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 2004_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c8130c71 D09002ee1c8130d3b 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 United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) has established a 21st Century Strategic Plan to transform the Office into a quality-focused, highly productive, responsive organization supporting a market-driven intellectual property system. The noteworthy changes in this final rule are: Providing for an alternative signature on a number of submissions; adjusting the fees for a number of patent- related petitions to reflect the actual cost of processing these petitions; codifying the current incorporation by reference practice and also providing the conditions under which a claim for priority or benefit of a prior-filed application would be considered an incorporation by reference of the prior-filed application; expanding the submissions that can be filed on a compact disc; eliminating the requirement for copies of U.S. patents or U.S. patent application publications cited in an information disclosure statement for all applications; providing that a request for information may contain interrogatories or requests for stipulations seeking technical factual information actually known by the applicant; providing that supplemental replies will no longer be entered as a matter of right; providing for the treatment of preliminary amendments present as of the filing date of an application as part of the original disclosure; and eliminating the requirement in a reissue application for the actual physical surrender by applicant of the original Letters Patent. 69 FR 56482 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-09-21/04-20936 04-20936 fr21se04-10 RIN 0651-AB64 3510-16-P Docket No.: 2003-P-020 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-09-21/04-20936 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-09-21/html/04-20936.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-09-21/pdf/04-20936.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Courts Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Lawyers Claims Freedom of Information Tort Claims Trademarks Classified Information Foreign Relations 66 p. 56482 56547 69 FR 56482 Title 37 Part 10 37 CFR Part 10 Title 37 Part 104 37 CFR Part 104 Title 37 Part 1 37 CFR Part 1 Title 37 Part 41 37 CFR Part 41 Title 37 Part 5 37 CFR Part 5 RIN 0651-AB64 Changes To Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan; Federal Register Vol. 69, Issue RULE 04-20936 II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office 2004-10-21 Docket No.: 2003-P-020 3510-16-P 04-20936 Final rule.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) has established a 21st Century Strategic Plan to transform the Office into a quality-focused, highly productive, responsive organization supporting a market-driven intellectual property system. The noteworthy changes in this final rule are: Providing for an alternative signature on a number of submissions; adjusting the fees for a number of patent- related petitions to reflect the actual cost of processing these petitions; codifying the current incorporation by reference practice and also providing the conditions under which a claim for priority or benefit of a prior-filed application would be considered an incorporation by reference of the prior-filed application; expanding the submissions that can be filed on a compact disc; eliminating the requirement for copies of U.S. patents or U.S. patent application publications cited in an information disclosure statement for all applications; providing that a request for information may contain interrogatories or requests for stipulations seeking technical factual information actually known by the applicant; providing that supplemental replies will no longer be entered as a matter of right; providing for the treatment of preliminary amendments present as of the filing date of an application as part of the original disclosure; and eliminating the requirement in a reissue application for the actual physical surrender by applicant of the original Letters Patent.

Effective October 21, 2004, except that: The changes to 37 CFR 1.4, 1.6, 1.10, 1.27, 1.57(a), 1.78, 1.84, 1.115, 1.137, 1.178, and 1.311, and new 37 CFR 1.57(a)(1) and (a)(2) are effective September 21, 2004; and the changes to 37 CFR 1.12, 1.14, 1.17, 1.19, 1.47, 1.53, 1.57(a)(3), 1.59, 1.84(a)(2), 1.103, 1.136, 1.182, 1.183, 1.291, 1.295, 1.296, 1.377, 1.378, 1.550, 1.741, 1.956, 5.12, 5.15, 5.25, and 41.20 are effective November 22, 2004. Hiram H. Bernstein, Senior Legal Advisor, by telephone at (703) 305-8713 or Robert J. Spar, Director, Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA), at (703) 308-5107, or by facsimile to (703) 305-1013, marked to the attention of Mr. Bernstein, Administrative Practice and Procedure Courts Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Lawyers Claims Freedom of Information Tort Claims Trademarks Classified Information Foreign Relations Practice and procedure: 21st Century Strategic Plan; implementation, http://pair.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/final/home.pl http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/tr9502.html http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/a501.htm http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/efs/downloads/document.htm http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/bpai/standing2003May.pdf http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/sir/doc/patappde.html http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/forms/index.htm www.uspto.gov Vol. 69, no. 182 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2004-09-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 329 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-09-21 P0b002ee18097c52c 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21se04 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-09-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-09-21/pdf/FR-2004-09-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-09-21/xml/FR-2004-09-21.xml fdlp 56345 56664 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-06 FR-2004-09-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2004-09-21 69 182