Federal Register Notices - 2012

Final Rules

• Changes to Implement Derivation Proceedings [TEXT] [PDF] (11Sep2012)
• CPI Adjustment of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013 [TEXT] [PDF] (05Sep2012)
• Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review [TEXT] [PDF] (16Aug2012)
• Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Post-Grant Review Proceedings, and Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents [TEXT] [PDF] (14Aug2012)
• Changes To Implement the Inventor's Oath or Declaration Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (14Aug2012)
• Changes To Implement the Supplemental Examination Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and To Revise Reexamination Fees [TEXT] [PDF] (14Aug2012)
• Office Patent Trial Practice Guide [TEXT] [PDF] (14Aug2012)
• Rules of Practice for Trials before Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Decisions [TEXT] [PDF] (14Aug2012)
• Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents--Definitions of Covered Business Method Patent and Technological Invention [TEXT] [PDF] (14Aug2012)
• International Trademark Classification Changes [TEXT] [PDF] (09Aug2012)
• Changes To Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (06Aug2012)
• Implementation of Statute of Limitations Provisions for Office Disciplinary Proceedings [TEXT] [PDF] (31July2012)
• Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases [TEXT] [PDF] (22May2012)
• Changes to Implement the Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Provision of the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (17Jul2012)

 

Proposed Rulemaking

• Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees [TEXT] [PDF] (06Sep2012)
• Changes to Implement First Inventor to File Provisions of Leahy–Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (26Jul2012)
• Changes to Implement Micro Entity Status for Paying Patent Fees [TEXT] [PDF] (30May2012)
• Request for Comments on the Recommendation for the Disclosure of Sequence Listings Using XML (Proposed ST.26)  [TEXT] [PDF] (15May2012)
• CPI Adjustment of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013 [TEXT] [PDF] (14May2012)
• Changes To Implement Derivation Proceedings [TEXT] [PDF] (10Feb2012)
• Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review Proceedings [TEXT] [PDF] (10Feb2012)
• Changes to Implement Post-Grant Review Proceedings [TEXT] [PDF] (10Feb2012)
• Changes to Implement Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents [TEXT] [PDF] (10Feb2012)
• Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents: Definition of Technological Invention [TEXT] [PDF] (10Feb2012)
• Practice Guide for Proposed Trial Rules: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (09Feb2012)
• Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions [TEXT] [PDF] (09Feb2012)
• Patent Public Advisory Committee Public Hearings on the Proposed Patent Fee Schedule [TEXT] [PDF] (30Jan2012)
• Changes To Implement the Supplemental Examination Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and To Revise Reexamination Fees [TEXT] [PDF] (25Jan2012)
• Changes To Implement the Inventor's Oath or Declaration Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (06Jan2012)
• Changes To Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (05Jan2012)
• Changes To Implement the Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (05Jan2012)
• Implementation of Statute of Limitations Provisions for Office Disciplinary Proceedings [TEXT] [PDF] (05Jan2012)

 

General Notices

• September 15, 2012 Deadline to File Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings and Modification of Notice of Failure to Comply Form [TEXT] [PDF] (29Aug2012)
• Extension of the Application Deadline for Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program [TEXT] [PDF] (17Aug2012)
• Notice of Roundtable on the Implementation of the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (16Aug2012)
• Notice of Inquiry Regarding Adjustment of Fees for Trademark Applications [TEXT] [PDF] (16Aug2012)
• Request for Comments Regarding Amending the First Filing Deadline for Affidavits or Declarations of Use or Excusable Nonuse [TEXT] [PDF] (16Aug2012)
• Examination Guidelines for Implementing the First-Inventor-to- File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (26Jul2012)
• Trademark Board Manual of Procedure, Third Edition, Revision 1 [TEXT] [PDF] (12July2012)
• Extension of the Full First Action Interview Pilot Program and Request for Comments [TEXT] [PDF] (09July2012)
• Cooperative Patent Classification External User Day [TEXT] [PDF] (25JUNE2012)
• Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program [TEXT] [PDF] (10MAY2012)
• Public Advisory Committees: Notice and request for nominations [TEXT] [PDF] (04MAY2012)
• Request for Comments: Feasibility of Placing Economically Significant Patents Under a Secrecy Order, etc.  [TEXT] [PDF] (20APR2012)
• National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee Charter Renewal  [TEXT] [PDF] (19MAR2012)
• Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program [TEXT] [PDF] (08FEB2012)
• Request for Comments and Notice of Public Hearings on Genetic Diagnostic Testing [TEXT] [PDF] (25Jan2012)
• Establishment of a One-Year Retention Period for Trademark- Related Papers That Have Been Scanned Into the Trademark Initial Capture Registration System [TEXT] [PDF] (25Jan2012)
• 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 [TEXT] [PDF] (25Jan2012)
• National Medal of Technology and Innovation Call for 2012 Nominations [TEXT] [PDF] (13Jan2012)

 

Paperwork Reduction Act

30 Day Notices (Notice of Submission to OMB) 

• [0651-0066] - Patents for Humanity Program (formerly Humanitarian Program) [TEXT] [PDF] (12Jul2012)
• [0651-0061] - Trademark Petitions [TEXT] [PDF] (02Jul2012)
• [0651-0016] - Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees [TEXT] [PDF] (27Mar2012)
• [0651-0027] - Recording Assignments [TEXT] [PDF] (13Mar2012)
• [0651-0060] - National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Application [TEXT] [PDF] (23Feb2012)
• [0651-0041] - Public User ID Badging [TEXT] [PDF] (16Feb2012)
• [0651-0045] - Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Action Form [TEXT] [PDF] (14Feb2012)
• [0651-00XX] - Patent and Trademark Resource Centers Metrics [TEXT] [PDF] (17Jan2012)

 
60 Day Notices (Notice of Proposed Collection) 

• [0651-0044] - Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints [TEXT] [PDF] (10Aug2012)
• [0651-0057] - Patents External Quality Survey (formerly Customer Panel Quality Survey) [TEXT] [PDF] (09Apr2012)
• [0651-0031] - Patent Processing (Updating) [TEXT] [PDF] (22Mar2012)
  • Belzer (1) [PDF]
  • Belzer (2) [PDF]
  • Foley & Lardner [PDF]
  • IEEE [PDF]
  • Novo Nordisk [PDF]
  • Trzyna [PDF]
  • Werking [PDF]
• [0651-0066] - Patents for Humanity Program (Formerly Humanitarian Program) [TEXT] [PDF] (13Mar2012)
• [0651-0061] - Trademark Petitions [TEXT] [PDF] (22Feb2012)
• [0651-0051] - Madrid Protocol [TEXT] [PDF] (12Jan2012)
  • Berridge [PDF]
• [0651-00XX] - Matters Related to Patent Appeals [TEXT] [PDF] (04Jan2012)
  • Boundy [PDF]
  • IEEE-USA [PDF]

 

Proposed Rulemaking (Supporting Statements)

• [0651-00XX] - [RIN 0651-AC54] America Invents Act Section 10 Patent Fee Adjustments [TEXT] [PDF] (06Sep2012)