1. Regulations
  2. title 37
  3. chapter I
  4. part 42
  5. subpart E
  6. § 42.403

View all text of Subpart E [§ 42.400 - § 42.412]

§ 42.403 - Time for filing.

A petition for a derivation proceeding must be filed within the one-year period beginning on the date of the first publication of a claim to an invention that is the same or substantially the same as the earlier application's claim to the allegedly derived invention.

AUTHORITY: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 3, 6, 21, 23, 41, 134, 135, 143, 153, 311, 312, 314, 316, 318, 321-326, 328; Pub. L. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284; and Pub. L. 112-274, 126 Stat. 2456.

SOURCE: 77 FR 48669, Aug. 14, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 37 CFR 42.403