Legal Processes
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO" or "Office") is implementing rules relating to civil actions and claims involving the Office. Specifically, the rules provide procedures for service of process, for obtaining Office documents and employee testimony, for indemnifying employees, and for making a claim against the Office under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/09/12/01-22854/legal-processes (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- Published
- 2001-09-12
- Document type
- Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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Related entry points
- Legal Processes
- Changes To Require Identification of Attributable Owner
- Request for Comments on Motion To Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings Under the America Invents Act Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Request for Comments on Enhancement in the Quality of Patents
- Notice of Forum on the Guidance For Determining Subject Matter Eligibility of Claims Reciting or Involving Laws of Nature, Natural Phenomena, and Natural Products
- COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program
- Notice of Public Hearings and Extension of Comment Period on the Proposed Changes To Require Identification of Attributable Owner
- Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination Timing Control Procedures
- Pilot Program for Extended Time Period To Reply to a Notice To File Missing Parts of Nonprovisional Application
- Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review
- Submitting Patent Applications in Structured Text Format and Reliance on the Text Version as the Source or Evidentiary Copy
- Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination
- Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals
- Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice; Correction
- New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related Correspondence and Madrid Protocol Rules Change
- Request for Comments on Director Review, Precedential Opinion Panel Review, and Internal Circulation and Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions