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1893.03(b) <strong>The</strong> Filing Date ofa<br />
U.S. National Stage<br />
Application<br />
An international application designating the U.S.<br />
has two stages (international and national) with the<br />
filing date being the same in both stages. Often the<br />
date of entry into the national stage is confused with<br />
the filing date. It should be b<strong>or</strong>ne in mind that the filing<br />
date of the international stage application is also<br />
the filing date f<strong>or</strong> the national stage application. Specifically,<br />
35 U.S.C. 363 provides that<br />
An international application designating the United<br />
States shall have the effect, from its international filing<br />
date under Article 11 of the treaty, of a national application<br />
f<strong>or</strong> patent regularly filed in the <strong>Patent</strong> andTrademark<br />
Office except as otherwise provided in section l02(e) of<br />
this title.<br />
Similarly, PCT Article II(3) provides that<br />
...an international filing dateshallhave the effect of a<br />
regular national application in each designatedStateas of<br />
the international filing date, which date shall be consideredto<br />
be the actualfiling datein each designated State.<br />
37 CPR 1.496(a), first sentence, reads "International<br />
applications which have complied with the<br />
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 371(c) will be taken up f<strong>or</strong><br />
action based on the date on which such requirements<br />
were met." Thus, when the file wrapper label <strong>or</strong><br />
PALM bib-data sheet is printed, the inf<strong>or</strong>mation is<br />
read from the PALM data base and the inf<strong>or</strong>mation<br />
printed in the filing date box is the date of entry into<br />
the national stage rather than the actual international<br />
filing date. See in the preceding section the sample<br />
National Stage Filing Under 35 U.S.c. 371 wherein<br />
the face of the file of national stage application number<br />
07/XXX,XXX is shown with the date of entry into<br />
the national stage (11/08/91) shown in the FILING<br />
DATE box and the true U.S. filing date (01110/90) is<br />
indicated just to the right of the international application<br />
number (PCTIEP90/xXXXX) in the CONTINU<br />
ING DATA block.<br />
Applicants are quite often confused as to the true<br />
filing date and will ask f<strong>or</strong> c<strong>or</strong>rected filing receipts<br />
thinking that the inf<strong>or</strong>mation thereon is wrong. This<br />
explanation should offer some clarity. F<strong>or</strong> all legal<br />
purposes, the filing date is the PCT international filing<br />
date. <strong>The</strong> date of actual entry into the national stage is<br />
PATENT COOPERATION TREATY 1893.03(c)<br />
otherwise the date provided in the PALM system. Any<br />
issued patentwill have all of the relevant dates listed.<br />
1893.03(c) <strong>The</strong> Pri<strong>or</strong>ity Date.Prl<strong>or</strong>lty<br />
Claim, and Pri<strong>or</strong>ity Papers<br />
f<strong>or</strong> a U.S. National Stage<br />
Application<br />
A U.S. national stage application (filed under<br />
35 U.S.C. 371) may include a claim under 35 U.S.C.<br />
119(a) and 365(b), 35 U.S.C. 119(e), <strong>or</strong> 35 U.S.C. 120<br />
and 365(c) f<strong>or</strong> benefit of the filing date of a pri<strong>or</strong><br />
application <strong>or</strong> applications.<br />
PRIORITY CLAIM UNDER 35 U.S.C. 119(a)<br />
A national stage application which includes a pri<strong>or</strong>ity<br />
claim under 35 U.S.C. 119(a) and 365(b) must<br />
refer to a pri<strong>or</strong>ity application, the pri<strong>or</strong>ity of which<br />
was also claimed in the international application. If<br />
the 35 U.S.C. 119(a) and 35 U.S.C. 365(b) pri<strong>or</strong>ity<br />
claim is to an application, the pri<strong>or</strong>ity of which was<br />
properly claimed in the international application, the<br />
claim f<strong>or</strong> pri<strong>or</strong>ity is acknowledged and the national<br />
stage application file is checked to see if the file contains<br />
a copy of the certified copy of the pri<strong>or</strong>ity document<br />
submitted to the International Bureau.<br />
If the 35 U.S.c. 119(a) and 365(b) pri<strong>or</strong>ity claim in<br />
the national stage application is to an application, the<br />
pri<strong>or</strong>ity of which was not claimed in the international<br />
application, the claim f<strong>or</strong> pri<strong>or</strong>ity must be denied f<strong>or</strong><br />
failing to meet the requirements of the <strong>Patent</strong> Cooperation<br />
Treaty, specifically PCT Rule 4.10.<br />
F<strong>or</strong> a comparison with 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) pri<strong>or</strong>ity<br />
claims in a national application filed under 35 U.S.C.<br />
111(a) see MPEP § 1895.oI.<br />
THE CERTIFIED COPY<br />
<strong>The</strong> requirement in PCT Rule 17 f<strong>or</strong> a certified<br />
copy of the f<strong>or</strong>eign pri<strong>or</strong>ity application is n<strong>or</strong>mally<br />
fulfilled by applicant providing a certified copy to the<br />
Receiving Office <strong>or</strong> to the International Bureau within<br />
16 months from the pri<strong>or</strong>ity date. Subsequently, the<br />
International Bureau f<strong>or</strong>wards a photocopy of the certified<br />
pri<strong>or</strong>ity document when it f<strong>or</strong>wards a copy<br />
of the international application (sh<strong>or</strong>tly after publication<br />
at 18 months from the pri<strong>or</strong>ity date) to each Designated<br />
Office. <strong>The</strong> copy from the International<br />
Bureau is placed in the U.S. national stage file. <strong>The</strong><br />
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