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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO–P–2022–0025]
Request for Comments on USPTO
Initiatives To Ensure the Robustness
and Reliability of Patent Rights
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments;
extension of comment period.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) is extending
the comment period for the notice titled
‘‘Request for Comments on USPTO
Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and
Reliability of Patent Rights’’ that was
published in the Federal Register on
October 4, 2022. The notice’s comment
period is extended until February 1,
2023. This will be the only extension of
the comment period.
DATES: The USPTO is extending the
comment period for the request for
comments until February 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES: For reasons of government
efficiency, comments must be submitted
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
at www.regulations.gov. To submit
comments via the portal, enter docket
number PTO–P–2022–0025 on the
homepage and click ‘‘Search.’’ The site
will provide a search results page listing
all documents associated with this
docket. Find a reference to this
document and click on the ‘‘Comment’’
icon, complete the required fields, and
enter or attach your comments.
Attachments to electronic comments
will be accepted as various file types,
including Adobe® portable document
format (PDF) and Microsoft Word®
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format. Because comments will be made
available for public inspection,
information the submitter does not
desire to make public, such as an
address or phone number, should not be
included in the comments.
Visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal
for additional instructions on providing
comments via the portal. If electronic
submission of comments is not feasible
due to a lack of access to a computer
and/or the internet, please contact the
USPTO using the contact information
below (at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) for special instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Horner, Administrative Patent
Judge, at 571–272–9797; June Cohan,
Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent
Legal Administration, Office of the
Deputy Commissioner for Patents, at
571–272–7744; or Raul Tamayo, Senior
Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal
Administration, Office of the Deputy
Commissioner for Patents, at 571–272–
7728.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 4, 2022, the USPTO published
a notice titled ‘‘Request for Comments
on USPTO Initiatives to Ensure the
Robustness and Reliability of Patent
Rights’’ to seek initial public comments
on proposed initiatives directed at
bolstering the robustness and reliability
of patents to incentivize and protect
new and nonobvious inventions while
facilitating the broader dissemination of
public knowledge, which will, in turn,
promote innovation and competition.
See 87 FR 60130. The USPTO is
extending the written comment period
until February 1, 2023, to ensure that all
stakeholders have a sufficient
opportunity to submit comments on the
questions presented in the October 4,
2022, notice. The USPTO is extending
this written comment period only once.
Katherine K. Vidal,
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
[Docket No.: PTO-P-2022-0025]
Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives To Ensure the
Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is
extending the comment period for the notice titled ``Request for
Comments on USPTO Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability
of Patent Rights'' that was published in the Federal Register on
October 4, 2022. The notice's comment period is extended until February
1, 2023. This will be the only extension of the comment period.
DATES: The USPTO is extending the comment period for the request for
comments until February 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES: For reasons of government efficiency, comments must be
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. To submit comments via the portal, enter docket
number PTO-P-2022-0025 on the homepage and click ``Search.'' The site
will provide a search results page listing all documents associated
with this docket. Find a reference to this document and click on the
``Comment'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter or attach
your comments. Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted as
various file types, including Adobe[supreg] portable document format
(PDF) and Microsoft Word[supreg] format. Because comments will be made
available for public inspection, information the submitter does not
desire to make public, such as an address or phone number, should not
be included in the comments.
Visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal for additional instructions on
providing comments via the portal. If electronic submission of comments
is not feasible due to a lack of access to a computer and/or the
internet, please contact the USPTO using the contact information below
(at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) for special instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Horner, Administrative Patent
Judge, at 571-272-9797; June Cohan, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of
Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for
Patents, at 571-272-7744; or Raul Tamayo, Senior Legal Advisor, Office
of Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for
Patents, at 571-272-7728.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 4, 2022, the USPTO published a
notice titled ``Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives to Ensure the
Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights'' to seek initial public
comments on proposed initiatives directed at bolstering the robustness
and reliability of patents to incentivize and protect new and
nonobvious inventions while facilitating the broader dissemination of
public knowledge, which will, in turn, promote innovation and
competition. See 87 FR 60130. The USPTO is extending the written
comment period until February 1, 2023, to ensure that all stakeholders
have a sufficient opportunity to submit comments on the questions
presented in the October 4, 2022, notice. The USPTO is extending this
written comment period only once.
Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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