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 December 30, 2014 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print Table of Contents 1409 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 30, 2014. Note: Some of the information in this listing is no longer in effect and is merely provided for historical purposes.


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(5-73)21
 Information for the Public(74-79)130
 Assignments, Powers of Attorney(80-87)173
Fees and Payment of Money  
 Copies, Fee Deficiency Submissions(88-89)232
 Fees, Deposit Accounts, Credit Cards, Refunds, etc.(90-118)234
Patent Applications  
 General Information(119-139)397
 Reexamination(140-155)441
 Biotechnology(156-160)603
 Plants(161-163)647
 Benefit Claims, Priority, Electronic Exchange of Documents(164-177)650
Examination of Applications  
 Patent Prosecution Highway(178-271)713
 New Route, "Triway"(272-273)865
 Prioritized Examination(274-277)872
 CREATE Act, Examination Instructions and Guidelines(278-293)910
 Software, Computer-Implemented(294-297)1100
Application Procedure and Rules  
 America Invents Act, Patent Law Treaty(298-306)1108
 Recent Notices(307-309)1547
 Revival or Withdrawal of Abandonment, Restarting Time Periods(310-315)1559
 Accelerated Examination, 18 Month Publication(316-323)1571
 Allowance, Patent Term Adjustment or Extension(324-336)1681
 Issue: Fees, Notifications, Applicant Submissions(337-346)1843
 Certificates of Correction(347-350)1858
 RCEs, Provisional Applications(351-352)1862
 Amendments, Drawings, CPA Practice(353-361)1955
 21st Century Strategic Plan, Patent Business Goals(362-367)1991
 Appeals and Interferences(368-378)2451
 PAIR, EFS-Web, Electronic Submission(379-396)2472
 Unlocatable Applications, Terminal Disclaimers, Status Inquiries(397-399)2586
Miscellaneous  
 Disclosure Documents(400-401)2601
 Legal Procedures(402-409)2610
 PCT, International Applications(410-431)2659
 Helpful Hints, Notices(432-438)2737
 Web Content, Internet, and Automation(439-448)2748
 Facsimile Information(449-451)2788
List of Trademark Notices 2799
 Fastener Insignia Register(452-455)2802
 Madrid Protocol(456-464)2808
 Native American Insignias(465-466)2950
 Trademark Classification and Identification of Goods(467-469)2957
 Trademark Post-Registration(470-472)2967
 Trademark Correspondence and Fees(473-487)3001
 Trademark Examination(488-498)3130
 Trademark Information and Services(499-510)3295
 Trademark Trial and Appeal Board(511-520)3339
 Trademark Publications 2010(521-525)3424
 Trademark Publications 2011(526-532)3439
 Trademark Publications 2012(533-542)3461
 Trademark Publications 2014(543-545)3503
Index 3577

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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 Monday, March 17, 2014
  14	30		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, March 3, 2014
  15	31		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, February 13, 2014
  16	32		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, January 21, 2014
  17	33		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, December 10, 2013
  18	34		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
  19	35		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, October 29, 2012 and
			Tuesday, October 30, 2012
  20	36		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 21, 2009
  21	37		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 2009
  22	38		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 24, 2007
  23	39		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, January 2, 2007
  24	40		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, June 11, 2004
  25	41		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 2003
  26	42		Emergency Closure of the Customer Service Window on Friday, October 10, 2003
  27	43		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, September 18, 2003 and
			Friday, September 19, 2003
  28	44		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, February 18, 2003
  29	45		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 24, 2001
  30	46		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday January 25, 2000, and Wednesday,
			January 26, 2000
  31	47		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 1997
  32	48		United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail
  33	50		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, January 12, 1996
  34	51		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, January 8, 1996 through Wednesday,
			January 10, 1996
  35	52		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, April 27, 1994
  36	53		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, January 20, 1994 and Friday,
			February 11, 1994
  37	54		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, Jan. 20, 1989
  38	55		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Feb. 23, 1987
  39	56		Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Jan. 26, 1987
  40	57		Federal Government Holidays, 1996
  41	58		Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners
			Affected by Hurricane Sandy
  42	61		Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners
			Affected by the Catastrophic Flooding in Thailand
  43	64		Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners
			Affected by the Severe Earthquakes in Northern Italy
  44	67		Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners
			Affected by the Catastrophic Events of March 11, 2011 in Japan
  45	70		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  46	73		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  47	76		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  48	79		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
		
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  49	82		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  50	85		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  51	88		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  52	91		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  53	93		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  54	96		Termination of the United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under
			35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  55	97		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  56	100		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  57	103		Office Actions and Notice of Allowances Previously Mailed to Areas of Alabama,
			Louisiana, and Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Katrina
  58	104		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
  59	107		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
  60	108		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) and
			37 CFR 1.10(i)
  61	110		United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
  62	111		Processing of, and Requirements for, the Filing of Duplicate Applications and Papers
			in Patent Applications in view of USPS Mail Delays
  63	117		Termination of the Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal
			Service for mail addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx through 205xx
  64	118		Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal Service for Mail
			Addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx Through 205xx
  65	120		United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
  66	121		Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
  67	122		Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
  68	123		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency
  69	125		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in Connecticut
  70	126		United States Postal Service Emergency in the State of California Terminated
  71	127		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in the State of California
  72	128		United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency in Los Angeles
  73	129		United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in South Florida
  74	130		Notice of Delegation to Commissioner for Patents
  75	131		Business Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office Regulatory
			Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations
  76	138		Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy
  77	167		Relief in Certain Extraordinary Situations
  78	168		Rules Concerning Conduct on Patent and Trademark Premises
  79	170		Improved Pre-Exam Notices to Result From the Deployment of the Patent Application Location
			and Monitoring (PALM) Migration Pre-examination Subsystem
  80	173		Change in Procedure for Requests to Withdraw from Representation in a Patent Application
  81	177		Revision of Power of Attorney and Assignment Practice
  82	208		Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  83	226		Notice of Elimination of Batch Update Practice to Change Power of Attorney
  84	227		Issuance of a Patent to an Assignee
  85	228		Indexing Against a Recorded Assignment
  86	229		Taking Action in a Patent Matter Before the Office by the Assignee under 37 CFR 3.73
  87	231		Recordability of Foreclosures for Assignment Purposes
  88	232		Replacement Notice: Copies of Patent Application Records will be Provided in both Electronic
			and Paper Form
  89	233		Treatment of Fee Deficiency Submissions under 37 CFR 1.28(c) in view of the Federal Circuit
			decision in DH Technology
  90	234		New Maintenance Fee Payment by E-Mail Pilot Program
  91	235		Announcement of Final Rule to Set or Adjust Patent Fees
  92	236		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
  93	237		CPI Adjustment of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013
  94	253		Changes to Implement Micro Entity Status for Paying Patent Fees
  95	281		Fee for Filing a Patent Application Other Than by the Electronic Filing System
  96	286		Notice of Availability of Patent Fee Changes Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
  97	296		Notice of Establishment of a Prioritized Examination Fee
  98	297		Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required
  99	298		Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees
  100	308		Upcoming Changes to the Mailing of Monthly Deposit Account Statements
  101	309		Changes to Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated
		
