MPEP § 901.06(c) — Alien Property Custodian Publications (Annotated Rules)
This page consolidates and annotates all enforceable requirements under MPEP § 901.06(c), including statutory authority, regulatory rules, examiner guidance, and practice notes. It is provided as guidance, with links to the ground truth sources. This is information only, it is not legal advice.
Alien Property Custodian Publications
This section addresses Alien Property Custodian Publications.
Key Rules
Mandatory Requirements (1)
Care must be taken not to refer to these publications as patents; they should be designated as A.P.C. published applications.
Permitted Actions (1)
An A.P.C. published application may be used by the examiner as a basis for rejection only as a printed publication effective from the date of publication, which is printed on each copy.
Source Text from USPTO’s MPEP
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Official MPEP § 901.06(c) — Alien Property Custodian Publications
Source: USPTO901.06(c) Alien Property Custodian Publications [R-01.2024]
Applications vested in the Alien Property Custodian during World War II were published in 1943 even though they had not become patents.
Care must be taken not to refer to these publications as patents; they should be designated as A.P.C. published applications.
An A.P.C. published application may be used by the examiner as a basis for rejection only as a printed publication effective from the date of publication, which is printed on each copy.
The manner of citing one of these publications is as follows: A.P.C. Application of …………, Ser. No. …………, Published …………
The Patent Search Room contains a complete set of A.P.C. published applications arranged numerically in bound volumes.