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 1997_register executive 2010-09-24 article Part III Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be010fd5 D09002ee1be011124 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 to simplify the requirements of the rules, rearrange portions of the rules for better context, and eliminate unnecessary rules or portions thereof as part of a government-wide effort to reduce the regulatory burden on the American public. Exemplary changes include: simplification of the procedure for filing continuation and divisional applications; amendment of a number of rules to permit the filing of a statement that errors were made without deceptive intent, without a requirement for a further showing of facts and circumstances; and elimination of the requirement that the inventorship be named in an application on the day of its filing, which eliminates the need for certain petitions to correct inventorship. 62 FR 53132 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-10-10/97-26339 97-26339 fr10oc97-10 RIN 0651-AA80 3510-16-P Docket No. : 960606163-7130-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-10-10/97-26339 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-10-10/html/97-26339.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-10-10/pdf/97-26339.pdf 75 p. 53132 53206 62 FR 53132 Title 37 Part 37 CFR Part Title 37 Part 1 37 CFR Part 1 Title 37 Part 10 37 CFR Part 10 Title 37 Part 3 37 CFR Part 3 Title 37 Part 5 37 CFR Part 5 Title 37 Part 7 37 CFR Part 7 RIN 0651-AA80 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure; Federal Register Vol. 62, Issue RULE 97-26339 III DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office Docket No. : 960606163-7130-02 3510-16-P 97-26339 Final rule.

The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending the rules of practice to simplify the requirements of the rules, rearrange portions of the rules for better context, and eliminate unnecessary rules or portions thereof as part of a government-wide effort to reduce the regulatory burden on the American public. Exemplary changes include: simplification of the procedure for filing continuation and divisional applications; amendment of a number of rules to permit the filing of a statement that errors were made without deceptive intent, without a requirement for a further showing of facts and circumstances; and elimination of the requirement that the inventorship be named in an application on the day of its filing, which eliminates the need for certain petitions to correct inventorship.

December 1, 1997. Hiram H. Bernstein or Robert W. Bahr, Senior Legal Advisors, by telephone at (703) 305-9285, or by mail Vol. 62, no. 197 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1997-10-10 continuing daily deposited born digital 302 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-10-10 P0b002ee180a3b1ed 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr10oc97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-10-10 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-10-10/pdf/FR-1997-10-10.pdf fdlp 52929 53221 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1997-10-10 machine generated eng FR FR-1997-10-10 62 197