Background Information

Electronic Application Forms: Scenario 1

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

Affidavits of Use -- § 7. 36

• The international application may contain a Paris Convention priority claim
• If included, it must meet Paris Convention requirements
• Based on first filed application
• Claimed within six (6) months of the filing date

 

• For the priority claim to survive, the USPTO must transmit international application either: 
• Within 2 months or receipt of the request for international application, OR
• Within the 6-month priority period

 

• Usually, the priority claim will be based on the underlying U.S. basic application