{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-1.414","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 1.414","heading":"The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a Designated Office or Elected Office.","body":"(a) The United States Patent and Trademark Office will act as a Designated Office or Elected Office for international applications in which the United States of America has been designated or elected as a State in which patent protection is desired.\n(b) The United States Patent and Trademark Office, when acting as a Designated Office or Elected Office during international processing will be identified by the full title “United States Designated Office” or by the abbreviation “DO/US” or by the full title “United States Elected Office” or by the abbreviation “EO/US”.\n(c) The major functions of the United States Designated Office or Elected Office in respect to international applications in which the United States of America has been designated or elected, include:\n(1) Receiving various notifications throughout the international stage and\n(2) National stage processing for international applications entering the national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES","Subpart C—International Processing Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"6a96f46a6419b5c760219ced56784c598d31fa91216a61c80c7ff018347f245a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-1.413","next":"us/37-cfr-1.415"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}