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 Correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
5 25 Finance Customer Window to Permanently Close
6 26 Change of Mailing Address for Submitting Deposit Account Replenishments
7 27 Change of Mailing Address for Submitting Patent Maintenance Fee Payments
8 28 Renaming of Express Mail® to Priority Mail Express®
9 43 Oversized Postcards Must Be Submitted with Sufficient Postage
10 44 Post Card Receipt Reminder
11 45 Use of a Post Card as a Receipt for Correspondence in Patent-Related Matters
12 46 Filing of Papers During Unscheduled Closings of the Patent and Trademark
Office
13 47 Treatment of Correspondence Deposited as First Class Mail Pursuant to
37 CFR 1.8 and Returned by the U.S. Postal Service
14 48 Acknowledgement of Receipt of a Patent or Trademark Application
15 49 Shutdown of Certain Electronic Systems of the United States Patent
and Trademark Office on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 through Thursday,
December 24, 2015
16 50 Emergency Closing of the Customer Service Window on Wednesday, March 2, 2011
17 51 Change In Legal Holidays
18 52 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,
February 18, 2021
19 53 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,
December 24, 2020
20 54 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
December 24, 2019
21 55 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday,
February 20, 2019
22 56 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
January 14, 2019
23 57 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
December 24, 2018
24 58 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday,
December 5, 2018
25 59 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday,
March 21, 2018
26 60 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday,
March 2, 2018
27 61 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday
January 25, 2016 and Tuesday, January 26, 2016
28 62 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,
March 5, 2015
29 63 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
February 17, 2015
30 64 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday,
December 26, 2014
31 65 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
March 17, 2014
32 66 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
March 3, 2014
33 67 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,
February 13, 2014
34 68 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
January 21, 2014
35 69 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
December 10, 2013
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36 70 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday,
March 6, 2013
37 71 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
October 29, 2012 and Tuesday, October 30, 2012
38 72 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office from Monday,
February 8, 2010, through Thursday, February 11, 2010
39 73 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
December 21, 2009
40 74 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday,
December 26, 2008
41 75 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
December 24, 2007
42 76 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
January 2, 2007
43 77 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday,
June 11, 2004
44 78 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday,
December 26, 2003
45 79 Emergency Closure of the Customer Service Window on Friday,
October 10, 2003
46 80 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,
September 18, 2003 and Friday, September 19, 2003
47 81 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
February 18, 2003
48 82 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
December 24, 2001
49 83 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday January 25, 2000,
and Wednesday, January 26, 2000
50 84 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, December 26, 1997
51 85 United States Postal Service Non-Delivery of Mail
52 87 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, January 12, 1996
53 88 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, January 8, 1996
through Wednesday, January 10, 1996
54 89 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, April 27, 1994
55 90 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, January 20, 1994
and Friday, February 11, 1994
56 91 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Friday, Jan. 20, 1989
57 92 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Feb. 23, 1987
58 93 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, Jan. 26, 1987
59 94 Federal Government Holidays, 1996
60 95 Notice of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's COVID-19 Outbreak
Relief Relating to Restoring the Right of Priority or Benefit to Patent
Applicants
61 97 June 2020 Update Regarding Certain Patent-Related Timing Deadlines under the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and Other Relief Available to
Patent Applicants and Patentees
62 99 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Severe Coronavirus Outbreak in China
63 104 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak
64 106 Notice of Extended Waiver of Patent-Related Timing Deadlines under the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and Other Relief Available to
Patent Applicants and Patentees
65 110 Relief Available for Patentees in View of the COVID-19 Outbreak for Submission
of Initial Patent Term Extension Applications Filed Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 156
66 112 May 2020 Update Regarding Certain Patent-Related Deadlines under the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and Other Relief Available
to Applicants, Patent Owners, and Others
67 113 Notice of Waiver of Patent-Related Timing Deadlines under the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act
68 116 Relief Available to Plant Patent Applications in View of the COVID-19 Outbreak:
File Plant Patent Applications and Correspondence via USPTO Patent Electronic
Filing Systems
69 118 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak
70 120 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
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Owners Affected by the Severe Coronavirus Outbreak in China
71 125 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by Hurricane Irma
72 130 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by Hurricane Harvey
73 135 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Severe Earthquakes in the Southwest Region of Japan
74 138 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by Hurricane Sandy
75 141 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Catastrophic Flooding in Thailand
