Innowacje i własność intelektualna · 25.04.1995

Changes To Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional Applications

The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is amending the rules of practice in patent cases to establish procedures for: filing and processing provisional application papers; calculating the length of any patent term extension to which an applicant is entitled where the issuance of a patent on an application filed on or after June 8, 1995 (the implementation date of the 20-year patent term provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act), other [[Page 20196]] than for designs, was delayed due to interference proceedings, the imposition of a secrecy order and/or appellate review; and implementing certain transitional provisions contained in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.