List of Patent Notices
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NUMBER NUMBER TITLE OF THE NOTICE
1 11 Operating Hours of the USPTO Patent Customer Service Window
2 12 Relocation of the Customer Service Window for Patent-Related Correspondence
3 13 Renaming of Express Mail® to Priority Mail Express®
4 28 Use of a Post Card as a Receipt for Correspondence in Patent-Related Matters
5 29 Shutdown of Certain Electronic Systems of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 through Thursday, December 24, 2015
6 30 Emergency Closing of the Customer Service Window on Wednesday, March 2, 2011
7 31 Change In Legal Holidays
8 32 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, January 6,
2025, and Tuesday, January 7, 2025
9 33 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,
January 9, 2025
10 34 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
December 24, 2024
11 35 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
January 16, 2024
12 36 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday,
January 7, 2022
13 37 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
January 3, 2022
14 38 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,
February 18, 2021
15 39 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,
December 24, 2020
16 40 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
December 24, 2019
17 41 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday,
February 20, 2019
18 42 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
January 14, 2019
19 43 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
December 24, 2018
20 44 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday,
December 5, 2018
21 45 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday,
March 21, 2018
22 46 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday,
March 2, 2018
23 47 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday January 25,
2016 and Tuesday, January 26, 2016
24 48 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,
March 5, 2015
25 49 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
February 17, 2015
26 50 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday,
December 26, 2014
27 51 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
March 17, 2014
28 52 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
March 3, 2014
29 53 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,
February 13, 2014
30 54 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
January 21, 2014
31 55 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
December 10, 2013
32 56 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday,
March 6, 2013
33 57 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
October 29, 2012 and Tuesday, October 30, 2012
34 58 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office from Monday,
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35 59 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
December 21, 2009
36 60 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday,
December 26, 2008
37 61 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
December 24, 2007
38 62 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
January 2, 2007
39 63 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday,
June 11, 2004
40 64 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday,
December 26, 2003
41 65 Emergency Closure of the Customer Service Window on Friday, October 10, 2003
42 66 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,
September 18, 2003 and Friday, September 19, 2003
43 67 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday,
February 18, 2003
44 68 Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday,
December 24, 2001
45 69 Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday January 25, 2000, and
Wednesday, January 26, 2000
46 70 Relief Available to Federal Agencies that are Patent Applicants, Patentees, and
Reexamination Parties Impacted by the Lapse of Appropriated Funding Beginning
October 1, 2025
47 73 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees, Reexamination
Parties, and Registered Trademark Owners Affected by the Wildfires in California
48 79 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees, Reexamination
Parties, and Registered Trademark Owners Affected by the Severe Flooding
Impacting the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
49 85 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees, Reexamination
Parties, and Registered Trademark Owners Affected by the Severe Earthquake
Impacting Japan
50 91 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees, Reexamination
Parties, and Registered Trademark Owners Affected by the Wildfires in Hawai'i
51 97 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees, Reexamination
Parties, and Registered Trademark Owners Affected by the Severe Earthquake
impacting Turkiye and Syria
52 103 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees, Reexamination
Parties, and Registered Trademark Owners Affected by the Russian Invasion of
Ukraine
53 109 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
54 111 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
55 113 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Severe Coronavirus Outbreak in China
56 118 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak
57 120 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
58 124 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
59 126 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
60 127 Notice of Waiver of Patent-Related Timing Deadlines under the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act
61 130 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by Hurricane Irma
62 135 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by Hurricane Harvey
63 140 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Severe Earthquakes in the Southwest Region of Japan
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64 143 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by Hurricane Sandy
65 146 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Catastrophic Flooding in Thailand
66 149 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Severe Earthquakes in Northern Italy
67 152 Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark
