[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 50619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24880]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. 010126025-1231-02]
RIN 0651-AB34


Request for Comments on Development of a Plan To Remove the 
Patent and Trademark Classified Paper Files From the Public Search 
Facilities; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office.

ACTION: Notice of request for public comment; Reopening of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) requests 
public comment on issues associated with the development of a plan to 
remove the patent and trademark classified paper files from the USPTO's 
public search libraries and replace them with electronic records. These 
public search facilities are currently located in Crystal City, 
Arlington, Virginia. Interested members of the public are invited to 
present comments on the appropriate scope for and contents of this 
plan, including the topics outlined in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this notice. The Notice of Request for Comments on 
Development of a Plan To Remove the Patent and Trademark Classified 
Paper Files From the Public Search Facilities was published at 66 FR 
45012 on August 27, 2001. The period for comment in the Notice of 
Request for Comments ended September 26, 2001. Due to the number of 
requests from the public for an extension of the comment period for 
this notice, the comment period is reopened, and comments will be 
accepted by the USPTO until October 29, 2001. Comments received after 
September 26, 2001, but before the date this notice is published will 
also be accepted.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted by the USPTO until October 29, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: Those interested in presenting written comments on the 
topics presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, or any related 
topics, may mail their comments to the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office, Washington, D.C. 20231, marked to the attention of 
Ronald Hack, Acting Chief Information Officer, or send them by 
facsimile transmission to (703) 308-7792.
    Parties are encouraged to provide their comments in machine-
readable format and send them over the Internet as electronic mail 
messages to [email protected]. Machine-readable submissions should 
be provided as unformatted text (e.g., ASCII or plain text), or as 
formatted text in one of the following file formats: Microsoft Word 
(Macintosh, DOS or Windows versions) or WordPerfect (Macintosh, DOS or 
Windows versions). Machine-readable submissions may be provided on a 
3\1/2\-inch floppy disk formatted for use in either a Macintosh or 
MSDOS-based computer, mailed to the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231, marked to the attention of 
Ronald Hack, Acting Chief Information Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Hack by telephone at (703) 305-
9095, by facsimile at (703) 308-7792, by electronic mail at 
[email protected]; Martha Sneed by telephone at (703) 308-5558, by 
facsimile at (703) 306-2654, by electronic mail at 
[email protected]; or by mail addressed to the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231, marked to the 
attention of Ronald Hack, Acting Chief Information Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Notice of Request for Comments on 
Development of a Plan To Remove the Patent and Trademark Classified 
Paper Files From the Public Search Facilities was published at 66 FR 
45012 on August 27, 2001. The period for comment in the Notice of 
Request for Comments ended September 26, 2001. The comment period is 
reopened, and comments will be accepted by the USPTO until October 29, 
2001. Comments received after September 26, 2001, but before the date 
this notice is published will also be accepted. All comments should 
include the following information:
    Name and affiliation of the individual responding;
    An indication of whether comments offered represent views of the 
respondent's organization or are the respondent's personal views; and
    If applicable, information on the respondent's organization, 
including the type of organization (e.g., business, trade group, 
university, non-profit organization).

    Dated: September 28, 2001.
Anne H. Chasser,
Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting 
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 01-24880 Filed 10-3-01; 8:45 am]
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