[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5040-5041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2036]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No.: PTO-P-2010-0004]


Extension of Period for Comments on Enhancement in the Quality of 
Patents

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 
published a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comment 
directed to this focus with respect to methods that may be employed by 
applicants and the USPTO to enhance the quality of issued patents, to 
identify appropriate indicia of quality, and to establish metrics for 
the measurement of the indicia. The USPTO is extending the period for 
public comment until March 8, 2010.
    Comment Deadline Date: March 8, 2010. No public hearing will be 
held.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent by electronic mail message 
over the Internet addressed to [email protected]. 
Comments may also be submitted by mail addressed to: Mail Stop 
Comments--Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, 
VA, 22313-1450, marked to the attention of Kenneth M. Schor and Pinchus 
M. Laufer. Although comments may be submitted by mail, the USPTO 
prefers to receive comments via the Internet.
    The written comments will be available for public inspection at the 
Office of the Commissioner for Patents, located in Madison East, Tenth 
Floor, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, and will be available 
via the USPTO Internet Web site (address: http://www.uspto.gov). 
Because comments will be made available for public inspection, 
information that is not desired to be made public, such as an address 
or phone number, should not be included in the comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By telephone: Pinchus M. Laufer, Legal 
Advisor, at (571) 272-7726, or Kenneth M. Schor, Senior Legal Advisor, 
at (571) 272-7710; by mail addressed to U.S.

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Patent and Trademark Office, Mail Stop Comments--Patents, Commissioner 
for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, marked to the 
attention of Pinchus M. Laufer and Kenneth M. Schor; or by electronic 
mail (e-mail) message over the Internet addressed to 
[email protected] or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Patent and Trademark 
Office (USPTO) published a notice in the Federal Register seeking 
public comment directed to this focus with respect to methods that may 
be employed by applicants and the USPTO to enhance the quality of 
issued patents, to identify appropriate indicia of quality, and to 
establish metrics for the measurement of the indicia. See Request for 
Comments on Enhancement in the Quality of Patents, 74 FR 65093 (Dec. 9, 
2009), 1350 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 46 (Jan. 5, 2010). The USPTO 
indicated that to be ensured of consideration, written comments must be 
received on or before February 8, 2010. See Request for Comments on 
Enhancement in the Quality of Patents, 74 FR at 65094, 1350 Off. Gaz. 
Pat. Office at 46. The USPTO is extending the period for submission of 
public comments until March 8, 2010.

    Dated: January 26, 2010.
David J. Kappos,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-2036 Filed 1-29-10; 8:45 am]
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