Innovation & intellectual property · 15/09/1995

Request for Comments Concerning the Right of Priority (35 U.S.C. 119) and Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents

The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) requests written public comment on various aspects of existing statutory and regulatory requirements for obtaining the right of priority of an earlier filed foreign application. The PTO also requests written public comment on issues associated with the electronic exchange of priority documents between the PTO, the European Patent Office (EPO), and the Japanese Patent Office (JPO).