Request for Comments on Proposed Utility Examination Guidelines
The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) requests comments from any interested member of the public on proposed internal guidelines that will be used by patent examiners in their review of patent applications for compliance with 35 U.S.C. 101. Because these guidelines govern internal practices, they are exempt from notice and comment rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A).
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/01/03/94-32314/request-for-comments-on-proposed-utility-examination-guidelines (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
- 1995-01-03
- Document type
- Notice
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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Read the news (all 1988) · both (all 2333)
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