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- Incoming REP will be received electronically from WIPO, not from the foreign
applicant or their U.S. representative.
- CFR 10.14 governs who can appear before the USPTO and most Protocol applicants will
require U.S. counsel if there is a refusal.
- USPTO currently issues refusals in approximately 75-80% of filed applications.
- Incoming REP will be examined in the same time frame as other applications filed
in the USPTO.
- REP will be published for opposition in Official Gazette.
- All grounds for opposition must be notified to WIPO within seven months of the
publication date.
- USPTO will issue a "registration" certificate for REP.
- U.S. Extension of Protection "registration" date is actual date of
issue in U.S., not the international registration date.
- Affidavits of continued use for extensions of protection are filed based on U.S.
registration date, not the international registration date.
- Renewal date is the date of international registration.
- WIPO will notify the USPTO of renewals of extensions of protection granted by the
U.S.
- International registrations and extensions of protection are assigned through WIPO.
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