[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: 37CFR1.435]

[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. 1.435  The description.

    (a) The application must meet the requirements as to the content and 
form of the description set forth in PCT Rules 5, 9, 10, and 11 and 
sections 204 and 208 of the Administrative Instructions.
    (b) In international applications designating the United States the 
description must contain upon filing an indication of the best mode 
contemplated by the inventor for carrying out the claimed invention.

[43 FR 20466, May 11, 1978, as amended at 63 FR 29618, June 1, 1998]