0651-AC77 201210 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Changes to Implement the First Inventor to File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 37 CFR 1.104 37 CFR 1.109 37 CFR 1.110 37 CFR 1.130 37 CFR 1.131 37 CFR 1.321 37 CFR 1.53 37 CFR 1.55 37 CFR 1.71 37 CFR 1.77 37 CFR 1.78 37 CFR 1.9 125 Stat 283 35 USC 102 35 USC 103 35 USC 2(b)(2) PL 112-29 No NPRM 07/26/2012 77 FR 43742 NPRM Comment Period End 10/05/2012 NPRM Comment Period Reopened 10/11/2012 77 FR 61735 NPRM Comment Period End 11/05/2012 Final Rule 01/00/2013 Final Rule Effective 03/00/2013 No No None No No No No Raul Tamayo 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 571 272-7728 571 273-7728 raul.tamayo@uspto.gov 600 Dulany Street, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria VA 22313