Patent Related Notices - 2007

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* active hyperlinks in this column retrieve USPTO documents posted prior to publication in the OG or Fed. Reg.

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Notice Regarding Full Implementation of Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office (signed 28 December 2007)
04MAR2008
  
Change in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office Notices and Changes in Display of Patent and Trademark Office Notices Electronic Official Gazette (signed 18 December 2007)
29JAN2008
26DEC2007
Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Monday, December 24, 2007 (signed 14 December 2007)
08JAN2008
  
New Certification Requirements regarding the Export Administration Regulations in EFS-Web and Private PAIR (29 November 2007)
08JAN2008
  
United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) (signed 25 October 2007)
20NOV2007
  
April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures, Final rule; correction (11Oct2007)
06NOV2007
11OCT2007
Clarification of the Transitional Provisions Relating to Continuing Applications and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims (signed 10 October 2007)
06NOV2007
  
Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C. 103 in View of the Supreme Court Decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (10Oct2007) [more information]
06NOV2007
10OCT2007
Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year
2007, Final rule; correction (28Sep2007)
23OCT2007
28SEP2007
April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures, Final rule (10Sep2007)
02OCT2007
10SEP2007
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (signed 30 August 2007)
25SEP2007
  
Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year
2007, Final Rule (22Aug2007)
28AUG2007
22AUG2007
Changes To Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications, Final rule (21Aug2007) [more information]
11SEP2007
21AUG2007
Electronic Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted in Application, Patent, and Reexamination Proceeding Matters (signed 20 August 2007)
11SEP2007
  
Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents to the International Bureau (signed 13 August 2007)
04SEP2007
  
Examination of Patent Applications That Include Claims Containing Alternative Language, Notice of proposed rule making (10Aug2007)
04SEP2007
10AUG2007
Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals (30 July 2007)
21AUG2007
30JUL2007
Addition of Japan Patent Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents (signed 10 July 2007)
31JUL2007
  
Patent Cooperation Treaty Update (signed 28 June 2007; effective 01Aug2007)
24JUL2007
  
Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the JPO (signed 27 June 2007)
24JUL2007
  
USPTO to Cease Supplying Paper Copies of Cited U.S. Patent References in International Applications
03JUL2007
  
Simplification of the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents (signed 04 June 2007)
26JUN2007
  
Pilot Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art (signed 04 June 2007)
26JUN2007
  
Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action) Update (signed 04 June 2007)
26JUN2007
  
Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program in the USPTO (signed 17 May 2007)
12JUN2007
  
Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents (signed 23 April 2007)
15MAY2007
  
Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination, Final rule (16 April 2007)
08MAY2007
16APR2007
Interim Procedures For Implementing The April 1, 2007, Changes To The Regulations Under The Patent Cooperation Treaty And Status Of Proposed Fee Changes (signed 30 March 2007)
20NOV2007
  
Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Supplemental notice of proposed rule making (28Feb2007)
27MAR2007
28FEB2007
Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 (signed 28 February 2007)
27MAR2007
  
Examination of Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequences (signed 22 February 2007)
27MAR2007
  
April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures, Notice of proposed rule making (16Feb2007)
13MAR2007
16FEB2007
Change in Procedure for Handling Nonprovisional Applications Having Omitted Items (signed 29 January 2007)
20FEB2007
  
Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence, Final rule (23Jan2007)
13FEB2007
23JAN2007
Changes to Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual Property Offices, Final rule (16Jan2007)
13FEB2007
16JAN2007
Registration of patent attorneys and agents,OED Proposed and Revised Proposed Rules (12Feb2007) [PDF]    
Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program in the USPTO (signed 03 January 2007)
30JAN2007
  
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