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 December 31, 2013 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print Table of Contents 1397 CNOG  1 

CONSOLIDATED LISTING OF OFFICIAL GAZETTE NOTICES
RE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES
PATENT NOTICES

The following is a compilation of the more important notices and rule changes which have been published in the Official Gazette from July 1, 1964, through December 31, 2013. These notices and rule changes are currently in effect unless otherwise noted.


CONTENTSItem Number/
Range
 
Start Page 
List of Patent Notices 2
Information and Correspondence  
 Address and USPTO Organization Information(1-4)13
 Mail Issues, Office Closures, Postal Emergencies, etc(5-68)21
 Information for the Public(69-73)125
 Assignments, Powers of Attorney(74-81)167
Fees and Payment of Money  
 Copies, Fee Deficiency Submissions(82-83)226
 Fees, Deposit Accounts, Credit Cards, Refunds, etc.(84-112)228
Patent Applications  
 General Information(113-137)391
 Reexamination(138-152)454
 Biotechnology(153-158)611
 Plants(159-161)660
 Benefit Claims, Priority, Electronic Exchange of Documents(162-175)663
Examination of Applications  
 Patent Prosecution Highway(176-267)726
 New Route, "Triway"(268-269)873
 Prioritized Examination(270-273)880
 CREATE Act, Examination Instructions and Guidelines(274-293)919
 Computer-Implemented, Computer-Related(294-298)1130
Application Procedure and Rules  
 America Invents Act(299-305)1182
 Recent Notices(306-311)1540
 Revival or Withdrawal of Abandonment, Restarting Time Periods(312-316)1642
 Accelerated Examination, 18 Month Publication(317-324)1650
 Allowance, Patent Term Adjustment or Extension(325-336)1760
 Issue: Fees, Notifications, Applicant Submissions(337-346)1908
 Certificates of Correction(347-350)1923
 RCEs, Provisional Applications(351-352)1927
 Amendments, Drawings, CPA Practice(353-360)2020
 21st Century Strategic Plan, Patent Business Goals(361-365)2051
 Appeals and Interferences(366-379)2509
 PAIR, EFS-Web, Electronic Submission(380-397)2752
 Unlocatable Applications, Terminal Disclaimers, Status Inquiries(398-400)2866
Miscellaneous  
 Disclosure Documents(401-402)2881
 Legal Procedures(403-410)2890
 PCT, International Applications(411-432)2939
 Helpful Hints, Notices(433-440)3017
 Web Content, Internet, and Automation(441-448)3030
 Facsimile Information(449-452)3044
List of Trademark Notices 3079
 Fastener Insignia Register(453-456)3082
 Madrid Protocol(457-465)3088
 Native American Insignias(466-467)3230
 Trademark Classification and Identification of Goods(468-470)3237
 Trademark Post-Registration(471-473)3247
 Trademark Correspondence and Fees(474-488)3281
 Trademark Examination(489-499)3410
 Trademark Information and Services(500-511)3575
 Trademark Trial and Appeal Board(512-521)3619
 Trademark Publications 2010(522-526)3704
 Trademark Publications 2011(527-533)3719
 Trademark Publications 2012(534-543)3741
Index 3783

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List of Patent Notices
					    List of Patent Notices
		
ITEM	PAGE
NUMBER	NUMBER		TITLE OF THE NOTICE
  1	13		Correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  2	17		Elimination of Post Office Box in Arlington, Virginia for Patent Related Correspondence
  3	18		Relocation of Customer Service Window for Patent-Related Correspondence; Establishment of
			Drop Box in South Tower for Certain Patent-Related Correspondence; Hand Carry and Mailing
			Address for Trademark-Related Correspondence
  4	20		Finance Customer Window to Permanently Close
  5	21		Oversized Postcards Must Be Submitted with Sufficient Postage
  6	22		Post Card Receipt Reminder
  7	23		Use of a Post Card as a Receipt for Correspondence in Patent-Related Matters
  8	24		Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings of the Patent and Trademark Office
  9	25		Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First Class Mail Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.8 and
			Returned by the U.S. Postal Service
  10	26		Acknowledgement of Receipt of a Patent or Trademark Application
  11	27		Emergency Closing of the Customer Service Window on Wednesday, March 2, 2011
  12	28		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office from Monday, February 8, 2010,
			through Thursday, February 11, 2010
  13	29		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
  14	30		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, October 29, 2012 and
			Tuesday, October 30, 2012
  15	31		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 21, 2009
  16	32		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 2009
  17	33		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 24, 2007
  18	34		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, January 2, 2007
  19	35		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, June 11, 2004
  20	36		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 2003
  21	37		Emergency Closure of the Customer Service Window on Friday, October 10, 2003
  22	38		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, September 18, 2003 and
			Friday, September 19, 2003
  23	39		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, February 18, 2003
  24	40		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 24, 2001
  25	41		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday January 25, 2000, and Wednesday,
			January 26, 2000
  26	42		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 1997
  27	43		United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail
  28	45		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, January 12, 1996
  29	46		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, January 8, 1996 through Wednesday,
			January 10, 1996
  30	47		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, April 27, 1994
  31	48		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, January 20, 1994 and Friday, February
			11, 1994
  32	49		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, Jan. 20, 1989
  33	50		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Feb. 23, 1987
  34	51		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Jan. 26, 1987
  35	52		Federal Government Holidays, 1996
  36	53		Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected
			by Hurricane Sandy
  37	56		Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected
			by the Catastrophic Flooding in Thailand
  38	59		Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected
			by the Severe Earthquakes in Northern Italy
  39	62		Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected
			by the Catastrophic Events of March 11, 2011 in Japan
  40	65		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  41	68		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  42	71		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  43	74		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  44	77		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  45	80		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  46	83		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  47	86		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  48	88		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
		
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  49	91		Termination of the United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  50	92		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  51	95		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  52	98		Office Actions and Notice of Allowances Previously Mailed to Areas of Alabama, Louisiana, and
			Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Katrina
  53	99		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  54	102		Termination of the Waiver of Provisions of 37 CFR 1.8 and 1.10 for Correspondence Intended for
			the United States Patent and Trademark Office but Addressed to Washington DC 20231
  55	103		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) and 37 CFR
			1.10(i)
  56	105		United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
  57	106		Processing of, and Requirements for, the Filing of Duplicate Applications and Papers in Patent
			Applications in view of USPS Mail Delays
  58	112		Termination of the Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal Service for
			mail addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx through 205xx
  59	113		Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal Service for Mail Addressed to
			ZIP Codes 202xx Through 205xx
  60	115		United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
  61	116		Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
  62	117		Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
  63	118		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency
  64	120		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in Connecticut
  65	121		United States Postal Service Emergency in the State of California Terminated
  66	122		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in the State of California
  67	123		United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency in Los Angeles
  68	124		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in South Florida
  69	125		Business Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory
			Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations
  70	132		Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy
  71	161		Relief in Certain Extraordinary Situations
  72	162		Rules Concerning Conduct on Patent and Trademark Premises
  73	164		Improved Pre-Exam Notices to Result From the Deployment of the Patent Application Location
			and Monitoring (PALM) Migration Pre-examination Subsystem
  74	167		Change in Procedure for Requests to Withdraw from Representation in a Patent Application
  75	171		Revision of Power of Attorney and Assignment Practice
  76	202		Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  77	220		Notice of Elimination of Batch Update Practice to Change Power of Attorney
  78	221		Issuance of a Patent to an Assignee
  79	222		Indexing Against a Recorded Assignment
  80	223		Taking Action in a Patent Matter Before the Office by the Assignee under 37 CFR 3.73
  81	225		Recordability of Foreclosures for Assignment Purposes
  82	226		Replacement Notice: Copies of Patent Application Records will be Provided in both Electronic
			and Paper Form
  83	227		Treatment of Fee Deficiency Submissions under 37 CFR 1.28(c) in view of the Federal Circuit
			decision in DH Technology
  84	228		New Maintenance Fee Payment by E-Mail Pilot Program
  85	229		Announcement of Final Rule to Set or Adjust Patent Fees
  86	230		Waiver of the New Requirement to Pay an Appeal Forwarding Fee if the Fee for Filing an Appeal
			Brief was Filed before March 19, 2013
  87	231		CPI Adjustment of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013
  88	247		Changes to Implement Micro Entity Status for Paying Patent Fees
  89	275		Fee for Filing a Patent Application Other Than by the Electronic Filing System
  90	280		Notice of Availability of Patent Fee Changes Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
  91	290		Notice of Establishment of a Prioritized Examination Fee
  92	291		Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required
  93	292		Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees
  94	302		Upcoming Changes to the Mailing of Monthly Deposit Account Statements
  95	303		Changes to Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated
			Appropriations Act, 2005
  96	311		The Fee under 37 CFR 1.21(m) for Processing a Refused Payment may be Charged to a Deposit
			Account Authorized to be Charged
  97	312		New or Modified Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) User Accounts Must Pass Verification Test
  98	313		Petitions to Accept a Delayed Patent Maintenance Fee Payment where Non-Payment was due to
			the effects of Hurricane Katrina
  99	314		Changes to the Practice of Handling Patent Applications Filed Without Appropriate Fees
  100	326		Revision of Search and Examination Fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications Entering
		
