[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 58711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29310]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Request for Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of
Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. 112 para. 1 ``Written
Description'' Requirement; Notice of Change in Public Hearings,
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of public hearing in San Diego,
California; change of location of November 4, 1998, public hearing; and
extension of request period to present oral testimony.
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SUMMARY: Due to insufficient interest, the public hearing to be held in
San Diego, California, on November 6, 1998, is canceled. For the same
reason, the public hearing to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, on
November 4, 1998, will be held in Arlington, Virginia. The period to
request an opportunity to present oral testimony at the Arlington
location has been extended to November 3, 1998.
ADDRESSES: The November 4, 1998, hearing will be held in the
Commissioner's Conference Room located in Crystal Park Two, Room 912,
2121 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia. Those interested in testifying
should send their request to the attention of Mary Critharis addressed
to Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Box 4, Patent and Trademark
Office, Washington, DC 20231. Requests may also be submitted by
facsimile transmission to Mary Critharis at (703) 305-8885.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Critharis by telephone at (703)
305-9300, by facsimile at (703) 305-8885, by electronic mail at
mary.critharis@uspto.gov, or by mail addressed to Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks, Box 4, Washington, DC 20231.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 23, 1998, the Patent and
Trademark Office (PTO) announced its intention to hold public hearings
relating to the ``written description'' requirement under section 112
of title 35 of the United States Code. 63 FR 50,887 (1998). Interested
members of the public were invited to testify on this subject at public
hearings to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 4, 1998 and
San Diego, California, on November 6, 1998. The period to request an
opportunity to present oral testimony at these hearings was set to end
on October 30, 1998.
Due to insufficient interest, the public hearing in San Diego is
canceled. For the same reason, the public hearing initially scheduled
for Boston will instead be held in Arlington, Virginia, on November 4,
1998, starting at 9 a.m. and ending no later than 5 p.m. Those wishing
to present oral testimony at the hearing must request an opportunity to
do so no later than November 3, 1998.
Dated: October 28, 1998.
Bruce A. Lehman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and
Trademarks.
[FR Doc. 98-29310 Filed 10-29-98; 10:07 am]
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