Owners Affected by the Catastrophic Events of March 11, 2011 in Japan
68 155 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
69 156 Office Actions, Notices of Allowance, and Other Office Notices Previously Mailed
to Areas of Texas and Louisiana Affected by Hurricane Harvey
70 157 Office Actions and Notice of Allowances Previously Mailed to Areas of Alabama,
Louisiana, and Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Katrina
71 158 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency Under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
72 161 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency Under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
73 164 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency Under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
74 167 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency Under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
75 172 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency Under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
76 177 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
77 180 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
78 183 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
79 190 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
80 193 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
81 196 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
82 199 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
83 202 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
84 205 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
85 208 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. § 21(a)
86 211 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
87 214 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
88 217 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
89 220 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
90 223 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
91 226 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
92 229 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
93 232 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
94 235 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
95 237 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
96 240 Termination of the United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under
35 U.S.C. 21(a)
97 241 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
98 244 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
99 247 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
100 250 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
101 251 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
and 37 CFR 1.10(i)
102 253 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
103 254 Processing of, and Requirements for, the Filing of Duplicate Applications and
Papers in Patent Applications in view of USPS Mail Delays
104 260 Termination of the Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States
Postal Service for mail addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx through 205xx
105 261 Suspension of the "Express Mail" Service of United States Postal Service for
Mail Addressed to ZIP Codes 202xx Through 205xx
106 263 United States Postal Service Interruptions and Emergency Terminated
107 264 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
108 265 Notice Concerning Safety of USPTO Mailings
109 266 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency
110 268 United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency in Connecticut
111 269 Business Size Standard for Purposes of United States Patent and Trademark Office
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patent-Related Regulations
112 276 Relief in Certain Extraordinary Situations
113 277 Rules Concerning Conduct on Patent and Trademark Premises
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114 279 Change in Procedure for Requests to Withdraw from Representation in a
Patent Application
115 283 Recordability of Foreclosures for Assignment Purposes
116 284 Statutory Penalties for False Assertions or Certifications of Small and Micro
Entity Status
117 287 Original Utility Patents Not Surrendered by Reissue and All Reissue Patents in
the Reissue Patent Family Require Separate Maintenance Fee Payments
118 288 Cash Payment Method Will No Longer Be Accepted
119 289 USPTO Enhances Deposit Account Transaction Security for Paper Fee Payments and
Authorizations
120 291 Notice to Customers Making Payments by Check
121 292 New Opt-In Pilot Program for Receipt of Maintenance Fee Reminder and Expiration
Notices by Email
122 294 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
123 295 Fee for Filing a Patent Application Other Than by the Electronic Filing System
124 300 Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required
125 301 The Fee under 37 CFR 1.21(m) for Processing a Refused Payment may be Charged to
a Deposit Account Authorized to be Charged
126 302 New or Modified Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) User Accounts Must Pass
Verification Test
127 303 Credit Card Payments Submitted over the USPTO Internet
128 304 Changes to Pre-Examination Notices
129 307 Notice of Change to Docketing of Requests for Continued Examination
130 308 Scope of Foreign Filing Licenses
131 310 Replacement Notice: Copies of Patent Application Records will be Provided in
both Electronic and Paper Form
132 311 Waiver of the Copy Requirement for 37 CFR 1.98 for Cited Pending
U.S. Patent Applications
133 312 Notice that Lengthy Tables will be Published Differently in Patents, Statutory
Invention Registrations and Patent Application Publications
134 315 Reminder of the Proper Procedure for Filing Confidential Information Pursuant to
MPEP 724.02
135 317 Information Disclosure Statements May Be Filed Without Copies of U.S. Patents
and Published Applications in Patent Applications filed after June 30, 2003
136 318 "Kind Codes" Included on USPTO Patent Documents
137 320 Advance Notice of Change to "References Cited" on the Front Page of a Patent
138 322 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)
139 325 Modified Panel Review Conference Procedure Pilot in Ex Parte Reexamination