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			Appropriations Act, 2005
  102	317		The Fee under 37 CFR 1.21(m) for Processing a Refused Payment may be Charged to a Deposit
			Account Authorized to be Charged
  103	318		New or Modified Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) User Accounts Must Pass Verification Test
  104	319		Petitions to Accept a Delayed Patent Maintenance Fee Payment where Non-Payment was due to
			the effects of Hurricane Katrina
  105	320		Changes to the Practice of Handling Patent Applications Filed Without Appropriate Fees
  106	332		Revision of Search and Examination Fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications Entering
			the National Stage of the United States
  107	339		Credit Card Payments Submitted over the USPTO Internet
  108	340		Elimination of Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Accounts
  109	344		Changes to Implement the Patent Fee Related Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations
			Act, 2005
  110	371		Maintenance Fee Statements are No Longer Being Mailed for Maintenance Fees Paid over the
			Internet
  111	372		Extension of the Payor Number Practice (through "Customer Numbers") to Matters Involving
			Pending Patent Applications
  112	380		Customer Number Required in order to Establish a Fee Address
  113	382		Payment of Patent Maintenance Fees over the Internet
  114	384		Changes to Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Fees by Credit Card
  115	391		Fees for Patent and Trademark Copies
  116	394		Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 or Less for a Limited Refund
  117	395		Unpaid Fee Checks
  118	396		Deposit Account Authorizations
  119	397		Conducting an Interview with a Registered Practitioner Acting in a Representative Capacity
  120	398		Notice of Change to Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination
  121	399		Scope of Foreign Filing Licenses
  122	401		Extension of the First Full Action Interview Pilot Program
  123	402		Extension of the First Full Action Interview Pilot Program and Request for Comments
  124	404		Full First Action Interview Pilot Program
  125	412		Second Extension of the Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program
  126	414		Extension of the Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program
  127	415		First Action Interview Pilot Program
  128	421		Waiver of the Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 for Cited Pending U.S. Patent Applications
  129	422		Notice that Lengthy Tables will be Published Differently in Patents, Statutory Invention
			Registrations and Patent Application Publications
  130	425		Reminder of the Proper Procedure for Filing Confidential Information Pursuant to MPEP 724.02
  131	427		Information Disclosure Statements May Be Filed Without Copies of U.S. Patents and Published
			Applications in Patent Applications filed after June 30, 2003
  132	428		"Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents
  133	430		Advance Notice of Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent
  134	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)
  135	435		Identification of Affidavits/Declarations Filed Under 37 CFR 1.131 Which Establish a Date of
			Invention In a NAFTS or WTO Member Country
  136	436		Notice of Change of Procedure for Recording Inventors' Names
  137	437		Information on Oath/Declaration Necessary to Identify the Specification for an Application
			filed under 35 USC 111 in Accordance with 37 CFR 1.63
  138	439		Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications
  139	440		Animals - Patentability
  140	441		September 15, 2012 Deadline to File Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings and
			Modification of Notice of Failure to Comply Form
  141	443		Revision of Standard for Granting an Inter Partes Reexamination Request
  142	451		Elimination of the Listing of Prior Art Documents on Reexamination Certificates
  143	452		Pilot Program for Waiver of Patent Owner's Statement in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
  144	455		Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
  145	457		Clarification on the Procedure for Seeking Review of a Finding of a Substantial New Question
			of Patentability in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
  146	460		Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than
			All the Patent Claims
  147	464		Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes
			Reexamination
  148	496		Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination
			Proceedings
  149	505		Changes to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical Amendments to
			the Patent Statute
		
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  150	531		Revised Guidelines for Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Prior Art in Reexamination
  151	534		Effective Date of the Final Rule Entitled Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes
			Reexamination Proceedings
  152	535		Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings: Delay of Effective Date
  153	536		Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
  154	597		Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke or Invalidate U.S. Patents
  155	598		Correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  156	603		Notice of Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Application Publications with Sequence
			Listings
  157	605		Changes in the Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit of Biological Material
  158	610		Biosequence Internet Filing Related to: 37 CFR 1.84 Form and Format for Nucleotide and/or
			Amino Acid Sequence Submissions in Computer Readable Form
  159	613		Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid
			Disclosures
  160	646		Applicant Aid for Biotechnology Computer Readable Form (CRF) Sequence Listing Submissions
  161	647		Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights Certificates
  162	648		Taking Effect in the United States of the International Convention for the Protection of New
			Varieties of Plants
  163	649		United States Adherence to the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of
			Plants (UPOV)
  164	650		Electronic Delivery of Search Results from the United States Patent and Trademark Office to
			the European Patent Office
  165	652		Electronic Exchange of Non-Participating Office Priority Documents Between the Japan Patent
			Office and the United States and Trademark Office
  166	654		Addition of World Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property
			Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
  167	655		Addition of Korean Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual
			Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents and Further Procedural
			Information
  168	659		Enhancement of Priority Document Exchange Program and USPTO Declaration Form
  169	662		Changes To Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual Property Offices
  170	672		Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
  171	674		Simplification of the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
  172	677		Addition of Japan Patent Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in
			Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
  173	681		Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application with a Non-English
			Specification and Other Miscellaneous Matters
  174	702		Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application Under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119(e), 120, 121,
			and 365(c)
  175	710		Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in Thailand
  176	711		Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed In India
  177	712		Right of Priority in Patent and Trademark Applications Available in Taiwan
  178	713		Implementation of the Global and IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program with
			Participating Offices
  179	717		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the Columbian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce
  180	718		Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program  to Implement PPH 2.0 with
			the Nicaraguan Registry of Intellectual Property
  181	719		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
  182	720		Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs between the United States Patent
			and Trademark Office and the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic
  183	721		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
  184	722		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program  to Implement PPH 2.0
			with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
  185	723		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
  186	724		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program  to Implement PPH 2.0
			with the Danish Patent and Trademark Office
  187	725		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
		
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  188	726		Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program with the Intellectual Property
			Office of the Phillipines
  189	727		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
  190	729		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
  191	730		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) 2.0 Pilot Program
  192	731		Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0 with the
			Portugal National Institute of Industrial Property
  193	732		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0
			with the Korean Intellectual Property Office
  194	733		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
  195	734		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the Icelandic Patent Office
  196	735		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)
  197	736		Continuation of Enhanced Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office
  198	737		Continuation of Enhanced Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and Participating Offices
  199	738		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic
  200	739		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
  201	741		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
  202	742		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce
  203	743		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
  204	744		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Israeli Patent Office
  205	745		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
  206	746		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP
			Australia based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  207	747		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
  208	748		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
  209	749		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
			Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
  210	750		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0
			with Participating Offices
  211	755		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
  212	756		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
  213	757		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Icelandic Patent Office
  214	758		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
  215	759		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
		
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			Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China
  216	760		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office
  217	761		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office
  218	762		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
			Austrian Patent Office based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  219	763		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
			Austrian Patent Office
  220	764		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Progarm between the USPTO and the
			Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks on Russia based on Patent
			Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  221	765		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the
			Hungarian Patent Office
  222	766		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Established by the United States Patent and
			Trademark Office and the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office
  223	767		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office
  224	768		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
  225	769		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
  226	770		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
  227	771		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
  228	772		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
  229	773		Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office and IP Australia
  230	774		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
  231	775		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
  232	776		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Israeli Patent Office
  233	777		Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent
			and Trademark Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
  234	778		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
  235	779		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP
			Australia
  236	780		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and IP Australia based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
  237	781		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
  238	782		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
  239	783		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and EPO
  240	784		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
  241	785		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia
  242	786		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Austrian Patent Office
  243	787		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
  244	788		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
  245	789		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
		
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  246	790		Notice Regarding Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the
			Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs
  247	792		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Hungarian Patent Office
  248	793		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and Finland
  249	794		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
  250	795		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 Japan Patent Office (JPO))
  251	796		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
  252	797		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
  253	798		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IPOS
  254	799		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the DKPTO
  255	800		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and EPO
  256	801		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
  257	807		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
  258	813		Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and IP
			Australia
  259	814		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
  260	820		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between
			the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office
  261	825		Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the CIPO
  262	826		Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
			Program in the USPTO (between the USPTO and the EPO)
  263	829		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office
  264	835		Extension Of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the USPTO and the UKIPO
  265	836		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and European Patent Office
  266	840		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and IP Australia
  267	845		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office
  268	850		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
  269	855		Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
			Program in the USPTO (between the USPTO and the UK IPO)
  270	857		Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and Trademark
			Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office
  271	861		Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between
			the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
  272	865		New Route Pilot Project between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the
			Japan Patent Office
  273	869		"Triway" Pilot Program among the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the European
			Patent Office, and the Japan Patent Office
  274	872		Changes to Permit Delayed Submission of Certain Requirements for Prioritized Examination
  275	880		Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination for Requests for Continued Examination
  276	886		Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination
			Timing Control Procedures Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
  277	895		Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination
			Timing Control Procedures
  278	910		Clarification of Criteria for Reissue Error in View of In re Tanaka
  279	912		Supplementary Examination Guidelines for Determining Compliance With 35 U.S.C. 112 and for
			Treatment of Related Issues in Patent Applications
  280	936		A New Pilot Program Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art
  281	942		Patent Examiner Technical Training Program
  282	946		Changes to Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004
  283	962		Examination Guidelines Update: Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After KSR v. Teleflex
  284	995		Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C. 103 in View of the
		
