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Unhappy with the Ex parte Appeal Rule? Read This Now -- Updated

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Richard Belzer -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) today published a notice in the Federal Register inviting public comments on paperwork burdens associated with the changes in the procedural requirements for ex parte appeals (73 Fed. Reg. 32937-32977, June 10, 2008). This notice arises under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. § 3501 et seq., and implementing regulations at 5 C.F.R. Part 1320). The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) is a very important law that is almost completely unfamiliar to most patent practitioners. Its purpose is to protect the public from abusive governmental demands for information. Compliance with...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on October 08, 2008 (boomark / email).