Additional information on the new claims/continuation rules

August 22, 2007 on 10:17 am | In Legislation/Regulation, USPTO |

For those of you boning up on the proposed regulations, the USPTO has a page with additional information regarding the changes to claims and continuations practice that includes:

Federal Register Notice

• Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications, Final rule
  (72 Fed. Reg. 46716 - 21Aug2007) [PDF]

Summaries

• Highlights
• Changes from Proposed Rule
• Section-by-Section Rule Summary

Presentation Slide Set

• Claims and Continuations Final Rule [HTML accessible]
• Claims and Continuations Final Rule [PPT]
• Claims and Continuations Final Rule [PDF]
• Claims and Continuations Final Rule [ZIP]

Frequently Asked Questions [PDF]

Charts

• Commonly Owned Applications and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims [PDF]
• Comparison of Accelerated Examination Support Document and Examination Support Document Under 37 CFR 1.265 [PDF]

Guidelines (available in October 2007)

• Examination Support Document Guidelines

Forms (available in October 2007)

• Form SB/216, Examination Support Document Transmittal [PDF]
• Form SB/211, Examination Support Document Listing of References [PDF]
• Form SB/206, Listing of Commonly Owned Applications and Patents [PDF]
• Form SB/201, Request for Streamlined Docketing Procedure [PDF]

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