31, 2001)
1248 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 167 (July 31, 2001)
Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Patent Applications - Proposed Rulemaking
66 Fed. Reg. 35763 (July 9, 2001)
66 Fed. Reg. 35763 (July 9, 2001)