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1.435 The description.

  • (a) The application must meet the requirements as to the content and form of the description set forth in PCT Rules 5 , 9 , 10 , and 11 and sections 204 and 208 of the Administrative Instructions.
  • (b) In international applications designating the United States the description must contain upon filing an indication of the best mode contemplated by the inventor for carrying out the claimed invention.

[Para. (a) revised, 63 FR 29614, June 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1998 (adopted as final, 63 FR 66040, Dec. 1, 1998)]