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			the National Stage of the United States
  101	333		Credit Card Payments Submitted over the USPTO Internet
  102	334		Elimination of Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Accounts
  103	338		Changes to Implement the Patent Fee Related Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations
			Act, 2005
  104	365		Maintenance Fee Statements are No Longer Being Mailed for Maintenance Fees Paid over the
			Internet
  105	366		Extension of the Payor Number Practice (through "Customer Numbers") to Matters Involving
			Pending Patent Applications
  106	374		Customer Number Required in order to Establish a Fee Address
  107	376		Payment of Patent Maintenance Fees over the Internet
  108	378		Changes to Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Fees by Credit Card
  109	385		Fees for Patent and Trademark Copies
  110	388		Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 or Less for a Limited Refund
  111	389		Unpaid Fee Checks
  112	390		Deposit Account Authorizations
  113	391		Conducting an Interview with a Registered Practitioner Acting in a Representative Capacity
  114	392		Notice of Change to Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination
  115	393		Scope of Foreign Filing Licenses
  116	395		Extension of the First Full Action Interview Pilot Program
  117	396		Extensio nof the First Full Action Interview Pilot Program and Request for Comments
  118	398		Full First Action Interview Pilot Program
  119	406		Second Extension of the Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program
  120	408		Extension of the Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program
  121	409		First Action Interview Pilot Program
  122	415		Change in Procedure for Handling Nonprovisional Applications Having Omitted Items
  123	419		Waiver of the Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 for Cited Pending U.S. Patent Applications
  124	420		Notice that Lengthy Tables will be Published Differently in Patents, Statutory Invention
			Registrations and Patent Application Publications
  125	423		Request for Alert Concerning Submitted Petitions
  126	425		Reminder of the Proper Procedure for Filing Confidential Information Pursuant to MPEP 724.02
  127	427		Information Disclosure Statements May Be Filed Without Copies of U.S. Patents and Published
			Applications in Patent Applications filed after June 30, 2003
  128	428		"Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents
  129	430		Advance Notice of Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent
  130	432		Applicants Cautioned to File Applications on Papers that Comply with Sheet Size/Margin and
			Quality Requirements of 37 CFR 1.52 and 1.84(f) and (g)
  131	435		Identification of Affidavits/Declarations Filed Under 37 CFR 1.131 Which Establish a Date of
			Invention In a NAFTS or WTO Member Country
  132	436		Notice of Change of Procedure for Recording Inventors' Names
  133	437		Change in Procedure Relating to an Application Filing Date
  134	448		Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in Oaths or Declarations Filed in Nonprovisional Patent
			Applications
  135	450		Information on Oath/Declaration Necessary to Identify the Specification for an Application filed
			under 35 USC 111 in Accordance with 37 CFR 1.63
  136	452		Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications
  137	453		Animals - Patentability
  138	454		September 15, 2012 Deadline to File Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings and
			Modification of Notice of Failure to Comply Form
  139	456		Revision of Standard for Granting an Inter Partes Reexamination Request
  140	464		Elimination of the Listing of Prior Art Documents on Reexamination Certificates
  141	465		Pilot Program for Waiver of Patent Owner's Statement in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
  142	468		Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
  143	470		Clarification on the Procedure for Seeking Review of a Finding of a Substantial New Question of
			Patentability in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
  144	473		Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All the
			Patent Claims
  145	477		Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes
			Reexamination
  146	509		Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination
			Proceedings
  147	518		Changes to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical Amendments to
			the Patent Statute
  148	544		Revised Guidelines for Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Prior Art in Reexamination
  149	547		Effective Date of the Final Rule Entitled Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination
			Proceedings
		
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  150	548		Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings: Delay of Effective Date
  151	549		Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
  152	610		Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke or Invalidate U.S. Patents
  153	611		Correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  154	616		Notice of Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Application Publications with Sequence
			Listings
  155	618		Changes in the Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit of Biological Material
  156	623		Biosequence Internet Filing Related to: 37 CFR 1.84 Form and Format for Nucleotide and/or
			Amino Acid Sequence Submissions in Computer Readable Form
  157	626		Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid
			Disclosures
  158	659		Applicant Aid for Biotechnology Computer Readable Form (CRF) Sequence Listing Submissions
  159	660		Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights Certificates
  160	661		Taking Effect in the United States of the International Convention for the Protection of New
			Varieties of Plants
  161	662		United States Adherence to the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
			(UPOV)
  162	663		Electronic Delivery of Search Results from the United States Patent and Trademark Office to the
			European Patent Office
  163	665		Electronic Exchange of Non-Participating Office Priority Documents Between the Japan Patent
			Office and the United States and Trademark Office
  164	667		Addition of World Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office
			in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
  165	668		Addition of Korean Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property
			Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents and Further Procedural Information
  166	672		Enhancement of Priority Document Exchange Program and USPTO Declaration Form
  167	675		Changes To Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual Property Offices
  168	685		Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
  169	687		Simplification of the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
  170	690		Addition of Japan Patent Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in Electronic
			Exchange of Priority Documents
  171	694		Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application with a Non-English Specification
			and Other Miscellaneous Matters
  172	715		Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application Under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119(e), 120, 121, and 365(c)
  173	723		Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in Thailand
  174	724		Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed In India
  175	725		Right of Priority in Patent and Trademark Applications Available in Taiwan
  176	726		Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program  to Implement PPH 2.0 with the
			Nicaraguan Registry of Intellectual Property
  177	727		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
  178	728		Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs between the United States Patent
			and Trademark Office and the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic
  179	729		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
  180	730		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program  to Implement PPH 2.0
			with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
  181	731		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
  182	732		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program  to Implement PPH 2.0
			with the Danish Patent and Trademark Office
  183	733		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
  184	734		Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program with the Intellectual Property
			Office of the Phillipines
  185	735		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
  186	737		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
  187	738		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) 2.0 Pilot Program
  188	739		Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0 with the
		
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			Portugal National Institute of Industrial Property
  189	740		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0
			with the Korean Intellectual Property Office
  190	741		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
  191	742		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
			and Trademark Office and the Icelandic Patent Office
  192	743		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office, acting as the designated representative of the
			American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, acting as the
			representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
			(TECRO)
  193	744		Continuation of Enhanced Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office
  194	745		Continuation of Enhanced Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and Participating Offices
  195	746		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic
  196	747		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic based on Patent Cooperation
			Treaty Work Products
  197	749		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
  198	750		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce
  199	751		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
			and Trademark Office and the Nordic Patent Institute based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
			Products
  200	752		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Israeli Patent Office
  201	753		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
  202	754		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP
			Australia based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  203	755		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office based on
			Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  204	756		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
  205	757		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
			Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
  206	758		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0
			with Participating Offices
  207	763		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
			and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
			Products
  208	764		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
			and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
			Products
  209	765		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Icelandic Patent Office
  210	766		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China based on
			Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  211	767		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China
  212	768		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office
  213	769		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office
  214	770		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
			Austrian Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  215	771		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
			Austrian Patent Office
  216	772		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Progarm between the USPTO and the
		
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			Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks on Russia based on Patent
			Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  217	773		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
			Hungarian Patent Office
  218	774		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Established by the United States Patent and
			Trademark Office and the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office
  219	775		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office
  220	776		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
  221	777		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents and
			Trademarks of Russia
  222	778		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
  223	779		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
  224	780		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
  225	781		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and IP Australia
  226	782		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Nordic Patent Institute based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  227	783		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
  228	784		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Israeli Patent Office
  229	785		Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
			and Trademark Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
  230	786		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
  231	787		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP
			Australia
  232	788		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and IP Australia based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  233	789		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
  234	790		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot 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
  235	791		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and EPO
  236	792		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia based
			on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  237	793		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia
  238	794		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Austrian Patent Office
  239	795		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Austrian Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  240	796		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
  241	797		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
			Products
  242	798		Notice Regarding Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent
			Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs
  243	800		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Hungarian Patent Office
  244	801		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and Finland
  245	802		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work
			Products
  246	803		Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
			Program in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (Between the USPTO and the
		
