Training Slides: Benefit Claims To Prior Applications under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119(e), 120, 121, and 365(c) [PPS] [text version] (posted 3/5/2003)
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	Memorandum on Revision to 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) to TC Directors from Stephen G. Kunin, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy [PDF] (signed 11/4/02; posted 11/14/02)
	Effective Date Chart [XLS] - PL 106-113 (S. 1948 as incorporated into H.R. 3194 and signed into law on 11-29-99) Schedule of Effective Dates
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