[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: 37CFR1.485]

[Page 127]
 
              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. 1.485  Amendments by applicant during international preliminary examination.

    (a) The applicant may make amendments at the time of filing the 
Demand. The applicant may also make amendments within the time limit set 
by the International Preliminary Examining Authority for reply to any 
notification under Sec. 1.484(b) or to any written opinion. Any such 
amendments must:
    (1) Be made by submitting a replacement sheet in compliance with PCT 
Rules 10 and 11.1 to 11.13 for every sheet of the application which 
differs from the sheet it replaces unless an entire sheet is cancelled; 
and
    (2) Include a description of how the replacement sheet differs from 
the replaced sheet. Amendments that do not comply with PCT Rules 10 and 
11.1 to 11.13 may not be entered.
    (b) If an amendment cancels an entire sheet of the international 
application, that amendment shall be communicated in a letter.

[58 FR 4346, Jan. 14, 1993, as amended at 63 FR 29620, June 1, 1998]