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Changes To Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications; Correction
A Rule by the Patent and Trademark Office on
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- 11/06/2000
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- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Dates:
- November 29, 2000.
- Effective Date:
- 11/29/2000
- Document Type:
- Rule
- Document Citation:
- 65 FR 66502
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- 66502 (1 page)
- CFR:
- 37 CFR 1
- RIN:
- 0651-AB05
- Document Number:
- 00-28315
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AGENCY:
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION:
Final rule; correction.
SUMMARY:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a final rule in the Federal Register of September 20, 2000, revising the rules of practice in patent cases to implement the eighteen-month publication provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999. This document corrects two errors in that final rule.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
November 29, 2000.
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Concerning this rule: Robert W. Bahr by telephone at (703) 308-6906, or by mail addressed to: Box Comments—Patents, Assistant Commissioner for Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231, or by facsimile to (703) 872-9411, marked to the attention of Robert W. Bahr.
End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental InformationSUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Office published a final rule in the Federal Register of September 20, 2000 (65 FR 57023), entitled “Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications.” This document corrects errors in § 1.55 and § 1.99 as discussed below.
Section 1.55(a) should refer to “35 U.S.C. 119(a) through (d) and (f), 172, and 365(a) and (b)” rather than “35 U.S.C. 119(a) through (d), 172, and 365(a)” (references to 35 U.S.C. 119(f) and 365(b) were inadvertently omitted). Section 1.55(c) should refer to “35 U.S.C. 119(a) through (d) and (f), and 365(a)” rather than “35 U.S.C. 119(a) through (d) and 365(a)” (a reference to 35 U.S.C. 119(f) was inadvertently omitted).
Section 1.99(f) should not include its last sentence (“[N]o further submission on behalf of the member of the public will be considered, unless such submission raises new issues which could not have been earlier presented.”).
Start Amendment PartIn rule FR Doc. 00-23822, published on September 20, 2000 (65 FR 57023), make the following corrections:
End Amendment Part1. On page 57053, in the third column, in § 1.55, in paragraph (a) introductory text, in lines 5 and 6, correct “119(a) through (d), 172, and 365(a)” to read “119(a) through (d) and (f), 172, and 365(a) and (b);” and on page 57054, in the first column, in § 1.55, in paragraph (c) introductory text, in each of lines 4, 9, and 19, correct “119(a)-(d) or 365(a)” to read “119(a) through (d) and (f), or 365(a)”.
End Amendment Part2. On page 57056, in the second column, in § 1.99, in paragraph (f), in lines 14 through 19, remove the sentence “No further submission on behalf of the member of the public will be considered, unless such submission raises new issues which could not have been earlier presented.”
End Amendment Part Start SignatureDated: October 30, 2000.
Albin F. Drost,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-28315 Filed 11-3-00; 8:45 am]
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