Patent cases: Correction,

[Federal Register: September 10, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 175)]

[Rules and Regulations]

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

37 CFR Part 1

RIN 0651-AA88

Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Disclosures; Correction

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the rules relating to the format for nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosures in patent applications.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Esther M. Kepplinger, by telephone at (703) 308-1495; by mail addressed to: Box Comments--Patents, Assistant Commissioner for Patents, Washington, DC 20231 marked to her attention; by facsimile to (703) 305-3935; or by electronic mail at esther.kepplinger@uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Appendix B to subpart G to part 1 of title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations is a listing entitled ``Headings for Information Items in Sec. 1.823.'' It contains the headings that were required prior to the June 1, 1998, amendment of the rules.

On June 1, 1998, the Patent and Trademark Office published a final rule entitled ``Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Disclosures'' in the Federal Register (63 FR 29620). The listing of headings in appendix B is no longer correct in view of the final rule. The headings adopted in the final rule replaced those used in appendix B. For this reason, appendix B should have been removed from the final rule. Because appendix B may be misleading, it is now being removed.

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 1

Administrative practice and procedure, Courts, Freedom of information, Inventions and patents, Incorporation by reference, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Small businesses.

PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES

Accordingly, 37 CFR Part 1 is corrected by making the following correcting amendment:

1. The authority citation for Part 1 continues to read as follows:

   Authority: 35 U.S.C. 6, unless otherwise noted.

   Appendix B To Subpart G To Part 1 [Corrected]

2. Remove Appendix B To Subpart G To Part 1.

   Dated: September 4, 1998. Albin F. Drost, Deputy Solicitor.

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