By Christopher P. Singer --
In a Federal Register Notice (74 Fed. Reg. 10036) published on Monday, March 9, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it is extending the deadline for submitting written comments regarding issues raised at last month's roundtable discussion on deferred examination, or any issue relating to deferral of examination, to May 23. As we previously reported the Patent Office had initially announced that the deadline for submitting comments was February 26, 2009. The roundtable discussion was held on Thursday, February 12, 2009. According to today's Notice, the motivation behind the extending the period for submitting comments was to allow the public additional opportunity to view the recorded roundtable discussion webcast (viewable here) before submitting any comments. In the days following the roundtable, the Office failed to provide a clearly marked link to the recorded roundtable discussion. Anyone interested in a quick overview of the roundtable can review our previous summaries of the various participant viewpoints here (deferred examination proponents) and here (deferred examination opponents).
The USPTO encourages people to submit written comments by e-mail addressed to [email protected]. Alternatively, comments can be submitted by U.S. Mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments -- Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450, marked to the attention of Robert W. Bahr.
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