What is the relationship between PCT publication and U.S. publication?
The relationship between PCT publication and U.S. publication is defined in 35 U.S.C. 374, which states:
The publication under the treaty defined in section 351(a), of an international application designating the United States shall be deemed a publication under section 122(b), except as provided in section 154(d).
This means that the international publication of a PCT application that designates the United States is considered equivalent to publication under U.S. law, with some exceptions related to provisional rights. This alignment ensures consistency between the international and national publication systems for patent applications.
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