Proceedings
140 326 September 15, 2012 Deadline to File Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination
Proceedings and Modification of Notice of Failure to Comply Form
141 328 Revision of Standard for Granting an Inter Partes Reexamination Request
142 336 Elimination of the Listing of Prior Art Documents on Reexamination Certificates
143 337 Pilot Program for Waiver of Patent Owner's Statement in Ex Parte Reexamination
Proceedings
144 340 Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in Inter Partes Reexamination
Proceedings
145 342 Clarification on the Procedure for Seeking Review of a Finding of a Substantial
New Question of Patentability in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
146 345 Notice of Clarification of Office Policy to Exercise Discretion in Reexamining
Fewer Than All the Patent Claims
147 349 Changes to Requirements for Orthodox Crop Seed Deposits at the Provasoli-Guillard
National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) and Bigelow Laboratory
for Ocean Sciences
148 350 Changes to Requirements for Seed Deposits at American Type Culture Collection
and Advanced Notice of Change to Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
149 351 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
150 353 Inapplicability of 35 USC 102(d) to Plant Breeder's Rights Certificates
151 354 Taking Effect in the United States of the International Convention for the
Protection of New Varieties of Plants
152 355 United States Adherence to the International Union for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
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153 356 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
154 358 Issues with certain priority documents retrieved from the European Union
Intellectual Property Office via the World Intellectual Property Organization
Digital Access Service
155 361 Change in the Electronic Retrieval Method for Priority Documents Between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office
156 363 The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation of the Kingdom of
Cambodia is Accelerating Patent Grants Based on the Issuance of a Corresponding
U.S. Patent
157 367 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)
158 369 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
159 370 Change in Practice Regarding Correction of Foreign Priority Claims
160 373 Electronic Delivery of Search Results from the United States Patent and
Trademark Office to the European Patent Office
161 375 Addition of World Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign
Intellectual Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
162 376 Addition of Korean Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign
Intellectual Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents and
Further Procedural Information
163 380 Enhancement of Priority Document Exchange Program and USPTO Declaration Form
164 383 Changes To Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual Property
Offices
165 393 Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
166 395 Simplification of the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
167 398 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
168 399 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the Directorate of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property,
National Patent Office of Bahrain
169 401 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property
170 403 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia
171 405 Continuation of the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program with the
IP5 Offices
172 406 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
173 407 Continuation of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program Between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Mexican Institute of
Industrial Property
174 408 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)
175 409 Changes to Permit Delayed Submission of Certain Requirements for Prioritized
Examination
176 416 Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination for Requests for Continued
Examination
177 422 Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced
Examination Timing Control Procedures Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
178 431 Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced
Examination Timing Control Procedures
179 446 October 2019 Patent Eligibility Guidance Update
180 448 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance
181 464 Clarification of Criteria for Reissue Error in View of In re Tanaka
182 466 Supplementary Examination Guidelines for Determining Compliance With 35 U.S.C. 112
and for Treatment of Related Issues in Patent Applications
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183 490 Access to Relevant Prior Art Initiative
184 496 Changes to Implement the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement
Act of 2004
185 512 Examination Guidelines Update: Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After
KSR v. Teleflex
186 545 Examination of Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequences
187 548 New Artificial Intelligence Functionality in PE2E Search
188 550 New PE2E Search Tool Using AI Search Features
189 552 Examining Computer-Implemented Functional Claim Limitations for Compliance
With 35 U.S.C. 112
190 562 Suspension of Expedited Examination of Design Applications
191 564 DesignVision: A New Artificial Intelligence-Powered Image Search Tool
192 566 Changes to Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration
of Industrial Designs
193 667 Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications for Computer-Generated
Icons
194 671 Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
American Invents Act; Correction
195 675 Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act
196 743 Examination Guidelines for Implementing the First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of
the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
197 799 Changes to Implement the Supplemental Examination Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act, and To Revise Reexamination Fees; Final Rule
