Changes To Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) has established a 21st Century Strategic Plan to transform the Office into a quality-focused, highly productive, responsive organization supporting a market-driven intellectual property system. The Office is proposing to revise the rules of practice to support the implementation of the 21st Century Strategic Plan, which involves improving the patent application and examination process by promoting quality enhancement, reducing patent pendency, and using information technology to simplify the patent application process. The more notable changes being proposed in this document involve permitting electronic signatures on a number of submissions, streamlining the requirements for incorporation by reference of prior-filed applications, and clarifying the qualifications for claiming small entity status for purposes of paying reduced patent fees. These changes to the patent application and examination process are necessary for the Office to be able to process the long-term trend of increasing numbers of applications within a reasonable time frame.
- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/09/12/03-23010/changes-to-support-implementation-of-the-united-states-patent-and-trademark-office-21st-century (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- 2003-09-12
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- Proposed Rule
原データ更新日：2026-10-06
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