[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 52655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25041]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. 95053144-5144-01]


Request for Comments on Proposed Examination Guidelines for 
Computer-Implemented Inventions; Comment Period Extension

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period and document 
availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the legal analysis 
referred to in the Request for Comments on Proposed Examination 
Guidelines for Computer-Implemented Inventions and extends the comment 
period of the notice until November 13, 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 13, 
1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Box 8, Commissioner 
of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231, marked to the 
attention of Nancy J. Linck, Solicitor. Comments may also be submitted 
by telefax at (730) 305-9373 or by electronic mail through the INTERNET 
to ``[email protected].''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen A. Buchanan, Associate Solicitor, by telephone at (703) 305-9035, 
by telefax at 703-305-9373, or by mail to her attention addressed to 
Box 8, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231.
    The legal analysis may be obtained from Karen A. Buchanan. In 
addition, the legal analysis is available through anonymous file 
transfer protocol (ftp) via the Internet (address: ftp://ftp.uspto.gov/
pub/software/) and through the World Wide Web (address: http://
www.uspto.gov/web/software/).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 2, 1995 (60 FR 28778), the PTO 
published its Request for Comments on Proposed Examination Guidelines 
for Computer-Implemented Inventions. This notice reported that a legal 
analysis supporting the guidelines was being prepared. The legal 
analysis is now available and may be obtained from Karen A. Buchanan, 
who can be reached using the information indicated above.
    The Patent and Trademark Office is also extending the comment 
period until November 13, 1995, in order to give the public an 
opportunity to include comments on the guidelines in light of the legal 
analysis which is now being made available.

    Dated: October 4, 1995.
Philip G. Hampton, II,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Acting Commissioner of 
Patents and Trademarks.
[FR Doc. 95-25041 Filed 10-6-95; 8:45 am]
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