[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3425-3426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1461]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. 991027289-9289-01]
RIN 0651-AB09


Revised Interim Utility Examination Guidelines; Request for 
Comments; Correction

AGENCY:  Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION:  Notice and request for public comments; correction.

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SUMMARY:  The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) published a document in 
the Federal Register of December 21, 1999, concerning request for 
comments on Revised Interim Utility Examination Guidelines. The word 
``interim'' was inadvertently omitted from the document Subject Heading 
and text. In addition, an extra period divided the second sentence of 
the Summary caption into fragments. This document corrects the 
omissions of ``interim'' and removes the extra period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mark Nagumo by telephone at (703) 
305-8666, by facsimile at (703) 305-9373, by electronic mail at 
``[email protected],'' or by mail marked to his attention addressed 
to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Box 8, Washington, DC 
20231; or Linda Therkorn by telephone at (703) 305-9323, by facsimile 
at (703) 305-8825, by electronic mail at ``[email protected],'' 
or by mail marked to her attention addressed to Box Comments, Assistant 
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231.

Correction

    In the Federal Register of December 21, 1999, in FR Doc. 99-33054, 
make the following corrections:
    On page 71440, in the second column, correct the ``Subject 
Heading'' to read:

Revised Interim Utility Examination Guidelines; Request for 
Comments

    On page 71440, in the third column, correct the ``Summary'' caption 
to read:
SUMMARY:  The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) requests comments from 
any interested member of the public on the following Revised Interim 
Utility Examination Guidelines. The PTO is publishing a revised version 
of guidelines to be used by Office personnel in their review of patent 
applications for compliance with the utility requirement based on 
comments received in response to the Request for Comments on Interim 
Guidelines for

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Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. 112, para.1 
``Written Description'' Requirement; Extension of Comment Period and 
Notice of Hearing. 63 Fed. Reg. 50887 (September 23, 1998). These 
Revised Interim Utility Guidelines will be used by PTO personnel in 
their review of patent applications for compliance with the ``utility'' 
requirement of 35 U.S.C. 101. This revision supersedes the Utility 
Examination Guidelines that were published at 60 Fed. Reg. 36263 (1995) 
and at 1177 O.G. 146 (1995).
    On page 71440, in the third column, correct the ``Dates'' caption 
to read:

DATES:  Written comments on the Revised Interim Utility Examination 
Guidelines will be accepted by the PTO until March 22, 2000.
    On page 71440, in the third column, correct the first sentence of 
the ``Supplementary Information'' caption to read:
    The PTO requests comments from any interested member of the public 
on the following Revised Interim Utility Examination Guidelines.

    Dated: January 18, 2000.
Albin F. Drost,
Acting Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 00-1461 Filed 1-20-00; 8:45 am]
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