Background Information

Electronic Application Forms: Scenario 1

Request to Record a Security Interest or Other Restriction - § 7.24

Affidavits of Use -- § 7. 36

• Keep it simple
• Write rules that clarify how to work with the Office
• Don't write any rules about the WIPO process itself
• Match electronic forms/computer requirements with the rules
• The rules do not address the requirements that the Protocol imposes on the USPTO or the transactions between the USPTO and WIPO
• There are requirements in the Protocol that are not addressed in the U.S. regulations, e.g., all grounds for refusal (by USPTO) must be raised in the first 18 months