The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a final rule in the Federal Register of September 8, 2000, revising the rules of practice in patent cases to imp...
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION:
Final rule; correction.
SUMMARY:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a final rule in the
Federal Register
of September 8, 2000, revising the rules of practice in patent cases to implement the Patent Business Goals. The Office also published a correction notice in the
Federal Register
of December 18, 2000, correcting errors in the final rule. This document corrects an error in the correction notice and makes the correction retroactive to December 18, 2000.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
December 18, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hiram H. Bernstein ((703) 305-8713), Senior Legal Advisor, or Robert J. Spar, Director ((703) 308-5107), Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA), directly by phone, or by facsimile to (703) 305-1013, marked to the attention of Mr. Bernstein, or by mail addressed to: Box Comments—Patents, Commissioner for Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Office published a final rule in the
Federal Register
of September 8, 2000 (65 FR 54604), entitled “Changes to Implement Patent Business Goals,” and a correction notice in the
Federal Register
of December 18, 2000 (65 FR 78958) correcting errors in the final rule. The correction notice inadvertently indicated that the processing fee for correcting inventorship in a patent under 37 CFR 1.324 is $55.00. The processing fee for correcting inventorship in a patent under § 1.324 is actually $130.00.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
65 FR 80755
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals,” thefederalregister.org (December 22, 2000), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/00-32773/changes-to-implement-the-patent-business-goals.