1800

Question 1

If no petition or request for a foreign filing license is included in the international application, and it is clear that a license is required because of the designation of foreign countries and the time at which the Record Copy must be transmitted, what would happens?

Answer 1

1830 InternationalApplicationTransmittal Letter
it is current Office practice to construe the filing of such an international application to include a request for a foreign filing license. If the license can be granted, it will be issued without further correspondence. If no license can be issued, or further information is required, applicant will be contacted.

Question 2

a facsimile transmission of a document is not permitted and, if submitted, will not be accorded a date of receipt if the document is:

Answer 2

(A) Required by statute to be certified;
(B) A color drawing submitted under 37 CFR 1.437 ;
(C) An international application for patent; or
(D) A copy of the international application and the basic national fee necessary to enter the national stage, as specified in 37 CFR 1.495(b) .

Question 3

There are three particular situations for which the method for determining unity of invention

Answer 3

1850-Unity of Invention Before the International Searching Authority

(A) Combinations of different categories of claims;
(B) So-called “Markush practice”;
and (C) Intermediate and final products.