{"identifier":"/us/usc/t35/s351","title":35,"num":"\u00a7\u202f351.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f351.\nDefinitions\nWhen used in this part unless the context otherwise indicates\u2014\n(a) The term \u201ctreaty\u201d means the Patent Cooperation Treaty done at Washington, on\nJune 19, 1970\n(b) The term \u201cRegulations\u201d, when capitalized, means the Regulations under the treaty, done at Washington on the same date as the treaty. The term \u201cregulations\u201d, when not capitalized, means the regulations established by the Director under this title.\n(c) The term \u201cinternational application\u201d means an application filed under the treaty.\n(d) The term \u201cinternational application originating in the United States\u201d means an international application filed in the Patent and Trademark Office when it is acting as a Receiving Office under the treaty, irrespective of whether or not the United States has been designated in that international application.\n(e) The term \u201cinternational application designating the United States\u201d means an international application specifying the United States as a country in which a patent is sought, regardless where such international application is filed.\n(f) The term \u201cReceiving Office\u201d means a national patent office or intergovernmental organization which receives and processes international applications as prescribed by the treaty and the Regulations.\n(g) The terms \u201cInternational Searching Authority\u201d and \u201cInternational Preliminary Examining Authority\u201d mean a national patent office or intergovernmental organization as appointed under the treaty which processes international applications as prescribed by the treaty and the Regulations.\n(h) The term \u201cInternational Bureau\u201d means the international intergovernmental organization which is recognized as the coordinating body under the treaty and the Regulations.\n(i) Terms and expressions not defined in this part are to be taken in the sense indicated by the treaty and the Regulations.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t35/s351.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s351","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f351."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"When used in this part unless the context otherwise indicates\u2014"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s351/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201ctreaty\u201d means the Patent Cooperation Treaty done at Washington, on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"June 19, 1970","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s351/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cRegulations\u201d, when capitalized, means the Regulations under the treaty, done at Washington on the same date as the treaty. The term \u201cregulations\u201d, when not capitalized, means the regulations established by the Director under this title.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s351/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cinternational application\u201d means an application filed under the treaty.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s351/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cinternational application originating in the United States\u201d means an international application filed in the Patent and Trademark Office when it is acting as a Receiving Office under the treaty, irrespective of whether or not the United States has been designated in that international application.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s351/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cinternational application designating the United States\u201d means an international application specifying the United States as a country in which a patent is sought, regardless where such international application is filed.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s351/f","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(f)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cReceiving Office\u201d means a national patent office or intergovernmental organization which receives and processes international applications as prescribed by the treaty and the Regulations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s351/g","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(g)"},{"t":"content","text":" The terms \u201cInternational Searching Authority\u201d and \u201cInternational Preliminary Examining Authority\u201d mean a national patent office or intergovernmental organization as appointed under the treaty which processes international applications as prescribed by the treaty and the Regulations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s351/h","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(h)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cInternational Bureau\u201d means the international intergovernmental organization which is recognized as the coordinating body under the treaty and the Regulations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s351/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" Terms and expressions not defined in this part are to be taken in the sense indicated by the treaty and the Regulations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}