[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 5506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01717]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO-P-2023-0047]
Supplemental Guidance for Examination of Design Patent
Applications Related to Computer-Generated Electronic Images, Including
Computer-Generated Icons and Graphical User Interfaces
AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Examination guidance; correction.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
published in the Federal Register on November 17, 2023, supplemental
guidance to be used by USPTO personnel in determining whether a design
claim including a computer-generated electronic image is directed to
statutory subject matter. This notice provides the deadline for written
comments. Additionally, the USPTO has corrected Examples 2, 4, and 5 in
Section (V) of the supplemental guidance published in the Federal
Register to reflect certain formatting (i.e., underlining and
strikethrough) necessary to understand the examples. The supplemental
guidance, including the examples, will be incorporated into the Manual
of Patent Examining Procedure in due course.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Harriman, Senior Legal Advisor,
Office of Patent Legal Administration, at 571-272-7747; or Carolyn
Kosowski, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration,
at 571-272-7688.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USPTO published in the Federal Register
on November 17, 2023, supplemental guidance to be used by USPTO
personnel in determining whether a design claim including a computer-
generated electronic image is directed to statutory subject matter. See
Supplemental Guidance for Examination of Design Patent Applications
Related to Computer-Generated Electronic Images, Including Computer-
Generated Icons and Graphical User Interfaces, 88 FR 80277. This notice
provides the deadline for submitting written comments through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. The deadline for
submitting comments is November 18, 2024. Please see the ADDRESSES
section in the November 17, 2023 notice for instructions on how to
submit comments.
Correction
In the Federal Register of November 17, 2023, in FR Doc. 2023-
25473, on page 80277, in the third column, correct the DATES caption to
read:
DATES: This supplemental guidance is applicable as of November 17,
2023. Comments must be received by November 18, 2024, to ensure
consideration.
In addition, the USPTO has corrected Examples 2, 4, and 5 in
Section (V) of the supplemental guidance published in the Federal
Register to reproduce certain formatting (i.e., underlining and
strikethrough) in the text necessary to understand the examples. A PDF
version of the examples, which contains the formatting, has been posted
on the Examination Guidance and Training Materials page under 35 U.S.C.
171 at www.uspto.gov/patents/laws/examination-policy/examination-guidance-and-training-materials.
The supplemental guidance, including the examples, will be
incorporated into the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure in due
course.
Katherine Kelly Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-01717 Filed 1-26-24; 8:45 am]
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