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			Japan Patent Office (JPO))
  247	804		Patent Cooperation Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Japan Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  248	805		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the European Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  249	806		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IPOS
  250	807		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
			DKPTO
  251	808		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and EPO
  252	809		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and Trademark Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
  253	815		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
  254	821		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP
			Australia
  255	822		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
  256	828		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office
  257	833		Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the CIPO
  258	834		Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
			Program in the USPTO (between the USPTO and the EPO)
  259	837		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office
  260	843		Extension Of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the USPTO and the UKIPO
  261	844		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and European Patent Office
  262	848		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and IP Australia
  263	853		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office
  264	858		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
  265	863		Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
			Program in the USPTO (between the USPTO and the UK IPO)
  266	865		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office
  267	869		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
  268	873		New Route Pilot Project between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan
			Patent Office
  269	877		"Triway" Pilot Program among the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the European
			Patent Office, and the Japan Patent Office
  270	880		Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination for Requests for Continued Examination
  271	886		Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination
			Timing Control Procedures Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
  272	895		Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination
			Timing Control Procedures
  273	910		Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative; Notice of Public Meeting
  274	919		Clarification of Criteria for Reissue Error in View of In re Tanaka
  275	921		Supplementary Examination Guidelines for Determining Compliance With 35 U.S.C. 112 and for
			Treatment of Related Issues in Patent Applications
  276	945		Notice of Roundtable and Request for Comments on How To More Effectively Use the Patent
			and Trademark Depository Library Program
  277	947		A New Pilot Program Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
  278	953		Patent Examiner Technical Training Program
  279	957		Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v.
			Kappos
  280	969		Changes to Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004
  281	985		Examination Guidelines Update:  Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After KSR v. Teleflex
  282	1018		Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C. 103 in View of the
			Supreme Court Decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
  283	1040		Examination Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. § 102(e), as amended by the American Inventors Protection
			Act of 1999, and further amended by the Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical
			Amendments Act of 2002, and 35 U.S.C. § 102(g) (revised)
  284	1053		Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 USC 112,  1, "Written
		
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			Description" Requirement
  285	1076		Utility Examination Guidelines
  286	1088		Guidelines Setting Forth 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)
  287	1092		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
  288	1097		Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based
			Upon a Single Prior Art Reference
  289	1112		Examination of Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequences
  290	1115		Guidelines on Treatment of Product and Process Claims in light of In re Ochiai, In re Brouwer and
			35 USC 103(b)
  291	1117		Means or Step Plus Function Limitation Under 35 USC 112, 6th Paragraph
  292	1123		Extension and Expansion of Pilot Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
  293	1125		Pilot Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
  294	1130		Subject Matter Eligibility of Computer Readable Media
  295	1131		Notification of Required and Optional Search Criteria for Computer Implemented Business
			Method Patent Applications in Class 705, and Request for Comments
  296	1151		Guidance on Searching and Examining PCT Applications Drawn to Computer-Implemented
			Inventions
  297	1152		Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications for Computer-Generated Icons
  298	1156		Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions
  299	1182		Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith American Invents
			Act; Correction
  300	1186		Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents
			Act
  301	1254		Examination Guidelines for Implementing the First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
			America Invents Act
  302	1310		Changes to Implement the Supplemental Examination Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America
			Invents Act, and To Revise Reexamination Fees; Final Rule
  303	1358		Changes to Implement the Inventor's Oath or Declaration Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America
			Invents Act; Final Rule
  304	1459		Changes to Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents
			Act; Final Rule
  305	1492		Changes to Implement the Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Provision of the Leahy-
			Smith America Invents Act; Final Rule
  306	1540		Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty
  307	1618		Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program
  308	1622		Extension of the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program
  309	1626		Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program
  310	1630		Pilot Program for Extended Time Period for Reply to a Notice to File Missing Parts of
			Nonprovisional Application
  311	1638		Untimely Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) to Withdraw Holdings of Abandonment
  312	1642		Revised Procedures for Express Abandonments
  313	1643		Clarification of Application Revival Procedures (37 CFR 1.137)
  314	1646		Procedures for Restarting Response Periods
  315	1648		Withdrawing the Holding of Abandonment When Office Actions Are Not Received
  316	1649		Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive and Petitions to Withdraw the Holding of Abandonment
  317	1650		Changes to Practice for Petitions in Patent Applications to Make Special and For Accelerated
			Examination
  318	1658		Patent Application Publications May Now Include Amendments
  319	1659		Clarification of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Interpretation of the Provisions
			of 35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv)
  320	1664		Reminder that Rescission of a Nonpublication Request is Not Itself a Notice of Foreign Filing
  321	1665		Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under Eighteen-Month
			Publication of Patent Applications
  322	1684		Assignment of Confirmation Number and Time Period for Filing a Copy of an Application by EFS
			for Eighteen-Month Publication Purposes
  323	1685		Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
  324	1686		Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
  325	1760		Revisions to Patent Term Adjustment
  326	1769		Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review
  327	1782		Revision of the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Information Disclosure
			Statements
  328	1788		Treatment of Letters Stating that the USPTO's Patent Term Adjustment Determination is Greater
			than What the Applicant or Patentee Believes is Appropriate
  329	1790		Interim Procedure for Patentees to Request a Recalculation of the Patent Term Adjustment to
		
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			Comply With the Federal Circuit Decision in Wyeth v. Kappos Regarding the Overlapping Delay
			Provision of 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A)
  330	1794		Notice Concerning Calculation of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. § 154(b)(1)(B)
			involving International Applications entering the National Stage Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 371
  331	1796		Miscellaneous Changes in Patent Practice
  332	1830		Explanation of 37 CFR 1.703(f) and of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
			Interpretation of 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A)
  333	1834		Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions
  334	1849		Clarification of 37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) - Reduction of Patent Term Adjustment for Certain Types of
			Papers Filed After a Notice of Allowance has been Mailed
  335	1851		Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee
			Due and Patent Front Page
  336	1853		Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment under Twenty-Year Patent Term
  337	1908		United States Patent and Trademark Office Bibliographic Information on Issued Patents and
			Published Patent Applications
  338	1910		Revised Procedure for Recording Search and Information Printed on the Face of Patent Under
			the Heading "Field of Search"
  339	1911		Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by the Office of Patent Publications
  340	1912		Processing of Papers Filed after Allowance of an Application
  341	1913		Payment of the Issue Fee and Filing Related Correspondence by Facsimile
  342	1915		Revision of the Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due Form (PTOL-85) Concerning a Previously
			Paid Issue Fee
  343	1917		Revision of the Notice of Allowance Form
  344	1919		Time Period for Paying Publication Fee if a Request for Continued Examination is Filed After a
			Notice of Allowance is Mailed
  345	1920		Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments, or Petitions after Payment of Issue Fee
  346	1922		Change to "Issue Notification" Procedure
  347	1923		Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director on Patents and Certificates of Correction
  348	1924		Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction When the Error is Attributable to the United
			States Patent and Trademark Office
  349	1925		Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim for Priority Under 35 USC 119
  350	1926		Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction on the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office Web Site for Later Listing with the Official Gazette
  351	1927		Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application Practice
  352	1953		Changes to Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional Applications
  353	2020		Revised Procedure for Preliminary Amendments Presented on Filing of a Patent Application
  354	2022		Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.121(c)
  355	2024		Amendments Permitted Under the Revised Amendment Practice and Treatment of Non-Compliant
			Amendments
  356	2026		Drawings in Patent Application Publications and Patents
  357	2027		Treatment of Amendments that if Entered Would Cancel All of the Claims in an Application
  358	2028		Patent Law Foreign Filing Amendments
  359	2037		Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Patent
			Applications
  360	2047		Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
  361	2051		Changes to Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st
			Century Strategic Plan (Final Rule)
  362	2184		Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals
  363	2185		Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
  364	2193		Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
  365	2352		Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure
  366	2509		Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Being Appealed
  367	2512		Clarification of the Date of Decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences under 37
			CFR 1.304
  368	2513		Clarification of the Effective Date Provision in the Final Rule for Ex Parte Appeals
  369	2515		Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing Correspondence from the Board of Patent Appeals
			and Interferences
  370	2516		Extension of the Pilot Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Program
  371	2517		New Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program
  372	2522		Public Attendance at Board Hearings
  373	2524		Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
  374	2611		Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
  375	2744		Revised Docketing Procedures for Appeals Arriving at the Board of Patent Appeals and
			Interferences
  376	2746		New Interference Search Procedure
  377	2747		Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting Interferences under 37 CFR § 41.202(a)
		