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			Supreme Court Decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
  285	1017		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)
  286	1030		Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 USC 112, ¶ 1, "Written
			Description" Requirement
  287	1053		Utility Examination Guidelines
  288	1065		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)
  289	1069		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
  290	1074		Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based
			Upon a Single Prior Art Reference
  291	1089		Examination of Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequences
  292	1092		Guidelines on Treatment of Product and Process Claims in light of In re Ochiai, In re
			Brouwer and 35 USC 103(b)
  293	1094		Means or Step Plus Function Limitation Under 35 USC 112, 6th Paragraph
  294	1100		Request for Comments Regarding Prior Art Resources for Use in the Examination of Software-
			Related Patent Applications
  295	1102		Subject Matter Eligibility of Computer Readable Media
  296	1103		Guidance on Searching and Examining PCT Applications Drawn to Computer-Implemented
			Inventions
  297	1104		Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications for Computer-Generated Icons
  298	1108		Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith American
			Invents Act; Correction
  299	1112		Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America
			Invents Act
  300	1180		Examination Guidelines for Implementing the First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of the Leahy-
			Smith America Invents Act
  301	1236		Changes to Implement the Supplemental Examination Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America
			Invents Act, and To Revise Reexamination Fees; Final Rule
  302	1284		Changes to Implement the Inventor’s Oath or Declaration Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
			America Invents Act; Final Rule
  303	1385		Changes to Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America
			Invents Act; Final Rule
  304	1418		Changes to Implement the Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Provision of the
			Leahy-Smith America Invents Act; Final Rule
  305	1466		Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty; Correction
  306	1469		Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty
  307	1547		Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program
  308	1551		Extension of the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program
  309	1555		Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program
  310	1559		Untimely Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) to Withdraw Holdings of Abandonment
  311	1563		Revised Procedures for Express Abandonments
  312	1564		Clarification of Application Revival Procedures (37 CFR 1.137)
  313	1567		Procedures for Restarting Response Periods
  314	1569		Withdrawing the Holding of Abandonment When Office Actions Are Not Received
  315	1570		Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive and Petitions to Withdraw the Holding of Abandonment
  316	1571		Changes to Practice for Petitions in Patent Applications to Make Special and For Accelerated
			Examination
  317	1579		Patent Application Publications May Now Include Amendments
  318	1580		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)
  319	1585		Reminder that Rescission of a Nonpublication Request is Not Itself a Notice of Foreign
			Filing
  320	1586		Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under Eighteen-Month
			Publication of Patent Applications
  321	1605		Assignment of Confirmation Number and Time Period for Filing a Copy of an Application by EFS
			for Eighteen-Month Publication Purposes
  322	1606		Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
  323	1607		Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
  324	1681		Revisions to Implement the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America
			Invents Act Technical Corrections Act
  325	1695		Revisions to Patent Term Adjustment
  326	1704		Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review
		
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  327	1717		Revision of the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Information Disclosure
			Statements
  328	1723		Treatment of Letters Stating that the USPTO's Patent Term Adjustment Determination is
			Greater than What the Applicant or Patentee Believes is Appropriate
  329	1725		Interim Procedure for Patentees to Request a Recalculation of the Patent Term Adjustment to
			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	1729		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	1731		Miscellaneous Changes in Patent Practice
  332	1765		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	1769		Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions
  334	1784		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	1786		Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee
			Due and Patent Front Page
  336	1788		Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment under Twenty-Year Patent Term
  337	1843		United States Patent and Trademark Office Bibliographic Information on Issued Patents and
			Published Patent Applications
  338	1845		Revised Procedure for Recording Search and Information Printed on the Face of Patent Under
			the Heading "Field of Search"
  339	1846		Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by the Office of Patent Publications
  340	1847		Processing of Papers Filed after Allowance of an Application
  341	1848		Payment of the Issue Fee and Filing Related Correspondence by Facsimile
  342	1850		Revision of the Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due Form (PTOL-85) Concerning a Previously
			Paid Issue Fee
  343	1852		Revision of the Notice of Allowance Form
  344	1854		Time Period for Paying Publication Fee if a Request for Continued Examination is Filed After
			a Notice of Allowance is Mailed
  345	1855		Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments, or Petitions after Payment of Issue Fee
  346	1857		Change to "Issue Notification" Procedure
  347	1858		Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director on Patents and Certificates of
			Correction
  348	1859		Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction When the Error is Attributable to the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office
  349	1860		Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim for Priority Under 35 USC 119
  350	1861		Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction on the United States Patent and
			Trademark Office Web Site for Later Listing with the Official Gazette
  351	1862		Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application Practice
  352	1888		Changes to Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional Applications
  353	1955		Revised Procedure for Preliminary Amendments Presented on Filing of a Patent Application
  354	1957		Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.121(c)
  355	1959		Amendments Permitted Under the Revised Amendment Practice and Treatment of Non-Compliant
			Amendments
  356	1961		Drawings in Patent Application Publications and Patents
  357	1962		Treatment of Amendments that if Entered Would Cancel All of the Claims in an Application
  358	1963		Patent Law Foreign Filing Amendments
  359	1972		Changes to Continued Prosecution Application Practice
  360	1977		Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Patent
			Applications
  361	1987		Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
  362	1991		Changes to Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st
			Century Strategic Plan (Final Rule)
  363	2124		Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals
  364	2125		Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
  365	2133		Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
  366	2292		Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure
  367	2449		Notice Concerning Payment of the Appeal Forwarding Fee under 37 CFR 41.45 and Improper Use
			of Deposit Account General Authorizations under 37 CFR 1.25(b)
  368	2451		Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Being Appealed
  369	2454		Clarification of the Date of Decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences under
			37 CFR 1.304
  370	2455		Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing Correspondence from the Board of Patent Appeals
			and Interferences
  371	2456		Extension of the Pilot Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Program
		
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  372	2457		New Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program
  373	2462		Public Attendance at Board Hearings
  374	2464		Revised Docketing Procedures for Appeals Arriving at the Board of Patent Appeals and
			Interferences
  375	2466		New Interference Search Procedure
  376	2467		Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting Interferences under 37 CFR § 41.202(a)
  377	2468		Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference Practice
  378	2471		Publication of Opinions and Orders Entered by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
  379	2472		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
  380	2476		Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Contingency Option
  381	2480		New Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration Regulations in EFS-Web
			and Private PAIR
  382	2482		Electronic Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted in Application, Patent and
			Reexamination Proceeding Matters
  383	2484		Electronic Office Action
  384	2490		Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
  385	2491		Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
  386	2493		Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence
  387	2506		USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References with Office Actions and
			Cease Supplying Paper Copies
  388	2511		Electronic Processing of Information Disclosure Statements
  389	2512		Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt Adding Indication Regarding Request to Retrieve
			Priority Information
  390	2513		Retirement of Electronic Filing System - Application Body Extensible Markup Language
			(EFS-ABX) and Electronic Packaging and Validation Engine (ePAVE) Components
  391	2515		USPTO Simplifies Electronic Filing System
  392	2516		Legal Framework for Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)
  393	2540		Customer Number Bar Code Labels and Papers with Shaded Portions will No Longer be Permitted
			in Correspondence for Patent Applications
  394	2542		Changes to Implement Electronic Maintenance of Office Patent Application Records
  395	2579		Electronic Submission of Information Disclosure Statements
  396	2582		Electronic Filing System Available to the Public
  397	2586		Treatment of Unlocatable Patent Application and Patent Files
  398	2598		Terminal Disclaimers Required to Overcome Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejections in
			Utility and Plant Applications Filed on or After June 8, 1995
  399	2600		Handling of Status Inquiries
  400	2601		Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program
  401	2608		Disclosure Document Program
  402	2610		Interpretation of 37 CFR §§ 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3)
  403	2613		Legal Processes
  404	2622		Interpretation of Registration of Agents and Representative for Director of Enrollment and
			Discipline in Disciplinary Proceedings
  405	2624		Service of Process; Testimony by Employees and the Production of Documents in Legal
			Proceedings
  406	2625		Cross-Appeals in Patent and Trademark Office Disciplinary Proceedings
  407	2627		Duty of Disclosure
  408	2655		Responsibilities of Practitioners Representing Clients in Proceedings Before The Patent and
			Trademark Office
  409	2658		Practitioner's Responsibilities to Avoid Prejudice to the Rights of a Client/Patent
			Applicant
  410	2659		USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited WO Document References in International
			Applications
  411	2660		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
  412	2662		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
  413	2663		Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities With Respect to
			Applications Filed in the USPTO
  414	2664		Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents to the International Bureau
  415	2665		USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited U.S. Patent References in International
		
