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[CITE: 35USC374]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
                   PART IV--PATENT COOPERATION TREATY
 
                       CHAPTER 37--NATIONAL STAGE
 
Sec. 374. Publication of international application

    The publication under the treaty defined in section 351(a) of this 
title, of an international application designating the United States 
shall confer the same rights and shall have the same effect under this 
title as an application for patent published under section 122(b), 
except as provided in sections 102(e) and 154(d) of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 94-131, Sec. 1, Nov. 14, 1975, 89 Stat. 689; amended Pub. 
L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4507(10)], Nov. 29, 
1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-566.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-113 amended section catchline and text generally. 
Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ``The publication under the 
treaty of an international application shall confer no rights and shall 
have no effect under this title other than that of a printed 
publication.''


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-113 effective on date that is 1 year after 
Nov. 29, 1999, and applicable to all applications filed under section 
111 of this title on or after that date, and all applications complying 
with section 371 of this title that resulted from international 
applications filed on or after that date, see section 1000(a)(9) [title 
IV, Sec. 4508] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out as a note under section 10 of 
this title.
