# Removal of Certain Rules of Patent Practice
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule. · Published 2021-07-02 · Effective 2021-07-02 · 86 FR 35226
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-14036
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 35226
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2021-07-02
- **Effective date:** 2021-07-02
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No.: PTO-C-2017-0033
## Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) revises the rules of practice in patent cases to eliminate the requirement for original handwritten signatures on certain correspondence with the Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED) and certain payments made to the USPTO by credit card.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/07/02/2021-14036/removal-of-certain-rules-of-patent-practice)
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