[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.434]

[Page 120]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--International Processing Provisions
 
Sec. 1.434  The request.

    (a) The request shall be made on a standardized form (PCT Rules 3 
and 4). Copies of printed Request forms are available from the Patent 
and Trademark Office. Letters requesting printed forms should be marked 
``Box PCT.''
    (b) The Check List portion of the Request form should indicate each 
document accompanying the international application on filing.
    (c) All information, for example, addresses, names of States and 
dates, shall be indicated in the Request as required by PCT Rule 4 and 
Administrative Instructions 110 and 201.
    (d) International applications which designate the United States of 
America:
    (1) Shall include the name, address and signature of the inventor, 
except as provided by Secs. 1.421(d), 1.422, 1.423 and 1.425;
    (2) A reference to any prior-filed national application or 
international application designating the United States of America, if 
the benefit of the filing date for the prior-filed application is to be 
claimed.
    (3) May include in the Request a declaration of the inventors as 
provided for in PCT Rule 4.17(iv).

[43 FR 20466, May 11, 1978, as amended at 58 FR 4345, Jan. 14, 1993; 66 
FR 16006, Mar. 22, 2001; 66 FR 67096, Dec. 28, 2001]