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  378	2748		Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference Practice
  379	2751		Publication of Opinions and Orders Entered by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
  380	2752		Establishment of a One-Year Retention Period for Patent-Related Papers That Have Been
			Scanned Into the Image File Wrapper System or the Supplemental Complex Repository for
			Examiners
  381	2756		Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Contingency Option
  382	2760		New Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration Regulations in EFS-Web and
			Private PAIR
  383	2762		Electronic Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted in Application, Patent and
			Reexamination Proceeding Matters
  384	2764		Electronic Office Action
  385	2770		Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
  386	2771		Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
  387	2773		Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence
  388	2786		USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References with Office Actions and
			Cease Supplying Paper Copies
  389	2791		Electronic Processing of Information Disclosure Statements
  390	2792		Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt Adding Indication Regarding Request to Retrieve
			Priority Information
  391	2793		Retirement of Electronic Filing System - Application Body Extensible Markup Language (EFS-
			ABX) and Electronic Packaging and Validation Engine (ePAVE) Components
  392	2795		USPTO Simplifies Electronic Filing System
  393	2796		Legal Framework for Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)
  394	2820		Customer Number Bar Code Labels and Papers with Shaded Portions will No Longer be
			Permitted in Correspondence for Patent Applications
  395	2822		Changes to Implement Electronic Maintenance of Office Patent Application Records
  396	2859		Electronic Submission of Information Disclosure Statements
  397	2862		Electronic Filing System Available to the Public
  398	2866		Treatment of Unlocatable Patent Application and Patent Files
  399	2878		Terminal Disclaimers Required to Overcome Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejections in
			Utility and Plant Applications Filed on or After June 8, 1995
  400	2880		Handling of Status Inquiries
  401	2881		Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program
  402	2888		Disclosure Document Program
  403	2890		Interpretation of 37 CFR §§ 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3)
  404	2893		Legal Processes
  405	2902		Interpretation of Registration of Agents and Representative for Director of Enrollment and
			Discipline in Disciplinary Proceedings
  406	2904		Service of Process; Testimony by Employees and the Production of Documents in Legal
			Proceedings
  407	2905		Cross-Appeals in Patent and Trademark Office Disciplinary Proceedings
  408	2907		Duty of Disclosure
  409	2935		Responsibilities of Practitioners Representing Clients in Proceedings Before The Patent and
			Trademark Office
  410	2938		Practitioner's Responsibilities to Avoid Prejudice to the Rights of a Client/Patent Applicant
  411	2939		USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited WO Document References in International
			Applications
  412	2940		Agreement Between The United States Patent and Trademark Office and The Federal Service for
			Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (ROSPATENT) Concerning Action of ROSPATENT
			as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority Under
			the Patent Cooperation Treaty for International Applications Received by The United States
			Patent and Trademark Office
  413	2942		The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia to Act as
			International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for
			International Applications Received by The United States Patent and Trademark Office
  414	2943		Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities With Respect to Applications
			Filed in the USPTO
  415	2944		Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents to the International Bureau
  416	2945		USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited U.S. Patent References in International
			Applications
  417	2946		Sequence Lisitings and Tables Related Thereto in International Applications Filed in the United
			States Receiving Office
  418	2948		Australian Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining
			Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO
  419	2949		Arrangement between IP Australia and the United States Patent and Trademark Office Concerning
			Action of the Australian Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and Preliminary
		
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			Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for
			Certain Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  420	2953		Korean Intellectual Property Office to Act as International Searching Authority and International
			Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO
  421	2954		Agreement Between the Korean Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Korea and the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office Concerning Action of the Korean Intellectual Property
			Office of the Republic of Korea as an International Searching Authority and International
			Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for International
			Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  422	2956		Search and Examination of International Applications Filed Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
  423	2957		Notice Concerning European Patent Office Competence to Act as a Patent Cooperation Authority
  424	2968		Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Update
  425	2969		Clarification of Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
  426	2970		Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
  427	2974		Notices Regarding Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1)
  428	2975		Revision of the Time Limit for National Stage Commencement in the United States for Patent
			Cooperation Treaty Applications
  429	2985		Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure; Correction
  430	2987		Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
  431	2989		Announcement of Certain Amendments to the Regulations Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
			(PCT)
  432	3015		Announcement on the Starting Date of Operations under the Eurasian Patent Convention
  433	3017		Pre-Grant Publication Helpful Hint: File Continuation or Divisional Application with a New
			Specification and Copy of Oath or Declaration from Prior Application
  434	3018		Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications
  435	3022		Status of Office of Public Records Services
  436	3024		New Product Available from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  437	3025		GLOBALPat and USAMark CD-ROM Products Now Available
  438	3026		Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents Removed From the Examiners' Search Rooms
  439	3028		Notification Regarding Voice Response System For Patent Maintenance Fees
  440	3029		Iraqi Sanctions Regulations
  441	3030		Changes in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office Notices and Changes in Display
			of Patent and Trademark Offices Notices Electronic Official Gazette
  442	3032		Notice of Publication of a 2002 Annual Index to the Electronic Official Gazette of the Patent and
			Trademark Office-Patents (eOG:P)
  443	3033		Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the United States Patent and
			Trademark Office - Patents
  444	3035		Most Publicly Available Provisional Applications Can Now Be Viewed Over the Internet
  445	3036		Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on the Web System on the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office Web Site
  446	3038		Financial Services Available Over the Internet
  447	3039		Posting a List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) Notices on the PTO Web Site
  448	3040		Interim Internet Usage Policy
  449	3044		Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  450	3068		Updated Lists of Exceptions to the Centralized Delivery and Facsimile Transmission Policy for
			Patent Related Correspondence
  451	3074		Update of Facsimile Submissions of Assignment Documents to the USPTO
  452	3077		Facsimile Submission of Assignment Documents is Now Available to PTO Customers
		
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ITEM	PAGE
NUMBER	NUMBER		TITLE OF THE NOTICE
 453	3082		Fastener Insignia Register To Be Posted On PTO Web Cite
 454	3083		Fastener Insignia Register
 455	3084		Recordal Fees Associated with the Fastener Quality Act
 456	3086		Request for Information to Aid in the Implementation of the
			Recordation Requirements of Section 8 of the Fastener Quality Act
 457	3088		Change in Practice Regarding Acceptance by USPTO of Bank Checks for
			Fees Payable to the International Bureau
 458	3089		Correspondence With the Madrid Processing Unit of the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office
 459	3092		New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related
			Correspondence
 460	3105		Modification to Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and
			Payment Rules for Certain Madrid Protocol-related Rules
 461	3108		Exam Guide No. 1-03 Changes Affecting All Applications and
			Registrations
 462	3122		Modification to Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and
			Payment Rules for Certain Madrid Protocol-Related Rules
 463	3125		Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and Payment Rules for
			Certain Madrid Protocol-Related Rules
 464	3128		Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid
			Protocol Implementation Act
 465	3189		Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid
			Protocol Implementation Act
 466	3230		Establishment of a Database Containing the Official Insignia of
			Federally and State Recognized Native American Tribes
 467	3234		Establishment of a Database Containing the Official Insignia of
			Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
 468	3237		International Trademark Classification Changes
 469	3242		International Trademark Classification Changes
 470	3246		Request for Suggestions from the Public for Additions to the
			Trademark Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual,
			Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
 471	3247		Changes in the Requirements for Amendment and Correction of
			Trademark Registrations
 472	3252		Proposed Rule - Changes in the Requirements for Amendment and
			Correction of Trademark Registrations
 473	3257		Post Registration: Changes to Requirements for Maintaining
			Trademark Registrations
 474	3281		Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition
			of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the
			Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases
 475	3311		Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition
			of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the
			Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases
 476	3334		Changes in Rules Regarding Filing Trademark Correspondence by
			Express Mail or Under a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission
 477	3340		New Mailing Addresses for Letters of Protest and Native American
			Tribal Insignia Notifications
 478	3341		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on
			Tuesday, January 2, 2007
 479	3342		Requirements To Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application
			Through the Trademark Electronic Application System
 480	3357		Requirements To Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application
			Through the Trademark Electronic Application System
 481	3366		Changes in Fees for Filing Applications for Trademark Registration
 482	3370		The Trademark Operation Will No Longer Accept Responses to Office
			Actions that are Transmitted by E-Mail
 483	3372		New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related
			Correspondence
 484	3385		Correction - New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of
			Trademark-Related Correspondence and Madrid Protocol Rules Change
		
