米国 USPTO規則改正案 Agenda (メモ)

米国ではオバマ政権になって（？）各行政庁は次の6ヶ月の間に実施予定の規則改正案 Agendaを6ヶ月毎に掲示しなければならなくなりました。USPTOの2009年春バージョンの規則改正案リンクを下に示します。

Current Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (LINK)
Agency Rule List - Spring 2009
Department of Commerce

DOC/PTO Proposed Rule Stage
Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
0651-AB98
DOC/PTO Proposed Rule Stage
Changes to Rules of Practice Before the Board of Appeals and Interferences in Inter Partes Appeals
0651-AC13
DOC/PTO Proposed Rule Stage
Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2010
0651-AC22
DOC/PTO Proposed Rule Stage
Change to Disciplinary Proceeding Hearing
0651-AC31
DOC/PTO Proposed Rule Stage
Revision of Fees for Application for Registration and for Registration
0651-AC32
DOC/PTO Final Rule Stage
Changes to Representation of Others Before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
0651-AB55
DOC/PTO Final Rule Stage
Institution of a Fee to File on Paper a Request for Reconsideration of a Final Office Action in a Trademark Case
0651-AC05
DOC/PTO Final Rule Stage
Correspondence With the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Office of the General Counsel
0651-AC08
DOC/PTO Final Rule Stage
Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases
0651-AC26
DOC/PTO Final Rule Stage
Changes To Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
0651-AC27
DOC/PTO Long-Term Actions
Changes to Information Disclosure Statement Requirements and Other Related Matters
0651-AB95
DOC/PTO Long-Term Actions
Revision to the Time for Filing of a Biological Deposit and the Date of Availability of a Biological Deposit
0651-AB99
DOC/PTO Long-Term Actions
Examination of Patent Applications That Include Claims Containing Alternative Language
0651-AC00
DOC/PTO Long-Term Actions
Changes to Rules of Practice Before the Board of Appeals and Interferences in Interferences
0651-AC14
DOC/PTO Long-Term Actions
Changes in Procedures for Filing Trademark Correspondence by Express Mail or Under a Certificate of Mailing or Transmission
0651-AC18
DOC/PTO Long-Term Actions
Changes to Implement Electronic Patent Publication
0651-AC19
DOC/PTO Long-Term Actions
Elimination of Issuance of Trademark Registration Certificates in Paper Form
0651-AC25
DOC/PTO Long-Term Actions
Fiscal Year 2009 Revision of Request for Continued Examination, Eighteen-Month Publication, and Other Miscellaneous Cost-Recovery Patent Fees
0651-AC29
DOC/PTO Long-Term Actions
Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2011
0651-AC33
DOC/PTO Completed Actions
Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
0651-AB89
DOC/PTO Completed Actions
Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Search Fees
0651-AC28