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United States Patent Classification

System?

B. Are the public users of the

classified technical information systems

of the Patent and Trademark Office

willing to contribute, or contribute

more, toward ever increasing costs of

maintaining these systems?

C. Since the usefulness of automated

search tools is affected by the

characteristics of the technology being

searched, should the Patent and

Trademark Office tailor the search

system by technology rather than

maintaining the USPCS for all

technologies?

D. Since it is known that different

search tools and techniques lead to

different search results (e.g., different

results from text or structure search vs.

classified image search), are automated

assisted searches acceptable if there is

an overall improvement in the quality of

the patentability search?

E. Advances contemplated in future

search systems permit the examiner to

add value to the data base while

conducting a search by adding or

changing classifications for a document,

inserting markers and notes on a

document, adding documents, etc. This

value-added capability leads to search

files that exist only in electronic form

and which are constantly being

upgraded.

1. Does the public need access to the

examiner’s search file?

2. For post-prosecution/litigation

purposes, does the public need to know

what is in the examiner’s search file at

the time the examiner made the search?

F. How should the Patent and

Trademark Office approach the issue of

classification and retrieval of prior art in

view of the current state of the art in the

electronic document search and

retrieval area, and expected

developments in this area, including

fully paperless patent and non-patent

data bases?

Dated: April 26, 1996.

Bruce A. Lehman,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce and

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.

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TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday, May

3, 1996.

PLACE: 1155 21st St. N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

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CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday, May

10, 1996.

PLACE: 1155 21st St. NW., Washington,

D.C. 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday,

May 14, 1996.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Fl. Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Enforcement Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Thursday,

May 30, 1996.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C. 9th Fl. Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Enforcement Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday, May

31, 1996.

PLACE: 1155 21st St. NE., Washington,

DC. 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday, May

24, 1996.

PLACE: 1155 21st St. N.W., Washington,

D.C. 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday, May

17, 1996.

PLACE: 1155 21st St. N.W., Washington,

D.C. 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

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