United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1996_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be032570 D09002ee1be0325f2 United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Patent and Trademark Office originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending the rules of practice in patent cases to implement a number of miscellaneous changes proposed in the rulemaking entitled ``Changes to Implement 18- Month Publication of Patent Applications'' (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking), published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 42352 (August 15, 1995), and in the Patent and Trademark Office Official Gazette 1177 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 61 (August 15, 1995), that are not directly related to the 18-month publication of patent applications. While the proposed rule changes in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking were designed primarily to implement the changes in practice related to the publication of patent applications provided for in H.R. 1733, these miscellaneous proposed changes clarify current rules of practice, without regard to the publication of patent applications. 61 FR 42790 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-08-19/96-21073 96-21073 fr19au96-14 RIN 0651-AA75 3510-16-P Docket No: 950620162-6014-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-08-19/96-21073 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-08-19/html/96-21073.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-08-19/pdf/96-21073.pdf 18 p. 42790 42807 61 FR 42790 Title 37 Part 1 37 CFR Part 1 RIN 0651-AA75 Miscellaneous Changes in Patent Practice; Federal Register Vol. 61, Issue RULE 96-21073 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office 1996-09-23 Docket No: 950620162-6014-02 3510-16-P 96-21073 Final rule.

The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending the rules of practice in patent cases to implement a number of miscellaneous changes proposed in the rulemaking entitled ``Changes to Implement 18- Month Publication of Patent Applications'' (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking), published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 42352 (August 15, 1995), and in the Patent and Trademark Office Official Gazette 1177 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 61 (August 15, 1995), that are not directly related to the 18-month publication of patent applications. While the proposed rule changes in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking were designed primarily to implement the changes in practice related to the publication of patent applications provided for in H.R. 1733, these miscellaneous proposed changes clarify current rules of practice, without regard to the publication of patent applications.

Effective Date: September 23, 1996. Stephen G. Kunin by telephone at (703) 305-8850, by facsimile at (703) 305-8825, by electronic mail at rbahr@uspto.gov, or Jeffrey V. Nase by telephone at (703) 305-9285, or Vol. 61, no. 161 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1996-08-19 continuing daily deposited born digital 206 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-08-19 P0b002ee180a2a323 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr19au96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-08-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-08-19/pdf/FR-1996-08-19.pdf fdlp 42773 42964 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1996-08-19 machine generated eng FR FR-1996-08-19 61 161