Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application With a Non-English Specification and Other Miscellaneous Matters (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application With a Non-English Specification and Other Miscellaneous Matters (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending the rules of practice to require that: A copy of the English translation of a foreign-language provisional application be filed in the provisional application if a nonprovisional application claims the benefit of the provisional application; a copy of documentary evidence supporting a claim of ownership be recorded in the Office's assignment records when an assignee takes action in a patent matter; and separate copies of a document be submitted to the Office for recording in the Office's assignment records, each accompanied by a cover sheet, if the document to be recorded includes an interest in, or a transaction involving, both patents and trademarks. This book contains: - The complete text of the Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application With a Non-English Specification and Other Miscellaneous Matters (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section