35 U.S.C. § 374 — Publication of international application

submitted 51 years ago by Pub. L. 94-131 to r/title-35-PATENTS · 31 words · no verdicts yet

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When an international patent application naming the United States is published under the applicable treaty, that publication counts as a publication under the regular U.S. patent-publication rule — except where a specific provision about certain patent terms says otherwise.

When an international patent application that names the United States is published under the treaty defined in section 351(a), that publication is treated as if it were a publication under section 122(b) — the normal rule for publishing pending U.S. patent applications. The one exception is where section 154(d) provides otherwise.

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The publication under the treaty defined in section 351(a), of an international application designating the United States shall be deemed a publication under section 122(b), except as provided in section 154(d).

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 94–131, § 1, Nov. 14, 1975, 89 Stat. 689; amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4507(10)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–566; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13205(2)(E), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1903; Pub. L. 112–29, §§ 3(g)(4), 20(j), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 288, 335.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1975Enacted · Pub. L. 94-131 · 89 Stat. 689
1999Amended · Pub. L. 106-113 · 113 Stat. 1536, 1501
2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-273 · 116 Stat. 1903
2011Amended · Pub. L. 112-29 · 125 Stat. 288, 335

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 94-131 on 1975-11-14.

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