Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
uspto-patent · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2000-09-20 · Effective 2000-11-29 · 65 FR 57024
Document
Document number
00-23822
Federal Register citation
65 FR 57024
CFR reference
37 CFR 1
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
uspto-patent
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2000-09-20
Effective date
2000-11-29
Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is revising the rules of practice in patent cases to implement certain provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999. These provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 provide, with certain exceptions, for the publication of pending patent applications (other than design applications) at eighteen months from the earliest claimed priority date.