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DOC/PTO RIN: 0651-AC84 Publication ID: Fall 2014 
Title: Revisions to Patent Term Adjustment 
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is revising the rules of practice to implement the changes to the patent term adjustment provisions in section 1(h) of the Act to correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States Code (AIA Technical Corrections Act). Section 1(h) of the AIA Technical Corrections Act revises the date from which the fourteen-month patent term adjustment period, and clarifies the date from which the three-year patent term adjustment period, are measured with respect to international applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Section 1(h) of the AIA Technical Corrections Act also revises the provisions for notifying applicants of patent term adjustment determinations and for requesting reconsideration and judicial review of the Offices patent term adjustment determinations and decisions. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.7   
Legal Authority: 126 Stat 2456 (2013) (AIA Technical Corrections Act)    35 USC 154    35 USC 2(b)(2)    35 USC 371    PL 112 274   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  04/01/2013  78 FR 19416   
Interim Final Rule Effective  04/01/2013  78 FR 19416   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  05/31/2013 
Final Rule  05/15/2014  79 FR 27755   
Final Rule Effective  05/15/2014 
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:
Raul Tamayo
Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office
600 Dulany Street, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313
Phone:571 272-7728
Fax:571 273-7728
Email: raul.tamayo@uspto.gov