No. 22
DATES OF RECEIPT APPEARING ON THE
APPLICATION AND COPIES OR COPY
It is not uncommon for an application to have acquired several dates of receipt by the time it is ready to be passed for registration. The same is true for the copies or copy and the dates in the boxes indicating the receipt of copies or copy. In order to standardize the practice in the Examining Division the following practices will be adopted in all Sections with the exception of the Renewal and Assignment Section. In the latter Section the date ot receipt of the application usually determines the vesting date of the renewal. The rigid adherence to these practices by the Renewal and Assignment Section could frequently result in the loss of rights.
A. Date of Receipt of the Application.
I. If registration is being made on the basis of the original application and there has been no correspondence, or if registration is being made on the basis of a new application received after correspondence, only the one date of receipt of that application should appear in the "Application received" box.
II. If the original application was returned for the addition of certain information and it is resubmitted with the information added, two dates will appear in the "Application received" box when it reaches the Examining Division. In such cases, the examiner will add the later date of receipt to the certificate so the information on the application and certificate will be uniform. It the work is unpublished, the examiner will lightly cross through the earlier date on both the application and certificate in red pencil, thus:
There is no necessity for crossing through the earlier date in the case of published works.
