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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 2024) |
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Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights |
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Chapter I - United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce |
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SubChapter A - General |
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Part 1 - Rules of Practice in Patent Cases |
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Subpart C - International Processing Provisions |
| The International Application |
| § 1.431 - International application requirements. |
| § 1.432 - Designation of States by filing an international application. |
| § 1.433 - Physical requirements of international application. |
| § 1.434 - The request. |
| § 1.435 - The description. |
| § 1.436 - The claims. |
| § 1.437 - The drawings. |
| § 1.438 - The abstract. |
| Unity of Invention |
| § 1.475 - Unity of invention before the International Searching Authority, the International Preliminary Examining Authority and during the national stage. |
| § 1.476 - Determination of unity of invention before the International Searching Authority. |
| § 1.477 - Protest to lack of unity of invention before the International Searching Authority. |
| Representation |
| § 1.455 - Representation in international applications. |
| General Information |
| § 1.401 - Definitions of terms under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. |
| § 1.412 - The United States Receiving Office. |
| § 1.413 - The United States International Searching Authority. |
| § 1.414 - The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a Designated Office or Elected Office. |
| § 1.415 - The International Bureau. |
| § 1.416 - The United States International Preliminary Examining Authority. |
| § 1.417 - Submission of translation of international application. |
| § 1.419 - Display of currently valid control number under the Paperwork Reduction Act. |
| National Stage |
| § 1.491 - National stage commencement, entry, and fulfillment. |
| § 1.492 - National stage fees. |
| § 1.494 - Entering the national stage in the United States of America as a Designated Office. |
| § 1.495 - Entering the national stage in the United States of America. |
| § 1.496 - Examination of international applications in the national stage. |
| § 1.497 - Inventor's oath or declaration under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(4). |
| § 1.499 - Unity of invention during the national stage. |
| Fees |
| § 1.445 - International application filing, processing and search fees. |
| § 1.446 - Refund of international application filing and processing fees. |
| Amendments |
| § 1.471 - Corrections and amendments during international processing. |
| § 1.472 - Changes in person, name, or address of applicants and inventors. |
| Who May File an International Application |
| § 1.421 - Applicant for international application. |
| § 1.422 - Legal representative as applicant in an international application. |
| § 1.423 - [Reserved] |
| § 1.424 - Assignee, obligated assignee, or person having sufficient proprietary interest as applicant in an international application. |
| § 1.425 - Filing by other than inventor. |
| Transmittal of Record Copy |
| § 1.461 - Procedures for transmittal of record copy to the International Bureau. |
| International Preliminary Examination |
| § 1.480 - Demand for international preliminary examination. |
| § 1.481 - Payment of international preliminary examination fees. |
| § 1.482 - International preliminary examination and processing fees. |
| § 1.484 - Conduct of international preliminary examination. |
| § 1.485 - Amendments by applicant during international preliminary examination. |
| § 1.488 - Determination of unity of invention before the International Preliminary Examining Authority. |
| § 1.489 - Protest to lack of unity of invention before the International Preliminary Examining Authority. |
| Timing |
| § 1.465 - Timing of application processing based on the priority date. |
| § 1.468 - Delays in meeting time limits. |
| Priority |
| § 1.451 - The priority claim and priority document in an international application. |
| § 1.452 - Restoration of right of priority. |
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