Contents:

• General
• Federal Register
• Transcripts

General:

• Summary of the Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act of 1998 (TLTIA) (26Oct99)
  
  
• Announcement: Patents to Issue More Quickly After Issue Fee Payment (17Feb99)
  
  
• Notice re: Patent Term Extension Info to Be Printed on Notice of Allowance and the Patent (to be published in OG) (5Nov98)
  
  
• Announcement: Public Hearings and Extended Period for Public Comment on the Interim Guidelines (17Sep98)
  • Public Comments
    
    
• Q. Todd Dickinson confirmed as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Deputy Commissioner for Patents and Trademarks. (19Jun98)

• Public Information Sessions and Workshop Presenting the Revised Requirements for Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Disclosures, and New PatentIn version 2.0 Software (8Jun98)

• Conference on Database Protection and Access Issues (28Apr98)
  
  
• USPTO Announces Top Patent Earners (15Jan98)

• SPECIAL EVENT: Sc[i] 3 Washington & the West Patent Seminar, Mayer Theatre, Santa Clara University January 27 & 28, 1998 (14Jan98)
  
  
• Notice of Examination for Registration, Wednesday, August 26, 1998.

• Final Rule: Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure, (effective 1 December 1997)
• Final Rule "Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure" Training and Implementation Guide, Notebook and CD-ROM Versions now offered. (9 Oct97)
• On JPO web site: JPO Requirement for the Submission of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Listings in Computer-Readable Form (18Mar97)
• System Development and Maintenance (SDM) Contract Award (12Feb97)
• Nice Agreement, Seventh Edition: Trademark Class Changes (23Jan97)
• Public Hearings on the Patent Paper Search Files (19Dec96)
• W.I.P.O. Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions [HTML] or [PDF]
  • Transcript - 11/12/96 Briefing and Request for Comments on the Chairman's Texts of Three Agreements for the Diplomatic Conference in Adobe PDF Format
  • Request for Comments on the Chairman's Text of the Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions, To Be Held in Geneva From December 2 to 20, 1996
  • WIPO Documents and Press Release Resulting from the Conference
• The Fastener Quality Act: Insignia Recordal Requirements Explained
• Petitioning to Make Special Patent Applications Relating to Inventions For Countering Terrorism

Federal Register:

• Changes to Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Fees by Credit Card(25May00)
• Notice of reestablishment and adoption of seal of the United States Patent and Trademark Office(06Apr00)
• Rules To Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings(06Apr00)
• Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications(05Apr00)
• Notice and Request for Nominations to the Public Advisory Committees(29Mar00)
• Changes to Application Examination and Provisional Application Practice (20Mar00)
• Request for Comments on Patent Law Treaty(09Mar00)
• Notice of Conference on State Sovereign Immunity and Intellectual Property Rights(07Mar00)
• Revised Interim Utility Examination Guidelines; Request for Comments; Correction(21Jan00)
  • Public Comments
• Interim final rule--Complaints Regarding Invention Promoters; Request for Comments(20Jan00)
• Federal Register Notice- Revised Utility Examination Guidelines; Request for Comments (27Dec99)
• Federal Register Notice - Revised Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. Sec. 112, para. 1 ``Written Description'' Requirement; Request for Comments (27Dec99)
  • Public Comments
• Procedures for Implementation of the Fastener Quality Act (20Dec99)
• Federal Register Notice re: Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for FY 2000 (16Dec99)
• Clarification of Patent and Trademark Copy Fees (14Dec99)
• Official Insignia of Native American Tribes; Statutorily Required Study (30Nov99)
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Action Form (29Nov99)
• Statutory Invention Registration: Proposed collection; Comment Request (24Nov99)
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Changes to Permit Payment of Fees by Credit Card [PDF file 20K] (03Oct99)
• Announcement of membership of the Patent and Trademark Office Performance Review Board(21Oct99)
• Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act Changes; Correction(22Sep99)
• Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act Changes; Final Rule(14Sep99)
• Interim Supplemental Examination Guidelines for Determining the Applicability of 35 U.S.C. section 112, paragraph 6(4Aug99)
• Request for comments for the Statutorily Required Study on Official Insignia of Native American Tribes (22Mar99)
  • Public Comments (26May99)
  • Official Insignia of Native American Tribes; Statutorily Required Study(7Jun99)
  • Official Insignia of Native American Tribes; Correction of Hearing Times(22Jun99)
• Internet Usage Policy(21Jun99)
• Public Hearing and RFC on Issues Related to the Identification of Prior Art During the Examination of a Patent Application (27May99)
• Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act Changes (11May99)
• Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on the Proposed New Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (19Apr99)
• Guidelines for Reexamination of Cases in View of In re Portola Packaging, Inc., 110 F.3d 786, 42 USPQ2d 1295 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (01Apr99)
• Interim rule with request for comments on Consideration of Interlocutory Rulings at Final Hearing in Interference Proceedings (22Mar99)
• Solicitation of Applications for Membership on Public Advisory Committee for Trademark Affairs (07Jan99)
• RFC: Official Insignia of Native American Tribes; Statutorily Required Study (07Jan99)
• Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure (01Dec98)
• Request for Comments on Proposed Internet Usage Policy (20Oct98)
• Advance Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR -- Comments requested by December 4, 1998) and Highlights of the 21 topics in the ANPR (7Oct98)
  • Public Comments (13Jan99)
• Public Hearings and Extended Period for Public Comment on the Interim Guidelines (28Sep98)
• Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules (16Sep98)
• Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 1999; Correction (28Aug98)
• Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference (26Aug98)
• RFC: Dissemination of Patent and Trademark Information on the PTO's Web Site (27Jul98)
  • Public Comments
• Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 1999 (24Jul98)
• Changes to Continued Prosecution Application Practice (7Jul98)
• Request for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. 112 para. 1 ``Written Description'' Requirement (17Jun98)
• Request for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Reexamination of Cases in View of In re Portola Packaging, Inc., 110 F.3d 786, 42 USPQ2d 1295 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (17Jun98)
• Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Disclosures(1Jun98)
• Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure(1Jun98)
• Meeting of the Public Advisory Committee for Trademark Affairs(23Mar98)
• Notice of Conference on Database Protection and Access Issues(23Mar98)
• Change to Continued Prosecution Application Practice(3Mar98)
• Soliciting Applications for Membership on Public Advisory Committee for Trademark Affairs(18Dec97)
• Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure; Correction [7Nov97]
• Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules. Proposed rule; notice of hearing and reopening of comment [5Nov97]
• Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Procedures for Recording Patent Prosecution File Histories. (23Oct97)
• Request for Comments on Patent Formalities Treaty (22Oct97)
• Notice of proposed rulemaking: Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules (9Jun97)
• Technical Corrections to Interim Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference. (3Mar97)
• Interim Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference
• Communications With the Patent and Trademark Office
• Changes Implementing Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Listings; Proposed Rule
• Recordal Fees Associated with the Fastener Quality Act
• Miscellaneous Changes in Patent Practice
• 1996 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure; Proposed Rule
  • Comments from the Public (15Mar97)

Transcripts:

• Transcript from the Hearing on Official Insignia of Native American Tribes, 15 July 1999
• Transcript from the Hearing on Official Insignia of Native American Tribes, 12 July 1999
• Transcript from the Hearing on Official Insignia of Native American Tribes, 8 July 1999
• Transcript from the Public Advisory Committee on Trademark Affairs, 2 November 1998
• Transcript from the Public Hearing on Technical Documentation Strategy
• Transcript from the Public Hearing on Patent Protection for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Methods
• The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) held public hearings in La Jolla, California, on April 16 and in Arlington, Virginia on April 23 to request comments on issues related to patent protection for nucleic acid sequences. The transcripts of those public hearings are now available. Note: In the Notice of Hearings and Request for Comments on Issues Relating to Patent Protection for Nucleic Acid Sequences (Federal Register, Volume 61, Number 49, pg 9980-9982 , March 12, 1996), the address provided for anonymous file transfer protocol (ftp) availability was incorrect. The correct address is ftp.uspto.gov/pub/dna/seq-hear.txt.

• Arlington, Virginia transcript
• La Jolla, California transcript