76 144 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Severe Earthquakes in Northern Italy
77 147 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Catastrophic Events of March 11, 2011 in Japan
78 150 Office Actions, Notices of Allowance, and Other Office Notices Previously
Mailed to Areas of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Florida Affected
by Hurricane Irma
79 151 Office Actions, Notices of Allowance, and Other Office Notices Previously
Mailed to Areas of Texas and Louisiana Affected by Hurricane Harvey
80 152 Office Actions and Notice of Allowances Previously Mailed to Areas of Alabama,
Louisiana, and Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Katrina
81 153 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
82 156 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
83 159 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
84 166 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
85 169 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
86 172 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
87 175 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
88 178 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
89 181 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
90 184 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. § 21(a)
91 187 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
92 190 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
93 193 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
94 196 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
95 199 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
96 202 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
97 205 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
98 208 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
99 211 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
100 213 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
101 216 Termination of the United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency
under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
102 217 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
103 220 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
104 223 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
105 226 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
106 227 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
and 37 CFR 1.10(i)
107 229 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
108 230 Processing of, and Requirements for, the Filing of Duplicate Applications and
Papers in Patent Applications in view of USPS Mail Delays
109 236 Termination of the Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States
Postal Service for mail addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx through 205xx
110 237 Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal Service for
Mail Addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx Through 205xx
111 239 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
112 240 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
113 241 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
114 242 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency
115 244 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in Connecticut
116 245 United States Postal Service Emergency in the State of California Terminated
117 246 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in the State of
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118 247 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency in Los Angeles
119 248 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in South Florida
120 249 Notice of Delegation to Commissioner for Patents
121 250 Business Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark
Office Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations
122 257 Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy
123 286 Relief in Certain Extraordinary Situations
124 287 Rules Concerning Conduct on Patent and Trademark Premises
125 289 Change in Procedure for Requests to Withdraw from Representation in a Patent
Application
126 293 Revision of Power of Attorney and Assignment Practice
127 324 Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and
Trademark Office
128 342 Notice of Elimination of Batch Update Practice to Change Power of Attorney
129 343 Issuance of a Patent to an Assignee
130 344 Recordability of Foreclosures for Assignment Purposes
131 345 Announcement of Final Rule to Set or Adjust Patent Fees
132 346 Original Utility Patents Not Surrendered by Reissue and All Reissue Patents
in the Reissue Patent Family Require Separate Maintenance Fee Payments
133 347 Cash Payment Method Will No Longer Be Accepted
134 348 USPTO Enhances Deposit Account Transaction Security for Paper Fee Payments
and Authorizations
135 350 Notice to Customers Making Payments by Checks
136 351 New Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront and Termination of the Maintenance
Fee Payment by E-Mail Pilot Program
137 353 Announcement of Final Rule to Set or Adjust Patent Fees
138 354 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
139 355 CPI Adjustment of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013
140 371 Changes to Implement Micro Entity Status for Paying Patent Fees
141 399 Fee for Filing a Patent Application Other Than by the Electronic Filing System
142 404 Notice of Availability of Patent Fee Changes Under the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act
143 414 Notice of Establishment of a Prioritized Examination Fee
144 415 Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required
145 416 Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and
Search Fees
146 426 Upcoming Changes to the Mailing of Monthly Deposit Account Statements
147 427 Changes to Implement the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
148 435 The Fee under 37 CFR 1.21(m) for Processing a Refused Payment may be Charged
to a Deposit Account Authorized to be Charged
149 436 New or Modified Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) User Accounts Must Pass
Verification Test
150 437 Petitions to Accept a Delayed Patent Maintenance Fee Payment where Non-Payment
was due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina
151 438 Changes to the Practice of Handling Patent Applications Filed Without
Appropriate Fees
152 450 Revision of Search and Examination Fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty
Applications Entering the National Stage of the United States
153 457 Credit Card Payments Submitted over the USPTO Internet
154 458 Elimination of Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Accounts
