TITLE** active hyperlinks in this column retrieve USPTO documents posted prior to publication in the OG or Fed. Reg. | OG CITE | OG DATE | FR CITE | FR DATE |
| USPTO Transitions to Issuing Electronic Certificates of Correction for Patents (19Dec2023) | 30JAN2024 | |||
| Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program (21Nov2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 83926 | 01DEC2023 | ||
| USPTO accepts pre-printed forms with a certificate of transmission via EFS-Web when a form is transmitted to the USPTO via Patent Center (15Nov2023) | 09JAN2024 | |||
| Supplemental Guidance for Examination of Design Patent Applications Related to Computer-generated Electronic Images, Including Computer-generated Icons and Graphical User Interfaces (13Nov2023) | 88 FR 80277 | 17NOV2023 | ||
| Representation of Others in Design Patent Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (31Oct2023) | 88 FR 78644 | 16NOV2023 | ||
| United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency Under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) [Hurricane Idalia] (17Oct2023) | 1516 OG 250 | 14NOV2023 | ||
| Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees, Reexamination Parties, and Registered Trademark Owners Affected by the Wildfires in Hawai'i (18Sep2023) | 1515 OG 199 | 10OCT2023 | ||
| Elimination of the Postal Postcard in the Patent Center Electronic Office Action Program (15Sep2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 64889 | 20SEP2023 | ||
| USPTO AI/ET Partnership: Public Meeting on Artificial Intelligence Tools and Data (16Aug2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 57104 | 22AUG2023 | ||
| Applicant-suggested drawing figure in the publication of patent applications (07Aug2023) | 1514 OG 107 | 05SEP2023 | ||
| Issues with certain priority documents retrieved from the European Union Intellectual Property Office via the World Intellectual Property Organization Digital Access Service (22Jul2023) | 1513 OG 338 | 15AUG2023 | ||
| Changes to the Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (05Jul2023) | 88 FR 45078 | 14JUL2023 | ||
| Standardization of the Patent Term Adjustment Statement Regarding Information Disclosure Statements (09Jun2023) | 88 FR 39172 | 15JUN2023 | ||
| Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020 (31May2023) | 88 FR 36956 | 06JUN2023 | ||
| Extension of the Option for Submission of a PDF With a Patent Application Filed in DOCX Format (26May2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 37036 | 06JUN2023 | ||
| Expansion and Extension of the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program (26May2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 35841 | 01JUN2023 | ||
| Interim Reduction of Certain Fees Paid to the USPTO in its Capacity as an International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examination Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (25May2023) | 1511 OG 231 | 13JUN2023 | ||
| New Opt-In Program for Receipt of Maintenance Fee Reminder and Expiration Notices by Email | 1510 OG 594 | 30MAY2023 | ||
| Adoption of Updated WIPO Standard ST.26; Revision to Incorporation by Reference (23May2023) | 88 FR 34089 | 26MAY2023 | ||
| Request for Comments on a Proposed Track Three Pilot Program with a Pre-Examination Search Option (17May2023) | 88 FR 34136 | 26MAY2023 | ||
| Expanding Admission Criteria for Registration to Practice in Patent Cases Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (08May2023) | 88 FR 31249 | 16MAY2023 | ||
| Changes to the Representation of Others in Design Patent Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (08May2023) | 88 FR 31209 | 16MAY2023 | ||
| USPTO AI Inventorship: Notice of Public AI Inventorship Listening Session—West Coast (11Apr2023) | 88 FR 23408 | 17APR2023 | ||
| USPTO AI Inventorship: Notice of Public AI Inventorship Listening Session—East Coast (03Apr2023) | 88 FR 20864 | 07APR2023 | ||
| Patent Center Electronic Office Action Program (31Mar2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 20138 | 05APR2023 | ||
| Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020 (22Mar2023) | 88 FR 18052 | 27MAR2023 | ||
| Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees, Reexamination Parties, and Registered Trademark Owners Affected by the Severe Earthquake impacting Türkiye and Syria (15Mar2023) | 1509 OG 254 | 11APR2023 | ||
| Reducing Patent Fees for Small Entities and Micro Entities Under the Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 (13Mar2023) | 88 FR 17147 | 22MAR2023 | ||
| Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (07Mar2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 1509 OG 138 | 04APR2023 | ||
| First-Time Filer Expedited Examination Pilot Program (02Mar2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 14607 | 09MAR2023 | ||
| Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, Ninth Edition, Revision of July 2022 (16Feb2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 13437 | 03MAR2023 | ||
| Establishing Permanent Electronic Filing for Patent Term Extension Applications (23Feb2023) | 88 FR 13028 | 02MAR2023 | ||
| USPTO Officially Transitions to Issuing Electronic Patent Grants in 2023 (17Feb2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 12560 | 28FEB2023 | ||
| Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (13Feb2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 1508 OG 111 | 07MAR2023 | ||
| Sixth Extension of the Modified COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program for Patent Applications (10Feb2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 9495 | 14FEB2023 | ||
| Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (09Feb2023) | 88 FR 9492 | 14FEB2023 | ||
| Request for Comments Regarding Artificial Intelligence and Inventorship (08Feb2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 9492 | 14FEB2023 | ||
| Continuation of the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program with the IP5 Offices (30Jan2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 1507 OG 456 | 28FEB2023 | ||
| Notice of Public Meeting on Innovation Driven by Artificial Intelligence (24Jan2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 4975 | 26JAN2023 | ||
| Final Rule Eliminating Continuing Legal Education Certification and Recognition for Patent Practitioners (13Jan2023) | 88 FR 4906 | 26JAN2023 | ||
| Extension of the pilot of a USPTO email address for submitting general questions related to the Patent Cooperation Treaty and international and national stage applications (17Jan2023) | 1507 OG 110 | 07FEB2023 | ||
| Extension of, and New Combined Petition Option for Participation in, the Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot Program (10Jan2023) [MORE INFORMATION] | 88 FR 2892 | 18JAN2023 | ||
| Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (06Jan2023) | 1509 OG 379 | 18APR2023 | ||
| Notice of action that may be needed for filing receipts for certain patent applications processed between March 2022 and mid-October 2022 (03Jan2023) | 1506 OG 452 | 24JAN2023 |
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