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			Applications
  416	2666		Sequence Lisitings and Tables Related Thereto in International Applications Filed in the
			United States Receiving Office
  417	2668		Australian Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and Preliminary
			Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO
  418	2669		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 Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent
			Cooperation Treaty for Certain Applications Received by the United States Patent and
			Trademark Office
  419	2673		Korean Intellectual Property Office to Act as International Searching Authority and
			International Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by
			the USPTO
  420	2674		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
  421	2676		Search and Examination of International Applications Filed Under the Patent Cooperation
			Treaty
  422	2677		Notice Concerning European Patent Office Competence to Act as a Patent Cooperation Authority
  423	2688		Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Update
  424	2689		Clarification of Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
  425	2690		Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
  426	2694		Notices Regarding Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1)
  427	2695		Revision of the Time Limit for National Stage Commencement in the United States for Patent
			Cooperation Treaty Applications
  428	2705		Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure; Correction
  429	2707		Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
  430	2709		Announcement of Certain Amendments to the Regulations Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
			(PCT)
  431	2735		Announcement on the Starting Date of Operations under the Eurasian Patent Convention
  432	2737		Pre-Grant Publication Helpful Hint: File Continuation or Divisional Application with a New
			Specification and Copy of Oath or Declaration from Prior Application
  433	2738		Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications
  434	2742		New Product Available from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  435	2743		GLOBALPat and USAMark CD-ROM Products Now Available
  436	2744		Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents Removed From the Examiners' Search Rooms
  437	2746		Notification Regarding Voice Response System For Patent Maintenance Fees
  438	2747		Iraqi Sanctions Regulations
  439	2748		Elimination of Patent Search Templates
  440	2750		Changes in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office Notices and Changes in Display
			of Patent and Trademark Offices Notices Electronic Official Gazette
  441	2752		Notice of Publication of a 2002 Annual Index to the Electronic Official Gazette of the
			Patent and Trademark Office-Patents (eOG:P)
  442	2753		Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the United States Patent
			and Trademark Office - Patents
  443	2755		Most Publicly Available Provisional Applications Can Now Be Viewed Over the Internet
  444	2756		Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on the Web System on the
			United States Patent and Trademark Office Web Site
  445	2758		Financial Services Available Over the Internet
  446	2759		Posting a List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) Notices on the PTO Web Site
  447	2760		Interim Internet Usage Policy
  448	2764		Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  449	2788		Updated Lists of Exceptions to the Centralized Delivery and Facsimile Transmission Policy
			for Patent Related Correspondence
  450	2794		Update of Facsimile Submissions of Assignment Documents to the USPTO
  451	2797		Facsimile Submission of Assignment Documents is Now Available to PTO Customers

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ITEM	PAGE
NUMBER	NUMBER		TITLE OF THE NOTICE
 452	2802		Fastener Insignia Register To Be Posted On PTO Web Cite
 453	2803		Fastener Insignia Register
 454	2804		Recordal Fees Associated with the Fastener Quality Act
 455	2806		Request for Information to Aid in the Implementation of the
			Recordation Requirements of Section 8 of the Fastener Quality Act
 456	2808		Change in Practice Regarding Acceptance by USPTO of Bank Checks for
			Fees Payable to the International Bureau
 457	2809		Correspondence With the Madrid Processing Unit of the United States
			Patent and Trademark Office
 458	2812		New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related
			Correspondence
 459	2825		Modification to Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and
			Payment Rules for Certain Madrid Protocol-related Rules
 460	2828		Exam Guide No. 1-03 Changes Affecting All Applications and
			Registrations
 461	2842		Modification to Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and
			Payment Rules for Certain Madrid Protocol-Related Rules
 462	2845		Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and Payment Rules for
			Certain Madrid Protocol-Related Rules
 463	2848		Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid
			Protocol Implementation Act
 464	2909		Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid
			Protocol Implementation Act
 465	2950		Establishment of a Database Containing the Official Insignia of
			Federally and State Recognized Native American Tribes
 466	2954		Establishment of a Database Containing the Official Insignia of
			Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
 467	2957		International Trademark Classification Changes
 468	2962		International Trademark Classification Changes
 469	2966		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
 470	2967		Changes in the Requirements for Amendment and Correction of
			Trademark Registrations
 471	2972		Proposed Rule - Changes in the Requirements for Amendment and
			Correction of Trademark Registrations
 472	2977		Post Registration: Changes to Requirements for Maintaining
			Trademark Registrations
 473	3001		Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition
			of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the
			Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases
 474	3031		Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition
			of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the
			Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases
 475	3054		Changes in Rules Regarding Filing Trademark Correspondence by
			Express Mail or Under a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission
 476	3060		New Mailing Addresses for Letters of Protest and Native American
			Tribal Insignia Notifications
 477	3061		Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on
			Tuesday, January 2, 2007
 478	3062		Requirements To Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application
			Through the Trademark Electronic Application System
 479	3077		Requirements To Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application
			Through the Trademark Electronic Application System
 480	3086		Changes in Fees for Filing Applications for Trademark Registration
 481	3090		The Trademark Operation Will No Longer Accept Responses to Office
			Actions that are Transmitted by E-Mail
 482	3092		New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related
			Correspondence
 483	3105		Correction - New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of
			Trademark-Related Correspondence and Madrid Protocol Rules Change
		
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 484	3107		Reorganization of Correspondence and Other General Provisions
 485	3108		Reorganization of Correspondence and Other General Provisions
 486	3124		Correspondence With the United States Patent and Trademark Office
 487	3125		Amendment of Rule Regarding Filing of Trademark Correspondence via
			"Express Mail"
 488	3130		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
 489	3169		Trademark Examination Guides 01-09 and 02-09 on Deceptiveness
			Refusals
 490	3171		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
 491	3205		Institution of a Fee to File on Paper a Request for Reconsideration
			of a Final Office
 492	3209		Changes in the Requirement for a Description of the Mark in
			Trademark Applications
 493	3216		Changes in the Requirement for a Description of the Mark in
			Trademark Applications
 494	3220		Changes to Signature Options on TEAS Response to Office Action and
			Petition to Revive Forms
 495	3221		Changes to Representation of Others Before The United States Patent
			and Trademark Office
 496	3273		Changes in the Requirements for Filing Requests for Reconsideration
			of Final Office Actions in Trademark Cases
 497	3277		Exam Guide No. 1-03 Changes Affecting All Applications and
			Registrations
 498	3291		Exam Guide 2-06 Geographical Indications Used on Wines and Spirits
 499	3295		Notice of Reformatted Trademark Registration Certificate
 500	3296		Coming Soon: Lower-Cost Trademark Bulk Data from U.S. Patent and
			Trademark Office
 501	3297		Waiver of Pixel Requirement for Drawings Filed Electronically
 502	3299		Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered
			Marks That Include Design Elements from Trademark Search Library in
			Arlington, Virginia
 503	3306		Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered
			Word-Only Marks from Trademark Search Library in Arlington, Virginia
 504	3308		Request for Comments on Removal of Paper Search Collection of Marks
			That Include Design Elements
 505	3313		Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on
			the Web System on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Web
			Site - Revised
 506	3314		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
 507	3317		Invitation to the Public to Submit Suggestions Regarding Database
			Design Codes and Pseudo-Marks
 508	3319		Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on
			the Web System on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Web
			Site
 509	3321		THE RETENTION SCHEDULE FOR TRADEMARK RECORDS
 510	3325		Proposed Records Control Schedule
 511	3339		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules
 512	3384		Citation of Opinions to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
 513	3385		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules
 514	3409		Public Attendance At Board Hearings
 515	3411		ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AGREEMENT OR ORDER PROTECTING CONFIDENTIALITY OF
			INFORMATION REVEALED DURING BOARD PROCEEDING
 516	3412		PROVISIONS FOR PROTECTING CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION REVEALED
			DURING BOARD PROCEEDING
 517	3418		Standard Form Agreement or Order for Protecting Confidentiality of
			Information and Documents Disclosed During Proceedings Before the
			Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
 518	3419		Effect of December 1, 1993 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil
			Procedures on Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inter Partes
			Proceedings
 519	3422		Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board New
			Title for Members of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
 520	3423		Interlocutory Decisions by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
		