155 462 Changes to Implement the Patent Fee Related Provisions of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2005
156 489 Maintenance Fee Statements are No Longer Being Mailed for Maintenance Fees
Paid over the Internet
157 490 Extension of the Payor Number Practice (through "Customer Numbers") to Matters
Involving Pending Patent Applications
158 498 Customer Number Required in order to Establish a Fee Address
159 500 Payment of Patent Maintenance Fees over the Internet
160 502 Changes to Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Fees by Credit Card
161 509 Fees for Patent and Trademark Copies
162 512 Automatic Refund of Overpayments of $25 or Less for a Limited Refund
163 513 Treatment of Fee Deficiency Submissions under 37 CFR 1.28(c) in view of the
Federal Circuit decision in DH Technology
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164 514 Unpaid Fee Checks
165 515 Deposit Account Authorizations
166 516 Changes to Pre-Examination Notices
167 519 Conducting an Interview with a Registered Practitioner Acting in a Representative
Capacity
168 520 Notice of Change to Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination
169 521 Scope of Foreign Filing Licenses
170 523 Replacement Notice: Copies of Patent Application Records will be Provided in both
Electronic and Paper Form
171 524 Waiver of the Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 for Cited Pending U.S. Patent
Applications
172 525 Notice that Lengthy Tables will be Published Differently in Patents, Statutory
Invention Registrations and Patent Application Publications
173 528 Reminder of the Proper Procedure for Filing Confidential Information Pursuant to
MPEP 724.02
174 530 Information Disclosure Statements May Be Filed Without Copies of U.S. Patents and
Published Applications in Patent Applications filed after June 30, 2003
175 531 "Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents
176 533 Advance Notice of Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent
177 535 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)
178 538 Identification of Affidavits/Declarations Filed Under 37 CFR 1.131 Which Establish
a Date of Invention In a NAFTS or WTO Member Country
179 539 Notice of Change of Procedure for Recording Inventors' Names
180 540 Information on Oath/Declaration Necessary to Identify the Specification for an
Application filed under 35 USC 111 in Accordance with 37 CFR 1.63
181 542 Use of Metric System of Measurements in Patent Applications
182 543 Animals - Patentability
183 544 September 15, 2012 Deadline to File Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination
Proceedings and Modification of Notice of Failure to Comply Form
184 546 Revision of Standard for Granting an Inter Partes Reexamination Request
185 554 Elimination of the Listing of Prior Art Documents on Reexamination Certificates
186 555 Pilot Program for Waiver of Patent Owner's Statement in Ex Parte Reexamination
Proceedings
187 558 Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in Inter Partes Reexamination
Proceedings
188 560 Clarification on the Procedure for Seeking Review of a Finding of a Substantial
New Question of Patentability in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
189 563 Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexamining
Fewer Than All the Patent Claims
190 567 Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and
Inter Partes Reexamination
191 599 Clarification of Filing Date Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes
Reexamination Proceedings
192 608 Changes to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical
Amendments to the Patent Statute
193 634 Revised Guidelines for Usage of Previously Cited/Considered Prior Art in
Reexamination
194 637 Effective Date of the Final Rule Entitled Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes
Reexamination Proceedings
195 638 Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings: Delay of
Effective Date
196 639 Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
197 700 Treatment of Non-Conforming Requests to Revoke or Invalidate U.S. Patents
198 701 Changes to Requirements for Seed Deposits at the Provasoli-Guillard National Center
for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
199 702 Changes to Requirements for Seed Deposits at American Type Culture Collection and
Advanced Notice of Change to Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
200 703 Notice of Change in Publishing of Patents and Patent Application Publications with
Sequence Listings
201 705 Changes in the Time Period for Making any Necessary Deposit of Biological Material
202 710 Biosequence Internet Filing Related to: 37 CFR 1.84 Form and Format for Nucleotide
and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submissions in Computer Readable Form
203 713 Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino
Acid Disclosures
204 746 Applicant Aid for Biotechnology Computer Readable Form (CRF) Sequence Listing
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Submissions
205 747 Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights Certificates
206 748 Taking Effect in the United States of the International Convention for the
Protection of New Varieties of Plants
207 749 United States Adherence to the International Union for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
208 750 United States Patent and Trademark Office to Deposit Certified Copies of U.S. Design
Applications as Priority Documents via the WIPO DAS (World Intellectual Property
Organization Digital Access Service)
209 752 Change in the Electronic Retrieval Method for Priority Documents between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the State Intellectual Property Office
of the People's Republic Of China
210 753 Change in Practice Regarding Correction of Foreign Priority Claims
211 756 Electronic Delivery of Search Results from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office to the European Patent Office
212 758 Addition of World Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual
Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
213 759 Addition of Korean Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual
Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents and Further Procedural
Information
214 763 Enhancement of Priority Document Exchange Program and USPTO Declaration Form
215 766 Changes To Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual Property Offices
216 776 Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
217 778 Simplification of the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
218 781 Complete Transition to WIPO DAS for the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
