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 2007_register executive 2010-09-22 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c80a60d3 D09002ee1c80a61e5 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) is revising the rules of practice in patent cases relating to continuing applications and requests for continued examination practices, and for the examination of claims in patent applications. The Office is revising the rules of practice to require that any third or subsequent continuing application that is a continuation application or a continuation-in-part application, and any second or subsequent request for continued examination in an application family, be filed to obtain consideration of an amendment, argument, or evidence, and be supported by a showing as to why the amendment, argument, or evidence sought to be entered could not have been previously submitted. The Office is also revising the rules of practice to provide that an applicant must provide an examination support document that covers all of the claims in an application if the application contains more than five independent claims or more than twenty-five total claims. The Office is also revising the rules of practice with respect to multiple applications that have the same claimed filing or priority date, substantial overlapping disclosure, a common inventor, and common ownership. These changes will allow the Office to conduct a better and more thorough and reliable examination of patent applications. 72 FR 46716 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-08-21/E7-15565 E7-15565 fr21au07-15 3510-16-P Docket Nos.: PTO-P-2005-0022 PTO-P-2005-0023 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-08-21/E7-15565 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-08-21/html/E7-15565.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-08-21/pdf/E7-15565.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Courts Freedom of Information Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses 128 p. 46716 46843 72 FR 46716 Title 37 Part 1 37 CFR Part 1 Changes To Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications; Federal Register Vol. 72, Issue RULE E7-15565 II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office 2007-11-01 Docket Nos.: PTO-P-2005-0022 PTO-P-2005-0023 3510-16-P E7-15565 Final rule.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is revising the rules of practice in patent cases relating to continuing applications and requests for continued examination practices, and for the examination of claims in patent applications. The Office is revising the rules of practice to require that any third or subsequent continuing application that is a continuation application or a continuation-in-part application, and any second or subsequent request for continued examination in an application family, be filed to obtain consideration of an amendment, argument, or evidence, and be supported by a showing as to why the amendment, argument, or evidence sought to be entered could not have been previously submitted. The Office is also revising the rules of practice to provide that an applicant must provide an examination support document that covers all of the claims in an application if the application contains more than five independent claims or more than twenty-five total claims. The Office is also revising the rules of practice with respect to multiple applications that have the same claimed filing or priority date, substantial overlapping disclosure, a common inventor, and common ownership. These changes will allow the Office to conduct a better and more thorough and reliable examination of patent applications.

Effective Date: November 1, 2007. For applicability and compliance dates see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The Office of Patent Legal Administrative Practice and Procedure Courts Freedom of Information Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Patent cases: Continuing applications; continued examination filings, applications containing patentably indistinct claims, and claims examinations, http://www.oig.doc.gov/oig/reports/2004/USPTO-IPE-15722-09-04.pdf http://www.uspto.gov http://www.uspto.gov/go/ptdl/ http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/index.html#patent http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/foia/comm/comm.htm http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/strat2007/ http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/accelerated/ http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/greenpaper.htm http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/searchtemplates/ http://www.wipo.int/patent/law/en/harmonization.htm Vol. 72, no. 161 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2007-08-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 365 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-08-21 P0b002ee180958f3d 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21au07 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-08-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-08-21/pdf/FR-2007-08-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-08-21/xml/FR-2007-08-21.xml fdlp 46539 46893 DGPO 2010-09-22 2024-06-05 FR-2007-08-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2007-08-21 72 161