Revision of Affidavits Under 37 CFR 1.131
The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending the rules of practice relating to submission of affidavits or declaration under 37 CFR 1.131(a) to implement the relevant provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement Act and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, respectively. The change will allow an inventor to show a completion of the invention in this country or a NAFTA or WTO member country before the filing of the application on which the U.S. patent issued or before the date of the foreign patent, or before the date of the printed publication.
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- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/05/01/95-10501/revision-of-affidavits-under-37-cfr-1131 (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- What you need (account or API key)
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- Published
- 1995-05-01
- Document type
- Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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Related entry points
- Revision of Patent Term Extension and Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review and Information Disclosure Statements
- Revision of Affidavits Under 37 CFR 1.131
- Examination Guidelines for Implementing the First Inventor To File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
- Pilot Program for Extended Time Period To Reply to a Notice To File Missing Parts of Nonprovisional Application
- Changes To Implement the First Inventor To File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
- Changes To Implement the First Inventor To File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
- Changes To Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional 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 Appellate Review
- Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Related to Decisions by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
- Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions
- Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Information Disclosure Statements
- Examination Guidelines for Implementing the First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
- Changes to Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional Applications
- Changes To Implement the Patent Law Treaty
- Change in Practice Regarding Correction of Foreign Priority Claims