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USPTO MPEP › Chapter 1800 - Patent Cooperation Treaty › MPEP § 1802
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The PCT contains definitions in
PCT Article 2
and in
PCT Rule
2
, which are found in MPEP Appendix T. Additional definitions are
in
35 U.S.C.
351
, found in MPEP Appendix L, in
37 CFR 1.9
and
1.401
, found in MPEP Appendix R, and in PCT Administrative
Instructions Section
101
, found in MPEP
Appendix AI
.
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