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 521	3424		Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Sixth Edition
 522	3425		Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of
			the United States Patent and Trademark Office-Trademarks
 523	3426		Electronic Publication of the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
 524	3428		Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments
 525	3438		Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Seventh Edition
 526	3439		Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Eighth Edition
 527	3440		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
 528	3442		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
 529	3443		Notice of Inclusion of Trademark Registration Certificate Maintenance
			Requirements Page in Trademark Document Retrieval Database
 530	3444		Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations
			of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
 531	3455		Coding of Design Marks in Registrations
 532	3457		Coding of Design Marks in Registrations
 533	3461		Notice Concerning Larger Than Usual Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)
 534	3462		Extension of Comment Period for Notice of Inquiry Regarding Adjustment
			of Fees for Trademark Applications
 535	3463		Extension of Comment Period for Request for Comments Regarding Amending
			the First Filing Deadline for Affidavits or Declarations of Use or
			Excusable Nonuse
 536	3464		Notice of Inquiry Regarding Adjustment of Fees for Trademark Applications
 537	3466		Request for Comments Regarding Amending the First Filing Deadline for
			Affidavits or Declarations of Use or Excusable Nonuse
 538	3469		International Trademark Classification Changes
 539	3474		Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations
			of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
 540	3496		Establishment of a One-Year Retention Period for Trademark-Related Papers
			That Have Been Scanned Into the Trademark Initial Capture Registration
			System
 541	3498		Additional Courtesy Electronic Mail Addresses Now Permitted for
			Trademark Correspondence
 542	3499		Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments
 543	3503		Reduction of Fees for Trademark Applications and Renewals
 544	3514		Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice and the Rules of
			Practice in Filings Pursuant to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid
			Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
 545	3531		Changes in Requirements for Collective Trademarks and Service Marks,
			Collective Membership Marks, and Certification Marks

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Index
				       INDEX

				       A

Abandonment:
     Express .............................................................................. 311
     Restarting Response Periods .......................................................... 313
     Revival .............................................................................. 312, 316
     Withdrawing the Holding .............................................................. 310, 314, 316
Accelerated Examination ................................................................... 316
Access:
     Patent Applications .................................................................. 320, 365
     U.S. Patent References, electronic ................................................... 387
Address:
     Fee .................................................................................. 112
     For Customer Window .................................................................. 3, 4
     For Service of Process ............................................................... 403, 405
     Office mailing ....................................................................... 1-10
Adjustment:
     Of Patent Term ....................................................................... 328-336
Advance Notice:
     Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page ....................................... 133
Allowance, Papers:
     Revision of Notice ................................................................... 342, 343
     Submitted After ...................................................................... 334, 339, 340
Amendments:
     Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant .................................................. 354
     In Patent Application Publications ................................................... 317
     Non-Entry if Canceling All Claims .................................................... 357
     Patent Application Publication May Now Include ....................................... 317
     Patent Law Foreign Filing ............................................................ 358
     Preliminary, Revised Format .......................................................... 353
America Invents Act, Leahy-Smith .......................................................... 96, 274-277, 298-304, 324
American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 ................................................. 285, 289
Amino Acid Disclosures .................................................................... 156-159
Animals, Patentability .................................................................... 139
Appeals:
     Clarification of Date of Decision under 37 CFR 1.304 ................................. 369
     Payment of Appeal Forwarding Fee ..................................................... 367
     Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program ............................................ 371-372
     Public Attendance at Hearings ........................................................ 373
     Revised Docketing Procedures ......................................................... 374
     Signatures No Longer Provided ........................................................ 370
     Treatment of Claims Not Being Appealed ............................................... 368
     Waiver of Appeal Forwarding Fee ...................................................... 92
Applicant Aid for Biotechnology ........................................................... 160
Application:
     Amendments Canceling All Claims ...................................................... 357
     Duplicate Filings .................................................................... 62
     Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings ......................................... 8
     Paper Size/Margin Requirements ....................................................... 134
     Receipt Acknowledgment ............................................................... 6, 7, 9
Application Data Sheet .................................................................... 365
Assignments:
     Availability on the Web .............................................................. 444
     Facsimile Submission ................................................................. 449-451
     Indexing ............................................................................. 85
     Issuance of the Patent to an Assignee ................................................ 84
     Recording Foreclosures ............................................................... 87
     Revision of Practice ................................................................. 81
     Taking Action in a Patent Matter ..................................................... 86
Attestation of Signature of Director, Discontinuance of ................................... 347
Authorization, Deposit Accounts ........................................................... 118


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				       B

Batch Update Practice, Elimination of ..................................................... 83
Benefit claims, timing of ................................................................. 320
Bibliographic Information on Patents and Published Applications ........................... 337
Biological Deposit ........................................................................ 157
Biotechnology:
     Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Apps ...................................... 156
     Computer Readable Form Sequence Listing .............................................. 158-160
     EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority ............................................. 422, 424-425
     Sequence Listing and/or Amino Acid Disclosures ....................................... 156-159, 416
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences:
     Availability of Interference Files ................................................... 378
     Contact for Suggesting Interferences ................................................. 376
     New Interference Search Procedure .................................................... 375
     Publication of Opinions .............................................................. 378
     Revised Docketing Procedures ......................................................... 374
     Simplification of Interference Requirements .......................................... 377
Business Size Standard for Regulatory Flexibility Analysis ................................ 75



				       C
Catastrophic:
     Events in Japan, Relief Available .................................................... 44
     Flooding in Thailand ................................................................. 42
CD-Rom, GLOBALPat & USAMark ............................................................... 435
Centralized Delivery, Facsimile ........................................................... 449
Certain Extraordinary Situations .......................................................... 77
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 .............................................. 62
     Treatment of Returned Correspondence ................................................. 9
Certification Requirements Regarding Export Administration Regulations .................... 381
Change in Publication Format of Official Gazette .......................................... 440
Changes to:
     Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program ............................................ 400
     Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence ................................ 386
     Implement Electronic Maintenance of Patent Records ................................... 394
     Implement First Inventor to File ..................................................... 298, 299
     Implement Micro Entity Status ........................................................ 94
     Implement the Patent Business Goals .................................................. 363-365
     Implement the Patent Law Treaty....................................................... 305-306
     Patent Practice and Procedure ........................................................ 347
     Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card ................................................ 114
     Practice for Documents Submitted ..................................................... 448
     Practice of Handling Applications Without Fees ....................................... 105
     Provisional Application .............................................................. 351, 352
     Representation of Others ............................................................. 81-82, 302
     Support Implementation of 21st Century Strategic Plan ................................ 362
Cited U.S. Patents, Electronic Access ..................................................... 387
Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application ......................................... 173, 174, 302, 320
Claims, Non-Entry of Amendments Canceling All Claims ...................................... 357
Clarification of:
     37 CFR 1.704(c)(10) .................................................................. 334
     Application Revival Procedures ....................................................... 312
     Date of Decision under 37 CFR 1.304 .................................................. 369
     Discretion in Reexamining Fewer Than All Patent Claims................................ 146
     Effective Date Provision in the Final Rule for Ex Parte Appeals ...................... 369
     Filing Date Requirements of Reexam Proceedings........................................ 148
     Interpretation of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ....................................... 318
     Notice Concerning EPO Competence ..................................................... 424
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     Reissue Error in View of In re Tanaka ................................................ 278
     Substantial New Question in Ex Parte Reexam .......................................... 145
Client/Patent Applicant ................................................................... 408, 409
Closing of PTO ............................................................................ 12-39
Color Drawings/Photographs ................................................................ 365
Commissioner for Patents, Delegation to ................................................... 305
Computer-Generated Icons .................................................................. 297
Computer-Implemented Inventions ........................................................... 296
Computer Readable Form Sequence Listings................................................... 158-160
Computer Readable Media ................................................................... 295
Conduct on PTO Premises ................................................................... 78
Confidential Information, Proper Filing ................................................... 130
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005, Implementation Changes............................ 101
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 ................................... 359-361
Correction of Inventorship ................................................................ 302, 365
Correspondence:
     Fee Address .......................................................................... 112
     First Class Mail ..................................................................... 9
     Post Card Receipts ................................................................... 5-7
CPI Adjustment for Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013 ....................................... 93
CREATE Act ................................................................................ 282
Credit Card Fee Payment ................................................................... 107-108, 113-114
Cross-Appeals in Disciplinary Proceedings ................................................. 406
Customer Numbers:
     Bar Code Labels No Longer Permitted .................................................. 393
     Extension of Payor Number Practice ................................................... 111
     For Fee Address ...................................................................... 112
Customer Service Window ................................................................... 3-4, 11, 26


