[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 169 (Friday, September 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49521-49522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19112]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. PTO-P-2021-0032]


Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence Study

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Request for information; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 9, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO) published a request for public input on a study it is 
conducting on the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence in 
the United States and on how that jurisprudence has impacted investment 
and innovation. Through this notice, the USPTO is extending the period 
for public comment until October 15, 2021.

DATES: Comment date: Comments must be received by October 15, 2021. 
Late comments will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: For reasons of Government efficiency, comments must be 
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
www.regulations.gov. To submit comments via the portal, enter docket 
number PTO-P-2021-0032 on the homepage and click ``Search.'' The site 
will provide a search results page listing all documents associated 
with this docket. Find a reference to this request for information and 
click on the ``Comment Now!'' icon, complete the required fields, and 
enter or attach your comments. Attachments to electronic comments will 
be accepted in ADOBE[supreg] portable document format or MICROSOFT 
WORD[supreg] format. Because comments will be made available for public 
inspection, information that the submitter does not desire to make 
public, such as an address or phone number, should not be included in 
the comments. Visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal for additional 
instructions on providing comments via the portal. If electronic 
submission of comments is not feasible due to a lack of access to a 
computer and/or the

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internet, please contact the USPTO using the contact information below 
for special instructions regarding how to submit comments by other 
means.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Courtney L. Stopp, Office of Policy 
and International Affairs, USPTO, at [email protected] or 571-
272-9300. Please direct media inquiries to the USPTO's Office of the 
Chief Communications Officer at 571-272-8400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the request of Senators Tillis, Hirono, 
Cotton, and Coons, the USPTO is conducting a study on the current state 
of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States and on how 
that jurisprudence has impacted investment and innovation. On July 9, 
2021, the USPTO published a request for information, seeking public 
input to assist in the preparation of that study. See Patent 
Eligibility Jurisprudence Study, 86 FR 36257 (Jul. 9, 2021). The notice 
requested public comments by September 7, 2021.
    Through this notice, the USPTO is extending the period for public 
comment until October 15, 2021, to give interested members of the 
public additional time to submit comments. All other information and 
instructions to commenters provided in the July 9, 2021, notice remain 
unchanged. Previously submitted comments do not need to be resubmitted.

Andrew Hirshfeld,
Commissioner for Patents, Performing the Functions and Duties of the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2021-19112 Filed 9-2-21; 8:45 am]
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