98-26428. Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 1999  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 52609-52610]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-26428]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    
    Patent and Trademark Office
    
    37 CFR Part 1
    
    [Docket No. 980713170-8247-02]
    RIN 0651-AA96
    
    
    Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 1999
    
    AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
    
    ACTION: Final rule; Delay of effective date.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) published a final rule 
    in the Federal Register of July 24, 1998, that revised certain patent 
    fee amounts for fiscal year 1999. Since then, a continuing resolution 
    appropriations bill has been passed by the Congress and signed by the 
    President. The continuing resolution maintains patent fees at their 
    September 1998 (fiscal year 1998) rates through October 9, 1998. This 
    document delays the effective date
    
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    of the PTO's final rule until October 10, 1998, unless it is superseded 
    by law.
    
    DATES: The effective date of the final rule published at 63 FR 46891, 
    July 24, 1998, and corrected at 63 FR 46981, September 3, 1998, is 
    delayed until October 10, 1998, unless it is superseded by law. If this 
    date is superseded by law, PTO will publish further notice in the 
    Federal Register.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Lee by telephone at (703) 305-
    8051, fax at (703) 305-8007, or by mail marked to his attention and 
    addressed to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Office of 
    Finance, Crystal Park 1, Suite 802, Washington, D.C. 20231.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) 
    published a final rule in the Federal Register of July 24, 1998, that 
    revised certain patent fee amounts for fiscal year 1999 (63 FR 39731). 
    See also 63 FR 46891 (September 3, 1998) (correcting one of the fee 
    amounts specified in the July 24, 1998 final rule). Since then, a 
    continuing resolution appropriations bill was passed by the Congress 
    and signed by the President on September 25, 1998. See H.J. Res. 128, 
    P.L. 105-240 (1998). It maintains patent fees at their September 1998 
    (fiscal year 1998) rates through the period of the continuing 
    resolution enacted on September 25, 1998, which expires October 9, 
    1998. The continuing resolution supersedes the July 24, 1998, final 
    rule on revision of patent fees for fiscal year 1999. Accordingly, this 
    notice delays the effective date of the final rule until October 10, 
    1998. Additional continuing resolutions could further extend the fiscal 
    year 1998 fee rates into fiscal year 1999.
        Legislation is still pending in the Congress to set new patent fees 
    for fiscal year 1999. If an appropriations or authorization bill 
    authorizing new patent fees is enacted prior to the expiration of a 
    continuing resolution, it will supersede the continuing resolution. 
    Patent customers should refer to the official PTO website 
    (www.uspto.gov), or call the PTO General Information Services Division 
    at (703) 308-4357 or (800) PTO-9199, for the most current fee amounts 
    and information.
    
        Dated: September 28, 1998.
    Bruce A. Lehman,
    Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and 
    Trademarks.
    [FR Doc. 98-26428 Filed 9-30-98; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
7/24/1998
Published:
10/01/1998
Department:
Patent and Trademark Office
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule; Delay of effective date.
Document Number:
98-26428
Dates:
The effective date of the final rule published at 63 FR 46891, July 24, 1998, and corrected at 63 FR 46981, September 3, 1998, is delayed until October 10, 1998, unless it is superseded by law. If this date is superseded by law, PTO will publish further notice in the Federal Register.
Pages:
52609-52610 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 980713170-8247-02
RINs:
0651-AA96: Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 1999
RIN Links:
https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0651-AA96/revision-of-patent-and-trademark-fees-for-fiscal-year-1999
PDF File:
98-26428.pdf
CFR: (1)
37 CFR 1