Commerce Department, Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) makes corrections to a final rule published on October 14, 2021, that amended the rules of practice to permit higher-capacity physical media to be submitted to the USPTO. This rule fixes typographical errors.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office 37 CFR Part 1 [Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0032] RIN 0651-AD48 AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Final rule; correction. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) makes corrections to a final rule published on October 14, 2021, that amended the rules of practice to permit higher-capacity physical media to be submitted to the USPTO. This rule fixes typographical errors. DATES: This rule is effective on December 29, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary C. Till, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patents, at Mary.Till@uspto.gov ; or Ali Salimi, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patents, at Ali.Salimi@uspto.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 14, 2021, the USPTO published a final rule amending the rules of practice to permit higher-capacity physical media to be submitted to the USPTO ( 86 FR 57035 ). That final rule, which went into effect on November 15, 2021, contained two incorrect cross-references in 37 CFR 1.77 to the methods by which a sequence listing may be submitted to the USPTO. This final rule corrects those cross-references to avoid any confusion. Section 1.77(b)(13) is revised to reference § 1.821(c)(2) for a “Sequence Listing” that is submitted as a Portable Document Format (PDF…
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Citation: 86 FR 73985
