Patent Related Notices - 2021

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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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Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program (27Dec2021)     87 FR 776 06JAN2022
Extension of the Modified COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program (27Dec2021)     86 FR 74406 30DEC2021
Electronic Submission of a Sequence Listing, a Large Table, or a Computer Program Listing Appendix in Patent Applications (21Dec2021)     86 FR 73985 29DEC2021
New PE2E Search Tool Using AI Search Features (20Dec2021) 1494 OG 251 11JAN2022    
Change in the Electronic Retrieval Method for Priority Documents Between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office (07Dec2021) 1493 OG 877 28DEC2021    
Electronic Patent Issuance (01Dec 2021)     86 FR 71209 15DEC2021
Date of Receipt of Electronic Submissions of Patent Correspondence (01Dec2021)     86 FR 69195 07DEC2021
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the National Institute of Industrial Property of France (26Nov2021) 1493 OG 657 21DEC2021    
Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020 (16Nov2021)     86 FR 66192 22NOV2021
Establishment of a USPTO Email Box for Submitting General Questions Related to the Patent Cooperation Treaty and Applications Filed or Submitted Thereunder (05Nov2021) 1493 OG 212 07DEC2021    
Electronic Submission of a Sequence Listing, a Large Table, or a Computer Program Listing Appendix in Patent Applications (04Oct2021)     86 FR 57035 14OCT2021
United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency Under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) (01Oct2021) 1491 OG 285 26OCT2021    
2021 Increase of the Annual Limit on Accepted Requests for Track One Prioritized Examination (17Sep2021)     86 FR 52988 24SEP2021
Administrative Updates to the General Requirements Bulletin for Admission to the Examination for Registration To Practice in Patent Cases Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (26Aug2021)     86 FR 52652 22SEP2021
Modification of COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program (31Aug2021)     86 FR 49522 03SEP2021
Standard for Presentation of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Listings Using eXtensible Markup Language in Patent Applications to Implement World Intellectual Property Organization Standard ST.26; Incorporation by Reference (29Jun2021)     86 FR 35429 06JUL2021
Mailing Address Changes Related to Deposit Accounts and Patent Maintenance Fees (26Jun2021)     86 FR 35229 02JUL2021
Removal of Certain Rules of Patent Practice (26Jun2021)     86 FR 35226 02JUL2021
Properly Presenting Prophetic and Working Examples in a Patent Application (26Jun2021)     86 FR 35074 01JUL2021
Change in Legal Holidays (21Jun2021) 1488 OG 139 13JUL2021    
Submitting Patent Applications in Structured Text Format and Reliance on the Text Version as the Source or Evidentiary Copy (24May2021)     86 FR 29571 02JUN2021
Electronic Submission of a Sequence Listing, a Large Table, or a Computer Program Listing Appendix in Patent Applications (12May2021)     86 FR 28301 26MAY2021
United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency Under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) (12Mar2021) 1485 OG 296 27APR2021    
Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, February 18, 2021 (04Mar2021) 1485 OG 299 27APR2021    
Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot Program Extension (01Feb2021)     86 FR 8183 04FEB2021
Available Relief for Delays in Timely Filing Certified Copies of Foreign Priority Applications Due to the COVID-19 Outbreak (29Jan2021) 1483 OG 265 23FEB2021    
Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (19Jan2021) 1483 OG 193 16FEB2021