Change in Procedure Relating to an Application Filing Date
The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is implementing a change in procedure relating to the treatment of applications filed without all the pages of the specification or without all of the figures of the drawings. Under this new procedure, the PTO will accord a filing date to any application that contains something that can be construed as a written description, any necessary drawing, and, in a nonprovisional application, at least one claim, regardless of whether the application is filed without all the pages of the specification or without all of the figures of the drawings. Applications filed without all the pages of the specification or without all of the figures of the drawings will be treated by mailing a notice indicating that the application has been accorded a filing date, but is missing pages of the specification of figures of drawings. The notice will indicate that failure to timely (37 CFR 1.181(f)) file a petition under 37 CFR 1.53(c) of 1.182 in response to such notice will result in the PTO treating the original application papers (the original disclosure of the intention) as including only those application papers present in the PTO on the date of deposit.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
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- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/06/13/96-15049/change-in-procedure-relating-to-an-application-filing-date (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
- 1996-06-13
- Document type
- Notice
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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- Change in Practice Regarding Correction of Foreign Priority Claims
- Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Matters Related to the Harmonization of Substantive Patent Law
- Changes to Continued Prosecution Application Practice
- COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program
- Revision of Patent Term Extension and Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review and Information Disclosure Statements
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- Changes to Permit Delayed Submission of Certain Requirements for Prioritized Examination
- Changes To Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan
- Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Information Disclosure Statements
- Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
- After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0