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TABLE OF CONTENTS | |||
| Calendar of Events | 3 | ||
| Chairman's Letter | 4 | ||
| PTO Adopts New Rules 56, 97 and 98 Effective March 16, 1992 | 5 | ||
| The Patent And Trademark Office Announces New PTO Fees | 6 | ||
| PCT International Fees Increase | 6 | ||
| Patents | 6 | ||
| PTO Public Services | 6 | ||
| Patent Examination | 7 | ||
| Examination Statistics | 8 | ||
| Staffing | 8 | ||
| Quality Review | 9 | ||
| Biotechnology Applications | 10 | ||
| Reexamination Statistics | 11 | ||
| PTO Publishes Notice on Application of 35 U.S.C. 112(6) | 11 | ||
| Automation | 11 | ||
| Patent Application Management System (PAM) | 12 | ||
| Trademarks | 13 | ||
| Trademark Operations | 13 | ||
| Inter Partes Proceedings | 14 | ||
| Trademarks - International | 14 | ||