[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 222 (Friday, November 18, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 69235-69236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25156]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

37 CFR Part 1

[Docket No.: PTO-P-2022-0008]
RIN 0651-AD60


Standardization of the Patent Term Adjustment Statement Regarding 
Information Disclosure Statements

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

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is 
reopening the comment period for the proposed rule titled 
``Standardization of the Patent Term Adjustment Statement Regarding 
Information Disclosure Statements'' that was published in the Federal 
Register on July 12, 2022. The proposed rule's comment period, which 
ended on September 12, 2022, is extended until December 2, 2022. In 
addition, the USPTO will treat as timely any comment that was received 
between September 12, 2022, and November 18, 2022.

DATES: The USPTO is reopening the comment period for the proposed rule 
that published at 87 FR 41267 on July 12, 2022, and that requested 
comments by July 12, 2022. Comments on this proposed rule must be 
received on or before December 2, 2022. The USPTO will also treat as 
timely any comments received between September 12, 2022, and November 
18, 2022.

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-2022-0008 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

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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: Kery Fries, Senior Legal Advisor, 
Office of Patent Legal Administration, at 571-272-7757. You can also 
send inquiries to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 12, 2022, the USPTO published a 
proposed rule, ``Standardization of the Patent Term Adjustment 
Statement Regarding Information Disclosure Statements,'' to revise the 
rules of practice pertaining to patent term adjustment to require that 
the patent term adjustment statement regarding information disclosure 
statements be submitted on a USPTO form (87 FR 41267, July 12, 2022). 
After the comment deadline for the proposed rule closed, USPTO became 
aware of some continued stakeholder interest in submitting comments on 
the proposal. Therefore, the USPTO is reopening the written comment 
period for the proposed rule to ensure that all stakeholders have a 
sufficient opportunity to submit comments on the proposal. The USPTO 
will also treat as timely any comments received between the original 
comment period deadline of September 12, 2022, and November 18, 2022.

Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2022-25156 Filed 11-17-22; 8:45 am]
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