patent application

The term patent application or application for patent may be the following:
(1) A United States provisional application as defined in 37 CFR 1.9(a)(2) and filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(b); or
(2) A United States nonprovisional application as defined in 37 CFR 1.9(a)(3) and filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a); or
(3) A patent application filed in a foreign country or an international patent office; or
(4) An application for a Plant Variety Protection certificate.

Source

37 CFR § 401.2

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Scoping language

In addition to the definitions in 35 U.S.C. 201, as used in this part

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