0651-AD43 202010 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Facilitating the Use of WIPO's ePCT System to Prepare International Applications for Filing With the United States Receiving Office

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) amends the foreign filing license rules to provide that a foreign filing license from the USPTO would authorize the export of technical data abroad for purposes relating to the use of a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) online service (ePCT) to prepare an international application for filing with the USPTO in its capacity as a Receiving Officer under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). ePCT is a web-based service that offer many benefits to users, including real time up-to-date validation features to help users properly complete the PCT Request. ePCT resides on WIPO’s servers abroad and is accessed via an internet browser on the user’s system. While the current foreign filing license rules would authorize the export of technical data to ePCT for purposes of preparing an international application for filing in a foreign PCT Receiving Office, the current rules do not authorize the export of technical data to ePCT for purposes of preparing an international application for filing with the USPTO as a Receiving Office.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No Not subject to, not significant 37 CFR 5.1 37 CFR 5.11 37 CFR 5.12 37 CFR 5.15 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2) 35 U.S.C. 41 35 U.S.C. 181-188 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq., The Arms Export Control Act 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq., The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq., The Nuclear Non Proliferation Act of 1978 15 CFR 370.10(j) 22 CFR 125.04 10 CFR 810.7 ... No NPRM 01/30/2020 85 FR 5362 NPRM Comment Period End 03/30/2020 Final Action 09/30/2020 85 FR 61604 Final Action Effective 09/30/2020 No No None No No No No Raul Tamayo Senior Legal Advisor 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 571 272-7728 571 273-7728 raul.tamayo@uspto.gov P. O. Box 1450, Alexandria VA 22313-1450