				       D

Declarations:
     37 CFR 1.63 .......................................................................... 137, 302
     37 CFR 1.131 ......................................................................... 135
     Copy from Prior Application .......................................................... 432
     Enhancement of Form .................................................................. 168
Delegation to Commissioner for Patents .................................................... 305
Deposit Accounts:
     Authorizations ....................................................................... 118
     Charge of Refused Payment Where Authorized ........................................... 96
     General Authorizations ............................................................... 112
     Mailing of Monthly Statements ........................................................ 94
     Replenishing ......................................................................... 4, 102
Deposit of Biological Material ............................................................ 155
Design Application with Computer Generated Icons .......................................... 297
DH Technology, Fee Deficiency ............................................................. 89
Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive ................................................... 315
Disclosure Document Program ............................................................... 400-401
Disciplinary Proceedings .................................................................. 402-406
Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director .................................... 347
Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents from Search Rooms................................. 436
Disqualification of Prior Art ............................................................. 282, 398
Document Production ....................................................................... 405
Documents Required by Office of Patent Publications........................................ 339
Drawings:
     Black Ink ............................................................................ 356, 365
     Color ................................................................................ 365
     Corrected Drawings Submitted with Issue Fee via Facsimile............................. 341
     Patent Application Publications and Patents .......................................... 317, 322-323
     Proposed Change to Standards ......................................................... 366
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     Review of Patent Application Publications and Patents................................. 356
Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required ............................. 98
Duplicate Papers and Applications in view of Mail Delays .................................. 62
Duty of Disclosure ........................................................................ 407



				       E

e-Office Action ........................................................................... 383-385
Electronic:
     Access to Cited US Patent References ................................................. 387
     Availability of the Official Gazette ................................................. 440-442
     Delivery of Search Results from USPTO to EPO ......................................... 164
     Exchange of Priority Documents ....................................................... 165-172
     Filing of Patent Correspondence ...................................................... 386
     Filing System:
        Availability of ................................................................... 396
        Certification Requirements Regarding Export Administration Regulations............. 381
        Legal Framework for ............................................................... 392
        Simplification of ................................................................. 391
     Information Disclosure Statements .................................................... 389
     Maintenance of Records ............................................................... 356
     Publication of Certificates of Correction ............................................ 350
     Retirement of EFS-ABX ................................................................ 390
     Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted................................. 382
Elimination of:
     Batch Update ......................................................................... 83
     Continued Prosecution Applications Practice .......................................... 360
     Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Account ............................. 108
     Patent Search Templates .............................................................. 439
Emergency, U.S. Postal Service ............................................................ 41-61
Emergency Closure of Customer Service Window .............................................. 11, 26
Employee Testimony ........................................................................ 405
Examination Guidelines, First-Inventor-to-File ............................................ 300
Examination of Patent Applications:
     35 USC 102(d) ........................................................................ 161
     35 USC 102(e) ........................................................................ 285
     35 USC 103 in view of KSR ............................................................ 283, 284
     35 USC 103(b) ........................................................................ 292
     35 USC 103(c), Common Ownership ...................................................... 288, 289
     35 USC 112, Means Plus Function ...................................................... 293
     35 USC 112, Written Description ...................................................... 279, 286
     Nucleotide Sequences ................................................................. 291
     Species of Chemical Compositions ..................................................... 290
     Supplementary Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. 112 Compliance ................................ 279
     Utility Guidelines ................................................................... 287
Examiners’ Search Rooms, Disposal of Paper Copies ......................................... 436
Ex parte Reexamination Proceedings:
     Clarification of Filing Date Requirements ............................................ 148
     Electronic Signature and Initials by Officer Personnel Permitted in................... 382
     Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke US Patents ......................................... 154
     Office Discretion to Reexamine Fewer than All Patent Claims........................... 146
     Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Art.............................................. 150
Explanation of 37 CFR 1.703(f) ............................................................ 332
Export Administration Regulations ......................................................... 381
Express Mail .............................................................................. 45-56, 60-61, 63-73
Extraordinary Situation, Relief ........................................................... 77


				       F

Facilities Use Regulations ................................................................ 78
Facsimile Submission:
     Assignment Documents ................................................................. 450-451
     Centralized Delivery and Requirements ................................................ 449
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Federal Holidays, 1996 .................................................................... 40
Fee:
     Address .............................................................................. 112
     Appeal Forwarding Fee, Waiver of ..................................................... 92
     Application Size Fee ................................................................. 109
     Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 .............................................. 116
     Deficiency under 37 CFR 1.28 ......................................................... 89
     Duplicate Forms No Longer Required ................................................... 98
     Examination Fee ...................................................................... 109
     Maintenance Fee Statements ........................................................... 110
     Micro Entity Status .................................................................. 94
     Payment by Credit Card ............................................................... 107, 113-114
     Payment of Maintenance Fees by E-Mail, Pilot Program.................................. 90
     Payment of Maintenance Fees Over the Internet ........................................ 113
     Replenishing Deposit Accounts ........................................................ 2, 108
     Search Fee, Search Fee Refund ........................................................ 101, 109
     Unpaid Checks ........................................................................ 117
Fees Information .......................................................................... 89-118
File Contents Available on CD ............................................................. 88
Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a), Untimely ....................................... 315
Filing of Confidential Information, Reminder .............................................. 130
Filing Papers After Notice of Allowance ................................................... 340
Financial Services Over the Internet ...................................................... 445
First Action Interview Pilot Program ...................................................... 122-127
First Class Mail, Returned ................................................................ 9
First-Inventor-to-File:
     Changes to Implement ................................................................. 298-299
     Examination Guidelines for Implementing .............................................. 300
Foreclosures, Recordability ............................................................... 87
Foreign Filing License, Scope of .......................................................... 121
Forms, Duplicate Copy for Fee Processing No Longer Required ............................... 98
Freedom of Information and Privacy ........................................................ 76


				       G

GLOBALPat & USAMark CD-Rom ................................................................ 435
Guidelines:
     Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication ...................................... 322-323
     Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals ........................................... 363-365
     Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment .......................................... 335, 352
     Changes in Patent Practice ........................................................... 331
     Claims Directed to Species of
     Chemical Compositions ................................................................ 290
     Computer-Implemented Inventions ...................................................... 296
     Continued Prosecution Practice ....................................................... 359-361
     Design Application for Computer-Generated Icons ...................................... 297
     Determining Compliance with 35 U.S.C. 112 ............................................ 279
     Evidence of Common Ownership ......................................................... 288
     Examination Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. 102(e) .......................................... 285
     Examination of Patent Applications under 35 USC 112, paragraph 1 ..................... 286
     Implementation of Change to 35 USC 102(g) & 103(c) ................................... 285
     Means or Step Plus Function Limitation under 35 USC 112, 6th paragraph................ 284
     Utility Examination .................................................................. 282-293
     Written Description Requirement ...................................................... 286


