Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/12/04/03-30150/january-2004-revision-of-patent-cooperation-treaty-application-procedure
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A Rule by the Patent and Trademark Office on 12/04/2003
68 FR 67805
Docket No.: 2003-P-021
03-30150
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-30150 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-30150
Final rule and correction to final rule.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a final rule in the Federal Register of October 20, 2003, revising the rules of practice in patent cases to conform them to certain amendments made to the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) that will take effect on January 1, 2004. This document corrects three errors in that final rule, and also corrects an additional error in the rules of practice in patent cases relating to PCT procedure.
During the September-October 2002 meeting of the Governing Bodies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the PCT Assembly adopted various amendments to the Regulations under the PCT that enter into force on January 1, 2004. The Office published a final rule in the Federal Register of October 20, 2003 (68 FR 59881), entitled “January 2004 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure,” revising the rules of practice in patent cases in title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to conform them to the amendments to the PCT Regulations that will take effect on January 1, 2004. This document corrects errors to §§ 1.14, 1.421, and 1.431 in that final rule. This document also corrects an additional error in § 1.14 relating to PCT procedure.
Section 1.14: Section 1.14(g)(1)(ii) is corrected to change “International Search Authority” to “International Searching Authority”. Section 1.14(g)(5) is amended to change “paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (a)(1)(vi) and (i)(3) of this section” to “paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (a)(1)(vi) and (g)(3) of this section” for consistency with the changes to § 1.14 in the rule making Changes to Implement Electronic Maintenance of Official Patent Application Records, 68 FR 38611 (June 30, 2003), 1272 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 197 (July 29, 2003) (final rule).
Section 1.421: Section 1.421(a)(2) is amended to correct “a fee amount equivalent to that required by § 1.445(a)(5)” to “a fee amount equivalent to that required by § 1.445(a)(4)” for consistency with § 1.445 as amended in the final rule being corrected by this document.
Section 1.431: Section 1.431(c)(2) is corrected to change “the 25% of the international filing fee” to “fifty percent of the international filing fee” for consistency with the change to PCT Rule 16 bis.2(b) that was adopted during the September-October 2003 meeting of the WIPO Governing Bodies and that enters into force on January 1, 2004.
1. On page 59886, in the third column, § 1.14, paragraph (g)(1)(ii), line 8, correct “International Search Authority” to read “International Searching Authority”.
2. On page 59887, in the third column, § 1.431, paragraph (c)(2), line 2, correct “the 25%” to read “fifty percent”.
4. Section 1.14 is amended by revising paragraph (g)(5) to read as follows:
5. Section 1.421 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:
(2) Has no residence or nationality indicated, applicant will be so notified and, if the international application includes a fee amount equivalent to that required by § 1.445(a)(4), the international application will be forwarded for processing to the International Bureau acting as a Receiving Office (see also § 1.412(c)(6)).
[FR Doc. 03-30150 Filed 12-3-03; 8:45 am]