198 847 Changes to Implement the Inventor’s Oath or Declaration Provisions of the
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act; Final Rule
199 948 Changes to Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act; Final Rule
200 981 Changes to Implement the Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Provision of
the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act; Final Rule
201 1029 Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty; Correction
202 1032 Changes to Implement the Patent Law Treaty
203 1110 The Dominican Republic's National Office of Industrial Property Is Accelerating
Patent Grants Based on the Issuance of a Corresponding United States Patent
204 1111 The Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property is Accelerating Patent Grants
Based on the Issuance of a Corresponding United States Patent
205 1112 Untimely Filing of Petitions under 37 CFR 1.181(a) to Withdraw Holdings of
Abandonment
206 1116 Procedures for Restarting Response Periods
207 1118 Withdrawing the Holding of Abandonment When Office Actions Are Not Received
208 1119 Diligence in Filing Petitions to Revive and Petitions to Withdraw the Holding of
Abandonment
209 1120 Patent Application Publications May Now Include Amendments
210 1121 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)
211 1126 Reminder that Rescission of a Nonpublication Request is Not Itself a Notice of
Foreign Filing
212 1127 Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under
Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
213 1146 Patent Term Adjustment Procedures in View of the Federal Circuit Decision in
Supernus Pharm., Inc. v. Iancu
214 1150 Interim Procedure for Requesting Recalculation of the Patent Term Adjustment
With Respect to Information Disclosure Statements Accompanied by a Safe Harbor
Statement
215 1154 Revision of Certificate of Extension Language Regarding Original Expiration Date
216 1155 Changes to Patent Term Adjustment in View of the Federal Circuit Decision in
Novartis v. Lee
217 1174 Revisions to Implement the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions of the Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act Technical Corrections Act
218 1188 Revisions to Patent Term Adjustment
219 1197 Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review
220 1210 Revision of the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Information
Disclosure Statements
221 1216 Treatment of Letters Stating that the USPTO's Patent Term Adjustment
Determination is Greater than What the Applicant or Patentee Believes is
Appropriate
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222 1218 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)
223 1222 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
224 1224 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)
225 1228 Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions
226 1243 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
227 1245 Patent Term Extension or Adjustment Information Printed on Notice of Allowance
and Issue Fee Due and Patent Front Page
228 1247 Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment under Twenty-Year Patent Term
229 1302 Applicant Suggested Drawing Figure in the Publication of Patent Applications
230 1303 Revised Procedure for Recording Search and Information Printed on the Face of
Patent Under the Heading "Field of Search"
231 1304 Waiver of 37 CFR 1.312 for Documents Required by the Office of Patent
Publications
232 1305 Processing of Papers Filed after Allowance of an Application
233 1306 Revision of the Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due Form (PTOL-85) Concerning a
Previously Paid Issue Fee
234 1308 Revision of the Notice of Allowance Form
235 1310 Time Period for Paying Publication Fee if a Request for Continued Examination is
Filed After a Notice of Allowance is Mailed
236 1311 USPTO transitions to issuing electronic certificates of correction for patents
237 1313 Discontinuance of Attestation of Signature of Director on Patents and
Certificates of Correction
238 1314 Expedited Issuance of Certificates of Correction When the Error is Attributable
to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
239 1315 Using Certificate of Correction to Perfect Claim for Priority Under 35 USC 119
240 1316 Electronic Publication of Certificates of Correction on the United States
Patent and Trademark Office Web Site for Later Listing with the Official Gazette
241 1317 Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application
Practice
242 1343 Changes to Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional Applications
243 1410 Revised Procedure for Preliminary Amendments Presented on Filing of a
Patent Application
244 1412 Acceptance of Certain Non-Compliant Amendments Under 37 CFR 1.121(c)
245 1414 Amendments Permitted Under the Revised Amendment Practice and Treatment of
Non-Compliant Amendments
246 1416 Drawings in Patent Application Publications and Patents
247 1417 Treatment of Amendments that if Entered Would Cancel All of the Claims in an
Application
248 1418 Patent Law Foreign Filing Amendments
249 1427 Changes to Continued Prosecution Application Practice
250 1432 Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and
Plant Patent Applications
251 1442 Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Practice
252 1446 Changes to Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office 21st Century Strategic Plan (Final Rule)
253 1579 Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals
254 1580 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
255 1588 Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
256 1747 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure
257 1904 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)
258 1906 Notice Concerning Unavailability to the Public of the Patent Review Processing
System on December 16-18, 2014
259 1907 Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Being Appealed
260 1910 Clarification of the Date of Decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences under 37 CFR 1.304
261 1911 Signatures No Longer Provided on Outgoing Correspondence from the Board of
Patent Appeals and Interferences
262 1912 Extension of the Pilot Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Program
