0651-AD69 202304 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Adoption of Updated WIPO Standard ST.26; Revision to Incorporation by Reference

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is adopting the recently revised WIPO Standard ST.26, version 1.6, adopted November 25, 2022, for incorporation by reference into its regulations addressing application disclosures containing nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences. The USPTO is also revising its regulations to correct a grammatical oversight in a definition.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 37 CFR 1 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2) No Final Action 06/00/2023 Final Action Effective 06/00/2023 No None No No No No Raul Tamayo Senior Legal Advisor 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 571 272-7728 571 273-7728 raul.tamayo@uspto.gov P. O. Box 1450, Alexandria VA 22313-1450