94-22681. Revision of Patent Fees; Correction

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

37 CFR Part 1

[Docket No. 940415-4212]
RIN 0651-AA68

 

Revision of Patent Fees; Correction

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Correction to final rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final rulemaking 
which was published Thursday, August 25, 1994 (59 FR 43736).

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Kopson by telephone at (703) 
305-8510, fax at [phone], or by mail marked to his attention and 
addressed to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 
20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Need for Correction

    The final rulemaking contains an error which may prove to be 
misleading and is in need of clarification. As published, section 
1.492(a)(5) read, ``* * * by the European Patent Office of the Japanese 
Patent Office * * *.'' The section should read, ``* * * by the European 
Patent Office or the Japanese Patent Office * * *''.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, on page 43742 of the final rulemaking which was 
published on August 25, 1994, paragraph (a)(5) of Sec. 1.492 is 
corrected as follows:


Sec. 1.492  National stage fees.

* * * * *
    (a) * * *
* * * * *
    (5) Where a search report on the international application has been 
prepared by the European Patent Office or the Japanese Patent Office:

By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$425.00
By other than a small entity
$850.00
* * * * *
    Dated: August 1, 1994.
Michael K. Kirk,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Acting Commissioner of 
Patents and Trademarks.
[FR Doc. 94-22681 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]
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