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 485	3387		Reorganization of Correspondence and Other General Provisions
 486	3388		Reorganization of Correspondence and Other General Provisions
 487	3404		Correspondence With the United States Patent and Trademark Office
 488	3405		Amendment of Rule Regarding Filing of Trademark Correspondence via
			"Express Mail"
 489	3410		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
 490	3449		Trademark Examination Guides 01-09 and 02-09 on Deceptiveness
			Refusals
 491	3451		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
 492	3485		Institution of a Fee to File on Paper a Request for Reconsideration
			of a Final Office
 493	3489		Changes in the Requirement for a Description of the Mark in
			Trademark Applications
 494	3496		Changes in the Requirement for a Description of the Mark in
			Trademark Applications
 495	3500		Changes to Signature Options on TEAS Response to Office Action and
			Petition to Revive Forms
 496	3501		Changes to Representation of Others Before The United States Patent
			and Trademark Office
 497	3553		Changes in the Requirements for Filing Requests for Reconsideration
			of Final Office Actions in Trademark Cases
 498	3557		Exam Guide No. 1-03 Changes Affecting All Applications and
			Registrations
 499	3571		Exam Guide 2-06 Geographical Indications Used on Wines and Spirits
 500	3575		Notice of Reformatted Trademark Registration Certificate
 501	3576		Coming Soon: Lower-Cost Trademark Bulk Data from U.S. Patent and
			Trademark Office
 502	3577		Waiver of Pixel Requirement for Drawings Filed Electronically
 503	3579		Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered
			Marks That Include Design Elements from Trademark Search Library in
			Arlington, Virginia
 504	3586		Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered
			Word-Only Marks from Trademark Search Library in Arlington, Virginia
 505	3588		Request for Comments on Removal of Paper Search Collection of Marks
			That Include Design Elements
 506	3593		Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on
			the Web System on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Web
			Site - Revised
 507	3594		New USPTO Policies Regarding (1) Generation of Paper Copies of
			Trademark-Related Documents and (2) Public Access to Existing Paper
			Copies of Trademark-Related Douments USPTO Will Cease Creating Paper
			Copies of Various Trademark Related Documents
 508	3597		Invitation to the Public to Submit Suggestions Regarding Database
			Design Codes and Pseudo-Marks
 509	3599		Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on
			the Web System on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Web
			Site
 510	3601		THE RETENTION SCHEDULE FOR TRADEMARK RECORDS
 511	3605		Proposed Records Control Schedule
 512	3619		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules
 513	3664		Citation of Opinions to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
 514	3665		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules
 515	3689		Public Attendance At Board Hearings
 516	3691		ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AGREEMENT OR ORDER PROTECTING CONFIDENTIALITY OF
			INFORMATION REVEALED DURING BOARD PROCEEDING
 517	3692		PROVISIONS FOR PROTECTING CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION REVEALED
			DURING BOARD PROCEEDING
 518	3698		Standard Form Agreement or Order for Protecting Confidentiality of
			Information and Documents Disclosed During Proceedings Before the
			Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
 519	3699		Effect of December 1, 1993 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil
			Procedures on Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inter Partes
			Proceedings
 520	3702		Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board New
			Title for Members of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
 521	3703		Interlocutory Decisions by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
		
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 522	3704		Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Sixth Edition
 523	3705		Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of
			the United States Patent and Trademark Office-Trademarks
 524	3706		Electronic Publication of the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
 525	3708		Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments
 526	3718		Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Seventh Edition
 527	3719		Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Eighth Edition
 528	3720		Request for Comments on Establishment of a One-Year Retention Period
			for Trademark-Related Papers That Have Been Scanned Into the Trademark
			Initial Capture Registration System
 529	3722		Extension of Comment Period for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on
			Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations
			of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
 530	3723		Notice of Inclusion of Trademark Registration Certificate Maintenance
			Requirements Page in Trademark Document Retrieval Database
 531	3724		Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations
			of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
 532	3735		Coding of Design Marks in Registrations
 533	3737		Coding of Design Marks in Registrations
 534	3741		Notice Concerning Larger Than Usual Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)
 535	3742		Extension of Comment Period for Notice of Inquiry Regarding Adjustment
			of Fees for Trademark Applications
 536	3743		Extension of Comment Period for Request for Comments Regarding Amending
			the First Filing Deadline for Affidavits or Declarations of Use or
			Excusable Nonuse
 537	3744		Notice of Inquiry Regarding Adjustment of Fees for Trademark Applications
 538	3746		Request for Comments Regarding Amending the First Filing Deadline for
			Affidavits or Declarations of Use or Excusable Nonuse
 539	3749		International Trademark Classification Changes
 540	3754		Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations
			of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
 541	3776		Establishment of a One-Year Retention Period for Trademark-Related Papers
			That Have Been Scanned Into the Trademark Initial Capture Registration
			System
 542	3778		Additional Courtesy Electronic Mail Addresses Now Permitted for
			Trademark Correspondence
 543	3779		Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments
		
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Index
				       INDEX

				       A

Abandonment:
     Express .............................................................................. 312
     Revival .............................................................................. 313,315
     Withdrawing the Holding .............................................................. 311,315
Accelerated Examination ................................................................... 317
Access:
     Application Files in Trilateral Offices .............................................. 163,166-170
     Patent Applications .................................................................. 321,364
     U.S. Patent References, electronic ................................................... 388
Address:
     Fee .................................................................................. 106
     For Customer Window .................................................................. 3,4
     For Service of Process ............................................................... 404,406
     Office mailing ....................................................................... 1-10
Adjustment:
     Of Patent Term ....................................................................... 328-336
Advance Notice:
     Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page ....................................... 129
Allowance, Papers:
     Revision of Notice ................................................................... 321,322
     Submitted After ...................................................................... 313,319
Amendments:
     Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant .................................................. 333
     After Allowance ...................................................................... 342,343
     In Patent Application Publications ................................................... 318
     Non-Entry if Canceling All Claims .................................................... 357
     Patent Application Publication May Now Include ....................................... 318
     Patent Law Foreign Filing ............................................................ 358
     Preliminary, Revised Format .......................................................... 353
America Invents Act, Leahy-Smith........................................................... 90,271,299-305
American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 ................................................. 283,287
Amino Acid Disclosures .................................................................... 154-158
Animals, Patentability .................................................................... 137
Appeals:
     Clarification of Date of Decision under 37 CFR 1.304 ................................. 367
     Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program ............................................ 370-371
     Public Attendance at Hearings ........................................................ 372
     Rules of Practice .................................................................... 372-374
     Revised Docketing Procedures ......................................................... 375
     Signatures No Longer Provided ........................................................ 369
     Treatment of Claims Not Being Appealed ............................................... 366
     Waiver of Appeal Forwarding Fee ...................................................... 86
Applicant Aid for Biotechnology ........................................................... 158
Application:
     Amendments Canceling All Claims ...................................................... 357
     Duplicate Filings  ................................................................... 57
     Filing Date, Change in Procedure Relating to ......................................... 133
     Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings.......................................... 8
     Paper Size/Margin Requirements ....................................................... 130
     Receipt Acknowledgment ............................................................... 6,7,9
Application Data Sheet .................................................................... 364
Assignments:
     Availability on the Web .............................................................. 445
     Facsimile Submission ................................................................. 449-452
     Indexing ............................................................................. 79
     Issuance of the Patent to an Assignee ................................................ 78
     Recording Foreclosures ............................................................... 81
     Revision of Practice ................................................................. 80
     Taking Action in a Patent Matter ..................................................... 77
Attestation of Signature of Director, Discontinuance of ................................... 347
Authorization, Deposit Accounts ........................................................... 112
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				       B

Batch Update Practice, Elimination of ..................................................... 77
Benefit claims, timing of ................................................................. 321
Bibliographic Information on Patents and Published Applications ........................... 337
Biological Deposit ........................................................................ 155
Biotechnology:
     Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Apps. ..................................... 154
     Computer Readable Form Sequence Listing .............................................. 156-158
     EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority ............................................. 423,425-426
     Sequence Listing and/or Amino Acid Disclosures ....................................... 154-157,417
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences:
     Availability of Interference Files ................................................... 379
     Contact for Suggesting Interferences ................................................. 377
     New Interference Search Procedure .................................................... 376
     Publication of Opinions............................................................... 379
     Revised Docketing Procedures ......................................................... 375
     Simplification of Interference Requirements .......................................... 378
Business Method Search Criteria ........................................................... 295
Business Size Standard for Regulatory Flexibility Analysis................................. 69


