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        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200410</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
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            <NAME>Patent and Trademark Office</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>PTO</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>0600</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Commerce</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOC</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Changes To Implement Patent-Related Provisions of the United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The United States Patent and Trademark Office Fee Modernization Act of 2003 would (if enacted) revise patent fees in general, and provide for a search fee and examination fee that are separate from the filing fee.  The United States Patent and Trademark Office Fee Modernization Act of 2003 also provides that the United States Patent and Trademark Office may, by regulation, provide a refund of any part of the excess claim fee for any claim that is canceled before an examination has been made of the application, provide a refund of any part of the examination fee and the search fee for any applicant who files a written declaration of express abandonment as prescribed by the Office before an examination has been made of the application, and provide a refund of any part of the examination fee and the search fee for any applicant who provides a search report that meets the conditions prescribed by the Office.  This rulemaking implements the changes to the patent fees contained in the United States Patent and Trademark Office Fee Modernization Act of 2003.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Long-Term Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>37 CFR 1</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>35 USC 41, 2(b)(2)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>To Be Determined</TTBL_DATE>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Robert</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Bahr</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>W.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Senior Patent Attorney</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0651</CODE>
                    <NAME>Patent and Trademark Office</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>PTO</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>571 272-8800</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>robert.bahr@uspto.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Mail Stop Comments--Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Alexandria</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22313-1450</ZIP>
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