Changes To Implement the First Inventor To File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act; Correction
uspto-patent · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2013-03-14 · Effective 2013-03-16 · 78 FR 16182
Document
Document number
2013-05815
Federal Register citation
78 FR 16182
CFR reference
37 CFR 1
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; correction.
Category
uspto-patent
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2013-03-14
Effective date
2013-03-16
Commerce docket
Docket No. PTO-P-2012-0015
Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published in the Federal Register of February 14, 2013, a final rule revising the rules of practice in patent cases for consistency with, and to address the examination issues raised by, the changes in the first inventor to file provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) (First Inventor to File Final Rule). Due to a technical issue, the First Inventor to File Final Rule as published in the Federal Register is missing text in the provisions pertaining to claims for priority to a foreign application in an application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). This document corrects the omission in the First Inventor to File Final Rule as published in the Federal Register.