				       C

Catastrophic:
Events in Japan, Relief Available ......................................................... 39
Flooding in Thailand ...................................................................... 37
CD-Rom, GLOBALPat & USAMark ............................................................... 437
Centralized Delivery, Facsimile ........................................................... 349
Certain Extraordinary Situations .......................................................... 71
Certificate of Correction:
     Discontinuation of Attestation of Director's Signature ............................... 347
     Electronic Publication on USPTO Web Site ............................................. 350
     Expedited Issuance ................................................................... 348
     To Perfect Claim for Priority under 35 USC 119 ....................................... 349
Certificate of Mailing:
     Duplicate Papers in view of Mail Delays .............................................. 57
     Treatment of Returned Correspondence ................................................. 9
Certification Requirements Regarding Export Administration Regulations .................... 382
Change in Publication Format of Official Gazette .......................................... 441
Changes to:
     Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program ............................................ 401
     Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence ................................ 387
     Implement Electronic Maintenance of Patent Records ................................... 395
     Implement First Inventor to File ..................................................... 299,300
     Implement Micro Entity Status ........................................................ 88
     Implement the Patent Business Goals .................................................. 362-364
     Implement the Patent Law Treaty....................................................... 306
     Patent Practice and Procedure ........................................................ 347
     Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card ................................................ 108
     Practice for Documents Submitted ..................................................... 449
     Practice of Handling Applications Without Fees ....................................... 99
     Provisional Application .............................................................. 351,352
     Representation of Others ............................................................. 75,76
     Support Implementation of 21st Century Strategic Plan ................................ 361
Cited U.S. Patents, Electronic Access ..................................................... 389
Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application ......................................... 171,172,321
Claims, Non-Entry of Amendments Canceling All Claims ...................................... 357
Clarification of:
     37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) .................................................................. 334
     Application Revival Procedures ....................................................... 313
     Date of Decision under 37 CFR 1.304 .................................................. 367
     Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All Patent Claims................................ 144
     Effective Date Provision in the Final Rule for Ex Parte Appeals ...................... 367
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     Filing Date Requirements of Reexam Proceedings........................................ 144
     Interpretation of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ....................................... 319
     Notice Concerning EPO Competence ..................................................... 425
     Reissue Error in View of In re Tanaka ................................................ 273
     Substantial New Question in Ex Parte Reexam .......................................... 143
Client/Patent Applicant ................................................................... 409,410
Closing of PTO ............................................................................ 12-33
Color Drawings/Photographs ................................................................ 364
Computer-Implemented Inventions  .......................................................... 295-296
Computer Readable Form Sequence Listings................................................... 156,158
Conduct on PTO Premises ................................................................... 72
Confidential Information, Proper Filing ................................................... 126
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005, Implementation Changes............................ 95,103
Continuing Applications, Amendment or Petitions ........................................... 345
Continued Prosecution Application Practice ................................................ 359-360
Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004
........................................................................................... 279
Copies of:
     Records Provided in Electronic and Paper Form ........................................ 82
     U.S. Patent References No Longer Supplied in Paper ................................... 359,360
Correction of Inventorship ................................................................ 303,364
Correspondence:
     Fee Address  ......................................................................... 106
     First Class Mail ..................................................................... 9
     Post Card Receipts ................................................................... 5-7
CPI Adjustment for Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013 ....................................... 87
CREATE Act ................................................................................ 280
Credit Card Fee Payment ................................................................... 102,107-108
Cross-Appeals in Disciplinary Proceedings ................................................. 407
Customer Numbers:
     Bar Code Labels No Longer Permitted .................................................. 394
     Extension of Payor Number Practice ................................................... 105
     For Fee Address ...................................................................... 106
Customer Service Window ................................................................... 3-4,11,19


				       D

Declarations:
     37 CFR 1.63 .......................................................................... 134,135
     37 CFR 1.131 ......................................................................... 131
     Copy from Prior Application .......................................................... 433
     Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in ............................................. 134
     Enhancement of Form .................................................................. 166
Deposit Accounts:
     Authorizations ....................................................................... 112
     Charge of Refused Payment Where Authorized ........................................... 96
     General Authorizations ............................................................... 112
     Mailing of Monthly Statements ........................................................ 94
     Replenishing ......................................................................... 4,102
Deposit of Biological Material ............................................................ 155
Depository Library ........................................................................ 276
Design Application with Computer Generated Icons .......................................... 297
DH Technology, Fee Deficiency ............................................................. 82
Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive ................................................... 316
Disclosure Document Program ............................................................... 401-403
Disciplinary Proceedings .................................................................. 403-407
Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director .................................... 347
Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents from Search Rooms................................. 438
Disqualification of Prior Art ............................................................. 280,399
Document Production ....................................................................... 407
Documents Required by Office of Patent Publications........................................ 339
Double Patenting Rejections ............................................................... 334,399
Drawings:
     Black Ink ............................................................................ 356,364
     Color ................................................................................ 364
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     Corrected Drawings Submitted with Issue Fee via Facsimile............................. 341
     Patent Application Publications and Patents .......................................... 322,324
     Proposed Change to Standards ......................................................... 365
     Review of Patent Application Publications and Patents................................. 356
Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required ............................. 96
Duplicate Papers and Applications in view of Mail Delays .................................. 57
Duty of Disclosure ........................................................................ 134,408


				       E

e-Office Action ........................................................................... 384-386
Electronic:
     Access to Cited US Patent References ................................................. 388
     Availability of the Official Gazette ................................................. 441-443
     Delivery of Search Results from USPTO to EPO ......................................... 162
     Exchange of Priority Documents ....................................................... 162-170
     Filing of Patent Correspondence ...................................................... 387
     Filing System:
        Availability of ................................................................... 397
        Certification Requirements Regarding Export Administration Regulations............. 382
        Legal Framework for ............................................................... 393
        Simplification of ................................................................. 392
     Information Disclosure Statements .................................................... 389
     Maintenance of Records ............................................................... 356
     Publication of Certificates of Correction ............................................ 350
     Retirement of EFS-ABX ................................................................ 391
     Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted................................. 383
Elimination of:
     Batch Update ......................................................................... 77
     Continued Prosecution Applications Practice .......................................... 320
     Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Account ............................. 102
Emergency, U.S. Postal Service ............................................................ 35-65
Emergency Closure of Customer Service Window .............................................. 11,21
Employee Testimony ........................................................................ 406
Examination Guidelines, First-Inventor-to-File ............................................ 301
Examination of Patent Applications:
     35 USC 102(d)  ....................................................................... 159
     35 USC 102(e) ........................................................................ 282
     35 USC 103 in view of KSR ............................................................ 281,282
     35 USC 103(b) ........................................................................ 290
     35 USC 103(c), Common Ownership ...................................................... 286,287
     35 USC 112, Means Plus Function ...................................................... 291
     35 USC 112, Written Description ...................................................... 275,284
     Instructions for Evaluating Subject Matter Eligibility ............................... 279
     Nucleotide Sequences ................................................................. 289
     Species of Chemical Compositions ..................................................... 288
     Supplementary Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. 112 Compliance ................................ 275
     Utility Guidelines ................................................................... 285
Examiners' Search Rooms, Disposal of Paper Copies ......................................... 438
Ex parte Reexamination Proceedings:
     Clarification of Filing Date Requirements ............................................ 146
     Electronic Signature and Initials by Officer Personnel Permitted in................... 383
     Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke US Patents ......................................... 152
     Office Discretion to Reexamine Fewer than All Patent Claims........................... 144
     Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Art.............................................. 148
Explanation of 37 CFR 1.703(f) ............................................................ 332
Export Administration Regulations ......................................................... 382
Express Mail .............................................................................. 43-51,55-56,58-68
Extraordinary Situation, Relief ........................................................... 71


				       F

Facilities Use Regulations ................................................................ 72
Facsimile Submission:
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     Assignment Documents ................................................................. 445
     Centralized Delivery and Requirements ................................................ 450
Federal Holidays, 1996 .................................................................... 35
Fee:
     Address .............................................................................. 106
     Appeal Forwarding Fee, Waiver of ..................................................... 86
     Application Size Fee ................................................................. 103
     Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 .............................................. 110
     Deficiency under 37 CFR 1.28 ......................................................... 83
     Duplicate Forms No Longer Required ................................................... 92
     Examination Fee ...................................................................... 102
     Maintenance Fee Statements ........................................................... 104
     Micro Entity Status .................................................................. 88
     Payment by Credit Card ............................................................... 101,108
     Payment of Maintenance Fees by E-Mail, Pilot Program.................................. 84
     Payment of Maintenance Fees Over the Internet ........................................ 107
     Replenishing Deposit Accounts ........................................................ 2,102
     Search Fee, Search Fee Refund ........................................................ 95,103
     Unpaid Checks ........................................................................ 111
Fees Information .......................................................................... 84-112
File Contents Available on CD ............................................................. 82
Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a), Untimely ....................................... 316
Filing of Confidential Information, Reminder .............................................. 126
Filing Papers After Notice of Allowance ................................................... 340
Financial Services Over the Internet ...................................................... 446
First Action Interview Pilot Program ...................................................... 116-120
First Class Mail, Returned ................................................................ 9
First-Inventor-to-File:
     Changes to Implement ................................................................. 299-300
     Examination Guidelines for Implementing .............................................. 301
Foreclosures, Recordability ............................................................... 81
Foreign Filing License, Scope of .......................................................... 115
Forms, Duplicate Copy for Fee Processing No Longer Required ............................... 92
Freedom of Information and Privacy ........................................................ 70