				       H

Handling of Status Inquiries .............................................................. 399
Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications ................................ 433
Holidays, 1996 ............................................................................ 40
Hurricane Sandy, Relief Available ......................................................... 41



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				       I

Icons ..................................................................................... 297
In re Tanaka, Clarification of Reissue Error in View of ................................... 278
Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder’s Rights Certificates ................... 161
Indexing Assignments ...................................................................... 85
India, Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in ................ 176
Information Disclosure Statements:
     Electronic Processing ................................................................ 388
     Filed Electronically ................................................................. 395
     May Be Filed Without Copies .......................................................... 131
     Quick Path (QPIDS) Pilot Program ..................................................... 307
Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings:
     Changes to Implement ................................................................. 149
     Deadline for Filing Requests ......................................................... 140
     Filing Date Requirements ............................................................. 148
     Revised Guidelines ................................................................... 147
     Revision of Standard for Granting .................................................... 141
     Rules to Implement ................................................................... 141
        Delay in Effective Date ........................................................... 152
        Effective Date of Final Rule ...................................................... 153
     Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in...................................... 144
     Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests ................................................. 154
Interference:
     Contact for Matters Relating to Suggesting ........................................... 376
     New Search Procedure ................................................................. 376
     Publication of Opinions and Orders ................................................... 378
     Simplification of Certain Requirements ............................................... 377
International Applications:
     USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of U.S. Patent References....................... 415
     USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of WO References................................ 410
International Standard Code for a Patent Document ......................................... 132
Internet:
     Biosequence Information Filing ....................................................... 158
     Credit Card Payments ................................................................. 107
     Financial Services Available ......................................................... 446
     Interim Usage Policy ................................................................. 448
     Maintenance Fees, Payment ............................................................ 110, 113
     Provisional Applications, Availability ............................................... 443
     Usage Policy, Interim ................................................................ 447
Interpretation of:
     35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) ...................................................... 318
     35 U.S.C. 154(b)(2)(A) ............................................................... 332
     37 CFR 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3) ......................................................... 402
     "Original Application" in the AIPA of 1999 ........................................... 289
     Registration of Agents ............................................................... 404
Interruption, Postal Service .............................................................. 45-73
Invalidate Patents ........................................................................ 159
Inventor’s name, Procedures ............................................................... 136
Inventor’s Oath or Declaration Provisions, final rule ..................................... 302
Interview, First Action Pilot Program ..................................................... 122-127
Iraqi Sanctions Regulations ............................................................... 438
Issuance of a Patent to Assignee .......................................................... 84
Issue Fee:
     Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments or Petitions After Payment of........... 345
     Form ................................................................................. 335, 342
     Payment via Facsimile ................................................................ 341
     Preauthorized Payment ................................................................ 363-365

				       J

Japan, Relief Available for Catastrophic Events ........................................... 44
Joint Research Agreement .................................................................. 288
Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejections ............................................ 398
July 2009 Revision to PCT Procedures ...................................................... 99

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				       K

"Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents ........................................... 132

				       L

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ........................................................... 91-97, 276, 298-304
Legal:
     Framework for Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) ..................................... 392
     Proceedings, Testimony by Employees and Production of Documents in ................... 405
     Processes ............................................................................ 403
Lengthy Tables Published Differently, Notice .............................................. 129
License for Foreign Filing ................................................................ 121
Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities ........................ 413
List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) ...................................................... 446


				       M

Mail ...................................................................................... 1-73
Maintenance Fees:
     Payment over Internet ................................................................ 113
     Petitions to Accept Delayed Payment Due to Hurricane Katrina ......................... 104
     Pilot Program for Payment by E-Mail................................................... 90
     Statements no Longer Being Mailed for Internet Payment ............................... 110
     Voice Response System ................................................................ 437
Metric equivalents ........................................................................ 138
Micro Entity Status ....................................................................... 94
Miscellaneous Patent Changes .............................................................. 331
Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions, final rule .......................................... 303
Missing Parts Pilot Program ............................................................... 308

				       N

National Stage Commencement of PCTs, Timing In US ......................................... 426, 427
New Route Pilot Project ................................................................... 272
Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke Patents, Treatment of ................................... 154
Non-Delivery of Mail ...................................................................... 32
Nonpublication Request, Rescission Reminder ............................................... 319
Notice of Allowance:
     Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on ........................... 335
     Previously Mailed to Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina ............................. 57
     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 ................................... 444
Notice of Change(s):
     In Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the USPTO .......................... 440, 442
     In Publishing Patents and Publications with Sequence Listings ........................ 156
     Of Procedure for Recording Inventors’ Names .......................................... 136
     To Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination ................................... 120
     To "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent .................................. 133
Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexams ................ 146
Notice of Elimination of Batch Update ..................................................... 83
Notice of Foreign Filing, Reminder ........................................................ 319
Notice of Publication of 2002 Annual Index of Electronic Official Gazette ................. 441
Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt .............................................. 389
Notice of Right to Claim Priority:
     Based Upon Applications filed in India ............................................... 176
     Based Upon Applications filed in Thailand ............................................ 175
Notification of Voice Response System ..................................................... 437
Nucleotide Sequence ....................................................................... 156-160


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Oath:
     Information necessary to Identify Specification ...................................... 136
Office of Patent Publications, Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 ..................................... 339
Official Patent Application Records, Changes to............................................ 394
Official Closings ......................................................................... 11-39
Official Gazette is only Available Electronically ......................................... 440-442
Ombudsman Pilot Program.................................................................... 309
One-Year Retention Period for Patent-Related Papers ....................................... 379
Outgoing Correspondence, Electronic Notification of ....................................... 383-385
Overpayment of $25 or Less ................................................................ 116
Oversized Postcards ....................................................................... 5


