1.401    Definitions of terms under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

    • (a) The abbreviation PCT and the term Treaty mean the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
    • (b) International Bureau means the World Intellectual Property Organization located in Geneva, Switzerland.
    • (c) Administrative Instructions means that body of instructions for operating under the Patent Cooperation Treaty referred to in PCT Rule 89.
    • (d) Request, when capitalized, means that element of the international application described in PCT Rules 3  and 4.
    • (e) International application, as used in this subchapter is defined in § 1.9 (b).
    • (f) Priority date for the purpose of computing time limits under the Patent Cooperation Treaty is defined in PCT Art. 2 (xi). Note also § 1.465.
    • (g) Demand, when capitalized, means that document filed with the International Preliminary Examining Authority which requests an international preliminary examination.
    • (h) Annexes means amendments made to the claims, description or the drawings before the International Preliminary Examining Authority.
    • (i) Other terms and expressions in this subpart C not defined in this section are to be taken in the sense indicated in PCT Art. 2  and 35 U.S.C. 351.

[43 FR 20466, May 11, 1978; 52 FR 20047, May 28, 1987]