				       G

GLOBALPat & USAMark CD-Rom ................................................................ 437
Guidelines:
     Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication ...................................... 323-324
     Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals ........................................... 362-364
     Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment .......................................... 336,352
     Changes in Patent Practice ........................................................... 331
     Claims Directed to Species of
     Chemical Compositions ................................................................ 288
     Computer-Implemented Inventions ...................................................... 295,296
     Continued Prosecution Practice ....................................................... 359,360
     Design Application for Computer-Generated Icons ...................................... 297
     Determining Compliance with 35 U.S.C. 112 ............................................ 275
     Evidence of Common Ownership ......................................................... 286
     Examination Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. 102(e) .......................................... 283
     Examination of Patent Applications under 35 USC 112, paragraph 1
........................................................................................... 284
     Implementation of Change to 35 USC 102(g) & 103(c) ................................... 283
     Means or Step Plus Function Limitation under 35 USC 112, 6th
paragraph.................................................................................. 284
     Product and Process Claims in light of In re Ochiai .................................. 283
     Utility Examination .................................................................. 279-291
     Written Description Requirement ...................................................... 284


				       H

Handling of Status Inquiries .............................................................. 400
Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications ................................ 434
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Holidays, 1996 ............................................................................ 35
Hurricane Sandy, Relief Available ......................................................... 38


				       I

Icons ..................................................................................... 297
In re Tanaka, Clarification of Reissue Error in View of ................................... 274
Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights Certificates ................... 159
Indexing Assignments ...................................................................... 79
India, Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in ................ 168
Information Disclosure Statements:
     Electronic Processing ................................................................ 389
     Filed Electronically ................................................................. 396
     May Be Filed Without Copies .......................................................... 127
     Quick Path (QPIDS) Pilot Program ..................................................... 307
Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings:
     Changes to Implement ................................................................. 147
     Filing Date Requirements ............................................................. 146
     Revised Guidelines    ................................................................ 145
     Revision of Standard for Granting .................................................... 139
     Rules to Implement ................................................................... 139
        Delay in Effective Date ........................................................... 150
        Effective Date of Final Rule ...................................................... 151
     Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in...................................... 142
     Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests ................................................. 152
Interference:
     Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting ........................................... 377
     New Search Procedure ................................................................. 376
     Proceedings  ......................................................................... 298
     Publication of Opinions and Orders ................................................... 379
     Rules of Practice .................................................................... 373,374
     Simplification of Certain Requirements  .............................................. 378
Interim Instructions for Evaluating Patent Subject Matter Eligibility ..................... 242
International Applications:
     USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of U.S. Patent References....................... 416
     USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of WO References................................ 411
International Standard Code for a Patent Document   ....................................... 128
Internet:
     Biosequence Information Filing ....................................................... 156
     Credit Card Payments ................................................................. 101
     Financial Services Available ......................................................... 446
     Interim Usage Policy ................................................................. 448
     Maintenance Fees, Payment ............................................................ 104,107
     Provisional Applications, Availability ............................................... 444
     Usage Policy, Interim ................................................................ 448
Interpretation of:
     35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ...................................................... 319
     35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A) ............................................................... 332
     37 CFR 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3) ......................................................... 403
     "Original Application" in the AIPA of 1999 ........................................... 287
     Registration of Agents ............................................................... 405
Interruption, Postal Service .............................................................. 42-68
Invalidate Patents ........................................................................ 157
Inventor's name, Procedures ............................................................... 132
Inventor's Oath or Declaration Provisions, final rule ..................................... 303
Interview, First Action Pilot Program ..................................................... 118-120
Iraqi Sanctions Regulations ............................................................... 440
Issuance of a Patent to Assignee .......................................................... 78
Issue Fee:
     Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments or Petitions After Payment of........... 345
     Form ................................................................................. 335,342
     Payment via Facsimile ................................................................ 341
     Preauthorized Payment ................................................................ 362-364


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				       J

Japan, Relief Available for Catastrophic Events ........................................... 39
Joint Research Agreement .................................................................. 286
Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejections ............................................ 399
July 2009 Revision to PCT Procedures ...................................................... 93


				       K

"Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents ........................................... 128


				       L

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ........................................................... 84,271
Legal:
     Framework for Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) ..................................... 393
     Proceedings, Testimony by Employees and Production of Documents in ................... 406
     Processes ............................................................................ 404
Lengthy Tables Published Differently, Notice .............................................. 124
License for Foreign Filing ................................................................ 115
Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities ........................ 414
List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) ...................................................... 447


				       M

Mail ...................................................................................... 1-68
Maintenance Fees:
     Payment over Internet ................................................................ 107
     Petitions to Accept Delayed Payment Due to Hurricane Katrina ......................... 98
     Pilot Program for Payment by E-Mail................................................... 84
     Statements no Longer Being Mailed for Internet Payment ............................... 104
     Voice Response System ................................................................ 439
Metric equivalents ........................................................................ 136
Micro Entity Status ....................................................................... 88
Miscellaneous Patent Changes .............................................................. 331
Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions, final rule .......................................... 304
Missing Parts Pilot Program ............................................................... 308


				       N

National Stage Commencement of PCTs, Timing In US ......................................... 427,428
New Route Pilot Project ................................................................... 268
Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke Patents, Treatment of ................................... 152
Non-Delivery of Mail ...................................................................... 27
Nonpublication Request, Rescission Reminder ............................................... 320
Notice of Allowance:
     Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on ........................... 335
     Previously Mailed to Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina ............................. 52
     Processing of Papers Filed After Mailing of .......................................... 340
     Revision of Form ..................................................................... 342,343
     Reduction of Patent Term Adjustment for Certain Papers Filed After ................... 334
Notice of Availability of Assignments on the Web System ................................... 445
Notice of Change(s):
     In Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the USPTO .......................... 441,443
     In Publishing Patents and Publications with Sequence Listings ........................ 154
     Of Procedure for Recording Inventors' Names .......................................... 132
     To Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination ................................... 114
     To "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent .................................. 129
Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexams ................ 141
Notice of Elimination of Batch Update ..................................................... 77
Notice of Foreign Filing, Reminder ........................................................ 320
Notice of Publication of 2002 Annual Index of Electronic Official Gazette ................. 442
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Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt .............................................. 390
Notice of Right to Claim Priority:
     Based Upon Applications filed in India ............................................... 174
     Based Upon Applications filed in Thailand ............................................ 173
Notification of Voice Response System ..................................................... 439
Nucleotide Sequence ....................................................................... 154-158


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Oath:
     Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in ............................................. 134
     Information necessary to Identify Specification ...................................... 132
Office of Patent Publications, Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 ..................................... 339
Office of Public Records, Status of Services .............................................. 435
Official Patent Application Records, Changes to............................................ 395
Official Closings ......................................................................... 11-34
Official Gazette is only Available Electronically ......................................... 441-443
One-Year Retention Period for Patent-Related Papers ....................................... 380
Outgoing Correspondence, Electronic Notification of ....................................... 384-386
Overpayment of $25 or Less ................................................................ 110
Oversized Postcards ....................................................................... 5


