Patent Related Notices - 2013

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Extension of the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program (31Dec2013) 1398 OG 197 28JAN2014 79 Fed. Reg. 642 [PDF] 06JAN2014
Request for Comments Regarding Prior Art Resources for Use in the Examination of Software-Related Patent Applications (30Dec2013) 1398 OG 195 28JAN2014 79 Fed. Reg. 644 [PDF] 06JAN2014
Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 (30Dec2013) 1398 OG 192 28JAN2014    
Changes To Implement the Patent Law Treaty; Correction (05Dec2013) 1398 OG 44 07JAN2014 78 Fed. Reg. 75251 [PDF] 11DEC2013
Changes To Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs (20Nov2013) 1397 OG 339 31DEC2013 78 Fed. Reg. 71870 [PDF] 29NOV2013
Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty (21Oct2013) 1397 OG 42 03DEC2013 78 Fed. Reg. 62368 [PDF] 21OCT2013
Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (15Oct2013) 1397 OG 120 03DEC2013    
Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0 with the Nicaraguan Registry of Intellectual Property (12Sep2013) 1395 OG 204 15OCT2013    
Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic (11Sep2013) 1395 OG 202 15OCT2013    
Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Israeli Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products (11Sep2013) 1395 OG 203 15OCT2013    
United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) (30May2013) 1392 OG 50 02JUL2013    
Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Swedish Patent and Registration Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products (30May2013) 1392 OG 49 02JUL2013    
Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0 with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (29May2013) 1391 OG 219 25JUN2013    
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products (17May2013) 1391 OG 163 18JUN2013    
After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0 (13May2013) 1391 OG 108 11JUN2013 78 Fed. Reg. 29117 [PDF] 17MAY2013
United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) (01May2013) 1390 OG 261 28MAY2013    
Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0 with the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (01May2013) 1390 OG 264 28MAY2013    
Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 (05Apr2013) 1390 OG 49 07MAY2013    
Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty (01Apr2013) 1390 OG 50 07MAY2013 78 Fed. Reg. 21788 [PDF] 11APR2013
Revisions to Patent Term Adjustment (25Mar2013) 1389 OG 224 23APR2013 78 Fed. Reg. 19416 [PDF] 01APR2013
Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products (25Mar2013) 1389 OG 171 16APR2013    
Extension of the Period for Comments on the Enhancement of Quality of Software-Related Patents (11Mar2013) 1389 OG 115 09APR2013 78 Fed. Reg. 16474 [PDF] 15MAR2013
Extension of the Period for Comments on the Preparation of Patent Applications (11Mar2013) 1389 OG 117 09APR2013 78 Fed. Reg. 16474 [PDF] 15MAR2013
Changes To Implement the First Inventor To File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act; Correction (07Mar2013) 1389 OG 111 09APR2013 78 Fed. Reg. 16182 [PDF] 14MAR2013
Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (05Mar2013) 1389 OG 49 02APR2013    
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products (05Mar2013) 1389 OG 50 02APR2013    
Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0 with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (05Mar2013) 1389 OG 52 02APR2013    
Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) 2.0 Pilot Program (28Feb2013) 1388 OG 345 26MAR2013    
Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0 with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (12Feb2013) 1388 OG 279 19MAR2013    
Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0 with the Portugal National Institute of Industrial Property (12Feb2013) 1388 OG 280 19MAR2013    
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Portugal National Institute of Industrial Property based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products (12Feb2013) 1388 OG 154 19MAR2013    
Examination Guidelines for Implementing the First Inventor To File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (11Feb2013) 1388 OG 155 19MAR2013 78 Fed. Reg. 11059 [PDF] 14FEB2013
Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (11Feb2013) 1388 OG 211 19MAR2013 78 Fed. Reg. 11024 [PDF] 14FEB2013
Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Icelandic Patent Office (28Jan2013) 1387 OG 163 19FEB2013    
Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees (11Jan2013)     78 Fed Reg. 4212 [PDF] 18JAN2013
Request for Comments on Preparation of Patent Applications (10Jan2013) 1387 OG 50 05FEB2013 78 Fed. Reg. 2960 [PDF] 15JAN2013
Extension of the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program (03Jan2013) 1387 OG 46 05FEB2013 78 Fed. Reg. 2256 [PDF] 10JAN2013