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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 83 / Friday, April 29, 2011 / Rules and Regulations
Dated: April 11, 2011.
Kevin J. Wolf,
Assistant Secretary.
the Associate Commissioner for Patent
Examination Policy, by telephone at
(571) 272–7727, (571) 272–7754 or (571)
272–7700, or by mail addressed to: Mail
Stop Comments Patents, Commissioner
for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria,
VA 22313–1450, marked to the attention
of Eugenia A. Jones.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
37 CFR Part 1
[Docket No.: PTO–P–2010–0092]
RIN 0651–AC52
Changes To Implement the Prioritized
Examination Track (Track I) of the
Enhanced Examination Timing Control
Procedures
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective and
applicability dates.
AGENCY:
On April 4, 2011, the United
States Patent and Trademark Office
(Office) published a final rule that
revises the rules of practice in patent
cases to implement a procedure under
which applicants may request
prioritized examination at the time of
filing of an application upon payment of
appropriate fees and compliance with
certain requirements (Track I final rule).
The prioritized examination procedure
is the first track (Track I) of a 3-Track
examination process designed to
provide applicants with greater control
over when their nonprovisional utility
and plant applications are examined
and to promote greater efficiency in the
patent examination process. The Track
I final rule states that the effective date
is May 4, 2011, and that a request for
prioritized examination may be
submitted with any original utility or
plant application filed on or after May
4, 2011. The Office is hereby notifying
the public that the Track I final rule
effective date and applicability date
have been delayed until further notice.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date
for the amendments to 37 CFR 1.17 and
1.102 published at 76 FR 18399, April
4, 2011 (the Track I final rule) is delayed
until further notice. The Office will
publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing the new effective
date.
Applicability date: No request for
prioritized examination will be accepted
until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eugenia A. Jones, Kathleen Kahler
Fonda, or Michael T. Cygan, Office of
Patent Legal Administration, Office of
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On April
4, 2011, the Office published a final rule
that revises the rules of practice in
patent cases to implement a procedure
under which applicants may request
prioritized examination at the time of
filing of an application upon payment of
appropriate fees and compliance with
certain requirements (Track I final rule).
See Changes to Implement the
Prioritized Examination Track (Track I)
of the Enhanced Examination Timing
Control Procedures, 76 FR 18399 (Apr.
4, 2011). The Office set an aggregate goal
for the prioritized examination
procedure of providing a final
disposition within twelve months of
prioritized status being granted. See
Changes to Implement the Prioritized
Examination Track (Track I) of the
Enhanced Examination Timing Control
Procedures, 76 FR at 18401. The Office,
however, has found it necessary to
revise its patent examiner hiring plan
due to funding limitations. The revised
hiring plan does not permit the Office
to hire new examiners. With the current
level of resources, the Office will not be
able to meet the twelve-month
pendency goal in prioritized
examination applications without
impacting the non-prioritized
examination applications at this time.
Therefore, the Office is delaying the
effective date and applicability date of
the Track I final rule until further
notice. When the funding limitations are
resolved, the Office will issue a
subsequent notice identifying a revised
effective date and applicability date on
which the final rule shall apply.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: April 25, 2011.
David J. Kappos,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
37 CFR Part 1
[Docket No.: PTO-P-2010-0092]
RIN 0651-AC52
Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I)
of the Enhanced Examination Timing Control Procedures
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective and applicability dates.
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SUMMARY: On April 4, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (Office) published a final rule that revises the rules of
practice in patent cases to implement a procedure under which
applicants may request prioritized examination at the time of filing of
an application upon payment of appropriate fees and compliance with
certain requirements (Track I final rule). The prioritized examination
procedure is the first track (Track I) of a 3-Track examination process
designed to provide applicants with greater control over when their
nonprovisional utility and plant applications are examined and to
promote greater efficiency in the patent examination process. The Track
I final rule states that the effective date is May 4, 2011, and that a
request for prioritized examination may be submitted with any original
utility or plant application filed on or after May 4, 2011. The Office
is hereby notifying the public that the Track I final rule effective
date and applicability date have been delayed until further notice.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date for the amendments to 37 CFR
1.17 and 1.102 published at 76 FR 18399, April 4, 2011 (the Track I
final rule) is delayed until further notice. The Office will publish a
document in the Federal Register announcing the new effective date.
Applicability date: No request for prioritized examination will be
accepted until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugenia A. Jones, Kathleen Kahler
Fonda, or Michael T. Cygan, Office of Patent Legal Administration,
Office of the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, by
telephone at (571) 272-7727, (571) 272-7754 or (571) 272-7700, or by
mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments Patents, Commissioner for
Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, marked to the
attention of Eugenia A. Jones.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 4, 2011, the Office published a
final rule that revises the rules of practice in patent cases to
implement a procedure under which applicants may request prioritized
examination at the time of filing of an application upon payment of
appropriate fees and compliance with certain requirements (Track I
final rule). See Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination Track
(Track I) of the Enhanced Examination Timing Control Procedures, 76 FR
18399 (Apr. 4, 2011). The Office set an aggregate goal for the
prioritized examination procedure of providing a final disposition
within twelve months of prioritized status being granted. See Changes
to Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the
Enhanced Examination Timing Control Procedures, 76 FR at 18401. The
Office, however, has found it necessary to revise its patent examiner
hiring plan due to funding limitations. The revised hiring plan does
not permit the Office to hire new examiners. With the current level of
resources, the Office will not be able to meet the twelve-month
pendency goal in prioritized examination applications without impacting
the non-prioritized examination applications at this time. Therefore,
the Office is delaying the effective date and applicability date of the
Track I final rule until further notice. When the funding limitations
are resolved, the Office will issue a subsequent notice identifying a
revised effective date and applicability date on which the final rule
shall apply.
Dated: April 25, 2011.
David J. Kappos,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-10376 Filed 4-28-11; 8:45 am]
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