Requirements for Claiming the Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications Under Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
In implementing the provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 related to the eighteen-month publication of patent applications, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) revised the rules of practice related to requirements for claiming the benefit of a prior-filed application. The Office is now revising the time period for claiming the benefit of a prior-filed application in an application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), revising the time period for filing an English language translation of a non-English language provisional application, and making other technical corrections to the rules of practice related to eighteen-month publication.
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- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/12/28/01-31872/requirements-for-claiming-the-benefit-of-prior-filed-applications-under-eighteen-month-publication (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- 2001-12-28
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- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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- Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application Practice
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