Revised Utility Examination Guidelines; Request for Comments
The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) requests comments from any interested member of the public on the following Revised Utility Examination Guidelines. The PTO is publishing a revised version of guidelines to be used by Office personnel in their review of patent applications for compliance with the utility requirement based on comments received in response to the Request for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications. Under the 35 U.S.C. 112, para. 1 ``Written Description'' Requirement; Extension of Comment Period and Notice of Hearing. 63 FR 50887 (September 23, 1998). These Revised Utility Guidelines will be used by PTO personnel in their review of patent applications for compliance with the ``utility'' requirement of 35 U.S.C. 101. This revision supersedes the Utility Examination Guidelines that were published at 60 FR 36263 (1995) and at 1177 O.G. 146 (1995).
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- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/12/21/99-33054/revised-utility-examination-guidelines-request-for-comments (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- What you need (account or API key)
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- Published
- 1999-12-21
- Document type
- Notice
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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Related entry points
- Revised Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. Sec. 112, para. 1 ``Written Description'' Requirement; Request for Comments
- Request for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. 112 para. 1 ``Written Description'' Requirement
- Utility Examination Guidelines
- Request for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
- Request for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. 112 para. 1 ``Written Description'' Requirement; Extension of Comment Period and Notice of Hearing
- Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. 112, ¶ 1, “Written Description” Requirement
- Request for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. 112 para. 1 ``Written Description'' Requirement; Notice of Change in Public Hearings, Extension of Comment Period
- Request for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
- Utility Examination Guidelines
- Request for Comments on Proposed Utility Examination Guidelines
- Supplemental Examination Guidelines for Determining the Applicability of 35 U.S.C. 112, ¶ 6
- Interim Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications for Computer-Generated Icons
- Interim Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference
- Request for Comments on Proposed Examination Guidelines for Computer-Implemented Inventions
- Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Matters Related to the Harmonization of Substantive Patent Law
- Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference