Innowacje i własność intelektualna · 23.09.1996

1996 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure

The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is proposing to amend the rules of practice in patent cases to simplify the requirements of the rules, rearrange portions of the rules for better context, and eliminate unnecessary rules or portions thereof as part of a government-wide effort to reduce the regulatory burden on the American public. The procedure for filing of continuation and divisional applications would be simplified. Another type of simplification being proposed that would affect several rules is the acceptance of a statement that errors were made without deceptive intent, unaccompanied by any further showing of facts and circumstances. The naming of inventors would no longer be required on filing of the application in order to obtain a filing date, which would eliminate the need for certain petitions to correct inventorship.