263 1913 New Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program
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264 1918 Public Attendance at Board Hearings
265 1920 Revised Docketing Procedures for Appeals Arriving at the Board of Patent Appeals
and Interferences
266 1922 Publication of Opinions and Orders Entered by the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences
267 1923 Clarification of the Requirements for the Non-DOCX Surcharge
268 1926 USPTO accepts pre-printed forms with a certificate of transmission via EFS-Web
when a form is transmitted to the USPTO via Patent Center
269 1927 New Web System for Ordering Certified Copies of Patent and Trademark Documents
270 1928 Filing Patent Applications Electronically During Designated Significant Outages
of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Electronic Business Systems
271 1931 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
272 1935 Electronic Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted in Application,
Patent and Reexamination Proceeding Matters
273 1937 Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence
274 1950 USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References with Office
Actions and Cease Supplying Paper Copies
275 1955 Changes to Facilitate Applicant's Authorization of Access to Unpublished
U.S. Patent Applications by Foreign Intellectual Property Offices
276 1967 Change in the Electronic Retrieval Method for Priority Documents between the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property
Office
277 1968 Customer Number Bar Code Labels and Papers with Shaded Portions will No Longer
be Permitted in Correspondence for Patent Applications
278 1970 Changes to Implement Electronic Maintenance of Office Patent Application Records
279 2007 Treatment of Unlocatable Patent Application and Patent Files
280 2019 Terminal Disclaimers Required to Overcome Judicially-Created Double Patenting
Rejections in Utility and Plant Applications Filed on or After June 8, 1995
281 2021 Handling of Status Inquiries
282 2022 Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program
283 2029 Extension of the pilot of a USPTO email address for submitting general questions
related to the Patent Cooperation Treaty and international and national stage
applications
284 2030 Interim Reduction of Certain Fees Paid to the USPTO In Its Capacity as an
International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examination
Authority Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
285 2031 July 2017 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures
286 2037 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
287 2040 USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited WO Document References in
International Applications
288 2041 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
289 2042 Limited Competency for Certain International Searching Authorities With Respect
to Applications Filed in the USPTO
290 2043 Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents to the International Bureau
291 2044 USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited U.S. Patent References in
International Applications
292 2045 Sequence Listings and Tables Related Thereto in International Applications Filed
in the United States Receiving Office
293 2047 Australian Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and
International Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications
Received by the USPTO
294 2048 Korean Intellectual Property Office to Act as International Searching Authority
and International Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications
Received by the USPTO
295 2049 Search and Examination of International Applications Filed Under the Patent
Cooperation Treaty
296 2050 Notice Concerning European Patent Office Competence to Act as a Patent
Cooperation Treaty Authority
297 2061 Clarification of Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a PCT Authority
298 2062 Notices Regarding Modification of Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1)
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299 2063 Revision of the Time Limit for National Stage Commencement in the United States
for Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications
300 2073 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure; Correction
301 2075 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
302 2077 Announcement of Certain Amendments to the Regulations Under the Patent
Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
303 2103 Announcement on the Starting Date of Operations under the Eurasian Patent
Convention
304 2105 Notice of Potential Exposure of Protected Patent Application Information Through
Patent Center
305 2106 Intent to Publish Corrected Publications for Patent Applications Published on
April 25, 2024, that Contained Incorrect Filing Dates and/or Benefit Dates
306 2107 Notification of Potential Erroneous Release of Patent Application Titles
307 2108 Helpful Hints Regarding Publication of Patent Applications
308 2112 USPTO Discontinuing Use of PTO/SB/84 Form (Authorization to Act in a
Representative Capacity in Patent Cases)
309 2114 Elimination of Patent Search Templates
310 2116 Changes in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office Notices and
Changes in Display of Patent and Trademark Offices Notices Electronic Official
Gazette
311 2118 Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office - Patents
312 2120 Most Publicly Available Provisional Applications Can Now Be Viewed Over the
Internet
313 2121 Notice of Availability of the Patent and Trademark Assignments on the Web System
on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Web Site
314 2123 Change to Internet Usage Policy to Permit Oral Authorization for Video
Conferencing Tools by Patent Examiners
315 2125 Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and
Trademark Office
316 2149 Updated Lists of Exceptions to the Centralized Delivery and Facsimile
Transmission Policy for Patent Related Correspondence
317 2155 Update of Facsimile Submissions of Assignment Documents to the USPTO
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