The Office of PCT Legal Administration is
comprised of two branches: PCT Special Programs and
PCT Legal Affairs.
| PCT Special
Programs Branch |
PCT Legal Affairs Branch |
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The function of the PCT Special Programs Branch is to
educate and assist the
patent community with respect to the Patent
Cooperation Treaty.
- provides training courses to help
patent applicants and practitioners file PCT applications
- provides instruction to patent
examiners at the USPTO concerning the
search and examination of
PCT applications.
- provides direct assistance regarding PCT applications
via the PCT
Help Desk.
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The PCT Legal Affairs Branch resolves
legal issues relating to the Patent
Cooperation Treaty. Such issues most often arise through
petitions to the Commissioner in PCT
international applications and in
U.S. national stage applications submitted
under 35 U.S.C. 371.
- interprets and/or suggests
changes to patent laws and
rules and studies their effect on the Patent
Cooperation Treaty.
- deals with other aspects of international patent
law such as harmonization, the
Patent Law Treaty, and electronic
filing.
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| Correspondence and Location for PCT
Operations (addresses used for filing new international
applications, responses to invitations, demands, national
phase entry paper, etc.) |
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Correspondence Address
Mail Stop PCT
Commissioner for Patents
PO Box
1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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Location Address
PCT Operations
Crystal Plaza 2
220 20th Street
South
Arlington, VA 22202 |
| Correspondence and Location of the Office of
PCT Legal Administration (used for filing petitions and other
legal matters in international applications and national phase
applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 371) |
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Correspondence Address
Mail Stop PCT
Attention: PCT Legal
Commissioner for
Patents
PO Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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Location Address
Office of PCT Legal Administration
Madison West, 7th
floor
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, VA 22314 |
| PCT Forms, Fees and
Information |
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PCT Documents
PCT General
Information
Related
Sites
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An important goal of the USPTO is to provide
the worldwide intellectual property community with the
most innovative and up-to-date customer service involving
the Patent Cooperation Treaty. In our continuing efforts
to meet the rapidly growing needs of our customers on
a worldwide basis and provide a user-friendly product,
we offer downloadable forms and
fee information needed for the filing of
international applications in the United
States Receiving Office (RO/US) and the prosecution
of international applications before the United
States International Searching Authority (ISA/US),
the United States International Preliminary Examining
Authority (IPEA/US), and the United States
Designated/Elected Office (DO/EO/US).
Forms
are available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).
Viewing and printing the forms requires that you have Adobe's
free
Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Details
concerning Adobe Acrobat Reader installation and integration
with your web browser are dependent upon your computing and
browsing environment and cannot be provided or supported by
the USPTO. |
Note: The USPTO has made every effort to
ensure that the PCT forms and information available on this site are
accurate and up-to-date. It is the user's responsibility to ensure
that the forms and information being downloaded and used in
connection with any international application are accurate and
current. The Request and Demand Forms are typically updated twice a
year (January and July) by the International Bureau of the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Any newly revised forms
or information should be available within 48 hours of receipt by the
office. A reasonable delay between the date of revision and
availability on this web site should be anticipated.
| PCT Mailing
List |
| The Office of PCT Legal Administration maintains a
mailing list to notify PCT customers, via
e-mail, of updates to the forms and other information on these
pages. Requests to be placed on this list should be sent to pctupdates-request@uspto.gov.
Please ensure that you include your preferred e-mail address
in the request. The USPTO privacy
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| PCT Help
Desk |
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The PCT Help Desk, which provides information and
assistance on the PCT process, may be reached
- by telephone at (703) 305-3257
between the hours of 9:00 am and
4:30 pm (EST/EDT), Monday through
Friday; or
- by facsimile (FAX) at (571)
273-0419 twenty-four hours a day.
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| Feedback |
| Comments and suggestions relating to the forms and
information available on this site may be directed to the
Office of PCT Legal Administration by mail or facsimile. Any
correspondence by mail should be addressed to Mail
Stop PCT, Commissioner for Patents, PO Box 1450, Alexandria,
VA 22313-1450. The contents of the envelope should be
addressed to the attention of Carol Bidwell
mailto:Carol.Bidwell@uspto.gov.
Carol may be reached by facsimile (FAX) at
(571) 273-0419. | |
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