uspto-patent · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2013-03-20 · Effective 2013-03-20 · 78 FR 17102
Document
Document number
2013-06362
Federal Register citation
78 FR 17102
CFR reference
37 CFR 1
Type
Rule
Action
Interim rule.
Category
uspto-patent
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2013-03-20
Effective date
2013-03-20
Commerce docket
Docket No. PTO-C-2013-0010
Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is correcting final regulations that were published in the Federal Register on January 18, 2013 (78 FR 4212) ("Fee Setting final rule") to set and adjust patent fees as authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA"). The Fee Setting rule became effective on March 19, 2013 (except that certain regulations relating to international applications become effective on January 1, 2014). This rulemaking corrects those final regulations to revise minor inconsistencies within the Fee Setting final rule or arising from other recent rulemakings under the AIA. It also corrects minor inconsistencies with a few of the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and typographical errors.