Request for Comments on Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is currently developing a Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program. The Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program is intended to provide patent applicants, attorneys and agents with assistance with application-specific issues including prosecution advancement concerns. The Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program is not intended to circumvent normal communication between pro se applicants or applicant's representatives and examiners or Supervisory Patent Examiners (SPEs). The USPTO is inviting public comment on the proposed Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program. Comment Deadline Date: Written comments must be received on or before November 27, 2009. No public hearing will be held.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/10/27/E9-25798/request-for-comments-on-patents-ombudsman-pilot-program (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
- 2009-10-27
- Document type
- Notice
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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