DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                  United States Patent and Trademark Office
                             37 CFR Parts 1 and 2
                        [Docket No. 991105297-1125-03]
                                RIN 0651-AB01

                    Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees
                       for Fiscal Year 2002; Correction

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; correction.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office published a proposed
rule in the Federal Register of May 9, 2001, revising certain patent fee
amounts and a trademark fee amount for fiscal year 2002, changing the
maintenance fee correspondence address, and amending a fee to reflect
current business practice. This document corrects one error in that
proposed rule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Lee by e-mail
at matthew.lee@uspto.gov, by telephone at (703) 305-8051, or by fax at
(703) 305-8007.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Patent and Trademark Office
published a proposed rule entitled "Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees
for Fiscal Year 2002" in the Federal Register of May 9, 2001 (66 FR 23642).
The proposed rule contains an error in the Other Considerations section.
The paragraph that references an appendix comparing existing and proposed
fee amounts should have been omitted. The appendix was referenced for
informational purposes only. This document corrects the error in the Other
Considerations section.
   In rule FR Doc. 01-11591, published on May 9, 2001 (66 FR 23642), make
the following correction. On page 23643, in the third column, remove
the third paragraph from the Other Considerations section.

May 31, 2001
                                                         NICHOLAS P. GODICI
                                     Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for
                           Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office