Revision of Affidavits Under 37 CFR 1.131
The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) proposes to amend the rules of practice relating to submission of affidavits or declarations under 37 CFR 1.131(a) to implement the relevant provisions of Public Law No. 103-182 and the GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs), and to provide relief in certain circumstances where a common assignee holds both an application and a patent claiming patentably indistinct, but not identical, inventions.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/1994/09/30/94-24236/revision-of-affidavits-under-37-cfr-1131 (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- Published
- 1994-09-30
- Document type
- Uncategorized Document
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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Related entry points
- Revision of Affidavits Under 37 CFR 1.131
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- Changes To Implement the Inventor's Oath or Declaration Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
- Changes To Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims
- Patent Appeal and Interference Practice
- Electronic Submission of a Sequence Listing, a Large Table, or a Computer Program Listing Appendix in Patent Applications
- Changes To Implement the Inventor's Oath or Declaration Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
- Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Information Disclosure Statements
- Changes To Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications
- April 2007 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedures
- Motion To Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings Under the America Invents Act Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act
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