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xU7GK.
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Dated: November 14, 2019.
Andrei Iancu,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
Office Patent Trial Practice Guide,
November 2019 Edition
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Trademark Office, Commerce.
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AGENCY:
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The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (‘‘Office’’) is issuing a
consolidated Office Patent Trial Practice
Guide (‘‘Practice Guide’’) to incorporate
prior updates to the original August
2012 Practice Guide. The Office
publishes the Practice Guide to provide
practitioners with guidance on typical
procedures and timeframes for taking
action in post-grant trials implemented
following the Leahy-Smith America
Invents Act (‘‘AIA’’), as well as to bring
greater procedural consistency among
panels of the Patent Trial and Appeal
Board (‘‘Board’’).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Tierney and William Fink, Vice
Chief Administrative Patent Judges, by
telephone at (571) 272–9797.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
is issuing a consolidated Practice Guide
to incorporate prior updates to the
original August 2012 Practice Guide.
The Office previously issued updates to
the original 2012 Practice Guide in
August 2018 and July 2019. The
consolidated Practice Guide includes no
substantive changes from the prior
updates or current Board practices. The
topic of such revisions and updates
include:
• Institution of trial after SAS
Institute Inc. v. Iancu, 138 S. Ct. 1348
(2018);
• use of sur-replies in lieu of
observations;
• how parties may contact the Board
to request an initial conference call;
• use of word counts;
• updates to the sample scheduling
order for derivation proceedings; and
• updates to the default protective
order.
The November 2019 edition of the
Practice Guide may be viewed or
downloaded from the USPTO website at
https://www.uspto.gov/
TrialPracticeGuideConsolidated. The
earlier Practice Guide update from July
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ACTION:
The Department of the Army
is publishing this notice to announce
the following Federal advisory
committee meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Arlington National
Cemetery (ACANC), the Remember and
Explore Subcommittee, and the Honor
Subcommittee. These meetings are open
to the public. For more information,
please visit: https://
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Advisory-Committee-on-ArlingtonNational-Cemetery/ACANC-Meetings.
DATES: The Remember and Explore
Subcommittee will meet on Tuesday,
December 10, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 p.m. The Honor Subcommittee
will meet on Tuesday, December 10,
2019 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The full
Advisory Committee on Arlington
National Cemetery (ACANC) will meet
on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from
12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Arlington National
Cemetery Welcome Center, Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
22211.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
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Federal Officer for the Committee, in
writing at Arlington National Cemetery,
Arlington, VA 22211, or by email at
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phone at 1–877–907–8585.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting is being held under the
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provisions of the Federal Advisory
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Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine
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552b, as amended) and 41 Code of the
Federal Regulations (CFR 102–3.150).
Purpose of the Meeting: The primary
purpose of the Remember & Explore
Subcommittee is to recommend
methods to maintain the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier Monument, including
the cracks in the large marble
sarcophagus, the adjacent marble slabs,
and the potential replacement marble
stone for the sarcophagus already gifted
to the Army; accomplish an
independent assessment of requests to
place commemorative monuments
within ANC; and identify means to
capture and convey ANC’s history,
including Section 60 gravesite
mementos, and improve the quality of
visitors’ experiences now and for
generations to come.
The primary purpose of the Honor
Subcommittee is to accomplish an
independent assessment of methods to
address the long-term future of the
Army national cemeteries, including
how best to extend the active burials
and what ANC should focus on once all
available space is used.
The Advisory Committee on
Arlington National Cemetery is an
independent Federal advisory
committee chartered to provide the
Secretary of the Army independent
advice and recommendations on
Arlington National Cemetery, including,
but not limited to, cemetery
administration, the erection of
memorials at the cemetery, and master
planning for the cemetery. The
Secretary of the Army may act on the
Committee’s advice and
recommendations.
Agenda: The Remember and Explore
Subcommittee will receive briefings on
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Centennial plan; review the Office of
Strategic Services (OSS)
Commemorative works proposal; and
review the status of the educational
outreach program efforts by ANC.
The Honor Subcommittee will receive
an update on the design and progress of
the security fence project at Joint Base
Myer Henderson Hall; a status report on
the Southern Expansion project design
and funding; an update on the Pentagon
Memorial Fund Visitor Center and a
briefing on the potential for further
expansion into federal areas
surrounding ANC.
The Committee will receive an update
briefing on the Southern expansion
project; receive a state of the cemetery
briefing; vote on a recommendation for
placement of an OSS commemorative
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-P-2019-0039]
Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, November 2019 Edition
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (``Office'') is
issuing a consolidated Office Patent Trial Practice Guide (``Practice
Guide'') to incorporate prior updates to the original August 2012
Practice Guide. The Office publishes the Practice Guide to provide
practitioners with guidance on typical procedures and timeframes for
taking action in post-grant trials implemented following the Leahy-
Smith America Invents Act (``AIA''), as well as to bring greater
procedural consistency among panels of the Patent Trial and Appeal
Board (``Board'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Tierney and William Fink, Vice
Chief Administrative Patent Judges, by telephone at (571) 272-9797.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office is issuing a consolidated
Practice Guide to incorporate prior updates to the original August 2012
Practice Guide. The Office previously issued updates to the original
2012 Practice Guide in August 2018 and July 2019. The consolidated
Practice Guide includes no substantive changes from the prior updates
or current Board practices. The topic of such revisions and updates
include:
Institution of trial after SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu,
138 S. Ct. 1348 (2018);
use of sur-replies in lieu of observations;
how parties may contact the Board to request an initial
conference call;
use of word counts;
updates to the sample scheduling order for derivation
proceedings; and
updates to the default protective order.
The November 2019 edition of the Practice Guide may be viewed or
downloaded from the USPTO website at https://www.uspto.gov/TrialPracticeGuideConsolidated. The earlier Practice Guide update from
July 2019 is available at https://www.uspto.gov/TrialPracticeGuide3 and
the Practice Guide update from August 2018 is available at https://go.usa.gov/xU7GP. The full version of the original August 2012 Practice
Guide continues to be available for reference on the USPTO website at
https://go.usa.gov/xU7GK.
Comments regarding the Practice Guide can be sent to
[email protected].
Dated: November 14, 2019.
Andrei Iancu,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2019-25281 Filed 11-20-19; 8:45 am]
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