# January 2004 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule and correction to final rule. · Published 2003-12-04 · 68 FR 67805
## Document
- **Document number:** 03-30150
- **Category:** uspto-patent
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 68 FR 67805
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2003-12-04
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No.: 2003-P-021
## Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a final rule in the Federal Register of October 20, 2003, revising the rules of practice in patent cases to conform them to certain amendments made to the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) that will take effect on January 1, 2004. This document corrects three errors in that final rule, and also corrects an additional error in the rules of practice in patent cases relating to PCT procedure.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/12/04/03-30150/january-2004-revision-of-patent-cooperation-treaty-application-procedure)
---
*AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*