37 CFR § 1.461 - Procedures for transmittal of record copy to the International Bureau.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s1.461"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "37 CFR § 1.461 - Procedures for transmittal of record copy to the International Bureau."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "1.461"
section_name: "Procedures for transmittal of record copy to the International Bureau."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1"
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# 1.461 Procedures for transmittal of record copy to the International Bureau.
(a) Transmittal of the record copy of the international application to the International Bureau shall be made by the United States Receiving Office or as provided by PCT Rule 19.4.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) No copy of an international application may be transmitted to the International Bureau, a foreign Designated Office, or other foreign authority by the United States Receiving Office or the applicant, unless the applicable requirements of part 5 of this chapter have been satisfied.
[43 FR 20466, May 11, 1978, as amended at 50 FR 9384, Mar. 7, 1985; 63 FR 29619, June 1, 1998]