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DOC/PTO

RIN: 0651-AC45

Publication ID: Fall 2010

Title: Changes to Streamline the Electronic Priority Document Exchange Program
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is proposing to revise the rule of practice to streamline the priority document exchange process by providing as a default that the filing of a subsequent application with a foreign or international intellectual property office that claims priority to a U.S. application will be considered an authorization for the Office to provide access to the U.S. application to participating intellectual property offices. The changes would reduce request failures. Applicants who do not want the filing of a subsequent application with a foreign or international intellectual property office that claims priority to a U.S. application to be considered an authorization for the Office to provide access to the U.S. application to participating intellectual property offices may opt out by filing a notice to that effect with the Office.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Info./Admin./Other
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1
Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite NPRM  To Be Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Robert W. Bahr Acting Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313 Phone:571 272-8800 Fax:571 273-0125 Email: robert.bahr@uspto.gov