Eighteen-Month Publication

• Exceptions to eighteen-month publication:

• If corresponding foreign applications have a less extensive description than the U.S. application

  • the applicant may submit a redacted copy of the application for publication that eliminates subject matter not in any of the corresponding foreign applications

• Such a redacted copy must be submitted within sixteen months after the earliest filing date for which a benefit is sought under title 35

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