Commerce Department, Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is correcting nonsubstantive errors in the preamble and regulatory text of a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on November 18, 2024. That final rule set or adjusted trademark fees as authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), as amended by the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 (SUCCESS Act). This action is necessary to address potential confusion for impacted entities that could result if these errors are not corrected. These corrections do not result in any substantive changes to the final rule.
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 Parts 2 and 7 [Docket No. PTO-T-2022-0034] RIN 0651-AD65 AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Final rule; correction. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is correcting nonsubstantive errors in the preamble and regulatory text of a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on November 18, 2024. That final rule set or adjusted trademark fees as authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), as amended by the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 (SUCCESS Act). This action is necessary to address potential confusion for impacted entities that could result if these errors are not corrected. These corrections do not result in any substantive changes to the final rule. DATES: The final rule correction is effective January 18, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C. Brett Lockard, Director, Forecasting and Analysis Division, at 571-272-0928 or Christopher.Lockard@uspto.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 18, 2024, the USPTO published a final rule setting or adjusting trademark fees as authorized by the AIA, as amended by the SUCCESS Act. See 89 FR 91062 . Subsequent to the publication of that final rule, it was discovered that the rule inadvertently omitted applicable cross-references in 37 CFR 2.22(a)(6) and (9) and contained an incorrect cross-reference in § 2.22(a)…
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Citation: 90 FR 3037
