§ 363.
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.)