Between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
219 782 Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application with a Non-English
Specification and Other Miscellaneous Matters
220 803 Claiming the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application Under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119(e), 120, 121,
and 365(c)
221 811 Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed in Thailand
222 812 Notice of Right to Claim Priority Based Upon Applications Previously Filed In India
223 813 Right of Priority in Patent and Trademark Applications Available in Taiwan
224 814 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program Between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Romanian State Office for Inventions
and Trademarks
225 815 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property of the Kindgom of
Saudi Arabia
226 816 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program Between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial
Property
227 817 Updated Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program Between the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil
228 818 Continuation of the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program with the IP5
Offices
229 819 Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program to Implement PPH 2.0
with the Nicaraguan Registry of Intellectual Property
230 820 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) 2.0 Pilot Program
231 821 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)
232 822 Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial
Property
233 823 Notice Regarding Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under
the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs
234 825 Changes to Permit Delayed Submission of Certain Requirements for Prioritized
Examination
235 832 Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination for Requests for Continued
Examination
236 838 Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced
Examination Timing Control Procedures Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
237 847 Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced
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Examination Timing Control Procedures
238 862 October 2019 Patent Eligibility Guidance Update
239 864 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance
240 880 Clarification of Criteria for Reissue Error in View of In re Tanaka
241 882 Supplementary Examination Guidelines for Determining Compliance With 35 U.S.C. 112
and for Treatment of Related Issues in Patent Applications
242 906 Access to Relevant Prior Art Initiative
243 912 Changes to Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004
244 928 Examination Guidelines Update: Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After
KSR v. Teleflex
245 961 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)
246 974 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
247 979 Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions
Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference
248 994 Examination of Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequences
249 997 Guidelines on Treatment of Product and Process Claims in light of In re Ochiai,
In re Brouwer and 35 USC 103(b)
250 999 Examining Computer-Implemented Functional Claim Limitations in Compliance With
35 U.S.C. 112
251 1009 Subject Matter Eligibility of Computer Readable Media
252 1010 Guidance on Searching and Examining PCT Applications Drawn to Computer-Implemented
Inventions
253 1011 Changes to Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of
Industrial Designs
254 1112 Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications for Computer-Generated
Icons
255 1116 Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
American Invents Act; Correction
256 1120 Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act
257 1188 Examination Guidelines for Implementing the First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of
the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
258 1244 Changes to Implement the Supplemental Examination Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act, and To Revise Reexamination Fees; Final Rule
259 1292 Changes to Implement the Inventor’s Oath or Declaration Provisions of the
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act; Final Rule
260 1393 Changes to Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act; Final Rule
261 1426 Changes to Implement the Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Provision of the
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act; Final Rule
262 1474 Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty; Correction
263 1477 Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty
264 1555 "Patents 4 Partnerships" IP Marketplace Platform Pilot Program
265 1556 Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program
266 1560 Expiration of the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program
267 1562 Untimely Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) to Withdraw Holdings of
Abandonment
268 1566 Revised Procedures for Express Abandonments
269 1567 Clarification of Application Revival Procedures (37 CFR 1.137)
270 1570 Procedures for Restarting Response Periods
271 1572 Withdrawing the Holding of Abandonment When Office Actions Are Not Received
272 1573 Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive and Petitions to Withdraw the Holding of
Abandonment
273 1574 Changes in Accelerated Examination Practice
274 1579 Changes to Practice for Petitions in Patent Applications to Make Special and For
Accelerated Examination
275 1587 Patent Application Publications May Now Include Amendments
276 1588 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)
277 1593 Reminder that Rescission of a Nonpublication Request is Not Itself a Notice of
Foreign Filing
278 1594 Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under
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Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
279 1613 Assignment of Confirmation Number and Time Period for Filing a Copy of an
Application by EFS for Eighteen-Month Publication Purposes
280 1614 Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
281 1615 Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
282 1689 Patent Term Adjustment Procedures in View of the Federal Circuit Decision in
Supernus Pharm., Inc. v. Iancu
283 1693 Interim Procedure for Requesting Recalculation of the Patent Term Adjustment
With Respect to Information Disclosure Statements Accompanied by a Safe
Harbor Statement
