Internet Usage Policy
The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is publishing the final Internet usage policy to provide guidance to PTO employees regarding the use of the Internet for official PTO business. The policy covers communications with applicants via Internet electronic mail (e-mail), and using the Internet to search for information concerning patent applications and elements appearing in trademark applications. Guidelines for citing electronic information are provided in the attachment.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
- —
- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/06/21/99-15696/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
- 1999-06-21
- 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
- Request for Comments on Proposed Internet Usage Policy
- Requirements To Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application Through the Trademark Electronic Application System
- Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Matters Related to the Harmonization of Substantive Patent Law
- 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.
- Requirements To Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application Through the Trademark Electronic Application System
- Request for Comments on Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Practice
- Request for Comments Regarding the Continuation of the Accelerated Examination Program
- Change in Practice Regarding Correction of Foreign Priority Claims
- Legal Framework for Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)
- Notice of Enforcement Policy Symposium on Combating Counterfeiting in the 21st Century
- 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
- Supplemental Examination Guidelines for Determining the Applicability of 35 U.S.C. 112, ¶ 6
- Change to Internet Usage Policy To Permit Oral Authorization for Video Conferencing Tools by Patent Examiners
- Submission for OMB Review
- Elimination of the Postal Postcard in the Patent Center Electronic Office Action Program
- Complaints Regarding Invention Promoters