Request for Comments on Proposed Internet Usage Policy
The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) requests comments on a proposed Internet usage policy. The policy is intended to provide guidance to PTO employees regarding the use of the Internet for official PTO business. The policy is to cover (1) communications with applicants via Internet electronic mail (e-mail) and (2) using the Internet to search for information concerning patent applications and elements appearing in trademark applications.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
- —
- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/10/26/98-28572/request-for-comments-on-proposed-internet-usage-policy (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
- Legacy system and where it moved
- No legacy system name mention in title or summary )
- Fee
- No fee mention in title or summary )
- What you need (account or API key)
- No account or key mention in title or summary )
- Published
- 1998-10-26
- Document type
- Notice
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
Everything in the same category
Read the news (all 1988) · both (all 2333)
Related entry points
- Internet Usage Policy
- Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Matters Related to the Harmonization of Substantive Patent Law
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- Requirements To Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application Through the Trademark Electronic Application System
- Request for Comments Regarding the Continuation of the Accelerated Examination Program
- Submission for OMB Review
- Request for Comments on Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Practice
- Request for Comments and Notice of Public Hearings on Genetic Diagnostic Testing
- Notice of Enforcement Policy Symposium on Combating Counterfeiting in the 21st Century
- Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
- Guidelines for Assessing Enablement in Utility Applications and Patents in View of the Supreme Court Decision in Amgen Inc. et al. v. Sanofi et al.
- Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program
- Electronic Submission of Notices of Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Notices of Election, and Requests for Extension of Time for Seeking Judicial Review
- Notice of Public Roundtable on Genetic Diagnostic Testing
- Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees
- Request for Comments on Determining Whether a Claim Element Is Well-Understood, Routine, Conventional for Purposes of Subject Matter Eligibility