284 1697 Revision of Certificate of Extension Language Regarding Original Patent
Expiration Date
285 1698 Changes to Patent Term Adjustment in View of the Federal Circuit Decision
in Novartis v. Lee
286 1717 Revisions to Implement the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act Technical Corrections Act
287 1731 Revisions to Patent Term Adjustment
288 1740 Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review
289 1753 Revision of the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Information
Disclosure Statements
290 1759 Treatment of Letters Stating that the USPTO's Patent Term Adjustment
Determination is Greater than What the Applicant or Patentee Believes
is Appropriate
291 1761 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)
292 1765 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
293 1767 Miscellaneous Changes in Patent Practice
294 1801 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)
295 1805 Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions
296 1820 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
297 1822 Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on Notice of Allowance
and Issue Fee Due and Patent Front Page
298 1824 Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment under Twenty-Year Patent Term
299 1879 United States Patent and Trademark Office Bibliographic Information on Issued
Patents and Published Patent Applications
300 1881 Revised Procedure for Recording Search and Information Printed on the Face of
Patent Under the Heading "Field of Search"
301 1882 Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by the Office of Patent
Publications
302 1883 Processing of Papers Filed after Allowance of an Application
303 1884 Payment of the Issue Fee and Filing Related Correspondence by Facsimile
304 1886 Revision of the Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due Form (PTOL-85) Concerning
a Previously Paid Issue Fee
305 1888 Revision of the Notice of Allowance Form
306 1890 Time Period for Paying Publication Fee if a Request for Continued Examination is
Filed After a Notice of Allowance is Mailed
307 1891 Filing of Continuing Applications, Amendments, or Petitions after Payment of
Issue Fee
308 1893 Change to "Issue Notification" Procedure
309 1894 Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director on Patents and
Certificates of Correction
310 1895 Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction When the Error is Attributable
to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
311 1896 Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim for Priority Under 35 USC 119
312 1897 Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction on the United States Patent
and Trademark Office Web Site for Later Listing with the Official Gazette
313 1898 Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional
Application Practice
314 1924 Changes to Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional Applications
315 1991 Revised Procedure for Preliminary Amendments Presented on Filing of a Patent
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316 1993 Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.121(c)
317 1995 Amendments Permitted Under the Revised Amendment Practice and Treatment of
Non-Compliant Amendments
318 1997 Drawings in Patent Application Publications and Patents
319 1998 Treatment of Amendments that if Entered Would Cancel All of the Claims in an
Application
320 1999 Patent Law Foreign Filing Amendments
321 2008 Changes to Continued Prosecution Application Practice
322 2013 Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and
Plant Patent Applications
323 2023 Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
324 2027 Changes to Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office 21st Century Strategic Plan (Final Rule)
325 2160 Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals
326 2161 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
327 2169 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
328 2328 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure
329 2485 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)
330 2487 Notice Concerning Unavailiability to the Public of the Patent Review
Processing System on December 16-18, 2014
331 2488 Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Being Appealed
332 2491 Clarification of the Date of Decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences under 37 CFR 1.304
333 2492 Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing Correspondence from the Board of
Patent Appeals and Interferences
334 2493 Extension of the Pilot Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Program
335 2494 New Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program
336 2499 Public Attendance at Board Hearings
337 2501 Revised Docketing Procedures for Appeals Arriving at the Board of Patent
Appeals and Interferences
338 2503 Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference Practice
339 2506 Publication of Opinions and Orders Entered by the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences
340 2507 New Web System for Ordering Certified Copies of Patent and Trademark Documents
341 2508 Authentication Changes for Registered Users of EFS-Web and Private PAIR
342 2512 Filing Patent Applications Electronically During Designated Significant
Outages of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Electronic Business
Systems
343 2515 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
344 2519 Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Contingency Option
345 2523 New Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration Regulations
in EFS-Web and Private PAIR
346 2525 Electronic Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted in Application,
Patent and Reexamination Proceeding Matters
347 2527 Notice Announcing Inclusion of International Design Applications in the
Electronic Office (e-Office) Action Program
348 2528 Electronic Office Action
349 2534 Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
350 2535 Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action)
351 2537 Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence
352 2550 USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References with
Office Actions and Cease Supplying Paper Copies
353 2555 Electronic Processing of Information Disclosure Statements
354 2556 Changes to Facilitate Applicant's Authorization of Access to Unpublished
U.S. Patent Applications by Foreign Intellectual Property Offices
355 2568 Change in the Electronic Retrieval Method for Priority Documents between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual
Property Office
356 2569 Notice of Recent Amendment to Filing Receipt Adding Indication Regarding
Request
to Retrieve Priority Information
357 2570 Retirement of Electronic Filing System - Application Body Extensible Markup
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Language (EFS-ABX) and Electronic Packaging and Validation Engine (ePAVE)
Components
358 2572 USPTO Simplifies Electronic Filing System
359 2573 Updated Legal Framework for Patent Electronic System
360 2575 Customer Number Bar Code Labels and Papers with Shaded Portions will No Longer
be Permitted in Correspondence for Patent Applications
361 2577 Changes to Implement Electronic Maintenance of Office Patent Application
Records
362 2614 Electronic Submission of Information Disclosure Statements
363 2617 Electronic Filing System Available to the Public
364 2621 Treatment of Unlocatable Patent Application and Patent Files
365 2633 Terminal Disclaimers Required to Overcome Judicially-Created Double Patenting
Rejections in Utility and Plant Applications Filed on or After June 8, 1995
366 2635 Handling of Status Inquiries
367 2636 Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program
368 2643 Disclosure Document Program
369 2645 Interpretation of 37 CFR §§ 11.7(d)(2) and (d)(3)
370 2648 Legal Processes
371 2657 Interpretation of Registration of Agents and Representative for Director of
Enrollment and Discipline in Disciplinary Proceedings
372 2659 Service of Process; Testimony by Employees and the Production of Documents
in Legal Proceedings
373 2660 Cross-Appeals in Patent and Trademark Office Disciplinary Proceedings
374 2662 Duty of Disclosure
375 2690 Responsibilities of Practitioners Representing Clients in Proceedings Before
The Patent and Trademark Office
376 2693 Practitioner's Responsibilities to Avoid Prejudice to the Rights of a
Client/Patent Applicant
377 2694 Patent Cooperation Treaty Collaborative Search and Examination Pilot Project
between the IP5 Offices
378 2698 July 2017 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures
379 2704 Use of WIPO's ePCT System for Preparing the PCT Request for Filing as Part of
an International Application with the USPTO as Receiving Office
380 2707 Arrangement between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the
Japan Patent Office Concerning Action of the Japan Patent Office as an
International Searching Authority and Preliminary Examining Authority under
the Patent Cooperation Treaty for International Applications Received by the
United States Patent and Trademark Office
381 2712 Notice Concerning the Japan Patent Office's Action as an International
Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for
International Applications Received by the United States Patent and T
rademark Office
382 2713 Modification of the Arrangement between the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office Concerning Action of the Japan
Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and Preliminary
Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for International
Applications Received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
383 2715 USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited WO Document References in
International Applications
384 2716 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
385 2718 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
386 2719 Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities With
Respect to Applications Filed in the USPTO
387 2720 Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents to the International Bureau
388 2721 USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited U.S. Patent References in
International Applications
389 2722 Sequence Lisitings and Tables Related Thereto in International Applications
Filed in the United States Receiving Office
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390 2724 Australian Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and
Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received
by the USPTO
391 2725 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
392 2729 Korean Intellectual Property Office to Act as International Searching
Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for
International Applications Received by the USPTO
393 2730 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
394 2732 Search and Examination of International Applications Filed Under the
Patent Cooperation Treaty
395 2733 Notice Concerning European Patent Office Competence to Act as a Patent
Cooperation Treaty Authority
396 2744 Clarification of Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
397 2745 Notices Regarding Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1)
398 2746 Revision of the Time Limit for National Stage Commencement in the United
States for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications
399 2756 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure; Correction
400 2758 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
401 2760 Announcement of Certain Amendments to the Regulations Under the Patent
Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
402 2786 Announcement on the Starting Date of Operations under the Eurasian
Patent Convention
403 2788 Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications
404 2792 New Product Available from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
405 2793 Disposal of Paper Copies of U.S. Patents Removed From the
Examiners' Search Rooms
406 2795 Notification Regarding Voice Response System For Patent Maintenance Fees
407 2796 Iraqi Sanctions Regulations
408 2797 Elimination of Patent Search Templates
409 2799 Changes in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office Notices and
Changes in Display of Patent and Trademark Offices Notices Electronic
Official Gazette
410 2801 Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office - Patents
411 2803 Most Publicly Available Provisional Applications Can Now Be Viewed Over
the Internet
412 2804 Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on the
Web System on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Web Site
413 2806 Financial Services Available Over the Internet
414 2807 Posting a List of Patents with 37 CFR 1.607(d) Notices on the PTO Web Site
415 2808 Change to Internet Usage Policy to Permit Oral Authorization for Video
Conferencing Tools by Patent Examiners
416 2810 Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent
and Trademark Office
417 2834 Updated Lists of Exceptions to the Centralized Delivery and Facsimile
Transmission Policy for Patent Related Correspondence
418 2840 Update of Facsimile Submissions of Assignment Documents to the USPTO
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