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• Changes To Implement the Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is proposing changes to the rules of patent practice to implement the preissuance submissions by third parties provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. This provision provides a mechanism for third parties to contribute to the quality of issued patents by submitting to the Office, for consideration and inclusion in the record of patent applications, any patents, published patent applications, or other printed publications of potential relevance to the examination of the applications. A preissuance submission may be made in any non- provisional utility, design, and plant application, as well as in any continuing or reissue application. A third-party preissuance submission must include a concise description of the asserted re...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 448, January 05, 2012
• Proposed rules
• United States Patent and Trademark Office

• Changes Imposed On Missouri Asset Managers By Dodd-Frank

Republished with permission of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and The St. Louis Bar Journal. The scope of changes impacting investme...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• New Mexico: Final Authorization of State-Initiated Changes and Incorporation-by-Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program

During a review of New Mexico's regulations, the EPA identified a variety of State-initiated changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). We have determined that these changes are minor and satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for Final authorization and are authorizing the State-initiated changes through this Direct Final action. The Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to authorize States to operate their hazardous waste management programs in lieu of the Federal program. The EPA uses the regulations entitled ``Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs'' to provide notice of the authorization stat...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 3152, January 23, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Environmental Protection Agency

• The Changes Ahead by Donaldluzzatto

AS YOU'VE heard, starting Sunday we'll make some changes in The Pilot. To save money, we'll eliminate and combine sections and cut a few other pages. In the Opinion section, we will cut one page on both Sunday and Monday. We'll do some rearranging and adjusting in Forum on Sunday. On Monday, we'll do entirely without an op-ed page. We'll do our best to keep what's most important and to make these changes in the smartest way we can.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• September 19, 2011

• 22 CFR 122.4 - Notification of changes in information furnished by registrants.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 22: Foreign Relations

• 17 CFR 249.819 - Form 19b-4, for electronic filing with respect to proposed rule changes by all self-regulatory organizations.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges

• 17 CFR 249.822 - Form 19b-7, for electronic filing with respect to proposed rule changes by self-regulatory organizations under Section 19(b)(7)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges

• 17 CFR 240.19b-4 - Filings with respect to proposed rule changes by self-regulatory organizations.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges

• ; 5-Week Delay Caused by Expected Changes in Admission Criteria

The parents of more than 2,500 children in the Buffalo Public Schools were supposed to find out in mid-April which school their children would be attending in the fall. Most of them are still waiting.

• Buffalo News
• May 23, 2011

• Blue Cod Technologies Readies Four of the 17 Participating Insurers for Major Rate Changes Imposed by California Earthquake Authority (CEA).

- Premier Managed Insurance Services and CEA Solution Provider Implements Changes at a Lower Operational and Capital Cost than Possible Through In-Hou...

• Business Wire
• November 28, 2011