New Implementation Date for Voluntary Continuing Legal Education Certification, 71453 [2021-27221]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–C–2021–0016]
New Implementation Date for Voluntary
Continuing Legal Education
Certification
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of delay in
implementation date.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is
delaying indefinitely the
implementation of the voluntary
continuing legal education (CLE)
certification. The USPTO anticipates
providing at least 120 days’ notice prior
to any implementation of the voluntary
CLE certification.
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Delay of Implementation Date:
The USPTO is delaying implementation
of the voluntary certification of CLE
indefinitely.
DATES:
Will
Covey, Deputy General Counsel and
Director of the Office of Enrollment and
Discipline (OED), at 571–272–4097.
Please direct media inquiries to the
USPTO’s Office of the Chief
Communications Officer at 571–272–
8400.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
On August
3, 2020, the USPTO issued a final rule,
Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees
During Fiscal Year 2020, 85 FR 46932
(Aug. 3, 2020). Under this rule
registered patent practitioners and
individuals granted limited recognition
to practice before the USPTO in patent
matters would be permitted to
voluntarily certify to the OED Director
their completion of 6 credits of CLE in
the preceding 24 months (including 5
hours of CLE in patent law and practice
and 1 hour of CLE in ethics). 37 CFR
11.11(a)(3)(i). The 2020 final fee rule
also provided that the OED Director may
recognize practitioners who certify their
completion of CLE in the online register
of practitioners. 37 CFR 11.11(a)(1).
On October 9, 2020, the USPTO
published proposed CLE guidelines
with a request for comments in the
Federal Register, seeking public input
on those guidelines. 85 FR 64128. The
request for comments closed on January
7, 2021. The USPTO received 26
comments addressing both the proposed
CLE guidelines and the provisions of the
final patent fee rule that establish the
biennial electronic registration
statement.
On June 10, 2021, the USPTO issued
a Federal Register Notice announcing
that the voluntary CLE certification
would commence in the spring of 2022
but that implementation of the biennial
electronic registration statement would
be delayed until November 1, 2024. 86
FR 30920.
At this time, based on operational
priorities, implementation of the
voluntary CLE certification will be
delayed indefinitely. The expected
implementation date for the biennial
electronic registration statement
remains November 1, 2024.
The USPTO will provide at least 120
days’ notice prior to the implementation
of the voluntary CLE certification. In
addition, the USPTO will issue final
CLE guidelines and specific instructions
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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for making the certification prior to any
implementation date.
Andrew Hirshfeld,
Commissioner for Patents, Performing the
Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary
of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Director of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2021–27221 Filed 12–15–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-C-2021-0016]
New Implementation Date for Voluntary Continuing Legal Education
Certification
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of delay in implementation date.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or
Office) is delaying indefinitely the implementation of the voluntary
continuing legal education (CLE) certification. The USPTO anticipates
providing at least 120 days' notice prior to any implementation of the
voluntary CLE certification.
DATES: Delay of Implementation Date: The USPTO is delaying
implementation of the voluntary certification of CLE indefinitely.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Will Covey, Deputy General Counsel and
Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED), at 571-272-
4097. Please direct media inquiries to the USPTO's Office of the Chief
Communications Officer at 571-272-8400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 3, 2020, the USPTO issued a final
rule, Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020, 85 FR
46932 (Aug. 3, 2020). Under this rule registered patent practitioners
and individuals granted limited recognition to practice before the
USPTO in patent matters would be permitted to voluntarily certify to
the OED Director their completion of 6 credits of CLE in the preceding
24 months (including 5 hours of CLE in patent law and practice and 1
hour of CLE in ethics). 37 CFR 11.11(a)(3)(i). The 2020 final fee rule
also provided that the OED Director may recognize practitioners who
certify their completion of CLE in the online register of
practitioners. 37 CFR 11.11(a)(1).
On October 9, 2020, the USPTO published proposed CLE guidelines
with a request for comments in the Federal Register, seeking public
input on those guidelines. 85 FR 64128. The request for comments closed
on January 7, 2021. The USPTO received 26 comments addressing both the
proposed CLE guidelines and the provisions of the final patent fee rule
that establish the biennial electronic registration statement.
On June 10, 2021, the USPTO issued a Federal Register Notice
announcing that the voluntary CLE certification would commence in the
spring of 2022 but that implementation of the biennial electronic
registration statement would be delayed until November 1, 2024. 86 FR
30920.
At this time, based on operational priorities, implementation of
the voluntary CLE certification will be delayed indefinitely. The
expected implementation date for the biennial electronic registration
statement remains November 1, 2024.
The USPTO will provide at least 120 days' notice prior to the
implementation of the voluntary CLE certification. In addition, the
USPTO will issue final CLE guidelines and specific instructions for
making the certification prior to any implementation date.
Andrew Hirshfeld,
Commissioner for Patents, Performing the Functions and Duties of the
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2021-27221 Filed 12-15-21; 8:45 am]
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