The Office of PCT Legal Administration is
comprised of two branches: PCT Special Programs and PCT Legal Affairs.
| PCT Special Programs
Branch |
PCT Legal Affairs Branch |
The function of the PCT Special Programs Branch is to educate and assist the
patent community with respect to the Patent
Cooperation Treaty.
- provides training courses to help
patent applicants and practitioners file PCT applications
- provides instruction to patent
examiners at the USPTO concerning the search and examination of
PCT applications.
- provides direct assistance regarding PCT applications
via the PCT
Help Desk.
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The PCT Legal Affairs Branch resolves legal issues relating to the Patent
Cooperation Treaty. Such issues most often arise through petitions to the Commissioner in PCT international applications and in U.S. national stage applications submitted under 35 U.S.C. 371.
- interprets and/or suggests
changes to patent laws and rules and studies their effect on the Patent
Cooperation Treaty.
- deals with other aspects of international patent
law such as harmonization, the Patent Law Treaty, and electronic
filing.
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| Correspondence and hand delivery
addresses used for filing petitions and other legal matters in
international applications and national phase applications
filed under 35 U.S.C. 371. |
Correspondence Address
Mail Stop PCT
Attention: PCT Legal
Commissioner for
Patents
PO Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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Hand Delivery Address
Mail Stop PCT
Attention: PCT Legal
Customer Service
Window
Randolph Building
401 Dulany
Street
Alexandria, VA 22314 |
| PCT Forms, Fees and
Information |
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PCT Documents
PCT Helpful Resources
PCT General
Information
PCT Sequence Listing (SL) and Related Tables
PCT & EFS-Web
Related
Sites
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An important goal of the USPTO is to provide
the worldwide intellectual property community with the most
innovative and up-to-date customer service involving the
Patent Cooperation Treaty. In our continuing efforts to meet
the rapidly growing needs of our customers on a worldwide
basis and provide a user-friendly product, we offer
downloadable forms and fee information needed for the filing of international applications in the United
States Receiving Office (RO/US) and the prosecution
of international applications before the United States
International Searching Authority (ISA/US),
the United States International Preliminary Examining
Authority (IPEA/US), and the United States
Designated/Elected Office (DO/EO/US).
Forms
are available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).
Viewing and printing the forms requires that you have Adobe's free
Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Details
concerning Adobe Acrobat Reader installation and integration
with your web browser are dependent upon your computing and
browsing environment and cannot be provided or supported by
the USPTO. |
Note: The USPTO has made every effort to
ensure that the PCT forms and information available on this site are
accurate and up-to-date. It is the user's responsibility to ensure
that the forms and information being downloaded and used in
connection with any international application are accurate and
current. The Request and Demand Forms are typically updated twice a
year (January and July) by the International Bureau of the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Any newly revised forms
or information should be available within 48 hours of receipt by the
office. A reasonable delay between the date of revision and
availability on this web site should be anticipated.
| PCT Mailing List |
The Office of PCT Legal Administration maintains a mailing list to notify PCT customers, via
e-mail, of updates to the forms and other information on these
pages. Requests to be placed on this list should be sent to pctupdates-request(at)uspto.gov*. Please
ensure that you include your preferred e-mail address in the
request. The USPTO privacy
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| PCT Telephone and Facsimile Numbers |
The PCT Help Desk, which provides information and
assistance on the PCT process, may be reached by telephone at (571) 272-4300 between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:30 pm (EST/EDT), Monday through
Friday or by facsimile (FAX) at (571) 273-0419 twenty-four hours a day.
The PCT Legal Office for petitions and other legal matters
may be reached by facsimile (FAX) at (571) 273-0459 twenty-four hours a day.
The PCT Operations may be reached by facsimile
(FAX) at (571) 273-3201 twenty-four
hours a day. |
| Feedback |
Comments and suggestions relating to the forms and
information available on this site may be directed to the
Office of PCT Legal Administration by mail or facsimile. Any
correspondence by mail should be addressed to Mail
Stop PCT, Commissioner for Patents, PO Box 1450, Alexandria,
VA 22313-1450. The contents of the envelope should be
addressed to the attention of Harry Kim.
Harry may be reached by facsimile (FAX) at (571) 273-0419 or by e-mail at Harry.Kim(at)uspto.gov*.
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