Federal Register Notices - 2012
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Below are Federal Register Notices published in 2012 for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Selected Federal Register Notices may also appear under various topical areas on this USPTO Web site.
For a complete, searchable database of Federal Register Notices in PDF, XML, and accessible HTML formats, please visit http://www.regulations.gov.
Final Rules
- Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases [TEXT] [PDF] (22May2012)
Proposed Rulemaking
- Request for Comments on the Recommendation for the Disclosure of Sequence Listings Using XML (Proposed ST.26) [TEXT] [PDF] (15May2012)
- CPI Adjustment of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013 [TEXT] [PDF] (14May2012)
- Changes To Implement Derivation Proceedings [TEXT] [PDF] (10Feb2012)
- Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review Proceedings [TEXT] [PDF] (10Feb2012)
- Changes to Implement Post-Grant Review Proceedings [TEXT] [PDF] (10Feb2012)
- Changes to Implement Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents [TEXT] [PDF] (10Feb2012)
- Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents: Definition of Technological Invention [TEXT] [PDF] (10Feb2012)
- Practice Guide for Proposed Trial Rules: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (09Feb2012)
- Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions [TEXT] [PDF] (09Feb2012)
- Patent Public Advisory Committee Public Hearings on the Proposed Patent Fee Schedule [TEXT] [PDF] (30Jan2012)
- Changes To Implement the Supplemental Examination Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and To Revise Reexamination Fees [TEXT] [PDF] (25Jan2012)
- Changes To Implement the Inventor's Oath or Declaration Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (06Jan2012)
- Changes To Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (05Jan2012)
- Changes To Implement the Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [TEXT] [PDF] (05Jan2012)
- Implementation of Statute of Limitations Provisions for Office Disciplinary Proceedings [TEXT] [PDF] (05Jan2012)
General Notices
- Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program [TEXT] [PDF] (10MAY2012)
- Public Advisory Committees: Notice and request for nominations [TEXT] [PDF] (04MAY2012)
- Request for Comments: Feasibility of Placing Economically Significant Patents Under a Secrecy Order, etc. [TEXT] [PDF] (20APR2012)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee Charter Renewal [TEXT] [PDF] (19MAR2012)
- Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program [TEXT] [PDF] (08FEB2012)
- Request for Comments and Notice of Public Hearings on Genetic Diagnostic Testing [TEXT] [PDF] (25Jan2012)
- Establishment of a One-Year Retention Period for Trademark- Related Papers That Have Been Scanned Into the Trademark Initial Capture Registration System [TEXT] [PDF] (25Jan2012)
- Establishment of a One-Year Retention Period for Patent-Related Papers That Have Been Scanned Into the Image File Wrapper System or the Supplemental Complex Repository for Examiners [TEXT] [PDF] (25Jan2012)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation Call for 2012 Nominations [TEXT] [PDF] (13Jan2012)
Paperwork Reduction Act
30 Day Notices (Notice of Submission to OMB)
- [0651-0016] - Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees [TEXT] [PDF] (27Mar2012)
- [0651-0027] - Recording Assignments [TEXT] [PDF] (13Mar2012)
- [0651-0060] - National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Application [TEXT] [PDF] (23Feb2012)
- [0651-0041] - Public User ID Badging [TEXT] [PDF] (16Feb2012)
- [0651-0045] - Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Action Form [TEXT] [PDF] (14Feb2012)
- [0651-00XX] - Patent and Trademark Resource Centers Metrics [TEXT] [PDF] (17Jan2012)
60 Day Notices (Notice of Proposed Collection)
- [0651-0057] - Patents External Quality Survey (formerly Customer Panel Quality Survey) [TEXT] [PDF] (09Apr2012)
- [0651-0031] - Patent Processing (Updating) [TEXT] [PDF] (22Mar2012)
- [0651-0066] - Patents for Humanity Program (Formerly Humanitarian Program) [TEXT] [PDF] (13Mar2012)
- [0651-0061] - Trademark Petitions [TEXT] [PDF] (22Feb2012)
- [0651-0051] - Madrid Protocol [TEXT] [PDF] (12Jan2012)
- Berridge [PDF]
- [0651-00XX] - Matters Related to Patent Appeals [TEXT] [PDF] (04Jan2012)