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PALM Migration Pre-Exam Subsystem ......................................................... 79
Paper Copies of:
     U.S. Patent References, USPTO to Cease Supplying ..................................... 387
     Patents, Disposal of ................................................................. 436
     U.S. Patent References, USPTO to Cease Supplying in IAs............................... 415
     WO Documents, USPTO to Cease Supplying in IAs ........................................ 410
Papers that will part of official record (size, margins, etc.) ............................ 366
Paragraph Numbering ....................................................................... 366
Patent Business Goals ..................................................................... 363-365
Patent Cooperation Treaty:
     Australian Patent Office to Act as ISA ............................................... 417, 418
     Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents ............................................ 414
     EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority ............................................. 422, 424-425
     Eurasian Patent Convention ........................................................... 431
     Korean IPO to Act as ISA ............................................................. 419, 420
     Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1) ................................... 426
     USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of U.S. Patent References ...................... 387
Patent Correspondence, Electronic Filing of ............................................... 392
Patent Law Treaty, Changes to Implement ................................................... 305-306
Patent Practice Changes ................................................................... 331
Patent Prosecution Highway ................................................................ 178-271
Patent Search Templates, Elimination of ................................................... 439
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
     Revisions to Provisions of Leahy-Smith AIA Technical Corrections Act.................. 324
Payor Numbers ............................................................................. 111
Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card ..................................................... 114
Petitions:
     For Accelerated Examination .......................................................... 316
     To Accept a Delayed Maintenance Fee Payment due to Hurricane Katrina ................. 57
     To Make Special ...................................................................... 246, 316
     To Revive ............................................................................ 312, 315
     Under 37 CFR 1.181(a), untimely filed ................................................ 310
Pilot Program:
     Extended Time Period for Reply to Notice in Nonprovisional............................ 308
     First Action Interview ............................................................... 122-127
     New Maintenance Fee Payment by E-Mail ................................................ 90
     New Route Pilot Project .............................................................. 272
     Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) .................................. 307
     Patent Prosecution Highway ........................................................... 178-271
     Patents Ombudsman .................................................................... 309
     Pre-Appeal Brief ..................................................................... 371, 372
     "Tri-Way" Pilot Program .............................................................. 273
     Waiver of Patent Owner’s Statement in Ex parte reexam ................................ 143
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Plant Patents ............................................................................. 161-163
Post Card Receipt ......................................................................... 5-7
Post Office Box in Arlington, VA, Elimination of .......................................... 2
Power of Attorney Practice:
     Changes to ........................................................................... 81-82, 302
     Elimination of Batch Update .......................................................... 83
     Withdraw from Representation ......................................................... 80
Practitioners Before the PTO .............................................................. 408, 409
Pre-Appeal Brief Conference ............................................................... 371, 372
Pre-Exam Notice to; Deployment ............................................................ 79
Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties, final rule ...................................... 304
Preliminary Amendments .................................................................... 317, 353, 354, 357
Prioritized Examination:
     Changes to Implement for Requests for Continued Examination .......................... 275
     Changes to Implement Track I ......................................................... 276, 277
     Changes to Permit Delayed Submission of Certain Requirements.......................... 274
     Fee .................................................................................. 97
Priority:
     Claim, when made ..................................................................... 363
     Electronic Exchange of Documents ..................................................... 165-172
     Requirements for Claiming Under 18 Month Publication ................................. 174
     Right of priority in India ........................................................... 176
     Right of priority in Taiwan .......................................................... 177
     Right of priority in Thailand ........................................................ 174
     Using certificate of correction to perfect
     35 USC 119 claim ..................................................................... 349
     When made in an Application Data Sheet ............................................... 302
Procedure for Restarting Response Periods ................................................. 313
Production of Documents ................................................................... 405
Prior Art Resources Used in Examination of Software-Related Applications .................. 295
Proper Procedure Pursuant to MPEP 724.02 .................................................. 130
Provisions of 35 USC 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv), Interpretation of ............................. 318
PTO Closings .............................................................................. 11-39
Publication of Sequences .................................................................. 156
Publications, 18-Month:
     Final Rule ........................................................................... 363-365
     Helpful Hint, Pre-Grant Publication .................................................. 360
     Lengthy Tables Notice ................................................................ 120
     Publications May Now Include Amendments .............................................. 317
     Sequence Listings .................................................................... 156
     Reminder that Rescission is not Notice of Foreign Filing ............................. 319
     Requirements for Benefit Claims ...................................................... 174, 302
     USPTO’s Interpretation of 35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)-(iv) .......................... 318
Publication of Opinions/Order Entered by the BPAI ......................................... 378
Public Information, FOIA .................................................................. 76


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Quality Requirements of 37 CFR 1.52 and 1.84(f) and (g) ................................... 134
Question of Patentability for Second of Subsequent Reexam, Substantial New ................ 145
Questions & Answers:
     Facsimile of Assignment Documents .................................................... 451
Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program ......................... 307


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Receipts, Paper ........................................................................... 10
Receipts, Postcard ........................................................................ 5-7
Reexamination.............................................................................. 140-155
Refund of Overpayment ..................................................................... 116
Regulations:
     Certain Amendments Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty ............................... 430
     Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration ....................... 381
     Iraqi Sanctions ...................................................................... 438
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Business Size Standard ................................ 75
Reissue Error, Clarification in view of In re Tanaka ...................................... 278
Relief, Extraordinary Situations .......................................................... 41-44, 77
Request for Continued Examination:
     Change to Docketing .................................................................. 120
     Final Rules .......................................................................... 351
     Publication Fee and .................................................................. 344
Rescission of Nonpublication Request, reminder ............................................ 330
Restarting Response Periods ............................................................... 313
Revised Procedure for:
     Express Abandonments ................................................................. 311
Revival of Abandoned Applications ......................................................... 312, 315
Rule Changes:
     Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication Of Patent Application................. 322-323
     Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals ........................................... 363-365
     Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty............................................ 305-306
     Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment
     Under Twenty-Year Patent Term ........................................................ 336
     Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination for Requests for Continued
        Examination ....................................................................... 275
     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 ................................. 114
     Changes to Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit Of Biological Material ....... 157, 158
     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 .............................. 406
     Duty of Disclosure ................................................................... 407



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Sanctions, Iraqi .......................................................................... 438
Search Facilities in PTO:
     Regulations, Violations .............................................................. 78
September 15, 2012 Deadline for Requests for inter partes reexamination ................... 140
Sequence Listings:
     Applicant Aid for Submissions ........................................................ 160
     Biosequence Internet Filing .......................................................... 158
     Change in Publishing of Patents and Publications with ................................ 156
     Examination of Applications Containing ............................................... 291
     Requirements for Patent Applications Containing ...................................... 159
Service of Process ........................................................................ 405
Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees ......................................................... 91
Severe Earthquakes in Italy, Relief Available ............................................. 43
Signature of:
     Director, Discontinuance of Attestation on Patents ................................... 347
     Office Personnel – Electronic and Initials Permitted ................................. 382
Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing BPAI Correspondence ............................. 370
Simplification of:
     Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents ............................................ 171
     Requirements of Interference Practice ................................................ 377
Software-Related Patent Applications, Prior Art Resources Used............................. 295
Statements for Maintenance Fee Payment .................................................... 110
Status Inquiries .......................................................................... 399
Statutory Invention Registrations, Publication of Lengthy Tables .......................... 129
Strategic Plan, Changes to Support Implementation ......................................... 362
Sufficient Postage for Oversized Postcards ................................................ 5
Supplemental Examination Provisions, final rule ........................................... 301
Supplementary Examination Guidelines ...................................................... 279

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Tables Published Differently .............................................................. 129
Terminal Disclaimers:
     CREATE Act ........................................................................... 282
     Required, Judicially-Created Double Patenting Rejection .............................. 398
Thailand, Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in ............. 175
Trademark:
     Fastener Insignia Register ........................................................... 452-455
     Madrid Protocol ...................................................................... 456-464
     Native American Insignias ............................................................ 465-466
     Trademark Classification and Identification of Goods ................................. 467-469
     Trademark Post-Registration .......................................................... 470-472
     Trademark Correspondence and Fees .................................................... 473-487
     Trademark Examination ................................................................ 488-498
     Trademark Information and Services ................................................... 499-510
     Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ..................................................... 511-520
     Trademark Publications 2010 .......................................................... 521-525
     Trademark Publications 2011 .......................................................... 526-532
     Trademark Publications 2012 .......................................................... 533-542
     Trademark Publications 2014 .......................................................... 543-545
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 .................................... 154
Treatment of Unlocatable – Patent Application and Patent Files ............................ 397
"Triway" Pilot Program .................................................................... 273
Twenty-First Century Strategic Plan:
        Change to Support Implementation; Final Rule ...................................... 362


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United States Postal Service Emergency .................................................... 45-73
United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail ......................................... 32
Unlocatable Application and Patent Files .................................................. 397
Unpaid Fee Check .......................................................................... 117
Untimely Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) .................................................. 310
Upcoming Changes to Mailing of Deposit Account Statements.................................. 100
UPOV Convention ........................................................................... 162, 163
U.S. Patent References, Electronic Access ................................................. 387
Use of Facilities Regulations ............................................................. 78
Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications ............................... 138
User Passes ............................................................................... 78
Utility Examination Guidelines ............................................................ 287



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Voice Response System ..................................................................... 437



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Waiver of:
     37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by Office of Patent Pubs.......................... 339
     Appeal Forwarding Fee ................................................................ 92
     Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 ..................................................... 128
     Of Patent Owner’s Statement in Reexam, Pilot ......................................... 143
     Provisions of 37 CFR 1.8 and 1.10, Termination of .................................... 59
Website:
     Electronic Availability of the Official Gazette ...................................... 440-442
     Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction ................................. 350
     Elimination of Patent Search Templates................................................ 439
     List of Patents 37 CFR 1.607(d) ...................................................... 446
Withdrawal of Abandonments ................................................................ 310, 314
"Written Description" Requirements ........................................................ 286


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