[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: 37CFR1.9]

[Page 18-19]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1.9  Definitions.

    (a)(1) A national application as used in this chapter means a U.S. 
application for patent which was either filed in the Office under 35 
U.S.C. 111, or which entered the national stage from an international 
application after compliance with 35 U.S.C. 371.
    (2) A provisional application as used in this chapter means a U.S. 
national application for patent filed in the Office under 35 U.S.C. 
111(b).
    (3) A nonprovisional application as used in this chapter means a 
U.S. national application for patent which was either filed in the 
Office under 35 U.S.C. 111(a), or which entered the national stage from 
an international application after compliance with 35 U.S.C. 371.
    (b) An international application as used in this chapter means an 
international application for patent filed under the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty prior to entering national processing at the Designated Office 
stage.

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    (c) A published application as used in this chapter means an 
application for patent which has been published under 35 U.S.C. 122(b).
    (d)-(f) [Reserved]
    (g) For definitions in interferences see Sec. 1.601.
    (h) A Federal holiday within the District of Columbia as used in 
this chapter means any day, except Saturdays and Sundays, when the 
Patent and Trademark Office is officially closed for business for the 
entire day.
    (i) National security classified as used in this chapter means 
specifically authorized under criteria established by an Act of Congress 
or Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense 
or foreign policy and, in fact, properly classified pursuant to such Act 
of Congress or Executive Order.

(Pub. L. 94-131, 89 Stat. 685; 35 U.S.C. 6, Pub. L. 97-247; 15 U.S.C. 
1113, 1123)

[43 FR 20461, May 11, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 40139, Sept. 10, 1982; 
47 FR 43275, Sept. 30, 1982; 49 FR 48451, Dec. 12, 1984; 60 FR 20220, 
Apr. 25, 1995; 61 FR 56447, Nov. 1, 1996; 62 FR 53181, Oct. 10, 1997; 65 
FR 54657, Sept. 8, 2000; 65 FR 57051, Sept. 20, 2000]