Patent Related Notices - 2023

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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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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) TBD 13JUN2023    
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)     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) 1509 OG 138 04APR2023    
First-Time Filer Expedited Examination Pilot Program (02Mar2023)     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
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