Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications
uspto-patent · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2009-10-14 · Effective 2009-10-14 · 74 FR 52686
Document
Document number
E9-24667
Federal Register citation
74 FR 52686
CFR reference
37 CFR 1
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
uspto-patent
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2009-10-14
Effective date
2009-10-14
Commerce docket
Docket No.: PTO-P-2009-0049
Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a final rule in the Federal Register in August of 2007 to revise the rules of practice for patent cases pertaining to continuing applications and requests for continued examination practices, and for the examination of claims in patent applications (Claims and Continuations Final Rule). The Office is revising the rules of practice in this final rule to remove the changes in the Claims and Continuations Final Rule from the Code of Federal Regulations.