35 U.S.C. § 363

International application designating the United States: Effect

An international application designating the United States shall have the effect, from its international filing date under article 11 of the treaty, of a national application for patent regularly filed in the Patent and Trademark Office.

(Added Pub. L. 94–131, § 1 , Nov. 14, 1975 , 89 Stat. 686 ; amended Pub. L. 98–622, title IV, § 403(a) , Nov. 8, 1984 , 98 Stat. 3392 ; Pub. L. 112–29 , §§ 3(g)(3), 20(j), Sept. 16, 2011 , 125 Stat. 288 , 335.)