Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions
The Patent and Trademark Office (``Office'') is publishing the final version of the guidelines to be used in examination of computer-related inventions.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/02/28/96-4140/examination-guidelines-for-computer-related-inventions (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- Published
- 1996-02-28
- Document type
- Notice
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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