Patent Related Notices - 2000

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* active hyperlinks in this column retrieve USPTO documents posted prior to publication in the OG or Fed. Reg.

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Advance Notice of Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent 1241 OG 104 26DEC2000    
Guidelines setting for a modified policy concerning the evidence of common ownership, or an obligation of assignment to the same person, as required by 35 USC 103(c) 1241 OG 97 26DEC2000    
Assignment of Confirmation Number and Time Period for Filing a Copy of an Applicant by EFS for Eighteen-Month Publication Purposes 1241 OG 97 12DEC2000    
Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference Practice; Final rule 1241 OG 68 19DEC2000 24NOV2000
Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Application; Final rule; correction 1241 OG 68 19DEC2000 06NOV2000
Treatment of Un-locatable Patent Application and Patent Files; Final Rule 1241 OG 37 12DEC2000
65 Fed. Reg. 69446
17NOV2000
Electronic Filing System Availability to Public 1240 OG 45 14 NOV2000    
Study of Alternative Fee Structures 1239 OG 155 24OCT2000 02OCT2000
Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference Practice 1239 OG 125 17OCT2000 20SEP2000
Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications; Final rule 1239 OG 63 10OCT2000 20SEP2000
Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment under Twenty-Year Patent Term; Final rule 1239 OG 14 03OCT2000 18SEP2000
Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals; Final rule 1238 OG 77 19SEP2000 08SEP2000
Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application Practice; Final rule 1238 OG 13 05SEP2000
65 Fed. Reg. 50092
16AUG2000
Change in Policy of Examiner Assignment in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings and establishment of Patentability Review Conferences in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings 1237 OG 138 29AUG2000    
Update on Facsimile Submission of Assignment Documents to the PTO 1237 OG 81 15AUG2000    
Supplemental Examination Guidelines for Determining the Application of 35 USC 112 paragraph 6 1236 OG 98 25JUL2000
65 Fed. Reg. 38510
21JUN2000
Changes to Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Fees by Credit Card, Final rule    
24MAY2000
Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 1233 OG 121 25APR2000 65 Fed. Reg. 17946 [PDF] 05APR2000
Changes to Application Examination and Provisional Application Practice; Interim rule 1233 OG 47 11APR2000 20MAR2000
Guidelines Concerning the Implementation of Changes to 35 USC 102(g) and 103(c) and the Interpretation of the Term "Original Application" in the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 1233 OG 54 11APR2000    
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