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202.03 Notation on File Wrapper When Priority Is Claimed for Foreign Application [R-3] - 200 Types, Cross-Noting, and Status of Application
202.03 Notation on File Wrapper When Priority Is Claimed for Foreign Application [R-3]
For Image File Wrapper (IFW) processing, see the IFW Manual. A ** PALM bib-data sheet should include the application number, country (or intellectual property authority), day, month, and year of each foreign application that the U.S. application is claiming the *>priority< of. The examiner should check this information for accuracy. Should there be error, the examiner should make the appropriate corrections directly ** on the PALM bib-data sheet, and have the information corrected in the Office computer systems by forwarding the information ** to the examiner's Legal Instrument Examiner, with an explanation of the correction to be made. The examiner should initial ** the PALM bib-data sheet in the "VERIFIED" space provided when the information is correct or has been amended to be correct. However, the examiner must still indicate on the Office action and ** on the PALM bib-data sheet whether the conditions of 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) or (f) have been met.
If the filing dates of several foreign applications are claimed (see MPEP § 201.15, last paragraph) and **>the certified copy of each foreign application has< been received **, information respecting each of the foreign applications is to be entered ** on the PALM bib-data sheet.
The front page of the patent when it is issued, and the listing in the Official Gazette, will refer to the claim of priority, giving the country, the filing date, and the number of the foreign application in those applications in which ** the PALM bib-data sheet has been endorsed.
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