Bulletins

2007 Bulletins

• USPTO Issues Clarification and Limited Waiver of New Rules (html)
• USPTO Issues Final Rules for Continuing Applications and the Examination of Claims (html)

 
Previous Years Bulletins

•  Effective July 30, 2004, Most Certified Copies of Patent Applications Will Be Provided by the PTO on CDROM (pdf)
  
  
• Patent Term Adjustment Bulletin
  
  
• Summary of En Banc CAFC Ruling in Festo Case
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• New PTO Goal: Issue Patents Within 12 Weeks of Issue Fee Payment
  
  
• American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
  (html)