[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24358]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

37 CFR Part 1

RIN 0651-AA88


Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide 
Sequence and/or Amino Acid Disclosures; Correction

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the rules relating to 
the format for nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosures in 
patent applications.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Esther M. Kepplinger, by telephone at 
(703) 308-1495; by mail addressed to: Box Comments--Patents, Assistant 
Commissioner for Patents, Washington, DC 20231 marked to her attention; 
by facsimile to (703) 305-3935; or by electronic mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Appendix B to subpart G to part 1 of title 
37 of the Code of Federal Regulations is a listing entitled ``Headings 
for Information Items in Sec. 1.823.'' It contains the headings that 
were required prior to the June 1, 1998, amendment of the rules.
    On June 1, 1998, the Patent and Trademark Office published a final 
rule entitled ``Requirements for Patent Applications Containing 
Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Disclosures'' in the Federal 
Register (63 FR 29620). The listing of headings in appendix B is no 
longer correct in view of the final rule. The headings adopted in the 
final rule replaced those used in appendix B. For this reason, appendix 
B should have been removed from the final rule. Because appendix B may 
be misleading, it is now being removed.

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 1

    Administrative practice and procedure, Courts, Freedom of 
information, Inventions and patents, Incorporation by reference, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Small businesses.

PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES

    Accordingly, 37 CFR Part 1 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:
    1. The authority citation for Part 1 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 35 U.S.C. 6, unless otherwise noted.

Appendix B To Subpart G To Part 1  [Corrected]

    2. Remove Appendix B To Subpart G To Part 1.

    Dated: September 4, 1998.
Albin F. Drost,
Deputy Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 98-24358 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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