CFR
§ 1.78 Claiming benefit of earlier filing date and cross-references to other applications.
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(iv)If the prior-filed provisional application was filed in a language other than English and both an English-language translation of the prior-filed provisional application and a statement that the translation is accurate were not previously filed in the prior-filed provisional application, applicant will be notified and given a period of time within which to file, in the prior-filed provisional application, the translation and the statement. If the notice is mailed in a pending nonprovisional application, a timely reply to such a notice must include the filing in the nonprovisional application of either a confirmation that the translation and statement were filed in the provisional application, or an amendment or Supplemental Application Data Sheet withdrawing the benefit claim, or the nonprovisional application will be abandoned. The translation and statement may be filed in the provisional application, even if the provisional application has become abandoned.
【メモ】
仮出願が英語以外の言語でなされたときであって、その英訳および翻訳が正確である旨の宣誓が提出されていない場合について規定。出願人に補正指令がなされる。出願人はその応答に、（１）英訳文と宣誓とが提出されたこと、（２）優先権主張を取り下げる旨の補正、もしくはその旨を追加する書面、または、（３）仮出願を放棄する意思、を含めなければならない。
英訳文と宣誓は、仮出願が放棄されていたとしても提出することができる。
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