[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 66282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23879]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No.: PTO-P-2022-0025]


Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives To Ensure the 
Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Request for comments; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is 
extending the comment period for the notice titled ``Request for 
Comments on USPTO Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability 
of Patent Rights'' that was published in the Federal Register on 
October 4, 2022. The notice's comment period is extended until February 
1, 2023. This will be the only extension of the comment period.

DATES: The USPTO is extending the comment period for the request for 
comments until February 1, 2023.

ADDRESSES: For reasons of government efficiency, comments must be 
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
www.regulations.gov. To submit comments via the portal, enter docket 
number PTO-P-2022-0025 on the homepage and click ``Search.'' The site 
will provide a search results page listing all documents associated 
with this docket. Find a reference to this document and click on the 
``Comment'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter or attach 
your comments. Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted as 
various file types, including Adobe[supreg] portable document format 
(PDF) and Microsoft Word[supreg] format. Because comments will be made 
available for public inspection, information the submitter does not 
desire to make public, such as an address or phone number, should not 
be included in the comments.
    Visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal for additional instructions on 
providing comments via the portal. If electronic submission of comments 
is not feasible due to a lack of access to a computer and/or the 
internet, please contact the USPTO using the contact information below 
(at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) for special instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Horner, Administrative Patent 
Judge, at 571-272-9797; June Cohan, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of 
Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for 
Patents, at 571-272-7744; or Raul Tamayo, Senior Legal Advisor, Office 
of Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for 
Patents, at 571-272-7728.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 4, 2022, the USPTO published a 
notice titled ``Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives to Ensure the 
Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights'' to seek initial public 
comments on proposed initiatives directed at bolstering the robustness 
and reliability of patents to incentivize and protect new and 
nonobvious inventions while facilitating the broader dissemination of 
public knowledge, which will, in turn, promote innovation and 
competition. See 87 FR 60130. The USPTO is extending the written 
comment period until February 1, 2023, to ensure that all stakeholders 
have a sufficient opportunity to submit comments on the questions 
presented in the October 4, 2022, notice. The USPTO is extending this 
written comment period only once.

Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2022-23879 Filed 11-2-22; 8:45 am]
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