Eighteen-Month Publication
Priority/continuity claims:
A translation is no longer required to be filed in non-English language provisional application
37 CFR 1.52(d) and 1.78(a)(5) instead require that any nonprovisional application claiming benefit of a non-English language provisional application contain a translation of the provisional application
Allows filing of a translation to be deferred until a nonprovisional application claiming benefit of the non-English language provisional is actually filed