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PALM Migration Pre-Exam Subsystem ......................................................... 73
Paper Copies of:
     U.S. Patent References, USPTO to Cease Supplying ..................................... 388
     Patents, Disposal of ................................................................. 438
     U.S. Patent References, USPTO to Cease Supplying in IAs............................... 416
     WO Documents, USPTO to Cease Supplying in IAs ........................................ 411
Papers that will part of official record (size, margins, etc.) ............................ 365
Paragraph Numbering ....................................................................... 365
Patent Business Goals ..................................................................... 361-364
Patent Cooperation Treaty:
     Australian Patent Office to Act as ISA ............................................... 418,419
     Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents ............................................ 415
     EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority ............................................. 423,425-426
     Eurasian Patent Convention ........................................................... 432
     Korean IPO to Act as ISA ............................................................. 420,421
     Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1) ................................... 427
     USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of U.S. Patent References ...................... 388
Patent Correspondence, Electronic Filing of ............................................... 393
Patent Law Treaty, Changes to Implement ................................................... 306
Patent Practice Changes ................................................................... 331
Patent Prosecution Highway ................................................................ 176-267
Patent Term Adjustment:
     Clarification of 37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) ................................................. 334
     Final Rule ........................................................................... 336
     Information Printed on Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due and
        Patent Front Page ................................................................. 335
     Notice Concerning Calculation in § 371 Applications .................................. 330
     Revised Notice of Allowance   ........................................................ 343
     Revision of Provisions ............................................................... 325
     Revision Relating to Appellate Review ................................................ 326
     Revision Relating to Information Disclosure Statements ............................... 327
Payor Numbers ............................................................................. 105
Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card ..................................................... 108
Petitions:
     For Accelerated Examination .......................................................... 317
     Request for Alert .................................................................... 135
     To Accept a Delayed Maintenance Fee Payment due to Hurricane Katrina ................. 52
     To Make Special ...................................................................... 242,317
     To Revive ............................................................................ 313,316
     Under 37 CFR 1.181(a), untimely filed ................................................ 311
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Pilot Program:
     Extended Time Period for Reply to Notice in Nonprovisional............................ 310
     First Action Interview ............................................................... 118-121
     New Maintenance Fee Payment by E-Mail ................................................ 84
     New Route Pilot Project .............................................................. 268
     Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) .................................. 307
     Patent Prosecution Highway ........................................................... 176-267
     Patents Ombudsman .................................................................... 307
     Pre-Appeal Brief ..................................................................... 370,371
     Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art ......................................... 277,291-292
     "Triway" Pilot Program ............................................................... 269
     Waiver of Patent Owner's Statement in Ex parte reexam ................................ 141
Plant Patents ............................................................................. 159-161
Post Card Receipt ......................................................................... 5-7
Post Office Box in Arlington, VA, Elimination of .......................................... 2
Power of Attorney Practice:
     Changes to ........................................................................... 75,76
     Elimination of Batch Update .......................................................... 77
     Withdraw from Representation ......................................................... 74
Practitioners Before the PTO .............................................................. 409,410
Pre-Appeal Brief Conference ............................................................... 370,371
Pre-Exam Notice to; Deployment ............................................................ 73
Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties, final rule ...................................... 307
Preliminary Amendments .................................................................... 318,353,354,357
Prioritized Examination:
     Changes to Implement for Requests for Continued Examination .......................... 270
     Changes to Implement Track I ......................................................... 271,272
     Fee .................................................................................. 91
Priority:
     Claim, when made ..................................................................... 362
     Electronic Exchange of Documents ..................................................... 163-170
     Requirements for Claiming Under 18 Month Publication ................................. 172
     Right of priority in India ........................................................... 167
     Right of priority in Thailand ........................................................ 166
     Using certificate of correction to perfect
     35 USC 119 claim ..................................................................... 349
Procedure for Restarting Response Periods ................................................. 314
Production of Documents ................................................................... 406
Proper Procedure Pursuant to MPEP 724.02 .................................................. 126
Provisions of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv), Interpretation of ............................. 319
PTO Closings .............................................................................. 11-34
Publication of Sequences .................................................................. 154
Publications, 18-Month:
     Drawings and ......................................................................... 282,290
     Final Rule ........................................................................... 362-364
     Helpful Hint, Pre-Grant Publication .................................................. 359
     Lengthy Tables Notice ................................................................ 114
     Publications May Now Include Amendments .............................................. 318
     Sequence Listings .................................................................... 154
     Reminder that Rescission is not Notice of Foreign Filing ............................. 250
     Requirements for Benefit Claims ...................................................... 252
     USPTO's Interpretation of 35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) .......................... 319
Publication of Opinions/Order Entered by the BPAI ......................................... 379
Public Information, FOIA .................................................................. 70


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Quality Requirements of 37 CFR 1.52 and 1.84(f) and (g) ................................... 130
Question of Patentability for Second of Subsequent Reexam, Substantial New ................ 143
Questions & Answers:
     Facsimile of Assignment Documents .................................................... 452
Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program ......................... 307


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Receipts, Paper ........................................................................... 10
Receipts, Postcard ........................................................................ 5-7
Reexamination.............................................................................. 138-152
Refund of Overpayment ..................................................................... 110
Regulations:
     Certain Amendments Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty ............................... 431
     Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration ....................... 382
     Iraqi Sanctions ...................................................................... 440
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Business Size Standard ................................ 69
Reissue Error, Clarification in view of In re Tanaka ...................................... 274
Relief, Extraordinary Situations .......................................................... 36-39,71
Request for Alert Concerning Submitted Petitions .......................................... 125
Request for Continued Examination:
     Change to Docketing .................................................................. 114
     Final Rules .......................................................................... 351
     Publication Fee and .................................................................. 344
Rescission of Nonpublication Request, reminder ............................................ 330
Restarting Response Periods ............................................................... 314
Revised Procedure for:
     Express Abandonments ................................................................. 312
Revival of Abandoned Applications ......................................................... 313,316
Rule Changes:
     Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication Of Patent Application................. 323-324
     Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals ........................................... 362-364
     Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty............................................ 306
     Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment
     Under Twenty-Year Patent Term ........................................................ 336
     Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination for Requests for Continued
        Examination ....................................................................... 270
     Changes to Implement 20-Year Term and Provisional Applications, Effective June 8,
        1995 .............................................................................. 352
     Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure ............................................. 365
     Changes to Permit Payment of PTO Fees by Credit Card ................................. 108
     Changes to Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit Of Biological Material
........................................................................................... 155,156
     Continued Examination Practice and Changes
     To Provisional Application ........................................................... 351
     Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice ..................................... 360
     Cross Appeals in Patent and Trademark
        Disciplinary Proceedings, Effective January 16, 1996 .............................. 407
        Duty of Disclosure ................................................................ 408


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Sanctions, Iraqi .......................................................................... 440
Search Facilities in PTO:
     Regulations, Violations .............................................................. 72
September 15, 2012 Deadline for Requests for inter partes reexamination ................... 138
Sequence Listings:
     Applicant Aid for Submissions ........................................................ 158
     Biosequence Internet Filing .......................................................... 156
     Change in Publishing of Patents and Publications with ................................ 154
     Examination of Applications Containing ............................................... 289
     Filed in International Applications in the U.S. Receiving Office ..................... 406
     Requirements for Patent Applications Containing ...................................... 158
Service of Process  ....................................................................... 406
Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees ......................................................... 85
Severe Earthquakes in Italy, Relief Available ............................................. 38
Signature of:
     Director, Discontinuance of Attestation on Patents ................................... 347
     Office Personnel - Electronic and Initials Permitted ................................. 383
Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing BPAI Correspondence ............................. 369
Simplification of:
     Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents ............................................ 169
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     Electronic Filing System ............................................................. 316
     Requirements of Interference Practice ................................................ 378
Statements for Maintenance Fee Payment .................................................... 104
Status Inquiries .......................................................................... 400
Statutory Invention Registrations, Publication of Lengthy Tables .......................... 124
Strategic Plan, Changes to Support Implementation ......................................... 361
Submitted Petitions, Request for Alert Concerning ......................................... 125
Sufficient Postage for Oversized Postcards ................................................ 5
Supplemental Examination Provisions, final rule ........................................... 302
Supplementary Examination Guidelines ...................................................... 275


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Tables Published Differently .............................................................. 124
Terminal Disclaimers:
     CREATE Act ........................................................................... 280
     Required, Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejection .............................. 399
Thailand, Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in ............. 173
Trademark:
Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First Class Mail Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.8 and
        Returned by the U.S. Postal Service ............................................... 9
Treatment of Non-Compliant Amendments ..................................................... 354
Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke Patents .................................... 152
Treatment of Unlocatable - Patent Application and Patent Files ............................ 398
"Triway" Pilot Program .................................................................... 269
Twenty-First Century Strategic Plan:
        Change to Support Implementation; Final Rule ...................................... 361


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United States Postal Service Emergency .................................................... 40-68
United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail ......................................... 27
Unlocatable Application and Patent Files .................................................. 398
Unpaid Fee Check .......................................................................... 111
Untimely Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) .................................................. 311
Upcoming Changes to Mailing of Deposit Account Statements.................................. 94
UPOV Convention ........................................................................... 160,161
U.S. Patent References, Electronic Access ................................................. 388
Use of Facilities Regulations ............................................................. 72
Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications ............................... 136
User Passes ............................................................................... 72
Utility Examination Guidelines ............................................................ 285


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Voice Response System ..................................................................... 439


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Waiver of:
     37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by Office of Patent Pubs. ........................ 339
     Appeal Forwarding Fee ................................................................ 86
     Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 ..................................................... 123
     Of Patent Owner's Statement in Reexam, Pilot ......................................... 141
     Provisions of 37 CFR 1.8 and 1.10, Termination of .................................... 54
Website:
     Electronic Availability of the Official Gazette ...................................... 441-443
     Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction ................................. 350
     List of Patents 37 CFR 1.607(d) ...................................................... 447
Withdrawal of Abandonments ................................................................ 311,315
"Written Description" Requirements ........................................................ 284


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