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January 2004 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is proposing to amend the rules of practice to conform them to certain amendments made to the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) that will take effect on January 1, 2004. These amendments will result in the addition of a written opinion in PCT chapter I, as well as a...
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Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2004
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (referred to as ``we'', ``us'', or ``our'' in this notice) is proposing to adjust certain patent fee amounts to reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Also, we are proposing to adjust, by a corresponding amount, a few patent fees that track the affected fees. The Director is...
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Changes To Implement the 2002 Inter Partes
The 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act contains a title relating to intellectual property. The patent-related provisions in the intellectual property title of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act include provisions permitting a third party requester in an inter partes...
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Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) proposes to amend existing regulations and add new regulations to the rules of practice to implement the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act of 2002 (MPIA). The MPIA provides that: the owner of a U.S. application or registration may seek protection of its mark in any of the 57 countries party...
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Changes To Implement Electronic Maintenance of Official Patent Application Records
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) has established a 21st Century Strategic Plan to transform the Office into a quality-focused, highly productive, responsive organization supporting a market-driven intellectual property system. One priority of the 21st Century Strategic Plan is the beginning-to-end electronic processing of...
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Processing Fee for Use of Paper Forms for Submission of Applications for Registration and Other Documents
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proposes to amend its rules to require payment of a $50.00 paper-processing fee when a party submits a paper instead of an electronically transmittable form available through the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). If a party submits a paper document to the USPTO, and the TEAS...
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Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 2003
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (referred to as ``we'', ``us'', or ``our'' in this notice) is proposing to adjust certain patent fee amounts and a trademark fee amount to reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Also, we are proposing to adjust, by a corresponding amount, a few patent fees that track the affected...
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Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)
This document proposes substantive changes and amendments to the governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and suspension and the governmentwide rule implementing the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. The most significant changes are-- First, this proposed common rule on debarment and suspension would limit the mandatory lower tier...
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Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
In implementing the provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 related to the eighteen-month publication of patent applications, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) revised the rules of practice related to requirements for claiming the benefit of a prior-filed application. The Office is now proposing to revise...
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Electronic Submission of Applications for Registration and Other Documents
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) proposes to amend its rules to make electronic filing of trademark documents mandatory. Subject to certain exceptions for individuals either without access to the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) or without the technical capability to use TEAS, and persons described in 15...
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Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant Patent Applications
The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) enacted provisions for the continued examination of a utility or plant application at the request of the applicant (request for continued examination or RCE practice). Therefore, there no longer appears to be a need for continued prosecution application (CPA) practice as to utility and plant...
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Revisions to Anchoring Prohibitions in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) proposes to amend the regulations governing the anchoring and mooring of vessels in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS or Sanctuary). NOAA is proposing this change to conform the regulations to anchoring prohibitions adopted by the International Maritime...
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Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 2002
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (referred to as ``we'', ``us'', or ``our'' in this document) is proposing to adjust certain patent fee amounts and a trademark fee amount to reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Also, we are proposing to adjust, by a corresponding amount, a few patent fees that track the affected...
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Mandatory Reimbursement Rules for Frequency Band or Geographic Relocation of Federal Spectrum-Dependent Systems
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) proposes to amend its regulations to set forth the rules governing reimbursement to Federal entities by the private sector as a result of reallocation of frequency spectrum. This action is necessary to provide spectrum for future commercial wireless communications service and...
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Legal Processes
The United States Patent and Trademark Office proposes rules relating to civil actions and claims involving the Office. Specifically, the rules will provide procedures for service of process, for obtaining Office documents and employee testimony, for indemnifying employees, and for making a claim against the Office under the Federal Tort Claims...
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Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, or National Origin in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance; Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance; Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
The Agencies propose to amend their regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (``Title VI''), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1972 (``Section 504''), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (``Age Discrimination Act''). Together, these statutes prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin,...
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Amendment to Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Regulations Revising the Boundary of the Northernmost Area To Be Avoided Off the Coast of Florida
NOAA, in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), proposes to revise the boundary of the northernmost Area To Be Avoided (ATBA) off the coast of the Florida Keys. This change to the boundary is expected to increase maritime safety and to avoid harm to the marine environment and its resources.
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Treatment of Unlocatable Application and Patent Files
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is proposing to amend the rules of practice to provide for the replacement of application and patent files that cannot be located after a reasonable search. This change is designed to expedite the process of application and patent file reconstruction to minimize the processing or examination delays...
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Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy
The United States Patent and Trademark Office proposes to add regulations implementing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), including the Electronic Freedom of Information Act (EFOIA) Amendments of 1996, and the Privacy Act (PA). These proposed rules are based on rules recently proposed by the Department of Commerce.
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Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pelagics Fisheries; Measures To Reduce the Incidental Catch of Seabirds in the Hawaii Pelagic Longline Fishery
NMFS proposes a rule under the Fishery Management Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (FMP) that would require operators of vessels registered for use under Hawaii pelagic longline limited access permits to use two or more of six specific bird mitigation techniques when fishing with pelagic longline gear north of 25 deg....