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SUBPART C—International Processing Provisions (§1.401 to §1.499)

• 1.401—Definitions of terms under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
• 1.412—The United States Receiving Office.
• 1.413—The United States International Searching Authority.
• 1.414—The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a Designated Office or Elected Office.
• 1.415—The International Bureau.
• 1.416—The United States International Preliminary Examining Authority.
• 1.417—Submission of translation of international publication.
• 1.419—Display of currently valid control number under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
• 1.421—Applicant for international application.
• 1.422—When the inventor is dead.
• 1.423—When the inventor is insane or legally incapacitated.
• 1.431—International application requirements.
• 1.432—Designation of States by filing an international application.
• 1.433—Physical requirements of international application.
• 1.434—The request.
• 1.435—The description.
• 1.436—The claims.
• 1.437—The drawings.
• 1.438—The abstract.
• 1.445—International application filing, processing and search fees.
• 1.446—Refund of international application filing and processing fees.
• 1.451—The priority claim and priority document in an international application.
• 1.452—Restoration of right of priority.
• 1.455—Representation in international applications.
• 1.461—Procedures for transmittal of record copy to the International Bureau.
• 1.465—Timing of application processing based on the priority date.
• 1.468—Delays in meeting time limits.
• 1.471—Corrections and amendments during international processing.
• 1.472—Changes in person, name, or address of applicants and inventors.
• 1.475—Unity of invention before the International Searching Authority, the International Preliminary Examining Authority and during the national stage.
• 1.476—Determination of unity of invention before the International Searching Authority.
• 1.477—Protest to lack of unity of invention before the International Searching Authority.
• 1.480—Demand for international preliminary examination.
• 1.481—Payment of international preliminary examination fees.
• 1.482—International preliminary examination fees.
• 1.484—Conduct of international preliminary examination.
• 1.485—Amendments by applicant during international preliminary examination.
• 1.488—Determination of unity of invention before the International Preliminary Examining Authority.
• 1.489—Protest to lack of unity of invention before the International Preliminary Examining Authority.
• 1.491—National stage commencement and entry.
• 1.492—National stage fees.
• 1.495—Entering the national stage in the United States of America.
• 1.496—Examination of international applications in the national stage.
• 1.497—Oath or declaration under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(4).
• 1.499—Unity of invention during the national stage.