15 U.S.C. § 1141a — International applications based on United States applications or registrations

(a) In general The owner of a basic application pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office , or the owner of a basic registration granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office may file an international application by submitting to the United States Patent and Trademark Office a written application in such form, together with such fees, as may be prescribed by the Director. (b) Qualified owners A qualified owner, under subsection (a), shall— (1) be a national of the United States; (2) be domiciled in the United States; or (3) have a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the United States. (July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title XII, § 61, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13402 , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1915 .)

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