[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8609-8610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3742]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

37 CFR Parts 1 and 3

[Docket No. 941120-4320]
RIN 0651-AA76


Changes to Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional 
Applications

agency: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

action: Proposed rule; change in public hearing location.

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summary: The public hearing scheduled for February 16, 1995, concerning 
the notice of proposed rulemaking published on December 12, 1994 at 59 
FR 63951, with a supplemental request for comments published on January 
17, 1995, at 60 FR 3398, will be held in the Roanoke Room, Stouffer 
Hotel at Crystal City, 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 
Virginia, instead of in the Commissioner's Conference Room, Crystal 
Park 2, Room 912, 2121 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, as 
previously indicated. The change in location is being made to 
accommodate more people.

dates: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 17, 
1995. A public hearing will be held Thursday, February 16, 1995, at 
9:30 a.m., in the Roanoke Room, Stouffer Hotel at Crystal City, 2399 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. Oral testimony on the 
effects of patent expiration dates and patent term extension will begin 
at 1:00 p.m. Requests to present oral testimony should be received on 
or before February 14, 1995.

[[Page 8610]] addresses: Address written comments and requests to 
present oral testimony to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, 
Washington, DC 20231. Attention: Stephen G. Kunin, Deputy Assistant 
Commissioner for Patent Policy and Projects, Crystal Park 2, Suite 910, 
or by fax to (703) 305-8825.

for further information contact: Magdalen Y. Greenlief or John F. 
Gonzales, Special Program Examiners, Office of the Deputy Assistant 
Commissioner for Patent Policy and Projects, at (703) 305-9285, or by 
mail marked to their attention and addressed to the Commissioner of 
Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231.

    Dated: February 9, 1995.
Bruce A. Lehman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and 
Trademarks.
[FR Doc. 95-3742 Filed 2-14-95; 8:45 am]
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