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2015-04-02; vol. 80 # 63 - Thursday, April 2, 2015 80 FR 17918 - Changes To Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs
GPO FDSys: XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, United States Patent and Trademark Office Final rule. Effective date: The changes in this final rule take effect on May 13, 2015. Applicability date: The changes to 37 CFR 1.32, 1.46, 1.63, 1.76, and 1.175 in this final rule apply only to patent applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 111, 363, or 385 on or after September 16, 2012. The changes to 37 CFR 1.53(b) and (c) and 1.57(a)(4) in this final rule apply only to patent applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 111 on or after December 18, 2013. 37 CFR Parts 1, 3, 5, 11, and 41 Summary Title I of the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 (“PLTIA”) amends the United States patent laws to implement the provisions of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, July 2, 1999, (hereinafter “Hague Agreement”) and is to take effect on the entry into force of the Hague Agreement with respect to the United States. Under the Hague Agreement, qualified applicants may apply for design protection in the Contracting Parties to the Hague Agreement by filing a single, standardized international design application in a single language. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is revising the rules of practice to implement title I of the PLTIA.
2014-10-22; vol. 79 # 204 - Wednesday, October 22, 2014 79 FR 63036 - Renaming of Express Mail® to Priority Mail Express®
GPO FDSys: XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, United States Patent and Trademark Office Final rule. Effective Date: The changes in this final rule are effective on October 22, 2014. 37 CFR Parts 1, 2, 7, 11, 41, and 42 Summary The United States Patent and Trademark (Office) is revising the rules of practice to change the phrase Express Mail or EXPRESS MAIL® to Priority Mail Express® due to the United States Postal Service (USPS) renaming Express Mail® to Priority Mail Express® on July 28, 2013, and to make other changes to conform the nomenclature used in the rules of practice to the current nomenclature used by the USPS.
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Title 37 published on 2014-07-01
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 37 CFR Part 41 after this date.
2015-04-02; vol. 80 # 63 - Thursday, April 2, 2015 80 FR 17918 - Changes To Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, United States Patent and Trademark Office Final rule. Effective date: The changes in this final rule take effect on May 13, 2015. Applicability date: The changes to 37 CFR 1.32, 1.46, 1.63, 1.76, and 1.175 in this final rule apply only to patent applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 111, 363, or 385 on or after September 16, 2012. The changes to 37 CFR 1.53(b) and (c) and 1.57(a)(4) in this final rule apply only to patent applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 111 on or after December 18, 2013. 37 CFR Parts 1, 3, 5, 11, and 41 Summary Title I of the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 (“PLTIA”) amends the United States patent laws to implement the provisions of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, July 2, 1999, (hereinafter “Hague Agreement”) and is to take effect on the entry into force of the Hague Agreement with respect to the United States. Under the Hague Agreement, qualified applicants may apply for design protection in the Contracting Parties to the Hague Agreement by filing a single, standardized international design application in a single language. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is revising the rules of practice to implement title I of the PLTIA.
2014-10-22; vol. 79 # 204 - Wednesday, October 22, 2014 79 FR 63036 - Renaming of Express Mail® to Priority Mail Express®
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, United States Patent and Trademark Office Final rule. Effective Date: The changes in this final rule are effective on October 22, 2014. 37 CFR Parts 1, 2, 7, 11, 41, and 42 Summary The United States Patent and Trademark (Office) is revising the rules of practice to change the phrase Express Mail or EXPRESS MAIL® to Priority Mail Express® due to the United States Postal Service (USPS) renaming Express Mail® to Priority Mail Express® on July 28, 2013, and to make other changes to conform the nomenclature used in the rules of practice to the current nomenclature used by the USPS.
